Thank you for your reviews. Here's chapter 2. I hope it answers your previous questions. :")
Lessons in Life
Dreams or Reality?
Fairytail, the only mage guild in Magnolia, was in their usual cheerful state.
Natsu, a fire dragon slayer, fighting with Gray, an ice mage. Erza aka Titania, a red haired Requip mage, is situated in a table savoring her strawberry shortcake. Cana, a mage who uses card magic, drinking from a barrel of beer with Macao and Wakaba. Mirajane, the barmaid and an ex S-class mage who uses takeover magic, wiping used mugs with a contented smile plastered in her pretty face. And Master Makarov sitting by the counter watching his 'children' while smoking from his pipe.
But through all the cheerful noise around, a certain blonde mage sitting by the counter is not happy. Instead, she feels dizzy and irritated by the noise. 'Geez! They're so noisy! Can't I read in peace?' she thought to herself. 'As I've read, stress is not good for the baby. How can I tell them to be quiet without rousing suspicion?'
Unknowingly, the white haired beauty behind the counter was observing her friend. She watched as an irritated expression surfaced in Lucy's pretty face but then was quickly replaced with a thoughtful one. 'This may be what they call mood swings. I wonder when she'll tell the whole guild? But I'm very curious on how Natsu got Lucy pregnant. Maybe I should ask...' Mirajane thought as a sweet but evil smile crept to her face.
"Mira is scary..!" Happy said as he placed himself on top of Lucy's head. He then noticed an equally evil smile made by Lucy.
"Happyyy..." she started in a sickly sweet voice. The poor cat was immediately scared out of his wits. "Lucy is scarier! NA-phf" he started but was stopped by the hand of the celestial mage.
"You want lots of fish, right? I'll give you fish if you create a distraction to make everyone quiet. The faster, the better. Got it?" Lucy said in a singsong voice. Bribed by fish, the cat immediately thought of a way to make the guild members quiet.
After about a minute or so, he decided on a perfect distraction. "Lucy! Are you sick? What do you mean morning sickness?" the cat yelled at the top of his voice. Seems like its effective since all mages stopped from what they're doing. But Lucy DEFINITELY didn't like the distraction by Happy. She made a mental note to give the cat poisoned fish later.
Few seconds later, motion came back to the guild. All guild members surrounded their precious nakama.
"Lu-chan! Are you sick? You seem so pale. Morning sickness...wait! Isn't that for preg...?" the blue haired mage trailed off when she saw the dull stare of her best friend.
Other guild members asked the blonde questions. "Lucy, are you okay?" "Bunny girl, how you doing?" "Lucy/Love rival! Juvia is so happy for you"
Everyone asked their questions at the same time. Like yesterday, the blonde felt dizzy. She saw a pink haired mage making his way towards her. He stood in front of her and held her shoulders gently.
"Luce! Is it true? Igneel said that morning sickness is felt by preg-" started by the dragon slayer but was cut off when Lucy pulled him closer by his scarf until they were face to face. This caused him to blush because of the proximity. He noticed that Lucy's cheeks seems red too. "Not another word especially from YOU." the stellar mage said in a menacing tone. Lucy then faced all the guild members after releasing Natsu.
"Minna! I'd like to apologize for yesterday. Gomenasai! It is true. I am pregnant. I wanted to keep it a secret for a while cause I was waiting for a 'certain idiot' to confess to me. He's more of an idiot than I thought for forgetting what happened that night." The last sentence came out softer causing the guild to lean closer to her and only the dragon slayers can hear. With this, the blonde celestial mage turned her eyes on him. "Let me explain what happened..." her words were lost to the ears of the fire mage.
He stared at those warm chocolate orbs he loved so much and was struck by an overwhelming memory.
Flashback...
*Natsu POV*
Natsu was lying on his hammock in the shack that he and Happy made. He was trying his best to sleep yet the image of his most precious nakama kept popping into his mind. Lucy... Ever since she came into his life, he felt changed somehow. He learned to think deeper than he had before. He never felt the extreme loneliness he had when Lisanna died. He never felt alone anymore since Igneel left.
It's like she's the sun that gives light in his world. When she's gone, he is worried to death. He had to admit that he almost considers Lucy as his mate. The overprotectiveness he feels over her specially on battles, the overwhelming desire to hug and kiss her and the fast heart beat he gets when she's around. Mira says its love. Yet he denies it everytime. And only he knows the truth.
Friendship is more important than Romance. Or so he says. He's not willing to risk losing their friendship with just a single confession.
Again, Lucy's smiling face appeared in his thoughts. Her warm chocolate brown eyes, her blonde hair and fair skin, her bright smile. She's the true image of an angel minus the wings...
'Quit it, Natsu. She's just your precious nakama. You shouldn't risk it.' he told himself before falling into a deep slumber. Or so he thought.
Unconsciously, the dragon slayer had walked toward Lucy's house, totally following his dragon instincts. He jumped to the window and settled himself beside the stellar spirit mage. 'She smells like strawberries... Even in my dream. Should I kiss her?' he asked himself through his hazy mind. Again, he followed his instincts and slowly closed the distance between him and Lucy. He placed his lips on the soft lips of the blonde. He felt her stir from the contact.
