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"Here, put this on."

Natsu threw me a pair of black skinny jeans, a gray button-up dress shirt, and a thick white coat. He left a pair of dark gray boots for me to wear.

"Those are the nicest clothes I have for a rich girl like you."
"Not anymore...By the way, whose are these?"
"I have a roommate that's a girl."
"Oh. I see."

That girl from earlier was his roommate? Nah...Doubt it. The tension between them would be too much.

I forced him out of the room to change my clothes. Once I was done, I called him back in.

"We're going shopping," he said once he came back inside.
"Eh? I don't have any money!"
"Don't worry, I'll buy you everything you need!"

Natsu grinned at me like it was no problem at all.

"I can't let you do that."
"Why not?"
"Because you'd be spending money on me, even after you fed me and gave me shelter from the rain."
"Oh, come on, Lucy! Let's go!"

I was forced out the front door before I could give another word of objection. I made sure to grab an umbrella before we left.

The drive to the mall felt long. The pattering of the rain made a constant tap tap tap tap on the windows of Natsu's black car. It seemed rather expensive. Speaking of which, he was taking me out to shop and had a nice car. Maybe he actually has a lot of money? Though, how would I know? I don't know anything about cars.

"How old are you?" I asked him.
"21. You?"
"20. I just turned 20 a few months ago."
"Then this'll be your birthday present."
"Thanks so much."
"No problem. You can live with me for a while, you know, until you're able to get back on your feet."
"Really?!"
"Yeah. That room you slept in was a guestroom anyway."

Ohhhh. I never really explored the apartment all that much, so I didn't know. It seemed to be a decent size, though.

"Thank you so much!"
"It's okay! You're my friend, so of course I would do this for you."

I smiled inwardly at myself.

"In order for you to be my friend, you have to know like my favorite color and stuff like that."
"Hmmm...I bet it's pink."
"Good guess. Is yours pink, too?"
"What? No! It's red!"
"I thought it was pink cause of your hair..."
"I was born like this!" He exclaimed and grimaced.

I giggled.

"So you didn't dye it?"
"Nooooope."
"Well, at least you have a really unique hair color, right?"
"I guess so...But this one bastard keeps making fun of me for it," Natsu said while having an irritated expression on his face.
"Who?"
"Some idiot named Gray. He's such an asshole."
"Then why do you talk to him?"
"Cause...He's like...My friend." Now he looked disgusted at himself for actually saying that.
"You're weird."
"I'm weird? No, no, no. You're weird."
"Yeah? How?"
"Um...You just are."
"Give me good reason why."
"You don't need a reason for everything! You just are! You need to understand!"

He grinned in amusement.

"Stupid..." I mumbled and smiled.
"We're here."
"Oh, okay."

Natsu grabbed the umbrella and got out of the car. He opened the door for me and held the umbrella above my head.

He had bought me about a month's worth of clothes. I tried to get the cutest yet cheapest clothes that were there. I was happy with what I had. It's better than to be walking around with a smelly jacket.

As soon as we walked into the apartment, Natsu threw himself on the couch and yelled, "I'M SOOOOOO HUNGRY!"

"Ugh."
"Can you make me some food, Luce?"
"Luce?"
"Yeah, that's your new nickname from now on, but only I can call you that, okay?"
"Sure, whatever. I'll go make soup or something."

Once we finished eating, we sat down on the couch and started watching TV.

"Urgh...I'm so bored," Natsu groaned.

As soon as he said that, we heard a knock on the door. Before he could even stand up to go get the door, a girl barged in. A girl with red hair...The same one who talked to me today.

"Oh, you're that girl from earlier," she said and looked at me.
"This is Lucy," Natsu said to her.

She walked towards me and shook my hand. She had a bone crushing grip.

"Nice to meet you. I'm Erza."
"N-Nice to meet you too."
"Hm...So what are you guys doing?"
"Uh...Nothing really...I'm bored," Natsu answered in a dull voice.
"By the way, Natsu...Lucy...You guys aren't...You know...?" She had a slight smirk on her face.
"What? No! No! No way!" I immediately denied it. "We just met," I continued.
"Ah, I see. He's got Lisanna after all."

Natsu stayed quiet and looked away.

"What happened? What did you do?" I found it funny how Erza blamed him right away.
"E-Eh? I didn't do anything..."
"Hmm...Okay. You better not. Mira and Elfman would get reaally mad at you."

Mira? Elfman? Maybe more of their friends?

"Lucy," Erza said and turned to me, "do you have any hobbies? I don't know much about you. How'd you end up here?"
"Um, I like to write. I passed out on the street and Natsu helped me."
"Ah, I see. We have a friend who works in a publishing company. We could introduce her to you if you'd like."

I thought about it for a second. I loved to write, but I hated letting people read my work. If my book did well, I'd get a job doing something I love while getting a nice amount of income.

"Oh, okay. Yeah, that would be great! Thanks!"
"Her name's Levy. You can come hangout with us tomorrow and meet her there. It's getting late, so I'll leave now."
"Bye!" Natsu and I said in unison while waving.

After she had closed the door, I walked towards my new room. I yawned.

"Ahhh, I'm so tired."
"How are you tired if you were sleeping all day?"
"Hey, I haven't been able to sleep in a warm bed for a while."
"Then I'm going to sleep too. Night."

I had woken up sometime around 3 in the morning. I was thirsty. I got up to get a drink of water. As I walked towards the kitchen, I bumped into something, making me fall to the floor. The thing I had bumped into was Natsu. He landed on top of me with a loud thunk.

"Ow, ow, ow..."
"Luce?"
"N-Natsu...Your hand..."
"What about it?"
"It's on m-my chest..."
"Oh, sorry."

He stood on his feet and helped me up. Thank god it was dark. It helped cover my heavy blush.

"I'm gonna get my water now...You want one, too?"
"Yeah, thanks."

I got two glasses and filled them up. I handed it to Natsu.

"Um...I can't sleep," he said.
"Well, what do you wanna do?"
"Let's...Play a game."

When he said this, he grabbed me by my wrist and dragged me to his room.

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