When Lucy woke up her eyes were red and still a little wet. Had she ever stopped crying last night? Lucy turned her head to see Natsu, who had not moved an inch since last night. She didn't know how to handle this. She had no idea how she was supposed to act. She didn't even know how she was supposed to feel. Lucy's mind told her that an arranged marriage couldn't magically make her have feelings for that idiot. Her heart told her a different story. She remembered his strong arm wrap its way around her waist, and his little smirk. Lucy couldn't stop thinking about his surprisingly soft lips on hers. Her heart ached to feel that way again, to have Natsu kiss her. But Lucy couldn't fix this even if she wanted to. Natsu was probably going to wake up soon and realize the stupid mistake he made: falling for her. He would laugh at himself for even thinking it and he would move on.

Something moved by the floor and she saw pink hair moving around. Natsu sighed and started to sit up, still facing away from her. He turned over to look at the bed and she closed her eyes, pretending to still be asleep. Lucy dared to take a small peek at him. His hair was screwed up and he had an angry mark on his cheek still. His lips were cracked and his eyes puffy and red from crying. She almost let out a horrified cry at what she had done but kept it in. She heard him walk off to the bathroom and turn on the shower water. Lucy was shaking with regret. She heard faint sounds coming from the bathroom a minute later. She slowly slipped out of bed and put her ear against the door. Oh My God. Natsu was crying. Lucy couldn't stand to listen so she got dressed and prepared herself for the day. Lucy decided on an act for the day and hoped Natsu would play along. This plane ride was going to be hell.

…..…...

Natsu had finished his depressing cy-fest in the shower and took in a deep breath, preparing for the shit Lucy would give him. Maybe she would cry, maybe she would hit him again. Natsu winced and opened the door. Lucy was zipping up her suitcase.

"H-Hey, Luce," he started, not knowing what else to say.

"Hey Natsu, are you done packing yet? We gotta go soon."

His mouth was open and he was extremely confused. Had she really forgotten what had happened last night? He looked at her carefully. No, she hadn't forgotten. Her eyes were red and she didn't have that usual sparkle in her perfect eyes. He sighed inwardly knowing she wanted to forget what happened last night, but he didn't. He never wanted to lose the memory of kissing her, and her kissing back even if was only for a second. Why had she kissed back? He shook off the thought and started to pack, not being able to look at her.

After shoving his stuff back in his bags he quickly changed his shirt and turned around to tell Lucy he was ready to go. She had her eyes and mouth wide open and an extreme blush on her face. He forgot she was standing there when he took off his shirt. A smile threatened to take over his face but he held it in. So she had to still like him a little. She was obviously attracted to him. He didn't understand why she had held back yesterday but he was glad she didn't hate him again.

"You okay Luce?" he asked. She looked like she was starting to calm down a little and he tilted his head for good measure. Heat rose to her cheeks again. He would keep that bit of knowledge in the back of his mind.

"F-fine!" She said a bit too loudly.

It was official, Lucy still liked him. He didn't know why refused to let herself feel for him but he would knock every doubt from her mind. Last night still made him sad. Screw sad Natsu. His cheek still burned from yesterday but he wouldn't care if he she slapped him again and again. He wanted her and he was going to get what he wanted.

Time skip to plane

Natsu felt awful. His motion sickness was going to kill him one day. He groaned a little and put his hands to his mouth. Lucy looked scared he was going to hurl on her. She sighed and pulled something out of her carryon. Pills?

"Hey stupid, "she said. "Take a few of these, they should help."

He took a few pills and automatically began to feel better. "Hey thanks Luce."

She just turned to look out the window, ignoring him. "Hey Lucy?"

"What Natsu?" She didn't even look at him as she answered.

"I'm really sorry. About yesterday I mean. I shouldn't have done that. We are just friends and I don't want you to hate me because of it."

Lies. They were more than that and Natsu knew that Lucy knew it. They would be more if Natsu had anything to with it. But maybe if he said this she wouldn't be so weird around him, at least for a while. She looked at him and a small smile tugged at her lips.

