Summary: Natsu firmly believes Lucy's promise was to him.

Pairings: Natsu/Lucy.

YouTube Prompt: A Natsu/Lucy video to Take That's 'Greatest Day' because the persistent use of 'Stay close to me' would so be Natsu's inner thoughts XD.

When they finally reached to a hotel that they could have bath in (admittedly it took a great deal for them to find one that would even let them in past the front door with all the mud they were dripping. Erza had to threaten them, thoroughly….oh those poor people! Gray and Natsu shuddered the entire time), every sloped off to have one. Lucy was forced to wait as Wendy nabbed the first free shower in her room that she paid for with her money from her first job, Erza took the other one in the room she and Lucy were paying for, and Gray gladly beaten Natsu to the third one.…that hopefully they will not be sharing since they really couldn't afford paying for repairs when the two of them fight.

As for Charle and Happy….well Lucy shuddered and decided to keep her mind firmly away from that. The way cats cleaned themselves (even if they are Exceeds) wasn't something she wanted to ponder on.

As they waited, Natsu and Lucy sat out in the balcony, Natsu kept rambling on and on how awesome the job was, while Lucy tried not to grimace as she felt the mud harden on her skin.

"Bathroom is free!" Erza called out as she walked past. "I took the liberty to ensure there were some clean towels."

"Thank you, Erza!" Lucy replied cheerfully. "Right, me first. Seeing as you lot used me as bait," she was a little cross about that but it wasn't the first time and she had no doubts it wasn't the last time either. Sometimes she was too beautiful for her own good. It makes her weep. Lucy went to go and was just about to step inside of the hotel room when Natsu suddenly snatched her wrist. She turned to look down at him, he seemed far too cheerful for the way he was holding her. "Huh?" she murmured her confusion.

"Wait for me," Natsu grinned. HUH?! Lucy screamed internally. "You promised," huh she must have screamed that out loud.

"Promised what?" Lucy snarled.

"That you would bathe me."

"I did not!"

"You did too!"

"Did not!"

"Did too!"

"Did not!"

"Did too!"

"Did not!"

"Did too!"

"Did not!"

"Did too!"

"Did not!"

"Did too!"

"Look Natsu," Lucy hissed between gritted teeth, losing patience with this childish bickering, "I don't know what world you're living in but I can tell you right now in this one, I am not bathing you"

"You said sorry for me having to go in all that icky mud and when it was over you would wash me!"

"I said that to Horologium!"

"I was inside of him at the time," Natsu said as if that justified his unreasonable demands, actually it probably did in his head, "That counts!"

"It does not count!"

"It so does!"

"Does not!"

"Does too!"

"Urgh!" Lucy shrieked far too frustrated and exhausted to have this fight. "I am not having this argument with you Natsu! Just get into the bath tub!"

Natsu smirked, secretly, because if Lucy had seen it he most certainly wouldn't be getting his bath and instead would have been thrown out of a window or something. He knew he would have worn her down and gotten his bath with her if he kept persisting. Lucy can be a total push over sometimes…

She kept her back turned until he was in the water for some weird reason (she was such a weirdo) and very hesitant in picking up a sponge and washing his back but soon enough she had it scrubbed clean and he was able to soak in this moment in peace without any interference (thank fuck Happy wasn't here or he would definitely not have this bath right now).

"Urgh," Lucy groaned as she rinsed the sponge out, "I have had enough mud to last me a lifetime. This mission has put me off that spa treatment forever."

Natsu shrugged. He still didn't understand why girls would pay a fortune to sit in mud when they can do it for free anywhere. He didn't really care either. He just wanted Lucy's hands to go back to what they were doing.

He moaned a little when they moved into his hair and Lucy started to rub in the shampoo. She even scratched his scalp for him just the way he likes it…

"It was fun though."

"Huh?" Lucy asked dumbly.

"The mission," the Natsu murmured, his eyes were closed and his head was slightly backwards so if he did open his eyes he would be looking right up at Lucy's face…well her breasts and then her face. He tried not to moan as Lucy's hands were still in his hair. "It was fun."

"Yeah," Lucy mumbled. Natsu's lips twitched being covered in mud and almost married to a mole would never be considered Lucy's type of fun and in the injury that they now have to share the reward with Gray, Erza, Wendy, and Charle made it even less so. His Lucy was so greedy and weird. "I suppose so." He could virtually hear the soft, happy, smile.

"And it was another adventure," he added. A pang of regret hit him and he felt his hand curl into a fist as Lucy rinsed his hair. "Another adventure with you."

Lucy froze in what she was doing. He could feel her stiffen, and then hear her sigh, she didn't like him dwelling on her future self. She was still here, safe and sound, and very much alive, she kept pointing out. "Natsu…" she sighed again.

Natsu didn't even want to think about that right now. He wanted to go back to having fun before he opened his big fat stupid mouth. So he instantly pulled away, ran a hand through his hair, and then grinned at Lucy.

"Okay." He said as he snatched up the sponge. "Your turn. Get your clothes off."

"LUCY KICK!"

That was when Natsu found himself being kicked out of the window, landed face first into a mud puddle, and had great difficulty explaining to both the authorities and to Erza why exactly he was naked, muddy, and in public.