Chapter 21
Layla yelled after a while she was done so Lucy and Natsu shut off the tv and locked the house then made their way upstairs. Lucy grabbed a towel and made her way over to a very giggly and happy Layla who stood up and got herself out of the tub. Lucy managed to dry her off some before she went running 'Lay." Lucy tried to call out as she went running. "Hold up there baby dragon" said Natsu as he swiftly picked her up. "Daddy" she said giggly making him smile. "Your gonna trip, you over eager weirdo" Lucy playfully shook her head as she wrapped a towel around Layla's naked body while Natsu held her. "Now I'm good!" she yelled holding her arms in front of her making Lucy and Natsu laugh. "now we need to get you into pajama's little one, it's late and time for you to go to bed" "Okay" she squeaked with a grin as Natsu set her on the floor. They all walked to her room as Layla got a PJ set out and changed into them. Then they tucked her in as Layla snuggled in next to Happy. "Goodnight sweetheart" cooed Natsu kissing her forehead, he tucked her hair behind her ear. Layla kissed him on the cheek
"Night daddy" she said sweetly as he walked out and stood by the door waiting for Lucy. "I love you baby girl" Lucy said lovingly hugging her. "love you too mommy" "Goodnight my baby dragon" she said getting up. She kissed Layla lightly and shut her light off closing her door. "We've got a hell of a kid Lucy" said Natsu as they got into bed. "I agree" said Lucy laying her head on his chest. He put an arm around her comfortingly. Looking up at the ceiling he said " with how much she's been through..I'm not sure any other kid would have survived what she has been through" His tone caught her attention. She lightly rubbed his chest "She had you to help her through it" she said reminding him. "Yeah but it was also because of me that it happened" Lucy shot him a sharp look as she pinched him hard. "OW!" Natsu exclaimed in pain. "What the hell was that for?" he yelled annoyed until he saw her face. Hurt, sadness and annoyance. He could see it in her eyes. "Lucy" "None of that was on you Natsu, none of it! It was your mother!. If it wasn't for you, Layla and I would still be stuck there..away from you..Layla would still not know her father" she cried. "If you hadn't shown up, I never would have been able tt..to marry you" He pulled at her arm surprising her as he brought her head to his shoulder placing a hand behind her head. "I'm sorry" he said quietly. "I wasn't saying any of that to hurt you, I swear Lucy" She sank her face into his shoulder.
Muffled she said "You mean the world to her" "Huh?" he said lifting her head slightly. "I said you mean the world to her" she replied, her voice sounding exhausted. "And she means the world to me. You both do. I don't regret anything. Nothing at all, I wasn't saying any of that because I regret what's happened. Luce, our daughter is strong. I am just sorry that It was Evelyn that forced her to be that way but that is all I'm saying.. Okay?" he looked at her with soft raised eyebrows. "Yeah" she said believing him. "Good, come on let's get some sleep" he said laying them down into the bed with his arms around her. "Goodnight Natsu" she said as she fell asleep. "Goodnight Luce" he whispered seeing her asleep. He lightly kissed her lips closing his eyes. Monday came up and after Layla was on the bus, Natsu and Lucy went to the training center Natsu had found for his first MMA session. "What are you working on today? " she asked on the way. " Today is jiu-jitsu moves. Tomorrow I'll work on judo moves. "Tomorrow? Your going to try to do both of those this week?" "Yup, the sooner I can learn them there, the better I'll be to do them at home and train from there" "But your not going to rush it right?" she questioned. "No Luce, I promise I'm not rushing anything this time. I'll be going a couple days a week then doing regular workouts at home. Then once I know enough of the moves on my own, I can take those and add them to my workout routine" "Sounds like a thought-out plan. I'm glad Natsu" He chuckled as they kept driving.
