Hello everyone! Wow I'm actually uploading wow, I can't believe it. Like I said, I'm going to try really had to upload as much as I can, but exam season is coming up so school is stressful af. But so far I've been doing a pretty good job so go me lol.

Anyway, this chapter is really cute and fun, and I really like. No much really goes on, and it's mainly fluff, but everyone needs some fluff in their life. So your welcome. I don't want to keep you waiting, and it's late and I'm tired, but I hope you all enjoy the chapter!

Chapter 19

I was still in a daze from the envelope full of money that I just got, so the ringing of the phone shocked me out of it. I didn't even bother looking at the caller ID before picking it up.

"Hel-"

"LUCY!" A far too familiar vice that was so loud that I had to hold my phone away from my ear for a few moments.

"Natsu?" I asked. "Why are you being so loud?"

He sighed. "I've been trying to contact you since yesterday. Are you okay? You sound weird."

I smiled at his concern. "Yeah, I'm just tired. I just woke up not too long ago."

"Really? You never get up that late." he sounded curious. "Are you getting sick again? You've been getting sick a lot. You might want to go see a doctor."

"I don't need to see a doctor, Natsu. Don't worry." I laughed slightly.

"Okay, okay." He said, Still a bit of worry in his voice. "Hey, Luce?"

"Yeah, Natsu."

"Do you wanna come over?"

I took a moment thinking it over, and then I responded. "I don't know, I'm kind of tiered…"

I wanted to see him, like really see him. But I'm just not sure that today is the best of days to go. I just don't know what I'll be able to handle right now.

Before either of us could say anything, I heard a little cat meowing from the other line.

Natsu laughed. "See, even Happy wants to see you. Please." He begged, dragging the "e" in please. And I could hear the puppy dog eyes that he's probably making through the phone.

"Okay, okay." I said. "I'm come over."

"Yes!" I heard him cheer. "Hear that, Happy. She agreed to come over."

I laughed at him talking at happy. I must admit, that it's really cute that he does that.

"Just give me a bit to get ready."

"I'll walk over and we can then walk back to my place."

"Oh no, you don't have to walk over here. I'll just walk there myself."

He sighed. "It's cold out, and I don't want you walking but yourself. I'll start coming in a bit, see you soon!"

And before I had the chance to say anything different, he hung up. And I knew that I only probably had a little bit to get ready. So I went and took a shower, trying my best to get all the stench off of me from last night. Which at this point, I can do fairly well. But even though I knew I got the smell off, I still felt dirty, no matter how much I scrubbed. I couldn't take too long though, so I was just going to have to deal with it. I made a quick mental note to wash my sheets at some point soon, but I would have to worry about that later. I also noted that I needed to clean the house up a bit because of who messy it seems to be. But I knew I didn't have time I do all that, so I just had to focus on getting ready.

And then I quickly got dressed in a random casual outfit that I could I got downstairs, I heard a knock at my door, and I smiled because I knew who it was.

"Coming!" I said, grabbing my few belongs and went to open the door.

And there he was.

Him and his pink sticky hair. His nose slightly pink from the cool air, along with his cheeks.

"Hello, Luce."

"Hello, Natsu." I smiled at him.

"Shall we go." He held out his arm.

I grabbed his arm, and wrapped my arm in his. "We shall."

And so we walked the whole to his house in that. So close to each other that I could barely even feel the chilly air. I always knew that Natsu was warm, but I always forgot until I got really close to him. Like how we are now. He really is like a walking my heart was warmer than the rest of my body. How it usually is when I'm around him. He just makes me warm.Because of one reason or another, my cheeks started to get warm, and I could already tell that it was noticeable on my face. After walking in a comfortable silence side by side, we finally got to his house. So we walked up to the front door, and he opened the door and held it open for me.

After I went in, I started to take off my coat.

"Here." He said. "I'll take that." And he gently took my jacket, and put it neatly on the hanger. I thought that him actually hanging things up neatly was very surprising. He usually just throws things around without even thinking about it. But his house was actually pretty clean today. It's not perfect, but it was a lot better than how it usually is. I'm usually the one that has to clean up after him, so I'm glad that he's (hopefully) learning to be responsible with cleaning up after himself.

"Did you actually clean your house?" I asked in disbelief, as we walked over to the couch and sat down.

"Why you asking it like that?" He sounded insulted.

I couldn't hold back a small laugh. "No reason. It's just that it's usually a lot messier than this."

"Well," he started to say. "I knew that you were going to come over, and I know how much you like it when it's clean.

My mouth opined slightly in surprise. He actually cleaned for me. Sure, it a small thing, and more of a basic skill than anything else, but that fact that he actually thought of me and did something for me was the sweetest thing.

"Wait." I said, thinking it over. "You didn't know that I was going to come over." I put my hand on my hips.

"Yes I did." He said simply.

"What? No you didn't." I said, defensively. "You just ask if I wanted to. I could have said no."

"You could have, but I knew that you wouldn't have."

"Well maybe next time I will say no."

"No you won't." He said, all last too confidently.

"What makes you so confident."

"Because," he said. "Even if you do somehow say no, I'll make you say yes."

I snorted. "You'll make me? How?"

"I know your weakness."

"I don't have a weakness."

"Oh really?" He gave me a look, and at that moment I knew he was going to do something. "I wouldn't be so sure about that." His eyes full of dedication. And he jumped on me, and he started tickling me like there was no tomorrow.

"AH." I yelled, not knowing if I was laughing or actually yelling. "NATSU." I yelled, begging him to stop.

"Who has a weakness now." He laughed.

"It's not funny!" I tried to tell, but my laughing interfering. "Stop!" I kept laughing.

