Wow, we're already at chapter 21. This is some amazing updating for me guys. You really have no idea. Okay! I had to change something last chapter. I'm sorry, I completely forgot that Lucy was on her period, so they can't have sex. Next chapter I swear will have it! I've already made the preparations this chapter. I think you guys will still like this though. It's almost 6,000 words so whoop whoop. Okay, have fun!

Lucy woke Sunday morning with Natsu next to her in bed and a purring Happy curled above her head. She smiled at Natsu's content face, and cozied into his chest further so she nuzzled under his chin. Natsu took a deep breath, the arm around her waist curing behind her back and tightening so he pulled her against him further. She felt almost high. Never has waking up in the morning been such a pleasurable experience. Lucy was never the type to cuddle and stick around after she spent the night with a man, but Natsu was different. She couldn't help but sit up a bit in bed and stare down at his handsome face. His lashes fluttering in his sleep, his pink hair sprawled over his forehead, and his lips parted in bliss. Natsu was like a jagged rock. It's like someone took a jackhammer to his body and chiseled away all the fat. He was hard, prominent. His face had sharp lines and his jaw could practically cut you.

Lucy trailed her fingers along his face and smiled at how peaceful he looked. But despite being so hard and rugged, he looked soft right now. Just content and in peace. Lucy couldn't help but lean down and brush her lips against his chapped ones. "I love you, Natsu."

Her hand cupped his cheek for a moment, and she ran her thumb across his cheekbone with her eyes staring down at him with such happiness and bliss. After a moment, Lucy realized what she just said, and quickly curled her legs up in on her chest and squealed into Natsu's collarbone. She can't believe she said that out loud when she hasn't even admitted it to herself. What if Natsu heard her? She's not ready for him to know how much she cares about him yet. Everything was still so complicated. She hated this. She hated being in love with her student, and she wished Natsu wasn't. Why did he have to be so young? It just wasn't fair. But Lucy supposed she deserved it after all the guys she's screwed over.

Lucy decided she needed a moment to breathe, so she slipped out of bed and ran to her makeup table to look at herself in the mirror. She looked terrible, and quickly sat down while getting to work, applying some tinted chapstick, concealer under her eyes and some highlighter to make herself look more awake. She didn't want to look too put together though, so she put her hair in a loose, low handing bun that was practically falling out, and ruffled her bangs and baby hairs so she her face was framed.

Feeling much better, Lucy hopped out of her chair and wondered over to her small kitchen to brew some coffee. After the machine was doing its job, she situated herself at her desk and opened her laptop. She woke it up, started her internet browser, and went to one of her saved links, which was her texting program. She had stopped receiving messages about "needing help" after she had a talk with all her classes, and it was now strictly business. She read through the few questions students had, but most of them weren't a huge concern. The only project that was due was in six hour, so she typed up a quick message answering the few questions, and sent it to her creative writing class.

Feeling satisfied, Lucy shut her laptop, then wondered back into the kitchen to fill a mug with some coffee, but she paused when she heard Natsu's phone vibrate. Feeling curious, Lucy wondered over to his things in a pile on the floor, and pulled his phone out of his pants pocket. She expected to find a message from one of his friends, but was a little shocked when it was a message from "Miss. Heartfilia". No, it wasn't a text she sent Natsu, but the message she just sent to her sixth hour. Her heart suddenly dropped, the realization that Natsu was her student hitting her hard. She knows… it's silly to feel that way. She has always been aware that Natsu was her student, but lately, she learned to tune it out. The nagging of her logical brain was on silence and she's just been listening to her heart. She knows Natsu is her student, but Lucy pretends that he wasn't. She may say Natsu is different than all her other students, but it's just little moments like this when it's obvious he's the same as everyone else.

For some reason, Lucy found herself grabbing her own phone and wondering back into the kitchen to finally pour herself a cup of coffee. She added two spoons of sugar and some almond creamer, then curled up on her couch while typing a message to her best friend.

Lucy: You up?

It wasn't even 7:30 yet so it'd be understandable if she wasn't. It's hard to sleep in when you're used to waking up at five in the morning, but luckily, Mavis respond.

Mavis: Yeah, what's up?

Lucy didn't really know what she wanted to talk about. Her fingers hovered over the keyboard for a moment, before she responded without really thinking about it.

Lucy: How's Zeref? Have you guys made up yet?

