A/N: perverted comedy between Natsu and Lucy is pure gold, isn't it? It's why I love this couple so much, they can make anything funny.
Chapter 7 – Practice
It was going to be a disaster. No, even worse than a disaster, it was going to be a goddamn catastrophe. Lucy was doomed, really doomed, and it was making her feel sick thinking about her dilemma. You see, Lucy had accepted a job to play a role in some kind of play. She figured since she didn't do such a bad job on the last play she participated in, that this job was a piece of cake. Except it ended with a scene of her kissing her 'prince charming' passionately on stage.
Lucy had never had a boyfriend, let alone had her first kiss already. The smooch planted by her aunt's lips of a few years ago, didn't count. Yet she was expected to do it like a professional; it was going to be an utter disgrace for her once they notice she had zero experience 'kissing passionately'. There were no practice scenes for it either, the director was mumbling something about keeping the kiss innocent and passionate, and that practicing would get rid of the excitement of their first kiss – or whatever he was talking about.
"I am so deeaaaddd," she whined out loud.
"What are you complaining about?" asked Natsu as he sat down next to her at Fairy Tail's bar.
"It's this job I took," she mumbled and dropped her head on top of the bar.
"What about it? Is it difficult? I'll help!"
Lucy waved her hand at his friendly gesture. "No, it's not that. I'm supposed to act in a play."
"Oh, fun! Just like last time, right?"
"Sure …. Fun," she said that last part with a lot of spite in her voice.
"So why are you looking so down?" he asked and scooched a bit closer to her.
"Because!" she yelled out. "Because I have to kiss a guy at the end!"
Natsu looked at her blankly. "So?"
Lucy gritted her teeth and glared at him with her brown eyes. "Figures you wouldn't understand my problem here. You're as dense as ever, Natsu."
"Hey!" he called out incredulously. "That was uncalled for."
Lucy sighed. "Sorry. It's just that … I haven't ever … not even … once …" It was hard to admit she had never had a boyfriend, and had never kissed anyone. Most of all it was hard to admit this to Natsu, who probably wouldn't even understand her problem.
"You never kissed anyone before?" he finished her sentence.
Her eyes almost bulged out from the shock. He said it so plainly! As if it wasn't a big deal! "Don't say it so loud!" she hissed at him.
"So what's the problem here?"
She groaned out loud. "It's because they expect me to kiss like I have experience – but I don't! It's so embarrassing."
"Then all you need to do is practice, right?" he said with a cheeky grin.
"Yeah right, let's go practice kissing with each other, Natsu," she said with a snort.
"Okay."
She hit him on the head. "Don't say things like that!" Then she hit him again for good measure. "Idiot." Lucy bit her lips anxiously as she noticed her cheeks had become a little bit red at Natsu's suggestion.
"Ow, why'd you do that for? I was just trying to help!" he wailed like a little kid.
"Blah, I'm going home," she said angrily, got up and walked out of Fairy Tail's guild.
On her way home she just couldn't stop thinking about the play. How was she going to do this without embarrassing herself? There was no way she could become an expert at kissing when she had never done this before. It wasn't so bad that this would be her 'first kiss', when it was only for the play and fake. She could ignore it and call it her first fake kiss, so that her real first kiss still had meaning! Lucy sighed at her own thoughts; was she really that pathetic? She finally entered her apartment and crashed on her couch, mulling over her inability to kiss someone passionately.
Then that Natsu had to go and say okay when she made an off-hand comment about kissing him as practice. The girl snorted loud to no one in particular at the idea – no way she was going to do that. She couldn't kiss Natsu, that would be too strange. It was Natsu, her friend, her teammate – she couldn't kiss him! It would be so awkward and probably really embarrassing. Now that she was thinking about this; did Natsu ever kiss anyone? Lucy had always figured he was a celibate hero, knowing nothing about the opposite sex, but when he agreed to the practice kissing so nonchalant, she couldn't stop wondering about it.
"Yo!"
"IIEEKK! Don't sneak into my apartment like that!" she yelled out, scared out of her wits.
Natsu jumped inside and closed the window behind him. He was as sneaky as ever, the fool. "You actually yelled 'IIEEEKK', so funny," he snickered.
Lucy threw a couch pillow at his face, which he caught with his teeth and threw it away like a dog. The girl groaned and buried her face in her couch.
"Still worried about that?" he asked as he sat down next to her on her couch.
