Don't worry Wendy will be revealed in good time…
Chapter 3:
"Uh…um…well, you see…" Lucy stammered, how as she meant to explain this?
There was a knock at Lucy's door and they both turned, he put a finger to his lips to tell her to be quiet about him, she nodded and went to it.
"Who is it?" she asked.
"It's me of course Lu come on we have class in an hour" Levy's voice came through the door. Natsu gave her a firm shake of his head to say she couldn't leave.
"Uh, actually Lev I'm not feeling the best today…"
"Really? You can open the door you know" she says, Lucy opens it only enough so Levy can see her while Natsu is right behind the door.
"Yeah really Levy I'm not feeling the best, I'm going to go back to bed" Lucy says trying to look unwell, Levy crinkles her brow a little but nods.
"Okay do you need anything?"
"Uh yeah actually, I'm out of food, I haven't bought any in ages…I guess I just forgot" Levy shakes her head.
"That's so like you Lu, I'll buy your shopping"
"Thanks Levy you're the best, I'll get my wallet!"
"Nah I got it, I'll go now so you have something to eat today okay?"
"Thank Levy" Lucy said and she wished her friend knew how much.
"Do you have a list?" Levy wonders.
"Yeah give me one min okay?" Lucy closes the door and goes to the kitchen table, grabbing her notepad she starts writing down food, Natsu on her shoulder watching carefully.
"Anything you want?" Lucy whispers, he half smiles.
"Chicken, pork, lamb, noodles, spicy food too like curry or peppers"
"That might be a bit suspicious to Levy, she knows I don't eat hot food" Natsu's face looked so dejected that Lucy ended up writing it anyway before returning to Levy at the door.
"Uh you know this food is hot right?" Levy says scanning the list.
"Yeah I know, I just feel like it, must be the sickness" Lucy lies Levy shrugs.
"It's a lot of food but no problem I know how you like to horde food, I'll be back!"
"Thanks Levy!" Lucy called waving her friend goodbye before closing the door.
"So Lucy" Natsu says suddenly leaning over her, his arm leaning against the door trapping her.
"Where were we?" breathe Lucy reminded herself.
"Well…um my friend back there she's really good with books and computers and she looked you guys up when she heard about the break out and she kind of hacked into the secret files about your names and how you were imprisoned…" Lucy admits.
"So how much do you know?" he questions, his proximity not helping her heartbeat.
"Just that you were a soldier, as were your friends and something happened and you were experimented on, you guys escaped and were captured and imprisoned so you could be monitored…that's all" she says honestly, his eyes narrowed as if searching her for deception.
"Alright" he said moving away from her, Lucy let out a relieved breath.
"Was that all your friend found on us?" he asks turning back to her one hand on his hip.
"Yeah, I don't think there was much specifics I remember her saying something about them messing with your DNA"
"Yeah that was fun" he snorted, Lucy cringed, how could he take it so lightly?
"Are…you okay?" Natsu stared at her as if she suddenly grown a second head, not in a bad way just in fascination as if re-seeing her for the first time.
"Yeah, it was a long time ago" with that he moves off and sits on the couch, turning the TV on, Lucy stands dumbly for a little before sitting next to him on the other side of the couch, he looked at her briefly as she stared forward before looking back as well and they waited in silence.
Levy didn't take long at all, Lucy had to take everything at the door though since Natsu wouldn't let her enter, Levy was confused about that but Lucy just said she didn't want the bug she had to spread to Levy, so she wished her best friend goodbye and started carrying the food to the kitchen. She really had to wonder how Levy had been able to carry it all by herself since it took both her and Natsu to get everything to the kitchen, but Lucy unpacked everything then started making pancakes to Natsu's delight.
He could really act like a little kid Lucy realised, though at the same time it was plainly obvious he was a man, then again he'd get this distant look like he was very far away.
It was around 1 in the afternoon they were watching yet another infomercial when Lucy had the courage to ask.
