Sunday night arrived quicker than Lucy had expected which left her now curled in her desk chair frantically scribbling out math problems and punching numbers into her calculator. While procrastination was Lucy's favorite action, math was not. It wasn't exactly that she was bad at it, she was actually pretty decent at it as long as she paid close attention in class, she just wasn't interested in it and it bored her.
Lucy sighed and looked over to her clock, it was a little after 9 p.m and she still had two pages of problems to get through. She dropped her pencil on her desk top and stretched her arms over her head and then stretched them backward hearing a slight pop in her spine as she did so. She'd been sitting doing homework for probably an hour and a half by now and her body was cramped from sitting for so long.
Glancing around her room for a moment, taking in the beige colored walls covered in her various drawings of constellations and quotes from books she'd loved, her room was one of her favorite places, it was one place that was all her own. Her brown eyes eventually landed back on the math work in front of her and she stared blankly at it.
How can I get out of doing this…I really don't want to finish it…I've done so much homework tonight I think my brain is broken…I'm never procrastinating again…
Whining in her mind she then groaned and dragged her hands over her face. "Math is so stupid anyways, I don't need to know how to logarithm or whatever to write—Ah!" Lucy practically fell out of her chair when her complaining was interrupted by a rapping on her window which led to her small balcony.
Gripping her pencil tightly in a fist as though she might stab whoever or whatever was at her window. With wide terrified eyes she hastily looked over to the window which the sound came from, fully prepared to see a monster with fangs, green skin, and red eyes…or something like that.
What she actually saw made her release a breath of confusion and relief. At her window instead of a murderous green monster she saw spiky pink hair, hazel eyes, and a huge goofy grin, all of which belonged to Natsu Dragneel.
Panic suddenly shot through Lucy, oh God, what if her dad saw him or heard him?! Jude would surely kill the boy or at least freak out and try to have him arrested or something crazy. Lucy scurried to her window and flipped the two locked before pushing it open. "Natsu! What are you doing!?" She exclaimed as quietly as she could so she wouldn't alert the household.
Natsu poked his head through the window and smiled up at her. "Mind if I come in?" Lucy stared down at him with shocked eyes before stepping to the side so he had room to crawl through the window. He ended up catching his foot on the sill of the window and crashing to her floor with an "oomf". Lucy grimaced at the sound and paused, straining her ears to hear if anyone was going to say something or come towards her room. As far as she could hear the house was silent. It was a big place, there was a good chance Virgo and her father were on the opposite side of the house.
The blonde turned back to glare down at the boy on her floor who grinned sheepishly up at her. "Sorry Luce," He whispered to her moving to sit up, "and hey! I was kinda bored at home so I thought I'd come see what you were up to." He finished with an explanation that had Lucy putting her hands on her hips.
"So instead of texting me you decided to scale my house and scare the snot out of me?" She inquired. Natsu thought for a moment before nodding, "This way it was more of a surprise!" He held out a hand from his spot on the floor, asking her assistance in standing up, Lucy stared at him in disbelief for a moment before sighing and grabbing his hand to help pull him to his feet. She tried to ignore the butterflies in her gut at the contact with him and the closeness of him when he was at standing position. There were inches between them and Lucy for the first time noticed how he was about a head taller than her. Her head would have laid perfectly at his shoulder if she had moved any closer to him.
She was suddenly aware of what she looked like right now too. She had on a pair of bunny slippers, white and pink striped pajama shorts and a light, tan sweater shirt which fit her loosely. Her hair was piled on top of her head in a messy bun with a few straggler hairs escaping to frame her face. She mentally blanched at her "at home" appearance, oh well, nothing she could do about it now…
Lucy blushed when she realized he still had her hand in his between them and practically jumped away from him. Natsu however didn't seem to notice her embarrassment as he started to look around her room seeming instantly drawn to her wall of constellations. "Your room is pretty awesome Luce! And huge! Did you draw these?" He asked her in his normal voice as he looked over his shoulder to her causing Lucy to immediately 'shush' him.
