It was one of those days where Lucy would just curl up and read a novel on the deck in her bikini but for some reason, she wasn't feeling it. She was feeling more... cookies and donuts and fudge. It was August and the temperature was high—she was hot and sweaty but why did she have the ultimate craving of ramen and noodles and hot chocolate?
Sitting on the kitchen stool, she went through her fourth cookie as she stared at the instant ramen pack that was lying on her counter. It was teasing her and she just wanted to quickly whip up a fresh batch but no. This was bizarre, she shouldn't be eating ramen in August.
Deciding to go with her gut, Lucy finished off her cookie and tore open the ramen pack. Putting some hot water on the stove, she waited for the water to boil as she stared down at the pot.
Just then, she realized how tight her shirt was. Yeah, she wore tight shirts but this shirt was a medium and it wasn't supposed to feel this tight. It usually hung loose but now, it was almost tight-tight like her other shirts. It was her breasts—did they grow, again? They felt heavier and larger and she did not need the extra weight.
"Is somebody making ramen? In August?"
Turning around, the blonde looked to see Natsu walking in sniffing the air casually. He wore nothing but shorts as his slick hair was sticking to his sweaty forehead.
"Natsu, look at my boobs."
"I look at them without you asking, anyways."
"No, seriously." She said as she stopped the male from walking away as he stopped and eyed her weirdly. His eyes darted from her to his breast till finally her, again. "Do my boobs look... uh, larger?"
"You boobs are always large."
"No, I mean like, bigger than usual?"
"I dunno. Let me feel them—"He said as he gently placed his hand on her breasts but when she winced, he pulled away immediately. Looking at his fiance with wide eyes, he watched as she hissed in pain.
"Why are you so rough, Natsu?"
"I barely touched you." He said as she groaned in pain, placing her hands on her breasts to massage the pain away but she winced again. "Ouch... uh, that's odd. I'm not even on my period and my breasts are sore..."
"Maybe you're growing." He suggested, a bit glad that her breast were growing bigger but Lucy only shook her head. "No... it's not that... huh, that's really weird." She pursed her lips as she suddenly remembered she was cooking ramen. Turning around, she stirred the noodles around as Natsu peeked over her shoulder, watching in disinterest. "How come you're making ramen in August? You normally would be telling me to go buy some ice-cream by now."
"I don't know—I got this weird craving for hot and spicy stuff."
"Are you on your period?"
"I told you earlier, no." She sighed as she turned the stove off and allowed the heat to cool down as the ramen bubbled. "Maybe I'm PMS-ing."
"Maybe you should go to the hospital. Y'know, just in-case it's some side effect that could be like, breast cancer or something." He shrugged casually as he pulled a chocolate chip cookie out of the jar to put it in-between his teeth making Lucy sigh and stir her noodles. "Maybe I should... hey, Natsu, could you go bring my phone over?"
—X—
Sitting down on the sofa, Lucy let out a sigh as she crossed her leg over her knee, unlocking her phone to go through her contacts. While she was busy doing that, Natsu was too busy blowing up and filling the baby pool that was on the deck since he wanted to cool down. He asked her to join but she said after the phone call which, could take a while.
Once finding the contact, she pressed on it and pressed the cellular device to her ear, listening to the rings on the other side.
After the second ring, somebody on the other side picked up.
"Olietta's Health, how can I help you?"
"Hey, Laki. It's me, Lucy."
"Lucy? Lucy Heartfillia?"
"Mhmm."
"I haven't heard of you since like, high school! How are you?!"
"Great, actually. I'm engaged now and y'know, all that." Lucy let a soft smile crawl up to her face as Laki squealed and gasped from the other end. "Anyways, I got a couple of questions."
"Alright, shoot."
"Erm... what's the symptoms of the early stages of pregnancy?"
"What? Do you think you're pregnant?"
