Sol and her family, speaking


"here we are!" Yukino exclaimed as she pulled off on a specific house which Natsu sent them last night. "you sure you'll be okay?"

Lucy nodded with a smile and ruffled the younger's hair, "do a good job chef Yuki".

the said girl giggled and his eyes trailed at her cousin who got out of the car, walking to her side. Yukino slid the window down, "text me if Natsu arrives so i can fetch you"

"i will. drive safe Yuki" they both waved good byes and Lucy finally turned to the closed black gate. she was about to press the doorbell when the gate opened revealing a smiley Natsu all dressed up, "good morning,Lu"

"morning good!" the girl beamed

"let's go inside? Sol's waiting for you"

"in this early morning?"

Natsu shrugged and stepped aside so she can pass, "she said she's excited", it made her chuckle and they both walked through the main door.

"pretty lu! yay!" the baby who's standing a meter from the doorway immediately waddled to the older and hugged her leg.

Lucy lightly laughed and carried Sol up, "look at you being so hyper in the early morning" she said and booped their noses

Natsu's heart warmed, seeing his little girl being so happy and comfortable to another woman - will she be this close to her too if they both ended up well?

he immediately shook his head and sighed. "stop thinking about her Dragneel" he whispered to himself. "Lucy? have you eaten?"

"oh yes how about you?"

"i did but Sol didn't"

"hmmm i'll take care of her" she answered with a wide smile, "you better prepare so you won't be late"

"uhh Sol isㅡ"he didn't continued his sentence and deeply sighed.

Lucy knew that this will happen already so she just showed a warm smile and put the baby down, turning back to the guy who's breath hitched at the moment.

"you know, i won't even dare to keep our connection if i'm not willing to help and take care of your daughter" she softly said while fixing his collar, "Sol is such a sweet girl and you're a nice guy, i can't ignore you two" she continued and lightly giggled,

"done!" she softly pat his head and off to find Sol

meanwhile Natsu is still frozen on the spot and his throat slowly dried up, "oh my heart"

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"Luna come here now, you need to take a bath"

"Sol? Luna? lunch is ready!"

"pretty lu can you help me with my dress?"

"pretty lu can you make cookies?"

"pretty lu let's play dolls!"

Sol here, pretty lu there, their warm relationship is really getting stronger and the whole house is the witness.

Sol will actually act like a tail to the older, trailing behind everywhere she goes.

Lucy on the other hand felt this energy like she's back to childhood. her laughs echoed the place and running footsteps when the baby will intentionally hide from her.

the time passed by like a sweet breeze of the wind.

it was already 8 pm and the two girls are sprawled in the living room - Lucy on the sofa while Sol on the carpeted floor.

their energy is draining and just took the chance to rest while watching tom and jerry.

the sound of the door opening made sol jolt up and ran to the doorway, all it's just her father. "dada!" she greeted all energize

she doesn't play all day.

Again as if the exhausted guy chuckled and used his remaining strength to carry his daughter and kissed her cheek, "where's pretty lu?"

"in the sofa, sleeping" she answered pouting

Natsu then pressed his lips into a thin line, "you tire pretty lu to that extent?"

the baby nodded her head with a giggle, "but Sol is tired too.we played too much"

the older just hummed in agreement and put Sol down, "don't wake her up okay? dada will just change" the said baby nodded and waddled back to the living room

Natsu then made his way up the staircase, directly to his room and slipped in a loose shirt and shorts.

Lucy flinched and let out a light groan, rubbing her eyes. "pretty lu? you awake?"

the voice immediately made her sat up with eyes snapped open wide, "omg i slept!?"

but the baby just giggled and settled herself on Lucy's lap, "dada is here"

"Luce? you awake?"

she snapped her head to the direction and showed a sheepish smile, "sorry i did slept"

"nah that's fine. that baby really tire you up, sorry"

Luce - that nickname is actually overused but why does her heart melt when natsu mentioned it?

"umm it's fine i enjoyed her accompany.. much better to have her than be alone"

Natsu can just nod and leaned over to the sofa to press a loving kiss to his daughter and Lucy swore that he really looks like an ideal man, "you enjoyed pretty lu's cooking so much"

"oh speaking of, i actually prepared a meal for you. go eat now" he smiled and ruffled the girl's hair, "thanks Luce you didn't have to and oh yuki is on his way"

well Lucy may or may not used to him ruffling her hair but why did his touches still send shivers down her spine–is it a bad thing or a good thing?

and a car honk caught their attention

"right yuki!" she puffed her cheeks and engulfed the baby in a warm hug, "pretty lu will go now"

"but i don't want pretty lu to go"

"i promise to visit tomorrow"

"in the cafe?"

"in the cafe"

"promise?"

Lucy pulled away and pinched the baby's cheeks, "promise"

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it was been a week since lucy started visiting the Dragneel residence and between those days, she didn't do anything to disappoint the baby.

Lucy will surprise her at the cafe, take her to the park and play with her, then Natsu will eventually fetch them and bring Lucy home.

their close relationship is enough for Sol to cry whenever lucy isn't around or the older can't visit her in the house since she became a temporary. cook when yuki caught a fever, but then she will give time to call and talk to the kid.

the situation is enough for sol to crave for her attention - she wants her. and it was really hard for Natsu.

"dada i said i want pretty lu!" she whined for the nth time and natsu can't help but to control himself as he doesn't want to scare his daughter. he's pretty tired enough to even deal with her.

"Sol please understand her please, pretty lu has also a life of her own. we can't just drag her here okay? she has alot of works to do?"

"do pretty lu hates me?"

"whaㅡwhy do you say so?"

"because i'm annoying and she's tired to be with me?"

now it was his turn to break down and feel his tears coming up. how he wanted to turn back time and start over but he can't, he already have this. beautiful blessing and he can't just throw a fit and blame anyone.

reaching the baby's face, he wiped her tears and showed a smile, "i'll try to ask aunt yuki okay?"

"will auntie let her go here?"

"i'm not sure baby but let's hope she will"

Sol eventually stopped crying and just nodded, still sniffing.

it was the next morning when Yuki agreed to meet up with Natsu at the cafe.

the younger just arrived and they settled on a two-seater booth, sipping on their coffee

"so this is about sol?"

Natsu nodded and sighed, "i don't know Yuki, but the more i tell her that Lucy can't always be her, the more she'll get mad at me".

"well maybe because lucy did a really good job taking care of her" the girl chuckled

"that's what i'm talking about..she really did well for Sol to want her even more"

"Sol...what?"

Yukino met a worried-looking Natsu, his eyes were droopy, dark bags under it and his lips were pale and chapped, "didn't you get a proper sleep?"

"as much as i want but sadly i can't.. I'm thinking about this the whole time and the more i think about it, the more i'm stressing out"

"then don't think about it?"

"i want to but.." he forced a sigh, "sol is really uncontrollable these days"

"mind telling me what you came up?"

Natsu paused for second and spoke, "i'm asking permission for Lucy to stay with us"


Big step. BIG STEP.