Chaos + Love =?

Experiment # 3~ The Couple's candy

(Lucy's Narration)

Everyone was already eager to go back to Magnolia, after a tiring job we received from a client. Apparently, we all walked back since Natsu made us all miss the train, and he did it purposely.

"Um, how long till we get to Magnolia?" Wendy asked to break the silence of the group.

"Not too long. We should be there in 30 minutes." Erza replied.

"This is all Natsu's fault. We wouldn't be this tired if we only got on the train." Gray complained in a loud tone.

"I agree." Carla nodded her head and she looked irritated and tired.

"Well I would die if I got on the train." Natsu butt his head with Gray's.

"You rode on a train for a couple of times already, and you didn't die!"

"Well maybe if I got on a train this time, I would already die! And besides, Wendy was tired to use her magic."

A brawl was about to start between the two if Erza didn't punch some senses into them.

"Would you two quit it?" this time Erza looked pissed. "We're all tired and all of us want to get back to Magnolia already. So don't waste time anymore!"

Gray and Natsu moaned in pain but both still gazed badly at each other.

I felt my tummy grumbled and I remembered the two candies that the client's daughter secretly gave me. I got one and before opening it, I read the wrapper. Couple's Candy was the label. The sweet was round like a ball, and it wasn't that big compared to other candies, but it was kind of heavy.

Natsu noticed that I was opening the candy and he suddenly came up to me.

"Lucy, do you still have another candy?" he eagerly asked.

"Uh, yeah. Here." I got the other candy from my pocket, and I gave it to Natsu.

"Thank you." We both opened the candies together, and ate it at the same time.

It wasn't hard to chew then what it looked like. Actually, it was really chewy and it had this bitter sweet taste, once you chewed all of it. I felt a small liquid burst out from the candy, and it taste like blueberries.

I swallowed the candy when only a small bit was left in my mouth. I saw Natsu also swallowed it at the same as me.

"We're here." Happy yelled as we saw Magnolia.

"Finally." Wendy was crying in agony while Erza and Gray sighed.

As we were about to walk, a sudden force pulled me to the side. I felt I hit something hard and I collapsed to the ground.

"Ouch! What happened?" I sat on the ground and I held my thigh.

I looked back to see what I was leaning on, and I saw Natsu scratching his head.

"Natsu, why did you pull me!" I shouted as loud as I can.

"Why are you blaming me? You're the one who bumped into me!" he shouted back.

"Oi, this is no time to have a couple's fight." Gray stared at us.

"We're not having a couple's fight!" I shouted.

"You two get up or I'll drag both of you back to the guild." Erza was really pissed now since more time was wasted.

Both of us suddenly got up fast in fear. As we tried to walk in opposite sides, I kept getting pulled back to Natsu.

"Hey, why do you keep pulling me!" I shouted.

"I'm not pulling you! You're the one that keeps bumping into me.

Erza was pissed and she dragged Gray to help out with the problem. Erza pulled me while Natsu was being pulled by Gray. It was a tough pull and some weird and inappropriate scenes happened that Carla covered the eyes of Wendy.

"No use; both of you are stuck together." Erza was trying to catch her breath as sweat rolled down her face. "Did you two eat, drink, or felt anything weird?"

I started to recall anything weird but nothing. But I only remembered the candies.

"We ate the same candy a while ago, and that's it." I still kept remembering if I missed out something weird.

"Candy? Do you still have the wrapper?" Erza was persistent.

I gave her the wrapper of my candy, and her eyes widened as she saw the name. She kept reading it, and then pulled herself together to tell us what she found out.

"You two are stuck for a day or two because of the candy that both of you ate."

I looked at the wrapper and read these words inside of it. Both of you'll be stuck together for a day and maybe two, so make use of this time to spend quality time with each other. Warning: has strong magnetic force.

"What!" I was stuck with Natsu for much longer than I thought.

We went back to the guild side by side, and we were teased together, for eating the couple's candy. It was humiliating but I was flattered inside. I hid my blushing face, and I wanted to know what Natsu's expression was, though I had no courage to lift up my face.

Night time came and it was time for everyone to go back to their houses. Only problem is, which house should we go to?

"Natsu can't bring Lucy back to our home, since the space is only limited. So Lucy, bring Natsu to your house." Happy smiled innocently but I knew he was teasing me inside.

"Bridal Night!" everyone at the guild shouted.

"Don't call it whatever you like!" I shouted and ran out of the guild, to stop the humiliation. Of course Natsu was with me, and I don't know what expression he was making.

I slowly rose up my head and saw that his face was also red. He was only covering it with his scarf, and he was facing the sky to not look embarrassed. I chuckled and thought that the ferocious Natsu also had this kind of side.

As we got home to my place, I felt sticky all of a sudden and I so wanted to take bath. But how can I do that? Then I had a bright idea. I used a curtain to take off my clothes, and wear a towel instead. Natsu also was forced to take a bath and also wore a towel on his thighs.

We sat on the tub back to back without removing the towels. I scrubbed my body and I heard he was also washing himself with soap. I tried to reach my back, but I can't. Soon the silence broke.

"Give me the scrub." He said softly.

I was surprised but I gave it to him with my trembling hands. I felt that he slowly tried to pull away and I heard the water splashed as he turned facing me. He spread his legs and I soon I sat between him with his face so close to my hair.

He started scrubbing my back, my neck, and my shoulders. And he spoke again in the midst of all that.

"Lower your towel so I can reach your lower back."

I hesitated but I did what he said. He soon began scrubbing my lower back gently and I felt a little aroused. I couldn't stop myself from asking this question.

"Hey Natsu, do you know what a Bridal Night is?" I didn't hear a quick reply. He must be thinking or trying to ignore that question.

The scrubbing stopped and he answered. "You do something more than just sleep right?"

My heart raced and I hid my blushing face from him. I wondered if I get to do more than just sleep with Natsu.

We sat on the bed after drying off and the room was filled with silence. I forced words to come out of my mouth and this came out.

"Natsu, do you feel troubled or irritated being stuck with me?" my voice was low and it didn't have any life or emotion to it.

I then felt a sudden pull and I was pinned to the bed by both of Natsu's arms. My heart was beating out of control as he was looking at my eyes with unexplainable emotions.

"I never said I was troubled or irritated. I feel more relaxed when I'm with you." I saw his face was becoming red and he suddenly gave me a kiss on the lips. It was a long and good one. I felt that we were floating on the clouds, enjoying this little time we have.

We slept the whole night side by side, and we were holding hands together under the covers. The next day before we left, we got separated and he said something to me.

"Always be the fun Lucy, okay? You look cuter that way."

We walked back to the guild together and my heart won't stop beating fast. I kept slapping my face to snap out of it and when we got to the guild, this was the question that greeted us.

"Did anything happen!"

I became irritated and shouted back.

"You, dimwits! You were all thinking about that!"

"Nothing happened. Lucy kept snoring loudly that it was hard to sleep." Natsu replied to the guild.

"I was snoring loudly! You kept kicking me all night long!"

We shouted at each other false accusations to keep what happened last night to ourselves.

I was really happy about what Natsu said. The kiss is also something that people do when they are deeply in love. And I never imagined Natsu doing that to me in a straight mind. My feelings had blossomed more due to what happened. I just hope that we would always have fun days like these, and maybe it's not bad to go beyond being just friends right?

~END~

Authors note: Thanks for all the support! I really appreciate it. I'm still thinking for more fun ideas for the upcoming chapters. Maybe the next chapter involves parenting? Stay tuned!