Hello guys! It's been a long time huh? I'm truly sorry for the very, very late update due to a lot of school works and house chores. Plus the laziness. Well, I admit that I'm very lazy sometimes and I hate that part of me the most and I absolutely want to change that. So, I'm going to try my best to change for the better results of my activities. Well, enough of the chit-chat! Please enjoy the chapter! :) And I definitely don't own Fairy Tail! :)
Chapter 3: On The Way
After they came back to the guild from their mission, Natsu is never leaving Lucy alone no matter where she goes. The bathroom is not an exception. Whenever Lucy takes a bath, Natsu is always there inside with her. The only thing that separates them is the curtain which blocks the view to her bathtub which she spends her time relaxing. She hates it. Especially when taking a bath is the only that relaxes her mind and body. And now, that too, is not relaxing anymore. Now, 'taking a bath' is one of the most exhausting activity she does everyday ever since Lucy forgave Natsu that time. But Lucy can't argue with him because he would just ignore her.
Natsu became more overprotective than ever especially when some guys approach Lucy out of nowhere. The guy's at the guild is definitely not an exception. They still have to go through Natsu before they finally get to Lucy. The only exceptions are the girls excluding Lisanna. Ever since that time, Erza, Juvia, Wendy, Charle and Happy never left Lucy's side for protection against Lisanna. Because, for sure, Lisanna is definitely going to argue with Lucy and humiliate her every time she gets a chance to do so.
Even though Natsu is overprotective on Lucy and he never lets his guard down when it comes to her, but he is still letting Lisanna flirt with him every damned time. Of course, he doesn't realize that Lisanna is actually flirting with him because he is so damn dense. Lucy always hates that, that's why whenever Lisanna is closing in on Natsu, Lucy always quickly grabs Natsu out of the place and go on a mission or she would just grab Natsu's arm tight and flirt with him. Because that is the only way that Lisanna won't come near.
Days have already passed after that incident and the guild is most likely back to normal except for Natsu and Lucy's side. She always feels so conscious about him. And somehow, ever since that incident, somehow, something changed about Natsu. Not just that he's overprotective and all. Somehow, in Lucy's point of view, he became more cute and handsome. And what's more, he became more expressive about his feelings than he ever was. Even with just that, Lucy fell for Natsu much harder than ever, to the point that Lucy wanted Natsu to become hers alone. Even though it's such a selfish desire, she only wanted him to be hers. Then one day at the guild, when Lisanna is again, approaching Natsu, she started a conversation with him with their arms tucked with each other.
"Oi, Natsu, can I ask you something?" Lucy asked in a flirty tone that she uses only in this type of situation.
"Huh? What is it? Do 'ya need something?" Natsu replied, somehow conscious about Lisanna closing in and Lucy tucking her arms around his. Natsu felt something soft touch his arm where Lucy is holding his arm tight. It was her chest.
Natsu felt himself blush at the thought of his arm being squeezed between Lucy's chest. Huh? Why is my face hot just because of her chest touching me? It always happens before. But I never had this kind of feeling… This is so weird…. He thought, while Lucy replied;
"Let's go on a beach. Can you go with me? Cana and the others have something to do so they can't go with me. Can you? Please..?" Lucy stated with puppy dog eyes and a very sweet voice that Natsu won't even dare to refuse. Natsu stared at her for seconds before speaking up.
"You think that I can still refuse? I know what you'll do to me if I don't accompany you anyway. So, what time are we going there?" Natsu replied with a little blush on his face.
"Yay! Let's go now!" Lucy replied then she dragged Natsu out of the guild with Happy behind them. They first went to Lucy's house to gather the things she needed while Natsu is already packed.
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"Natsu! Get a hold of yourself! You can do it! We're almost there." Lucy told Natsu, encouraging him not to throw up in the train.
They're going to Hargeon to board a ship for an island resort. They decided to stay there for three days and two nights.
Lucy's P.O.V.:
"The train is about to go to a stop. You should pull yourself together Natsu." I said to him while I was looking at the surroundings then when I turned to him, he doesn't look like he can pull himself up though. I sighed then the train finally stopped. I put Natsu's arm around me and helped him out of the train when I saw something familiar. A long and beautiful scarlet hair just like Erza's. I wondered if it was really her so I was about to call out when the security guard suddenly came and told me to step out of the yellow lane. When I stepped out of the yellow lane and fixed our luggage, I looked up to see if she's still there. But she already vanished in the crowd.
