Hey Jealousy - A Fairy Tail Fanfic - Chapter 9

In which Lucy is glad she put her bed by the window.

All characters property Hiro Mashima


Chapter 9 – The Plue-posal

As a writer, Lucy prided herself on always being willing to see things from a new perspective.

But hanging upside down over Natsu's shoulder was not exactly what she had in mind!

"Natsu, will you PLEASE put me down!" she begged, hoping that pleading would get him to stop since kicking, screaming, and demanding hadn't worked. The scenery around her flashed by as her abductor raced through the streets of Magnolia at top-speed. "I'm getting dizzy!"

Natsu, however, kept up his rapid pace and ignored her request like he had all the others. "Not til we get to your place!"

Lucy sighed, giving in to her to fate. She knew that once the fire wizard got something into his head, there was very little anyone could do to stop him.

But stop he finally did. "Oh, we must be home!" she thought in relief. She got ready for her pink-haired crush to place her on the ground, but instead was shocked to see the cobblestone ground shoot away from her as she was flown up to the second story of the building where her apartment sat.

"AAAAAHHHH!," she screamed in terror. "WHY ARE WE GOING IN THROUGH THE WINDOW?! WE COULD HAVE USED THE DOOR!"

"Oh, sorry!" said Natsu over his shoulder. "I forgot, I'm so used to coming in this way!"

The Dragon Slayer climbed over the windowsill and onto Lucy's bed, flopping his plunder from his shoulder onto her comforter. Then, before Lucy could get her bearings, he jumped on top of her and placed his arms and legs on either side of the blonde, pinning her to the bed with his body.

Lucy gasped and looked up into Natsu's face, which was wearing a determined expression she had never seen before.

"Natsu?" she asked, her brown eyes widening as she looked into his deep green ones that flashed with emotion.

His only response was to lean down and kiss her.

Shock was replaced by liquid warmth in Lucy as Natsu pressed his body onto hers. As their kiss deepened, she wrapped her arms around his back while his hands trailed down to her hips. A small moan of satisfaction escaped her when Natsu's tongue licked her lips, earning her a contented growl from her captor, whose body temperature shot up a few degrees in spite of himself.

He was the first to break the kiss.

"Geez, Luce, I'm sorry, I know I was supposed to talk to you first," he said, his eyes closed as he leaned his forehead into hers. "I got carried away as usual."

"It's okay," she whispered through uneven breaths. "I'm not sorry you kissed me."

Natsu raised his head and beamed at her. "Really?"

The celestial spirit mage smiled back at him. "Yes, really!"

The young man let out a relieved sigh. "Good! But I'm not letting you up just yet. We have some talking to do."

Lucy's eyebrows shot up. Natsu wanted to TALK?

"Uh, okay," she said. "But you can let me up to talk."

"Not a chance," he replied. "You might kick me or punch me or something like always and I'm not letting you up til we're done talking!"

At first Lucy was going to protest, but she stopped as images flashed through her mind of the many times she had done those very things when Natsu had barged into her apartment unannounced. "Alright," she agreed, feeling guilty for abusing him like that. "I promise to hear whatever it is you have to say."

Surprising her for what seemed like the umpteenth time that day, the young man hung his head down and blushed in a very un-Natsu like fashion. His eyes scrunched together in concentration and he gritted his teeth. "Dammit!" he moaned in frustration.

"What's wrong?" asked Lucy, concerned at the unexpected change in him.

Natsu clenched the comforter in his hands. "It's just that Levy told me what to say to you but I can't remember what she said!" he groaned. "Especially when we're lying down like…like…this."

Lucy stifled a smile, fully understanding Natsu's predicament but not wanting to give him a harder time than he was already having. Instead she reached up to brush a stray lock of his hair from his face and soothed, "Just tell me in your own words. I don't want to hear Levy's words anyway - I want to hear yours."

Natsu nodded and took a deep breath. "The thing is when Levy asked me to be her pretend boyfriend she said that a guy has to tell a girl she's his girlfriend and I didn't know that you didn't know you were my girlfriend because I didn't tell you because I thought you already knew you were my girlfriend," he let out in a rush.

Lucy, who knew Natsu well enough to understand what he meant, shook her head. "But how was I supposed to know if you didn't say anything?"

"I thought I was showing you!" he said. "I mean, I never go on a mission without you! And when we're on a mission I always do everything I can to protect you! When we're not working I come here all the time to see you and check on you, even though you always hit me when I do. And when we're at the guild I hang out with you the whole time. I even invite you to go fishing with Happy and me! We're always together! Isn't that what being a couple is all about?"

"Yes, but, that's also what being just friends is all about," said Lucy. "Boyfriends and girlfriends also hold hands and kiss and…other things…and you've never done those with me before."

Natsu grimaced. "Well you don't exactly make it easy on a guy to do those things you know. How could I make a move when every time I came to visit I got a kick in the face?"

