Thank you to everyone who Favorited and read my last chapter and here is the next one just on time :) Please read and review and enjoy
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Natsu came bounding into the little coffee shop early. Mira, who had been on her phone inside the empty coffee shop, looked up and started to put her phone away before noticing a certain pink set of hair. She stared at him for a little bit as he walked up to her, "hey Mira!"
"Natsu shouldn't you be in school right now!?" Mira scolded.
"I ditched last period, I was way too excited to meet Lucy here again." Natsu said happily yet also as if it should have been the most obvious thing in the world to Mira.
"Aww you two are so cute, anyway what do you want Natsu?"
"Could I have a coffee with 2 pink-frosted sprinkled donuts (my favorite donuts ^_^)
"Sure thing Natsu," Mira said as she bounded off behind the counter starting the coffee machine, and going over to the glass container and grabbing two of the pink sprinkled donuts putting them in a brown paper bag and pouring Natsu his coffee. With a quick thanks to Mira, Natsu headed back into his corner of the coffee shop, trying not to eat or drink until Lucy got there, because he knew if he started he would eat Lucy's donut too. Damn maybe I shouldn't have come so early. He looked up when he heard the bell above the door chime to see a beautiful blond come in through the door. She looked around before finsing a certain pink haired….excuse me salmon haired male and marching toward him.
"Natsu what do you think you're doing skipping classes in school!" She said frantically.
Natsu just looked up and smirked, "probably the same thing as you," her face went blank and she wanted to retort but she couldn't find the words. Sighing in defeat she walked up to the counter and ordered herself a peppermint hot cocoa. She came bounding back to Natsu and sat down.
"Here," Natsu said lifting the pink donut up to her, "I got this for you."
an awkward silence like yesterday, more of a content silence both just enjoying each other's company. Lucy found her eyes wandering toward the boys hair, he must of noticed her slightly confused expression, "It's natural you know."
"What, how does someone have pink hair naturally."
"Who knows probably some kind of genetic thing but it's not pink, it's salmon." He said flashing a smirk.
"Just like my hair!" little Nash cried out.
"Anyway Natsu what do you do for fun?"
"I usually lounge around my apartment with my cat writing songs and stuff like that on my guitar." Natsu said nonchalantly.
"You play guitar!?" Lucy said quite exasperatedly.
"Yeah it makes me feel a lot better if I'm ever down, it's the only thing I've ever learned by myself."
Lucy nodded her head but then took on another confused expression. "You live alone, where are your parents?" She immediately wanted to smack herself as she saw his expression go from cheerful to very sad.
"Uh well I never knew my real parents, but then I was taken in by my adoptive father Igneel, but he left for unknown reasons when I was 13, I've been taking care of myself ever since then." He brushed a stray tear that had made it's way out of his eye. He looked back up to see Lucy's pained expression along with adjoining tears, "Natsu I'm so sorry, I shouldn't have asked." She began to cry harder, Natsu got up and rounded the table and put her chin in his hand and forced her to look up at him. "It's okay Lucy you didn't know, it felt good to tell someone anyway." He said. "I'm really sorry, but I know how you feel, my mother died when I was young, and after that my dad became obsessed with his work and so I ran away, and now I live here by myself in a small apartment with my dog." Natsu hooked his arms around Lucy as her tears continued to flow. He rubbed her head and tried to coo her back into a calm state. After a couple minutes she stopped crying and Natsu sat back down. She wiped away one last tear and looked up at him and smiled, "that felt good to get out, I haven't told anybody, it's been hurting me for a while now."
Natsu didn't know what made him say it and he didn't know how he was so sure of himself, but he was, "Luce, you can tell me anything I'm here for you."
"Thanks Natsu, you're a really good person," she said with a little sniffle.
"Why thank you madam, I usually do not get the utmost pleasure to hear such a delightful complement from such a beautiful woman." Lucy snickered at his pompous and civilized accent before letting out a hoarse cough. Natsu looked at her with a concerned look. "You okay Luce?"
"Yeah I just have a slight cold, should be fine though," She said still letting out increasingly worse coughs.
"Lucy we need to get you home, or something, get you some medicine, do you have medicine at home?"
Lucy nodded a yes as she let out more strenuous coughs. Natsu got up and put one arm under her knees and one on her back and lifted her up bridal style, she let out a little eek as he lifted.
"Natsu-cough- what are you – cough – doing?"
"Why taking you home of course." He said while smirking down at her as he left the coffee shop with a quick bye to a red faced Mira. He went outside and made a right down the street and then stopped.
"What is it – cough – Natsu?"
"I have no idea where you live."
"I'll just – cough – point you there."
After a couple of wrong turns and funny misunderstandings on the street they finally made it to Lucy's apartment where Lucy was finally put back on the floor to unlock her door. They walked in and Natsu asked, "where do you keep the medicine?"
"Natsu it's okay I'm home now, you don't have to stay, I'm okay." Natsu looked down a little dejected, "okay, see ya Luce," he muttered as he slowly walked out of the door before opening it once more, "coffee shop tomorrow, see ya." He said much more cheerfully.
Lucy smiled to herself as she undressed and got ready to take a nice long bath. She ran the water and then checked and got in. She didn't know what it was about him but she trusted him, and wanted him to be happy. She contemplated her thoughts for a while longer while sitting in the bath. A couple hours later she got out, Damn it I look like a fucking prune now, Lucy scolded herself as she got out and put on her nightgown. She wandered to her medicine cabinet and took some cough syrup, before opening up the bathroom door and making her way over to her bed. She crawled in and searched for her stuffed animal to snuggle up to but instead her arms snaked around something much harder. She opened her eyes and she was facing a large salmon mound of hair. She screamed and jumped out of bed, before processing that it was Natsu, she settled slightly. She shook him, but to no avail, she tried her phones alarm clock sound but he still didn't wake up. After an hour of trying everything she could she gave up and climbed back in bed, this should be alright, right? I mean yeah I've only known him for two days, but-but Lucy couldn't think of a logical explanation as to why this was okay but went with it anyway. She stayed on her side facing Natsu's back. She was about to fall asleep until a muscular arm wrapped itself around her lower back and pulled her into Natsu's chest. When did he turn around? Lucy squirmed a little but then gave up due to exhaustion. She looked up for a second and gave Natsu a small peck on the lips before cuddling in close to him, placing her head in the crook of his neck. He's so warm was her last thought before drifting off into a deep sleep. Just missing a small smile come to the pink haired boys face as he lay there.
Thanks for reading don't forget to review and also the next chapter should be a little more fluffy than these past two sorry that this one was a little bland I was having trouble thinking of what they would do between this chapter and chapter three, however the next chapter shold be good so don't worry :) Feel free to PM me anytime, I don't bite :)