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Chapter 3

Lucy was able to get up pretty early due to her hectic schedule, however Natsu as well as Happy slept like pigs while snoring. She decided to get ready for the day, by brushing her teeth, hair. Lucy took a short shower and changed into some clothes comfortable enough for unpacking. She took a look at the couch and saw that Happy was awake now so she got out a bowl and served Happy some tuna for breakfast.

Lucy decided to wake Natsu up, who was still asleep. "Natsu! Wake up!", shouted Lucy. There was no response, just silence. Lucy tried again, "Natsu! Wake up! Natsu!", this time she was shaking his body with her hands. Seriously aggravated, "NATSU! WAKE THE HELL UP!", screamed Lucy at the top of her lungs. Today was going to be a very long day, Lucy thought. Sighing, she went to get a bowl. If Natsu is resistant to heat, maybe coldness would be hell for him. Lucy turned on the faucet for cold water and even threw a few ice cubes in there too. She took the bowl and poured all the water down his back, giving mercy or a damn about her couch.

Just like Lucy expected, Natsu jumped up without hesitation, yelling, "WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU DO THAT!"

"Hey! Watch your language. I did it, because you weren't waking up!", retorted Lucy.

"You're telling me to watch my language while my back is dripping wet in ice-cold water?!", shouted Natsu in disbelief. Lucy simply nodded.

"Use a towel. I'm going to make pancakes for breakfast.", said Lucy. Natsu pouted, but entered Lucy's room to get a towel. "And don't touch my novel!"

"Damn it!", Lucy could hear his disappointment, but smiled to herself. In a matter of 20 minutes, Lucy finished making breakfast and Natsu's back was almost dry.

Lucy set a plate topped with pancakes in front of Natsu, the maple syrup bottle in between them. "Yes! Thanks for the food, Lucy!", thanked Natsu. Lucy assumed that Natsu was going to reach for the maple syrup, but was surprised by his next question. "Hey, do you have hot sauce?" Lucy nodded and went to get the bottle from her cabinet, choosing not to ask why. She hand the bottle to him.

Natsu then dumped a whole of hot sauce on top of his pancakes, Lucy looked at him and said, "You like hot sauce on your pancakes?" Natsu nodded. He took a huge bite, then smiled,

content with the flavor. "You have such a weird tastes", said Lucy while rolling her eyes. Natsu pouted in response. After 15 minutes, Lucy and Natsu were done eating breakfast and had entered Natsu's apartment.

"What do you want me to unpack?", asked Lucy as they entered.

"You can unpack the bedding and sheets.", replied Natsu. Lucy nodded and went to search for the box of sheets. In 20 minutes, Lucy unpacked the bedding and made Natsu's bed, because of experience, she was able to get things done fast. She went over to help Natsu unpack his clothes, giggling from time to time, because of his childish underwear while Natsu gave her pouts from time to time. Lucy and Natsu worked for most of the day.

"Are you going to paint your apartment?", asked Lucy. Natsu nodded. "Where's the paint?"

"It's over there.", said Natsu while pointing to a closet. Natsu helped Lucy get the paint out. Lucy started to pour the paint into pans, while Natsu took out a tarp and taped it to the floor and on the furniture. While Lucy poured the paint, she noticed that it was a bright red.

"Why did you pick a bright red for your walls?", questioned Lucy.

"Because red is my favorite color.", responded Natsu. Natsu and Lucy were able to finish the walls in a few hours, because the apartment wasn't too big. Lucy was looking for some more places to touch up the paint. Suddenly, she felt a blob of coldness hit her head, Lucy touched the unknown object which was now all in her hair. She looked at her hand to see that it was covered in red paint.

"What the hell? Oh no you didn't!", screamed Lucy. Natsu laughed thinking it was hilarious.

"You look better now with red in your hair", said Natsu giving her a toothy grin. If Lucy wasn't pissed, she would have been a bit flustered, but since she was pissed, she decided to get revenge. Lucy used her paintbrush to pick up a huge amount of paint and threw it at Natsu. The paint landed in the middle of Natsu's forehead. She started laughing hysterically happy with her actions.

"Now you look better with a red forehead.", retorted Lucy still laughing. Natsu decided to not end the fun there and threw another blob of paint at Lucy's shirt.

"Why did you do that? I'm wearing white, I'll never get out.", whined Lucy. Lucy threw another blob of paint at Natsu. For the next fifteen minutes, Natsu and Lucy were involved in paint throwing war. Both of them were running around while throwing paint. Although Lucy didn't want to admit defeat to Natsu, the paint was almost dry, which would make it even harder to scrub off in the shower, she had to get Natsu to stop one way or another.

"Stop, stop!", yelled Lucy, "I need to take a shower before the paint dries!" Natsu seemed to understand, but had a cheeky look on his face.

"Ha, I beat you, I beat you!", bragged Natsu like a little child. He continued chanting this while Lucy rolled her eyes in annoyance. She then exited the apartment with her clothes and skin completely covered in red paint.

"I'll be back in twenty minutes!", yelled Lucy, waiting for Natsu's response indicating that he got the message and understood.

"Okay, but I still beat you!", shouted Natsu from inside the apartment. Lucy entered her apartment and went to take a shower. After twenty minutes, Lucy scrubbed the paint off her body, but threw her clothes in the trash, seeing that there would be no way for the dried paint to come off her clothes.

She came out of the bathroom only to find Natsu in her kitchen making some dinner. He was able to get the paint off his body in less time than she took. She tried to scare him, so she quietly inched up on him. Lucy was about to place her hands on his shoulders to scare him. Natsu's voice suddenly scared her. "I know that you're behind me. I can sense you.", Lucy's plan failed, but she decided to brush it off.

"What are you making?", questioned Lucy.

"I decided to make some fried rice for dinner.", responded Natsu. Lucy nodded and sat down in a chair. Natsu served her a bowl of delicious smelling fried rice in front of her. He sat down across from her with a bowl of fried rice for himself. They made small talk with each other. After eating and cleaning the dishes, both of them sat down on the couch watching a movie. Natsu started touching Lucy's hair, but she didn't stop him, because his touch was soothing.

"What are you doing with my hair?", asked Lucy.

"I'm braiding your hair.", answered Natsu.

"You know how to braid hair?"

"Yeah, I had a little sister that I played a lot."

"I want to see a picture." Natsu took out his phone and showed her a picture of a sweet girl with dark blue hair in a nice dress.

"There's no way she is related to you. She's like an angel, while you are a demon."

"Hey! Her name is Wendy. She got her hair color from my mom. I also have a brother." Natsu showed another picture of a man with dark hair dressed in dark clothes. After 10 minutes of showing each other their families, they went back to watching the movie. Natsu went back to braiding Lucy's hair. Lucy placed her head on Natsu's shoulder enjoying the warmth and in a matter of time, both of them went to sleep curled up against each other.


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-Jelly Beanies