Lucy sniffed. "Uh-huh." She then lifted herself up and looked at Natsu worriedly. "What am I going to do Natsu? I'll make a fool out of myself at that last scene! They might not even pay me once they see how horrible I am at kissing, and I need to pay for this month's rent."
"What's so hard about kissing?" asked Natsu. He then pushed his cheeks closer with both his hands and pushed out his lips. "You just do it like this, right?" he said and made smooching sounds with his lips. He looked like a fish gasping for air.
Lucy tried to hold in her laughter at Natsu's retarded face. "You've never kissed anyone either, right?"
Natsu released his cheeks and shook his head. "Nope."
"Then why are you giving me advice about kissing!" she yelled and pinched his adorable cheeks with her fingers.
"Because I want to help you!" he said with a broad smile, and pulled his face away from her pinching fingers. "I don't see what so wrong about practicing it with each other."
Lucy flushed red at his suggestion once more and vehemently shook her head. "Because you're Natsu, that's why."
"Are you implying that I'd be a bad kisser?" he asked with a more serious voice.
"What? No! That's not the reason. I can't kiss you … that would be awkward. We're friends, not lovers."
"But you have no problem kissing some stranger," he pointed out and folded his arms knowingly.
Lucy pulled a sad face. "Don't remind me!"
"Then why would it be bad to practice with a friend? At least we know each other!"
"Why can't I have my first kiss be romantic," she said with a sniff.
"You were the one that suggested it …" he said annoyed.
"It was sarcasm! Sarcasm!"
The pink haired boy shrugged and turned his face away from her. "Whatever you say. I was only trying to help."
Lucy studied the boy next to her. Maybe he did have a point. She was going to lose her first fake kiss to some stranger in the play, so why not lose it first to someone she actually knew? Someone who she could trust, someone who wouldn't laugh at how bad she'd be. She then frowned and retracted that thought; Natsu would definitely laugh at how bad she would kiss. This was Natsu after all.
"You'd laugh at me anyway," she said with a pout.
"Do you really think I would do that?" asked Natsu with a sincere voice. "I haven't kissed anyone before either – we can be bad at it together!" he said with a chuckle.
Lucy smiled sheepishly. It was such a strange idea, such an over-the-top suggestion, but somehow, she was beginning to see the good side of this. It was Natsu, who had never kissed anyone either, so they would both be bad at it, and it was someone she knew, someone she liked at least. Lucy slightly nodded her head; she would rather kiss Natsu first than some stranger in a play.
"Alright, let's do it then."
Natsu was a bit taken aback. "R-really? You want to?"
"Well I'd rather not suck during the play …"
"Okay then." Natsu then puffed up his cheeks once more and pursed his lips. He squeezed his eyes shut and resembled a catfish at this point. "Whenevah you're wready!" he said through his awkward lips.
Lucy chuckled nervously at his 'trying' face. Well, what did she expect anyway; a professional kisser guiding her to her first kiss? She leaned a bit closer and stared at his fish lips, was she really going to kiss those? Was she really going to try and kiss Natsu, her best friend? Lucy inched closer and could feel his body heat engulfing her own face. Her heart started to beat faster, and she wondered what in the world she was doing. She pulled back with a blush on her face and screamed in frustration.
"I can't kiss you when you make a face like that!"
Natsu cracked an eye open, but his fishy lips remained in the same position. "Whatchu talkin' about?"
Lucy couldn't help it and had to laugh at him. Oh this was so embarrassing, Natsu was trying so hard and she was laughing in his face.
"Your face, you're trying too hard, it's making me laugh!" she said with a giggle.
Natsu finally returned to his normal face. "Hey, that hurts my feelings," he said in a sad voice.
Lucy cleared her throat and bowed her head to him. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it like that – I'm just nervous."
"Well, then get it over with!" he encouraged her by leaning closer to her, their faces now merely inches apart. When Lucy saw him squinting his face into the same position as earlier she cupped his face with both of her hands, forcing him to remain normal. His green eyes flew open and she stared into them, feeling her heart beat faster again.
"Don't," she said softly. "Just … relax, don't make that fish face."
