A/N: Hello, my lovelies! (I always feel like I sound like a villain when I say the word "lovelies" random to say that I know...) I GOT SO MANY REVIEWS/FAVS/FOLLOWS THIS LAST TIME! WOOOOT! Thank you, thank you! There is a lot to say before getting to the chapter, so I'll just get to it!
Chapter Comments: I know a few readers/reviewers do think I took their relationship fast, and I must admit at a quick glance it seems to be, but I did in fact put weeks and months into the "time" they've known each other if you look at earlier chapters. SO, I'm sticking to my story the way it is, but I did try to make this chapter kind of address their relationship solely. The point is that this chapter is pure Nalu fluff really, though I'd planned on more plot it seems we all just need more Nalu fluff in our lives. I assume that my readers wont complain given the lack of fluff at the moment on the site. :))
So, now that I've rambled quite enough in my A/N. ON WITH THE STORY DAMMIT!
Disclaimer: STILL don't own Fairy Tail, but let me tell you I looked up Hiro the other day on google and was pleasantly surprised by how young he was...well, I mean I kind of imagined him to be old and kind of look like Nab or Droy... the point is I'd tap that shit! So, I'd be like a co-owner right? No? Damn.
Anywho...
Ch. 8
Lucy waited anxiously on her bed. She couldn't pace because she was so nerved out that she was sure she'd fall due to trembling so much. Okay so maybe she knew that was an exaggeration, but that didn't make her body stop its convulsing tendencies. Her teeth even chattered if she slackened her jaw. Lucy shook her head roughly, trying desperately to clear her head. Natsu, the newly made actual man-beast was in her bathroom taking a bath and she still couldn't get the scene they had earlier out of her head. They'd clung to each other in desperation and, and she couldn't quite name the other emotions. Sure she loved him most definitely as Nakama, and of course she had a crush on him given the old pictures of his human self, and she even pictured being married to the guy. However before, all of that had simply been dreaming and now that there was a possibility of it actually happening, she was freaking out! What would they say to each other when he came out? Was there anything to say really? Could she back out now if she wanted to? Did she want to back out at all or was she just going crazy? Lucy needed help.
Lucy felt the bed dip down behind her and stiffened, eye twitching she turned to see a blue fur-ball sitting next to her. Lucy deflated grabbing her chest in relief. Happy continued to stare up at her silently.
"Happy, you scared me. I forgot you were here!" Lucy muttered.
"Aye! I know! Are you okay, Lucy? You seem high-strung." The little cat poked her.
"Ha-ha, high-strung? Wh-what do you mean, Happy?" She laughed awkwardly.
"Well, I figured you'd be happy, since you and Natsu liiikkkeee each other and he's one step closer to being human—" Happy was cut off because his mouth was now being covered up by the celestial mage's hands.
"We do n-not like each other, and don't role your tongue, you stupid cat!" Lucy screeched embarrassed, knowing the only thing that separated Natsu from them was a wall and knowing the dragon man's hearing that meant nothing! Happy struggled to get his mouth free to breathe.
"NATSU! Lucy's being mean to me!" Happy screamed for his life as he began to be chased around by the blond.
"You damn cat!" Lucy chanted, trying to catch the flying animal.
The bathroom door opened up finally, releasing steam and causing the two idiots running/flying around the area to freeze and turn. Natsu stood there with his arms crossed and brows furrowed, wearing nothing but the pants Virgo had given him earlier that day.
"What are you two going on about? Lucy, stop chasing Happy around and Happy stop irritating, Luce!" Natsu chided. Both Lucy and Happy looked at each other a moment, then sticking out their tongues, walked away childishly. "Hey, Happy, could I ask a favor of you buddy?"
"Aye, of course, Natsu!" Happy replied.
"Could you go back home and bring me my scarf? I feel naked without it. Also, ask the team to come would you?" Natsu seemed dead serious, and Happy seemed elated.
"Aye, sir! I never thought this day would come, Natsu! We're going to be a big team again!" Happy shouted as he flew out the window. Natsu frowned, confusing Lucy.
"What's the matter, Natsu?" She asked quietly, turning to sit on the bed. Natsu looked back at her eyes dark and unreadable.
"I'm just not sure if that will ever happen again, me teaming up with my old team mates. Me being human even, despite these transformations, nothing is set in stone and any moment I can wake up a full damn lizard again." Natsu shared his concerns. Lucy smirked.
"A big lizard? No, no the Natsu Dragneel could never be anything but a big," She stood up and walked to him, "powerful," she began poking his side gently and his tail flicked threateningly, "Dragon." She finished smiling brightly at the man. He simply smirked and grabbed the girl up in a tight embrace swinging her around.
"Trying to tickle a Dragon, are you trying to get my concentrated attention, Lucy? It seems I'll just have to make you feel attended to." He murmured low in her ear, throwing her gently on to her bed and attacking her mercilessly with tickling. She cried and flailed trying to get away from him, but was continuously held down and restrained.
"Natsuuuu, stop I-I can't-t breathe!" She soon wheezed. Finally, she was able to relax her bunching muscles and look into the eyes of her attacker bent above her. At this angle and lighting you could almost forget his extra appendages of wing and tail, and barely see the skin scales, though his little horns were still very visible. She grinned contentedly, and he smiled gently down at her.
He happily remained in their intimate position, him residing between her legs. The man's arms were encasing her beneath him with one hand still restraining her hands above her head and the other grasping at her bare waist; he leaned down and rested his forehead against her own breathing in deeply. He felt like they were made to be like this, always.
"You know," He started shakily, "I haven't felt this way about anyone for years. You are the first person in years to make me feel anything again, Lucy Heartfilia." He looked her in the eyes. The hand on her waist began making circles on her skin and she hissed with the pleasant feeling. "I know we've only known each other for a few months at the most, but I can't help and feel like I've known you much longer than that, Lucy. I just need you to know how much you mean to me before Sting comes, I need you to know you're more than a promise I made out of loneliness to a girl in a castle." He finished. Lucy's heart felt as though it might burst. "Please, say something. I can hear your heart pounding, but I'm not sure what that means." He whispered huskily.
"It means," Lucy paused and tried to understand what it meant, herself. "It means, good things, Natsu." Is what she settled for saying, and the Dragon accepted that gladly.
They were both gazing heavily into each other's eyes when his arms grew tired. He made a quick decision that surprised the both of them; he laid his head down on her shoulder pressing his face into the crook of her neck and pulled her into a side hug now lying with her in her bed. She gasped and brought her hands into his tousled locks, tracing over the little horns that nudged her chin.
"If we keep going like this, Natsu, I'm going to be forced into seeing what Happy and Mira Jane sees in us." Lucy said airily.
However, the statement was lost on the now sleeping Dragon. Lucy huffed with affectionate irritation. Who the hell had she been kidding before when she thought about backing out of whatever the hell this was between them? She'd known after the first month that they belonged together, she knew from that time where they were headed and how rocky it might be. They might be in relationship purgatory, and it might be hell, but she found she liked this torture more than anything she'd experienced to date. She thought to herself, stupid boy, wait no, stupid Dragon. Making her feel all crazy and for the first time in her life since her mother died, loved.
A/N: I know, some of you will want to hit me. WHY YOU NO HAVE THEM KISS?! Right? I couldn't do it, folks. I wasn't feeling it, what can I say? Also, I hope this makes up for my late updates all the time. I know it drives some of you nuts! :(( I'm sorry! Anyways...Love please? Review? Fave? Follow? :))