Finally, they arrived. Walking in, Natsu pointed to where he saw some chairs and motioned for Lucy to go sit. "Are you the young man I spoke too on the phone a few days ago?" said a finely muscle toned young man. He was dressed in a traditional martial arts uniform. "Yes" answered Natsu formally. Holding his hand out, the young man took it and shook it. "Name is Natsu Dragneel" "Nice to meet you Mr. Dragneel, I am sensei Fujimoto but you can call me sensei" he explained to Natsu. "No problem" "So what am I teaching you today? " "Can you show me the back mount and closed guard position?" "Certainly, but before I teach you, do you know the basics?" "Yes" replied Natsu firmly. " I was taught some kata moves and they got me through but I got my ass kicked because I was stubborn and didn't learn more so before I really join MMA fighting" "Enough said, come on let's get started" they walked over as Natsu shot a grin at Lucy and winked at her. She gave him a thumbs up and winked in return with a smile. Getting into fighting stances, they started traditional martial arts fighting with hand to hand moves and defensive kicks. Once they were warmed up, he instructed Natsu to relax for a moment. Sensei Fujimoto took a breath before saying "alright, now come at me" Following his instructions, Natsu went forward as Sensi ducked Natsu's punch and swiftly moved behind him locking his arms around his waist. "What the he" but he didn't get to finish as his legs were kicked out from under him bringing them both to the floor. His legs were locked under sensei's as Natsu felt his hands move up to around his throat lightly pressing against it not choking him. "Is..ttthis it?" he coughed out. "Yes, the purpose of this move is to block your opponent and weaken him.
Without fully incapacitating your opponent, this can cause them to eventually give up if you hold long enough or at least weaken them some when you release. But you must be careful not to severely injure which can happen in those fights. I have seen it happen in matches." "Ggoood tto know…can you loosen your grip some" gritted Natsu. "Oh,"I'm sorry, I didn't realize my grip had tightened" he apologized releasing Natsu's neck as he let out a cough. "Care to try it on your own?" Sensei asked getting up off the floor. . "You bet" said Natsu with a confident smirk. They got back into their fighting stances and using some of the kata moves that he learned, they were equally matched for a bit until Natsu decided to try the back mount. Moving quickly, he ducked and rolled behind Sensei Fujimoto and wrapped his arms around his neck while dodging Sensei's punches from behind. Using his feet, he tripped him up gripping Sensei hard hooking his legs around him hard as Sensei rolled back and forth but Natsu wouldn't let up his grip.
He held it until he heard Sensei's hand hit the mat signaling Natsu to let go which he did immediately. Catching his breath some, Sensei managed "you're a fast learner. Nice work" "Thanks" Natsu said graciously. "I didn't grip too tight did I?" "No, I assure you, you are fine" answered Sensei. " I don't think you will need to come back as much as u think you will need to Mr. Dragneel. You seem to adjust quickly to learning" "Yeah…circumstances have taught me to be quick as I can in learning things" "I can see by your fighting style when we started. You're quick and agile along with some aggressiveness." "Yeahh..sorry about that" "Not trying to pry but only certain circumstances forces people to learn moves like that, has there been some tough events in your life?" he asked genuine and kind. "Sensei, that is an understatement along with not being a simple answer" he answered simply. " I see, I don't usually pay attention but when the Dragneel name comes up, it begs the question what they could want" "So you already knew who I was when I showed up?" he asked slightly alarmed. "No, I assure you, I just recognized the name. I apologized if I offended or insulted you in anyway" Sensei said politely. "No..just usually if someone knows my name, it's not for a good thing" said Natsu. "Well let me put your worries aside and say I have no other motive then teaching you what you want to know" he said with an honest smile.
"Appreciate that" replied Natsu. "want to move on to the next move?" Sensei asked. "Oh yeah" said Natsu pumped up. "Okay, the next move is the closed guard position. "Get on your back" instructed Sensei. Doing what he said, Natsu laid on his back. "Now what?" "Open your legs" he replied getting to the floor as Natsu opened his legs. "Now lock legs around me" he ordered. "Huh?, okay then" said Natsu confused but did as he told hooking his legs around Sensei Fujimoto's back "That's it?" asked Natsu. "Yes, it is simple but not always easy to do when your in the middle of a fight but if you can do it, you can keep your opponent from moving allowing you to knock him out. You can also do the open guard which might do you better because it allows you to move your opponent and then you can use the closed guard in your final move" Sensei explained. "Sounds awesome, thanks for that. I'll definitely work on that" said Natsu feeling encouraged. Releasing his legs, he let Sensei stand as he got to his feet and stood up. "So how do you feel?" "Informed, thanks" "Time for our cool down"
They sat on their knees drinking some water then put them down and laid with their hands in front of them. "Always be sure no matter what workout your doing to do a cooling down routine. MMA training can take a lot of you so water and cooling off are very important" Sensei advised. "Noted, thanks" he said then was silence for a couple moments. All the thoughts racing in his head disappeared as Natsu relaxed his mind closing his eyes. They were done when Sensei made a noise ending their cool down. They got to their feet as Natsu waved Lucy over. Smiling, she walked over as Natsu put an arm around her shoulders. "And who is this?" Sensei asked nicely. "Hi, I'm Lucy Dragneel, Natsu's wife" greeted Lucy holding her hand out. Sensei took it and softly shook it for a second. "Nice to meet you" he said "Likewise" she replied. "So, today was a success then?" she asked looking at Natsu. "Yup, he even said I won't have to come back often" "I'd say one more session then you should be good to go Mr. Dragneel to practice at home" said Sensei. "Great" cheered Lucy. "Would you ever consider letting your wife help?" "No way" answered Natsu immediately. Lucy didn't say anything understanding his reasoning. "I have people that can help me but I am not getting her involved" "Understood" Sensei replied bowing his head. "Meet next week?. Same time?" asked Natsu. "It's set" agreed Sensei Fujimoto. They bowed to each other than Natsu and Lucy made their way to their car.