Natsu gave her a small nod and relaxed his face, now looking very serious and actually kind of cute. Lucy stared at his pink and lush lips, knowing that she would have to get over herself and kiss them already. She used her hands to pull his face a bit closer to her, and she was starting to feel nervous once more. She was going to kiss Natsu, they were going to 'practice' kissing. Lucy felt Natsu's gaze on her, so she flicked her eyes upwards, and saw him looking cross-eyed at her. Lucy bit her lip to prevent the laugh coming out of her mouth. Instead she swallowed her sarcasm and brushed her thumbs over his eyes, forcing him to close them.
"Just keep them closed, okay? I get nervous when you're staring at me like that," she said, and lifted her thumbs off of his eyelids.
She directed her brown eyes to his lips again, and he was unconsciously pursing them anyway. Lucy decided not to say anything this time. She was going to do it; she was going to kiss Natsu. She dug her fingers hard into his cheek, and pulled her face closer to him. Her lips made a split second contact with Natsu's and she pulled away so fast as if her life depended on it. That wasn't even what she would call a kiss, it was just a brief contact of brushing each other's lips against each other.
"That's it?" asked Natsu as he opened his eyes and stared at her red face.
She pulled her hands away from his face and used it to cover up her own – she was way too embarrassed! She had kissed Natsu! Well, sort of – it was really fast.
"I thought you were supposed to actually kiss. You know, suck your lips together like this," he said and then clasped his lips closed and sucked air through it, causing him to make a kissing noise.
"I know that!" she snapped at him. "It's just so awkward!"
Natsu grumbled something under his breath, then placed his hands on her shoulders to keep her steady. "Fine, I'll just have to do it then." With that, Natsu slammed his face into hers, causing his teeth to bump into her lips rather painfully.
"Ouch!" she yelled out in pain and pulled away from him. "That hurt, you idiot!"
Natsu turned a bit red himself and sheepishly scratched the back of his head. "Ah, sorry …"
Lucy shook her red head. "This is getting us nowhere. Let's try to do it slowly, okay?"
Natsu nodded his head, but sat still, waiting for her to make her move. "Uhh, let's both move to each other, okay?" she asked a bit shy, feeling his gaze on her.
"Okay," he said softly and slowly moved his face closer to hers.
Lucy did the same and saw him getting closer. At least he wasn't pursing his lips like before, which made him look really serious about it, and it was making Lucy feel more nervous and awkward about it. Their noses were about to touch, and Lucy panicked for a second; which side was she going to lean towards to avoid crashing into his nose? Before she could even voice such concerns, Natsu's hot nose bumped into hers, but at least it wasn't painful like his teeth this time.
"Uhm, let's lean to the right," she chuckled nervously. His face was right next to her! It was making her feel so hot, and she vaguely wondered if it was because Natsu naturally had a hotter body temperature.
Natsu tilted his face to the right, and so did she – now they were in perfect position to kiss each other's lips. His pink hair was lightly touching her forehead, it was a little bit ticklish. Lucy tried to ignore it and reeled in towards Natsu's lips. She fluttered her eyes closed after getting even more embarrassed by his green eyes gazing into her own. Their lips brushed against each other, like the touch of a feather. Natsu leaned further to press his entire lips on her, and they both stood still in this awkward position. Lucy felt her heart beat in her ears as she realized his hot lips were on hers. They weren't moving, and she could not stop thinking about this being her best friend that she was kissing. Finally, Natsu sucked her lips – causing her heart to jump up in her throat – and let go, pulling away from her. Lucy's face was as red as a tomato, and when she opened her eyes again, she saw Natsu's face wasn't any different.
Words failed to come out of her mouth, as Lucy was screaming inside of her head that she had just kissed her best friend.
"Well?" he asked after a while of silence, his red cheeks finally turning back to its original colour.
"Well what?" she finally croaked out, avoiding his eyes. This was really awkward.
"How was it?"
Her cheeks heated up even more – Natsu was as blunt as ever, wasn't he? How was kissing her best friend? Well, it was weird, awkward and it made her nervous. "I don't … know," she finally said.
Natsu slumped down in defeat. "Not good?" he asked in a hurt voice.
"It's not that … it's just weird. Too weird. You're my friend Natsu! Argh! We shouldn't have done this," she said, getting her voice back. "Practice is over!" she declared. "Please go home now, Natsu."
Surprisingly, Natsu didn't complain this time. He merely got up from her bed and walked towards her window.
"Don't tell anyone about this!" she screeched, suddenly remembering that she didn't want anyone else to know about this.
Natsu gave her a simple nod of his head. "I won't," he said, and finally left through the window.
