A/N: *explosions and fireworks* I'm Back MuthaFuckaa's (If you used Chang's voice from the hangover you are correct.) So anyway my week off was pretty good, I mean I can't complain, binged watched some Anime, got discharged with a clean bill of health told to take it easy…Um, nothing else really happened I'm happy to be writing again though. Who missed me? :P.
Natsu sat staring vacantly out the window while he half listened to the lecture on linear equations he teacher was currently giving, he tapped the front of his pen against the desk followed by the back repeatedly creating a steady drum as he waited for the bell, a small chunk of paper bounced off his head and fell to the floor beside him, he leant over and picked it up from the ground unfurling it.
Oi! Stop banging the stupid pen you bloody giant!
And lunch is on me today, I figure I should start paying your big ass back.
He didn't need to think much to know who it was from, there was only one person who would ever throw a paper message at him, he waved his hand slightly in acknowledgment and sighed, he placed the pen down so he didn't start drumming it against his desk again. the bell finally rang and the shuffling of chairs and closing of books was all that was heard.
Natsu stood up and stretched spinning around he looked down to see Erza finishing the last of her notes off, she still wore a beanie to cover her ears and wouldn't budge on the topic no matter how much he said otherwise.
"So what's on the menu, wait let me guess the café and you're going to get tuna and strawberry cheesecake, I'll get a piece of pie and then hideaway spot to eat?" Natsu announced simply, it had become the daily routine the change was who paid for the food.
"You make it sound like I only eat fish." Erza responded boredly "If you make a cat joke I will feed you your eyeballs."
Natsu placed his hand on his chest in mock hurt "Whatever just hurry up I'm hungry."
Erza 'tsked' as she closed her notebook. and stood up, as the pair left the classroom Erza heard a familiar voice from her previous year.
"Miss Scarlet, if you would please come with me, there is something we must discuss." She turned around after telling Natsu it shouldn't be long, he complained that he was hungry so she should be quick. The white haired man in front of her, had his hair tied back in a pony tail, had a pair of black-rimmed reading glasses on and he had an almost sinister smirk, no scratch that when he was looking at Erza it was definitely a sinister smirk. He wore a black suit with a white tie, his handkerchief was folded into a triangle and stuck out of his coat pocket.
"Mr. Erigor? Is something wrong?" Erza asked in the best polite tone she could muster.
"Yes, I believe it was only a week ago that I witnessed you physically assault a student in this very hall-way on your way to class." Erigor spoke in a non-threatening threatening way that made her stomach turn.
"But that wasn't, um," Erza silently cursed her aggressive tendencies, The man raised his hand to stop her.
"I am afraid that is your third strike Miss Scarlet, I have no choice to report this to the dean, you will likely be expelled." Erigor's smirk never wavered, that is until Natsu walked up beside Erza with a small smile of his own.
"I'm sorry, you seem to have been misinformed sir, This girl very kindly made sure I made it to class on time…In fact I would have been quite late had she not intervened. Unless there is a rule at this school that says helping a lost student is a bad thing I think your threat is groundless." Natsu spoke flatly, he was the one that got 'assaulted' and if he said otherwise it was unlikely anyone would do anything.
"Is there a problem Mr. Erigor?" The familiar voice of Natsu's teacher drew everyone's attention.
"Well it seems that this girl has been fighting with other members of your class, it also seems she is manipulating them to make sure none of it rebounds on her as the culprit." Erigor stated flatly, he was pissed that a perfect opportunity to expel an animal from his school was slowly slipping away from him.
Natsu rolled his eyes "I'm not being manipulated, you are being racist when I did not take the matter further you have no right to pull anyone away and threaten them with expulsion." Natsu almost growled, it was taking every bit of himself to avoid destroy the man in front of him.
"Racist? I am merely looking out for the safety of-" Macao cut him off "My students? Was that what you were going to say? They are actually my students and no reports of any physical violence has been brought to me therefore you have no grounds to threaten my students with expulsion."
Erigor nodded "As you say, I do hope you are not being too lenient with the trouble makers in your class though."
"My class is fine, thanks for your concern." Macao smiled, it was the most forced smile Natsu had ever seen.
Erigor spun on his heel and walked away. Macao turned back to Erza and Natsu "If he gives you any more trouble come to me, The dean and I are close friends…And he is an asshole and pretty much everyone knows it." Macao winked at them and strode off.
Erza let out a long sigh and looked over at Natsu "Let's go, I didn't get less hungry." Natsu smirked as he started walking.
"You keep talking like that and I'll never buy again." Erza threatened.
Natsu waved her off "You say that every time you buy."
Erza just glared at the back of his head.
