A/N: As promised, the new Thursday and today's chapter :P.

The day's melted together for the pair stuck inside of Natsu's apartment, there was not much to do other than watch T.V, or in some cases Erza would just watch Natsu Draw, she was surprised when she learned the permanent frown he wore every else almost never appeared in his own home, his current facial expression made him look quite handsome, she shook her head the same thought's came into her head naturally more and more, but she refused to allow them to ruin her first friendship.

Natsu had learned quite a bit about Erza, in the last few days, well when she engaged in conversation with him anyway. He had discovered that even though she was against the stereotype that because she was a cat-girl she had to like milk, she still did in fact like milk, quite a bit actually. As he topped up what must have been her forth glass, he also learned that he had to fill the glass to the brim every time, she would lap at it until she couldn't anymore than down the rest and repeat the process. He smiled at the small amount of milk that got stuck to her nose, she was adorable with the small mil-moustache, he shook his head rather violently, he had accepted that he probably saw Erza s more than a friend, but that doesn't mean he was going to act on it certainly when it would just ruin his friendship 'Not like she is ever going to feel the same way.' He thought rather glumly.

Erza discovered quite a bit more about music over the course of the last few days, she found a few artist's she liked and some she didn't although he decided her favorite song was the one playing the first day she woke up in his apartment, she liked that it remained upbeat without losing the seriousness in its lyrics. She smiled as said song started playing silently into eh back ground. Natsu peered at the redhead out of the corner of his eyes, the small ears on her head twitched excitedly as her favorite song came on, he rather enjoyed it too. He noticed the methodical sway she made with the beat of it and he stepped over to her, she placed her glass down and peered up at him curiously, she led her out into the open space in the lounge room, where the music was a little louder. she continued to stare at him not quite getting what his plan was, he rolled his eyes and placed his hands on her shoulder, he fought back the rising heat in his cheek's at the contact and pulled one shoulder forward and the other back, making her sway in time to the music, he smiled when she finally realized what he was doing. Her smile seemed to light up the room when he looked at her, he mimicked the movement's slowly, she tapped her foot and bobbed her head slightly to the music and he chuckled, at least she was trying, considering he knew people who practiced dance that wouldn't do it outside of their classes, she was pretty good. The song ended and she giggled slightly as she jumped onto the couch, she patted the couch beside her invitingly and he raised an eyebrow at her. He still sat down, she stared at him for a moment, she noticed something in the movement of his left arm earlier the day before, but when she pressed him for answer's he merely shrugged her off with the excuse of it being stiff. He reached out to take the remote from the table and winced and withdrew it as the arm straightened, his eyes darted to Erza.

"I knew you were hurt!" she exclaimed loudly.

"I'm fine." Natsu responded defiantly.

The situation almost made her laugh, she did the same thing to him less than three days ago. At this point pretty much the whole world knew the word 'fine' never actually meant fine, well almost never.

"Natsu, what happened?" She asked in a oddly soothing tone, like the one would use on an injured bird.

He frowned at her "Remember when I went out to get some food for the week."

She nodded and he continued "Well, on the way back I fell pretty hard on my shoulder, it's alright I promise it just hurts if I try to straighten it out."

Erza slapped him lightly on the right shoulder "Take of your shirt." She commanded.

Natsu jumped to his feet "No! I am fine." He turned his head away, as a blush hit his cheek's in full force, he forced it back down and reset to the scowl that was most comfortable on his face.

"Yeah, I was 'Fine' the other day as well, stop being a baby!" She snapped as she pulled him back down forcefully.

"Now take of the shirt or I will tear it off." She demanded.

He shot her a glare and pulled the thing over his head slowly. She gasped as the large purple back and bloody bruise the spanned his left shoulder blade and around to his chest.

"HOW IS THIS FINE!" She screeched. He winced.

"I-I didn't want you to worry." Natsu admitted bowing his head slightly.

Erza protests died in her mouth "Not wanting to worry is what gets us into these situations."

Natsu stared at the floor under his feet "I know."

"All right then," Erza piped up fiercely "We aren't allowed to lie to each other anymore!"

Natsu chuckled.

"I'm serious! Promise you won't lie like this again." Erza prodded his ribs.

He grunted "Why am I the only one that has to be making promises?"

Erza raised her left hand "I promise I won't ever lie to my best friend, Natsu Dragneel, ever again."

Natsu raised his right as his left was almost inoperable "I promise not to lie again."

"Good now, where is that first aid kit?" She demanded.

"Oh, it's in the bathroom, I'll go get it." Natsu responded and attempted to get to his feet again.

With a harsh tug on his shoulder he hit the couch with a thud "Stay still, you will hurt yourself more." She actually sounded worried, he nodded and sat still. She jumped to her feet and ran down the hallway into the bathroom, opening the cabinet in the mirror she retrieved the small first aid kit from the top shelf and darted back to her spot beside Natsu, She found herself looking at him a little more inappropriately than usual 'With a body like that how does he have no friends!' It took more self-control than she thought she had not to actually blurt that out loud, and now that she noticed it was a case of too hard to unnoticed, every muscle on his upper body was well formed and toned, she focused hard on the lid of the first-aid kit as she fought back the rising blush in her cheeks, she shifted through a few thing's pulling a small tube up cream that was supposed to be an anti-inflammatory. She looked at the back and read the directions for use…just in case.

*Massage thoroughly into affected area.* She gulped and glanced at her friend, his back turned to her and his chin resting leisurely in the palm of his right hand.

Mustering her resolve she unscrewed the lid and put a small amount of the cream in her hand, she rubbed her hands together and very slowly placed her hands on the 'affected area', she heard him draw a sharp breath as pain shot through his body, she had barely rested her hand on the bruise, just looking at it made her shoulder hurt, the thing was black purple red and welting, it had likely bled and interrupted his sleep, she noticed he favored his left side when he slept. She moved her hand's in a slow circled, his breathing increases and he clamped his teeth shut, he refused to show anymore sign he was in near excruciating pain. He glared at the wall opposite him, it was slow but they started to subside. she smiled as the muscles relaxed under her hand, she smirked at her own small victory. she continued for a while longer just because she felt like it, 'It's not like I just like the feeling of his muscle's or anything, I just want to make sure he is okay.' she nodded at her own thought process.

She continued to widen the small circle's she was making with her hand's, Natsu let out a satisfied moan as he stood up, he smiled down at her "Thanks I feel a way better."

She blushed slightly and bowed her head in an attempt to hide it "Y-your welcome."

"So what do you want for lunch?" He asked pleasantly as he slid his shirt back on.

"Don't even think about it," Erza snapped as she forced him back onto the couch "That stuff said you need to move your arm as little as possible and to reapply every twenty four hours until you are healed."

Natsu watched her impassively for a few minutes "Fine." He growled out.

Erza nodded and walked into the kitchen, a thought occurred to her and she froze as she entered the white tiled room 'That mean's I am going to have to do that to Natsu tomorrow too?' Her cheek's darkened, and she found the floor incredibly interesting for a few minutes 'Why do I even care, he is just my friend…he'd never think of my like that.' She moved about the kitchen methodically as she prepared lunch.

A/N: A bit of short chapter, but I think is all right…Hope you all enjoyed!