A/N:
Hello everyone, I'm so sorry, I lost track of time. It's actually been done the last 2 days but I forgot due to a few distant relatives coming over from Chicago. I've been pretty busy playing the role of host from early in the morning to sometimes over 12 pm at night so by the time they leave I'm usually so exhausted I didn't even get the chance to think. I'd just finish cleaning up and drop in my bed and that'd be all she wrote... Anyways I'll let you get back to the chapter!
"Oh my god, you're almost finished with it already?!" Levy said shocked by Lucy's confession. When she'd read the novel, it'd taken her nearly two weeks to finish.
Lucy blushed a little, rubbing bashfully at the back of her neck, giving off a soft chuckle as she spoke, "What can I say once I start it's hard to put down." She answers with a line she'd heard Mrs. Dragneel say to her husband while they were reading.
Natsu looked on with mild interest, "You talkin about that book you wouldn't put down till midnight?" he says. Remembering how cute she looked with her back propped up against the headboard nose buried in a book. The familiar sight made him smile ever so slightly.
All eyes shifted to him, but none nearly as fast as Alzack's whose face was both horrified and shocked, "Nooooooo!" he cried out dramatically as he slumped to the floor in defeat, "Your sleeping together already?!"
Natsu's face went bright red, "Yeah, for a little over a week now." Lucy answers causing the pinkette's face to explode, steam evaporating off his hot cheeks.
'Oh god, don't say it like that!' he thought watching as glares were set on him, "H-Hey, hold up now! It's not how it sounds!" Natsu shouts holding up his hands defensively.
"Really man," one of his best friends started in on him, "I thought you would have at least waited a bit after the whole Lisanna thing." Gray huffed feeling irritated. He didn't really know Lucy, but he knew her enough to know she was a nice girl! And the idea that Natsu jumped into this relationship without knowing if his feelings were genuine or if might be using her as a rebound pissed him off. "For all you know she could be a rebound and you're just leading her on and that ain't right man!"
'D-Did I say something wrong? And Lisanna?' Lucy wondered as she stared at the two. Confused about the building rage in the room. It wasn't that she hadn't heard of the girl. She knew she was one of Natsu's friends, but that was about as far as her knowledge took her.
That struck a nerve. Natsu hopped out of bed pain be damned, grabbing Gray by his shirt, their foreheads clashing together. Natsu released an angry growl, "Oh, piss off Elsa! You don't understand a damn thing!" he spat. He was angry now. Natsu's eyes were narrowed with fury and the more fury he felt the more a dragon like appearance became apparent, "The way I feel about her is nothing like that! And I would never do that to anyone least of all Lucy!"
"Whoa-Whoa easy Natsu, calm down!" Jellal tells him putting a hand on his arm.
Natsu jerks his arm away from his friend's touch, "Calm down? Calm down?" Natsu laughs unhumorously giving Gray a not so polite shove. Natsu poked Gray in the chest, "This bastard just accused me of using Luce as a damn rebou…" he growled angrily before he could say more, he felt a familiar figure pressed against his back.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said anything." Lucy says from behind him his anger depleting immediately.
Natsu released a sigh and frowned, "Don't be sorry." He tells her gently resting his hand over the arms that were wrapped around him so tightly, "You did nothing wrong." He reassures her. It wasn't like she knew they would take her straightforward answer and turn it into something else entirely.
"But…" she started only to be silenced.
Natsu ignored his friends in the room, "No Luce, no but's you did nothing wrong." He says loosening her arms so he could turn to face her. His hand coming up to stroke the top of her head, "You spoke the truth." He assures her planting a soft kiss on her head causing a soft tint of pink to ripple over the blonde girl's cheeks. Natsu eyes closed his nose buried in her hair taking in the strangely addicting sent around him, "He's just the dumbass that took what you said the wrong way." He continues softly in a daze.
Alzack pushed Gray out of the way with a hopeful stare, "So, what your saying is you guys aren't sexually active?" he questions holding Gray off in a off centered fashion.
Natsu's didn't leave the comfort of the position but the question had broken the comfortable gaze. Natsu turned his head resting his cheek on top of her head, his cheeks a little red, "W-Well…" he stuttered a little embarrassed by the topic he'd brought up hoping to clear the air, "Not yet."
"YESSSS!" Alzack hissed out as if he just won a battle against Natsu in street fighter. Natsu just stared at his perverted friend as he continues with, "A chance!" he says beaming brightly grabbing hold of Lucy's hand caressing it looking up at her with the same look that made most girls drop their panties for him, "I still have one haha!" he states trying to place a kiss on the back of her hand. Lucy swiftly tugged her hand away before his lips could touch it coiling it between her and Natsu's body. Natsu's chest rumbled as he growled, "Oh, did I say that out loud?" Alzack realized.
