~PREVIOUSLY ON THE LAST CHAPTER~
"With pleasure," And with that, he picked her up and went back home, ready to give her the punishment she deserved.
"Hey Natsu, guess what?" Natsu picked his head up to look his beautiful fiancé, curious on what she had to say.
After that big fight and new proposal, they've gotten closer and don't fight as much. Natsu just teases her lot and Lucy get flustered like always, but other than that, they don't' argue as much. So far it's been 3 days and she loved this new life.
"What?" He asked, noticing the uncomfortable look Lucy had on her face. They were sitting on their bed, Natsu at the bottom of the bed while Lucy on top, both tangled into each other.
"I – I sort of forgot about this and I forgot to tell you but . . . me . . . You. . ." Lucy bit her lip, thinking on how she was supposed to tell him she's pregnant. How did she even forget about telling him 3 days ago?
And for the past 3 days she's been trying to figure out how to break it to him and she still haven't gotten a clue so she decided to just say it out loud and see what his reaction is. Hopefully, it isn't going to be so bad.
"What is it?" He asked, sitting up and crawling up towards her, sitting next to her. "I don't know how you'll react to this but . . ." Lucy looked at her hand, playing with her fingers.
Natsu put his hand on her chin, tilting her head up to look at him. Their eyes met and Natsu smiled at her reassuringly. "Is this good news?"
"Y – Yes but –"
"Then tell me, I'm sure I'll react quiet well," He said giving her a light peck on her lips. Lucy blushed and grabbed his hand, squeezing it tightly so he wouldn't leave if she even said it.
She took a deep breath and squeezed her eyes shut, finally blurting it out. "I'm pregnant." She held her breath as she felt him tense up in her arms. 'Oh crap, he's going to start yelling and run out of here, oh no.' Lucy thought as she felt her heart break.
"Pregnant?" She heard him echo her words, words of shock. Lucy slowly nodded and she felt him shift his head to look at him. "Y – Yes."
"For how long?"
"Almost a week now,"
"Why'd you tell me now?"
"I was afraid you might take it badly and I forgot . . ." Lucy bit her lip, looking away again. What kind of bad mother is she if she forgets about her own child? One hell of a bad one if she doesn't even remember being pregnant.
Suddenly Natsu turned towards her and grabbed her by the waists, smashing his lips against hers catching the blonde off guard. He pulled away before she had to chance to kiss back and kissed her again.
He kept doing this over and over again making Lucy feel good about herself. This was definitely a good sign.
Natsu finally stopped and planted a sweet long kiss on her lips, pulling away to be grinning widely.
"I'm going to be a father?" He asked, breathing a bit heavily due to the kissing he was doing with her couple minutes ago. Lucy nodded, smiling at him. Natsu kissed Lucy again, tightening his hold on her. "I love you, thank you so much!"
"Don't thank me . . . you're the one who you know . . ." Lucy blushed not even daring to finish that sentence. Natsu just grinned at her, hugging her tightly. "Thank you," He mumbled again, rocking back and forth with her in his arms. Lucy hugged him back, happy that he accepted that she was pregnant with his child.
Well, he would have been happy either way, she didn't even know why she was so nervous on telling him. He wouldn't have left her or anything, she loves him and he loves her.
"Who else knows?" Natsu asked after a while of silence and hugging. "My mother and father and your parents . . ." Natsu pulled away to look at Lucy, a hint of confusion on his face.
"What? They know and they didn't tell me? What the hell, weren't they supposed to tell me this?"
"Well they found out the day I found out due to my mom's big mouth and I told them not tell you because I was mad at you that time . . ."
"But Luce, you could have at least told me!"
"Sorry," Natsu groaned and lied down on the bed, burying his head on the pillow. Why was he the one who was the one to know this news the last? Wasn't he supposed to be the first one to know because maybe he's the fiancé and father of the child? Goddamn Lucy and her logic.
"Next time, I'll be the first one to know, got it?" Natsu said, pointing at her with his finger and looking at her sternly. Lucy nodded then blinked, blushing and then gawking at him. Next time? Next time?
"Are you planning on making me pregnant again?" Lucy asked, gasping. Natsu looked at her and smirked devilishly. "Well, you messed up this time so I'm going to keep doing it till you get it right, you got that?" Natsu said seductively making Lucy become all flustered and embarrassed. Natsu grinned and got off the bed as he faced his fiancé. "We need to delay this wedding if you're pregnant, and we need to buy baby shit, right?"
"But I want to get married quicker then it'll be better right?"
"Well . . . that's true cause we need to do this before or after the baby is born so why not next month?"
"Natsu, the baby grows every week, my stomach will be already be big enough to notice by next month,"
"Marry me right now then!"
