Rissa sat across from Natsu with a look of utter shock on her pretty face. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. A strange guild that no one had ever heard of before was after her. It just didn't make any sense.
Why would an unknown guild be after her? She couldn't do magic. Couldn't fight (well she could do some hand to hand, but only what she recalled). She didn't even know who she was anymore. She had all these flashes and strange thoughts and feelings and glimpses of memory, but had no clue who those things belonged too. Her. Or Lucy.
And it was because of all of these things that it didn't make sense to her why someone would be after her. She must have show some sign of distress without realizing it because one second her mind was awhirl with all these thoughts of why, and who. And the next one of Natsu's hands was against her cheek, his thumb lazily stroking her skin. Jolting her from her panicked thoughts.
"Don't be scared Luc, I almost lost you before. I'm not going to stand for losing you again." He said in a slightly growling tone of voice.
"But if someone is after me Natsu, how can you stop them? You're already hurt-" Natsu snorted, a cruel smile curving his lips slightly as he looked at her, the shadows of the dimly lit room giving his normally handsome features a demonic look.
"I know that you don't remember much from before Luc, so I'll only say this once. Only a fool dares to stand between a dragon slayer and it's partner. Because thinking that one can keep a dragon slayer from their partner for any reason will get someone killed with extreme prejudice. So don't you worry none about the bastards after you... I can handle them."
Rissa sat there for a moment utterly speechless. Honestly she wanted to call him an idiot or something, but she couldn't seem to articulate the words enough to do so. Natsu got up from the bed he had been sitting on and moved over to the bed that she was sitting on and dropped down next to her and grasped one of her small delicately boned hands in his and sub consciously laced their fingers together and leaned into her a little bit and lay his head on her shoulder and let his eyes drift closed.
God he was tired. But then staying up all night while wounded tended to have such a tiring effect on him. "Is it okay if I fall asleep like this Luc? I'm very tired." He said after a while. Rissa blinked, his words finally seemed to register with her as she thought about his wounds and how the rest might do him good.
"I'm sorry Natsu I didn't realize how tired you must be. I'll leave and let you sleep for a bit-" She babbled as she started to move to get up when Natsu sighed and wrapped an arm around her middle and toppled them over on the narrow little bed causing her to give a startled yelp.
"Natsu! What are you doing?"
"What does it feel like?" He mumbled as he curled himself around her as she squirmed and tried to get loose. But Natsu refused to let her go. He wasn't letting her out of his sight whether he was conscious or not. It was simply too dangerous.
Besides, he didn't sleep well now a days without his favorite person close by. He tended to have nightmares about the day he'd almost lost her. He held her until she settled down and finally managed to doze off after an hour or so of holding her, a small smile curving his lips.