For the remainder of that day Lucy kept away from Natsu, she felt confused. Why did she have to have a romantic dream about her best friend? She sighed resting her head on the bar. She was currently hiding out in the guild hall after finding a way to worm herself out of Natsu's grasps. However she knew she couldn't keep this up all day, the pink hair fire breathing boy would come roaring in soon and want to drag her off to another job.
Lucy looked up hearing someone sit next to her. It was Erza, giving her a light smile in her own small way to cheer the blonde up. Lucy smiled to her armor wearing friend "Hello Erza." Lucy spoke out first. She turned around hearing someone else sit next to her. She smiled seeing it was none other than an already shirtless Gray, they must of came over to cheer her up, seeing how it wasn't like her be sitting around the guild hall with her head down. "And hello to you too Gray." Lucy spoke out softly. She was greeted back with light smile before Erza lightly laid a hand on her shoulder.
"You know Lucy, if you are in any type of trouble you can come to use right?" the scarlet head women spoke out to the blonde.
"Yea, it really isn't like you be sitting around all sad, and not letting us all know why." Gray added in.
"Thanks guys." Lucy spoke out softly with a small smile. "I-I just have a lot on my mind, and the nightmares haven't stopped yet." She semi-lied, she couldn't tell them she had a dream about Natsu in some romantic way, they would come up with some wired plan or idea, with Mira's help of course.
Erza gave Lucy an apologetic look with a light squeeze of her hand on the girls shoulder. "Natsu and Happy are still staying with you right? You're not alone at night are you?" Erza asked as if she was about to beat said pink haired boy.
"If he isn't I could come stay with you." Gray said giving an innocent smile to the girl while some muffled scream could be heard from behind them, leaving Lucy to wave her arms and deny his offer before Juvia could make her way over and attack her.
"N-no its fine Gray, Natsu and Happy are still staying over, so I'm not alone when I wake up from them." Lucy spoke up making sure Juvia, who must be stalking Gray again can hear her. Gray gave her a questioning look before accepting her word.
"Speaking of Natsu" Erza pitched in, much to Lucy's displeasure "Where is he, I haven't seen him all morning. Did you two have a fight?" Erza asked the girl.
Lucy gave a bit of an unconfutable stutter before coming up with her answer "I'm not sure, most likely training. You know how he is." She spoke out giving her best smile to the scarlet headed women. Lucy felt very odd after saying this, as if she was being glared at. She shifted a bit in her seat before thinking to her dream last night. Was it Natsu? Was he there listening and staring at her now? She turned around slowly only to jump back with a freaked out scream as she meet eyes with Juvia who she swore was now out to kill her.
Later that day Lucy sighed as her a Plue walked along the side of the river, the normal boaters called out to her to be safe and not fall in. She waved them off as normal, but this time Plue had jumped onto her leg to flee from a cat. She was just about to fall in when a pair of arms reached out and grabbed her pulling her into their chest. She could tell by their body heat that this person was not Natsu, but why did she want it to be him? Why did she think of Natsu when she wanted or was saved by someone. Lucy looked up to meet Gray's face. "Th-thanks" she stuttered out as the two pulled away.
"Don't you know that's dangerous Lucy?" Gray scolded her as if she was a child.
"Yea I know." She sighed out and started to walk a bit as Gray follows.
"Heading home now?" Gray asked as the two walked down the road.
Lucy gave a nod and looked up the darkening sky. "Yea thought I should head back before dark, you know to stay away from the creeps." She giggled out.
"Ah, well I guess I should walk you home then." He gave a smile glad his friend was in a better mood. In the back whines from a blue haired water mage could be heard.
The two chatted about small things on their walk to Lucy's. Gray followed her up to her room as the two seemed to be lost in their conversation, Lucy opened her door to be greeted with an unhappy Natsu who only seemed to get more pissed off as soon as he saw Gray, only to then knock a Lucy out of his way to shout at the man.
"What the hell Luce! You ditched me to hang out with this frozen perv!" Natsu screamed pointing at Gray.
"Hey, I don't blame her! Who would want to hang out with a hot headed idiot like you!" Gray screamed back.
Lucy only sighed as the two went at it. "Gray and I bumped into each other on my way home Natsu." Lucy spoke out.
"Well now he can leave!" Natsu roared out slamming the door in Gray's face before walking over to the couch to pout.
"What the hell Natsu that was rude!" Lucy screamed at the boy.
Natsu just growled at the girl. "Rude! You're the rude one Luce! You just left! I had to beat up ten giant monkeys because I thought one of them took you!" Natsu growled out turning his head away from the girl. Lucy just frowned feeling bad about her actions now she was about to speak before Natsu spoke in. "Then I go to the guild hall to find that you ditched me to hang out with that stupid ice head! So I came back here thinking, you must be messed up in the head to want to hang out with that ice block when you could be doing cool awesome stuff with me!" He grunted out.
Messed up in the head? Lucy just thought to herself before giving a grunt no longer feeling bad now. "Whatever! I'm going to bed!" Lucy huffed out before grabbing a change of clothes and heading to the bathroom for a fast shower.
Natsu just sat their grunting to his self. Why did he just get so mad about that? Why was it so bad that Lucy hung out with Gray? No, more like, why did it piss him off so bad seeing her with Gray? He growled and just rubbed his head, he just didn't understand what was going on in his head these confusing fits of rage when it came to Lucy. Natsu's thoughts where broken as he heard Lucy come out of the bathroom and right into her bed without a word. He sighed, he made her mad again. He laid on the couch and waited for to fall asleep. Natsu drifted off but woke suddenly to the sound of Lucy crying in her sleep. Another nightmare, he rushed to her side and sat on the bed slowly waking her up.
Lucy jerked as she woke up feeling a mix of sweat and tears run down her face. Her eyes adjusted allowing her to see Natsu worried whipping away her tears. He started to sob more as she held onto his arms mumbling about him to leave. He only smiled and laid down next to her letting her cling to his arm while the other rubbed over her head. "Don't worry Luce, I'm staying right here." Natsu spoke out softly before closing his eyes to drift to sleep with the girl next to him.