Natsu groaned in his sleep. He was slowly waking up, something making him feel restless.
When he reached across the bed to take Lucy into his arms, his sleep-addled mind finally figured out what was keeping him from sleeping.
The house was fairly quiet as he sat up, yawned, and crawled out of bed to search for his pregnant wife. Crickets chirped outside, Happy snored away in his room, and Lucy… Was doing something he couldn't tell.
"Lu-cy?" he croaked out. Natsu coughed and cleared his throat. "Lucy?" he called again. He followed his nose and his ears and stumbled into the kitchen, where Lucy was standing at the stove, stirring something into a pot.
"Did I wake you up, Honey? I'm sorry." Lucy pressed a kiss to Natsu's cheek as he came up next to her.
Natsu started lazily rubbing her back as he looked into her dish. "It's 3 a.m. Why are you making soup?"
"Layla wants chili," she replied, giving a light pat to the 6-month-sized bump on her belly.
"Oh really?" Natsu laughed. "I coulda made it, you didn't hafta get out of bed."
Lucy smiled as she dumped a can of corn in. "I feel fine right now, don't worry."
"That smells really good," Natsu told her, taking a big sniff of the bubbling soup.
"There's enough for all of us," she giggled. "It'll be ready before too long."
He nodded in appreciation, hugging her from behind and kissing her on the back of the head. "I'll get the bowls out."