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"Can we stop? We've been doing this for like an hour now!" Natsu whined, just taking off a black butler uniform and grabbing a leather jacket and a pair of jeans that Juvia handed to him.
"What did we say you'll refer Juvia to?"
"M—mistress."
"Exactly, now put it on."
"Fine." Natsu finished with a groan.
"Not 'fine', you know what to say."
"As you wish my lady." Natsu went into his bathroom.
"Be quick about it! Others are waiting." The doors shut as Juvia started admiring the picture of Natsu that was taken. The one with Natsu sporting a black butler uniform, is making Juvia fall in love all over again! It's something about Natsu wearing something that he usually doesn't make him so much more attractive. It's the same feeling you get from buying something new, you just stare at it for long hours. The contrasting tone of the savage look of Natsu's face with the elegant nature of the uniform seems say something, like in any moment, Natsu will just run wild and have his way with…Juvia…what is Juvia thinking! This week, Juvia is in command!
"I'm done!" Natsu walked out, showing off a look that complimented his nature a bit more. Somehow, Juvia wasn't as excited as the butler outfit.
"Juvia has changed her mind, change back into the butler uniform, we're going to the guild like that."
"Are you serious!?"
"Of course! Why should Juvia enjoy this by herself?" Natsu gave up and walked back in the bathroom. Juvia feels bad for him, maybe Juvia should do something for him afterwards. Natsu came back out wearing a black tie, coat; a grey vest and trouser; completing it with a pair of white gloves. Juvia latched onto Natsu's arm and pulled him out the door.
"Why are you doing this?"
"Shouldn't you escort Juvia? Besides, don't you like Juvia being so close to you?"
"It's not that, I love you being close to me, just not as much when we're walking, it gets hard to walk."
"Too bad, now start moving."
"Yes."
Gasps came from the guys and shrills came from the girls when we entered the guild hall—all their eyes focused on Natsu's new look. Mira and Cana were the first ones to come over, followed by Lucy and Gray, then Lisanna.
"You actually tamed ash breath." Gray circled Natsu while holding back a snicker.
"This is pretty good stuff." Lucy pulled on the cuff of Natsu's coat.
"The wearer is more important than the material." Cana snapped a picture with a lacrima. "Hey Mira, how's this one?" Cana showed the picture taken to Mira that was eagerly huddled over to Cana's side.
"My! He's like a different person! Juvia, what else have you tried?"
"Juvia came here before trying something else, so we can have fun together." Juvia put on a sadistic smile that drew on Mira's and Cana's. Together, we dragged Natsu to a room, ignoring the begging for help Natsu kept repeating—even to Gray. A couple more girls timidly followed us, and a bunch of guys came along with the 'torture', Gildarts, Gajeel and Laxus to list a few.
"Natsu?" We were lying back by the lake where Natsu found Juvia crying, a fishing pole beside him—now back in his old clothes. How he kept him childish demeanor is beyond Juvia but, Natsu was pouting cutely and turned away from Juvia. "Natsu?" Juvia shook his shoulders, no response. "Are you still mad?"
"No…" Natsu shuffled away from Juvia. Now he's being cold to Juvia, literally, now that he's further away, Juvia can feel the winter winds cutting in the gaps of her clothes. Wearing a black coat and jeans just isn't enough to stay warm without Natsu.
"Yes, you are. Stop sulking and come back here, Juvia is getting cold." Natsu came back with a groan. Juvia wrapped her arms around Natsu's waist and pulled. "Juvia is sorry for doing that, Juvia just wanted to have a little fun but, Juvia got carried away. To be honest, Juvia didn't expect it to take three hours of modeling. Please forgive Juvia." Natsu sighed and turned to face Juvia.
"I did lose the bet, you don't have to apologize."
"But Juvia made you do something uncomfortable for so long, even when Juvia was a maid, you didn't make Juvia do so much." Natsu pulled out a small fish, sighed and let the fish go. Natsu looked back at Juvia with a cheeky grin.
"My lady, you don't have to worry about me, for a week, I live to serve you." Juvia giggled and sat up.
