"Hey Natsu." Lucy asked staring at the pinkette who was busy cutting into his steak. He looked up at the blonde who stopped eating and stared at him. "You never told me about yourself from the longest I known you."
Natsu smirked and sipped on his soda before speaking. "And why the sudden interest in me Luce?"
"I-i just thought I should know more about the guy that bugs me nonstop." The blonde spoke quickly picking her fork back up and picking at her chicken. "If you don't want to talk about it's fine."
"Well where do I begin, I was born and raised here in Magnolia by my dad. I never really knew my mom but I was just fine with that. My dad was the bestest growing up." He began smiling at the thought. Natsu looked at Lucy who seemed interested so far. "I have a cat named Happy, I had him ever since he was a kitten. My dad gave me Happy only because I whined so much about wanting a dragon, so to shut me up he put Happy in a paper mache egg and told me it was a dragon egg that fell from the sky."
"That's so cute." Lucy placed her hand over her mouth and giggled which only made the pinkette grin.
"Yeah my friends thought it was awesome too."
"So what do you do for a living?" The blonde asked picking a piece of chicken up and eating it.
"I work in a business that serves the community." He replied cutting into his steak once more. "It's a low profile kind of business."
"That's pretty cool, I wouldn't suspect that from you."
"And why not?"
"Because you look so young." Lucy let out a giggle that only made Natsu smile more.
"And how about you Ms. Lucy, are you gonna tell me more about you?" The young master asked staring at the blonde who seem hesitant about speaking.
"Well I moved here to Magnolia about a year ago to attend college." She began to say but closed her mouth.
"Got any family?" Natsu asked continuing to eat.
He waited a few minutes and noticed the frown that adorn her face. She stared at her hands that were in her lap not daring to say a word.
"Lucy-" The pinkette began to say but was cut off.
"My mom died a few months after I left and I heard my dad gotten sick." She said softly.
Natsu reached over and grabbed Lucy's hand from under the table. The sudden contact shocked the blonde but she allowed it. She smiled up at the man who smiled back with his goofy grin.
"I don't have that many friends here and my one friend Michelle back home has her own problems so I haven't been able to tell anyone." She whispered trying to hold back tears that threaten to fall out.
"And what does that make me?" He joked rubbing his thumb along her delicate hand. "Do you want me to take you home?"
"Yes please." Lucy answered looking at him with one of her happy smiles that brightened up her brown eyes.
Natsu waved over a waiter asking for the bill all the while he tried to ignore the thumping feeling in his chest that refused to stop.