A little A/N: Sorry for not updating. I've been thinking if I should continue this or not. I'm still not sure, but we'll see. I'll keep you guys updated.
We arrive in front of a two-story house. I was too enormous for two teens who were going to be tossed into the adult world in such a short while. We get our luggage from the trunk and notice that Natsu kept his distance from me. His eyes were filled with sorrow and regret. I felt squirmish around him, it felt odd having him so submissive. I felt odd that he was not yelling or having, I guess a fit? I don't know how to describe it.
We came into the house, it was vast for only us going to reside in it. A two-story with four bedrooms and three bathrooms. The living room was to the right, an L-shaped sofa sits in the center facing a 50-inch plasma tv. There was an ottoman near the window with long white curtains draped over them. A glass coffee table sits in the middle of the tv and the sofa with a little plant in the middle. At the back of the sofa, there was a little area in which was blocked off with some walls providing a slight view, attempting to conceal it from view. There was a small space in which two couch chairs sit in front of a fireplace. It looked incredibly cozy. A little too cozy. We roll in our suitcases into the living room where Grandine directs us to.
"Now listen, there are four rooms in the house. Two masters and two regulars. There are also three bathrooms, one upstairs and two down here. Now you two are sleeping separately, and I mean floor wise that is." She gives us a little glare before proceeding.
"Lucy, you got the master on the top floor and Natsu you got the bottom. You can do whatever you want with the other rooms. There's no funny business, understand." She settles her hands on her hips. We just stare at her, 'We're not kids, jeez…'
"Even though I want grandchildren…I guess I'll wait some more.." She mutters to herself, a sigh fleeing her lips. "Now I'll leave you guys to your unpacking, there are two cars you guys can utilize to move around, BUT exclusively when you obtain your license. I don't want to be paying a fine asserting that one of you drove over an old lady walking her dog in a parking lot."
I feel a laugh attempting to erupt from deep in my throat. As Grandine says her goodbyes and exits the door leaving only Natsu and me, the room becomes uncomfortably noiseless. I decide to leave the atmosphere and head upstairs to unload my stuff. I guess this was okay, at least I don't have to worry about sleeping right next door to him. As I struggle to haul my suitcase up the stairs, I hear Natsu move down the corridor to his room.
'Wow, you don't even help a poor girl out huh?' I made it halfway up the stairs, out of breath when I felt the burden I was heaving become lighter. I spin to see Natsu grabbing the suitcase, the other in his other hand. He only glances at me and takes them to my room. I follow, a tiny bit stunned. He sits them down in front of an opened door and turns to go back downstairs, avoiding all types of contact with me. Before he got to disappear out of sight I called out to him.
"Natsu!" I saw his body freeze up from the unexpected call of his name. He didn't turn around to face me, he only stood there, lingering for what I wanted.
"Thanks for helping me," I say as I stare at his back. There was nothing else to look at, nothing captured my attention. Yet when he shifted slightly, I saw a little of his face, a weak speck of red was painted on his face. It was relatively light but it was there.
"Whatever." He lets out and walks downstairs.
"Wait a minute." I take a stride towards him. He halts again, now scarcely staring my way.
"What?" His tone was soft, mellow-like, not bitter, and mean like when I first encountered him. It was a difference, a good one I assumed.
"What are we eating for dinner?" I hear a small sound come out of his mouth before walking downstairs. "I don't care, you choose." I huff.
"Well, I guess." I moved into the room which was surprisingly large, I mean master bedrooms are large, but this is huge.
There was a huge closet that could be separated into two parts, two large dressers, and a large work table. The bed was a king-size, which means extra room to roll around in and sleep in weird positions. I mean when you have this much space, you could lay vertical and still fit fine. At the edge of the bed was an ottoman, it had a compartment in it which was unexpected as it looked like a regular ottoman. It was getting dark and my stomach was growling. So except for, you know unpacking, I decided to be lazy and do that tomorrow and stuff my mouth. I place my suitcases near the end of the bed and walk back down. As I walked down, I started to hear the rain pouring.
When I made it down, I looked out the window to notice it was pouring. The rain poured down on the ground and windows in a splatter, making it calm to the ear or so I presume. I enter the excessively large kitchen to see what we're going to have to eat for tonight. I noticed that the kitchen has been loaded with food and necessities of ingredients. I scramble around seeing what we had when I saw the pasta. God, pasta sounds nice right now. I take a pot out and start to boil the noodles. I get the sauce out and just wait for everything to get done. I sit on one of the bar stools positioned near the island as I just appreciate the sound of rain. But then, a faint sound of music starts to enter my ears.
"Fill my heart with song, let me sing forevermore. You are all I long for, all I worship and adore. In other words, please be true…" The faint sound comes from down the hall where Natsu is. Wow, I didn't know he was a fan of Frank Sinatra. I guess there are a lot of surprises about Natsu. I allow the music and the rain to flood my senses, my body feeling relaxing. These past weeks have been stressful, enough to make me explode. I snap out of my trance and finish making dinner. When I set the finished plates of spaghetti on the table, the song comes to an end and I'm now left with the sounds of rain. I was contemplating how I was going to tell Natsu to come and eat, but like he was under a spell, he was brought out by the smell.
"Ah Natsu, the food's ready," I say as he takes a seat.
And to say, this entire "living together" is the most awkward. Yeah, we're now married and whatnot, but just a few days ago we despised each other. Now we were sitting together, by ourselves, sharing the evening eating dinner that I cooked. It just doesn't seem true. Plus the individual who is sitting in front of me isn't Natsu or not the Natsu I knew. This Natsu seems broken, timid, but still acts cocky to hide it. Now that I think about it, Lisanna hasn't been a bug. I wonder if that has something to deal with that day and his current self.
I shake the thought off and finish eating. As Natsu finished off the rest of the spaghetti which there was a lot of, by the way, I don't know where he fits all that. I start the cleanup. "I'll do it."
"Hm?" I notice Natsu appears next to me near the sink. "Do what?"
He looks at me a tiny bit agitated. "The dishes." He says gesturing with his head towards the sink.
"No, you don't have to." "Let me." I move out the way and sit back on one of the bar stools.
I start to ponder as I watch him do the dishes. That's when I just realized I've been staring at him for a while now. I avert my attention off of him now, self-conscious of my actions. As I allow my brain to go through a catalog called "Questions I want answers for but I won't get", I come across one question that I wanted an answer to.
"Natsu, do you hate me?" I hear the faucet stop and see him spin around, his eyes staring at me for something. Like he was trying to find the answer to my question through me. His onyx eyes stare into mines for a brief second before he goes back to do the dishes. I sigh. As my brain said, these questions don't get answered. Not even this one. But this one, this simple, stupid question was answered.
"No, I don't. Well not anymore…"