At lunch Rissa sat across from Natsu trying to bring up the subject that she'd thought on earlier. About changing her looks. But figured that if the dragon slayer knew what was on her mind, he'd go to great lengths to stop her. So instead she decided to merely 'go for a walk' after lunch and see if she could find anything to use for her plan.
She figured that she could possibly pierce her ears, maybe find a potion at one of the magic shops that could accelerate hair growth and possibly another to change her eye color. That way even if her face looked like Lucy's- Natsu would no longer be able to confuse her for his dead lover.
She figured that she could settle for a nice red hair dye and change her eyes teal or turquoise. Or she could go with her alternative, a nice dark black hair dye with teal or scarlet or violet eye coloring. All would look pretty on her so she wasn't feeling terribly picky.
Natsu finished eating and pushed his plate away and noticed that she had just barely touched her food and frowned. "Something on your mind?" He asked, the sound of his voice causing her to jump a little bit as she jerked her head up to look at him. She had this wide eyed I-didn't-do-anything look on her face that made him believe that she was planning something.
"N-No. Nothings on my mind." She said hastily as Natsu laced his fingers together behind his head and studied her. She was lying. He could tell, but he wouldn't bother calling her on it as long as she wasn't planning something stupid. Like attacking him, or getting herself hurt, captured, or killed.
He made a low humming sound. "Is the food not to your liking then?"
Rissa blinked at him then looked down at her plate and frowned at the stir fried shrimp and scallops with noodles and garlic sauce with grilled fish and vegetables. It wasn't that the food was bad, to be honest Natsu was a phenomenal cook. Everything always came out perfect.
She just wasn't hungry at the moment.
She still had butterlies from the kiss he'd given her earlier and doubted that she could eat anything. "No. The food is perfect. I'm just not hungry right now." Natsu let his hands drop away from behind his head and leaned forward in his seat a little bit and gently took her chin in his hand and made her look at him. The first thing she noticed was his eyes. They were molten gold again and the pupils were slitted.
Ah, his dragon side is making a small appearance. She thought as he ran his now clawed thumb along her lower lip, lovingly, and asked in a guttural voice. "Are you well?"
"I-I'm fine." She squeaked as he gave her a narrow eyed look for a moment then drew his hand back and ordered.
"If you begin to become ill- you will let us know." She nodded her head slowly, not wanting to snap at Natsu's more primal side since it could easily rip her head off if it wanted and it made a strange sound almost like a shuddering exhale as Natsu's eyes changed back to normal and he blinked before saying in a more normal tone. "If you start to feel unwell you need to let me know."
She nodded again and politely excused herself from the table and muttered something about going for a walk. At this point she would have done almost anything to escape those unnerving, watchful eyes of his. And headed for the door.
She was almost there when she heard Natsu stand up behind her and call out, "Hold it." She froze just three small steps from the door and waited, almost panicking as he walked up behind her and slipped something- a coin pouch from the feel of it- into her hand and closed her fingers around it and said cheerfully, "Just in case you find something you can't live without."
She turned her head and looked at him funny as he put a hand on her shoulder then stepped forward and kissed her on the cheek before saying, "Have fun." And walking away.
What the hell? Rissa wondered as she quickly pocketed the coin pouch and exited the house suddenly feeling like she'd set herself up for something that she probably wouldn't like.