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Natsu sat patiently at the bar as he watched Mirajane stand in front of the request board while holding her right index finger to her bottom lip, in search of a job she liked. Moments passed and Natsu had begun to feel drowsy. Just as he begins to rest his head down on to his arms, Mirajane walked over and tapped him on the shoulder. Lifting his head, Natsu was greeted with a smiling Mirajane in front of him.
"I found one we can do Natsu, look!" Natsu looked at the request, his face fell. It was a request to help deliver flowers to a flouriest in Hargeon town.
"Wow Mirajane this um, sounds cool" Mirajane could hear the disappointment in his voice.
"What's wrong Natsu, you don't like the job I picked?" Sniffling, she looked as though she was about to cry. Natsu begin to wave his hands in front of himself.
"Nooo Mirajane its great, I like it really!" Natsu said reassuring her, hoping to keep the takeover mage's tears from spilling out. Mirajane smiled while Natsu breathed a sigh of relief.
"Great, meet me at the train station in an hour!" Mirajane turned and walked off to the exit of the guild. Natsu waited a little bit before he did so as well.
An hour passed, Natsu and Mirajane were at the train station waiting to board and depart. Natsu was wearing his usual outfit as was Mirajane; the train was all clear for boarding. The two Fairy Tail mages entered the train and found a window seat to sit at. This part of the train was vacant, not too many people needed to go to Hargeon city apparently. They sat down as the train began to move, and Natsu to be over taken by motion sickness. Moaning sickly, Natsu hung his head out of the window. Mirajane noticed this immediately and gasped.
"Natsu!" Mirajane slid over closer to Natsu and pulled him in from the window.
"I'm sorry Natsu but it's just too dangerous to hang your head out of the window like that. You can lay your head in my lap to help ease the nausea." Natsu complied with no fuss and laid his head down into Mirajane's lap, he felt comfortable and a little less nauseated now.
"How do you feel now?" Mirajane looked down at him worriedly as she waited for a response from the salamander.
"Thank you Mirajane, I feel a little bit better now." Natsu answered as he adjusted himself in her lap while yawning.
"You're welcome Natsu." Mirajane noticed he was drifting off to sleep a little and laughed. "Are you going to sleep on me Natsu?" Natsu snickered a little bit.
"I felt so comfortable that I figured ill take a nap, sorry." Mirajane just sighed and snickered as well.
"You don't have to apologize to me Natsu; I don't mind you sleeping in my lap at all." At this Natsu drifted off to sleep, softly snoring in her lap.
'Natsu sure is warm.' Mirajane thought to herself then smiled as she too begin to take a light a nap, while resting her right hand on the side of the dragon slayers head.
The train ride was quiet for the most part, allowing the two mages to nap in peace. Mirajane begin to wake up from her light nap just as the train was pulling into station, she shook Natsu.
"Natsu wake up, it's time to exit the train. He stirred a little bit and opened his eyes while sitting up. The two exited the train and begin to walk around Hargeon town. This town was nice. Flower's lined the streets with elegance and bright color. Every breath taken was a sweet delectable one. Natsu stopped walking as did Mirajane.
"So Mirajane, where is this flower shop were supposed to help out at again?" Mirajane furrowed her brows and pulled out the request again. She scanned over it quickly then looked around and sighed.
"Natsu, were standing in front of it." She told him while pointing to the right; Natsu rubbed his head and laughed. Mirajane grabbed his hand and pulled him into the store. They entered the store and were immediately over taken by the different assortment of flowers. The arrangement was topnotch. The two mages walked up to the counter and ringed the bell, a door closed from the back.
"Just a minute please." An elderly sounding woman called out. There was a loud sound of something heavy falling followed by a scream from the old lady. Natsu and Mirajane reacted at the scream and ran behind the counter through the open doorway that lead to a new room. When they got there they found an elderly woman lying on the floor with a big potted plant on top of her. Natsu lifted the plant off her as Mirajane helped the old woman to her feet. She thanked them.
"Oh goodness thank you young ones, who might you be?" Natsu smiled and introduced them.
"You're very welcome and were the Fairy Tail mages you requested." A look of realization appeared on the old woman's face, she smiled.
"I'm so glad your guild was able to honor my request. It started three years ago. My usual delivery man showed up on time just as he always did but this time, without my Moondragons. He has said consistently that every time he gets halfway here, he's ambushed by a small group of bandits. They only ever want the flowers. The delivery man tried fighting back one time but in the end he was beaten badly by them. Now, he's told me that he refuses to go get the flowers again until those bandits are dealt with." Mirajane and Natsu frowned at this.
"Hmmm…..what would bandits be wanting with flowers in the first place. What time does the delivery man arrive and is it every day?" Natsu asked the woman.
"He comes only on week days, but he's already been here today and won't be back until Monday." She answered him. It was a nice Friday afternoon and the sun was beginning to set on what had been a warm relaxing day in Hargeon town.
"Ok, Mirajane it looks like we're spending the weekend here." Mirajane smiled and nodded her head in agreement. The elderly woman smiled as well, grateful for the help.
"Bless you young ones, can I please have your names?" She inquired.
"I'm Natsu Dragneel and she's Mirajane Strauss." Natsu informed. The old lady smiled.