Mavis: Kind of. I'm trying to listen to his opinion and why he thinks student/teacher relationships are okay, but I just don't get it. I mean, I love him to death, but it's so frustrating. You understand, right?

Sudden realization hit Lucy like a brick wall. What in the hell was she thinking? Why did she bring up their argument when she knows her own stance on it? It's hard to talk to Mavis because she's never lied to her in her life. She has always been painfully honest with her, and Mavis has done the same to her. Why did she even text her when she has nothing to share? She didn't have a story to tell her, nothing eventful happened, and even if she did text her just for the hell of it, why did she immediately bring up her fight with Zeref that she kind of has a part in in more ways than one?

No, Lucy does know why, and it's something she's struggled with. Lucy really just wanted to talk about one thing with her best friend and that was her relationship with Natsu, but she has no one. She has nobody to share these thoughts and feelings with besides Natsu, and she hates it. She hates not being able to talk to her best friend about what she wants to most. Lucy has always dreamed about finding love, imagining going on silly dates and being romantic, but it's hard. It's not as simple as it seems and it's hard to break out of old habits. Natsu doesn't understand. He's never had a special person, he's only given himself to her, but this is hard for Lucy… wearing your emotions on your sleeve. She's not used to being romantic. Lucy is logical… she slept with people because it was a need, because it was payback. She thought of it as a task to get off, not as something so personal and intimate. But with Natsu, she feels so vulnerable. She hides how insecure she is by being seductive and confident, but she's actually really nervous to be so… so personal. Lucy isn't afraid to have sex. She been doing it for years. But she is afraid to make love, and she was scared how she'll be. She's scared her insecurities will come out. She's scared the wall that she's built up will crumble because being so personal and open with someone is very nerve wrecking for her. The few times she's talked to Natsu about her personal life and insecurities wound up with her crying. She likes to act tough. She doesn't like people to know how nervous she is and how scared she is all the time. But Mavis knows everything about her. Mavis knows she doesn't do well with relationships and she wished she could tell her the truth. She wished she could share her problems and feelings with her so she could get through them and move forward with Natsu together. But… it's just. It's wrong, Lucy knows that. She knows Natsu is her student and despite how she tells herself that Natsu was different, he was still her under aged student, and he was Zeref's brother. She can't possibly tell Mavis her real feeling and thoughts. It won't end well.

Lucy threw her phone across the room before she does something she'll regret, it landing on the wood floor in a clank, then spinning around until it slid under her tv stand and smacked against the wall. That was a good place for it for now.

Lucy needed to distract herself with something, so she wondered back into the kitchen while taking a sip of coffee, then looked through her kitchen to decide what to make for breakfast. She decided on apple cinnamon pancakes, and quickly pulled her container of pre made pancake mix out, and added apple sauce and almond milk into a bowl with the mix. She cut up one apple and chopped it finely, and added them into the bowl along with cinnamon. While her pancakes we cooking, she made a bowl of assorted fruit and sprinkled some sugar on top. The pancakes were soon done and stacked on a plate. Lucy debated on setting the table, but decided against it, and filled a tray with the food and a cup of coffee for Natsu.

Lucy climbed into bed and brushed the pink hair off of Natsu's forehead. "Wake up, Natsu. I made breakfast."

"Mmm," he groaned and rolled over, but somehow grabbing onto her and rolling over with him so her back was arched over his side with his hand cupping her breast and squeezing it. Lucy rolled her eyes, but just laid there until Natsu finally realized what he was holding and squinted his eyes to meet her gaze.

"Good morning you groping pervert."

Natsu only smirked sleepily. "You look pretty Luce."

Well she did put makeup on for him, but Natsu didn't need to know that. Groaning, Lucy finally sat up and whacked him on the shoulder. "Wake up. I made breakfast." She pulled the tray onto her lap and poured syrup onto her pancakes with a grin. Natsu looked torn, like sleeping was always fun but food was yummy. He sighed, finally sitting up while rubbing his tired eyes.

"What time is it?"

"I don't know… probably around 8."

Natsu groaned and dropped his spiky head onto her shoulder. "Why'd you have ta wake up so early? It's the weekend."

Giggling, Lucy turned her her head to kiss him on the top of his hair. "You'll be able to fall asleep extra early tonight then." Lucy then cut into the pancakes and brought the fork to his mouth. "Say ahhn…"

Natsu blushed but opened his mouth and bit down on the fork. "Y-yummy…"

"You're so cute, Natsu."

