An hour or so later Natsu flopped down on Lucy's couch and tried to think of what he was going to fix them for dinner as Lucy put her clothes away in the bedroom. He was tempted to make her favorite food, but with her the way that she was now, he wasn't sure if she would enjoy it.
He sat quietly for a few minutes and perked up a little bit when she came walking out of the bedroom. "Hey Luc, what do you want for dinner tonight?" Natsu asked curiously as she walked over to the book shelf against the far wall and scanned the titles of the books that she had collected and pulled one of the books from it's place before asking in a tentative voice.
"Are you asking me because you really want to know? Or because your secretly trying to scare me?" Natsu snorted in amusement and looked at her. She was staring at him with a wary look on her face. Like she really was sort of scared of the fact that he was planning to cook for them again.
His cooking wasn't that bad. Sure he usually made a huge mess but at least his food was eatable. "How about I fix us dinner tonight." She suggested after a second or so of silence. Natsu shook his head no and got up off of the couch.
"No. I'll cook."
"Why? I'm perfectly capable of-"
"You don't remember how to use even the most basic of things Luc-" Natsu pointed out gently. Hoping that having him point out the obvious wouldn't be too painful for her to hear considering the fact that she was trying so hard to regain some small semblance of her former self and independence.
"And don't stand there and say that you'd manage or figure it out on your own. Because that's a lie. I sometimes catch you standing in the kitchen in the morning staring at the stove with a frustrated and lost look on your face."
"You were watching me-" It wasn't a question. Merely a fact that he had finally clued her in on. He made a humming sound and had to bite the inside of his cheek to keep from telling her that he was always watching her.
If he said the words, she'd think he was being creepy or something. And that was the last thing that he needed her to think of him since it would cause problems in the future.
"But Natsu, if you keep doing these things for me then how am I supposed to re learn them?" She asked, surprising him a little bit. He hadn't expected her to question his reasons for doing things for her. It made his motives seem rather suspicious.
Almost as if he wanted her to remain helpless so that he could take care of her. He shook his head as soon as that thought crossed his mind and put one hand on top of her head and ruffled her hair affectionately. "I'll teach you how to use the stove when you've had some time to adjust to being awake and able to move around again. This will also give us time to have you examined by a doctor since we aren't totally sure just how much you've forgotten. So for now, just sit back and try to enjoy having someone wait on you hand and foot."
Lucy got quiet as she gently pushed his hand off of her head and set her book back on the shelf and turned and walked into her bedroom and closed the door. Leaving Natsu standing there with a startled expression on his face.
Crap. Looks like he had hurt her feelings again.
He sighed and rubbed the nape of his neck and shook his head as he walked into the kitchen to fix their dinner, hoping that by the time he was done Lucy wouldn't be as upset with him anymore.