"Marvelous!" She said
It was early night now as the salamander and the demon left the flower shop. The streets were beginning to thin out in traffic as people were heading home to rest. Natsu and Mirajane walked amongst them in no particular rush to be anywhere. They had decided to look for a place to stay first before going out to get dinner.
"She was nice enough wouldn't you say Natsu?" Mirajane asked, striking up another conversation between them. Natsu grinned.
"Yeah she was, it just makes me want to catch the bastards that's stealing her flowers and beat there asses even more!" Natsu was holding a flaming fist of righteousness as Mirajane giggled at him.
"Me too, it's not right to steal from people." She agreed, adding in her own opinion.
They continued walking a few more blocks down until they reached a hotel.
"The Seaside Inn." Natsu read the name.
"Looks nice, let's stay here." Natsu nodded his head as he walked inside with Mirajane.
Mirajane and Natsu entered the room they were going to be sleeping in. Upon entering the two noticed the same thing; there was only a single queen sized bed. Natsu just stared silently as Mirajane just walked in and sat down her traveling bag and begin looking through it. Noticing that she wasn't followed into the room, she looked up at Natsu who was still standing in the door way.
"Natsu, what's wrong?" Mirajane asking this seemed to wake him from his stupor.
"Um….there's only one bed Mirajane." He informed her. She just looked at him.
"Oh….you don't want to share a bed with me Natsu?" Natsu's cheeks gained a light pink tint to them.
"No no nooo that's not it at all, I just thought you wanted your own bed to sleep in or something." Mirajane giggled.
"I don't mind sharing a bed with you Natsu." Natsu became more at ease now and walked into the room while closing the door behind him. He walked over to the right side of the bed which was by the window and sat down. Mirajane was done looking through her travel bag as was Natsu since he packed light.
"So, what are we to do about dinner?" asked a hungry Natsu. Mirajane begin to think.
"Well we don't have too much money on us at the moment…." She trailed off. "We could buy food and cook it here, which would be cheaper than eating out." Natsu looked skeptical at this.
"You know how to cook?" Natsu asked her. She nodded and begin to write on a piece of paper.
"I know a thing or two about cooking. Here, take this." She handed him a small list of items. "Go get those items and bring them back. Now go, I'll get things prepared for cooking." Mirajane begin rummaging through the pots and pans, tossing the ones she was using into the sink. Natsu nodded and walked out of the room as Mirajane begin scrubbing the dishes clean.
Natsu walked into the market area of Hargeon town, this part of town was still filled with people out shopping or just lounging around. Looking on the list he went for the first item needed, pork cutlets. He found a butcher shop just a little ways from where he just was.
"Welcome sir, how may I help you!?" The man was tall and muscular with a tan to his skin, and had a thick mustache. Natsu walked up to the man at the counter and showed him the list of items he was out searching for, the man grinned.
"This is excellent; I have everything you need in one convenient place!" The man yelled excitedly.
"Alright!" Natsu was now just as excited. The man reached into to the freezer and pulled out a huge slab of pork and sliced off fifty perfectly cut pieces. Natsu was overjoyed, the man even through in the bread crumbs and vegetables for free. Having paid the man for the pork, the dragon slayer made his way back to the Inn.
It didn't take Mirajane long to scrub the dishes clean. She had everything she was going to use for cooking ready and the plates were set on the table in the room. Now, she was reading through a book she brought with her while laying on the bed relaxing casually. Hearing the door being unlocked, she inserted a book mark into the book as Natsu walked in with the groceries. She stood up and walked over to him in the kitchen part of the room and grabbed the groceries from him.
"Wow Natsu, this is really heavy. How much pork did you get?" He chuckled while rubbing the back of his head with one hand.
"Let's just say I found an extremely friendly butcher who was happy to assist me." Mirajane sighed.
"No kidding, well I'm about to start cooking now so go take a shower." Natsu groaned.
"Cant I just wait until after dinnerrrrr?" he whined. Mirajane just smiled.
"If you don't shower now, then you won't be eating anything." By the time she finished talking, Natsu had already ran off and started up the shower.
Dinner was done and over with, it was late at night now. Mirajane had just come out of the shower and was joining a lounging Natsu in bed under the covers. She was wearing a simple pink night gown while Natsu was just wearing casual shorts for sleeping with no shirt on. He was staring off into space with a serious expression and Mirajane took notice.
"What are you thinking about Natsu?" He seemed to had been awaken from his thoughts as he sighed.
"I was trying to figure out what bandits would want with flowers, it just doesn't seem right. If I was a bandit, I would rob people of their money or jewelry. I think that would be the most common thing to do, wouldn't you agree Mirajane?" It was a little strange to here Natsu talking like this. He was pointing out important information that they should really consider and think on. Mirajane begin to wonder, was he always like this?
"Yeah, it's very strange indeed." Mirajane yawned. "You want to spend some time talking about it in the morning before we leave out?" Natsu nodded his head as he closed his eyes.
"Sure, we can do that. Good night." Natsu then laid flat on his back, as did Mirajane. Natsu was asleep now, snoring softly. Mirajane soon fell asleep as well.
Another one down, many more to go hopefully! I must admit, the week days do slow me down considerably thanks to school but none the less ill manage somehow. Hopefully it doesn't feel like I'm rushing into the relationship part just yet. I hope this chapter was enjoyable to you all and as always please leave feedback, thank you.