The boy sent her and apologetic smile and pointed at the wall again. "Did you draw these?" He asked a second time in a hushed tone this time.
Lucy shuffled over to stand at Natsu's side. "Yeah, I, um, really enjoy astronomy I guess. Stars fascinate me…" She told him shyly. No one was ever in her room, she felt strangely exposed having Natsu see it.
He looked down the wall and his eyes took in the various quotes and other drawings she had placed on the walls in loo of paint. "And the quotes?" He questioned, walking slowly as he read along the wall. "Um, just things from books and poems and stuff that I thought sounded nice or spoke to me in one way or another." She told him, he seemed to think about that for a moment, looking confused, which confused Lucy. Was it that strange?
"This is really neat Lucy, and you're a pretty talented artist too." He grinned at her. His praise brought a small smile out of her.
"So tell me again why you're breaking into my bedroom?" She said, half joking as she walked over and sat on the edge of her bed. All thoughts of math homework gone from her mind for the moment.
Natsu shrugged, folding his legs to sit cross-legged on the carpeted floor. "I was bored and remembered you just lived down the street and thought it'd be nice to see you." He paused and then gave her a pointed look. "Also, technically you let me in."
Lucy rolled her eyes at the caveat but smiled anyways because Natsu wanted to see her. Lucy sat on the edge of her bed and pulled her legs up to her chest. "So what have you been up to this weekend?" She asked not knowing what else to talk about, she'd only had one other one-on-one conversation with the pink haired boy, she really didn't know much about him.
Natsu sighed dramatically and fell back on his back so he was laying on her floor. "Absolutely nothing Lucy, it's been so dull." Lucy raised an eyebrow.
"Somehow, I doubt anything about you is ever dull Natsu."
At this he lift his head off the floor to give her a toothy grin, "Yeah I actually spent it slaying dragons." Causing Lucy to roll her eyes in amusement. "You couldn't do that." She said slightly entertained by the imaginary world of dragons that came to her mind, that could make a good story, she thought absently.
"Yeah, you're right, I could never slay a dragon, they are too awesome." Natsu stated thoughtfully as though that was the only issue.
"Also they aren't real, so there's that…" Lucy pointed out earning a pout from Natsu.
"Just kill all the fun why don't you."
Lucy feigned hurt. "I do not kill fun!"
He pointed at her accusingly, "Fun killer!"
Lucy laughed and chucked a large throw-pillow at him which he caught easily, then a mischievous grin fell to his lips.
"Natsu…no…" Lucy eyed him warily, thinking she knew what he was planning.
Natsu didn't say anything, instead he cocked the pillow as though it were a gun and sprung to his feet fast than Lucy thought someone could. Her eye widened and she scrambled to the head of her bed to grab a pillow for defense.
She hurriedly ducked his first swing as he laughed evilly. "Oh someone's got quick reflexes." He said. Lucy held up her giant body pillow to cover herself as he swung again and had the idea that if she could go for him when he had just made a swing he wouldn't have time to wind up for another pillow swing or to defend himself from her own pillow.
One hand gripped a pillow and the other shoved her defensive body pillow away from her as she lunged forward with a confident smile and a laugh as she flung her pillow towards his face. She seemed to have miscalculated her plan however.
Instead of her pillow connecting with the boy's face, his hand shot up to grab it while at the same time throwing his pillow right in her face. He laughed evilly again at his victorious move and Lucy couldn't help but laugh also erasing her pout she had accrued after the pillow hit her face.
"Oh you're so gonna get it now Natsu Dragneel." She said standing up on her bed and swinging her pillow at him repeatedly while he laughed too much to retaliate and could only hole his arms up to defend his face from the soft pillow.
Suddenly Lucy found herself squealing as her legs were swept out from under her and she was falling on her bed. Natsu had grabbed her legs around her knees and pulled her legs so she would fall, dropping her pillow in the process.
