"My feet ache so bad~" Lucy muttered to herself coming through the front doors of the pinkette's home. She kicked her heels off and walked slowly to the stairs.
"Tch, why did you need to wear those then?" Natsu asked shutting and locking the door after himself. He walked into the living room and saw his blue cat happily playing with his many toys on the rug. Upon seeing his owner, Happy stood up trotting toward him. Happy purred and rubbed his head against Natsu's leg as a greeting. "Hey buddy, how was your night?"
The cat responded with a meow and sat waiting to see where his master would go. Natsu reached down petting the feline's head before turning on his heels toward the stairs where the blonde went up a few minutes ago. He grabbed her heels and climbed the stairs with Happy walking through his legs every time he took a step. Once he reached his bedroom he saw the blonde rummaging through her bag pulling clothes out.
"If you like nice things, I suggest you don't leave them around Happy. He tends to ruin things." Natsu said placing the heels in his closet then closing it shut as soon as the cat neared the door. Happy hissed not pleased with his master or the door and zoomed out the room.
He saw Lucy stop what she was doing and perk her head up at his words. "Is that why you don't have much stuff in your house?"
"It's part of the reason. Happy tends to ruin things that are in his reach, bite or chew or scratch it up. But the other part is that my friends and I tend to brawl. And sometimes they get out of hand. And sometimes there's lots of broken things afterwards." Natsu chuckled nervously looking around. "I never have people other than friends over so excuse the bare emptiness. I'm not even much of a decorator either."
"It's fine. More room for a female touch." Lucy winked then giggled at her actions grabbing her clothes and dropping her bag by the closet. "I'll be right back." Lucy disappeared again into the bathroom.
Natsu sighed when the door closed and threw his blazer off to the side then pulled his shirt over his head. He debated whether to shower or put the blonde to sleep first. He still had plans to fulfil later in the night that he can't skip out of. The pinkette sat on his king size bed with his joints aching at the very thought of his plans. 'I gotta put a shirt on again. But so tired.' He though staring down at the garment in his hands that he hasn't let go of yet.
"That looks like it hurts."
Natsu whipped his head around to see the blonde college girl dressed in grey sweats and a old t shirt. She walked toward the bed with her sock clad feet softly padding against the wooden floor. She climbed the bed and crawled over to the man who watched her every move. Lucy lifted her hand up and laid it on the man's right shoulder blade before tracing the red marks. Natsu though back on what she said before, processing what she was talking about. Upon his back was a black outlined red colored dragon that represented his guild. He was eighteen when he endured various of sessions at the tattoo parlor getting it started. He felt her soft touch trailing up the mouth at his shoulder then down to the tail at his lower back.
"Hurt like hell at first." He said tossing his shirt to the small pile of clothes forming. "That pain was nothing after a while."
"I always wanted a tattoo, they looked so cool." Lucy said resting both her hands on his shoulders. Her eyes stared at the ground in thought before continuing to speak. "They say tattoos tell a story."
"Then let them tell stories, it has nothing to do with you." Natsu puffed out staring at the blank plain walls. The idea of her milky white skin getting inked all over excited him at first thought. He had an attraction for woman like that. But he gotten so use to seeing it blank and clear that her talking about it annoyed him almost making him mad.
"You jerk!" Lucy squealed out loud shoving the pinkette with all her might. All it did was move him forward slightly and grunt to acknowledge what she done. She huffed at his actions and slammed her fist into his back once before repeatively doing it to make a point. "Don't be so arrogant and think you can tell me what to do."
Natsu inhaled and exhaled heavily before turning, grabbing the blonde's wrist, push her down to her back then pin her wrist above her head in one swift motion. He maneuvered himself over Lucy practically hovering over her with his knees placed on either side of her hips. Lucy stared up at his dark eyes shocked and a tad scared of what happened. Never had this side of him came out before, she didn't even know why.
"I like your skin the way it is. With nothing on it." Natsu said in a bored tone but his eyes were staring so hard. He had one hand grasping her wrist while the other snaked down and stroked her cheek lovingly even when she turned her head away. "I didn't mean to make you mad at me."
Before she could even breath or respond back, Natsu ducked his head down to hers and captured her lips hungrily. He sucked and nibbled at her bottom lip slowly and sensually. This was more memorable than any other kiss he had given and he wanted to keep it that way. Natsu released her wrist and placed his forearms firmly on both sides of her head to give himself more room. He felt Lucy's figure shrink underneath him as he continued to kiss her. She didn't respond to the kiss at all. He didn't know if he should stop or not, he didn't know if he's scaring her more. Natsu broke away huffing and puffing for air while staring at the blonde who looked like she'd break out in tears any moment. Lucy's eyes were wide and watery, her arms were still flat at her side but her lips were noticeable red bruised and puffy. She was still as a stick.
'Shit, shit, shit.' Sang throughout Natsu's head as panicked thoughts came to mind. When she finally let the tears stream down the side of her face and she began to weep, did Natsu start to freak out. He sat back on the heels of his feet with his hands grabbing at the blonde's to comfort her. "Lucy."
She began to mumble incoherent things lowly with her eyes closed choking out a sob a couple times.
"Lu-"
Her cries became hard and her body began to tremble underneath him making Natsu worry more. 'Do something idiot.' He though to himself feeling his heart break at the site.
The pinkette found himself placing his arms under the girl's neck and back and pulling her close to him. The action alone made her stop crying and keep still for a moment. Even with her body still, Natsu hugged her closer to his chest resting his head on top of hers.
"I love you Lucy."
His words made the said girl stare wide in shock with a few tears unknowingly falling out.
"I love you." Natsu repeated again pulling the girl away from him so he can look her in the face.
Lucy reached up tiredly and attempted to wrap her arms around him. "You do?"
"Tch, did I fall in love with a stupid girl?"
"You stupid jerk." Lucy huffed, sniffling slightly.
"There's my Luce." Natsu said with a small smile. He laid her back down on the bed then moved himself beside her resting on his side proping his head up on his arm. He cupped her cheek and smiled staring into her eyes. "I couldn't control myself, I didn't mean to go that far." When she nodded her head in understanding, Natsu moved his arm to rest on her belly.
After a few minutes of silence with Natsu lazily drawing circles into a patch of revealed skin on the girl's belly and Lucy staring at the ceiling, she spoke. "Did you mean what you said?"
"Why would I lie?" He responded not halting his movements. "To you of all people too."
Lucy turned her head slightly to stare at the man. "I'm not use to being so intimate with guys. Like kissing and stuff. I didn't mean to ruin the night. It was amazing."
"Babe, you didn't ruin anything. I should know boundaries." Natsu said looking at her with his dark eyes. He rested his hand firmly on her waist and smirked. "Nice to know I got something untouched."
"I'm not a object Dragneel!" Lucy shrieked smacking his arm hard.
"Stop talking." He chuckled rolling onto his back and pulling her with him. Lucy's head landed on his chest as her legs ended up tangled with his muscular legs. "Let's get some sleep Looney."
"Shut up."
"I love you." Natsu mumbled hugging the girl to him as he placed a kiss on the top of her head. Lucy said nothing but smile and snuggle up closer to him. The pinkette reached for the comforter that was pushed away and pulled it placed it over themselves as they drifted happily to sleep.