That night, Lucy couldn't stop thinking about kissing Natsu. She had really screwed this one up, what made her think this was a good idea? She wouldn't be able to face him normally anymore after this. In fact, she was dreading seeing him again tomorrow at the guild. How should she act? Pretend they didn't kiss each other? Pretend nothing ever happened? Yeah, that seemed like the best option to her right now. She didn't sleep very well that night.
The next day at the guild, Lucy felt nervous and jumpy, her eyes glued to the entrance to see if Natsu was going to show up or not. Mirajane was already giving her suspicious looks, but Lucy ignored it.
"Looking for Natsu?" asked the white haired bartender cheerfully.
"Ah … no, I'm just looking," Lucy said nervously.
"Well, he's right there," said Mira and tilted her head towards the entrance.
Lucy felt her eyes grew wide in anticipation, and she slightly spun her body around so she was facing the entrance. There was Natsu, walking ever so proud into the guild. He didn't seem nervous or different at all. It was like yesterday never happened. Lucy figured that was a good thing, since she didn't want anyone to know about this, but on one hand she was a bit hurt that only she was making such a big deal about this. Her first kiss had been Natsu (not her aunt!), so it held some special place in her heart. At least it wasn't some random actor.
"Heya Lucy!" he greeted her and plumped down right next to her.
Lucy couldn't face him, so her eyes stared at her glass instead, she was recalling the memories from yesterday. How he crashed into her lips with his teeth, how their noses bumped against each other, and how his lips had touched hers.
"H-hey," she said in a shaky voice. Damn Natsu for being so normal, she was a nervous wreck, it was so unfair!
Natsu shuffled closer to Lucy, his head whipping from left to right with suspicious looking eyes. He then leaned his face closer to hers, which caused her to turn red.
"Don't worry, I didn't tell anyone," he whispered.
Lucy felt like she could die at the moment, it really was unfair. Natsu was still acting like a little kid, and Lucy was dying on the inside from embarrassment. She elbowed him in his side, causing him to gasp for air. "Don't mention it anymore," she said in a very low voice.
After that, it seemed like a fairly normal day at the guild. Lucy would still get embarrassed if she got too close to Natsu, or if their hands accidentally touched each other. She really couldn't stop thinking about yesterday, it was like a permanent image burned into her brain. Despite this, Lucy thought she handled herself quite well around Natsu, save for a few punches and kicks when he got too close for her own comfort – Natsu had always been the touchy feely kind of guy. A few hours later and Lucy departed from Fairy Tail to go and practice her play. She only had a few lines, but for some reason, she had a huge kissing scene at the end of the story.
Lucy practiced her lines at the theater with all the other actors, including the guy she was going to kiss. She studied the guy with criticizing eyes, deeming him not worthy of her lips, but having no other way than to do it anyway, since she needed the money. It was going to be a disaster still, even if she kissed Natsu before. In fact, that probably made her even more nervous, since she kept losing concentration as her mind kept picturing their kiss over and over again.
When practicing was finished, Lucy returned home to her lovely apartment. She was feeling rather down, since she couldn't stop thinking about the disaster that was going to happen in under two weeks. The blonde girl opened her apartment door and almost did a double take when she saw Natsu sitting on her couch.
"Y-,"
"Don't 'yo' me!" she interrupted the boy and slammed the door shut. "Why are you always sneaking into my apartment? Can't you just act like a normal friend and knock on my door, asking if you could come in?"
"But I get bored waiting for you to return!" he said with a pout. "Anyways, how was practice at the theater?" he asked excited, totally over the fact that he broke into her apartment again.
Lucy sat down on the other couch and sighed heavily. "Fine I guess."
Natsu wobbled back on forth like a little kid who couldn't hold in his excitement – he obviously wanted to ask her something. "What?" she asked him, a bit irritated at his behavior.
"Are we still going to practice?" he asked innocently.
Lucy's face flushed with red and she quickly shook her head. "No! It's awkward Natsu."
"So I guess it really was bad after all …" he said sadly. "I'm sorry I couldn't help." Then he put on a small grin. "I never kissed anyone before either, I guess that's why I was so bad at it," he said with a small chuckle.
Lucy felt her heart break at Natsu's sincerity and innocence. No it wasn't that it was a bad kiss per se, it was because he was her best friend, and they shouldn't be doing things together such as kissing. But the way he said it like that, it made her feel guilty for being so hard on him. He was only trying to help, and it was his first as well.
