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Chapter Eight - Team Natsu
Her first night at Fairy Tail had gone reasonably well. She had managed to fill all her orders in a reasonable time and had got lots of compliments from the customers. On top of that, she got to see all of the friends she had made the other day again and had some great conversations.
In fact, the night would have been perfect if it wasn't for a certain pink-haired idiot and his stupid cat. They harassed her the whole night. Lucy had enjoyed their company at first. But when they wouldn't leave her alone, even if she was busy with a customer, it took all of her strength not to ask Mira to kick them out.
Happy, at some point in the night, had managed to get behind the bar and was constantly clawing at her legs as a sign that he wanted to be picked up. Natsu was permanently glue to the counter, watching her every move and talking non stop. He only stopped when he decided he need to pick a fight with Gray. Even after that he was back in an instant.
As much as Lucy knew he was trying to support her, she spent the majority of the night gritting her teeth, trying not to snap at him.
After a couple of hours of Happy clawing at her legs, she sighed, giving up and picking him up. He scrambled from her arms, crawling up her chest and slung himself over both her shoulders. She swore it could not be comfortable but shrugged pleased that he at least had stopped attacking her legs. That dealt with one of them.
She had a feeling that Natsu was going to be a little more tricky.
"Hey, Natsu, I'll let you sleepover if you just leave me to do my work now" she pleaded, sounding a little more desperate than she wanted. He thought about it for a minute before she answered.
"On the bed?" he asked.
"On the couch." she said, started to growl in frustration. He crossed his arms.
"On the bed." he said firmly.
"Couch. I need my bed."
"Bed. You can sleep on it too" somehow she decided that letting Natsu crash on her bed, even if she had to sleep on the couch, was better than having him harass her for another three hours.
"Fine" she groaned. With that he grinned, hopped off the bar stool and ran over to his friends, not before she could hear his loud "Yosh!" she rolled her eyes and got back to work.
"Oooo, sexy!" Cana said as she slid onto the bar stool that Natsu was previously in.
"I'm so not in the mood, Cana" she sighed.
"Didn't sound like it" she said and wiggled her eyebrows causing Lucy to frown.
"You know it's not like that" she groaned but Cana was already getting up to leave.
"Whatever you say, Lucy" she said, leaving with a wink. Lucy banged her head on the counter before she got back to work.
The rest of the night passed with relative ease. Natsu had kept his word and left her to do her job and Cana hadn't said anything to her again bar the casual drink orders and frustrating smug looks.
By the time her shift had ended she was exhausted. Natsu collected her and his cat - still strewn across Lucy's shoulders - from Mirajane and looked way more enthusiastic than she did. He had dragged her to her house at an unusually quickened pace.
As soon as Lucy had opened to door he had started to shed his clothes, running to her room and diving into her bed. Lucy could hear a contented sigh when he got comfortable. She wanted to get mad but she just didn't have the energy.
Instead, she went into her room, grabbed her pyjamas and left Natsu, and her loving bed, for the lounge. She had closed the bedroom door behind her and had double checked before she changed into her pyjamas and snuggled on the sofa, pulling the blanket she kept over the back of the sofa over self.
Happy jumped onto the sofa with her and curled up on her stomach. She sighed, patted him for a minute, and then closed her eyes. She was just about to fall asleep when Natsu started complaining.
"Luuuuuucyyy" she heard him moan from the other room. Lucy gritted her teeth, refusing to reply and trying to force herself to sleep despite the annoying idiot she had, for some reason, let inside her house.
"Luuuuuceeee" he moaned again which she once again ignored.
He hadn't spoken in a few minutes and Lucy finally felt like she could get to sleep. Then she heard footsteps and the bedroom door.
"Lucyyy" he said as he walked towards her. She couldn't ignore him anymore.
"What?" she snapped "I just want to sleep, Natsu. Go back to bed" she didn't open her eyes, hoping he would just leave her to rest.
"I can't sleep" he said, his voice lower and more serious. Lucy opened her eyes to see him in front of her, scratching the back of his head. She rolled her eyes.
"Do you want Happy? Sorry, he just crawled on here with me" he said, feeling mildly sympathetic but still annoyed.
"Umm" he started, staring at the floor "I was actually wondering if you…" he trailed off and dashed back to the bedroom. "Nevermind, just go to sleep!" he shouted from the other room causing Lucy to huff over all of the fuss. She just didn't understand him sometimes.
After a few minutes of checking he wasn't going to bother her again, Lucy fell into a deep sleep along with the blue cat lying on her stomach.
