~PREVIOUSLY ON THE LAST CHAPTER~
All Lucy remember next was being carried to the bed and hearing a soft goodnight from Natsu, then everything going back.
Lucy woke up in the morning throwing up, causing Natsu to wake up and panic. She threw up for a good 10 minutes, leaving Natsu to fetch water for his sick pregnant wife. She sat in her room, on the bed while waiting for Natsu to bring her the water her promised. But when she heard the door open and footsteps coming closer, she expected Natsu but instead, it was Sting. "S – Sting?"
"Hey, you alright? I heard you from next door,"
"You can hear everything next door?" Lucy gasped, looking at him in surprise. She was so not going to let Natsu do anything to her knowing Sting and Rogue could hear her. Lucy sighed and put a hand on her swollen stomach, looking up to see Sting awkwardly looking around. "Err, you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. Just morning sickness, you know, pregnant and all. Why? Was a certain blonde worried?"
"W - Worried? Pfff - as if! I just heard strange noises and thought some masked killer came in!"
"Hmm, if you say so." Lucy couldn't help have a small smile on her face knowing that Sting was worried about her safety. After all, she was pregnant and they were friends. The two blonde's sat there in silence, listening to the birds outside chirp and the sun rise from the hills.
She wonders where Natsu was with her water.
"Where's your fiancé?" Sting finally asked noticing Natsu wasn't in the room with her. Lucy shrugged as she leaned against the pillows while sitting up. "He probably fell down the stairs on his way downstairs or something," Sting sweat-dropped, looking at Lucy who just nonchalantly stated that her fiancé could have possibly fell down the stairs and have gotten hurt, not even looking like she cared. Sting decided to let that one go and looked outside, watching the beautiful morning. "You know, I heard you two last night."
"What? We didn't even do anything last night -", "I don't mean any sexual, pervert." Lucy blushed and scolded him, cursing herself for going into conclusions so quickly. "What did you hear then?"
"About the hate-love relationship,"
"Oh! I told you he doesn't hate you; now will you two become friends again?"
"It's sort of hard to stick back broken pieces back together."
"Not unless you use a lot of glue and tape," Sting shot Lucy and glare who just smiled sweetly, acting ever so innocent. Sting just rolled his eyes, standing up from the bed. He shoved his hands in his pajama pants pocket and sighed, looking at the pregnant blonde once more. "Thanks, blondie. I'll try and talk to Natsu-San later that is if he acknowledges my presence."
"My name is Lucy you damn pretty boy! And of course he will, don't be stupid. Natsu can be an ass but he's a real softy in the inside!" Lucy huffed, crossing her arms over her busty chest. Sting rolled his eyes and waved her off, walking towards the door. "Right, well, see you, don't throw up again. Take care -" Sting said as he reached for the doorknob but came crashing the back of the door, a pink-haired male running in not even noticing the blonde on the floor in pain. "Lucy!"
"Sting!"
"Sting?"
"Natsu!"
"Damn, Natsu-San!"
"Sting? What are you doing in here? Did he hurt you Lucy?"
"No, but you certainly did - fuck!" Sting held the bridge of his nose, feeling as if Natsu broke his bone. He tilted his upwards and felt the warm liquid coming down his nostrils understanding what that meant. "Natsu, get some tissues and go bring the first aid kit!" Lucy gasped as she got off the bed, watching as Natsu set down the bottle of water and went to the bathroom to gather the first aid kit. "Sting, are you alright?"
"Yeah, I'm perfectly fine except for the fact I'm having a fucking nosebleed and my nose feels like its broken; I'm fucking fantastic!"
"Hey, don't yell at Lucy!"
"Natsu, you're the one who caused this, apologize!"
"Me? What did I do?"
