His New Ride
Trust or Overcome: Day 1
She found him sitting behind the wheel of his old hot rod. For a time, Lucy stayed back hidden behind a tree just watching him as his hands glided over the steering wheel, gripping, releasing, sometimes turning it from side to side as if reliving an old memory. Her heart sank the longer she watched her crush because she knew how much Natsu missed driving that thing. He was such a pansy outside of it, but behind the wheel he really did earn the nickname "Fireball." Oh, how she secretly missed that side of him!
He leans forward, resting his head against the steering wheel with his eyes closed and hands still gripped at the 10 and 2 positions. Six months have gone by as Edolas slowly learned to cope with the loss of magic. It was hard on everyone, but especially those that relied on it for everyday living. Like he had once upon a time. Couldn't be a fast courier without transportation. Prince Jellal and teams of Edolas' engineers were working to find a way to bring power back to the people and all Natsu could do was wait.
"Yo, Dragion!" Lucy acts as if she hadn't been watching him for over half an hour, sidling up to the window of the car. She rests her forearms on the edging. "You done sulking yet? Get out of the damn car, it aint never gonna drive again."
"You disappear for two months and the first thing you do is tease me?" Natsu lifts up his head and glares at her. "Typical Lucy Ashley fashion. Why don't you just leave me alone and go beat up on someone else today."
Oh, he did not just go there! "Get out of the damn car Dragion!" Lucy yanks open the door and pulls the man out by the scruff of his coat. "Is this all you did while I was gone the two months, sulk in this hunk of metal?!" She pushes him into a kneeling position.
His hands fly up to cover his head, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry Lucy! Please don't hit me!" A slight tinge of pink coats his face, "I was lonely with you gone but this makes me feel better."
Lucy stays the hand that was ready to smack him, blushing at his response. "W-Well, I had something important to do." Yanking him back to his feet, she huffs, "I don't know why you'd be lonely when you got the guild to hang out with."
Natsu's mouth snaps shut while a deeper blush starts to set in. He wasn't ready to elaborate.
She starts to push him to walk forward, ignoring the mounting nervous energies starting to swirl around them, "I got something to show you back at the guild."
Since he lived only a couple blocks away from the new guild location, the walk itself didn't take very long. But before they made the final turn into the gate, Lucy yanks him to a stop and pulls a rag out of her brazier. "It's a surprise," she explains, placing it over him like blindfold, "so no peaking!"
"I won't, I won't," he cringes as she pulls the knot tight.
He places his trust in Lucy, walking in the direction she guides him to. Natsu can hear voices around him whispering, recognizing familiar guild members along the way and her shushing them lest they give away the surprise. She grabs both of his arms and turns him to face a certain direction, ordering him not to move, to which he complies, then the sounds of fabric rustling, being pulled and sliding along some kind of surface.
The next thing he feels is the knot being undone from the blindfold. Natsu closes his eyes, when the glare of the sun hits them, throwing off his vision for a second. Then he blinks, was he seeing things correctly? He blinks a second time and now Lucy is waving a hand in front of his face. "Are you in shock Dragion?" She laughs, "Natsu it's a new vehicle just for you, say something!"
"H-How…. F-For me?" he turns his head slowly to look at her directly, "Why? Where'd you get it?"
"This is what I been working on for the two months," she smiles and runs her hand along the smooth metal surface. "Prince Jellal contacted Levy and I to help work on new modes of transportation. He let me keep the prototype."
It seemed impossible to grow any larger, but Natsu's eyes were practically bulging out of his eye sockets! He grabs her face between his hands and smashes his lips to hers. She squeaks from the sudden intrusion, her eyes wide and flared. "Thank you, Lucy!" He kisses her a second time without any thought before realizing what he had just done. Audible gasps followed by an eruption of fanfare bring him back to the reality that he just kissed Lucy Ashley! "Oh, shit, I'm sorry!" he cringes back, "I-I was just excited a-and…" but he's cut off when she grabs him and returns the favor.
More echoing catcalls ring through the air. "You are such a dork, Dragion," Lucy punches his shoulder, "no more sulking okay? It's time to move forward."
Natsu nods. "Yes, ma'am!"