"You did great Natsu, I saw what you did" said Lucy happily. "Thanks Luce, now to go get that equipment and bring it home" ""Ehhh?!"exclaimed Lucy in shock. "What?" Natsu said. "There's no way we have enough room in this car for work out equipment" "Baby relax, There's van at the gym I can drive home while you drive this" he told her calmly as she regained herself making Natsu laugh slightly. "You really think I was planning on having us put all that weight in my car? , hell no Lucy" "Well I'm relieved about that but to tell you, I think I'm going to start looking at other things to take over music" That got his attention as his ears perked up. "Really?" he asked keeping his eyes on the road. "Yes..I think it's time for me to explore new options. I'm not planning on settling on something so quickly though" Stopping at a red light, he placed a hand on top of her, looking at her he said softly " you don't have too.. I know how much music meant to you. Finding something is going to take some time ..but I am really proud of you Luce"
"Thanks..I'm proud of myself" "You should be" he said taking her hand and kissing the top of it making her blush. Driving again, he asked "do you have an idea of what you where you want to start?" "Not yet but I'm going to look around and see what I can find" "Ask Leo too next time we go, he might be able to give you some options and we asked him anyway if there are other methods of therapy you can do anyway" said Natsu. "Good idea" Lucy replied then looked out the window the rest of the time until they got to the gym where Erza and Jellal were waiting for them. They walked to the back part of the gym where there was a van waiting. Jellal opened it and Lucy and Natsu's jaws dropped. "Holy shit Jellal, where did you two find this stuff?. This is a whole set of work out machines, weights and a fucking bench" asked Natsu. "You could just say we had it lying around" answered Erza making them both eye her. "We lived with you Erza and we know there is no way in hell you could fit this stuff in your house" said Lucy lightly. "Will you both shut up and take it?" joked Jellal. "Ssorry..just shock…wow" stuttered Natsu still in shock. "Thanks you guys" said Lucy cheerfully. "Well stop standing there, we have to load this stuff into your house" said Erza snapping Natsu out of his disbelief and back to reality. "RRight" he said quickly shutting the van doors and jumping into the drivers seat while Erza and Jellal climbed in the other side. Lucy went back to his car and started driving. "I'm so happy for him" she thought to herself.
Once they got there, Lucy pulled over enough so the van could back up to the stairs leading into the house. Hopping out, Jellal and Natsu opened the van and began slowly lifting the machines into the house. "WWhere do you want this?" asked Jellal feeling the weight of the machine. "Let's go back to the pool room" said Natsu as they lifted the elliptical machine into the house taking breaks in between until they reached the back of the house and set it down. "Alright" said Jellal already sweating. "Only five more trips to go" teased Natsu."Psh yeah sure" replied Jellal in good humor as they walked back to the van and began lifting the training bench. "Mommy?" Lucy and Erza turned around to see Layla hop off the bus. "Hey baby" Lucy replied hugging. "What's daddy doing?" she asked. "Daddy and Jellal are bringing in work out stuff for him so stay clear out of the way until they are done" she told her. "Okay" she answered plainly. Lifting the dumb bells and then the barbell set. They were sweating like crazy by the time the last thing that had to come out was finally taken. Natsu and Jellal planted themselves hard on the staircase outside as Erza and Lucy walked up to them. "So only a few trips huh?" Lucy teased sarcastically making Erza giggle. Jellal and Natsu shot her a look that they were in not in the mood. Lightly shaking her head, Lucy went and got them tall glasses of cold water and brought them back. They sucked them down. "Ready to work out then?" Jellal asked Natsu.
