Chapter 1
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Natsu Dragneel is popular, good looking, and friendly. He doesn't show up to most of his classes but Everyone assumes that he ditches with his friends. Occasionally, he will be gone for 2 weeks at a time then comes back all bandaged up. Nobody asks questions because they all get the same answer "I went on a journey to a magical land where I beat the hell out of a jackass."
Natsu's answer may seem far fetched, but a certain Lucy Heartfilia is a dreamer. She decides to attempt to dig a little deeper into what really happened.
One day after school, she found him walking home. She reached to tap his shoulders but had her hand brushed aside before she could touch him.
"I already knew you where there" he said, turning around to face her
Lucy looked at him astonished "how could you tell"
"I could hear you" He said smiling
"but... How? I was perfectly silent! I couldn't even hear my footsteps! And I was paying attention to them!"
"Lucy... You aren't as quiet as you think. I could hear your footsteps along with other things"
"Like what?"
"Breathing, the wooden pencils rattling in the left side of your bag, calculator tapping the pen in the back pocket of your ba-"
"HOW DO YOU KNOW WHERE I KEEP MY STUFF?!"
"Every object on your body makes a noise. And in my line of work, if you don't hear the smallest noises you-" he cut himself off
"What line of work? What will happen?"
Natsu was so desperate for an answer he said the first thing that popped into his mind "ah- ehm- HAPPY BIRTHDAY!"
Lucy looked at him just wondering how painful it must be in his mind
"I can't exactly tell you my line of work. Not yet. And strictly speaking I'm not allowed to tell anybody. Gramps is the only one who can having political authority and whatnot." He flinched at the last part. Again spilling the beans. "But if you hang out with me I can set something up"
Lucy looked at him Curiously. "Well if I can get the answer I came for... I suppose it wouldn't kill me to hang out with you" she was incredibly anxious to call Natsu a 'friend'
"Awesome! now what was your question?"
"how come you are covered in bandages all the time?"
Natsu flinched again. "The reason I'm covered in bandages all the time... Again something i can't tell you. That's for gramps to say. But I'm gonna ask him if I can tell you tonight."
"Why Can't you tell me anything?" She said whining like a child
"Because... I'm not sure. I'll take you to see gramps right now. Introduce you. Then I can walk you home okay? does that sound good?"
Lucy pondered her decision for a moment. "Deal. But on one condition."
"Name it"
"You hang out with me for the next week."
Natsu smirked "iI probably would have anyway."
the two continued walking for a while before Lucy asked "how could you tell I was behind you?"
Natsu fell on his already wounded face.
"I have a very acute sense of hearing"
They walked up to a normal looking house. Natsu opened the door and held it open for Lucy.
"Hey, Gramps! I'm home! And I have a guest."
a loud clanging noise was heard from within the house "I'll be there in just a second. Just don't touch anything!" A voice called
Natsu led Lucy to where the voice was coming from. A small figure stood inside a large kitchen.
"Gramps, this is Lucy" Natsu said ushering her towards the small man
"Makarov Dreyar, but you can call me gramps."
Natsu released Lucy's hand and whispered something in Makarov's ear
"WHAT?!"
Natsu shushed him and continued to whisper
"oh well in that case" he mumbled
"excuse me, Mr. Dreyar, but Natsu told me he would walk me home" Lucy interjected
Makarov stared at the ground intensely for a moment "Natsu, take the girl home. I can lecture you later" he said as he turned around and begun walking off
"Come on, Luce"
"Luce?"
"Yeah. Get used to it." he said as he led her out of the house.
they were walking together, Lucy leading by an inch when she reached the cross-walk that they had to take to get to her house
"Race ya to the other side!" She yelled running across. She didn't look both ways before crossing and she found herself being the deer in the headlights of an 18-wheeler.
Whatever happened next next was a blur. She remembered staring at the headlights, a flash of warm red light, and then she wound up on top of Natsu on the other side of the street.
"You okay Luce?"
she he could only nod. She was still in shock; her brain attempting to comprehend what just happened. She realized she was on top of him and that he was warm. Really warm. Abnormally warm.
She stood up, dusted herself off, then grabbed Natsu's right hand, and noticed a tattoo on his arm where the bandages have ripped. She recognized the symbol from one of her mother's items.
"Hey Natsu, where did you get that tattoo?"
"where did you get to be so reckless?"
damn. He answered a question with a question.
they continued walking until they came Upon a massive house
"This is my stop"
Natsu waited a few moments until his brain processed what had happened. A look of shock appeared on his face "WHAT?!"
"Yeah... At the intersection, i don't really know what happened. All I know is that you saved me. So I owe you" she said as she bent over and kissed his cheek causing a light blush to appear on his face
"Bye Natsu! See you tomorrow morning at 7!"
He recovered from the initial shock and then waved while he turned around and headed home.