Authors Note: I'll have to turn the rating up to M for INSINUATED steam (or Lemon/Mature Content) but it is not explicit, just some making out probably, but thats about it
The trip back to the clients was a rather a silent one, as Natsu was stooped in his thoughts, as to WHY the previous King had wanted him dead... his head spun as he trailed behind Lucy, who led the way to the clients shanty.
Lucy glanced worriedly at him, before rapping lightly on the door. The client, Lenard, opened the door, letting the two in.
After getting a fairway in, Lucy turned to "Lenny" with a bright grin "mission acomplished, grandpa!~" she reported happily, her upbeat tone causing Natsu to smile a bit.
Lenard smiled softly, clasping his hands together "thats wonderful!" He said "I hope you enjoy having them back"
Lucy blinked at his words. Sure, she recognized them. Her moms old jewelry box, and a doll Layla made for her when she was little, named Michelle.
"Wait... you mean..." before Lucy could finish her sentence, Lenard spoke up "I was planning on getting these, and keeping them till I found you" he clarified
"Wait, what about the reward?" Natsu asked skeptically, while narrowing his black orbs, known has his eyes
Lenard nodded quickly, before handing them a medium sized pouch, which Lucy took. In the pouch was 300,000 jewels, and a golden key, as promised.
Lucy's eyes widened when she saw what the key was "C-Capricorn! This was-"
"Your mothers, yes..." Lenard inturrupted again, before Lucy grinned
"A-arigatou, gazimaze!" She said happily
Natsu POV
When we got back to the guild, we immediately requested a meeting with the master, to tell him what the little wizard I fought (May, was his name) told us.
"Apparently, there are like, 6 other wizardsout there, after Lucy" I reported, my arms crossed over my chest. Lucy wasn't there though, because this was a "private" meeting, or whatever...
Erza huffed, before her and Jiichan exchanged knowing glances, and she placed a piece of paper on the table, reading:
Lucy Heartfilia, wanted for 2,000,000 J
My jaw clenched as I read it "I wont let that happen" I growled, before master nodded
"Of course not, but we need... extra precausions"
Uh oh... he was planning something...
"Lucy will now be staying at your house." He finally said
"WHAT?!"
"Well you DO seem eager to protect her... and we know how your strength works" Erza interviened, with a thoughtful look
And she DID have me there, because I DID want to protect Lucy... I just didn't expect us to be in such... close-quarters...
I sighed after a few minute of contemplating "ok, fine, I'll do it" I said, standing up, and leaving the office.
Upon leaving the masters office, I immediately scoured the guild to find the blonde mage. I spotted her chatting with Levy, before rushing to her "yo, Lu!" I called, and she turned to head to see me
"Ah, Natsu, what did master want?" She asked, looking at me with those wide innocent eyes. I felt my face heat up, before clearing my throat nervously "ah, uhm, nothing important... but hey, where are you currently staying?" I said quickly
Lucy tilted her head at my random question, but answered nonetheless "ah, I'm staying with Levy-chan"
I nodded "Levy, cool, but listen, you kinda have to live with me now." I knew I sounded way too awkward, and I had NO idea why. For some reason my chest kept feeling all fluttery when she looked at me like that, and I suddenly felt like I was turning into a horonal teenaged girl...
"Huh? Why...?" Lucy questioned, before taking a sip of her drink
"These are just the masters orders... don't question them" I said, crosssing my arms
Lucy nodded slowly "riiiight...anyway... wanna take up another job?" She asked, with a smile
I smiled back "ye-" I stopped as I saw Erza behind Lucy, shaking her head "nooo...?"
Lucy pouted "why not?"
"I-I'm busy"
"Doing what?"
Not getting my ass kicked... "I need to... help Erza clean the storage room!"
Erza glared at me as I said that and I inwardly chuckled
"I can help~" Lucy suddenly said, and I blinked "hu-?"
"Sounds great. Come, Natsu, Lucy" Erza spoke, dragging us away
I stood at the lone table in the storage room, frowning at the pile of books I had to go through. Most were spellbooks, and for reference, which was good to have in emergencies. But as I moved a stack, the one next to it collapsed, and I stumbled back.
"Ah, shit" I mumbled, as I started picking them up again, but then I saw an out of place book, and I picked it up before grinning at the cover "hey, Erza, it's one of Reedus' albums!" I called out.
Erza came to look over my shoulder, giving a wistful smile "ah, yes... I remember this..." she said, before returning to her work
"Can I see?" Lucy asked, climbing off the ladder she was on
I felt that weirdness in my chest again she walked up, and quickly averted my eyes before they wandered where they shouldn't...
Lucy sat by me, as I flipped the pages of the album, until I stopped on a page towards the middle, a picture of everyone when we were younger, and a blue dragon, which was actually Happy.
I smiled sadly at it, as Lucy's eyes glistened, scanning over the hand-drawn picture "wow, is that you? You're so cute.." she giggled "but... whos this girl...?"
I felt my heart sink as her finger landed on the drawn form of a white-haired girl
"Ah.." I mumled, my throat running dry "thats Lisanna"
Lucy frowned, before turning to me "if you don't mind... I'd like to know what happened..."
I gaped a bit in surprise at her sudden request before swallowing hard "ah, in the picture?" I asked
She nodded
I sighed, running a hand through my unruly hair "lets see... I was like, seven, and while I was training, I had found a blue egg... I assumed it was a dragon... but anyway, Lisanna... she agreed to help me look after it, and next thing I knew, the egg had hatched, and somehow, instead of a dragon, I got a talking, flying, blue kitten"
Lucy laughed "ah, the dissapointment, huh?~"
I huffed, crossing my arms "but... when we were 15, Lisanna had wanted to go on a mission, but I didn't feel like it... so she, for the first time, went solo... and about a week later, me, Mira, and Elfman went to search for her... and thats when we saw that she had been killed..."
