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Chapter 9- Stay With Me


Erza POV

It had been three days since Natsu brought Lucy in unconscious. Master had come back with a special formula from the healing wizard, Polyscia, that had once helped me with my eye. Lucy's condition had been getting better and Mickey said she could wake up at any moment. Natsu hadn't come to see her nor did we wish to bother him in his vulnerable state.

"When do you think Lucy's going to wake up?" Gray asked and drank a juice box as we sat at a table for our snack. I ate my graham cracker silently and shook my head.

"I hope Natsu's okay. He really seems lost without Lu-chan." Levy sighed. We solemnly nodded in agreement and continued with a nonchalant conversation.

Natsu POV

I rolled over in my hammock and sighed for the millionth time. I hadn't left my room ever since everyone had kept me from Lucy. I learned Happy could fly and he would often leave and bring fish back from the nearby pond.

"Lucyyy! Lucy, Lucy, Lucy, Lucy!" I whined and tossed around, angrily sitting up. "I wanna see Lucy, Happy."

The blue neko floated over to me and sat down in front of me with a fish in his hands.

"L-Lushii!" Happy said and handed me the scaly animal.

"Yeah! Lucy! And I'm Natsu." I grinned and pointed to myself.

"Nachu!" He said and smiled.

"Close enough. Soon you'll be talking like me." I said and pat his head.

"Let Nachu see Lushii!" Happy jumped up and started flying circles around my head.

"Let's go see her then!" I scurried off my hammock, quickly ran out the door and towards the guild. Happy hung on to the bottom of my scarf as I sped forward. I crashed through the door, startling my friends although the older members seemed unfazed.

"Natsu! Where have you been?!" Lisanna asked as she ran straight up to me.

"Home. Is Lucy okay now?" I asked Erza, completely walking around and brushing the younger Strauss sibling off.

"She's better but not awake." She said, keeping a straight face but anyone could tell she was devastated.

"What's that thing on your shoulder?" Gray asked and pointed at Happy.

"He's not a thing! He's Happy, my cat. He hatched from my egg the other day." I said and glared at the shirtless ice mage.

"Your egg hatched? When?" Lisanna asked, strangely sounding a little sad.

"When I was with Lucy. I bet he came out because of her. I even came up with his name because he made Lucy smile so much." I smiled and softly scratched behind Happy's ear, stuck in a sweet Lucy daze. Lucy's soft hair, her soothing voice, her yummy magic, her sweet and calming scent, and her smile... Lucy was just so... Lucy, I couldn't even come up with a word about how I felt.

"Oi, flame brain! Quit drooling!" Gray shouted and flicked my forehead.

"Eh? You dare touch me, ice princess?!" I shouted back and flicked him.

"Bring it on, slanty eyes!" He said and pulled his hands back in his Ice-Make stance.

"You got it, droopy eyes!" I said and lit my fists on fire. Happy quickly floated off my shoulder and onto Levy's head.

"Oi! Would you both stop it!" Erza roared and slammed our heads together.

''H-Hai..." We groaned and fell to the floor. Mickey suddenly burst from the infirmary door, waving us in.

"Lucy's waking up!" She said and opened the door wider to let us in. I practically launched myself through the door and onto her bed, looming over her as she yawned and started opening her eyes. Her soft, brown eyes looked up at me with a blank expression before she smiled brightly, wrapping her arms around my neck for a hug.

"Natsu! You're okay!" She said and pulled me down against her. I buried my face in the crook of her neck and wrapped my own arms around her.

"You're the one that needs to be okay. You've been asleep for so long." I mumbled against her neck and cuddled myself against her more.

"What? How long?" She asked and tried to sit up, but I prevented her from doing so.

"Three days. We were afraid you weren't going to wake up, Lu-chan." Levy said and started crying. Erza pulled her against her chest and nodded.

"Its true. You used to much of your magic that day." The scarlet haired mage said. I finally pulled away when I soaked up as much Lucy as I had missed and stood by her bedside.

"Promise you won't ever try summoning that Capricorn until I've taught you more!" I scolded and pinched her cheek.

"Gomen gomen! I promise!" She cried out as tears began to show at the corner of her eyes.

"Lushii!" Happy said, well happily, and flew onto her face.

"Happy! You learned my name!" Lucy grinned and started petting him.

"Nachu and Lushii!" Happy purred and made himself comfortable on Lucy's head.

"Kawaii!" Lucy cheered and swung her legs over the bedside to stand up. She was wobbly at first and I grabbed her hand to keep balance. "Is it alright if I leave now, Mickey-san?"

"Just don't start running around like a madman." She said and handed her a juice box. I grabbed Lucy's free hand and quickly pulled her out of the room. The other guild members were excited to see her awake, but I kept going.

"Eh? Natsu, where are we going?" Lucy asked as we left the guild and headed for the forest.

''My place.''

Gray POV

We watched Natsu as he dragged Lucy out of the guild and into the town.

"He doesn't even give me a chance to play with Lu-chan anymore!" Levy pouted as she sat between Jet and Droy.

"We can do something with her in the dorms. Boys aren't allowed so we can play all we want." Cana said and pat her head. I walked over to Lisanna, who was sulking by the entrance.

"Why doesn't he play with me anymore?" She asked and turned towards me.

"I don't know," I said and shook my head. "He cares about her a lot more than any of us."

"Why can't that be me? I've known him longer." She sighed.

"Maybe it's a dragon thing." I joked and walked back over to the others.

Lucy POV

"Natsu! Your house is so messy!" I gasped as I walked through piles of laundry and stacks of plates and cups as I followed him into his room.

"Its not that bad in here. I haven't started on the rest yet." He said sheepishly and sat down on one of the few pillows he had on the floor.

"How come we came here instead of staying at the guild?" I asked and sat next to him. Natsu shrugged and took a sip of the juice I still had.

"They kept you for three days so I get to take you." I blushed and looked down at my hands in my lap.

"Y-You didn't visit?" I asked. He suddenly pounced on me and tried squeezing the air out of me.

"They wouldn't let me. I had to stay away for so long, Luce." He sighed.

"Sorry to worry you." I frowned and looked downwards.

"Can I see if your magic is okay now? Try engulfing yourself in magic. Just think to do it and you're good." He asked.

"A-Ah, okay." I said and stood up. I squeezed my eyes shut and concentrated on my magic energy. Warmth and a tingly feeling suddenly surrounded me. I opened my eyes and looked down and my hands and feet to see them wrapped up in the sparkly, yellow glow of my magic. I turned my vision back up to Natsu and saw him standing in front of me, grinning and eating a ball on my magic he had grabbed. I blushed and softly smiled back.

"Still yummy." Natsu said as I extinguished myself.

"So what're we going to do?" I asked and watched Happy start playing with a ball of yarn.

"I don't know..." He said sheepishly and scratched the back of his head.

"Eh? Then why'd we come?" I pouted.

"I wanted to play, but I didn't have anything in mind." He laughed.

"Let's go back to the guild then." I said and turned to walk out the door. Natsu suddenly grabbed my wrist and pulled me back against him.

"No! They'll all keep you away and I want you for myself." He mumbled.

"N-Natsu..." I felt suddenly tingly in my stomach from his words as he let me go.

"Let's go fishing! I bet you're hungry and Happy too." He said and looked over to the neko, who had tangled himself in the multi-colored string.

"Aye!" I laughed and picked him up, helping him out of his mess.

"C'mon then!" Natsu grinned and dragged us outside.


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