Prompt #4 - Hospital visits
"Stupid, stupid, stupid, idiot pretty girl!"
Lucy laid frozen in the bed, her muscles incredulously aching and stiffening. The sound of her usually reckless partner's scolding bounced off the walls of the guild infirmary. Natsu was pacing back and forth for the past ten minutes, flames enveloping his clenched fists, a hurricane of anger whirling in his ebony eyes. He was livid, that's for sure.
"Natsu, I—" She began but stopped herself upon seeing the frustrated expression on his face. It confused her, to say the least, all she had was a few scrapes and bruises. But then again, if the situation were reversed, she would have given him an earful as well.
"You what, Lucy?" Natsu whipped his head to face her. What was once a man of joy and cleverness, now became a shell filled with fears and doubts. He didn't mean to snap so suddenly but seeing her on an infirmary bed brought out the darkness within him, he wanted to tear the heart out of whoever was responsible for this.
And then he suddenly leaned across the wall, facing directly in front of her bed, and slid down in a matter of seconds. He took a few moments to compose himself, breathing deeply and thinking calmly.
"You know," He began. "If that attack had killed you, I — I don't know what I would have done. You're my partner, Lucy, and I still have a ton of adventures I wanna go on with you."
"But, Natsu, it's just a couple of wounds!"
"And yet here you are!" He bellowed, heart racing and head aching. "You're not supposed to ever set foot in the infirmary. You're supposed to be out there, blossoming like a dandelion or something. Whatever. Anything but in here."
Without much of a warning, Natsu stood up and stalked over to the injured blonde. He handed her a heavy bag before turning to stare at her with the most serious of glares.
"Take the medicine three times a day, I used all the reward money for that but don't tell Erza or she'll behead me. There are a few chocolates in there 'cause the pills are sour and you hate sour stuff. Happy snuck in a teddy bear inside just in case you get lonely. I stole a book from Levy's apartment. Oh, and I also brought your drafts so you could write if you wanted to."
Lucy gawked at him, unable to comprehend such a grand gesture. But it was obvious, coming from such a sweet boy like him. Damn it, her heart was about to explode. Did Porlyusica have a cure for this?
Before exiting the room, Natsu winked. "And if you ever try to leave this room without being cleared by the old hag, I'll drag your cute butt back and cuff you to the bed. Understand?"
"Natsu!"
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