"Oh Luce, lookie here."
Lucy turned around from inspecting a rack of clothes to see her companion with his usual goofy smile plastered on his face with a short red dress placed over his neck. He gave her a small twirl then smooth the fabric when he faced her again.
"You look divine madam." The blonde school girl giggled creasing the sleeping blue cat closer to her ample chest.
"Tch, don't I always. But I meant for you." Natsu said walking toward her and draping the dress against her body. He pressed the fabric to her clothed figure and let his hands smooth the fabric at her hips gently. "It would highlight your curves beautifully."
"And why would I need to do that." Lucy said rolling her eyes from his touch and walking away to another clothing rack away from the pinkette.
"Its for our dinner date tonight duh. Blondie did you forget our deal?"
"What deal?"
"The part where I take you wherever you want." Natsu huffed shoving the dress back onto a rack. "You're so hurtful princess."
"You're so irritating."
"I think you made that clear already long ago."
"Why did I have to come here and with you?" Lucy asked with a sigh, dropping her hands from the clothes rack.
"It was either come here and shop or go back to your apartment. But you refused to go back even if I went with you, remember?" Natsu said walking over to her with his arms crossed. "And I refuse to go out with you dressed like that."
"It's only a date."
"Which will be in a fancy restaurant that I go to for business."
"So I'm just buisness now?!" The blonde screeched turning toward the man a litte hurt from the thought but embarrassed from her own sudden action.
"Stop being so dramatic. Do you honestly think I would let you in my home or let alone touch my cat if you were only buisness? Baby you gotta understand, I got other intentions for you." Natsu flashed her a toothy grin that made Lucy heart beat rapidly also making her cheeks blush like crazy by his declaration.
The blonde turned away from the pinkette toward the first clothing rack she saw. She plucked a dress on a hanger off the rack, she examined it's appearance carefully, and threw it at the man then walked away to another part of the store.
"Hey Lucy, where you going?" Natsu asked puzzled looking at her retreating form while he clumsily caught the dress.
"I need a pair of shoes to match. And a new pair of under clothes too. Your paying for all my things right." Lucy had stated rather than ask the man who smirked at her sudden boldness.
"Did I ever mention I love bossy take charge kind of woman?" He asked chasing after the blonde. "That was a definite turn on."
"Shut up!"
Natsu walked into his bedroom with a pair of clean black slacks and a black t-shirt on. He threw himself onto his king size bed awaiting the blonde who had taken his en suite hostage. The only thing coming out in the last hour was the music playing off her cell phone and the smell of varies of products he had bought for her. He smiled to himself enjoying the tranquil atmosphere currently present in his home before sighing and grabbing his cell to check on anything.
Lyon's fine, only a few stitches and bruises. Nothing major. Say the word and we'll retaliate against them, I figured it all out. I got security watching over you guys.
-Gray
Natsu found himself wincing at the word stitches and bruises as if he had aquire them and not Lyon. One thing he learnt from his dad was that everyone in the guild is family, you cherish and worry for each one of them just as you would for any family member. He himself had witness his own dad being true to his word a couple of times. The pinkette thought long and hard about what to do. Never had his father experience this nor did he prepare him for this kind of senerio.
Get everyone ready at midnight, was the only thing he responded back with. Natsu stared at the ceiling for a while debating if this choice was the right choice that would involve no casualties on his end.
"Natsu?"
He looked from the ceiling to the open bathroom door to see Lucy approaching him with a small frown on her carefully make uped face. The over powering smell of perfume lingered after her. The pinkette was lost in thought that he didn't even notice her blaring music stopping.
"Are you okay?" She asked sitting beside him.
"I'm fine, don't worry." Natsu told her as he sat himself up to look at her good. He was astonished by her appearance, she looked as beautiful as their first encounter at the club. Lucy had a black strapless dress that stopped right above her knee, the dress itself showed her figure off nicely in his opinion as well as accenting her fair skin. Her hair was curled and placed elegantly half up on her head. "You look really beautiful Lucy."
The blonde stared the man in the eyes to see him eyeing. His comment made her blush. She place her own hand to her bare shoulders. "It's not too much is it?"
Natsu took her hand away and held onto it in his gentle soft grip. He placed his other hand to her cheek and stroked it in a loving manner. Lucy was blushing even more furiously at his warm touch but didn't make any attempt to remove his hand. The pinkette leaned in to the blonde close enough that their lips were inches away. "No way, you look perfect."
He went to kiss her fully on the lips but his thoughts clouded his mind at his actions. Instead of her lips, he planted a sweet kiss on her cheek. Natsu then stood up in a rush pocketing his phone and straightening out his shirt of any creases. "We should get going while the night is still young."
"Oh. Right." Lucy mumbled blinking her eyes a bit, feeling somewhat disappointed as she watched Natsu vanish into the bathroom.