"Who do you think killed my father?" Natsu looked directly at her, ignoring the screen completely.
"The same people who threw us in a lab like rats, the same people who put us in prison, they were just covering their tracks, I bet he wasn't the only one" Lucy didn't like that he was so blunt but at the same time she was grateful he was so honest.
"And who's that?" Lucy hesitantly asks.
"Fiore Military"
"The Military killed my father?"
"Most likely, if not directly, they'd have hired someone" Natsu looks back to the screen but his eyes were glazed over.
"Why?!" Lucy asks, Natsu closes his eyes.
"They think they know better, that it's for the 'greater good' what's one or ten or a hundred lives if it saves a million?"
"That's…really backward thinking!" Natsu looks at her in surprise.
"Everyone should matter! Every single life! No one has the right to decide if one person's life is more important than another!" Lucy couldn't stop her tears and she threw her hands over her face as she sobbed, when she suddenly felt warm arms around her she froze.
"I wish there were more people like you" he said softly in her ear, silent tears were all that fell from her eyes.
"The world would be so much better for it" Lucy rested her head on his shoulder and let him hug her, he's so warm she thought. She wasn't sure how long they stayed like that but she must have drifted off because when she woke up, her head was on his thigh, and the blanket he's stolen last night was wrapped around her. Lucy jumped into an upright position like she'd been fired from a cannon even Natsu jumped at the sudden movement, his features turning wary around them like he was looking for an enemy.
"Jeez you're active when you wake up I thought we were under attack!" he said shaking his head.
"What happened?" she asked.
"You fell asleep, honestly are all girls like you? Burst into tears then fall asleep?"
"No!" she shouted and he laughed.
"Just you then" he says with a smile.
"What time is it?"
"Just after four, you were asleep about two and a half hours"
"I usually never sleep during the day" she says more to herself.
"I've never really had the luxury of deciding when to sleep, in the army you slept when you could but with one eye open at all times, in prison everything's so regulated you never really know if you're waking up or going to sleep"
"Weren't you in solitary confinement?" Lucy asks, Natsu nods.
"Yep didn't talk to anyone but the guards for five years, I was allowed 1 hour a day for exercise outside my cell, other than that I was inside, playing cards, bouncing a ball, scratching on the walls, doing some kind of exercise…"
"Practising your escape?" Natsu looked at her with a smile.
"Yeah that too"
"You going to tell me how you did it?" she asks curiously.
"No"
"Why not?"
"I don't trust you, and you don't trust me" Lucy opened her mouth to object but he kept going.
"You trust me not to hurt you, enough to fall asleep while I'm here, I trust you not to bolt out the door if I take a shower but…I can't trust you with my secret, it could put you in more danger anyway"
"My father was murdered! I don't care about danger I want to know the truth!"
"The truth is never easy to get and even harder to believe, Lucy these people are dangerous, they will erase your existence, they threw us in a deep dark pit where no one knew us and no one could help us but ourselves, we were expendable, we still are"
"Not to me" Lucy says defiantly.
"My father was not expendable, I'm not expendable and neither are you, you're alive, you deserve to have a chance to live!" Natsu cracked a smile.
"That might be the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me" he says honestly, he gets up and starts walking to her room.
"Where are you going?"
"I told you, I trust you not to bolt so I can have a shower, I haven't had one without someone watching me in a long time, I'm going to enjoy it" Lucy watched him go and listened as the shower was turned on, she quickly realised he'd have nothing to wear when he came out! Lucy did the only thing she could think of she picked up her computer from the ground, opened up the internet and order men size clothes for him, her father's old courier Virgo would be able to deliver it to her in half an hour. Lucy had closed her laptop and put it back on the ground before she realised she hadn't even thought about calling the police, she didn't even think to email Levy. Natsu was right she wasn't interested in bolting just yet, there were too many things she needed to know.
"Hey Lucy I just realised I don't have clean clothes" Natsu says coming out of her room in nothing but a white towel, around his hips.
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