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A Meal To Remember

Chapter 4

Natsu woke up first the next morning. He basked in the sensations of spooning Lucy's soft curves and inhaling her scent. It smelled like her usual scent of vanilla and strawberries, but mixed with a hint of his smoky cinnamon and patchouli smell. I can't remember a time where I felt happier than right now. Lucy feels the same way towards me as I feel about her. She agreed to be with me romantically from now on, but does that mean I should act differently towards her? I think I should do my best to pick on her less and act more affectionate. I love her even if we aren't ready to admit it to each other yet. I'm going to make sure that she is happy being with me, I don't know if I can handle losing her now.

She mumbled something in her sleep drawing his attention away from his thoughts. "uuuunnnnhhh…Naaattsssuuuu….".

The way she said his name was so slow that it almost sounded like she was moaning. This gave him an idea. He slowly moved away from her back as not to wake her, and sat at the end of the bed. He then began to slowly move her body from on her side, to where she was laying down on her back. He crawled under the covers and spread her legs apart, breathing in her concentrated womanly scent. He shuttered with pleasure at the smell of her, which alone could drive him mad with lust. He kissed her long and slowly around the area near her sex, then began to move towards her folds. After a minute he started to kiss her little pearl above her entrance, sensual and wet kisses that he treasured.

Lucy was still asleep and having a fantastic wet dream at that. Her adventure from the night before was replaying in her dream but with some more kinky foreplay involved. She was dressed in a slutty maid costume and he was dressed as rich businessman. She was refusing to do her job of cleaning, and she wanted punishment for her 'bad behavior'. He was giving her playful spanks while she was across his lap biting her finger at him seductively.

He continued to arouse her in her sleep by licking her clit and occasionally suckling on it. It grew plump with the increased blood flow to her nether region, and she was moist around her entrance. Natsu was so turned on by her visible arousal that he fought the urge to wake her up so he could have sex with her again. He continued his ministrations while she began to awake by moving her head and fluttering her eyes until they opened.

"Natsu? Oohhh…good god…Natsu!….uuuunnnnnhhhh…".

"Good morning Luce, I wanted to wake you up sweetly and show you how much I care".

Lucy felt like he worshipped her like a goddess. She loved how well he could pleasure her with just his lips and tongue. Little did he know, that she loved to rock his world just as much. She craved the feeling of his thick cock inside her again, it made her orgasms so much more intense than when she would masturbate.

"Come here you. I desperately want to show you how happy you make me."

"But I wanted to get you off without you worrying about me." He got out from under the covers and slightly pouted, but as he leaned up she could see his erection jutting out proudly. She shivered at the erotic sight and wanted it even more.

"What gets me off the best, is when I feel you inside me." She blushed but fought through it by giving him a sultry look. "I love feeling your…hard…thick…cock."

He blushed at her dirty words but was thrilled because he knew it was true. They had just experienced what it felt like to be with a person of the opposite sex. To him, it felt like he was finally complete.

She sat up, reached out and grabbed his arm, then pulled him to her for a passionate kiss. She gripped his manhood with her other hand and stroked it tantalizingly slow. She pushed him down, sat on top of him, and grinded her wet sex up and down his erection.

"nnnnhhhh….uuuuhhhhhh…" Natsu couldn't help the sounds she drew from him, his state of pure ecstasy was obvious.

She giggled seductively and then pushed him inside of her while she groaned in pleasure at the feeling of her sudden fullness. She was tight, wet and more than willing for release. She took control by holding his wrists above his head on the bed while she moved back and forth. She had a primitive urge to fuck him, make sure he knew that he was her man and that he belonged to her. Her eyes were dilated and she felt like a wild animal needing to be tamed.

He was shocked by her taking control and it turned him on immensely. Who is this vixen and where is Lucy? Does she even know that I've had dreams about her doing this to me exactly? I want her to claim me so bad, but I haven't told her anything about what that is yet…all in good time. "Damn Luce… I love this side of you."