"You slammed the door on my face, fucking - ouch!" Lucy cringed as she heard Sting shriek in her ear. Lucy handed him tissues to let him stop the bleeding as she waited to see if he nose was really broken or not. "Natsu, apologize." Lucy hissed towards the pink-haired male who was looking away, pouting slightly. "Sorry," Natsu murmured, earning a snort from Sting. "Whatever,"
"Is it still bleeding?" Sting reeled his hand back from his nose and covered it once again when he felt the warm liquid dripping from his nose. "Yep." Lucy frowned as she looked at the bleeding boy. "Come on, you should go see a doctor or something. Natsu, go with Sting and take him to the hospital."
"What? Me? No way! I already have my hands full on taking care of you!"
"Well I can take care of myself for a couple hours, can I not? Now go,"
"But Lucy -", "Go." Natsu frowned and mentally cursed to himself, standing up along with Sting. "Come on," He mumbled leaving Lucy in the room and Sting trailing behind him.
Why was Lucy so scary?
"Is my nose broken?" Sting asked, wincing slightly as the doctor put pressure on his nose, examining his nose. He scribbled few things down as he went back to the computer, typing in some things. Natsu sighed as he leaned his elbows against his knees, looking at the ground and back up at the males. They have been here for almost one hour and he was tired. He missed Lucy, he was sleepy, his butt was numb, and he was hungry. Why did she even let Sting in their room?
He groaned and rubbed his face, trying to stay awake. Maybe he'll get something to drink on their way back.
"Well, it's not broken but you have damaged your cartilage so it might hurt when you apply any sort of pressure on it so I suggest you be careful. It might take 2-3 weeks to completely heal," Sting groaned and Natsu sighed, standing up on his two feet to stretch and leave. "So, he's fine, right?"
"Yes, Mr. Dragneel. But may I know how he got this injury?"
"Uhm . . ." Natsu gave Sting a glance that was looking away, pretending not to listen to their conversation. What was he supposed to say? He accidently bashed his cousin in the face with the back of the door of his bedroom? "We were playing ball and I got hit in the face, no need to worry," Sting made an excuse up as he noticed Natsu's uneasiness and lack of excuses.
Natsu sighed in relief and flashed him a glance who Sting just ignored, hoping off the high chair. "Put the bill on my tab, I need to get back quickly so I have no time to pay. Thank you, Doctor."
"Anytime, Mr. Dragneel. Give my regards to Miss Lucy," Natsu gave him a grin and exited the place with Sting. Sting had a small band-aid on the bridge of his nose, the doctor saying it might help. To Sting, he thought he looked stupid - Natsu agreeing - but Sting was one of those pretty boys who care about their face and body more than anything so he decided to keep the band-aid, helping it heal faster.
The two sat in the car in silence, Natsu sighing as he stared at the steering wheel. Might as well talk to the guy, after-all Lucy did tell him to get along with him once more. And he wanted her happy to know he was friends with him again. "So . . . you hungry?"
"Just a bit,"
"Want to grab something to eat then go home?"
"I don't care, we should probably grab some food for Lucy or else she'll cause a huge riot why we didn't bring her anything." Natsu chuckled and Sting looked at him in surprise, wondering if he said something funny. He was surprised that he even talked to him. But he was thankful Natsu was the first to say something.
"We should, or else I would be the one to get my ass beat." A small smile came on Sting's lips as he looked towards the opposite direction Natsu was looking at. Natsu snickered to himself as a grin appeared on his face; starting the engine he backed his car out of his parking spot and left to go gather some food.
~X~
Sting and Natsu entered the house, both sipping on a drink while holding a small doggy bag in their hands for Lucy. The house was awfully quiet and they wondered where everyone are when it was almost 12 in the afternoon. "Luce?" Natsu shouted from the bottom of the stairs wondering if she was still up there. But when the two heard yelping from the kitchen they rushed towards the kitchen, both panicking thinking something might have happened.