When Lucy woke up, Happy and Natsu were gone. She wasn't sure if she felt relieved or disappointed. She couldn't help but feel a little more of the later when she realised they didn't even say goodbye. The only trace left of them were a few blue hairs on her blanket.
She decide to go to Fairy Tail to see Mira about what was happening with the job. It's not like she wanted to see her idiot friend and his evil cat or anything like that.
When she arrived at Fairy Tail it was fairly empty, Mira was at the counter talking to her brother, Elfman and the back table usually occupied by her friends was empty. She couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
"Hey, Mira" she said cheerily and she skipped up to the bar. Mira and her brother both turned around to greet her.
"Good morning, Lucy" Mira said sweetly as her brother gave a 'manly' nod. Mira looked at her curiously before she added "No Natsu today, huh?"
"Nope" Lucy sighed "He left this morning before I even woke up" Mira eyed her curiously and nodded. That woman had endless curiosity, Lucy could of sworn.
"Well, that's probably because of his job today" Mira smiled.
"He has a job?" Lucy laughed, not really seeing a job that would suit him.
"Yeah" Mira said "Most people here just do odd jobs for the bar and other people associated with it" Mira explained "We actually got so popular we get jobs from outside too! People like Natsu tend to work on their own but other people have teams, like Levy who's teamed up with Jet and Droy! It's funny how a few little favours turned into a legitimate business plan!" Mira laughed "We even joke about how we're a guild with a bar attached rather than a bar that does odd jobs on the side!" Mira sighed.
"So, Natsu is out on a job for the bar?" Lucy asked.
"Yep!" Lucy heard a voice answer before Mira could open her mouth. Lucy spun around as Mira laughed. She saw Natsu with his arms across. "I see you're spilling all out secrets, Mira" he said.
"I'm surprised you haven't already" Mira said to him with a wink. "Lucy is part of the family now, she can know what she likes" she stated to which Natsu seemed to nod in compliance.
"I guess you're right" he smiled then looked at Lucy "Maybe you could team up with me, if you're interested than doing more than bar work" Lucy smiled back at him and tentatively nodded.
"Maybe" she answered. They both stared intensely at each other for a while. The air was humming with unanswered questions. Lucy wasn't sure she was ready to ask them.
"Anyway," Mira coughed and Lucy turned back to look at her "What can I do for you today? By the way, you were very good last night" Mira smiled.
"Thanks, Mira. I was just coming over to see when you'd want me to work again" she returned Mira's smile.
"Well you're in luck! I a schedule!" she pulled out a sheet and handed it over to Lucy "I hope Wednesday, Fridays and Weekends are good for you!" Lucy almost squealed.
"This is perfect, Mira!" she hugged the sheet to her chest "I'll see you tonight!" she chimed as she skipped out of the bar to make the most of her morning. She left Natsu behind without much thought. Pink-haired pyro or no, she was determined to have a good day.
"Wait!" Lucy heard Natsu call, just as she got to the end of the road. She stopped and he dashed to catch up to her. She turned around and smiled at him.
"What's up?" she asked, still hugging her timesheet to her chest. She noticed he was, once again, scratching the back of his head nervously from her question.
"Well, I know this might sound a bit weird, but I was hoping you would make a team with me and Haps...I mean it's not like you have to or anything but I was thinking that we could maybe, I dunno, like try and figure out this thing that's happening between us while we do some jobs, you know?" Lucy blushed furiously.
"What do you mean?" she said a little too frantically "What's happening between us?" she panicked. He frowned.
"You know, the weird thing that we feel like we know each other and stuff…" he mumbled, clearly still a little nervous.
"Oh!" Lucy sighed in relief "Yeah, I mean, I'd like to find out what's happening" she smiled.
"Great!" he gave her a massive grin "I have to go and leave for my job but we can plan everything when I'm back!" he started to dash off back in the direction of the guild before he stopped and turned around "Don't go joining any other team while I'm away!" he shouted "You're on Team Natsu now!" he heart skipped a little and she watched him run all the way back to the guild.
"Team Natsu, huh?" she said to herself and continued her walk home.
A/N Yay! I actually got my update out on time! I've actually been working on another fic as well which should be released sometime this afternoon so I'm pretty impressed that I posted this on time! Thanks again to all the people who favourited/followed/reviewed its really nice to know my work is being enjoyed! Sorry about the filler-ness of the recent additions, I promise it shall start getting more into the story really soon! (as in next chapter or the chapter after)