He was gripping her hips, helping her keep her balance as she rode him. Her pale breasts bounced with every motion and the view was extremely erotic. His eyes would roll around to the back of his head every time her hot, wet sex engulfed his erection all the way. She found her g-spot with his cock and rode him intensely. All at once, her body shivered, her sex seized up, sending waves of pleasure washing all over her body, as her orgasm took her. They both moaned each other's names loudly as they climaxed together. She rode him until he told her that he was done cumming, she slid off of him and lay next to him, both panting hard.

"Man, I feel really weak now. Not that it's a bad thing, just really tired." Lucy could feel her womanhood was tight and sensitive from the recent activities. "I could really go for a nice relaxing bath right now."

"That sounds good, I'm starving so how's about I make us some breakfast while you go relax for a bit in the tub?" Natsu looked into her eyes and pushed some of her hair behind her ear. His lips were pulled upwards into a smile but not exposing any teeth. He wanted to take care of her, prove to her that he was a quality mate and that when the time was right, she could claim him if she wanted.

"Who are you and where is Natsu?" she chuckled at his sudden romantic behavior but smiled brightly at him with a loving gaze. She kissed him on the cheek, "Let's do that then, just please be careful not to burn down my apartment."

She chuckled again and shimmied out of the room towards the bathroom. Natsu stayed to watch her plump rear as it left and yelled out an, 'ok' at her once she was in the other room.

Natsu went into the kitchen and began making bacon, eggs and toast. This was the easiest meal for him to make, and he knew he couldn't possibly mess it up. While cooking, he focused on his thoughts and feelings, which were running wild.

First things first, I gotta tell Happy that we're together now. Then we should let everyone at the guild know too. Better to get that over with sooner than later, people are bound to have some extreme reactions to the news. I don't want this to be a secret that we hide from people until they find out. They will react even worst if we do that. Plus, I'm just so happy right now that I could tell the whole world! Lucy might not care for that, so I won't go that far. She's so wonderful I still can't believe that I'm finally with her after all of this time. I won't let anything bad happen to her. I just know that she's my future mate, I've felt that for a long time now. I just need to be patient for once, and she will realize it too. Then she will claim me, mark me as hers…and then I'll mark her, and we will belong to each other…forever.

Lucy enjoyed every second of her hot bath, and came out smelling like her lavender bubble bath and feeling as fresh as a daisy. She got dressed in a pale pink sundress that had a lilac colored ribbon around the waist and tied into a bow in the back. She was about to head into the kitchen where Natsu was, when she thought about sneaking up on him while his back was turned. She snickered mischievously and proceeded with slow, quiet footsteps hoping to be sneaky enough for his dragon ears to not hear. He was so lost in his own thoughts that he didn't hear her coming.

She placed her hands over his eyes, "Guess who?" she asked playfully.

"Well it smells like and sounds like my girlfriend, except you smell more like lavender today than strawberries."

She removed her hands, so he turned around and held onto her waist while looking into her face, taking in all of her beautiful features.

"How did I get so lucky Luce?" He almost whispered this. "You know you could do better than me, are you sure this is what you want? You better tell me know because I'm already falling in love with you."

She was shocked by his sudden lack of confidence in himself and was caught completely off guard. "Natsu, there isn't anyone else that I've ever had eyes for but you. Yes I'm positive that I want you, you're my best friend and you always protect me. I couldn't ask for anyone better to love than you." She smiled reassuringly at him and gave him a tender hug.

"Thanks Luce, I just needed to hear how you felt about all of this. It's happened so fast and I felt like we barely even talked to each other about it."

"I know, I feel that way about it too, I can just read your emotions on your face so well that I knew how you were feeling about me. I love that about you."

Natsu plated up their food and sat it down on the table. Lucy was hungrier than she realized. They both ate their meals in record timing, hardly saying a word. Once they were done, they made plans for the day. Natsu needed a shower and a change of clothes at his house, and then they would head for the guild. On the way to Natsu's they discussed how to tell people the big news.

"Happy is going to be over the moon, he loves you so much Lucy. That's why he picks on you so much, even more than I did". He was smiling huge at her.

"Yeah I know I just want him to get the bragging over with quickly. He's going to say that he's known for years and was right about it and that it's about time." She frowned slightly at the thought of Happy's incessant bragging.

Once they got to Natsu and Happy's place, Natsu gave the blue exceed the news.