"Natsu come on. We're already here. We have to catch that ship or else we won't be able to go there." I said to him while helping him up.
"E-eh? N-not again… C-can't we just l-let Happy c-carry us t-there?" Natsu replied while stuttering.
"You know we can't. Did you already forget that Happy can only carry one person?" I replied,
"Then Happy will just carry me there while you take the ship." Natsu stated, not stuttering anymore.
"Hah? Are you an idiot? I already bought the tickets. It's going to be a waste if we don't use it." I replied. "You can just bear with it again like you just did while you're in the train. Ugh. We should've let Wendy come with us." I continued.
"Yeah. We should've. You we're hurrying like there was a monster chasing after you. I was supposed to ask her about it since I know that we're going to ride this and that but you suddenly pulled me out of the guild so I couldn't ask her." Natsu replied to me while pouting like a kid. He was soooooo adorable! I want to hug him so badly. But of course I can't do that. Especially when we're in public like this.
"Aye… Wendy would also be happy to come with us. And Charle will also be coming if Wendy is with us." Happy stated with a disappointed tone present in his voice.
"You only want to be with Charle," I stated,
"Aye!" Happy replied.
Well that'd be obvious already since Happy likes Charle a lot and he's not afraid to show his feelings to her. Not like someone here beside me whose consciousness about love is always like in another world. *sigh* I wonder when he'll realize about my feelings. How about I confess when we get there later? No, no, no. I'm not yet prepared about that. Well, the relationship we have right now is still fine and as long as we're a team, I still have a chance. I will confess to him when the time is right.
Natsu still has a jet lag on that last transportation we took. We should rest for about half an hour so he can get some of his strength back.
"Hey let's go take a rest somewhere. We still have about one and a half hour until the appointed time anyway." I stated.
"Yeah. I'm beat up all over and I'm hungry. Let's go to a restaurant. I'm so hungry!" Natsu replied,
"Ok. But don't eat so much because I'll be the one who's going to clean up your mess later got that?" I replied with a serious tone so that he'll obey. I'll have lots of trouble if I don't clear that issue now anyway.
Normal P.O.V.:
They ate at the restaurant that Natsu suggested and it's a good thing that Natsu listened to Lucy, or else who knows what'll actually happen later when they board the ship.
"Let's go guys. It's half an hour before the ship leaves. We should be going there already or else we'll miss it." Lucy stated while breaking that peaceful atmosphere they just had after eating a delicious and satisfying meal.
"Ehhh? We're going already? Can't the ship just wait a little longer?" Natsu replied,
"Aye." interfered Happy with a fish in his mouth.
"Hah. You know we can't Natsu. Are you an idiot? Well you are though. Ahh! Whatever. Let's just go already!" Lucy replied with an annoyed tone present in her voice.
Now for the people just a few tables away from theirs,
"Oi. They're leaving already." said the raven haired guy.
"I really feel sorry for Natsu-san. He have to board a ship after boarding a train. I wish I could be of help to him," stated the blue haired girl just right beside the raven haired guy.
"You can't do that you know. We're following them IN SECRET right? So bear with it. You can help him next time anyway." Said the white female cat with a cute frilly dress on.
"Oioi. They're already out." Stated the raven haired guy.
"Yosh. Let's go and follow them." Said the scarlet haired woman and all of them got up from their seats and walked out of the restaurant to follow the two (soon-to-be) lovebirds.
Natsu and Lucy with Happy are already near the port where the ship that they're going to ride to go to the island resort is stopped. The panorama of the sea is as beautiful as ever. After a few minutes of walking, they arrived at the entrance where they're going to give their pass.
Natsu, Lucy and Happy now boarded the ship with their unknown followers behind them. Natsu got hit by his motion sickness the moment he stepped on the ship. As always, Lucy is there to comfort him but when she can't take it anymore, she always gets Happy to take over. And when the ship finally moves, Natsu's motion sickness got worse than ever.
After a few hours of traveling, they finally reached their destination.
Ohh. A cliffy. Now I didn't expect that. XD Just kidding. I'm sorry for those who feel that this chapter is short and somehow, quite nonsense I guess? Haha. I'm so speechless. But I hope you guys enjoyed reading this chapter! R&R! By the way, the next chapter will be released sooner or later. It depends on my mood and schedule anyway. Plus, I always get a major writers' block.(correct me if I'm wrong) So, chit-chat's over! Oh, by the way, Thank you so much for those who supports my story. If ever you have any suggestions or corrections, I'll be happy to entertain every single one of them. :)