Around half an hour later, the pair sat on the small section of grass the their shared 'runaway spot' Erza was using her new favorite pillow/ punching bag, also known as Natsu's chest and he sat looking up at the sky, Erza tail brushed against his face, at first he thought it was an accident, then it near went up his nose causing him to sneeze violently. He tapped her on her head.
"Oi, stop it." He complained.
She frowned at him "Stop what I am not even doing anything." She said innocently.
"Stop trying to stick your tail in my nose." Natsu reiterated.
"I don' control my tail, it really does have a mind of its own." She shot at him.
Natsu turned his head, noticing the large swarm of dark black clouds on the horizon approaching them quite quickly he sighed "I gotta get home, it's going to rain soon."
Erza sat up and followed his eyes, she nodded "Okay, seeya tomorrow then."
Natsu nodded and stood up, setting off towards his home.
It was late afternoon when Erza sat in her dorm room, the rain as Natsu had predicted started soon after she got home, it pelted relentlessly on her windows and gave her an almost gloomy feeling, her day had been a better one considering all of the previous year. At least she had a friend that was more than she could say for any part of any of her life. a Rasping on her window scared her for a moment, before she realized it was just a tree getting blown around by wind she shook her head. The her phone rang, her heart sank considerably only one person in her life ever called her. And they were Never good conversations. She lifted the phone pressed answer and put it too her ear.
"Hello." She said simply.
"Erza, This is your father. What is this I hear about you starting fights at school." The gruff voice demanded through the phone.
"I haven't started-."
He cut her off "I heard it from a teacher, don't try to lie your way out of it! If I hear one more complaint about that school you will be coming home, do I make myself perfectly clear?"
"Yes, father." she replied flatly.
"Good." The phone beeped for a few moments before Erza placed it down.
Erza just stared blankly at the small device, she wanted to cry or to go back in time and tell Natsu to destroy that teacher there was no doubt in her mind he could.
Natsu sat hunched over his art desk trying his best to design the hairline for the image he was drawing to no avail, for some reason it was always off and it began to frustrate him. His phone vibrated in his pocket and he started before picking it up, only one person ever called him so as he placed it too his ear he said simply.
"What is it old man?"
"Who are you calling old man?" The voice he recognized after a few seconds as Erza's, he also knew something was wrong there was no way she would ever attack him so quietly.
"Erza? What's wrong? What happened?" Natsu fired off quickly.
"Nothing much I was just wondering if I could some see your apartment I think we spoke about it before." She said in a dejected tone.
"Yeah okay, you want me to come get you? It's pretty nasty outside." He said concerned as he looked out the window.
"No I can manage a few blocks…See you soon." she replied.
He stared at his phone for a few seconds, something was most definitely wrong. 'Maybe she just doesn't feel comfortable talking over the phone.' He thought simply, he looked down at the almost finished drawing on his sketchpad and smirked slightly with a shake of his head wondering if he was ever going to get it right. He stood up and walked into his lounge room and proceeded to do a quick clean up, he fell heavily on the couch and continued to worry about his friend.
Erza stood looking through the set of glass doors protecting her from the harsh storm outside, she clutched her umbrella not at all unlike a sword at the moment, she took a deep breath and stepped outside, the wind was blistering and the rain pelted down relentlessly as she walked, she could barely see 15 feet in front of her as she trudged towards Natsu's home. She continued to walk and fend the rain off her as best she could, a powerful gust of wind blew through and with a loud snap her umbrella inverted and threatened to drag her over, she let it go after a second and fell heavily on her legs the window pushed her down the street slightly her pants shredded at the knee and her legs stung, she squeezed her eyes shut as she stood up and started walking again, her walk soon turned into a run.
Natsu continued to stare out the window, his worry only increasing as the weather got worse, he stood up and stomped over to the door yanking his coat off and throwing it around his shoulder's he ripped open the door, Erza stared at him slightly confused, he staggered she was pale and her clothing was soaked through, her whole body shook and her knee's bled profusely, he practically dragged her inside slammed the door and ran into the back room, he dragged a few boxes out of a closet, he was sure one of his sisters would have packed he smiled as he ripped the lid of the box he was looking for, it contained a lot of his old clothes that were much smaller than his current ones, he knew they would still be large on Erza but anything was better than what she was currently wearing. He gathered a few towels and most of the blanket's in his closet. Before striding back into the room he had left Erza in, she hadn't moved she just looked around like she wasn't really seeing anything, he wrapped a towel around her shoulders and she started suddenly as she realized he was there. He placed the clothes over the couch.
"Get changed, they may be a bit big but they are warmer. "He said flatly, as he stepped back into his bedroom closing the door behind him and waited.