Natsu's brow twitched when Alzack inched closer. Natsu quickly shifted his weight from one foot to the other effectively slamming his barefoot in Alazack's face to keep the distance. Natsu snorted, "If you cleaned up your act you might have a chance, but as you are now, I know I have nothing to fear about from you trying to woo Lucy your way." He tells him confidently.
Alzack snickered walking towards the couple, leaning over ever so slightly to drape an arm around Natsu's shoulders, "Bullshit!" he states boldly with equal confidence. Alzack brings his free hand up jabbing at his chest with his thumb, "I haven't met a woman alive who couldn't resist my charm." He continues with a widening cocky grin.
Erza looked on in amusement, "What about us?" she questions. Watching as he boyfriend's eyebrow twitched in annoyance at his friend's declaration.
Alzack look towards Erza and waved her off, "I never used it on you guys before because you girls are like one of the guys, so you guys don't count." He explains.
Gajeel caught Alzack by the shirt, "The hell did you just call em?!" he growled irritated to hear his friend ultimately call the girl he was seeing a guy.
Levy gave off a dull stare ignoring Gajeel's outburst with crossed arms, "That's some interesting logic you've got there…" she says equally annoyed by the face Alzack had just indirectly called her a guy.
Alzack shrugs Gajeel off after some smooth talking that wasn't very smooth. Alzack grins slyly looking at Gajeel but pointing towards Natsu, "Besides if he had nothing to worry about why won't he let me near her?" he asked releasing an exaggerated hum from his closed lips.
Natsu sent Alzack a glare, "Cause your freakin her out du…" he started only to be cut off.
Lucy's eyes narrowed while hiding within Natsu's chest, "You've obviously haven't met someone like me then." She says in a matter of fact manner. Under most circumstances, she'd be in the person's face when confronting someone, but she couldn't help but stick to Natsu basking in his welcoming warmth.
"Oh!" The group hollered out.
The door slams with a loud bang to reveal an irritated looking pinkette holding something wrapped in a cloth in her free hand, "Goddammit, didn't I tell you to keep it down?!" she growled glaring the group down. Watching as everyone shrieked back into submission. Satisfied she turns towards her husband a slight blush eroding her cheeks as she held out what was into her hands to him, "Sorry." She says watching as he takes it curiously going to open it. Porlyusica's brow twitched as he mumbled a questioning word 'ice?'. Taking in a calming breath before saying, "It's for your face dummy."
Makarov looked from the ice to his wife and back again before breaking out into a slight grin, "Thanks, you know I'll always love you right?" he tells her as he stands up on his seat so he could match his wife's height. When she released a soft hum and nodded, he leaned down placing a soft sweet kiss on her lips.
Porlyusica felt a familiar palm grab at her bottom and she broke away from the kiss sporting a seductive stare and sly smile, "I think I can work in an early lunch." She said before bouncing back out the door to go tell everyone she'd be going on break. She stops just outside the door leaning back into the room, "You remember where to go right?" she questions curiously.
Makarov's grin grew and he nodded saying confidently, "Yeah, I'll meet you there."
And with that Porlyusica was gone once again. Meanwhile, everyone else in the room looked mortified by what they'd witnessed, "Ew, old man get a room." Natsu comments.
Makarov snickers, "Oh, we will." He teases watching as the male population in the room flinches at the mental image.
"I really didn't need to know that," Natsu replies watching as Makarov exited the room with a skip to his step.
"So, Lucy? What do you say we go for a tussle in the sheets too?" Alzack asks catching Natsu's attention. Natsu shot him the most piercing glare he'd ever encountered.
Lucy looked Alzack up and down before looking back to Natsu, "Does he always do this?" she questions.
Alzack gives her two thumbs up and his best sexy grin, "Only for you babe!" he responds.
Natsu's brow twitches, "Yes." He answers her.
Lucy looked at Natsu bewildered, "And it works?" she asked in shock.
Alzack blinked a few times confused, "Eh? H-Hey, don't ignore me, babe." He says reaching out a hand to touch her.
Natsu swats his hand away before saying, "Sadly."
Lucy's arms slithered up and around Natsu's neck, "Those poor women…" she mumbles, their eyes locked on each other's.
Alzack grumbled watching as the two began to lean in, "I'm still here you know?" he shouts out jealously.
Natsu chuckled resting his forehead to hers, "Did you hear something?" He asks her.
Lucy smiles back, "Nope!" she says back with a pop of the lips causing everyone to burst into fits of laughter.
Alzack rubbed at his head in confusion as to what had just happened. Women usually throw themselves at him. This was the first time he'd offered a woman a good time and they'd said no. This was new for him and he wasn't sure how to take it. "Oh, well guess you can't spank em all." He comments and Erza karate chops him over the head.