"Yeah... I think so... I mean, there's a possible chance." Lucy said a bit awkwardly and slowly as she looked out the glass door to see Natsu still pumping up the small pool while the hose poured water down the hill. "So, uhm, can I know a couple?"
"Well okay. Well a couple symptoms of pregnancy are tender breasts, nausea, morning sickness, carvings, sensitive smell, and sometimes, bloating. There's more but are you experiencing anything of this?" Laki asked making Lucy gasp slightly and gulp, feeling the heat hit her as sweat poured down her forehead. "Erm... my breasts are awfully tender and I feel like they grew. I just ate some ramen couple of minutes ago—"
"In August?!"
"Yeah, craving it. Erm, yeah. Cravings, tender breasts, and stuff for now."
"Lucy, I suggest you go buy a pregnancy test just to be sure. This could lead to another thing but I kind of have the feeling you might be pregnant."
"Are you serious?!" She groaned into the phone as Laki sighed and agreed from the other end. Thanking her old high school friend once more, Lucy hung up the phone and pursed her lip, feeling the uneasiness build up inside her.
She was feeling nauseous and she didn't think it was because of Laki's news.
"Hey, yo, Lucy! You done calling whoever? I'm filling the pool now!" Natsu called out from the balcony as Lucy sighed and stood up, straightening the front of her shirt to smile. "Yeah, sure! Let me just go grab my bikini and I'll be down, okay?" She pointed towards the stairs as Natsu gave her a cheeky grin. "I mean, why not go skinny dipping?"
"Natsu Dragneel, we have neighbors!"
After being silent for a good moment, he nodded. "Yeah, you're right. Especially since your boobs grew—I don't want anyone else looking. Hurry, I'm excited!"
"We're not even going to fit in the pool together," she rolled her eyes as Natsu smirked. "That's what makes it more fun."
Opening the door of where the rapid knocks were heard, Gajeel cursed as he realized it was Lucy holding some kind of plastic bag in her hands. She gave him a scowl and pushed him aside before walking in.
"Sure, you can come inside." Gajeel said sarcastically as he closed the door and turned to look at Lucy who went straight to Levy. "Shut it, tin-head. Hi Levy-Chan, I have something important to talk to you about." She said as Levy looked up in confusion, setting the remote down to stand up slowly. Eyeing Gajeel, she grabbed her friend's hand and pulled her into the kitchen as Gajeel was left alone to watch television by himself.
Putting her plastic bag down on the table, Lucy pulled out cartons of ice-cream. Handing the chocolate one to Levy, Lucy kept the vanilla one to dig into as she sat herself down on the chair. "Okay, I'm going to cut to the chase."
"Alright."
"I think I'm pregnant."
Stopping herself from opening the ice-cream carton halfway, her eyes widened and she slowly turned towards Lucy as if she didn't hear correctly. "What?"
"I said, I think I'm pregnant."
"Lucy, is this some kind of joke or—?"
"No, I'm serious. I think I'm pregnant."
Putting down her silver spoon and turned around completely to face her blonde friend, Levy made a face of confusion and disbelief. "Did you say... what I think you said?"
"Levy-Chan, stop making me repeat my words."
"You're pregnant?" She repeated, giving her friend a look as Lucy nodded. "You're pregnant. Like... you have a growing baby inside you." She stated to see if she was processing everything correctly as Lucy stuck her spoon in her mouth to pull something else from the plastic bag. She held up a small rectangular pregnancy box up. "I'm not one hundred percent sure—that's why I'm here to check and see if I really am."
"How do you even know? Where did you get this conclusion of being pregnant, Lu-Chan?"
"Symptoms." She simply answered making the short college student throw her hands in the air and groan. "Lu-Chan!"
"Keep your pants on, Lev. I'm gonna check so stay here and eat your ice-cream like the good girl you are, mmkay?" Lucy said as she set down her carton and spoon to stand up and leave the kitchen. Standing in the kitchen by herself, Levy felt like she was the one trying to see if she was pregnant or not.
