"OK, so guys, what are we going to do about room assignments?" Erza asked.

We finally made it to the hotel and now we had the 'pleasure' of dealing with room assignments. We had received two rooms one with a king sized bed and the other with a queen sized bed and a pull out couch. I tapped my fingers on the handle of my suitcase, standing idly by while this happened. I knew what I wanted to happen, but if I said anything ic would just die then and there. It wouldn't even be my doing. The crush Gods would just be made at me and kill me on the spot.

"We could always divided into boys and girls," Gray suggested. Wendy nodded in agreement. No, no, no, no, NO!

"Seems, like the best idea." Everyone conversed about the rooms, while I locked on of my feet behind the other. What do I do?

Suddenly, I felt an arm wrap around my neck, latching onto my shoulder. I looked over to where the hand was coming from, noticing Natsu with a look of death in his eyes. I swear I saw them go red.

"Mine," his voice was demonically deep, so much so that even Erza shivered. ERZA! I walked over to Erza, snatched the key card for the room with the king sized bed and the proceeded to drag me inside along with my luggage

"WAIT, NATSU! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" I yelled flailing my arms around, but his grip felt as strong as ever. "SOMEONE HELP ME! HE'S CRAZY!" I yelled reaching my hand towards my friends, but they just smirked as I was carried away my Natsu. So much for friendship.

Once we got into the room, Natsu tossed me on the bed. I could feel my face burning but-somehow- I disregarded that, trying to make eye contact with Natsu.

Something about him had been off. Not like his usual fun loving self.

Natsu's head was turn to the ground a red tint forming under his nose.

"Natsu?" I asked.

"Yeah," he responded, his voice airy and his head still facing the ground.

"Natsu, look at me," I urged. He refused silently, fixated on the carpet.

"Natsu-"

"That never happened, OK?" He said, firmly.

I nodded hesitantly.

"Good, now let's get ready for dinner!" He said, smiling goofily. But, something about his smile felt missing. Something about his smile felt lost.

"I'm stuffed," Natsu said, patting his stomach with a smile on his face.

"You literally ate everything. When all the food was finished I thought you were going to start eating the table," I said, rolling my eyes.

"Lucy! Don't you know that you should always eat the silverware before deciding to eat the table," Natsu said, half with sarcasm and half serious.

"How could I have been so stupid?" I said over dramatically.

We had been walking around the halls for hours trying to find our room, but the hotel had turned into a maze with no exit.

"I'm telling you, Lucy, our room doesn't exist anymore! It disappeared!"

"In case you haven't noticed, Natsu, rooms can't disappear," I said, giggling.

Finally after almost an hour of searching for our room, we finally found it. By now it seemed like heaven on earth. I could've sworn I saw it glowing

"So I guess it didn't disappear," Natsu said, smiling.

I simply smiled back, pulling the door knob.

And now I was confronted with my next monster, our bed. It was a king sized bed, so it wouldn't be too awkward, but that didn't change a thing. We've slept together before, everything's fine. My heartbeat started to quicken, pounding to the rhythm of our neighbors loud...love.

I turned to Natsu, who seemed to be as flustered as I was. It made him look 20 times more adorable than usual, making this whole situation a million times worse.

"I can sleep on the floor if you'd like," Natsu offered, placing his hand on his neck.

"N-no, it's fine," I stuttered. That seemed to relax Natsu a bit.

"It doesn't seem fine."

"No! I insist!" I shouted, my face probably as red as a tomato.

"Are you sure?" Natsu asked. I nodded, running to my suitcase, pulling out my clothes and slamming the bathroom door shut.

Oh God.

I made my way outside after taking a quick shower, wearing fluffy pants and a plain shirt, my hair drenched. I peeked my head over the wall blocking the sink, noticing Natsu laying on the bed, twiddling with his phone. He quickly jerked his head toward me, almost as if he had been waiting for me.

"Hey," He said, grinning from ear to ear. I waved, moving to the bed, before bouncing onto the area of mattress next to him.

"Are you sure, you don't want me to sleep on the floor?" he offered. I nodded, flopping onto the bed. I quickly came to realize how bouncy the bed was, and soon I started smirking. I sat up again and began to stand on the bed. "What are you doing?" Natsu asked.

"Haven't you ever wanted to jump on the bed?" I asked, moving from side to side.