Lucy's smile twisted into a solemn frown "I'm so sorry to hear that... and thats when you got all depressed, huh?..." she mumbled
I stared at her for awhile, as that warm, fuzzy, feeling returned to my chest, and I couldn't help but grin as I stood up "but I'm fine now~" I said, crossing my arms behind my head
Lucy stood as well "you are?
I nodded, slinging my arm around her shoulder "yeah!~ even though we've only known each other for a few weeks, I feel like I've known you forever!~" I said happily
I looked at Lucy, only find she was blushing madly
I blinked
Man... she looked so adorable when her face was red like that... crap, that thought made some... inappropriate... images flash through my head, and something inside me snapped.
"You look a little red" I said with a smirk
Lucy gasped, before backing up to the shelf, blushing more
I continued to approach her, no doubt a strange look on my face as I did so. I stopped as I was barely inches away from her, and I pressed my arms on either side of her.
Her face was completely red as she looked up at me "N-Natsu... w-what are you d-doing..."
It was her voice, weak from embarrassment, that snapped me out of my trance, and I noted our position finally, before mentally yelling at myself 'NATSU! WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?!'
I pushed myself off the bookcase, Lucy's knees giving out as she released a breath.
I turned, relizing that Erza must have left earlier, because that would explain why she didn't beat me up...
"We... should finish up..." I said, not turning to her, hearing Lucy's absent hum of agreeement shortly afterwards, as I continued my work
Normal POV
About another week passed after the incident, and it became more tense with Natsu and Lucy, ecspecially at home, where they shed their confident skins, and both were all nerves.
But Natsu's nerves seemed to handle things differently. Lucy shortly found out that Natsu was a tease. And a big one at that. Always finding a new way to make her all flustered, before walking off, laughing.
Lucy, on the other hand, just blushed at everything he did. Especially when he, so willingly, would shed his shirt before he went to bed, leaving Lucy to stare at him as she fell asleep. Which wasn't hard, because she slept on his hammock, and he occupied the couch across from it.
Everyone noticed the sharp change in their relationship, but no one knew what happened between them... but none of them were in the storage room, the day everything changed.
Lucy sighed as she and Natsu currently made their ay home, to Natsu's humble abode. Lucy walked on the edge of the sidewalk, Natsu walking beside her, on the lower part.
"Luce, you know you could trip and fall" he chided, making Lucy huff indifferently
"I'll be fine, gee-ack!" As the words left her mouth, her ankle twisted funny, and she started to fall, but thankfully, Natsu lept to catch her.
Lucy looked at Natsu to thank him, but realized he was LITERALLY bending over backwards, to catch her.
"Ah, crap" Natsu hissed as his knees gave out, causing him to fall flat on his back "eta..." he grumbled, before looking up at her, only to see Lucy flushing madly.
"I-I'm sorry... I'll just..." she tried to get up, but didn't realize her knees were hooked through his, and only flipped them over, Natsu hovering over her, his hands pressed into the concrete by her head.
There it was again... she was blushing... Natsu had found himself undeniably attracted to that blush, and those uncertain eyes. Maybe because it was so... different? All he ever saw at his guild was confidence, so maybe it was that?
"U-Uhm... are you ok...?" Lucy's voice reached his ears, and he suddenly realized what was going on, causing his face to go a little red
"G-gomen ne" he mumbled, quickly pushed himself off her, before it could possibly get more awkward
Lucy stood, dustig her skirt off, but was mortified at what Natsu said next
"you're easy to embarrass"
Lucy's face immediately heated up again "wh-what?!"
That sly smirk reappeared as they continued to his house.
Lucy blushed madly, for as soon as they made it home, Natsu got in her face, and she now KNEW this was just a fun game for him.
"H-how would YOU like it if I embarrassed you all the time..?" She mumbled
Natsu scoffed "like you could even-"
Before he finished, Lucy grabbed his scarf, pulling him into a fierce kiss that lasted about 3 seconds before pulling back with a smirk, obviously saying 'I win'
Natsu gaped, and was blushing madly as he brought a hand up to cover his mouth "y-you KISSED me!" He finally said
Lucy giggled, sticking her tongue out "but it worked~"
Natsu growled, removing his hand from his mouth "thats CHEATING!"
Lucy laughed "there were never any rules, Natsu~" she said, drawing out the 'U' in his name teasingly
But she suddenly gasped when she was pinned to the wall harshly, a loud 'bang' sounding through the small house, the sound echoed off, the only other sound now being Natsu's soft growl, that demanded dominance.
"Like i'm gonna lose to you"
The rest of the night was a clash of tongues and teeth, both of them finally releasing the pent up feelings they held since they laid eyes on eachother.
Moans eachoed, and gasps and pants slipped from their lips, as each yearned for eachother in a more passionate, and intimate way than before.
Lucy was down to her bra and skirt (her panties already removed by the hungry Dragon Slayer), and Natsu's shirt and scarf, missing. But none of them really cared too much
Natsu panted, before pressing his teeth to the small blondes neck, before finally saying the words he could never admit to before
"I-I love you..."
Some silence
"L-Love you too... Natsu..."
Happy was flying hurriedly to the guild, a grin playing on his light blue cheeks. And everyone jumped as the cat burst into the guild, yelling out his signiture;
"They liiiiiiiike each other~!"