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Chapter 2:
He was really hot, and Lucy didn't mean what he looked like, even though he was good looking but his body was actually really warm against her it was like a full body hot pack.
"My father?" she asked when he removed his hand.
"Yeah Jude Heartfillia where is he blondie?" Lucy shivered but not from the cold he was too warm for that.
"He died…five years ago" she says sadly trying not to tear up, Natsu's body stiffened.
"He's dead?" Lucy nods.
"Damn" he cursed, releasing her from the wall and inviting himself further into her apartment. Lucy stayed where she was, she wouldn't make the hallway if she tried to run, but what else could she do? A maximum security prisoner had broken into her apartment!
"Why are you looking for my father?" Lucy asks cautiously, Natsu stopped looking around her apartment with his sharp eyes to look back at her. He was dressed in prison blacks, an ID number printed on his shirt, she could even see the bottom of a tattoo peeking out from his upper arm.
"He knew stuff, stuff I want to know too, but if he's dead means they got to him first"
"Wait what?! My father died from cancer" Natsu just looked at her.
"Sure he did, bet it was fast acting, died within a month or two, nothing the doctors could do about it" Lucy froze, he was exactly right. How could he know?
"He was a businessman right? He must have had files, documents, something! Do you have any?" Natsu asks, Lucy looked back up to him shaking her head to answer him or try and disprove his announcement she wasn't sure.
"Uh, books…I only kept books from his house, um, his work files, contacts were on his laptop, I gave away his clothes, furniture, collectables, I kept my mums jewellery and an old family portrait"
"Where's his laptop?!" Natsu demands.
"It…went missing right after he died…" Natsu snorts.
"Figures" he mumbles heading into the kitchen.
"You have any meat?" he asks as if they were having a normal conversation.
"Yes" Lucy found herself responding, Natsu opened the fridge and started tossing food onto the counter Lucy stood in the middle of the room with no idea what to do. In fifteen minutes Lucy watched in morbid fascination as Natsu ate nearly every scrap of food she had, he offered her some but she just shook her head still standing in the same spot.
"You have a TV in this place?" Natsu suddenly asked.
"Uh yeah" Lucy stuttered, picking up the remote and turning on the TV the news was on and ironically it was about the man in her kitchen.
'While the prisoners have not been identified nor their crimes, six maximum security prisoners simultaneously escaped six maximum security locations this morning according to the prison staff. Authorities are warning all citizens to remain vigilant but not to panic, if you see any of the escaped prisoners call the police a walk away, as they are considered to be extremely dangerous. The prison's wardens will not of yet explain how the prisoners escaped or how they managed to do so simultaneously but we will have more information for you as the incident develops'
Six pictures of the escaped prisoners appeared on screen, Natsu's was first, followed by a black haired man with metal piercings, then a blond man with a lightning scar over one eye, another blond haired man who looked younger with a scar over his eyebrow, a black haired man about the same age with hair over one eye was next and finally a brown haired man with a vicious scar over a closed eye, like he'd lost it.
"Good they all got out" Natsu's voice shook Lucy out of her morbid fascination of the group, she turned back to him.
"How did you find me?" she asked, she definitely wasn't living here five years ago so there was no way he could have known where she lived before he was imprisoned.
"You're in the phone book, not many Heartfillia's as you'd imagine" Lucy almost wanted to slap herself in the face, of course she was registered in the phone book, she'd been here two years.
"Uh…so what are you going to do now?" she asked cautiously, he gave her a small smile,
"Well personally I'm going to sleep, wait for my mates to catch up with me"
"Your mates?" she asked then looked to the TV again.
"Wait, them?! How are they supposed to know where to find you?"
"We sorted that out years ago, might as well get some sleep Lucy, it'll take a while for them all to get here"
"You want to stay here?!" Lucy asked horrified.
"Well where else? I'm not sleeping on the street, easier for coppers to catch me out there, in here I'm good"
"No, not good, I'm here!" Natsu grinned.
"Yes you are, and you're going to stay here so do you want to sleep in the bed or do I get it? We can share I'm not fussy"
"No!" Lucy yelled shrilly.
"Fine if you're going to be that way about it, I'll take the couch, anything's better than that metal slab back in prison" Lucy watched as Natsu walked around her apartment for a minute, he locked the door and the windows, took her phone and laptop from her desk and disconnected the wall phone. Satisfied she couldn't seem to contact the outside world, he stole a blanket off her bed and a pillow and got himself comfortable on her couch.
"You going to gawk all night or are you going to sleep?" he asked with one eye open at her, Lucy blushed and turned for her room, just before she closed it she heard.
"Oh and Lucy try and escape me, I'll chase you and I'll catch you, that's a promise" Lucy took one last look at the pink haired man with a sly smile on his face and she closed the door.
Lucy didn't get much sleep she was too nervous, she sat upright eyes on the door as if he'd suddenly burst in. But he didn't and tiredness overcame her before she drifted off for a short time. She woke up at 8 and almost believed she'd dreamed everything, except her phone wasn't beside her bed, a pillow was missing and she was slightly cold from the lack of blankets.
She used the bathroom quickly to clean herself up before cautiously opening her door, he was still on the couch, lightly snoring. Lucy thought about sneaking to the front door, unlocking it and escaping, running to the nearest neighbour and calling the police but she hesitated.
She knew a bit about him thanks to Levy he didn't deserve to have those five years in prison did he? He hadn't hurt her at all, scared her yes but it wasn't as if he'd given her a reason to be scared really, that was just her bias to be scared of someone who escaped prison, he did barge his way in though but he hadn't threated her. He'd promised to chase her if she ran though so she was technically a prisoner of her own home now…
What was she doing?! Why was she rationalising this?! Had she developed Stockholm syndrome so quickly?! He's not that good looking!
Lucy slapped her hand over her eyes.
Where had that come from?!
She peaked through her hand at the man, he had to be around her age he was strong she could tell through his shirt, without needing to remember last night when he was pressed against her… Don't think of that! She reprimanded herself.
He had a strong angular face, his eyes she remembered bore straight into her and his pink coloured spiky hair actually really suit him…you've lost it Lucy. She decided walking into the kitchen and seeing if he had left any food at all in her apartment. If he really was going to stick around she would need to buy more food or they'd both starve. Great now you're thinking of the future with the nice handsome prisoner. She cursed herself and stood up almost having a heart attack at Natsu suddenly next to her, she hadn't heard him move at all.
"What?!" she gasped backing into the fridge.
"Didn't mean to frighten you, just wondering what's for breakfast"
"Is all you think about food?" she can't help but ask, he scoffs.
"Not even close but I haven't had such good food in seven years so I'm starved"
"Seven years? But you were in prison for five"
"Yeah but…how did you know that?" Lucy paled realising she'd slipped up, he didn't know she knew about him, damn Levy you've got me in trouble! His eyes were looking sharply at her.
"I'll ask again Lucy, how did you know how long I was in prison?!"
Good Luck Lucy!
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