"Shut the fuck up you ass" he replied lightly. "No fucking way" he said lazily laying back on the porch putting his hands behind his head. "Daddy said bad words" Layla said giggling. His eyes widened instantly sitting up. "I didn't know she was here!" yelled Natsu in surprise. "Haha, she came home while you guys were bringing stuff back." "Way to control your mouth Natsu" Erza said with a smirk. Wiping his forehead, he held his hands out as Layla walked to him. "Hey baby girl" he greeted hugging her as Layla rested her head on his shoulder putting her hands around his neck. "Hi daddy" she said sweetly. "Have a good day?" "Uh huh" she replied. Letting her go, he stood up as Lucy joined and stood next to them, "Hey, why don't you guys stay for dinner?" said Natsu. "I agree, you guys should. Been a little bit since you guys came over. I'll call Gray over" said Lucy. "Sounds nice, thanks guys" said Erza very formal. "You can relax Erza, no need to sound formal" said Natsu. "Sorry, force of habit" "Come on" he said ushering everyone inside. Lucy called Gray over and they had a nice night just hanging out. Layla managed to make all of them play with her at once until she wore herself out then Natsu put her to bed. Coming back down, they quieted down but still enjoyed each other's company. "It's been a while since we all got together like this. It was nice" said Gray. "Agreed, you should bring Juvia over sometime Gray. I've only talked to her like once or twice" "I'll pass that along, I'm sure she would love too" replied Gray. "Hell, let's get metal face and Levy over here too" chipped in Natsu. Lucy felt giddy inside as she smiled a big smile "we'll do a big get together in the backyard!" she said excited making Natsu chuckle.
"She is so freaking cute when she is excited" he thought watching her throw her arms out as she rambled about what they could do and the food. "Woah , woah, alright baby, calm down" he said still laughing after a minute sitting her back down the couch. Feeling overjoyed, she scooted between Natsu's legs and laid herself against him grabbing his arms, she circled them around her. "You weirdo" he said caringly as everyone else smiled at her. They hung out for a while more until they decided to call it a night. "We'll let you guys know when the cookout is" said Natsu as they all left. The next day , Natsu and Lucy were on the way to see another trainer Natsu had found. "So what is this trainer specialize in?" asked Lucy. "Judo martial arts. I'm going to learn some hand and foot movements" "Didn't the first teacher you went too before teach you that?" "He taught me some but not all Luce and that was a different form of martial arts" he explained. "Okay.. still taking me time to grasp the fact that they are so many different forms to MMA" "I understand. Heck you should've seen me when I was looking up shit. It felt like it took me forever just to limit down to a few specific moves. I'll go into learning more once I get good at it but for just starting out, yeah there's a lot" "Well I have all the confidence in you that you will master this" said Lucy optimistic.
"Thanks Luce" he said. They drove for another forty-five minutes until they arrived at the judo gym. Walking in, Lucy went and found a seat and pulled out a book while Natsu went and found his teacher. Wearing a black uniform, he looked a little older than Natsu. "Hello" the man said friendly. "Hi, I'm Natsu" he greeted leaving his last name off. "Hi, I'm Mr. Clark, nice to meet you. What can I help you with?" "I called here a few days ago to see if someone could teach me some judo today" "Right, I remember our staff telling us someone called. Are you familiar with judo?" "Unfortunately, not as well I'd like to be. I'm training for the MMA and I know judo is used so I'd like to learn some techniques if that is possible" "Yes, I don't have any classes right now so I will teach you" said Mr. Clark pleasantly. "That would be great" said Natsu. "Come with me to the mats" he said. Natsu followed behind him. "Well since you are starting out, the hand techniques I will show you is the Tai Otoshi, it's a body drop and the two-hand shoulder drop then once we're done with that then we can move on to the leg techniques. Hope you don't have any plans because this will take some time" "Nope, I'm free until two pm then I need to go" said Natsu. "Understood, well then let's get started then" They started with a warm out workout getting Natsu's muscles fired up and ready for the main workout.
After they did that, Mr. Clark stood side by side. "Alright, are you ready?" he asked Natsu. "Ready for" but he didn't get to finish as Mr. Clark grabbed ahold of his shirt and sliding a leg between Natsu's brought him crashing down to the floor knocking the wind out of him at how fast that happened. "Wha..the hell?" he managed to say through being stunned. "It's a very fast movement that relies on timing and the speed at which you are coming" he explained as he helped Natsu get to his feet. "Damn, that took me for a loop" said Natsu. "Do you still want to continue?" he asked curious. Shaking his shock off, Natsu looked at him serious and said "yes, continue to teach me. Give me all you've got" "Okay" Mr. Clark replied with a nice grin as he explained to Natsu step by step the movement he just did then had Natsu repeat it a few times. "Alright, time for a break, get some water" Mr. Clark instructed. Natsu grabbed his water bottle and began drinking some down. They sat down for a few minutes resting. "You ready for the next move?" he asked.
