VI
Igneel had worried about Natsu's relationships. Indeed his son had hit it off with nearly everyone in the guild at first sight, and had even developed some deeper relationships and rivalries, mainly with Gray and the child named Erza, but he'd been… curious, about how Natsu would handle other emotions.
The girl named Lisanna was a sweet human. Igneel found it was hard not to smile when she was around, and while Igneel realized Natsu himself hadn't noticed it, the girl held some romantic feelings towards his son.
Igneel was curious, wondering if Natsu would ever catch on. Igneel himself had never had much issues with the other gender, however his hard-headed and dense son was apparently another story.
When Lisanna would tug on his arm he felt Natsu's confusion and slight annoyance with being carted around. When she would talk about marriage and Natsu would blush, Natsu's confusion only grew. On the outside perhaps he looked like a pushover, following the white-haired girl wherever and complacently going along with her antics, but on the inside he was, in short… miffed by the interactions.
Natsu didn't recognize Lisanna's feelings, nor did he reciprocate them, so even playing "house" as the humans called it, out in the forest with a strange-looking egg they'd found didn't mean to Natsu what others began to think it meant.
Sometimes Igneel would chuckle, or even laugh aloud, at his son's complete unawareness, and other times he'd sigh and wonder if he'd done something wrong in bringing the child up.
Either way, he figured there was nothing he could do now. He'd just have to sit back and wait, watching and hoping that eventually Natsu would get his head out of the clouds and begin to decipher what others, and Lisanna, felt for him.
I feel like Igneel would've been banging his head against a wall at how dense Natsu seemed with more romantic feelings. I love Igneel. He needs more attention. XD Also I love Lisanna too, she doesn't deserve the hate she gets. :(
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~Foxtail-chan