Lucy POV

I woke up to the warmth of my bed. No,wait, this wasn't my bed! I could hear a heartbeat other than mines and I could feel the individual of another person. I peeked my head up to see...Natsu Dragneel.

My eyes widened in surprise. I wasn't expecting him to be here. As I stared up at his face, I noticed he looked so peaceful while he was sleeping. But one question still remained- how did he get in here?

Once the hazy memory of me being half asleep faded, I remembered. He had came here yesterday. And I told him all about my past! I had never opened up to anyone before. Let alone told them about what happened to me when I was little. I don't even think I'd made a friend in years!

Wait, a friend? Did I consider him a friend? Could I? I had promised myself that I would never get to close to anyone ever again, but this man just had a way of tearing down all my barriers whenever I saw him. It's like he just radiated a comforting light that bought out my real personality.

But he was the only one who could do that.

NORMAL POV

Natsu slowly opened his eyes to be welcomed by big brown orbs looking back at him. He quickly jumped back and got in a battle ready position.

As he finally took focus on the figure, he noticed it was Lucy. And he relaxed. He had forgotten that he had came over there yesterday.

"Why are you so giddy in the morning?" Lucy asked chuckling "I mean who wakes up like that?"

A slight blush appeared on Natsu's face. "I was just shocked." He said scratching the back of his head.

His look then became serious. "Lucy, I promise I'll mend your heart. It doesn't matter how long it takes. I'll make it so that you can trust everyone. If not everyone, me."

Lucy just smiled a grateful smile. "Thank you, Natsu." But then she looked away. He doesn't know how much he's already done for me... She thought

"Hey Lucy! Mind coming shopping with me?" Natsu asked her.

Lucy looked skeptical for a moment. And she furrowed her eyebrows in thought.

Natsu looked at her concerned. "What's wrong?"

"It's just that, I don't really like being in big crowds of people. Because they always try to communicate with you and I'm not a huge talker. I only go down to the town if I need water or clothes. And as you can see, I basically have my own farm in the back of my house. And plantation."

"Come on,Lucy! There's nothing wrong. You act just fine around me. So what's the problem?" Natsu said.

"That's the problem." Lucy said, a slight blush on her face. "Your the only one I can act fine around. Everyone else is..." she turned her head down to the floor and clutched her hands into fist and sat them on her thighs.

"Don't worry. It'll be fine! How about I hold your hand? Will that make you feel better?" Natsu asked grabbing her hand.

"I-It m-might..."

"Well, come on then!" Natsu pulled Lucy out of her sitting position and they ran out the door.

"Natsu wait!" Lucy yelled over the wind. "What?" He yelled back. "I just woke up.M-My hairs a mess and my face probably looks bad!" She yelled back.

Natsu just looked back at her and laughed. "Don't sweat it! No ones gonna be paying that much attention to you."

They ran through a few thick trees till the town came into view. Natsu hurriedly ran over to the flea market that was easy to spot from a far dragging Lucy with him.

Once they got there, Natsu started to explain, "We're just her to get some vegetables and some fruits. So we shouldn't be here that long."

Lucy nodded her head in agreement. "I see a apple stand over there." she pointed ahead.

"Okay, let's go then." They walked over to the apple stand. "I like the small red apples so if you see any, get them."

Lucy and Natsu both started digging through the stack of apples. Lucy noticed this was hard to do since her other hand was being held in Natsu's. She softly tried to pull away, but he had a iron grip on her hand. Lucy slightly blushed. "Uh, Natsu, you gonna let go of my hand?"

"Nope! I told you I would hold it remember?" He asked smiling one of his signature grins. Lucy let a small grace her lips and nodded her head.

Although Lucy was trying to concentrate on looking for apples, she couldn't help but feel that everyone was looking at her, especially the lady who was running the stand. She felt like her eyes were burrowing a whole into her skull. Her eyebrows started to furrow and her breathing started getting a bit heavier.

Natsu seemed to have noticed this. " Lucy what wrong? Your looking kind of pale."

Lucy looked up and smiled a weak smile. "Uh, it's nothing. Don't worry about it." She said waving him off. She didn't want to bother him with her problems.