When they entered the place, they saw Rogue having Lucy's right hand on the table, pinned down while Lucy was repeatedly saying ow. "Let her go!" Natsu snapped, rushing over but Lucy stopped him, telling him not to get closer. "I will win this arm-wrestling match!" Lucy declared making Sting and Natsu stare at her in disbelief. "Lucy, you're pregnant, you're a girl, and you will not win against Rogue,"
"Are you really saying that, Natsu Dragneel? I can pin you against the floor in 10 seconds,"
"And I can pin you in the bed or up against the wall, now stop this nonsense and let go of Rogue,"
"No! I will win – Rogue, don't let go!" Lucy panicked as she felt his grip loosening but Rogue just sighed and held her hand again, keeping the position. Sting pulled a chair up and sat down, sitting his drink while watching the two arm-wrestle. Natsu stood there, staring at Lucy as if she was crazy. That woman is so stubborn. "Lucy –", "Shush, Natsu. I'm concentrating,"
"I brought food." Just then Lucy slammed Rogue's hand on the table causing Rogue's eyes to widen and Sting jump back, the three of them all startled. "Food!" Lucy exclaimed, jumping up on her seat for Natsu to rush over and stop her from bouncing.
He fears that Lucy will slip one day.
"H – How'd she do that?" Sting asked, looking at Rogue who stood there also so baffled. He rubbed his wrists, looking at the blonde that was being scolded by Natsu. "Lucy, calm down. You could have broke that table,"
"She's that strong?"
"But Natsu –", "No Lucy, no buts', you're also pregnant. Don't scare Nashi," Lucy frowned and nodded at Natsu who grinned in response. "Come on, you need to eat," Natsu said as he gave her a small kiss on her forehead, sitting her back down on the table to give her the small doggy bag.
Sting sat on the chair again as he sipped his drink, still a bit taken back Lucy has the strength the break a table and Rogue was sitting on the chair, thinking how in the world woman got so strong all of a sudden.
"Where's Laxus?" Natsu asked as he noticed Laxus wasn't in the room, sitting next to Lucy he looked around once more along with Sting. "He's still asleep," Rogue said looking at the pink-haired man who just nodded in response. "I heard him from my room talking to some girl,"
"Girl?"
"Yeah. He was like, see you baby, miss you too baby, can't wait to see you." Sting mimicked, looking at the group that watched him speak. Natsu tried thinking back to see who Sting might be talking about, did he ever talk about her? "How's your nose, Sting?"
"What's wrong with your nose? Rogue asked looking at Sting to notice a small bad-aid stuck to it. "Natsu-San hit my face with the door,"
"By accident, I apologized."
"You two friends now?" Lucy gasped, looking at the trio who stared at her. Natsu and Sting both shrugged, not even knowing the answer to it. Lucy just smiled at the two, noticing that they aren't so awkward anymore.
The four sat in silence, Lucy eating while the three glancing at her time to time or doing their own thing. When Lucy finished, Natsu stood up to throw the trash away and help Lucy up, giving her full stomach a pat of affection. "How's our little Nashi today?"
"She kicked twice, but that's it!"
"She must love your voice, because I sure do." Lucy giggled and Natsu grinned at her, pecking her cheek earning her cheeks to flush slightly. "How does it feel to be engaged?" Sting asked, earning their attention. Natsu looked at him trying to think of an answer. How does it feel? "Well, to me, it's pretty amazing. I've got a woman I love and a baby that'll soon be arriving, it feels amazing."
"Why ask? Is Sting thinking of getting engaged?" Lucy teased making Sting roll his eyes and stand up, throwing his drink away. "I was thinking I should go get myself a wife too, shouldn't I?"
"Poor girl,"
"I pity Lucy because she's with you."
"Oh shut it you two," Lucy scolded not wanting them to fight once more. Sting and Natsu both smirked, the two of them just teasing each other. "Who do you want to marry, Sting?" Lucy asked, looking at Sting who sat back down, staring at the table. "Are you talking about Yukino?"
"Eh, I was just thinking."
"Yukino?"
"She's been with Sting for almost a year now." Rogue explained making Lucy gasp and pull away from Natsu. She sat down and looked at Sting, wanting Sting to talk to her about this girl. "Tell me, Sting. Who's Yukino?"
"The girl I shall marry."