"We need to inform everyone and stuff, just wait after the baby is born!" Lucy groaned annoying by her fiancés stupid mind. Sometimes she imagines what it'll be like to have a smart husband. Maybe that'll be fun and interesting.
"Then let's go baby shopping!" Natsu said as his eyes twinkled. He normally hated all this stuff but thinking about becoming a father made him all hyped up and happy. He was up to do anything.
"Shopping? You? Seriously?" Natsu nodded as he grinned at her, he wanted to be a great father. He wanted to buy everything for the child, whatever or whenever. Lucy sighed and stood up, alarming the pink haired fool.
"Lucy, don't stand up, you're going to hurt the baby!"
"Natsu, you're over exaggerating, it's only been a week and I could still do whatever I like till my stomach is full."
"I don't care; you're still pregnant which means you need to be careful. I promise I will take care of you till the little one is out." Natsu said making Lucy's heart skip a beat; when did he become such a sweetheart?
Lucy smiled at him and jumped on him, hugging him tightly. "Lucy! What did I just say?" He shouted, steadying himself and grabbing onto her waists, scolding her.
"I love you," Lucy mumbled against his shoulder making Natsu's eyes widen. Natsu soon wrapped his arms around her and grinned happily, rocking her back and forth in the spot.
Oh how he love this small blonde.
"Let's go tell my parents!" Natsu shouted happily after he pulled away from the hug he was giving Lucy. "I told you, they know." Natsu grinned at her and ran out the door, wanting to brag about him becoming a father. Lucy sighed and followed him down, exhausted. She already feels like a mother taking care of Natsu, just thinking about taking care of him and the baby will kill her.
"Mommy! Mommy!" Natsu shouted like a small 5 year old kid, jumping around his mother excitedly. Grandine almost spit her tea out as she watched her son jump around her like he used to when he was just a little toddler.
"Y – Yes sweetheart?" Grandine asked, eyeing him suspiciously. What has gotten into the man?
"Mommy, I'm going to be a daddy!" Natsu shouted, cheering happily. Looks like this baby business turned himself into a baby.
Grandine looked at him then smiled sweetly. She never thought she'll see this day where Natsu Dragneel will become a father and be so excited about it. "I know, dear. Congratulations."
"But guess what Mommy?"
"What is it, honey?"
"You're a horrible mother for not telling her own son that he was going to become a father!" Natsu shouted making Grandine's eyes widen. He was just so happy a few minutes ago.
"Now Natsu –", "Shouldn't I be the one to know if my own wife is pregnant? You could have at least told me you old hag!"
"Now don't blame this on me, young man! And who're you calling an old hag?"
"Is there anybody else in here who I should call an old hag? You stupid mother!"
"Natsu Dragneel! You do not speak to your mother like that!"
"You deserve it!"
"Why you little – after all the things I've done for you and you treat me like this?" Grandine shouted back, throwing her hands in the air in desperation.
Natsu opened his mouth to reply to her but stopped when he felt somebody smack the back of his head. "Natsu Dragneel, apologize right now." Lucy snapped making Natsu cross his arms and pout childishly.
"No! I have a right to be angry at her and you but not so much at you because I love you." Natsu said sweetly grabbing Lucy's hand in his and smiling a bit but Lucy just glared.
"Apologize." She snapped causing Natsu to sigh and nod, not wanting this to turn out to be a fight or make her want kill him. He faced his mother who was glaring at him, her arms crossed across her chest and her foot tapping on the marble floor. She looked angry but not as scary as Lucy when she was angry.
"Sorry, I just got angry and you know, snapped." Natsu mumbled rubbing the back of his head bashfully.
God, Lucy has some way of making him do things he's never done to people. She's like some witch that casts some spell on him that makes him do everything she wants him to do. First he cooks for her, then he apologizes, what's next? She'll want him to fly across the sky?
"I understand that you're angry that nobody told you about Lucy's pregnancy but it's her choice if she wanted to tell you or not. Next time, think before you say something."
"I always think before I say something you –"Natsu started but Lucy cleared her throat as she was daring him to finish that sentence. She raised a brow at him with her arms crossed across her chest, staring at him to see if he had the balls to say something insulting to his mother in front of her. Natsu looked away from her nervously and continued his sentence, finishing it off with something sweet so he doesn't get killed or pushed out the window by her. "– beautiful woman whom I love so much because she's my mother." Natsu glanced at Lucy to see if that was acceptable and guessed it was right because Lucy was smiling approvingly.
Natsu grabbed Lucy's hand and dragged her away with him so he doesn't listen to his mother anymore. He's afraid he might say something again which will cause Lucy to smack him again or worse, break up with him again.