"Of course, I'm just terrified you're going to break the bed."

"Hey!" I shouted, crossing my arms and pouting, "Somebody has to do it."

"And who better than you to get the school in trouble. If we end up having to pay for something it's not coming out of my wallet!"

"I doubt that," I said, finally starting to jump up and down, feeling...free. Like I could fly. I kept reaching up for the sky, but was constantly being blocked by the ceiling. "You're seriously missing out," I said, urging him to jump on the bed using the power of peer pressure.

"If you're gonna break it, I might as well help," He sighed. Mission Accomplished! I pulled himself onto the bed and started jumping with me, out feet hitting the soft comforters at the same time. I quickly found myself having way too much fun. The room was filled with the soft sound giggles. All that was missing was a summer song and you'd have a perfect moment.

The kind that every girl dreams of.

But, my fun time was over when I accidently landed on my ankle instead of my foot, causing me to fall onto the bed.

"Lucy!" Natsu yelled while trying to grab my hand. However, that caused him to fall as well. My eyes were shut, but surprisingly, I felt nothing more than the sheets hitting my head. I opened them to find Natsu on top of my. We looked at each other for a second, both trying to process what had just happened. Then, we quickly turned our heads away, both blushing. Something about this seemed so unlike him. I would imagine Natsu to be the type of person who would make a joke while mischievously smiling.

"Sorry," he mumbled, pushing himself off of me. I nodded, pulling myself up. Silence consumed the room, as it were clashing cymbals in my head.

"Hey, wanna play a game," I offered, trying my best to break the awkwardness.

"Sure," he responded.

"How about truth or dare?" I suggested.

"Ok, you first. Truth or dare," he said.

"Ummm, truth!"

"Ok, let me think of a good one..." He paused, staring at the ceiling searching amongst the cement for an amazing question. "What's your darkest secret?"

I laughed, "Kinda a stupid question, you already know the answer. I was su-" I choked up on the word, unable to get it out. I kept trying force the word out, but eventually I just gave up, terrified.

"Lucy, are you OK?" Natsu asked.

"You only get one question, it's my turn" I said, faking a smile.

"Luc-" I cut him off.

"My turn! My question is..., drumroll please,...how are you doing today?"

Natsu looked at me with pure confusion, "And you called my question stupid, I'm doing fine."

"You're not allowed to lie in truth or dare!"

"But I'm not-"

"Natsu, I'm not stupid. I know something's been up with you recently. You don't seem like your usual self lately," I explained.

"It's nothing, I just," he paused for a moment, considering something, "I'm just scared," he said, softly. Natsu? Scared? The only time you saw those two words in the same sentence is if the word 'not' is in between them.

"What are you scared of?" I asked.

"It's just, my dad died, my mom left when I was little and you almost killed yourself," I could hear his voice breaking, like he was going to cry, "I just keep thinking back to that moment and how, if I had come any later, you'd be dead. I should've talked to you sooner, I should've moved here sooner! I could've saved you from ever feeling like that-!"

A loud whack sounded throughout the room. I slapped him.

"Snap out of it, Natsu!" I yelled. He looked at me with a face of pure shock. I cleared my throat, starting softer, "Don't forget that you saved me! You did everything you could. And look! Now I'm happy. I'm OK. You did everything just right." I explained.

"It's just that-," I noticed a tear slip down his face.

"Natsu..."

I lifted his face, smiling with tears filling his eyes, which were dark from him rubbing them consistently. He felt so dead yet he had this sense of resolve. He smiled wider, his teeth glimmering along with his tears.

"Don't worry about me, Lucy, I'll be fine." He was being so strong. It was like he was lying on the floor bleeding, but yet he still stood up to fight. I quickly wrapped my arms around him, suddenly feeling like my eyes were bags of water about to explode. He slowly wrapped his arms around me. He's trying to care for me when he's hurt.

"Don't cry. If you cry too much, you're going to run out of tears." I felt something wet stain the back of my shirt. Stop crying, Natsu.

(ANNNDDD that's the end of another chapter! Sorry I've been taking so long to update. I've been taking this extremely rigorous geometry course and I have to write a story for college distinction, so my days have been pretty hectic. Still, I hope you liked the chapter! Also thank you sarara1.8 for reviewing my story! Your kind words give me the motivation to continue writing! Well, hope you guys have an awesome day! BAIIII!)