"I'm sorry, Natsu," she said. "You weren't bad at it, it's just that it was a bit weird to me."
Natsu looked up with green, hopeful eyes. "Is it still weird?"
Lucy flipped her head to the side to ponder his question. "A bit, I guess."
"So it wasn't bad?
"I don't know, I don't have much to compare it to, now do I?"
Natsu simply snickered at her. "Then let's get better!"
"You still want to practice?"
"Why not?"
"I don't have a good enough answer to that," she said reluctantly. "Aside that you're my best friend."
Natsu smiled at her warmly and puffed up his chest. "And best friends help each other."
Lucy gave him a smile in return, he was certainly right with that statement. Best friends did help each other out when they needed it, and Lucy needed experience in kissing. It was awkward, and weird – but who better to practice with than her best friend who couldn't do it either?
"Okay, okay – I give. Let's try it again."
Like a faithful puppy dog, Natsu crawled his way over to her couch and sat on the armrest, smiling brightly at her. Lucy looked up at him, and frowned at the position they were in; she would have to strain her neck to be able to reach him.
"Can't you sit somewhere else?" she asked, annoyed at the distance between them.
Natsu slid off the armrest and stood up straight, then took her hands into his own and pulled her off of the couch, and she crashed into his chest. Lucy mumbled something incoherent as she pushed her blushing face away from his naked chest. So he wanted to do it while they were standing, that's fine by her. Natsu wasn't that much taller than her, so she could easily reach him without much effort.
Natsu scratched his arm, becoming a bit impatient. "Should I …?" he started.
Lucy shook her head while she stared at his naked chest. "No, I want to initiate it first."
"Well you're not going anywhere if you keep staring at my chest."
Lucy huffed indignantly at him. "Fine!" she said and gathered up all her courage again. She was going to get it right, she was going to become a good kisser – Natsu be damned!
And then she stood frozen, not quite knowing how to approach him anymore. She felt awkward with her arms hanging by her side. Kissing wasn't just about the lips, but also about her body posture, and right now, she was only standing nervously in front of Natsu. Should she wrap her arms around his neck and kiss him then? Lucy looked up at Natsu's green eyes, he was still waiting for her first move.
"S-should I put my arms around you?" she asked shyly. She had read it in books how lovers would passionately embrace each other while kissing, so standing like she was felt very weird.
Natsu shrugged. "If you think that helps."
Lucy took a tiny step forward and raised her arms, firmly wrapping them around Natsu's neck, and she clasped her hands together at the back of his neck. She gazed into his eyes, and she felt her heart beat going crazy again. This was still as nerve wrecking as it was the first time, especially since he kept staring at her. She tore her eyes away from him and opted to stare at his naked chest once more, admiring how his muscles were very toned.
"Uhm," she said, still not feeling ready for it. "Wrap your arms around me," she commanded him.
"Like this?" said Natsu, and his right arm snaked around her waist, causing her to be pushed into the chest she had been admiring earlier. The contact of his skin made her even more aware of her own body, and how very hot he was. Her cheeks heated up in response to the close proximity of their bodies, even her big breasts were pressed up against his chest, it was rather embarrassing, but she tried to focus on her objective; capture Natsu's lips.
Lucy tilted up her head so she was staring into his eyes once more, and felt weak in her knees. It was still weird, trying to kiss your best friend, but she felt that if she was going to succumb to her nerves, at least Natsu wouldn't laugh. In fact, he'd probably catch her, because he had a very strong hold on her waist, it was kind of comforting.
"Alright, here I go!" she exclaimed, willing herself to gain more confidence in herself.
She inched closer to his face, and saw that Natsu was doing the same as well. The arm around her waist pulled her even closer so that now their foreheads were bumping against each other. She felt his hot breath touch her already red cheeks, and she wondered if Natsu's heartbeat was going as fast as hers. They both leaned their faces to the right, to avoid the nose-bumping horror again, and Lucy couldn't bear Natsu's intense stare anymore, so she shut her eyes as soon as her lips finally touched his.
It was just like last time; hot and nerve wrecking. It wasn't unpleasant or uncomfortable – just strange and weird. Lucy frowned as their lips stayed pressed together – wasn't there supposed to be movement there? So she decided to softly suck his lips. It sent a weird feeling down her spine, and she felt her body shiver in response. Lucy then pulled back, enough to look at him without going cross-eyed. She was surprised to find that Natsu had his eyes closed as well, though they opened once she had pulled away.