"Natsu...wha-" she was cut off as the dragon slayer kissed her again. This time with more aggressiveness like he couldn't get enough of her sweet lips. 'Shall I deepen the kiss since its just a dream?' he contemplated for a second before proceeding. He lost himself to the sweet lips of his nakama.
*Lucy POV*
Lucy lost herself to the hot kisses given by her precious nakama. 'For just one night...'.With this thought, she responded to the dragon slayers aggressiveness.
Clothes fell on the floor (or should I say thrown?) as they moved their bodies closer to each other. Despite being inexperienced, they let their instincts took over. They matched each others heated desire with equal fervor. And that fateful night, they became one...
The next morning, the stellar spirit mage was the first to wake up. She almost shrieked when she felt warm hands around her NAKED waist. She looked behind her and saw the sleeping face of Natsu Dragneel. Everything that happened the night before came back to her. The blonde blushed furiously, extremely ashamed of herself. She just took advantage of her nakama, who wouldn't be guilty?
As gentle as she could, she carefully removed his hands. She quickly went to the bath to put on some clothes and clean herself. After taking a shower and cleaning herself, she made a hard decision. She will not let anyone know what happened that night. Natsu, being the idiot that he is, he might not remember the happenings last night and it will just break her heart.
Quietly, she picked up the dragon slayer's clothes. Not wanting her spirit friends to get involved, the blonde dressed the sleeping Natsu on her own. All the while, she was blushing in the face down to the neck because of seeing his...EVERYTHING. Being a heavy sleeper, the pink haired boy wasn't aware of what was happening. He woke up only after he smelled the pancakes that Lucy cooked. Not aware of what happened, the day proceeded just like any other day. Only to him, of course.
Almost a month after that 'incident', the blonde felt the symptoms of pregnancy. Dizziness, morning sickness, being picky with food. She was a little afraid yet at the same time happy that she was bearing the child of Natsu, her precious nakama whom she fell in love with.
She was 2 months pregnant already when she took Natsu to the department store to shop for baby things and maybe to give him a hint.
End of Flashback...
"I see. So that's what happened. Natsu! Take responsibility of what you've done to Lucy." the red haired Requip mage said while giving the poor dragon slayer her infamous glare and pointing her sword at him which made the mage cower in fear.
"Natsu. You will definitely be dead if you intend to run away from your responsibility. Right, Master?" Mirajane said sweetly yet surrounded by her demon aura that the other members shrank away from her.
"Natsu, you bastard! You're so lucky. Lucky..." said the master with tears in his eyes. The whole guild sweat dropped at the reaction of the perverted master.
"Natsu, be a man!" "You're such a lucky bastard!" "Flamebrain, take responsibility of Lucy or else"
The whole guild was scolding Natsu to take responsibility that it was driving the dragon slayer nuts. Feeling like he'd had enough, he stood up and face Lucy. 'This is the right time. I must face my true feelings!'
The whole guild grew silent that a pin drop can be heard. All waited with bated breath as Natsu approached Lucy and held her hand.
"I, Natsu Dragneel, promise to take responsibility of my child with Lucy Heartfilia. And I also promise to protect and love you for the rest of my life."
Or so it should have been. Being so nervous, this is what he said as heard by other members. "-I-also-promise-to-protect-and-love-you-for-the-rest-of-my-life."
All of it was said in just one breath making it sound like gibberish. The whole guild face palmed including Lucy.
"Natsu, can you please repeat it one more time AND slower." the blonde said to the blushing fire mage.
"Oh, sorry. Here goes.
I, Natsu Dragneel, promise to take responsibility of my child with Lucy Heartfilia. And I also promise to protect and love you for the rest of my life." he leaned in to kiss the blushing Lucy. Before his lips reached Lucy's though, the blonde punched his stomach causing the pink haired mage to wince and fall to the ground clutching his stomach. He smelled salty tears and he quickly looked up to his beloved nakama.
"Took you long enough. Idiot." the celestial mage smiled through her tears and launched herself on Natsu who was still on the floor.
"I love you, you idiot. Right from day one, you know." she mumbled to Natsu.
"I love you, too Luce. Please stop crying. I hate your tears." then Natsu kissed Lucy full in the lips. The whole guild errupted in cheers as they watched two of their members kissing each other ferociously.
"This means a party, everyone!" Master Makarov said. If possible, the noise got louder. The new lovers who seemed oblivious to the noise broke their kiss and smiled lovingly at each other. They stealthily sneaked out the back door wanting to continue what they started at Lucy's apartment.
Unknowingly, Mirajane saw them and smiled more brightly than usual. 'I knew they were meant for each other. Who should be the next couple?'
Her eyes found Levy and Gajeel. The iron dragon slayer offered the bookworm a drink which she happily accepted. The girl seemed oblivious to the wistful smile the bigger man gave her. The white haired barmaid smiled happily at this.
'This is getting more interesting...' she happily thought as she gracefully moved through the crowd to distribute the drinks.
"Mira~. More beer here please~?"
"Hai, hai!"
Thank you minna for your reviews! I'm so sorry for the late update. I hope you enjoyed it and got your questions answered. ~.~