"It's fine. Also, I didn't mean to hit you…I-"

"Drop it." He said smiling a little.

After telling Lucy his parents wanted them to stop off at Natsu's house first he closed his eyes and thought about Lucy.

The rest of the plane ride wasn't so bad and a little bit of the awkwardness dissolved.

At Natsu's

Natsu and Lucy barged into his house and dropped their bags onto the floor. Instantly his family jumped on them asking questions like teenagers.

"Was it fun?"

"How was it Natsu- san?"

"Welcome back sweetie, don't you two look cute together!"

At that last one Natsu blushed. He looked down at Lucy to see her face beet red and uncomfortable.

"God guys! Back off a bit, we just got here!"

His parents, sensing the awkward tension between the kids, decided to drop it for a while. They had news to deliver anyway.

Lucy looked around wearily then asked, "Is my father here?"

Natsu hated to see her looking so upset even though she was only asking a question about her dad.

"No, sorry sweetie. He had work to do," Natsu's mom, Grandine, said.

"That's alright," Lucy replied.

Funny enough she seemed a bit happier at that news. She awkwardly looked around for a minute.

"Not to rude or anything, but is here a reason I'm here?"

"Right!" Natsu's dad, Igneel said, "We have news."

The high-schoolers just looked at him without interest.

"Erm…right," Igneel continued. "Since you two will be married this summer we thought you should spend more time together and get used to the feel of being married. We decided to give you an early wedding present!"

Seeing Lucy's unhumanly red face and Natsu's small eye twitch he quickly added, "It's a good present, I promise! Come with us!"

Natsu sighed and Lucy held back a groan; all they wanted to do was get away from each other and go to bed. Despite their talk on the plane they still felt weird and both of them wished that night never existed. In the car Wendy talked to Lucy about herself and eagerly soaked up information on her new sister like a sponge. It was adorable how his little sister's eyes sparkled while looking at Lucy. After a 20 minute drive they stopped in a beautiful area just outside of town. The only thing on top of the big grassy hill was a huge house. Natsu's eyes widened. Oh no.

"Welcome to your new house, kids!" Grandine said, pushing them out of the car with their suitcases. Before Natsu could protest his mom shoved a key in his hand and punched on the gas, leaving them there. Alone. For a good couple minutes the two of them just stared at Natsu's hand. They had a house now. Just the two of them. In their own house. Alone. Natsu looked up from his hand at then shifted his gaze to Lucy. She sighed and forced a smile.

"Come on stupid."

He grabbed his bags, still silently cursing his parents. They walked in to find an extremely cozy and large house.

After a minute they went upstairs to see the bedroom. The bedroom. As in just one. Lucy looked like she would pass out and Natsu smirked. This helps my plan just a little, doesn't it? He thought inwardly laughing.

For the rest of the day they explored the house and unpack their cases, having decided to get the rest of their stuff tomorrow after school. School. Great. Natsu's friends would tease him like there was no tomorrow. He sighed and looked at the clock. It was already late. He took off his shirt and jeans and flipped back the covers when Lucy walked in, her hair wet from a shower. She squeaked and threw her hand over her mouth her eyes wide. Her face always seemed to be red lately.

"W-w-w…"she stuttered.

"Got something to say, Luce?" He asked.

"W-what are you doing?" She yelled.

"Um, I'm going to bed."

"Not in this bed and definitely not dressed like that!"

"Please Luce! I hate sleeping on the couch!"

She sighed and gave a small "fine" as she walked to the bed. Without looking at him she slid into the bed and slammed her eyes shut. Natsu felt a smile tug at his lips at his small victory. He climbed in after her and closed his eyes too. When he heard her breathing slow down a little he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her closer. She seemed like she was going to protest but instead sunk into the warm hug. Natsu smiled and hugged Lucy tighter. He still couldn't help but wonder what was going on with her. She rejected him but also seemed to like him, like right now. He kissed her cheek and heard a small squeak as he drifted off to sleep.