He took up a thinking pose, which left Lucy bewildered.
"Ah!" He snapped his fingers. Happy stopped scratching the award to fly over and rest on Natsu. "You need rent money!"
Lucy gaped at his audacity.
Rent money? She had maintained a steady salary at Wizard Weekly and a few extra Jewels from her book sales. The fact that he had thought so hard and come up with an exceptionally lousy excuse hurt more than she expected.
Did he not want to have to talk to her that badly?
Natsu's nostrils flared slightly and he frowned.
"Lucy, why're you sad?"