I finished this before lunch! I'm proud of myself. This chapter has 1,140 words and NaLu!
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Lucy sighed as she lay down on her bed; her face was green, her stomach ached along with her head and she just felt so miserable right now. Although she felt slightly touched that Natsu had insisted to stay so he could take better care of her. But his presence wouldn't really help her condition at all now, would it? Happy had arrived some time ago too, but he couldn't do anything much to help her so he just gave up and was now fast asleep at the couch. But at least he was more helpful than the stupid dragon slayer that put her into this mess.
"Do you need anything? Like soup?" Natsu asked her, and Lucy cringed and covered her face with her blankets.
"Please don't say 'soup'!" she groaned.
"Sorry . . ." he said, scratching the back of his head. "So, do you need anything?"
"No, it's alright Natsu. I'm fine." Lucy forced a smile at him. "I just need to rest."
". . . okay." Natsu muttered and looked away. ". . . Sorry."
"Huh?"
"I'm sorry I got you into this mess. It was all my fault." he sighed, blushing in embarrassment and still not looking at her. "I'll get Wendy to come here tomorrow to treat you."
"Ah, don't worry about it." she said. "There's no need to call Wendy, anyway. I don't want to bother her. This is probably nothing serious. I just need some rest."
"But this has been going on for days! Who knows what could happen to you if you don't get treated immediately!" Natsu argued, making Lucy giggle and pat his head.
"So you still have some room in your head to think about others, huh?"
"Hey! I think about others all the time!"
"Yeah, yeah. Sure, you do." she sighed, shaking her head. "Anyway, didn't you say you didn't want the others to know about this? Especially Erza?"
"Well, yeah . . . but if that means you'll have to go through this for me. Then Erza can know for all I care!" he yelled.
"Keep your voice down, you idiot. You'll wake the neighbors." Lucy giggled. "Well, okay. If you're okay with it, then I guess we could call Wendy tomorrow to see if she can do anything about my condition."
"Alright! Then tomorrow, you're officially going to get better!" Natsu cheered. "And then, we're going to go on a mission together afterwards! Just you, me and Happy!"
From the coach, Happy let out a soft 'Aye' in his sleep.
"Don't get to excite Natsu. We aren't even sure if Wendy will be able to help me."
"Of course she will!" he pouted. "If it's Wendy, then she'll definitely be able to help you."
"I guess you're right." Lucy sighed. "Well, I guess we should be worrying if she could help you after Erza finds out what you did and beats you up for it."
Natsu tensed a bit. "D-don't worry! E-E-Erza is n-nothing against m-m-me!"
"That's a groundless statement." Lucy sweat dropped and sighed. "But then again, we could always tell Wendy to keep it a secret so Erza won't find out."
"Woah! That's a great idea!" Natsu yelled, earning him a smack from Lucy.
"Keep your voice down Natsu." Lucy said before yawning. "Well, I'm going to sleep. Good night."
"Ah, good night." Natsu grinned at her, to which she smiled back before falling asleep. Natsu walked away from her bed, that huge grin still on his face. The thought of Lucy getting better tomorrow made him real happy for some reason. And he was also excited that the three of them were going to go on a mission together, without the other two love birds. (Erza and Gray) It's been a while since they went on a mission with just the three of them.
"Ah." he muttered, remembering their other two team mates. Now that he thought about it, those two weren't the only ones who were acting weird lately. The whole guild was the same. He couldn't really explain it, but . . . they just acted weird. He had tried asking Happy about it, but it seems that he was too busy with Charle that he didn't even notice it. The blue exceed just told him that he was just imagining things.
The fire mage just shrugged. Maybe his exceed was right. Maybe he was just imagining it. A lot has happened anyway. And he could just ask Wendy about it tomorrow.
Natsu went to the coach since he was feeling sleepy himself. Happy was fast asleep and snoring. For a moment, he stared at the coach, until he grumbled and walked away. He didn't really feel comfortable sleeping there. And with that in mind, he headed over to Lucy's bed and lay down there with her. Once he lay down, Lucy immediately shifted closer to him and he didn't seem to mind at all. In his half-asleep state, Natsu wrapped his arms around the celestial mage, making her scoot closer and rest her head on his chest. Then the two of them fell asleep like that.
Mira was on her way home after another tiring day at the guild. And for some reason, she decided to take a detour and stop by a certain celestial mage's apartment.
With her spare key, she opened the door and entered Lucy's cozy home. It's already getting late, so it's no wonder that Lucy would be asleep right now. Mira started to wonder why she even came here in the first place. But she had a gut feeling, and her guts are always right! The barmaid decided to look around a bit more, and found Happy sleeping soundly on the couch.
Mira cupped her chin with her fingers. If Happy was here, then that must mean that Natsu was here too. She suppressed a giggle as she thought of a certain place Natsu could be at right now. She tip toed towards Lucy's bedroom and as silently as possible, she opened the door and peeked in the room.
Her suspicions were correct; Natsu was sleeping on the bed with Lucy! What's more, they were embracing each other in their sleep! Mira could only imagine the sweet dreams they must be having as they slept in each others arms and tried hard not to squeal like a fan girl. Instead, she closed the door silently, after taking a picture that is, and left the apartment with a huge smile on her face.
"Ah, it must be so nice to be in love." she whispered to herself and headed back to her home.
Well, it's not much NaLu. Just full of conversing. Wendy will come tomorrow, will she find out the truth?
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