It wasn't his fault he's sort of misbehaves and talks back a lot or curse. It's just the way he was. "Natsu, where are we going?" Lucy asked snapping him out of his thoughts, turning to look at her.
She looked so cute right there, looking so confused and innocent. He just wanted to grab her head and kiss her over and over again but there isn't enough time to do that every day. "I don't know, garden I guess? Where do you want to go?"
"Nowhere really, I just want to spend time with you."
"Garden it is." Natsu grinned as he held her tiny little hand in hers. He really did like the feeling of being with her and able to hold her hand like this. He just liked her company, that's all.
As they two went to go to the garden they were greet with Erza and Gray in the front gates, both looking around the place trying to see if anyone of them spotted Natsu or Lucy.
Lucy's face brightened up as she pulled away from Natsu and ran to Erza to give her a hug. Natsu, who freaked out, started to chase after her; afraid she might fall and hurt the baby. "Lucy, stop running!"
"Erza!" Lucy jumped into the scarlet haired woman's arm, grinning widely. She was so happy to see her after a while of separation.
She called Erza a few days ago, freaking out over the break up since she needed a friend to talk to but all Erza suggested was beating the crap out of Natsu which she quickly dismissed, telling her she'll be fine. Now, she finally met the two after weeks of being apart.
"Lucy, I can see you two made up now." Erza smiled, hugging the blonde into a bone-crushing hug. Natsu noticed that Erza was hugging Lucy too tight and shrieked, pulling them apart, and hugging Lucy protectively.
"Erza – sorry – but please, be careful around Lucy. She's not the only person that is in this delicate body." Erza eyed Natsu for a moment before finally realizing what he meant. Her face turned into a shade of red and Gray smirked, looking at the two.
"Oh my, you mean -?" Erza gasped, pointing at the two who were smiling proudly. "I never knew you had it in you, idiot." Gray held his fist out for Natsu to bump with his own. Natsu also smirked, bumping his fist with Gray's, looking at him with a glint of excitement in his eyes. "Neither did I."
"How long?" Erza asked, grabbing Lucy's hand and looking at her with wide eyes. She was happy for the blonde. She was going to be an aunt! She could see a little pink haired girl saying, 'auntie Erza!' to her. "Just a week."
"Oh, are you excited?"
"Of course! We're going to be parents!
"Taking care of this idiot, I already feel like one." Lucy sighed pointing at Natsu which caused the two to laugh while Natsu glared at her, giving her ass a pinch as Lucy squealed a bit, looking at him with surprised eyes.
Natsu didn't look at her but he just smirked, looking at his friends. Damn this pervert for doing all these things to her. "So what are you guys doing here?"
"Just visiting, thought we'll drop by before we go meet up with Mirajane and Lisanna. Want to come with?"
"Yes!"
"No!"
"No? Natsu, you love your friends and I haven't met the two beautiful white-haired beauties Erza was telling me about, Lisanna and Mirajane are them, right?" Lucy turned to face Erza who nodded in conformation.
She faced Natsu again who had a sour look on his face. "Okay, there are two things wrong with that. One, they're not that beautiful. I think you're beautiful not them, and two, I cannot have you going out in the wild while pregnant! Who knows what could happen to you?"
"You're making this sound like I'm running away to the forest to go collect some berries or something."
"Who's talking about berries? I'm just saying I'm not letting you go out there while pregnant."
"Since when did you become my father? And I can go anywhere when I want! I have Erza and Gray with me, and you can come too. I'll be safe, right?"
"Aha, wrong. No, you're staying."
"Well I'm going weather you like it or not." Lucy crossed her arms and stepped over towards Erza's wide flashing a small smile at her.
"Luce, I'm just thinking about you. Stay, I don't want to go out and I'll be worried sick thinking that you went out with Erza and Gray." Natsu grabbed her arm, pulling her back towards him but Lucy resisted, growling at him. "I want to go!"
"No, we'll stay and sleep or something."
"No! Erza, tell him to let me go!" Lucy whined at her scarlet friend, making Natsu gulp and look at her with wide eyes.
Erza could make him do anything. If she told him to go jump in a shark tank, he'll do it so she doesn't kill him. "Now Natsu, Lucy's with us, why worry?"
"Cause . . . I'm afraid something might happen."
"Don't worry, beside, I'm still flexi -!" Lucy started to say, spinning around in a circle but tripping over her foot to fall straight for the floor. The three all became alert as they reached their arms out, ready to catch her but in the end, she fell on top of Erza who covered her well enough for the baby or her to get hurt.
"That's it, you're staying inside within my watch!" Natsu shouted grabbing her and turning around to stomp towards the castle. Lucy just whined like a little girl, waving goodbye to her friends who just stood there, watching.
God – those two are so weird.