Natsu pouted. "Well you're cuter." He suddenly wrapped his arms around her side and leaned into her like she was some oversized teddy bear. "Lucy…"

"Hmm?" She asked, taking a bite of blueberries.

"I uh… I had a dream…"

"Oooh," Lucy smirked, poking him on his puffed out cheek. "Was it a dirty dream? Were you fantasizing about strange things like getting your hands tied while I sat on your face?"

"W-what?!" Natsu blushed even further and squeezed her even tighter with his head buried under her arm. "No, I didn't dream weird stuff like that tonight!"

"Tonight?" Lucy giggled, but Natsu pretended like she never said anything.

"Just… just I dreamt you said something to me… and wanted to know if it was true."

Lucy raised a brow. "What did I say?"

He blushed even more. "I don't want to repeat it because if you didn't say it then it could ruin everything."

What is he even talking about? Lucy doesn't remember saying anything. Was it in her sleep? Did she mumble something while dreaming? Her brows furrowed. When she woke up she… oh. He heard her say the L word. Oh no… she's not ready to say that to him yet. Everything is still too complicated and she's not emotionally stable to be so intimate with someone. God damnit, why did things have to be so complicated? She needs her best friend to talk about this kind of stuff with because she obviously can't talk about it with Natsu. But Lucy is currently pretending that Mavis doesn't exist with her phone hiding under her tv stand!

Lucy tried to stay casual, and tilted her head to the side curiously. "Could you give me a hint?"

"No," Natsu sighed in disappointment. "If you don't know then it didn't happen."

"Was it kinky?"

"Just pretend I didn't say anything!"

Natsu then sat up and started chowing down on the food. Lucy couldn't help but stare at him, trying to figure out how he felt about her saying that. Does he feel the same way? Does he love her back? There's always the fear of being rejected so that didn't exactly ease her mind.

There was a small meow in front of them and Lucy looked up to see the Russian blue kitten making his way through the blankets. "Hi, you little fluff ball." Lucy picked Happy up and pet him under his ear. "Did you sleep well?"

Happy meowed and looked at her expectantly. "I'll get you breakfast in a minute."

The rest of their morning was full of cuddles and soft pets.

Monday went without incident. Natsu came over after school, she made him dinner and they played with Happy while curled up together in bed. Lucy could tell Natsu was restless sitting in her apartment all evening. He had a hard enough time staying still at school so she knew how much he wanted to get out of their apartment and do stuff together. It's just their relationship wasn't easy like that so they had to find things to do in her small apartment. But Lucy felt the same way. She wanted to get out as well, but they just couldn't.

It was Tuesday after school, and she told Natsu that she'll meet him at her apartment in a little. It was the day she collected the essays, and Lucy was excited to read them. She found herself sifting through the white papers, some being double spaced, others single. And others had twelve point font and others had 11. Lucy didn't really give specific Qualifications to the project. They just had to cover the questions she asked and expand on it. She didn't care if it was one page or more, or if the font was one size bigger. She did say that it should be at least a page long… Lucy just didn't feel the need to knit pick the small stuff because it was creative writing. The format didn't so much as matter. As long as they felt sincere and were speaking from the heart, Lucy didn't care if it was double spaced. She just wanted her students to really think about it so they could become more involved in their writing.

Lucy found herself kicking her shoes off and curling in her chair a bit while she found the one paper she was most curious about. Natsu wouldn't tell her what he was writing about, which she didn't understand why because it's not like he can really hide it from her. He has to turn it in, so she was excited to read his essay.

Passion

I've never been passionate about a lot of things. I never liked school, never got involved in any after school activities… I never had something I couldn't live without. Yeah, I enjoyed a lot of things; I have a lot of hobbies. I like hanging out with my friends, get in fist fights, I like to sing my emotions, and I like spending time with my family. But I wouldn't say I was passionate about any of them, or anything for that matter. I came to school everyday, did enough to pass… just the bare minimum. I didn't have a goal. I didn't see myself trying to fulfill my dreams of being a singer. It was just a dream, nothing that I'll ever be able to accomplish. It was silly to hope I could be so special. I found myself being a little lonely. My friends always talk about their crushes and who they spent the night with, but I was just never interested. I didn't have a purpose. I didn't have something to achieve. I stumbled through life, looking for directions, but nobody gave me the motivation to try.