Since, Natsu couldn't find any apples he wanted they chose to go to another stand. This one sold pineapples. "I don't care which ones you get. Just pick some up." He told Lucy.

Lucy picked up as many as she could hold, which was about 2 and Natsu picked up 3. He then placed them on top of the pineapples Lucy already had. Lucy looked at him confused.

"What are you doing?" she asked him. "You need to improve your social skills, so your gonna buy them." he handed her some money and she looked at him worriedly. "If you say so.."

She looked at the man who was running the stand and handed him the pineapples. He looked at her and smiled taking the them.

"So how was your day today, young lady?" he asked trying to be polite.

Lucy just kept quiet and ignored his question. It looked like she had turned into a whole nother person. It's like her look had become dead and distant.

The man took the hint, that she wasn't gonna be responding and gave her her total. Lucy handed him the money, got the pineapples and walked off. Natsu following close behind.

"Lucy? What was that?" he asked her looking bewildered.

"What do you mean what was that? You told me to buy the pineapples so I did." she said casually.

"No, I mean how you acted. He asked you a question and you just pretended he wasn't even there!" Natsu exclaimed

"Thats just how I act around people I can't help that. For some reason you, and old people are the only exception." Lucy kept walking ahead, not being able to walk far with Natsu's hand still in hers.

"Wow, I never knew you were like that around people though. I must really be that special, huh?"

"S-Shut up! You might be some kind of weird alien. That's why I can be so normal around you!"

Natsu just smiled one of his signature toothy smiles and patted Lucy's head. Lucy blushed and looked away.

"So, what are we getting next?" Lucy asked rather impatiently.

"Kiwi." Natsu replied

"There goes a stand over there", Lucy stated

Once they arrived at the stand and picked out some ripe kiwis Natsu handed the kiwi to her. "Your buying them again. And this time. Respond to them If they ask you something!"

"I'll try.." Lucy replied

"Hello, miss, did you have a good day?" the booth lady said

Lucy stared at her for a few seconds. "U-Uhh." she tried to get something out but ended failing badly.

The lady just smiled at her gave her her total. Lucy handed her the money and quickly walked away.

"Lucy! What was that?" Natsu asked

"B-Be quiet! I tried okay?" Lucy said flustered. Natsu looked down and shook his head. "I guess we'll have try again. But this will be the last time okay?"

Lucy nodded her head.

They head went to a apricot stand next. Once they had picked some out, she handed them to the stand lady.

She smiled a friendly smile at Lucy and Lucy prepared herself for the words to come next.

"Did you find everything you needed, mam?"

Lucy gulped and she felt a few droplets of sweat form on her forehead. For some reason, her lips had became incredibly dry. Natsu have her an encouraging squeeze.

"U-Uhh, y-y-y-ye-YES! Lucy shouted at the end, closing her eyes and breathing hard.

The lady looked at her with a look of concern, but Natsu have her a reassuring smile signaling everything way okay. The lady have her the total and Lucy paid it.

Once they walked away, Lucy fist pumped the air and a huge smile spread across her face. "Natsu I did it! I responded to her! Lucy exclaimed

"Yeah, you did! Natsu raised his hand up to give her a high five and she gladly slapped her hand up against his.

"Come on its time to go."Natsu started pulling her back through the trees and bushes to get to her cottage.

"What about your vegetables? She asked Natsu looking up at him.

"Natsu's face scrunched up. "I hate vegetables. That was all just an excuse because I wanted you to open up to people more." He smiled down at her.

"Looks like my plan worked!" He exclaimed grinning.

Lucy just smiled. How long had it been since someone had been so nice to her?

Once they had reached the cottage, Natsu handed Lucy some of his fruit. "This is for helping me out and achieving something today!" he exclaimed

Lucy said her thanks, and Natsu slowly took his hand out of hers. She automatically missed the gentle warmth his hand provided her.

Just as he was about to walk out the door, she ran up behind him and hugged him tightly. Natsu was shocked for only a second, but then put his hands over hers that were on his abdomen. They stayed like that for a few moments enjoying the feeling of one another.

"I'll see you tomorrow." He whispered

Then he slipped out her grasp and walked out the door.

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