"Luce." He cooed wrapping his arms around her abdomen with his head rested on her shoulder to observe her.
Natsu was more than delighted to have slept soundly to through the night. Even more so when he woke in a fright without the blonde curled to his side but found her in the kitchen with his shirt.
Lucy smiled hearing his voice and continued to her task of cooking scrambled eggs for them to eat. When she finished she severed them onto plates with fried ham. The blonde even had a cup of coffee made for the pinkette.
"Your amazing babe." Natsu said with a cheeky grin taking his seat at the island counter.
"Mmhm." Lucy hummed seating adjacent from him.
They ate their breakfast peacefully with Happy nudging his head ever so often on Natsu's leg begging for pieces of ham. Natsu told a few jokes that made Lucy either giggle, her cheeks go pink, or earned the pinkette a smack on his thigh. After they finished their meal, Lucy took the dishes to her sink and washed them while the young master sat there waiting for her to finish.
"Why don't you take a shower so I can change your bandages for you." The girl said drying her hands off approaching the man with a smile on her face. She looked amazing in his eyes even if this wasn't the first time he woke up to see her in the morning. Messy hair and all, his chest hurt.
"Are you sure it's not a trick to get in my pants again Luce?" He asked with a smirk on his face.
Lucy smacked his thigh again with more force then before to make him wince. "Shut up and go."
Natsu rolled his eyes but did as he was told. He walked up the stairs and entered his bathroom. He stripped himself of his pants and jumped into the shower. After he was done he dried off and pulled on a simple t shirt and shorts. Then headed back down the stairs for the blonde.
Lucy was seated on the couch with a cat toy in hand playing with Happy. In front of her were bandages and antibiotics laid out from the first aid that he assumed she found. Natsu walked over and seated himself on the coffee table in front of the other two occupants.
"How nice." He commented when his presence went unnoticed.
The blonde looked up at him then back at the cat clawing his heart out for the bell inside the small ball she held. "Hush." She let the cat have the ball after a while. Lucy faced Natsu pulling his shirt up and ripping off the bandage from his side.
"Ow!" He exclaimed between clenched teeth.
"You had it coming somehow." She hummed ripping open the alcohol wipe and rubbing it onto his wound. She still questioned how he hurt himself but said nothing about it. Lucy went on and dabbed the antibiotic cream over the cut.
"So how long is my Luce gonna play doctor?" Natsu asked in a playful tone watching her place a new bandage to his cut.
"Let's see, I'm done with school for the summer but I got longer hours at work. I guess as long as you'd like."
"Do you have work today?"
"Yeah I actually do. I just wanted to make sure you were taken care of before I leave to my place." She replied repeating the process on Natsu's neck injury. "I'll be back later." Lucy continued with her eyes trained on her task and not on the boy smirking down at her. "I'll make sure to pack a bag enough for a few weeks if you don't mind."
"I don't mind anything as long as I get to wake up with you in bed." He chuckled seeing the blush on he cheek.
Lucy tore the bandage on his own cheek off without warning making him yelp in pain. "I don't think you need a bandage on your cheek. It looks healed up." She commented only wiping it with a new alcohol wipe then covering it with antibiotic cream. "Alright. Looks like your all done. I'm going to go get dressed now."
"I wish I could keep you all day." He said cupping her cheek in his large hand. "Thank you." He leaned forward and gave her lips a peak then placed his forehead on hers. "I love you, Lucy."
"Okay. So that should be enough, shouldn't it?" Lucy asked herself examining several outfits she had laid out on her bed. She already had some underwear and two work outfits packed in a suitcase that still waited for her to fill it. She had three pairs of shoes that went with all the clothes she was taking and her hygiene essentials bag waiting beside the bag.
She herself was dressed in a white button up shirt with a black pencil skirt and her hair styled up in a bun ready for work. Lucy was beyond happy when she left Natsu's home. She was so eager to get back. After a few minutes of debating she folded the clothes she had on her bed and stalked them nicely into her suitcase. She zipped up the bag and rolled it to the front door of her apartment where her low black heels and purse awaited her.
In a matter of minutes Lucy left her home with the suitcase in tow now matter how peculiar it looked. She headed down the few short blocks to the restaurant smiling widely at everyone she passed, stranger or not.
'You only got a six hour shift today. Do your best.' The blonde chanted in her head happily. She rounded the corner to see her destination come into view.
Just as she'd approach the entrance a hand planted itself on her shoulder. Lucy immediately got scared and turned to look over her shoulders then her eyes grew wide. She saw the whites of their teeth as they grinned at her. Lucy then felt an arm around her waist and a cloth over her nose with darkness washing over her.'Natsu..' She faintly thought with the young man's smiling face popping into her head lastly. She felt herself being pulled somewhere as her eyes rolled into her head. She lost feeling of her purse that was over her shoulder and the handle of her rolling suitcase.