Taking one more sip, Natsu replied "yes sir" wiping the water off his mouth. Putting their water away, they stood back up . "For this move, you need to make sure your back is physically strong because this requires a lot of strength" "I'm good there" "Alright then lift me over your shoulder" said Mr. Clark blunt. "Wha, your serious?" He nodded as Natsu smirked and said "alright but remember you asked for this" Walking over, Mr. clark told Natsu "grab at my chest" Doing what he said , he grabbed when he said "put me on your back and then..throw me" "I don't want to hurt you" "That's why we have these matts, trust me, your fine" assured Mr. Clark. Not asking questions, Natsu grabbed him and put him on his back then got eye contact with him making sure he was ready to be thrown then threw him clear across his shoulders. He watched as Mr. Clark landed hard on his back. Nervous, he rushed over to help his teacher up. "Jesus, are you alright? I didn't mean to throw you that hard" said Natsu. Sitting up, he calmly said "I assure you I'm fine. This is what you do in Judo. Just when you face a real opponent, don't feel sorry or hesitate because the second you do, the match is over" "Understood" he said firmly holding his hand out. Mr. Clark stood up and said "care to try again?" Natsu smiled hopeful as they went at it again a couple more times before Mr. Clark called it good.
"Thanks a lot Mr. Clark." Natsu said very pleased. "Your welcome Mr. Natsu. I look forward to the next time we meet." He bowed as Natsu returned it. "As do I" Natsu replied with a smile as Lucy came up and took his hand then they walked out together. "So after these last couple days, how are you feeling?" she asked optimistic. "Sore as crap but I feel great. I think another week of seeing both of these guys and then I will be good to go to train at home" he said feeling positive. "I'm so happy for you Natsu" "Thanks Luce. Let's head on home so we can see our baby" "Right!" she said cheerfully as they got into the car and headed home. A week went by then Natsu began training at home. He would try to fit in his workouts while Layla was at school then if he couldn't , he would wait until Layla went to bed and did some late-night workouts.
On the days he wasn't training, he still went with Lucy to her therapy appointments while she did some digging herself into different options for what she could to take the place of singing. "There's painting, swimming, pet therapy and oh wow, dancing therapy..but never been much of a dancer so I can cross that one out right now. Let's see. Adventure therapy..nahh" she said making up her mind as she looked at the remaining options. "Swimming, yeah, I could that a try. Good thing we have a pool in the back. Pet therapy might be cute. Painting, that sounds nice so I'll see if there's any painting classes and try that" she thought to herself as she heard a loud grunt. Closing her laptop and setting her notebook down, she went towards the back of the house towards the pool area and opened the door where she saw Natsu lifting a heavy 75 pound weight. "oh wow" she thought to herself watching him. "Just in the last week that he's been working out, his body has already improved. His back rippled with sweat as she raised her eyebrows impressed looking at muscle tone he got. "Oh hey Luce" he greeted as she stared at him. "Heeyyy Luce," he said waving his hand snapping her out of it. "My face is up here you goof" he said amused pointing two fingers toward his face. "Sorry, I just distracted by your body" she said honestly. "Hmm, like what your seeing huh?" he said chuckling. "Oh yes" she exclaimed. "Ha,..well it's yours for the taking if you want" he said seductively. "Hmm, next time , right now, I liked watching you" "Oh, well thanks" he said slightly blushing with a hand behind his head. "I came because I heard you grunt and wanted to make sure everything was good but I liked what I saw" she replied. "Well I'll let you get back to it" she said lightly walking out of the room as Natsu shook his head amused. "That girl makes me crazy" he thought happily to himself as he went back to lifting weights.