"Happy…Lucy and I are a couple now." Both of them blushed at the verbal confession to someone other than themselves.

"YAY! I'm so happy for you guys! You know that I've always known about you two! I love you both so much and I'm just glad that you can finally be happy together!"

Natsu and Lucy laughed at the excited little exceed, surprised by his sweet reaction. Happy was flying around in circles, and then came to each of them to give them hugs.

"We're going to the guild in a bit to tell everyone else, you were the first one to know little buddy!" Natsu hugged his friend extra tight then took off down the hallway to quickly shower and change out of his dress clothes from the night before.

Alone with Happy, Lucy felt a bit awkward. Oh crap, what do I say to Happy now? I know nothing has changed…well except for the fact that I've seen Natsu's fine ass self, naked for the past few hours. Ahh! Don't think about how sexy he must look in the shower either…with water dripping down his muscles…ah! I've gotta stop it!

"So Lucy? How much do you care for Natsu? I know you guys have been best friends for a long time, but how do you feel now that you're a couple?" Happy was indeed curious but also had a serious look in his eye. "I don't want you to break his heart, if you do he might forgive you, but I never will!" Tears began to swell in his eyes.

"Happy, don't worry about that. I would never do that to Natsu, I care about him too much to leave or hurt him. I've waited so long to be with him…I'm going to do everything I can to keep him by my side."

Happy's tears ceased at her honest words, he wiped them away and leapt up to give her another hug. "I knew you would say that. I just have to look out for him, he's never had a girlfriend before." He chuckled then changed the subject to how everyone else at the guild would react to the news.

Meanwhile in the shower, Natsu heard their whole conversation. He was relieved that Happy had been comforted and that she was just as scared of him leaving, as he was of her leaving. After he changed into his usual outfit, which consisted of white pants and his black vest, he ran out into the living room grabbed Lucy's hand and headed for the guild.

Happy agreed to not tease the two about their new relationship in return for lots of fish. The couple took a deep breath, while holding each other's hand, and opened the wooden double doors to the guild. It felt like every head turned towards them and that every mouth opened in shock, at the sight of them entering holding hands. They walked over to where the rest of their group was sitting at, eating breakfast. Erza watched them walk over and struggled not to choke on her food, Grey was simply oblivious to anything unordinary.

"You two look different…anything you want to tell us?" She had a curious look and an eyebrow raised, wanting to have her suspicions confirmed by them.

Natsu and Lucy looked at each other smiling. Since Natsu told happy earlier, it was only fair for Lucy to tell Erza, they planned on it on the way over to the guild.

"Well… Natsu and I are a couple now, as of yesterday." Lucy couldn't help the blush that formed on her cheeks. Admitting something so personal was slightly embarrassing.

"Finally! I was wondering when you two were going to confess your feelings to one another. Congratulations you two! Don't worry, when we go on missions together you two can share a tent together and such, I won't put a stop to anything you decide to do. However I might have to insist that you two set up your own campsite away from ours…just to ensure complete privacy." With this last statement she flushed a color resembling her hair but kept her face serious."

"Yeah what she said, congrats guys." Grey kept his usual aloof tone intact even though his face held a small smile, revealing his true fondness for his two friends.

The new couple had just sat down, when another curious person ambushed them, this time it was Mirajane.

"I heard everything! Oh I can't believe it's finally happened! I'm so happy for you both! I love you guys!" She was bear hugging both of their necks and crying tears of joy. Her matchmaking dream had come true. "I actually have a job picked out for your team if you are interested."

She gave the paper over to Erza who described what type of job it was. The owner of a magical item museum was hiring mages to protect a powerful, sacred item called the Crystal Orb. It once belonged to a cult of people who viewed it as sacred due to its power. They had long since been disbanded, but some of their descendants have occasionally tried to steal it back. They all agreed that they would meet at the train station tomorrow morning to leave for the museum.

"See you guys tomorrow!" Lucy waved her goodbyes with one hand and Natsu was still holding onto the other. They agreed to leave the awkwardness of the guild and to spend some time alone together before their mission the next day. Happy saw them leave and decided that he would spend his time trying to woo his beloved Carla.