Lucy felt ashamed. Everything he said was true, and she mentally scolded herself for not seeing it before. "I'm sorry," she said. "I guess I was so surprised to see you I just acted on instinct. I didn't mean to hurt you like that, honest. "

Natsu nodded as if accepting her apology, but then continued on.

"Luce," said the young man, "before I met you, I used to fight with Erza and Gray all the time, but now we're the strongest team in Fairy Tail, and it's all thanks to you. You're weird sometimes and you freak out over dumb stuff, but you're also smart, fun, kind, generous and beautiful. When you're with me I'm stronger, tougher, faster – just better. And so I always want you to be around me. For like ever. And I know you won't find a guy that will fight for you or love you more than me. So what do you say?"

Lucy laughed, tears streaming down her face, never once imagining that Natsu would ever confess in such a romantic fashion. "I love you too, silly boy! How could I not? You're the bravest, hottest, most amazing guy I know! Although it seems I've been the silly one. I'm sorry I didn't realize what you were showing me all this time."

"You are pretty silly," agreed Natsu. "I mean you're crying and laughing at the same time. That's just weird!" He made a face. "Does that mean you're happy or sad?"

Lucy pulled her fiery boyfriend into a tight embrace. "I'm happy!" she exclaimed. "Deliriously happy!"

"Good," said Natsu, hugging back his gorgeous girlfriend, even though it was making it very difficult for him to think with her body pressed so close to his. "Because now that's settled, I have some serious business to take care of."

"Oh?" Lucy looked worried. "What is it?"

Natsu grinned. "Putting my scent back all over you," he growled, as he leaned back in for another dizzying kiss.

Lucy smiled as her lips met Natsu's, her fingers roaming through his wild pink hair. Her breath hitched as she felt his temperature shoot up once again, while his hands curved around her waist. Feeling brave, she gently bit his lower lip, which elicited a groan from the young man whose tongue swiped over her lips in response, asking for entry. She sighed and opened her mouth slightly, surrendering to the deeper kiss. At the same time, his thumbs traced circular patterns along her sides, slightly tickling her in the process and causing her to squirm. He chuckled a little at her response, giving her a devilish idea. Lucy moved her leg between Natsu's and rubbed her hips against him, stimulating his most sensitive spot and causing him to gasp. She giggled.

"That's so not fair!" he grumbled into her hair. "Gajeel must have taught you how to play dirty this morning."

Lucy shook her head. "Nah, he hardly spoke to me all actually. We were both relieved when you showed up!"

"That reminds me," said Natsu, raising his head. "How exactly did you fall into his lap?"

"Puu-puun!"

Lucy and Natsu both started at the sound of the little white celestial spirit's voice.

"Plue!"

They looked over to see the little wobbly creature walking over to the bed, an apologetic look on his face. "Puuun-puu!" he confessed.

"I see," said Natsu, looking serious before breaking into a grin. "That's okay, don't worry about it!"

Lucy looked at Natsu in confusion.

"He said he tripped you on purpose, but he did it to help us finally be together," Natsu explained. It was his turn to look confused. "Really, you've had Plue all this time and you still don't understand him?"

"Hey, give me a break, I don't even know what language he speaks!" she pouted.

Natsu shook his head at Lucy and laughed. "I love how easy it is to get you riled up!"

Lucy was just about to give him a withering retort when she burst out laughing too. "You do know how to push my buttons!" she winked, sending a rush of heat through her boyfriend's body. "I'm glad to find out it was Plue after all. I know I'm clumsy but I didn't think I was THAT bad!"

"Yeah, I was wondering why you've never fallen into ME like that," teased Natsu, tickling Lucy's sides.

"HEY!" she giggled, breathless. "Stop that!"

Lucy was only saved by Plue interrupting again. "Puun, puun puu!"

Natsu considered for a moment. "Well if you feel that bad about it, you can do me a favor then," he said to Plue. "Go and tell Happy, and then all the other celestial spirits, not to interrupt Lucy and me for the next few days!"

Plue jumped up and nodded. "Puu-puun!" he cried, and then vanished with a poof.

"Days?" asked Lucy. "Are we going somewhere?"

Natsu gave her a searing smile that warmed her insides, making her realize he could ignite flames in more ways than one. "Oh no, we aren't going anywhere away from this bed. It's just that Gajeel sure does reek so it's going to take at least that long to make sure you smell like me again. Maybe longer."

Lucy gave him a wink. "Maybe weeks? Months?"

Natsu settled back down onto the bed, "Maybe even the rest of our lives," he said, as he leaned in for a scorching kiss. This time it was Lucy's temperature that went up as Natsu's hands slid under her to give her butt a playful squeeze.

"In that case," said Lucy when they came up for air, "I think we're going to need to find a fireproof mattress."

Natsu grinned. "Who knew talking could be so much fun?"

"Not talking is even more fun," said Lucy, pulling him back to her by his scarf and kissing him until neither one of them could think of any more words to say.


A/N - Oh you naughty Plue!