"H-how was that?" she asked nervously. Was it bad? She didn't think so.
"Dry," he noted.
Lucy's eyebrows furrowed; dry? Did he expect anything different? "Is that bad?"
Natsu's tongue flicked over his lips, wetting them in the process, and he leaned his face down to hers. "Let me try it like this," he said in a husky voice. Lucy automatically closed her eyes and waited for him to kiss her.
His wet lips pressed onto hers, and it was a different feeling than before. She had imagined she wouldn't like his saliva being rubbed on her lips, but it added a nicer sensation. Before it was – like Natsu had said – dry, but now it was soft and warm, sliding across her own lips in a much easier way than the first time. Natsu parted his lips just the tiniest bit and sucked her bottom lip. Lucy dug her fingers onto the back of his neck, feeling strange but happy. She returned the favour by sucking his lips as well. They pulled away at the same time, each of them breathing louder than before.
"Better?" he asked with a chuckle.
"Hmm," she mused. Then she licked her lips with her tongue, wetting them as well. Seeing this, Natsu did the same to his own lips.
Lucy leaned to the left this time and crashed her wet lips onto him. She felt goose bumps appear on her arms once they made contact. It was making her shiver, but not in a bad way. Natsu became more aggressive and sucked her lips, hard. Because both of their lips were wet, the sucking sensation was intensified and made her weak to her knees. Who knew that kissing was actually this ... this enjoyable?
She parted from his lips, but stayed close. "I think we're supposed to move our lips against each other," she said, remembering how in books they were always eating each other's faces.
"Move?" he repeated. "Move how?"
That was a pretty good point; move their lips how? "I don't know, let's just try?" she said a bit unsure of herself.
Natsu frowned, but nonetheless leaned down to kiss her lips. It was starting to feel better the more they did it – though she was not going to admit that to her best friend. Lucy slid her lips across his, hoping that this was the right way to do it. Natsu got the hint, and pressed down harder on her lips, sucking the life out of them, while he moved his face a bit so he was effectively dragging her lips to the side. Lucy yanked her lips back, and murmured; "not so rough, Natsu," before she kissed him again.
"Sorry," he mumbled against her lips, this time returning with a more gentle suck.
Lucy indulged in the sucking herself, being a lot less aggressive than Natsu, then she parted for a second and switched sides, leaning to the right this time, and brought their lips together again. It was really starting to feel like kissing now, and boy was she enjoying herself this time. She hadn't even noticed how her fingers were running through his pink hair, scraping his scalp. They moved their lips against each other in a rather inexperienced way, but soon they managed to find a rhythm they both liked. Her lips felt very hot and rather big from all the sucking she was enduring, especially since Natsu couldn't control himself from time to time. Yet it was nice, it wasn't so awkward anymore when she first tried it. It was only Natsu, he had as much experience as she did, which was comforting to her in a way.
Natsu's hand was now exploring her back, a fact that she only half registered in her mind, since she was so focused on his lips – but she didn't mind it at all. In fact, it made the kissing feel better for some reason. They parted and returned so many times with their lips, it was like a contest to see how many times they could press their lips against each other. When Natsu got a bit too rough on her again, causing his teeth to accidentally graze her top lip, she bit his bottom lip with her own teeth as revenge. A strange gargled sound emerged from Natsu's throat, but it was muffled by the kiss they were sharing. Lucy's eyes flew open in surprise, wondering what he just did. She was about to question him when his hand pressed hard against her back, and Lucy's legs turned into jelly. She slumped against his chest, holding herself upright with her hands on his neck, but never once broke their kiss.
This had gone on for another minute or so when Lucy decided it was time to breathe normally again, so she slipped her hands from his neck and distanced himself from him, finally leaving his hot and lush lips. The girl cleared her throat and brushed her long blonde hair with her fingers to compose herself after such a make-out. She was a bit woozy and light-headed – and her heart was beating like crazy.
"Erm," she said as she avoided Natsu's eyes. He was probably wondering why she stopped.
"That was better," she said with a shy smile. "You could stand to be a bit more gentle with me though – your teeth can be very sharp!"
Natsu brought her closer to him again, since his arm was still wrapped around her waist, and he laughed loudly. "Well Lucy, I think you could stand to be a bit more rough with me! I won't break, I promise."
