As the first eeklings of sunlight drifted through slighty opened blinds of an apartment on strawberry street, a pair of bodies huddled together under the covers, taking refuge from the bitter coldness of winter mornings.
Lucy shifted in her sleep as her body began to wake up, clearly used to the sunshine reaching her bed. It's not that her bed wasn't warm, because it was, but it seemed unusually warm. She started to become aware of another body sleeping next to her, and split-second of terror ran through her body before she realized it was her clumsy teammate.
What she wasn't prepared for was the position they were in. It's not that they haven't cuddled before, because they have, mostly due to her, but something about this time was different. She was laying on her left side, while her right leg was draped over Natsu's legs, and her arm caressed his chiseled core, and lastly her head was tucked into the nook of his neck.
What the hell? When did we end up like this? She wondered as she tried slowly untangling their limbs.
"natsu wake up" she whispered, while gently shaking him
"mmmm not yet i wanna sleep more" replied the unconcious man. This went back and forth for a few more moments until Lucy had enough and kicked him off the bed. When she looked up, all feelings of tiredness left her body and a mix of new ones entered.
"NATSU WHY THE HELL ARE YOU IN YOUR BOXERS?" She yelled and she closed her eyes and wished see never saw that
"Whattya mean lucy you're almost naked too?" Natsu replied. Upon hearing her words she froze for a brief second and felt for her pajamas. The only thing she was wearing was his T-shirt which hung down to her mid-thigh.
"JUST GET YOUR CLOTHES AND GET OUT" "but you're wearing them" Natsu chuckled as he began getting dressed. At that time Lucy took a peek at his back and noticed multiple scratch marks and hickeys on his neck, her face instantly blushing a color similar to erza's hair. "GET. OUT."
"Jeez luce you dont haffta be so ru-" Natsu was saying as he was literally spartan-kicked from her window, landing with a soft-thud in the foot deep snow. "What the hell was that for?" He whispered to no one as he got up and rubbed his head, heading towards his cabin in the woods. Happy had stayed with Wendy last night so he didn't need to worry about him.
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Lucy slunk down into her warm bath and she sulked about what had happened last night.
'D-Did we really have s-se...' "Ugh I hate myself so much" she said aloud
"Well I'm definitely not going to the guild today, or ever." She dried off fell onto her bed after sulking in the bath for awhile.
Tears stated forming in her eyes and she started sniffling wondering what she was going to do.
'There's no way we had sex last night... I mean It's Natsu for God's sake, he wouldn't know romance if it hit him in the face.' she thought to herself. She decided she needed some air and left to get some coffee.
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Natsu had spent some time at his house looking for some food, but couldn't find anything worthwile "Well I guess I'll head to the guild for some food from Mira" He said as he left the run-down shack he called "home."
A little while later he entered the guildhall, except not with his usual enthusiasm. He sulked over to the bar and threw himself on a stool while Mira walked over to him, "Mornin' Natsu, what can I get you to eat?" She smiled "Just the usual" he said with a an obvious frown on his face. "What's wrong?" Mira asked, noticing his less-than-usual-spunk.
"I fucked up Mira." Natsu mumbled. "What's it about? You wanna talk about it?" the white-haired mage asked. "No not really" he shrugged. "Is it about Lucy?" Mira asked, already knowing the answer. Natsu knew she'd keep asking, "Yeah, I made her mad again." a few seconds passed before she replied
"Well it's Lucy, she can't stay mad at you forever ya know." Natsu's eyes remained downcast "It's different this time" Natsu knew he couldn't hide anything from the she-devil. They'd been friends a long time and she knew a lot about him. The Dragon Slayer sat there for a second before talking, "Well, last night..."