Then he was pinning her wrists to the bed hovering over her, both of them grinning and breathless from all the laughing and pillow fighting.
"Okay," he panted regaining his composure, "I call a truce, you're relentless."
Lucy laughed, her eyes bright with excitement. This was so much better than math homework.
"Okay fine, a truce it is, guess someone can't take the heat." She said with a triumphant smile, finding her breathing coming easier now.
Natsu rolled his eyes, "Oh yeah," He started sarcastically, "that's it." He looked down at her, she could feel his breath on her face and she now realized the position they were in and how close their faces were. Lucy could feel her heartbeat increasing and a small blush rising to her cheeks and she swore his face was getting closer.
Natsu's eyes widened fractionally as he seemed to realize the position they were in. He suddenly pushed away from her bed, releasing her wrists as he did so. "I'll beat you next time." He laughed lightly, scratching the back of his neck nervously as he looked away to hide his pink cheeks.
"Lucy? Are you okay in there? Is someone here?"
Lucy's head snapped to look towards her door with terrified eyes. Her father's voice. 'Oh crap!' She thought before springing off her bed, the moment with Natsu forgotten. Now he had to go. Quick.
"Natsu!" She whispered as urgently as she could. "You have to go! Now!" She got behind him, placing her hands on his back and shoving him towards the balcony. He seemed to understand after a moment and got in gear.
"Oh! Okay!" He said, his awkwardness seemingly forgotten. "I'll see you tomorrow Luce!" He said as he began to crawl out of the window then, much to Lucy's horror, he paused, "I'm glad we got to hang out tonight." He said smiling up at her. She smiled softly at him. "Yeah, me too, I'll see you tomorrow. Goodnight Natsu."
A knock came to her door, "Lucy?" Her eyes widened again at her father's voice. "Hold on!" She called as she pushed Natsu out of the window faster and closed it before he had the chance to say goodnight. There was no time for that right now.
Tossing her pillows back to the head of her bed she darted to her bedroom door before her father got impatient and barged in. She opened the door and stood leaning in the opening.
"Hey Daddy, did you need something?" She asked pushing her hair behind her ear, trying to be cool and collected and not look like she just had a pillow fight with Natsu.
Jude raised an eyebrow. "Is someone here? I heard a lot of noise, I don't know if you should have people here on a school—"
Lucy shook her head. "Nope! No one is here, I've just been doing my math homework, which I should really get back to if I want to get to bed at a decent hour."
She was rambling a bit and talking to fast so she shut up. Her father eyed her as he decided whether or not to believe her. She smiled up at him even though she was beginning to feel jittery at his silence.
Finally he nodded, "Okay, get your homework done and get to bed, it's already pretty late."
Lucy nodded and closed the door with a quick 'Goodnight' to her father. She found herself rushing back to her balcony, half way hoping Natsu would still be there but he wasn't. She sighed softly and shut her window once again.
Lucy shuffled back over to her desk as she redid her loose bun on top of her head. Looking down at her homework she huffed and sank into her desk chair. Okay, fun's over, gotta get this done.
Just as she was about to put her pencil to paper and do some math her phone buzzed next to her hand. She looked down and saw her screen lit up with a text from Natsu. A small smile came to her lips as she swiped the screen to read the message.
'Goodnight Luce' was all it said but it made her smile anyways.
Looking down at her math though she wouldn't be getting to sleep anytime soon.
Tomorrow was going to be a rough day, she would need much coffee.
A/N: Hey guys, sorry for the wait and sorry for the crappy boring short chapter. I've been going through some stuff in my life recently and it's been hard to find time to write and also I'm suffering from some serious writer's block and I'm not really sure where I want to go next with this. If you wonderful people have any suggestions or anything you would like to see happen in the next chapter of the story please let me know, I will bake you cookies, of the virtual flavor ;D
Thanks to everyone who is reading!