How come Lucy was so calm and collected about this when she was practically freaking out?
After five minutes of anxious waiting and furious ice-cream scoops shoved into her mouth, Lucy returned with the pregnancy test in her hands.
"So?" Levy asked, trying to find out the truth as Lucy huffed and sat back down in her seat. "Yep."
"Yep what?"
"I'm pregnant," she said calmly as she started to eat her slightly melted ice-cream once more making Levy's heart stop. Her eyes widened and she threw her hands in the air, screaming loudly making Lucy wince.
"WHY ARE YOU SO CALM. YOU'RE PREGNANT?! LUCY HEARTFILLIA—"
"Levy-Chan, stop shouting!" Lucy cried out as the small blue-haired college student paced back and forth, the look of distress on her face. "Oh god—you're pregnant. You're pregnant! Why aren't you freaking out?!"
"Well, it's not something to freak out about." Lucy shrugged making Levy gawk in disbelief. "Nothing to freak out about?! Lucy Heartfillia, you're pregnant!"
"Natsu always did want a kid."
"You're only in College!"
"It's better than me being a high schooler pregnant."
"Lu-Chan!" Levy screamed once more making Lucy cringe. "Levy-Chan, stop screaming my name. The neighbors or Gajeel will think we're probably fucking."
"Lu-Chan! This is a huge step in life! You're pregnant! You're not even married and you're pregnant!" Suddenly, the color drained from Levy's face and she gasped out loud. "It's a bastard." She whispered making Lucy cock a brow at her. "Who's a bastard?"
"Your kid's a bastard."
"Hey—no matter how bad this pregnancy might seem, don't call my child a bastard."
"No!" Levy groaned, throwing her hands in the air once more. "Your child is a bastard! That's what they call a child who was born before his or her parents are married." She explained making Lucy blink and frown. "Oh..."
"Yeah, oh." She rolled her eyes making Lucy scowl slightly and continue eating her delicious dairy treat. "Well, guess I can just get married."
"How? Do you even know how long you've been pregnant?"
"I bet it hasn't even been that long. C'mon, we don't need a huge wedding like Erza and Jellal—we can just invite some close friends and family and do it quickly in my backyard or something." Lucy shrugged as she just finished her carton of ice cream. "I don't like big parties like that, anyways. It costs too much money too and if I want this baby, I will need the money."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Levy presented her palm in front of the blonde's face causing her to stop. "You're saying you're going to do this marriage how?"
"You and Erza could help plan it or maybe even Lisanna. It'll be fun!"
"It'll be a pain in the ass trying to get everything done within a short amount of time! You know how long it took to plan Erza's wedding?! Almost two months! And in two months, your baby bump will show!"
"I always was an impatient person... this fast-pace wedding will be perfect!"
"Are you coming up with these right now?! Have you even spoken to Natsu?!" The college student yelled making Lucy laugh and shake her head. "Nope!"
"What is wrong with you?! Seriously." She hissed making Lucy flash a pretty smile and a sigh fly out of her lips. "Call the girls. I'm counting on you to make the wedding the best one yet, alright? I'll handle the invitations." Lucy said as she stood up and walked away making Levy become alarm. "Wait—where do you think you're going?"
"I gotta head home before Natsu throws a hissy fit. Call me, alright? Good luck planning!"
"Wait, Lu-Chan! You can't just dump all of this on me! We have to talk it out and plan it nicely!" Levy shouted in agony as she chased after the blonde who walked towards the door, trying to leave. Lucy merely shrugged and flashed another smile. "I know you can do this. I will be married in two or three weeks!" She announced as she suddenly gasped. "Oh dear, I have to find my wedding dress!"
"See, Lucy? It's complicated."
"The more complex, the better. Happy hunting!" Lucy sang before slamming the door shut on the short student's face. Standing by the closed door, Levy felt her body run cold and her heart sink.
