Chapter 14

Lucy's POV

I ran closer and closer to his figure, close enough so that I could at least reach him. The dress slowed my movements in my attempt to reach him.

"Natsu!" Tears feld from my eyes as the desperation got to me.

I panted and coughed. My chest hurt so much from both physical and emotional pain. I gripped the thin cloth covering the pain in my chest and yanked at it. Hoping the freedom of breathing will slowly come back to me.

I dropped to my knees and panted hardly whilst coughing. I looked up at Natsu. He ran towards me. "Why are you coughing?!"

"Please, Natsu... H-hear me out..." I said through short breaths.

"There's no time for this-"

"Please!" I cried.

"..." He fell silent, "Well then you must hurry your explanation."

"Natsu, think before you act. Back there when you turned to leave, you didn't see what happened before that did you?" I said, slowly catching my breath.

"Saw nothing i did, what did happen?" He said as he helped me up.

"Before you came, Gray was being tortured by two unknown men. Of course seeing your loyal butler in that situation I had to say something. I went to help Gray when the men ran off..." I stopped as I was sure that Gray had apologized to me for nothing, "He apologized before assulting me."

"Do you speak the truth, after all Gray is always calm and never would do bad deed without reason."

"You do not believe your lover?" I asked painfully, " I thought you trusted me, after all those years we spent together..."

He stared at me. As time ticked past he finally spoke up, "I believe you..."

"Natsu!" There was a loud voice, footsteps hurried towards our direction. I turned around to see Gray running. Fear corrupted me as I again fell short of breathe. Natsu stood in front of me, "Natsu, as your butler. No, as your best friend... You must hear what I have to say..."

"What..."

"Lisanna plans to destroy your love that you share with Lady Lucy. She used me, if I had denied then your precious gazebo that you and the lady share shall be burned to ashes." He confessed.

I stood there huffing with short pants. I gripped my chest as I felt the endless pain and put on a mere facade when Natsu turned around to my strange breaths, when he turned back I yet again clutched my chest in pain.

I hate to admit it that the wound Lisanna inflicted upon my left shoulder had been abnormal. It wasn't severe like it was before but every time I undressed and looked at my left shoulder, there was a bright red mark instead of a scab.

I snapped out of my thoughts when Natsu retrieved me, "Lucy?"

"...uh, yes?" I answered.

He smiled, "We're going back to our room now, it's getting late. I'm sure you're tired."

I linked my arm with his, "Yes, we shall retire to our room."

Natsu's POV

We walked to our room with linked arms. She took my coat off and hung it in the wardrobe. I slipped into a change of clothes and pulled the covers over myself. slowly my eyes were drooping and I had almost fallen asleep when the bed bounced a bit. I looked to my right and Lucy was sitting down clutching her chest.

My eyes widened, "Lucy!"

I gripped her shoulders and pulled her dress so that only her bare shoulders and the top of her cleavage showed. I blushed but immediately came back to my senses as I felt my hand run along her left shoulder that had a course surface. It was red along the mark the blade that Lisanna had ran through her shoulder.

"I-it's not helping with my breathing..." She stammered.

When I was about to leave the bed to get help, she gripped my wrist and looked at me with pleading eyes, "Don't! Please just leave me in your embrace..."

Part of me was aroused and wanted to kiss her, the other told me otherwise the right thing was to get help. I chose neither of them. I obliged to her request, and brought her into a warm and loving hug.

"Will this help you?" I asked softly.

"You are so warm..." She said as she fell into her slumber.

Lucy's POV

I woke up in the warm embrace of Natsu. I looked up and giggled to myself. He looked so naïve and cute while sleeping. Then it hit me...

A breeze blew in from the open windows and I felt cold. Cold?

I looked down and found I was half naked! My dress was pulled so much from the sleeping idiot that it was below my waist. The only thing covering my breasts was a short corset that had been undone and almost off of my body. I looked to the side and his well defined abs caught my attention. I tried tearing my gaze off them. But my emotions told me otherwise. I stared at them as time flew by.

"Like what you see?" Natsu suddenly said.

I looked up at his onyx orbs that gazed back down at me only to blush moments later. "Maybe I should be asking if you like what you see?" I smirked playfully.

"Maybe i do..." He said as he looked into my eyes for silent permission to touch me.

Before we could do anything, Gray came running in only to blush a he saw me lying against Natsu with an open corset, which could only mean one thing.

"... Sorry for the interruptio-"

"No, we were getting up anyways." I said.

"Very well then... Breakfast will be finished shortly, if you would..."He signaled us to hurry.

"You should stay in bed for a bit longer, after all you look tired are you not?"

"True that be. I am tired...very well then. I will rest a little further more." He sighed.

I exited the room after getting dressed and saw a figure leaning against the wall.

"Lady Lucy... Heartfilia heir, I assume?" he kneeled down. Clearly visible was his ginger locks of hair and gray suit.

I gasped, "Loke?"

14th chapter! Yayyyy XD

You guys need to tell me, if there should be a little bit of touchy between Natsu and Lucy. I mean this is meant to be 19th century England where if you were married to the wrong man you'd get rappe- I should stop there.. :3

But please leave a review, and tell me if you agree to me putting a bit of touchyness between Natsu and Lucy. Not going to overdo it though. Cause that's just... Just bad.

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~Cheryl