Lucy felt her cheeks heat up, wondering if she was too passive.
"When you bit me," he said with a strained voice. "That wasn't bad."
"Huh?" she said surprised. "You liked that? I just bit you because your teeth hit my lips again."
Natsu finally let go of her waist, using this arm to run a hand through his pink hair. "Is that weird?"
She didn't know how to answer him; if he liked his lips being bitten, well … then he liked it.
"Oh, and your fingers going through my hair felt pretty good too," he said with a big grin, his cheeks slightly flushed with pink.
Lucy wasn't even aware that she did this, it went sort of on instinct. But she was glad he liked it, that was a good thing. She then smiled, remembering his hand running across her back. "And your hand on my back felt good as well."
"Really?" he said with an arrogant voice. "So you liked it, huh?"
Well, the kiss had definitely caught her off guard, and it wasn't something she'd say she would never want to do again. No, it wasn't bad at all. "Maybe," she said with a small smile.
"Look, we became better at it!" he said cheerfully.
Lucy simply laughed at the absurd situation. She had just made out with her best friend – and liked it. All for the purpose of becoming more experienced with kissing. She secretly wanted to continue these practices, but didn't say a word to Natsu, he might have different thoughts. In fact, the more she started to think about, the stranger the situation became. She kissed her best friend and enjoyed it. That was strange, wasn't it? Lucy shook her head; they would have to stop.
"Yeah, thanks Natsu. I think we've done enough practice now."
Natsu looked slightly disappointed. "Okay then."
Lucy waited for him to move away, to leave her apartment, but the dragon slayer didn't budge. "Uhh, you can go home now, Natsu."
"Why? Can't I hang out some more?"
Lucy bit her lip, almost instantly reminded how their lips had smashed against each other just moments before. She couldn't look in Natsu's face anymore after that ordeal. It was better if he left now and left her some time to ponder about her strange feelings.
"We'll hang out more tomorrow, I'll promise!" she said, hoping he would take the bait and leave.
"Fine, whatever you say Lucy." He then stretched his arms behind his neck, slowly walking away from her. "Guess I'll go then." Before he could reach her window however Natsu quickly hopped back over to Lucy, stole a swift kiss from her lips, gave her a big smile, and finally left through the window.
Lucy stood there a bit flabbergasted. Was that a real kiss, or just practice? The blonde girl shook her head and went to bed.
The next day, like she had promised, Natsu came over to her apartment to hang out. It felt weird to be around him this time, since she couldn't stop thinking how much she liked kissing him, and how much she actually wanted to do it again. She also wondered if it had affected Natsu as well; did he want to kiss her again? It's not like they were bad at it or anything, otherwise he would have said it. In fact, he wanted her to be a bit more rough, a thought that made her blush and avoid looking into Natsu's smiling face as he sat on her bed.
"Hey Lucy," he called out.
"Hmm?" she said, pretending not to have been staring at him all this time.
"Do you think you're good enough at kissing now?" he asked innocently.
"I-I don't know …" she admitted meekly.
Natsu flashed all his teeth at her. "You can always continue to practice with me, you know!"
It was an offer she couldn't resist, not when he said it in such a cute and innocent way. So she smiled and huffed loudly, bringing her hands on her hips. "Only if you can be a bit more gentle with me."
"Done!" he said with a grin. He then patted his hand on the bed, gesturing for her to come sit next to him.
Lucy walked over, knowing full well that she wasn't going to kiss him for practice this time. She couldn't resist the temptation, even if it was her best friend. Kissing Natsu felt pretty damn good, and Lucy wasn't going to reject an offer to do it again, so she sat down next to Natsu and swiftly kissed his lips, jumping straight into the action.
It felt good to feel his warm and wet lips on her again. Lucy wondered if he had licked his lips right before she lunged in, but the thought was pushed to the back of her mind once Natsu started getting into it as well. He was gentle this time, caressing her lips in an almost angelic manner. She knew he wanted her to be a bit more rough, so Lucy didn't hesitate but to press her lips down harder on his, and sucking as hard as she could. The reaction she got out of Natsu was better than she had hoped. He rewarded her aggressiveness by pushing her down onto the bed and hovering above her. Lucy wrapped her arms around his back, raking her nails across it as Natsu deepened the kiss.