How could she do this to her? How could she just dump all of this on her?
Never in her life would she have known Lucy Heartfillia would do this to her.
Opening the door to her lovely home, Lucy tossed her keys on the counter top and sighed loudly making Natsu turn his head to look at her. Sprawled out on the couch, he watched how Lucy came over to him and lied on top of him. "Natsu, I have something to tell you."
"What's up?" He spoke softly as he encircled his arms around her and allowed her to snuggle into his chest. "I'm pregnant."
Silence filled the room and Natsu just felt like somebody punched him in the gut. Trying to look at his fiance's face to see if she was just joking around, he was shocked to see her blushing and trying hard to cover her face up against his chest.
"Wait, wait, wait—you're serious?"
"Yes, Natsu. Why would I joke about that?" The blonde sighed, rolling her eyes to sit up and straddle him as Natsu's face brightened up. He grasped her hands into his hand kissed both of her palms to grin widely. "That's great, baby. That's awesome—oh my god, I'm going to be a father!" He said excitedly as he couldn't hold back the grin as his hand roamed above her stomach.
Smiling, Lucy watched how loving he looked. "Though, this means we gotta speed up the process of our wedding date."
"I don't mind that one bit, either."
"You're just excited for everything, aren't you? You get to marry me and have a kid at the same time."
"Of course. That's all I've wished for," he said softly, lovingly holding her as Lucy smiled and leaned down to plant a soft kiss on his lips. "Mm, I love you, Natsu Dragneel."
"And I love you, future Lucy Dragneel."
"So, about this wedding..." Lucy spoke making him quirk his brow and stare at her as she pursed her lips. "I don't know how we're going to do this but erm, we're getting married in maybe two weeks." She said making him gawk at her. "Two weeks?! Babe, how are we gonna do this in two weeks?!"
"I mean, I don't know. But I wanna marry before I have the kid so it doesn't have to be a bastard."
"A what? Bastard?" He furrowed his brows in confusion as Lucy nodded slowly. "Who says our child will be a bastard?"
"Levy-Chan said if the parents have a kid before getting married the child is called a bastard."
Frowning slightly, Natsu furrowed his brows and made some sort of face making Lucy giggle. "Well... alright, then. We can rush things and try to get things done before next week and then the wedding will be uh, nice?" He tried saying but ended up failing as he looked pretty worried about everything. Lucy just ended up laughing as she nodded. "Levy-Chan, Erza, and Lisanna are going to handle things—hopefully—and we can just do the invitations."
"Sounds good."
"Though, it can't be a big one. Just invited the immediate one like your father and Gray or someone."
"Alright, we can do that tomorrow. Right now, you need rest."
"Rest?" She echoed in confusion as Natsu sat up and carefully pushed her off to stand up and fold the blanket against the couch. "Yes, rest. You're pregnant, dummy. You need lost of rest for the sake of our child."
"Natsu, it's a fetus. No, it's not even a fetus. It's still a egg growing right now."
"I don't care. You are still pregnant so get your sexy-ass up there in our room." He commanded, planting his hands on his hips while pointing towards the stairs making Lucy roll her eyes. "What? Are you going to punish me if I don't?"
Smirking, Natsu eyed her up and down. "I don't mind—your breasts did get bigger and sensitive... I wouldn't mind playing around a bit."
"What happened to resting?" Lucy snickered making Natsu bend down and scoop her up in his arms as he planted a soft kiss on her forehead. "I'm always up for sex, babe. Even if your crippled or six months pregnant or dying—I'm still gonna fuck you with or without command."
Rolling her eyes at her horny fiance, the couple entered their room to start their celebration of Lucy's pregnancy.
notes: oh yeah, that's right, PLOT TWIST. NONE of you thought i would do this, huh? HUH? HAHAHA.
i just watched the fault in our stars and i was basically sobbing during the entire thing and people probably thought i was some crazy bitch. haha.
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