It smells so good. I thought to myself, curling up into something warm and soothing to the touch, I nuzzle my face into it. Mmm it smells like a campfire, and it's so soft. I bury my face in it even further. Wait... What is it even? I open my eyes to find that a white fabric was snaked around me. A scarf? I pull the scarf away from my face and look down at it. It looks almost as if it was quilted together. I sit up and unravel the scarf from my body, setting it on my lap. I stretch my arms over my head looking around my room in a sleepy, half-dream state.
"Good morning Natsu" I say groggily through a deep yawn. Wait. I stop in mid stretch and look over to see a mischievous grin and serpentine like eyes staring back. He gets up and walks ever so calmly over to my bed and sits at the other end. He puts his hands behind him and leans back, like he didn't have a care in the world, still giving me that lopsided smile that seems to put my soul at ease. A barely noticeable blush forms across his cheeks.
"Morning" he says quietly just tilting his head towards the window, and watches the birds on a nearby power line. Our voices drifted into silence, I was still in a state of shock, as the sweet melody of tweets from the birds, was filling my room and a cool air that was flowing through the window, it made my body shiver and get goosebumps. I grabbed the scarf that was lying on my lap and held it across my chest covering my indecency, and wrapping it around my shoulders to try and hide from the nippy breeze. Fall's coming. I think to myself, I could feel it in the air, the cool crisp feel under the warmth of the sun, and the trees in the distance giving small hints of yellows and oranges in the leaves.
I felt my face flush as I scooted closer to him staring out the window, he gave off heat like a radiator, and smelled like nature, a sweet smell, yet there was a spice to it, like a fresh rain after a bonfire.
He has a look of melancholy on his face, like he was remembering something painful. I set my hand gently on his arm. "Hey..." When he looked at me I could see tears brimming in the corners of his eyes. He leaned forward and rested his forehead on my shoulder. "Natsu are you okay?".
"I'm-" His voice was shaky and ragged and he paused taking in a deep breath before continuing. "I'm fine" he choked out, and started shaking. I felt warmth from his tears hit my exposed chest, where the scarf didn't cover. I embrace him, resting one arm around his neck, and using the other hand I start to gently start to comb my fingers through his hair in a soothing manor. This all felt so familiar and somehow natural. After a few minutes he pulls away, looking me deep in my eyes, he still had tears trickling down his face. I reach my hand up and start to wipe away his tears, and he reaches up and rests his calloused hand against my cheek at the same time.
"Lav," He whispers brushing his thumb gingerly across my cheek. His eyes held such an intensity that I wanted to look away but couldn't. "You're crying again."
I touch my own face feeling the warm tears spilling from my own eyes. Why am I crying? Why does this keep happening when I think about him? I cough and quickly wipe away my tears.
"So I am." I smile at him as I take his scarf and start dabbing away his tears. He grabs my hand and holds it against his face.
"Why is this happening, why can't you remember?" He quietly utters, in an almost pleading tone looking down at his other hand, it was shaking.
"Remember what?" I whisper. He looks up at me an his eyes grow darker for an instant, when my mom walks in with a tray of food.
"Lav, I brought you and Natsu-" Her sentence drifts off into silence when she sees us. Natsu holding my hand to his face, his eyes in tears, and I guess I'm crying too. But the thing that caught her attention was how close we were sitting, and what I was wearing. I had completely forgot that I was in my underwear, and wearing nothing but his scarf. She closed her eyes and spoke through clenched teeth. "Listen here you little perverted pyro, when I open my eyes you better be out of her room and down stairs or else." Natsu gave me a rueful smile, and squeezed my hand before setting it on my lap and walking out. When mom opened her eyes I was sitting in my bed staring at my hand, and I was alone. "Are you okay Lavender?" She walks over and gingerly sets on my bed. I nod and look up at her, feeling like I was going to start crying again.
"Did-" I pause trying to calm down and figure out how to word the question. "Did I hit my head, or get amnesia or something?" I grab my phone and flip through the pictures before reaching the one of me and Natsu, only, it wasn't there. "Where did it go?" I start flipping frantically through my phone, trying to find it. My mom stood up without one word and looks over at my blank wall she had a grim look drawn across her face.
"You haven't hit your head or anything. You're fine." She says in a flat tone, and walks out, closing the door behind her. I sat there for a moment, gathering my thoughts, and processing everything that had just happened.
After a few moments I stood up and went to get changed. I put on a pair of faded denim jeans and a black "Guardians of the Galaxy" tank top, and a Green flannel to ward away the nip in the air. I threw my hair up, and headed down stairs Natsu's scarf in hand. After what seemed like an eternity, I finally make it outside, the air had a chill to it, it was probably the last warm day of the summer.
I tilt my head up to greet the suns rays, as they bathe over my skin. A smile slowly forms across my face, as the sound of birds and the cool breeze shuffling through the crisp leaves of the trees. The air licked across my skin giving me the chills. I look back at Natsu and smile. Today is going to be so much fun.