"For now, just stay still." Juvia leaned over the lying Natsu and kissed him. "Now let's go to town and do some shopping." Natsu gave Juvia a sorrowful look which just made Juvia laugh.
"No, we're not going to buy clothes, just going out to have some fun. All the things we buy you're carrying of course. Juvia has to take advantage of her week after all." Natsu bounced up at once, pulling Juvia by the hand.
"Then let's go already!" Juvia smiled at having her energetic Natsu back.
Juvia took full advantage of having a servant for a week, walking around town shopping with her arms swinging freely is something that Juvia isn't used to. We didn't just shop for good deals, we saw a play, played some games together. Natsu was making jokes that never failed to draw Juvia's laughter throughout the time we spent. We had a hearty meal at the end of our fun, Juvia treated as an apology for being mean to Natsu in the first half of the day.
"Where are we going now?" Natsu asked Juvia that was pulling him around town.
"To find some building materials, you said you plan on expanding your house, right?"
"But you said you're not moving in."
"That's true but, that doesn't mean that Juvia isn't interested in moving in with you. Juvia does plan on moving in with you, just not now. That's why we're here to get supplies so Juvia can move in at any time."
"I see!" Natsu's sloppy footwork turned from dragging his feet on the ground to fleeting and bouncy footsteps. "Come on!"
We spent a good deal of time on looking at building materials Natsu can build the house in. Though Juvia advised against it, said he's planning on building an entirely new house rather than build upon his old one. So, we weren't restricted to using the same material Natsu used originally. Juvia learned another quirky thing about Natsu today, on how he chooses building material. He would try to smash it with his magic to determine what's good and what's not. Juvia lost count on how many times she would has to restrain him so that he wouldn't break the shop keeper's wares. Once we decided on a good material, we left the shop and Juvia left Natsu to the design of the house.
The first day of Natsu's punishment ended greatly, Juvia now has an entire photo album of Natsu in various clothing that he would never wear normally. Now hugging the Natsu plush while she browsed through the album, Juvia found herself giggling at each one, mainly because of Juvia remembering each time we forced Natsu to wear another outfit. We found that Natsu fits best with any athletic clothing, his body was just made for it. Tomorrow, Juvia is planning to make Natsu service her and finally make him become a butler! Today was just to see if Natsu looked good in the role. Now that Juvia knows he does, there's nothing that can stop Juvia from making Natsu her servant!
Where is he!? Juvia was tapping her foot on the ground just outside Fairy Hills, waiting for Natsu to come pick her up. However, he's ten minutes late, and Juvia told him repeatedly that he better come on time or Juvia will hand him over to the girls at Fairy Hills, free to do what they what with give. Under normal circumstances, Juvia will be the one that's visiting Natsu but, since Natsu is the servant for the week, he should be the one that's coming to Juvia! If he's any later than this, Juvia will give him to Gray for a day! That'll teach him to not be late! Juvia was about to find his disobedient servant and punish him when Juvia saw a spec of pink that was getting bigger with Juvia's foot taps.
"Sorry that I'm late!" Natsu wearing a butler outfit with a lovely smile quickly melted upon seeing Juvia's cold stare that was largely cosmetic, Juvia honestly expected something like this to happen, just not as extreme.
"Ten minutes! What did Juvia say about being late!?"
"To not be late." He murmured.
"Exactly, do you want to be at the mercy of the other girls?"
"No…"
"Then how about Gray then!?"
"I would rather die!"
"Then don't make that mistake again, or you'll have a bad time."
"A—aye!"
"Now, let's go back to your house."
"Why did I come here then?"
"Because Juvia can't tell where your house is with all this snow." Juvia linked her arm with Natsu's and led him guide Juvia to his house, all the while Juvia reminded Natsu of how to act like a butler. This is going to be so much fun! "Where's Happy? Isn't he usually with you?"
"He's still sleeping."
"Even though it's eight!?"
"You know when we wake up."
"Juvia expected that you would wake him up."
"Why would I do that?"
"Juvia just didn't think that you can be quiet when getting ready."
"Hey!"
"Juvia was joking, a bit…okay, maybe not." Natsu huffed and left deeper prints on the ground along the way to his house. "Are you mad?"
