015: Foul Play
"For a moment when I first got to your house, I contemplated dressing up as maid and surprising you like that."
It was late in the day, and the two teenage partners were on the outside of Natsu's house, hearing the nocturnal night creatures begin to wake and call out. They had just come back from a mission today and they had decided to relax before heading back to the Guild and reporting to the Master. They decided they could hovel here, outside Natsu's cottage while eating ice cream, as a treat for their work well done. They had begun talking about nothing worth really remembering, and suddenly Lucy had spilled on when she had first come to his little house.
At the statement, Natsu blinked from his melting dessert to the blond. He saw her eyes were closed and she was leaning back against a rickety lawn-chair. The chair doubled as a beach chair whenever they somehow managed to find time to get to the beach. Noting how they hadn't visited the calming ocean in a while, Natsu took another bite before speaking.
"Really?" he asked simply.
"Yeah," she said with a giggle; "I thought if you saw me dressed as a maid you would totally freak."
"Like how I wear your clothes?" he asked as he leaned back himself.
He saw her crack an eye open menacingly, so he hastily added, "Used to wear your clothes."
She scrutinized him for a few moments more before stating, "I always thought it was creepy how you wore my clothes and seemd to like it."
"Only because you get so ruffled up," Natsu was quick to defend.
"You always stretch out my bras!" she yelled in indignation; "Can you even contemplate the pain it is to find a cute bra that's in my size?"
His eyes darted to her chest; "You do have huge bo-"
"Don't you dare finish that," she interrupted in a growl.
Natsu decided to listen to her (for once in his life) and snapped his mouth shut, his teeth audibly clacking from the action.
They sat in silence for a little longer then, just watching the shadows extend and feeling the sticky drips of their ice cream down their fingers before licking it up.
"Why didn't you dress up as a maid?" Natsu suddenly blurted out as he munched down the last of his cone, the flames disappearing down his throat.
"I didn't think it'd be funny enough," she shrugged.
He hummed in contemplation before saying, "Yeah, I wouldn't have been annoyed. I would have probably enjoyed it."
Lucy felt like she might get whip-lash as she twisted her head to him so fast her hair flew in her face. When she cleared the locks out of her face, Natsu was simply blinking at her, silently asking 'What?'
"You mean you would have thought it was funny. Right?" she couldn't help but ask, her fingernails almost digging into the old plastic arm-rests.
Natsu tilted his head to her before shrugging noncommimtedly.
But there was a notable glimmer in his eyes that made Lucy turn away with a shiver that had nothing to do with the coming night.
AN: I have a bigger (and better, in my opinion) idea for the whole Lucy-goes-to-Natu's-house, but that'll come later when I have more time to type it out :} Also, Happy New Year everyone!
