As they were about to get up, a shadow stood over their plates, "Hello, son, I see you've met your fiancee!"

"I'm sorry what?"

Igneel looked nervously between the two before saying, "oh. You didn't know?" before chuckling awkwardly and walking away.

"No, no, no I am not letting you get away that easily," Lucy grabbed at Igneel's sleeve to stop him, "What do you mean, 'fiancee'? Was that a joke?" She asked, already knowing the answer. The rumors were true. She was betrothed to a Dragon, without her consent or knowledge.

Igneel looked her over, and shook her hand off his jacket, "I'm sorry that your father didn't tell you, but you'll have to take that up with him, not me, he should've told you years ago,"

"Pfft, like you can talk, old man," Natsu said, now standing up and rolling his eyes, "You didn't tell me who I was engaged to until this morning," he rolled his shoulder before saying, "Luce, I'm sorry I didn't tell you, but I kinda didn't want to tell you right off the bat, I wanted to get to know you,"

Lucy looked at him in disbelief, but before she could say something she would probably regret later on, they were interrupted by the sound of a plate crashing on the wooden floor. They all looked towards the culprit to see a pale-faced King Jude, staring right at them.

"Hi, dad," Lucy spat the words out, before promptly grabbing the oversized hoop dress and speed-walking towards the door.

She heard her father calling after her, "Wait, Lucy," until it was shut out by the door slamming behind her. She could feel the tension building up in her back, and running through her wings. She needed to fly. Looking around to make sure nobody was around, she went into a path between the council and the next building to stretch them out, at least. She took off her coat, and started slowly opening them through her backless dress. Letting out painful gasps when they got halfway to full wingspan, she heard the door of the council open. She assumed it was her father coming out, so she decided to ignore it, and continue to full, open wings. God, this would not happen if I just flew once in a while, she thought as soon as a shadow passed over her.

"Father, I don't want to talk to-"

"Well, good thing I'm not him, right?" She looked up, startled, to see the Dragon Prince. Natsu. Stupid pink hair, why doesn't he get out of the goth/scene phase already and be a prince? His onyx eyes shining brightly, looking as if they could see straight into her soul, she suddenly had an intrusive thought that she could spend forever staring into those eyes. And then his eyes were wandering to her wings, eyes widening ever so slightly.

His stare was uncomfortable, causing her to squirm under his eyes. It was too painful for her to retract her wings though, so she just stood there, staring at him while slightly hunched over with her wings out for only his eyes.

It felt intimate, and she didn't like it one bit. She would've rather been naked than have him stare at her wings. She felt vulnerable, him seeing all her insecurities and regrets. She couldn't take it anymore.

"What do you want?" it came out harsh, like poison slipping through her lips.

His eyes went back to hers, "Well, you stormed out of there pretty fast, out dads are talking it out. Not for children's ears," he shrugged, resigned, "Hey, do you wanna go flying?" he asked, perking up with childlike hope, eyes glistening and practically jumping up and down on the balls of his heels.

Lucy shook her head, "I'm good, just needed to stretch, I'm good,"

"You said that already," He smiled, "but why be good when you can be fantastic?" She rolled her eyes at this.

"I don't need to fly." Natsu couldn't believe that she didn't want to fly, with those amazing wings. They look like they could go hella fast.

"Why not?"

"I'm just not up for it, I'm kinda busy with my thoughts about our arranged-"

"Nah, nah, nah, don't worry about that shiz, it'll be a while away anyways. C'mon, flying always helps me clear my hea-"

"No thank you, Prince Natsu," She said forcefully, "I would love to be left to my thoughts, if you don't mind," she was gritting her teeth while speaking.

He shrugged again and said, "alright, have it your way," and with that, he sat on the curb.

"Don't you have somewhere to be?"

He looked up at her, "Well I could be in the sky with a graceful Fairy right now, but I keep getting turned down," he pouted, and then smirked, "I bet you don't even know how to fly, and that's why you don't want to, you don't want to be embarrassed in front of your fiancee," he put his arms up behind his head, which didn't look comfortable at all, "cute," he chuckled, earning yet another eye roll from the blond.

"Well, I would, but I don't want to upstage the all-famous Natsu Dragneel in the skies," she joked, and then huffed out a sigh, looking down at him tiredly, "so you're not going to leave?" she asked, cautious.

He shook his head vigorously, "nope, don't want to deal with the mess either, kinda wanted to disappear but was distracted by you- your wings, they're pretty, by the way, they look nice on you," he scratched his neck and looked down the street briefly.

She half-slid down to the ground and sat on the curb a couple feet away from Natsu, her wings still open,"Thanks, I guess, I didn't have a choice in them,"

For once, he sensed the mood change, and wanted to make it better out there than inside, where their parents were most certainly killing one another, "so, have you fixed your opinion?"

She looked up sharply at him, "what?"

He smiled at her, "The Yeti is just a snow-y Bigfoot," he gently nudged her now barefoot with his shoe, "and you have to believe in both if you believe in one,"

She huffed and said, "Oh, no, I thought you were actually being serious, and were about to admit the truth: There is no such thing as Bigfoot," she playfully sneered, forgetting her worries, maybe this wouldn't be so bad.

A/N: Wellp, here's some stuff. Next chapter we'll actually get somewhere, hopefully :D