"No."
"You can at least try to hide it, anyone with a brain can tell that you're lying." Juvia tried to suppress her laughter, creating strange stifling sounds. Natsu didn't say anything for the rest of the walk. However, Juvia did feel her surroundings get hotter, which more than welcome in the cooling climate. Juvia can't wait to snuggle up close to Natsu when it gets too cold!
"So, what are we doing here?"
"Juvia wants you to clean up this house for once, it's getting a bit dirty and Juvia is tired of doing something that'll just end up being dirty again, maybe if you do it yourself you won't be so willing to mess this place up."
"But I never cleaned my house!" Natsu exclaimed, drawing a thud from upstairs.
"Don't worry, Juvia will guide you through each step. To make this interesting, for each mistake that you make, you'll have to run down town and get something that Juvia requests. Juvia will pay of course." Natsu gritted his teeth, clenched his fists before loosening up in defeat.
"Fine, what do I do first?"
"Let's start with the windows."
Despite knowing how bad Natsu will be at cleaning, Juvia didn't think that it'll be evening when he finished. To be fair, Juvia did make him run around and do errands, there's a mountain of things that Juvia made Natsu run to buy: several fishes for Happy—that has already been reduced to bone—along with meals for the two of us, a book to read since Juvia saw how long it's going to take, cleaning supplies because Natsu would make plenty of mistakes. Juvia had him grab plenty of gag items too. Ranging from googly eyes to wigs, Juvia would make Natsu rotate between different 'finishing touches' each time he messed up. Happy and Juvia had a great time laughing at each of them.
Juvia just got out of the bath that Natsu prepared, Juvia planned to have a sleepover at Natsu's house so Juvia had him get some pajamas to wear.
"Natsu? Can you dry Juvia's hair?"
"As you wish." Natsu came over with a brush obediently—the result of five hours of reminding.
"Seems like you finally got it."
"Just so you know, I wouldn't do this to anyone but you." Natsu leaned in close and took in one of Juvia's wet locks. "You're my lovely princess after all." Natsu's left hand heated up gently while his right that was holding the brush and ran it down Juvia's hair. Juvia shivered at the sudden warmth that washed over Juvia's back.
"Ar—aren't you stepping o—out of bounds?"
"I'm just doing my duty." Natsu gingerly grabbed another rope of hair, as if treating each strand like treasure. For someone that was clumsily doing housework, he's doing a wonderful job at drying Juvia's hair, his fire wasn't burning Juvia's hair for some reason and the hand movements tells Juvia that this isn't the first time he's done this.
"Have you done this before?"
"Mira forced me to when we're younger, she was even saying that it'll help me in the future, never expect it to be true."
"Then Juvia must thank her, this feels lovely." Juvia cooed into Natsu's care. For the next couple of minutes or so, Juvia closed her eyes, letting Natsu dry Juvia's hair, not even aware of the sleepy side effects. Juvia should make him do this more often.
When Juvia came to, Juvia found herself feeling refreshed and sleeping on Natsu's chest. Though he should be the one waking Juvia up, Juvia will let this slide. Juvia pecked him on the cheeks. This week is the best!
Thanks for reading! Sorry for having bigger gaps between each chapter, the heat in Hong Kong is destroying my enthusiasm or motivation to write, it's one of the two. I know that the weather over here isn't as bad as some parts of the world, but still, doesn't mean it's not hot over here!
I also have some personal health problems, let's just say sitting inside all day because of summer vacation isn't too good for me, so I'm taking like thirty minute walks three times a week. This just exacerbating the summer heat to be even more unbearable.
Lastly, I said this before but, I feel like this story is growing stagnant, just each chapter is starting to blend together. Because of this, I'm losing interest in this story. However! I will see this story to the end! I'm tired of picking up a project and not finishing it. Plus, since this is the first time I'm writing for an audience rather than for myself, it gives me more obligation to wrap this up. Hopefully it'll be good.
That being said, perhaps you guys can give some good ideas for chapters until I figure out how to work out the proposal and the wedding part of the story.
Until then, hope you enjoyed, sorry for rambling so much, please let me know what you think of the chapter!