Erza practically tore the clothes off her when the door closed, her knee's stung harshly as she pulled the pants off, she debated for half a second whether or not to leave the underwear on, but as it was just as soaked and cold as the rest she took that of too, she slipped into black shirt, it was much too big for her the sleeves hand down past her elbows and she had to pull the collar to keep it up around her neck and from exposing half her chest, the shorts quickly followed suit although she hitched them up above the cuts on her knee's to cause herself less pain.
"I'm done." she called out.
Natsu existed the room with a small first aid kit in his hands, he led her over to the couch and set her down, he dragged the small portable heater he bought closer to her and wrapped a few blankets around her, leaving her legs exposed so he could wrap them. he dabbed a small amount of disinfectant on a cotton bud.
"This is going to sting." He said simply as he dabbed at the cuts on her legs, wiping away excess blood, dirt and anything that wasn't supposed to be there. She smiled at how carefully he pressed and wiped it almost didn't hurt, almost. She winced slightly as he pressed on the wound itself and he seemed to get hurt just as much as her. He set the buds down after he was finished and started wrapping bandages around her legs slowly. When he finished her pulled the heat and faced it towards her, and walked into the kitchen. She watched him silently, her ears twitched slowly and her tail wrapped around her waist as if it was just as depressed as she was. It wasn't long before she heard and smelled the food he was preparing, it made her mouth water and temporarily sent all the thoughts that were clouding her mind away from him, she got up slowly, testing her legs slightly.
"Don't you dare move!" Natsu called out "Those cuts are much worse than you think they are so just sit still and wait."
She huffed "Hurry up! I'm hungry."
Although she couldn't see it, he smiled glad that the Erza he knew was still in there even if she wasn't having the best of days. he just knew it had something to do with that teacher. He growled silently at the thought before turning his attention back to making sure his only friend didn't catch a cold and die on him. 'I knew I should have went to get her.' He began to get angry at himself a little bit for allowing her to try and walk her on her own, before he shook his head he had more important things to think about. He spooned a large bowl of stew into a bowl and brought it out, surprisingly Erza actually had sat back down and stared at him for a moment before breaking her hands over the confines of the blanket to hold on to the bowl, he sat down on the opposite couch and leaned back slightly, finally allowing himself to breathe.
"What possessed you to try and make the trip without an umbrella?" Natsu joked.
She glared at him half-heartedly over her bowl of stew, she had trouble finding anything to say because of his cooking, so she contented herself with filling her mouth. She swallowed before she spoke.
"I had one! It got blown away." She retorted.
Natsu chuckled "So what's wrong?"
"Nothing." Erza replied flatly.
"Oh, so you look like you were crying because you had so much fun getting soaked to the bone and shredding your knee's to get here?" Natsu shot back.
Erza sighed "I just, don't want to talk about it right now….I will talk about it later. I'm just tired."
Natsu nodded "How's the food?"
Erza looked at him for a moment "I will have you know this is the only time I will ever compliment you." She said raising her chin slightly "It is great…And go get me more." she demanded holding out her bowl.
Natsu took it and lapped to the kitchen and back "Well I am glad you like it. My mother used to make it for me when it rained like this." He gave her a wanly smiled "I haven't used the recipe in years."
Erza sensed hurt, she wanted to hug him, but currently her arms would barely move at all, his mood perked up quickly enough "I'm glad you like it."
Erza just nodded, she finished another bowl after that and sighed contentedly, she made a move to get up but Natsu stopped her "Look the couch fold out, you are not walking back in this weather especially after this arrival." He picked her up bridal style and much to her protests he just shrugged her off and walked towards his bedroom, he placed her on the bed and folded the blanket over her. She glared up at him, but her body was so cold she couldn't find it in her to move especially when his bed was so warm.
"Why didn't you give me the couch?" She demanded.
"Stop complaining or I will put you on the couch, just go to sleep. We will talk in the morning." Natsu silenced an further argument with his tone, the same tone he would use when his sister were being stubborn about being sick.
She just nodded and pulled the blanket up to her nose, with only her eyes and ears peering at him he couldn't help but think she was cute. He shook his head violently 'No, Erza is just Erza that's it.' He reaffirmed in his mind as he left the room.
Erza watched the door close behind him, "Thank you." she whispered into the empty room, as the same comforting smell the was Natsu enveloped her in her mind this was the second time Natsu had gone more tha out of his way to help her. She planned to pay him back somehow.
A/N: All right hope you all enjoyed my first chapter back! Now I am not sure if I will develop the romantic side of the relationship here or later I am still thinking about it…But what do you guys think? Okay Peace!