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The Princess and the Dragon Slayer

Chapter 6

I have to say, I was actually having a good night of sleep. If the lights didn't come barging in through the possible openings from the curtain, I think I will continue to sleep in. Before I could even do that, a knock on my door interrupted me.

Knock, knock.

That has to be Luce. Wow, she's not barging into my room this time.

Knock, knock again.

Okay, I'll simply ignore her. From there, she will know I'm still sleeping.

Knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock!

Argh, that does it. I threw the blanket away from me, got up from bed and walked hastily to the door.

"What is it Lu-?" I looked to the front and only to realize it wasn't her, uh oh.

"Natsu-san, it's time for breakfast. I believe you're ready R-I-G-H-T?" I swear I was sweating all of a sudden. I have never seen Virgo so scary before. She has always looked so nice but right now, she's giving me a death glare.

I just nodded quickly and Virgo continued. "Good…" Virgo suddenly returned back to normal. "We'll see you at the dining area then." And with that, Virgo turned and left.

Okay, that moment was really weird and here I was thinking Luce will be the one to wake me up. Maybe Virgo was angry that I thought she was Luce. I shut the door and proceeded quickly to take a bath and get ready for the day.

After I was done, I left my room and made my way to the dining area. When I arrived there, I saw Lucy was at the dining table, already eating with a book in her hand. I just walked up and took the seat opposite of hers.

"Good morning Luce."

…

Eh? Did she just ignore me? She didn't like me calling her Luce eh? That must be it and maybe I greeted her too softly too.

"Erm, good morning Lucy." Okay that gotten her attention as she brought her book down and looked up at me but only to receive a death glare.

"Lucy?" Honestly, I was a bit startled with the look she gave me. I've never seen this side of her. She's always bubbly and cheerful.

"Hmph." With that, she stood up. "Virgo, I'm done with breakfast. I'm going to continue my reading in the library." And she left.

I just blinked at her sudden departure with bread stuffed in my mouth. Virgo turned to me and gave me her death glare as well. Seriously, what's wrong with the women today? I heard Igneel talking about women having their time of the month. Is it their time of the month now?

I quickly finished my breakfast as I didn't want to receive anymore death glares and head over to the horses' stable. I saw Loki was already there and had started to feed the horses.

"Hey Loki." I greeted him.

"Hey Natsu…" Loki paused before continuing. "You look awful."

"Yeah… I do." I said as I went to grab the shovel for the hay.

"What's up?" Loki asked as he leaned against the pillar.

"I don't know what's up with the women here like seriously." I grabbed the hay with the shovel and threw in one of the horses's big long bowl.

Loki didn't say anything more instead I heard him laughing. I stopped and faced him, wondering what's so funny about. To him, it sounded like a joke but to me, it didn't.

"What?"

"Oh Natsu, Natsu… I didn't think you will be talking about women to me after only knowing me for two days." I just raised one of my eyebrows to him.

"Oh come on Natsu, can't you take a little joke?" Loki said as he slapped my back. "You want to enlighten me about why you think like that?"

"Since this morning, I've been getting death glares from Luce-y and Virgo and furthermore Lucy is ignoring me."

"Hmms. Lucy's giving you the silent treatment already eh?" Loki ended his sentence by dragging the 'eh' a bit longer. "Well Natsu, it's because you did something to Lucy and she wasn't happy with it so Virgo is treating you the same way because you made our dear princess sad."

"What did I do to her? I don't remember saying anything to her that will make-" And then it all came crushing down on me. Oh right….

I face-palmed myself for being so ridiculous right now, it was about last night when I teased her. Can't she take a joke? So she's pissed with me because of that? I just let out a big sigh before continuing my work.

"So you know what you did wrong?" Loki asked because I guess he was curious since I ended my sentence halfway earlier.

"Yeah." I answered him without looking back at him.

"So are you going to do anything about it?"

"Maybe later." And I guess with that answer, Loki left me alone and went back to do his duties as well.

"Hey Natsu! Your turn!"

"Thanks!" I shouted back in reply as I stood up and turned around.

I just finished cleaning up a section of the horses' stable. It was my time to take a break and I already had a place to go to. I went to wash my hands and face by the tap first. After wiping my face with my palm, I decided to take my leave knowing I feel refreshed a bit. I gave a pat to one of the horses as I made my way out.

