Chapter 39

On Monday morning, Natsu is still keeping a tight lip about the plans he has for them. For Lucy, packing has not been too difficult since he informed her on what to pack. Summer clothes ranging from casual to a little dressy, swimwear, and pajamas. She can also pack whatever personal items she wants to bring along.

However, Natsu is now revoking that last rule…

"Natsuuu," Lucy whines, putting on her best puppy dog face. "Pleaseee?"

"The point of any vacation is to take a break," he points out. "That includes work."

She clutches her packed away laptop to her chest. "But I enjoy my work so much that it isn't even work."

He gives her a dubious look.

"I'm serious."

He merely crosses his arms across his chest.

"It doesn't count."

He arches an eyebrow at her.

Lucy finally puts her foot down. "I'm taking it."

"If you take it, then I getta monitor your use of it."

"If?" she scoffs. "I'm totally taking it. And you can't stop me."

"Wanna bet?" Natsu challenges.

She takes a step back. "I'm taking it."

He approaches her, not saying a word. Feeling like some predator, he is cornering some pretty cute as fuck prey…

Soon enough, Lucy backs into a wall. She keeps a tight grip on her laptop.

Natsu is now standing in front of her, knowing he has a secret weapon to make her weak.

"I promise that I'll–" she starts.

His lips are on hers, causing her to lose her train of thought. She falls for him, eyes fluttering shut. He steps closer to his girlfriend, angling his head so they can kiss better. Their lips work together, Natsu using to use his tongue to run along her lower lip–

Then he walks away abruptly, taking her laptop with him. "Glad we had that chat."

After looking down at her empty hands, she glares at the back of his head. "Hey!"

"Better luck next time!"

She harrumphs before she silently fumes, already planning on bringing a notebook and different colored pens. The three different colors that she uses help her writing process in the long run. She fills up entire pages as well, not wasting any space. It might look confusing to others, but it makes perfect sense to Lucy.

"Hurry up so we can get going!" The excitement is hard to miss in Natsu's voice. "The sooner we leave here, the sooner we get there."

"Where is there?"

He glances over his shoulder to wink at her. "You'll see when we get there."

x-X-x

"Aww, c'mon, Luce," Natsu comments from the driver's seat. "Still not talking to me?"

She has yet to say a word to him since they left her apartment close to fifteen minutes ago. She is still highly bitter about him not letting her bring her laptop. Lucy has thought about asking him where their location is. She is curious how long the ride will be. But, true to her stubborn nature, she keeps her mouth shut.

"You can only stare out the window for so long…" Natsu teases, wanting to get a reaction from her.

She merely harrumphs.

Well, that is not the reaction he wants.

Natsu has a playlist full of songs that he and Lucy enjoy playing from his phone that is hooked up to the AUX cord. When a song she enjoys starts playing, he turns up the volume a bit and sings along.

You're the light, you're the night

You're the color of my blood

You're the cure, you're the pain

You're the only thing I wanna touch

Never knew that it could mean so much, so much

Lucy loves this song even though she has never seen the movie it is from. She is happy to hear it again. It is slowly but surely buttering her up to Natsu because the song is playing and he is singing along.

Using the window's reflection to see, she uses her left hand to grab her boyfriend's right hand that is resting on his lap. With a smile, Natsu flips his hand over so they can intertwine their fingers together. He keeps singing along. By the time the second chorus is playing, Lucy is singing along as well.

"I love you, Luce," Natsu says as the song ends and another one begins.

She gives his hand a gentle squeeze. "I love you, too."

"Oh, yeah?" he playfully challenges.

"Yeah."

"Well, I love you with the power of a thousand suns exploding into a supernova of kittens and rainbows."

Lucy laughs. "Oh, yeah?"

"Definitely."

x-X-x

The car ride is just over two hours long. At some point, Lucy simply resting her eyes turned into a nap.

"Hey, Luce," Natsu says, nudging her awake. "We're here."

"Wanna sleep," she mumbles.

"You can sleep in the room."

She opens her eyes and blinks to help wake herself up. Then her eyes land on the huge building in front of them.

Grand Wolf Resorts is the world's largest chain of indoor water parks and is family friendly. Lucy has seen commercials on TV and has had heard about the place on the radio, but she has never been here before. This location is also next door to a large amusement park and outdoor water park combination, Kings Isle.

Lucy looks over at Natsu. "Really?"

