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"Natsu you idiot!" I screamed as I quickly patted out the flames that engulfed the dress I was wearing. We were in the midst of battling three bandits on an old dirt road deep in a forest, Natsu was currently releasing a powerful fire dragon roar that seemed to be burning down half the forest and me along with it. After we took the job to catch the bandits that were stealing a museums important artifacts we made our way to the town that the museum was located in and met with our client. He was the museums director and informed us that the artifacts that were stolen were actually a few tiaras that were worth a million jewel each. The museum was planning on finally putting them up for show when the bandits stole them before the museum had the chance to showcase them. The director informed us that without the tiaras the museum will not be able to survive and that it was of utmost importance to find and return the tiaras as soon as possible.
After our meeting a museum employee informed us that the bandits were actually local residents that were never up to any good, and that one of the bandits was a pervert that had been harrassing the local girls for sometime. Of course as soon as we heard that Natsu flashed me a look that made me uneasy as he exclaimed "I've got a plan!"
And that is how I ended up in a dress with a flowy skirt and tight-fitted corset that accentuated my curves and made my boobs pop. He had me sit on a carriage that he took one wheel off of on the side of a dirt road that we suspected the bandits would travel down so I would look like a helpless damsel in distress that the perverted bandit would stop for. For once, his plan actually worked. After about an hour of waiting, the bandits showed up and the pervy one approached me saying "hey there sugar, is there anything I could help you with?" As he spoke he licked his lips and stared at my curves, his actions sent disgusted shivers down my spine as I internally cursed Natsu for always putting me in situations like these. But instead of continuing our plan of luring them to get in the back of my carriage where we had a trap set, Natsu instead jumped from his hiding spot in the trees to land a direct punch to the perverts mouth as he screamed "Dont you dare look at my Luce like that again!" Did he seriously just say I was his or did I mishear him? I thought as I stared in disbelief as Natsu destroyed our perfectly good plan, I sighed and summoned Loki and sent him to help Natsu.
Which is what brings us to our current situation of trying to put the fire out on my dress, finally Loki came over and stomped the rest out at the bottom of my skirt. I sighed in relief and told Loki he could leave since Natsu had just knocked the last bandit out.
"What was that about Natsu? We had a plan to lure the bandits into my carriage and lock them inside so we wouldn't have to worry about fighting or possibly damaging the tiaras! Then you had to go and ruin it by giving away your location. Jeez your lucky the bandit dropped the bag of tiaras away from where you could damage them." I had my arms crossed as I scolded him but then noticed how tightly his fists were clenched at his sides and he looked at the ground. "What's wrong Natsu?"
"I just didn't like the look on that perverts face, I couldn't just stand there and watch him ogle you." I was surprised at this, "You've never cared about that when you've used me as bait before" I said as I slowly approached his angry form. "This time was different for some reason, I don't want to use you as bait anymore. I don't care what the circumstances are its not going to happen." I wasn't going to fight him on that, I never like being bait anyway, but I couldn't help but wonder what made his mind change on that matter and think what if Natsu maybe did return the feelings I have always kept hidden deep in my heart.
After we retrieved the tiaras and brought the bandits to the local jail we started to head towards the museum. It was late into the night by then and we realized that the museum would be empty by now so we would have to wait until morning to return the tiaras. We found a small Inn in the town and it seems to be the only one since the town was so small. We decided we would stay there for the night but when we got to the the front desk the clerk informed us there was only one room left and it only had one bed in it. "It's not like we haven't slept in a bed together before!" Natsu said with his signature grin plastered on his face. "Yeah but that is when you sneak into my apartment and bed in the middle of the night without me knowing! I have never consented to it!" I retorted just before realizing the front desk clerk was still right next to us and how wrong the conversation Natsu and I were having must sound to the clerk.