She felt herself sink deeper into the bed as Natsu supported his weight by putting both his hands right next to her face. It was kind of exciting this way, having Natsu on top of her as their lips battled with each other. Lucy felt rather daring, so she parted her lips to reveal her teeth, and lightly bit his bottom lip. Natsu groaned in response, lowering his head onto hers more and switching sides to kiss her again. Lucy felt rather accomplished and satisfied after hearing him groan. It was a groan of pleasure, that's for sure, and it was very exciting to be the cause of it.
Without even thinking, she said, "we can use our tongues as well."
Natsu briefly parted from her lips, pondering on what she had meant. Lucy answered his questions by pulling his head down on hers again with her hands, slightly pulling his hair as well. She daringly wormed her tongue out of her mouth and licked Natsu's lips. He didn't know what it was at first, but as soon as she pried his own lips open with her tongue, he tensed up. Lucy wasn't that sure of what to do either, so she gently brushed her tongue against his own. It was unlike anything she had ever felt before; his tongue was so wet and warm, just brushing against it once sent a shock of pleasure down her body.
Natsu snapped out of his daze and decided to engage as well. He let Lucy play with his tongue, slowly making twirls around her tongue in return. Lucy started to breathe hard through her nose, what she really needed was to pull away from his face and take a large breath, but it felt too good to leave him just yet. It was exciting and really warm, even though she didn't know what she was doing half the time, she was still enjoying it. Judging by Natsu's shaking arms, he was enjoying it too.
The boy then finally mimicked her movements, brushing his tongue against her, making her shiver against him. Lucy finally pulled her tongue out of his mouth and was able to take the big breathe that she needed. It didn't last long before Natsu crashed his lips against her, and stuck his tongue in her mouth. It was different than when she did it to him, it was almost like he was invading her privacy, but it felt rather good as he kept swiping across her tongue. Lucy grinned against his mouth, then lowered her teeth onto his tongue, giving him a gentle nip. Natsu inhaled sharply, then shifted his position so that he was finally on top of her for real, his legs sitting right in between her own legs. Lucy pulled back a bit so his tongue slipped out of her mouth and returned to kissing just his lips again. She let her hands explore his back, even going as far as sliding her hands underneath his clothes so that she could feel his bare back under her touch.
They had finally gotten good enough to alternatively switch between kissing and dipping their tongues in each other's mouths. In fact, you could say they had gotten pretty experienced at kissing – but Lucy's objective had changed by now. Now she was just enjoying kissing Natsu, and she especially enjoyed hearing him groan in pleasure. To hear it again, she bit his lips – hard this time. She managed to draw out a loud moan from his throat, and he almost collapsed on top of her, but kept himself steady. A new kind of emotion washed over her as she realized she had the power to make Natsu moan – a great feeling in itself.
And then Natsu decided to rip himself away from her, and plant his lips on the side of her neck. He sucked it, and Lucy couldn't help but gasp for air. Feeling like she had lost the battle of control, she pushed Natsu off of her body and looked at him bewildered.
"What'd you do that for?" she asked him, her voice almost a hiss and a bit hoarse from the kissing. She rubbed the spot on her neck that he had kissed, it was burning with sensations.
Natsu leaned back on the bed and gave her a blank stare. "I don't know," he admitted stupidly. "Sorry, I don't know what came over me," he said shyly, turning his head away from her. "It's just that your neck smelled really good …"
"Smells good?" she said hesitantly. She knew about Natsu's heightened sense of smell, but this?
He nodded his head, and she finally realized how flushed his face was. "When we're kissing your scent changes, it smells really good."
"Does it now?" she said absentmindedly. He was probably talking about the pheromones that she was releasing. Realizing that she was effectively telling Natsu to 'come do me' with her body's scent, she turned bright red. No wonder he had nipped at her neck when he was able to smell so much better than her. She wondered how he was even able to control himself that much around her. Lucy studied his body posture; it was limp and he looked almost exhausted. Well maybe he wasn't that great at controlling her urges, considering he seemed to be pretty out of it. That's not to say she wasn't either.
"Natsu, lay down with me," she said softly as she turned on her side to face him.
Natsu did as he was told and laid down on his side as well, staring into her brown eyes.
"I think we're done practicing for today," she said with a chuckle.
Natsu grinned from ear to ear hearing this. "Only for today, huh?"
Lucy shyly bit her lip when he noticed the way she had carefully picked out her words. There was no way this was going to be the last time, definitely not.
After all, they still needed plenty of practice.
And the play? She cancelled it.