"I figured the hotel and park offer things we both like. Seems like a good balance for us." He does not mention what else he has planned for them. They will leave Thursday morning so they have plenty of time for things.

"Forget about sleeping, I want to do something."

"I planned on Wolf today and Kings tomorrow if you're okay with that."

"I'm okay with whatever you have planned for us." Then Lucy leans over to smooch Natsu's lips. "So let's get started!"

Checking in is easy enough. Lucy looks around at everything while the duo heads for their room. Natsu lets her go first so she can see the room in person first. He already knows it looks like because of the pictures online.

The main area is spacious and features different things. There is a gas fireplace in a corner which they will probably use because of Natsu. A whirlpool tub is next to the king-size bed. A sliding door at the opposite end of the room leads out to a patio with seating. A sofa, more tables, and other amenities are also in view as well. The theme of it, much like the rest of the building, is very outdoorsy with wooden features.

"This seems like a lot for just two people," Lucy comments, taking in everything still.

Natsu closes the door behind them. "It said online it can do four, but I wasn't gonna invite two others along. This is all just for us."

She walks further into the room and leaves her rolling suitcase by the end of the bed. Excitement is growing in her. She will be able to spend quality time with her boyfriend. Correction: Her fantastic boyfriend who planned all of this for just them. Lucy turns to face him, a smile on her face. "Thank you."

"Hey, don't thank me yet. We haven't done much."

"What's on the agenda for today then?"

"For now, swimming here. I'll change in the bathroom so you can change out here, 'kay?"

She merely nods. "All right." Then she lifts her suitcase onto the bed and gets to work on taking out her bikini.

Natsu packed his trunks in the front pocket of his suitcase for easy access. He is already in the bathroom by the time Lucy gets to her bikini.

When she is ready, Lucy admires her figure in her new maroon bikini. The color has grown on her, and she thinks Natsu will like it. "All right, I'm ready."

He leaves the bathroom and comes to a stop when he sees Lucy. He looks her up and down, a grin on his face. "Hey, not bad–" His voice catches in his throat as he spots something on her body. His grin fades away.

Lucy notices his reaction. "All you all right. What's wrong?"

He approaches her, his eyes not leaving the scar on her lower right abdomen. It is visible because of her bikini bottoms. Her previous pair that she wore at Natsu's birthday party at least covered the scar then. "Is that from appendicitis?"

She is slightly surprised. "How do you know that?"

"Wendy had it last summer. Was a scary time for everybody."

She is able to recall her case from a few years ago. "Isn't it always?"

"It was weird not having her at home for two days." Then Natsu looks up at Lucy. "How long were you in the hospital?"

"Six days. It should have been five, but the doctor couldn't get to me to stitch me up until the next day."

Now it is his turn to be surprised. "Why so long?"

"My appendix burst before surgery." It happened in the span of her taking an MRI, her quickly being diagnosed, and going in for surgery.

He makes a face. "Ew."

She laughs. "Ew is right."

Then Natsu looks back down at her scar. "You know about my scars because you've seen me shirtless before. I didn't know you've had that one."

"You've never seen me in a bikini before," she points out.

"True…" His eyes glance over the maroon clothing. "It's a good look on you. Good color."

"I hear it's a lot better when wet," she teases.

He finally looks up at her again. "Then let's get going." He remembers something. "Oh, you hafta wear a coverup while walking through the hotel. I'll hafta wear a shirt."

"I'm pretty sure that that's a rule everywhere with a pool."

"Hey, I didn't ask for sass."

"You should have known you'd get sass from me going into this relationship."

He grins. "Nothing I can't handle."


A/N: Somewhat filler, but there were some moments! I'm looking forward to more :D PS. The song from the car ride is "Love Me Like You Do" by Ellie Goulding. It's from Fifty Shades of Grey. Likewise, I never saw the movie (don't plan on it), but I looove the song! PPS. Grand Wolf Resorts is for Great Wolf Resorts while Kings Isle is Kings Island. Cookies to those who puzzled that together :P


Anon: Fluff is a good thing to have :D I liked having Lucy escape on her own, even if she ran into Gajeel for help. I hoped that the updated helped people if they read that FT chapter update… BECAUSE WOW.

TigerArrowgirl: Pfffft, Natsu would totally try doing that XD

Guest: I thought about Lucy going along with them to Paris, but nah. I have other plans!

Fairy Tail Lover: AWW, THANK YOU! More fluff to come for sure :D

Bad news: Thank you for informing me! Hopefully the story is removed soon! I already reported it :P