At least, I felt that way until I met her. She was beautiful and took my breath away. Everybody thinks she's attractive, but they just see her body and nothing else. I saw much more. I saw the curiosity in her eyes, the excitement to inspire, and my heart did strange things for the first time. I was speechless, which never happens. I didn't say things that would get me in trouble, but shut my mouth for once and listened. I hung onto every word she said, and tried to catch her her eye with my own and make her notice me.

The more I got to know her, the more I realized how secretive she was. She was like a puzzle I was always trying to solve, but the problem was she kept half the pieces from me. I only have a decent portion of her figured out, and that's probably an overestimate. I'm always the one searching for more puzzle pieces and trying to put her together, but her insecurities get in the way. Her anxious side comes out and she puts up a wall so there's no chance to ask questions. It was frustrating, but she was what kept me going. I thought maybe I wasn't good enough for someone like her. I had no real goal… I played stupid video games with my friends and barley did my homework. I wanted to be somebody for her. I never had a passion. I never had a dream. Well, until I met her, then everything changed. The clock started to tick and things fell into place. I had to try for her. I had to be somebody she would be happy to show off, not a disappointment.

She was my passion. I woke up thinking about her, I went to bed thinking about her. She made me motivated, she made me change into somebody that I was beginning to feel proud of. I had a goal, I had a dream. To become a singer and do what I love. But I'd do it for her. She was what pushed me into following my dreams, she was my passion. She's what changed me. She's the reason I wake up in the morning and go to school. She was the reason I tried so hard, because I wanted to impress her. I dressed nicer to gain her attention, made sure my hair looked nice and my body stayed trim. She was perfect, absolutely gorgeous. It was impossible to keep up with her. She even looked beautiful crying or curled up next to me in bed. She made my heart race, she made my fingers explore places they've never really desired to explore. She made me so frustrated at times… I want to tell her to shut up and come here, but I know I'd break the rule. I want to hold her in my palms like she was my whole world, because she was, but I also wanted to pin her to the wall and claim her as mine. I never wanted to let go… I always want her to be mine. To kiss her and hold her, to mumble sweet nothings into her ear. I want her all to myself, and I want to be hers as well. It's hard to hold myself back, it's hard to see other guys asking stupid questions just to talk to her. It's hard keeping my hands to myself, and it's hard not to tell. But that's the ultimate rule. We can't tell a soul. Despite the passion I feel for her, it's not that simple. I may know how right we are together, but nobody else would see it that way. It was just us, and sometimes I felt safer that way. But other times, I wanted to share. After all, everyone loves to talk about their passions.

Isn't that the point of this essay?

Lucy was speechless as she stared down at his essay, her fingers coming up to touch her heart and press her palm against her skin. She didn't know whether to be upset, cry out of happiness, smile, or go cuss Natsu out for being the idiot who wrote an essay about her. Still, her lips started to tremble and her breath hitched. Lucy never realized how important she was to him, and it made her happy. She didn't know what she should do. Nobody's told her anything like that and she's not good with sappy stuff. Would it be acceptable to thank him with sex? But that didn't seem quite right. She just bought him Happy… you can't really top a cat.

Groaning, Lucy leaned back in her chair and brushed her tears away before they could fall. She smacked her cheeks and squeezed her eyes shut. Lucy really doesn't know how to act around him now… she feels kind of awkward and nervous. Does he expect her to open up to him now that he's told her how he really feels about how closed off she is?

She sighed and opened her eyes to look down at his essay again. How do you express your feelings to someone without actually saying them? She wants to do something for him… Lucy just doesn't know what. Should she ask?

Lucy decided on that, and quickly packed her things, before leaving her room and locking the door behind her. There were a few kids still roaming the halls, but Lucy didn't mind their stares. She pulled her phone out of her bag and texted Natsu that she was on her way, which he responded to promptly. Lucy found herself tugging her bag over her shoulder as she finally exited the school then left campus. The walk was uneventful. She trekked up the stairs to her apartment, then unlocked her door and opened it. Natsu was watching tv on the couch with Happy in his lap.

"Hey, Luce."

"Hi, Natsu." She locked the door behind her, slipped her shoes off then pulled Natsu's essay out of her bag. He watched her with a brow raised as she ran over and hopped on the couch, then cuddled into his side with Natsu's arm coming down to hold her. "I read your essay."

Natsu froze for a moment. "O-oh… did you like it?"

"Mhmm," she turned her head to look up at him, but she couldn't really see him well. Sighing, Lucy sat on her knees facing him with the two page essay held in her hands. "You're lucky I'm not having you guys read each other's papers. I will do that in some cases so just be careful." But then Lucy pouted a bit as she looked up at him with a hesitant smile. "It made me happy. Do you want anything in return? I already bought you Happy so I'm not sure how to top that."