"Then make me a promise." He stopped tickling me, but left his hands on my waist. I dosing say anything, but I have him a look to say what he wanted me to promises him. "Promise to come over more. And to come over whenever you need to."

Come over whenever you need to."Huh? What? What do you mean?"

He shrugged. "Whenever you need to, or you need something. Or your bored, or want to talk to someone. My home is always open to you. My home is your home."

At some point, his hands must have trailed down, and we're now right at my hips.

Just thinking about where his hands were causing me too many emotions. So instead of saying something, I just nodded.

"It's a promise, then." He said.

"A promise." I whispered.

I guess he then noticed that he was on top of me, and he turned his head away from me, and then he slowly got off without saying anything.

"Hey, Luce."

"Yeah, Natsu?" I asked, still slightly embarrassed about him being right on top of me.

"Can you make me food."

I sighed. Of course he asks about food. Here I thought he was going to say something important, but it's Natsu, always asking me to make him something to now that I thought about good, I realized that I was pretty hungry myself, and I agreed and I could see him brighten up in excitement.I was still tired, so I just wanted to made some quick. As I looked through his draws, I noticed a few boxes of pasta, and sauce. So I quickly made enough for the two of us.

As I was cooking, Natsu kept come on up to me and asking if he could help, but knowing him he would burn the house down, so I kept telling him no. But I said he could stay in the kitchen and watch as long as he didn't touch I was cooking over the stove, I felt something warm wrap around me. And I felt strong hands go around my waist. His body was pinned to the back of mine, and I didn't say anything, but it just felt right. Which was weird, because he does things like this all the time. He's always been very close, and he gets close to me like this usually. But this time felt different, but a good different.

"N-Natsu." I said in such a quiet whisper I almost thought that he couldn't have heard me.

"Lucy." His voice was low but strong.

I was able to turn my body slightly, to where I was now looking at him. His eyes locked with mine. I felt him loosen his grip on my slightly, to where I then turned my whole body right in front of me. And as soon as I did so, his hands went back on my waist, to my lower back.

We both looked at each other. And in his eyes I saw so many different emotions that I couldn't even start to read them all. some I couldn't even begin to was taller than me, so if I looked straight, I would be looking right below his chin, him being a head taller than me. But I didn't. I instead look right into his eyes.

"Luce." He repeated, his voice breathy.

"Nat-" my voice trailed off, because his hands reached up, and cupped my face. His hand touched me in the slightest touch, almost as if he thought I was made of glass and could break any second.

Without thinking, I lifted my hand, and placed my hand right on top of his.

We were so close that I could feel the warmth of his body. I could feel his breaths. And I swear I could almost hear his racing heartbeat.

I looked back up into his eyes, and before either of could think, our bodies got closer and closer together. And I saw his head tilt slightly as he moved slowly, and I followed his movement.

I could almost feel his lips on mine, feel his breathe on my mouth. My heart beating faster than it had ever before.

Ring ring .

We stopped. Our lips mere hairs apart, any closer and they would have meet. I looked up at him, and his eyes were closed.

Ring ring.

It was the phone.

More importantly. It was my phone.

I awkwardly took a few small steps back, and I pulled the phone out of my pocket and answered.

"H-hello?"

"Lucy, it's Sting."

"Sting?" I asked, wondering why he would call. And call at the worst of times as well. I looked over to Natsu, and his back was to me. "What do you want?"

There was a pause before he talked. "We're sorry, Lucy." I didn't say anything. "Are you mad?

"You lied to me. You all did." I said angrily. "So yeah, forgive me if I'm a little fucking mad." I cursed. At this point, Natsu seemed to be interested in the conversation and looked towards me, but I tried as best as I could to avoid eye contact. I really don't curse, and never in front of Natsu so I'm sure he was surprised.

"We're sorry, lucy. We didn't mean to hurt you in any , just trust me on that."

I took a long breathe, and then continued talking. "I trust that You guys didn't mean to hurt me. But you lied to me. That hurt."

"I know!i know, I'm sorry. Please, just, if you're not going to forgive me, at least forgive Cana."

"Why should I."
"She needs you more than you know, lucy."

I paused. She needed me? No way. If anything, I'm the one that needed her.

"Just, please, forgive her." he pleaded.

I bit my lip. "Why did you guys lie to me?"

There were a few long moments of silence. "Maybe it'll be better if I tell you in person. Let's meet-"

"No." I said quickly. "I need time. I, I just need time to think."
"O-Okay."
"Bye." and I hung up, trying my hardest not to be upset in front of Natsu.

"You alright, Luce?" he asked, quietly.

I turned around to face him. "Oh, yeah, yeah, I'm fine."
"Who were you talking to." He sounded more worried than he did curious.

"Just… friends."

Natu didn't push me into saying anything, which I was very thankful for. Because at the moment, I really did not was to talk to anyone about what had happened. And especially not to Natsu.

"Come on." I heard Natsu say to me, and I gave him a look of confusion. "You should stay here for tonight."

"What?"

"You look tired. And it's really cold out, so I think it's just a good idea if you stay here." he seemed nervous as he was explaining, but I didn't think much of it.

So I agreed, and he brought up to his room, a room that I am so used to walking in and yelling that it was messy. But this time, it was neat.

Before he could say anything, I laid down in his bed, too emotionally tired to say anything else. Just wanting to sleep, and forget everything in the morning. So I closed my eyes, and I quickly began to fall into slumber.

But right before, could almost feel something warm surrounding my body. Protecting me.

They were so close! Stupid Sting ugh.

But don't worry, this is a NaLu story after all, so there will be some major NaLu moments to come so just wait.

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