"Fine, but just this once since I'm not in the mood to camp out tonight, and I really want a bath" I said before we paid the clerk and headed to the room. It was cozy and nicely decorated in the room with simply a bed in the center and a door that led to a small bathroom on the right. But the best part was the balcony the room had that overlooked a small lake next to the town. I looked over the lake at the reflections of the stars and moon as the water delicately rippled with the summer breeze.
I looked back to see Natsu sighing as he pulled off his one-sleeved vest which exposed the hard muscles on his chest and stomach. I took a moment to appreciate how much he had buffed up during the year he took to train with Happy. Even though it killed me and I missed him he did come back much stronger and more emotionally grown up. He matured so quickly it was hard to process it, and after the war with Zeref he started acting differently around me too. I noticed that he had been sitting closer to me than he did in the past and there wasn't a night that went by where he didn't come to my apartment to hang out. I also have caught him saying things like he did earlier about me being "his" but I always thought I misheard him.
He broke me from my thoughts as he said my name like he had been repeating himself for a while to get my attention. "Yeah?" I said coming back to reality, he sighed before saying "I said, do you want to take a shower first or should I go?" I quickly ran to my bag and exclaimed "Me first! I feel so gross I need to get out of these singed clothes!" His eyes widened as he finally noticed the holes in the skirt of my dress that he had burned away. "I'm so sorry Luce! I didn't know you were caught up in the blast earlier…" He looked sad as he came over to me and pulled a piece of the burned fabric in his hand.
My heart started to race at the close proximity we were in, his face was less than a foot from mine. He then looked me in the eyes, his onyx eyes boring into my chocolate ones, he took his other hand and carefully tucked a stray blonde hair behind my ear before he slowly started to lean his face in closer to mine. I couldn't believe what was happening, my breath was hitched as I slowly started to flutter my eyes shut and also started to lean in. Time seemed to be slowed down as our lips came closer together at an agonizingly slow pace, but just before they finally met a loud bang from outside made us both jump and pull away. We looked out the balcony to see a huge beautiful firework erupt from the other side of the lake. That was when it hit me on what Natsu and I were about to do and I felt a furious blush appear on my cheeks before I quickly turned to my bag once more and scooped up my pajamas and headed to the bathroom.
"I'll be out in a few minutes!" I squeaked out quickly before shutting the door behind me and turning the water on, I decided I wanted to take a cold shower rather than a hot bath tonight. By the time I returned to the bedroom Natsu was already lightly snoring on one side of the bed as he laid on top of the covers. I gently shook his shoulder and informed him it was his turned and he wordlessly went into the bathroom. I sat on the edge of the bed, what was that? Was he really going to kiss me? I had waited for him to make a move for so long I couldn't believe it was finally going to happen, just to get ruined by some fireworks. I looked out the window to see the remains of the firework show that had concluded while I showered, there was a light smoke drifting in the darkness and I sighed never thinking I could have hated fireworks like I did at that moment.
After a few minutes Natsu came out of the bathroom and seemed more himself as he goofily belly flopped on his side of the bed causing me to bounce off of it and slam on the floor. "Natsu you jerk! That really hurt!" I yelled as I rubbed the back of my head, "Aw come on Luce! I didn't mean to, this bed is just too comfy not to jump on" he said before he flashed me a grin and I caved, not being able to stay mad at him. Instead, I got to my feet and took a few steps back from the bed, I then got a running start and flopped onto my back on my side of the bed causing Natsu to go flying up into the air, but instead of falling to the floor he landed right over me. Our laughing fit came to an abrupt halt as his face was once again was only inches away from mine. But unlike last time he didn't slowly descend towards my lips, he swiftly dove down and smashed his warm mouth against mine in a passionate kiss. After a few moments I felt myself relax and kiss him back. He then pulled away and stared into my eyes "I just didn't want to get interrupted again."
Well there you go guys! I'm really sorry how long it took but I wanted to make it longer than the first chapter. Please remember to review and let me know if you like the story so far or if you have any suggestions!
-Bookgeek102