I already knew where I was heading and it was to the library, hoping that she will still be there like what she mentioned this morning before she suddenly took off. I don't know what am I supposed to do but definitely, I'm going to apologize for teasing her and tell her that I didn't know she was that sensitive that she couldn't even take a joke. Or maybe I should just apologize and keep those comments to myself instead.

I was already standing outside of the library which it was amazing that I was able to find it or maybe it was because Lucy brought me here when we had our tour of the castle the other day. Thank god for that. I took a deep breath before pushing the door open and a marvelous place was revealed to me.

I came to this library the other day but I didn't manage to take a look of the whole beautiful landscape. The ceiling was high up and it was glass painted. Inclusive indeed, it was like in the roman time I think as I recalled reading the books and seeing the pictures back at Igneel's place.

I tore my eyes back down and I saw Lucy sitting by the window at the back. I walked towards her and was about to call her but decided not to when I got a good glimpse of her. She was peacefully sleeping, as the book lay on her lap. When I was standing in front of her, I couldn't help but realize how cute she was.

The sunlight protruding in through the glass window beside her was hitting on her face. It was like outshining her beauty even more. I don't know what hit me but my eyes moved by itself downwards. She was wearing a long dress with long sleeves as her hair was tied in a ponytail to the side with some hair hanging loosely on her face.

She was such a beautiful princess. I placed my right hand over my chest as I felt my heart beating repeatedly fast again. What's going on with me? I thought this feeling was supposed to be gone once I released my power that was bottling within me for so long. I shook my head and decided to ignore it for now.

I don't know why but I just felt like reaching my hands out to brush that hair away but I ended up tugging her loose hair behind her ear. I left my hand there for a while that I ended up staring at her that I didn't realize Lucy opened her eyes.

"Natsu, what are you doing?" I immediately draw back and went back further until we're at least one meter away.

"Er, er, I was just pushing-" I was stammering because I didn't know what to say.

Lucy rubbed her eyes before looking at me and god, she just look super cute right now. I grabbed my hair in frustration as I shook my head.

"Natsu, are you okay?" Lucy now stood up and walked up to me. She placed a hand on my forehead and that got me to stop and stare at her.

"Oh my god Natsu, you have a fever!" Lucy took her hand away as she gawked at me. "I'm going to get Virgo." Lucy quickly proceeded to the exit of the library.

I reached to touch my forehead and I was wondering where she get I was having a fever. Oh ya, one of dragon's slayer's characteristics, abnormal body temperature. I thought I told her before.

"Lucy, stop!" Lucy turned around and looked at me. "I don't have a fever. Remember I was telling you I had abnormal body temperature? Don't tell me you forget?"

Lucy looked at me wide eye before she started to laugh half heartedly. "Oh right…" Lucy paused. "I forgot, my bad." She gave me one of those sweetest smiles of hers before suddenly turning into a pout and looking away with arms folded. "Oh yes, I'm supposed not to be talking to you."

I just scratched my head. I thought she forgotten about that. "Luce, are you angry with me for teasing you last night? If it is, I sincerely apologized."

"No, it wasn't about that."

Okay, I'm lost and confused now.

"Okay Luce, will you kindly enlighten me on why you're pissed at me?"

She suddenly turned and faced me. "You let a lady walked back to her room alone! You can never do that Natsu, it's so not gentleman." Lucy paused before she looked away again. "Furthermore, I wanted to talk to you and it seems you couldn't be bothered."

Damn, is this what she's pissed about? So she isn't sensitive at all. She just wanted to talk to me and I gave off such a vibe which I wasn't aware of. Oh my god, that is just making her so much cuter.

I walked towards Lucy until I was standing in front of her and placed my hands on her shoulders.

"I'm so sorry Luce. I won't do that ever again and I promise to always walk you back to your room every night so that we can talk as much crap as we want." I ended my vow with my signature wide smile.

Lucy looked back at me and I could see she was blushing. She nodded happily with one of that prettiest smile of hers and I couldn't help but to ruffle her hair causing her to whine.

A/N: And like I always say... that's it for this chapter folks! How's this chapter? A NaLu moment we have there in this chapter. I hope it made you girls squeal. Hehehe. Anyways it's TGIF here in SG so I apologize that my next update will only be on Monday. And yes! Please leave a review before you go. I will really appreciate to see how's my story coming on so far. Thanks!(: