Lucy groaned as the sound of her alarm brought her out of her wonderful dreamlike state. Before she could reach over and shut the evil contraption off she felt a pressure lift off her and then the noise stopped. No sooner did the pressure disappear had it reappeared followed by a very familiar male voice next to her ear, "Jeez that thing is noisy."
Lucy shivered slightly at the sensation. Minus the alarm going off she felt relaxed and comfortable. Humming her agreement she began waking up. Realization dawned on her as to why the alarm had gone off. They had a job to set off on today. Wait they? Lucy's eyes shot open suddenly and she turned her head slightly only to be face to face with none other than Natsu. A million questions formed in that instant. Tensing she tried to calm herself. There had to be a good reason that the two of them were entangled. Looking down she couldn't blame all the physical contact on him. She was using his arm as a pillow after all. Blushing she hesitantly asked, "Na-natsu?"
"Hmm?" he replied popping an eye open to look at her.
"H-how d-di-did I end up in b-b-bed?"
"Couldn't sleep so I carried you over here." was Natsu's mumbled reply as he closed his eye again and snuggled deeper.
Lucy frowned at this. Did he have another nightmare? She thought that staying in her home was enough to keep them away. Could it be that he needed her physical presence? That thought raised a whole new level of emotion causing her to push it aside. She'd deal with it later. Swallowing the lump in her throat she said, "Uhhh… We need to get up. We have a uhhh m-m-mission t-to-today." Mentally she cursed her stutter and emotions.
"But Luce," he whined, "I was having bestest dream."
Lucy couldn't help but chuckle at the child like nature of his comment, "Oh really and what was it about?"
"You were making me omelets…" he yawned and stretched before finishing, "…naked."
At first she giggled. Leave it to Natsu to have the 'bestest dream' involve food. But at his last admittance she flushed from embarrassment, anger, and a sea of emotions she didn't want to name. "KAAA!" She screeched while bashing him on the head, "PERVERT!" And with that she kicked him onto the floor and pulled the blankets up to her chin in a way to preserve her modesty.
"Damn it Lucy! What the hell was that for?" Natsu yelled from his new place on the floor as he attempted to rub the bump away.
"AYE! Lucy don't be so noisy in the morning" A sleepy Happy replied.
Looking from Happy to Natsu and back she said, "Well then tell Natsu to not be a creepy pervert in the morning!"
"OI! How am I a pervert?"
"Y-your d-d-dream! Don't just go around dreaming of people n-n-NAKED!"
"You're making it sound like I'm like that icy bastard!"
"Well you are just as deranged! Who the hell gave you the right to think about me like that?!"
"Who the hell else do you expect me to think of like that?"
With Natsu's last comment the room grew quiet as the two people that had been arguing flushed and stared wide eyed at one another. Happy chose that moment to snicker. "My, my, my young people these days." he tisked.
"SHUT UP CAT!" Both Natsu and Lucy yelled at Happy.
"WAAAA! It IS contagious!" Happy cried as he flew to the kitchen.
Natsu took the opportunity to grab his clothes and rush to the bathroom saying something about having to take a leak. Lucy stole a quick glance in his direction and snickered slightly. Did the man own a single pair of boxers that were age appropriate? Today's pair sported blue flames. "Idiot," she mumbled as she attempted to get up and stretch herself.
A fully recovered Happy landed on the table next to her munching on a fish, "Aye Lucy?"
"Don't start alley cat!"
Snickering a bit Happy looked up to her and said, "He lliiiikes you!"
Lucy opened her mouth to yell but for the first time ever she closed it with an audible snap. Huffing she glared at the exceed and finally mumbled out, "I doubt it."
Happy had been fully ready to take flight and run for safety, however he was shocked at the un-Lucy like response he had gotten. Taking on a serious look he shook his head. Why did no one ever listen to him? "Don't be so sure Lucy." was all he offered as he went to get another fish out of the kitchen.
She stood there a bit stunned. What was with these two today? Since when is Happy attempting to be insightful? Shaking her head she stomped over to her dresser to retrieve some clothing for the day. Pulling out a pair of shorts and a low cut tank top she turned to head to the bathroom and demand Natsu hurry up. Instead though she ran into him and screamed,"KAA! Don't sneak up on me!"
Natsu started laughing along with Happy at her outburst. Not to mention the face she made. "Lucy I'm hungry." He said ignoring her outburst.
"The muffins are in the cupboard above the counter." She said walking off to the bathroom still irritated. Just before she went to start her morning rituals she yelled, "And don't eat them all! Save me at least two of them!"
Several minutes later Lucy emerged to find exactly two muffins sitting on a plate on her table. Chancing a look to the bowl where there had been about three dozen she frowned to find only crumbs. "Jeez Natsu how the hell did you eat that many already?"
Natsu smiled, "I told you I was hungry!"
Smiling slightly herself she just shook her head, "Whatever, hurry up and go home and pack and meet me at the stables to the west of town. I want to be on the road by seven."
Happy spoke up at this, "But Lucy we packed last night." He said while pointing to Natsu's travel bag in the corner.
"How the?" she mumbled confused herself. "When?" she asked.
Natsu shrugged eating an apple he found in her frig, "Last night when you were in the bath."
Lucy hummed in understanding. Now the bang form last night made sense. It must have been him dropping the giant bag on the floor. Glancing at the clock she groaned. It wasn't even half past five in the morning. "You should have told me." She whined flopping onto her couch, "I could have gotten an extra hour of sleep in."
Natsu pouted as well. That extra hour would have been nice. Not to mention it would have been an extra hour of being curled up on his favorite place with his favorite person. He was about to voice his own disdain for waking up when a thought hit him, "Oi! This means we have time for breakfast!" he cheered.
Lucy flushed as the statement brought back the memory of what he had been dreaming of. Mentally pushing it aside she said, "I'm not cooking and leaving a bunch of dishes to sit for over a week."
Natsu continued to pout down at her. Sighing he pulled her up and said, "Fine but we can still go get something before we leave. Get your stuff slow poke."
Grumbling at the insult Lucy shoved him away and put her muffins into the bag with the other snacks and proceeded to grab her suitcase and a cooler. Noticing Natsu and Happy making their way to the window she didn't have the effort to yell at them about doors and instead told them to make sure it was closed before they landed. Locking her door behind her she made her way to the pair and headed off with them in search of something that would be open at the ungodly hour.
So wanna say TY to my reviewers!
Tater: TY so much! I'm glad you are enjoying so far!
Link: How was Natsu a perv in the last chap... Sill he's a perv in THIS one! *giggles*
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Oh just wait till you read the next chapter! I added a little bit of... Drama we'll say MMMUUUAHAHHAHHAHAHAHHA
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~Gemi