A month gradually went by as Natsu trained for his MMA and Lucy did some exploring for herself while still being good on going to see Leo now once a week again with Natsu. He would ask Jellal and Gray to come over when he would be doing workouts using the moves he learned. "Damn dude, try not to break my back" said Gray as he was training with Natsu one day. "Sorry" he said friendly helping Gray to his feet. "You've definitely improved since you first started training." Said Jellal observing. "Thanks man" replied Natsu. "How's Lucy?" "She's good..she's trying to find something else to replace her singing" he said then got a saddened look in his eyes. "Nahh, Natsu, you've got to let go of that guilt. You just said she was doing better. Why would she relapse now?" questioned Gray. "Yeah , that's what I thought the first time then look what happened" he said defensive. "Easy Natsu, no one is trying to start a fight" Jellal said calmly. "That's why I joined MMA in the first place, help ease off this guilt" "Does Lucy even know that's why?" asked Gray. "No" Natsu answered immediately then gave Gray a dirty look and said "and she won't find out" " Got it boss" he answered loosely. "Ahem, anyway, we are just glad she is doing good" said Jellal trying to ease the small tension. "Me too" replied Natsu. "Wanna get your butt kicked next?" Natsu asked Jellal with a smirk. Jellal lightly shook his head and said "sure" and walked over as Natsu got into his fighting stance. Jellal on the opposite side did the same as Natsu came at him. Jellal stepped to the side quickly avoiding Natsu's first punch but couldn't relax as Natsu came behind him and grabbed his chest threw him to a corner as Natsu ran over and picked him up over his shoulder and slammed Jellal to the floor holding him there.
"Damn, your timing has improved for sure" said Jellal feeling the force of Natsu's move. "Good" "The rounds are only five minutes long so if I can take down who I'm fighting in less time, I'll be great" said Natsu. "Yeah just remember your opponents won't be us" reminded Gray. " I know but I appreciate the warning" thanked Natsu. "I think I'm done for the day anyway. Thanks guys" Natsu said lightly as he grabbed a towel wiping the sweat off his face then put it around his shoulders. "Training done then guys?" asked Lucy seeing them come into the living room. " Yup, pyro over here is improving so we don't have to stay nearly as long anymore. As opposed to the first time, we were stuck here for three hours as opposed to just an hour now" teased Gray. "Oh shut it you damn stripper" "Hey, I don't do that as much anymore!" sniped Gray as they all laughed. "But you still do it is the point Gray. Haha" Natsu said highly amused. "Arrgh, anyway, we're gonna get Lucy. See you later" Gray said casually as he motioned two fingers towards and Jellal waved a friendly goodbye as they headed out the door.
"You know, I could always help you with your workouts" said Lucy once the guys left. Raising an eyebrow, he said "when you say help?" Lucy unbuttoned her shirt part way making Natsu's eyes widen. " Yup..i can help" her voice full of desire.
Throwing the towel, he grinned as he growled sexily picking her up bridal style and running her upstairs where they enjoyed each other until he had to jump in the shower before Layla got home. "So your going to help me with my workouts then huh?" he said lightly as he stepped out of the shower drying his hair with a towel. " It'll give you more motivation" she teased. "Oh that and so much more" he answered. She came up behind him and wrapped her arms around his stomach feeling his muscles. "Baby, you have improved so much" she said happily. "Thanks Luce" he said as he saw her hands slowly go down his body until they got around to his lower half where she lightly grabbed his member. "Aaayyyyyeeee, Lluce, baby" he said carefully unhooking her fingers as she whined. "Baby, didn't we just get finished doing that?" he asked "Yes but doesn't mean I can't touch it and other part of your body, It belongs to me" she said with attitude crossing her arms. Eyeing her he said "Oh is someone territorial? "you betcha" she replied grabbing his arm and pulling him into her. "I fought for my dragon, he is mine" she said proudly as he looked down at her and caressed her cheek as she cutely smiled at him. "yes he is" he said filled with passion as he lowered his head to kiss her. "Helloo?" they heard from downstairs. "Be down in a second baby girl" Lucy yelled pushing Natsu away as he smirked at her getting himself dressed. "Mommy?" "Just a second Layla, stay down there" she replied throwing on clothes as fast as she could.
Natsu got his socks on and followed Lucy down the stairs. "Hii" Layla said cheerfully as she ran to them once they were downstairs. "Hey baby girl" said Natsu rubbing her head as she giggled and hugged their hugs making Lucy and Natsu's faces turn red with happiness. "How was your day today?" asked Lucy. "Good, we did numbers today" answered Layla. "That's great" said Natsu pleased. "Did you do your training daddy?" she asked curious. "Yes, I did" "My daddy's gonna be so strong!" she announced loudly in joy making Lucy and Natsu chuckle. "I'm not that strong yet baby dragon..but I appreciate the support." Said Natsu lightly. ""Always" said Layla with a happy smile. "You and your mom are all the support I need, as long as I have you two, I can do anything" "Yay!" cheered Layla. "Alright, let's get something figured out for dinner" said Lucy clapping her hands together assertively. "Ha, okay, you heard her Layla" said Natsu amused. "Okay" Layla replied simply.