Natsu's brows furrowed and his handsome face looked at her very seriously. "You don't need to do anything in return Luce. I didn't write it about you because I was hoping for something in return." He then set Happy down on the floor, and crawled over to her with Lucy shuffling backwards until she was pinned against the armrest of the couch with Natsu on top of her and his hand holding her chin. His slanted, olive eyes stared down at her with such fierceness that Lucy was almost intimidated. "Relationships don't work like that. We don't just keep trading things back and forth because the other did something for them. This isn't some business deal where both people have to gain some type of benefit."

The fact that Natsu said business deal struck a cord with her. Maybe that's where her thinking comes into place. After all, Lucy was going to be a business deal. That part of her brain might be corrupt, but she was still hesitant. "A-are you sure?"

Natsu sighed. "Yes, Luce. How can you be so damn smart but be a complete idiot with relationships?"

Lucy pouted and tuned her head away from him with a scoff. "I don't know… My past relationships weren't like this. I always had to thank the guy in some way, even if I didn't want what they gave me." She looked up at Natsu again with an expecting look in her eyes. "My period is over. If a guy got me a present, they would want something in return. If a guy ate me out, they expect a blowjob in return. And since we can have sex, I thought that's what you would want, since you said you have a hard time not breaking the rule."

Natsu looked angry, and tugged her chin closer so her back was practically arching into him. "Well those guys are assholes so don't ever lump me with them again!"

Then he sighed and flopped down on her so she was squished under his hard body. Lucy flailed and smacked him on the back with struggling breaths. "N-Natsu… you're heavy."

"It's your punishment." He mumbled into her breasts, making Lucy groan. Yeah right he doesn't want something in return. All guys expect that. They are always thinking about sex, and despite how Lucy knows Natsu was different, she can't help but feel that some part of him has to feel the same way. Maybe he doesn't say it, but he must want to have sex. This wasn't exactly going how Lucy planned it to. She thought they would be getting it on in the sheets, not with this dead weight on top of her in a way Lucy wasn't imagining. "Luce…" There he goes… he's gonna kiss her and they're gonna get it on. His face was buried between her breasts so he was probably in the mood. But Natsu only looked up at her with olive eyes asking for something else. "If you really wanna do something for me, I want to play a game. We never finished our last one."

Lucy doesn't recall playing any games with him. "What are the rules?"

"I'm not saying until you agree."

She sighed and thought about it. Natsu seems to be in one of those moods… the one where he gets quiet and awfully curious of her. He said so himself in his essay. She was a puzzle he was trying to figure out, but Lucy wasn't sure if she was ready to give him anymore pieces. He could ask one of the many questions Lucy doesn't like to answer. But… she also wanted to do something for him.

"You can ask three questions."

He didn't get happy like she thought he would. He just nodded and leaned back against her chest, but it was much softer this time. He didn't feel as heavy, and Lucy found herself running her fingers through his soft hair.

"Why do you keep yourself so closed off?"

Lucy supposed that wasn't as bad as it could have been. There were certainly harder questions to answer. "I don't mean to be like this, Natsu. I may have lived a childhood with lots of luxuries, but it wasn't a happy time. I was hurt. Lots of horrible things were said to me by many different people. I learned to become numb. Nothing really bothers me anymore. But the thing with you, Natsu… you make me feel things that causes me to feel very vulnerable. I don't like it. I've built up walls since I was a small child… it makes me nervous so I try to keep you at a distance." Lucy moved her lips to kiss his hair, then dragged her fingers down to trace shapes on his neck. "The only person who knows everything about me is Mavis, but I can't tell her about you so I'm stuck trying to work through my insecurities by myself."

"You have me though."

"I know." Lucy closed her eyes and relaxed into the couch. "But just because something is in your possession, doesn't mean you can necessarily use it. You're my first serious relationship, Natsu. I know you're here for me, but that doesn't mean I'm comfortable sharing my deepest secrets with you yet. I need time. You're not like that so I understand how it'd be hard for you to understand." Lucy's voice drifted off and several moments went by in silence. Lucy brushed her hand back into his hair and pulled the spiky strands through her fingers. "Next question?"

Natsu nodded a little shakily. "Can you tell me about your mom?"

