Unedited Prompts From Tumblr: Touch Prompts
Prompt: Putting a hand over the other's mouth to shut them up.
I give a special thanks to Phoenix-Before-The-Flame for giving me the base idea for this.

"Cool, cool! Now Lucy, a question from our readers! Or should I say, your readers?" Jason was surprisingly calmer compared to past interviews. His general enthusiasm for Fairy Tail and all things 'cool' clung to him like stickers, but his smile and curiosity shown through at a tempered volume.

This didn't surprise Lucy. Not after the time she spent working under him. There was a professional kinship between them now and she appreciated the lowered voice. Folding her hands together, she waited patiently for his question, fully aware the rest of the guild was listening in from all corners in the hall. Their curiosity knew no bounds. Especially Natsu, who made no attempt to hide his eavesdropping. He was shameless. As was expected.

A thrill ran up Lucy's spine. This was her first interview since she'd won that award for her book. what sort of question was Jason about to throw at her? "Lay it on me."

Was it a question about her writing style? How she managed it in between jobs? Or perhaps her brilliant execution of action and emotions? Why was Jason taking so long to ask it? His grin made her wonder if she was about to regret this line of questions. "Many of them, including myself, suspect you gained much of your inspiration for the Adventure's of Iris during your own adventures. Especially towards the male love interest... his reckless attitude seemed very familiar-"

Oh no... Lucy felt the color drain from her face. Oh no, no no, this was NOT the question she needed to answer right now. She wasn't even PREPARED to answer it. And damnit, she could feel Natsu smirking from his table! Please don't ask me if it was based off Natsu, please don't ask me if it was based off Natsu, Please don't-

"What they want to know," Jason continued, unaware of Lucy's inward rambling, "Is if any of the scenes involving him were based off of real life moments with your own team members? Like that one with the hoard of fire wizards?"

It was as if angels began to sing Lucy's salvation. This wasn't a line of questioning she'd regret answering. Perfect! Casting a smug grin back towards Natsu, who blinked in reply, she turned back to Jason with the wiles of a woman ready to spill a lot of information. A lot of embarrassing information, that is.

"Oh, you bet!" She exclaimed, positively giddy. "Natsu can be a genius at times when fighting, but he's also prone to the most insane actions too. While I tried to not make the fights exactly the same, that hoard of fire magician's is based off one of my silliest memories when working with him!"

The ears of every member in the guild grew three sizes that day. the world could imagine them all stretching their necks to catch what was coming next. Even Jason leaned foreword, almost conspiratorially, waiting for the juicy details.

"Go on," Jason prompted.

And so she did.

"Well, the job was supposed to be easy, you know?" Lucy began, spinning the tale from memory as she held back giggled. "A group of Fire Mages were causing trouble, and being a Fire Dragonslayer, Natsu could handle that easy. Only, I guess no one really considered what could happen if a Slayer eats too much of his element too quickly while laughing at the same time."

"How can he laugh while-" Jason began asking, but Lucy's answering shrug silenced him and he motioned for her to continue, unaware of Natsu's chair suddenly sliding back as he stood up, facing Lucy with wide eyes. "It's a mystery to everyone, but him and Happy," Lucy said, continuing her story, "See, we took them all out, except one, and that one had already prepared a massive fire spell to throw at us. Natsu geared up to swallow and eat that fire too when he suddenly started-" She burst into small giggles here, shoulders shaking.

Jason was on the edge of his seat, "Yes? Starting to what?"

"CHOKING!" She gasped out, "somehow he got too excited and the fire went down the wrong pipe and he just started hacking and coughing and rolling everywhere. Even the fire mage looked worried! Taurus and I took care of it after that, but he was stamping his foot on the ground and-"

Lucy never finished her sentence, but it was already too late. The damage was done. Jason was covering his eyes as he laughed, the guild fell to a loud, simultaneous chortle and Natsu...

Natsu had his hand firmly pressed to Lucy's mouth, face red and lips pursed together in the largest pout.

"Lucyyyy! I thought we agreed we'd keep that a SECRET!"

Oops.