Riven- YEY MORE CUDDLES! TY
leo- Gehee We all know Lucy never would have said anything and he just had to know LOL
Souring-LOL I know what you mean it's so dreary! But LMFAO yeh now that you mention it that scene deff comes to mind when reading this!
Exxcal- TY! And I wonder too! LOL
rxp-(28) LOL No worries sometimes we just don't have time :) HAHHAAHA Yur too funny pervy Natsu will get his chance to shine eventually!
rxp-(29) Just had to add a sweet moment after all the chaos :)
Celtika82-(3) Agreed! Hubbies lulls me to sleep so long as he isn't snoring LOL
Celtika82-(6) YEH! TY! I Love diving into Happy's mind now it's fun!
Celtika82-(13) LMFAO She has an over active imagination. And you have to remember Wendy was writing and she is adorable herself so yeh! LOL
G.R.T.- :D Gotta have those happy moments
Celtika82-(29) TY TY TY *bows* She's getting there and it hopefully will work out LOL and most my readers seemed to be pervy so I had to toss something in there. Dreams are our gateway to imagination after all.
And now for today's chappy!
Lying in the cool grass staring at the night sky was calming for Lucy. She couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief after the latest events. She smiled to herself hearing the muffled voices of Natsu and Happy who were sitting by the camp fire. Although she couldn't make out what they were talking about it was just a nice feeling to know that they were talking. To know that he was there, alive, and healthy once more. Fingering the holder with her keys lovingly she looked back to the heavens finding several of her friends.
"Aye what's with the weird face?" Happy asked shaking her from her thoughts by landing on her stomach.
Scowling at the bundle of blue she snapped out, "It's not a weird face. I'm just happy."
"Weirdo," Natsu huffed under his breath laying down beside her.
"If I'm such a weirdo then why don't you two go back to what you were doing and leave me alone?" Lucy huffed feeling insulted.
"But Lucy! It's more fun with you!" Happy offered.
Natsu smiled over at the flushed woman, "He's right! It's always more fun to do stuff together."
"Whatever," Lucy mumbled embarrassed.
"So what are you doing over here?" Natsu asked.
With her embarrassment fading she smiled a bit once more looking above. "Just star gazing it keeps me calm. Besides it's my job to know the constellations so it's good practice."
Flopping on his back between his partners Happy looked up as well. "Aye which one is the fish?"
Lucy giggled, "Pisces isn't up there right now. It will be a few months yet before you can seem them." noticing his pout and hearing Natsu's chuckle she started to point out the friends they knew. "Over here is Lyra and if you look there its Sagittarius." Spotting something her eyes lit up, "Look at this one guys," she said as she started tracing the shape.
"What's that one Luce?"
"Draco!"
"Who's that Lucy?" Happy asked.
Beaming she looked to her side catching Natsu's gaze, "He's a dragon."
"WOW!" the pair said in unison.
And so the peaceful night continued with Lucy pointing out all the constellations above and telling them what she knew about each one they had yet to meet. Eventually the trio made their way back to camp and prepared to sleep.
After they had left on the train that morning they chose to walk and enjoy the day rather than find a carriage. It would do them good to stretch their stiff muscles after all. When the day light began to dwindle they found themselves near a river and chose to make camp in a clearing along it's banks. It would offer the prospect of fresh fish as well as water making it perfect.
It was in this perfect spot Lucy noticed Natsu's tossing and turning a few feet away from her. Pulling out her sleeping bag she huffed, "What's your problem?"
Natsu frowned. "I miss your bed."
Flushing a bit Lucy laughed. "Well maybe we can take a carriage at the next town, if we're lucky we'll be back to Magnolia in a couple days."
Brightening a bit at her subtle implication he felt the need to ask, "So does that mean I can stay in your bed when we get back?"
Blushing furiously she whispered out, "I made a promise. Even if you didn't hear it I still plan to keep it."
Sitting up and watching her he grew curious, "What is it?"
"Nothing," she rushed out angry at herself for even mentioning it. Huffing she laid down and went to zip her sleeping bag closed only to be stopped when Natsu pulled her bag with her in it, closer to himself.
Grinning at her questioning look he said, "What? Happy's already asleep so I can't move."
"Natsu," she sighed frustrated. "Didn't we go over this already?"
Natsu just grinned, "Yup, and you gave up which means no more arguing about it." Seeing her roll her eyes he laughed and asked again, "What was that promise anyway?"