"Y-yeah," her eyes widened as she squeezed his hair. "My mom died when… when I was young. She taught me all about the stars and we would take walks through the garden. We had the doctors come to our house so she didn't have to spend her last days in the hospital. I would sit on her lap while she taught me about the stars every night. I-I prayed to them that they wouldn't take her away from me. For a time, I grew resentful… It was really dark then." She sniffed and wiped her small tears away at the memories. She grew to hate the stars for a short time. Why did they take her momma away from her? "But then I bounced back and my connection grows each day…" Her eyes saddened and she frowned. "Mom died on a sunny day in spring. She was my favorite person and still is. I have some—" Lucy quickly snapped her jaw shut. She was going to say she had some family photos, but most of them weren't the happiest. "I have some of the same features as her. A lot of people say we look alike, especially since I grew up."

Natsu nodded against her. "I bet she was beautiful."

"She was. Mom was really pretty…"

It got quiet again as Lucy waited for his finale question. She just hoped he didn't ask about her father because those were where all her insecurities were hidden. She waited in unease, Natsu's arms somehow sliding under her back so he was hugging her tightly. "You have to be honest."

"O-okay…"

"Do… do you ever regret l-letting our relationship get like this?"

Ah, so it seemed Natsu really does have insecurities. He said so in his paper, but she's never really heard him voice them out loud. It made her smile, despite how she knows he's nervous. Lucy brought her lips to his ear, and whispered against him. "I have a theory Natsu. Since the moment I heard your voice, I was drawn in. I didn't even see you yet, but I thought you sounded really nice. I knew you, Gray, and Loke were staring at me the first day of school while I was writing on the board. I didn't ignore you because it made me uncomfortable and I didn't know what to do. I saw how attractive and exotic you were. I thought you should be on some island with your tan skin and green eyes. You were wild and you did strange things to my insides. I caved to you so quickly Natsu. It was only a week before I kissed you, and our relationship quickly turned into this. I find myself wondering how I let that happen. I have pride as a teacher. I didn't do those sorts of things with my student. It was wrong, and every part of my brain was telling me to stop. I know this sounds silly, but I think we're soulmates Natsu. I've never been so attracted to someone before. I never had this instant connection and desire to be with somebody. I never did this relationship thing the right way, but you make me want to…"

Lucy let her fingers linger in his hair, before her arms circled around him and she hugged his head.

"But to answer your question... Do I regret starting this with you. I have two very different answers. The first one of from my brains point of view; yes, I do regret it. I wish I didn't let things get to this so easily. I wish I could have denied you and been more stern with you. My brain is still telling me these things Natsu. It never shuts up and it probably won't. I shouldn't have kissed you. I shouldn't have gone to see you in the park that one weekend. I shouldn't have given you my address and number. I did so many thing my brain regrets."

She felt Natsu stiffen and he tried to pull away, but she just squeezed him tighter.

"But the thing with my logical brain Natsu, I've learned to just tell it to fuck off. My heart is so much stronger. My desire to have you, to hold you, to kiss your wonderfully chapped lips is so much stronger. My logic is no match for my heart. I can't stop. I don't want to stop. I want you to myself. I want to kiss you where the world will see, I want to introduce you to my friends, I want to show off how sexy my boyfriend is, I want to go on stupid dates where we'd go to the movies, but just end up making out the whole time. I want to go to a restaurant with our friends then sneak away to the bathroom just to feel your skin against mine. I want to be young with you. I want to do stupid shit. My heart longs to be held, to keep you with me forever. I don't regret it Natsu. I never would. Yes, it's hard sometimes and I find myself being frustrated, but it's worth it. It's worth it just to be with you. All the happy times, how you make me giggle, and make my heart flip. You make me feel like a child Natsu, and I love it. I love it so much and I don't want to take it back. I want you, babe. I don't want anyone else." She kissed him on the ear and smirked against him. "I don't regret being fucked by my student."

After that, all of Natsu's insecurities were blown away. He kissed her and let his fingers linger down her body and curl into that special place. Lucy's back arched and her toes curled as she opened her lips to allow Natsu's tongue inside. She may have not said the L word, but Lucy thinks she said something just as good. And for the first time, they made love. They made love on her couch with her soft moans and sweet whispers. The only thing that could have made it better was the pair of eyes judging them from his spot on the floor. She'll have to make a kitty play pen for Happy for occasions like this. For now, Lucy ignored it and let her world spin.

Tonight would be the best fucking of her lifetime.