Blushing further and rolling over as to not face him she grumbled out, "Don't worry about it and go to sleep."
Pouting he whined, "But Luuucy."
"I said drop it!"
"But I want to know!"
"Don't worry about it!"
"Please?"
"NO!"
"Guys it's too soon to be so noisy!" Happy said interrupting their argument.
Lucy was the first to deflate, "Sorry Happy go back to sleep."
"Yeh sorry buddy." Natsu added.
As the three mages settled down it was Natsu who stayed awake and contemplating. He couldn't get the conversation he had with Happy out of his head.
Natsu had watched as Lucy silently got up and walked over to the cool grass by the river and laid down. Before he could follow and find out what she was doing Happy hovered in front of him blocking his path. Intrigued he asked, "What's up buddy?"
Crossing his little arms and taking a serious pose Happy looked to Natsu and said, "I've got the bestest idea in the world!"
Natsu smiled, "Yeh tell me!"
"AYE! We should have Lucy come live with us!"
Natsu's eyes bulged as he seated himself once more. Staring in the direction of the woman he thought it over. They basically lived together now and it would solve his issue of always having to get her to agree to let them stay over. Plus she wouldn't have to worry about rent anymore. Not to mention the thought of waking up to her every morning for the rest of forever was amazing, especially if he could get her to make omelets.
Shaking the thought away he realized this wasn't the moment to reminisce on that dream. Happy was waiting for an answer still. The problem was that for all the good he could think of there was a major downfall. "She'd never agree. She complains about privacy all the time."
"Natsu you're looking at this all wrong! You've got to convince her this is the bestest idea! You're good at tricking Lucy."
Natsu frowned. Yes he enjoyed tricking her into little things. Ok, given some of them were somewhat major like being his partner, but still this wasn't something he wanted to trick her into. What Happy possibly didn't realize was that Lucy was still a little too formal. Even if she had abandoned that former lifestyle she clung to the ideas. So she would in no way ever move in with him if they weren't together in more ways than just partners and nakama. He had played dumb loads of times but he really wasn't he knew the implications of such a thing. And while he was by no means against the thought she seemed to be still.
She already protested that sleeping next to each other was making her unfit for marriage which made no sense to him only because why would he care if she was sleeping with him when he was the one that would marry her someday if he could help it? And honestly if it kept all those other guys away then hell yes! That only added to his own reasons for such an act. "Happy I don't want to trick her. I want her to want to stay with us."
Happy looked down for a moment in thought. Raising his head again he brightened, "But Natsu, she does! She yelled at the hospital people forever that she wouldn't leave and she was the one that made them push the beds together so we could all cuddle up!"
He had forgotten about that. "She did, didn't she?" He questioned mostly to himself.
"AYE!"
Maybe that's what had caused the shift in his dreams while he was out. He couldn't remember all of it but he could remember the fact that she was dead. It seemed like only when her scent surrounded him did those damn nightmares keep away. Did she realize that though and only tried to help? He had been so set on talking to her days ago but then got sidetracked. He sighed this was all so confusing and it didn't help that it was Happy who kept bringing stuff like this up. He knew why he was, they shared the same fears in this case, but it didn't make it easier.
Growing irritated with the silence Happy once more spoke up, "Aye Natsu?"
"Yeh?"
"You should tell her then ask her! She'll be all happy cause you finally told her you llliiike her and she'd be sure to say yes!"
Natsu flushed a slight bit at that. It was one thing for someone to talk about that sort of thing cryptically but to say it like that right to him threw him off a bit. "I ummm…" Blowing air through his teeth he tried again, "I don't know about that Happy. I mean this is Lucy she'd probably be mad at me or something when I tell her."
"You and Lucy should listen to me more often. I'm your partner too." And with that Happy flew off to Lucy leaving Natsu to wonder what he meant by that.
Natsu growled to himself. Why did this stuff have to be so hard? Better yet why did Lucy have to be so weird and difficult about things? Couldn't she just admit stuff when he asked her? If she asked him he'd tell her. Then again she didn't pull away from him anymore. That meant something, right? But at the same time she still put up a fight about them sleeping together. Curling further around her he huffed. She wouldn't admit she liked them like this but she didn't deny it and that was a start. At least she already said he could stay the night when they got back.
Inhaling deeply Natsu decided that was enough thinking and just marveled in the feel of Lucy pressed against him as he drifted off.
Happy's plan reviled! So for this chapter I don't have much to say. Just a nice little fluff with some thoughts.
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