Chapter 5: The Misunderstanding

' Hey Lucy...' The familiar voice rang in Lucy's head yet again. Lucy glared the silhouette body of the male she was embraced to.

" What." She demanded more than asked. The voice chuckled before his lips went to her ear.

' You can be very sexy.'

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Lucy opened her eyes before closing them again, she didn't feel like getting up from her comfortable bed at all...

Her bed...

Her bed!

Lucy shot up and looked at her surroundings. When did she get home, how did she get home, home from... Lucy's face went a deep shade of red as she put her face into her hands.

What had she done...?

She bit her lip nervously as she looked around her room, expecting to see a certain dragonslayer. Tears brimmed her eyes. Great... Just what she didn't want to happen occured.

The moment really did get ruined...

Not only had she had a heated session with her best friend and most-likely love interest now, but she had sex with him!? She shook her head, there's no way she could've done that with her own will.

She's still just trying to figure out the meaning of love, who that man is in her dreams, and why she is allowing Natsu to dominate over her.

Should she even consider them friends anymore? Are they lovers now? Lucy shook her head, feeling uneasiness wash over her. She had sex with her best friend...

She. Had. Sex. With. Natsu.

Not that it didn't feel good an all- Lucy! Not time to get distracted. Lucy then froze, her heart. What was this feeling? Lucy placed her hand to her chest as she felt her fast heartbeat. When she thought about Natsu, her stomach began to churn - in a good way - and her heart pace would quicken.

She looked down at her lap. How was she supposed to look at him today? The boy she loved... Loved? Lucy put her hands to her head. That couldn't be it... It... Was love...

" Am I only feeling this way because I made love with him?" Lucy blushed but felt guilty at the thought, but then stopped. No, because she had been feeling like this for a while now with Natsu.

Is this what that girl had spoken about? It had to be. But who was Lucy to know what love actually felt like? Hell, she'd never even had a lover or even a boyfriend before. Was this love she was feeling, or guilt for tacking advantage of her friend for her own pleasure?

But then again.

He seemed to have enjoyed it too. She felt her heart rate quicken again just at the thought of it.

Natsu...

Lucy got to the edge of her bed before trying to stand up.

" My legs... So sore." Realization soon hit Lucy as she again remembered the events of last night, her whole body burned in anticipation just by thinking about it. She sat back down on her bed quietly, not thinking of anything but Natsu at the moment.

Lucy suddenly stiffened, did she just hear her door to the bathroom creek? Lucy was just about to stand up to investigate when Natsu walked out, shirtless and a small towel drapped around his neck. He seemed to have taken a shower, Lucy refrained from looking at his strong chest.

When he noticed the gaping blonde, he smiled what seeme to be an I'm-not-your-bestfriend-anymore-if-you-know-what-I-mean type of smile. Lucy blushed frantically, no words coming from her mouth as he walked towards her, sitting next to her on the bed.

" Hey Lucy! Sleep well?" He asked the last part a little... How do you explain it... Knowingly? Lucy just stared at him.

don't do it Lucy.

Lucy could already feel the tears stinging her eyes as the first tear strayed from her eye, causing Natsu to panic.

Lucy put her head down so he couldn't see her face filled with guilt.

" I'm sorry, I'm so sorry Natsu." Lucy cried quietly as Natsu patted her back. He stopped for a moment as he looked at her confused.

" What? What for?" He asked, completely oblivious. The waterfalls wouldn't stop as she cried to him about how sorry she was for taking advantage of the situation for herself and how guilty she felt and so forth.

Natsu stared at her like she was crazy the whole time. When she calmed down a bit from her sob story, He gave her a stern look.

" What are you talking about?" Lucy's head shot up to his as he moved a strand of hair out of her face, giving her his signature toothy grin. Lucy stared at him shocked as tears kept pouring from her eyes.

" Are you trying to say you thought only you enjoyed yourself, so you think you took advantage of me?" Natsu almost laughed as Lucy looked at him in disbelief.

" W-Well I..." Lucy was interrupted as Natsu grabbed the side of her face and gave her a kiss. Lucy wasn't sure if she should respond to his kiss or not but did when Natsu made it more urgent, telling her to.

When he let go, he started to laugh.

" Wh-What are you laughing at!?" Lucy screamed in embarassment.

" Lucy, I finally figured out why I've been acting strange around you lately." Lucy stared at him, full with interest as he continued.

" I guess... I was going through some type of heat." Lucy blushed and backed away from him.

" Y-Y-You What!? B-But isn't being in heat more... Agressive?" Lucy whispered the last part shamefully.

" Well everyone's different I guess. But I needed to mate..." He said the last part a little akwardly. Lucy's eyes widened as she looked down at her lap. The tears stopped as her body felt sour and sick.

He just needed to mate? So... It could've been with any girl? Reality hit her hard as she felt a painful swelling in her chest. So not only did she have sex with her bestfriend, but also to satisfy his need to mate which he'll probably forget about in a few days?

Shame and guilt was washed away with a new emotion.

Anger.

Lucy glared up at Natsu and pushed him off her bed with a harsh shove. Natsu looked up at her like she was crazy before glaring back at her.

" What the hell was that for, Lucy?" He asked harshly as he started to get up and reach out to her. Lucy smacked his hand away, surprising him.

" No! Stay away!" Natsu stared Lucy in disbelief and somewhat hurt.

" Lucy..." Lucy glared up at him as her tears fell down her cheeks.

" How could you!? We're bestfriends and yet you used me just so you could mate!? And here I thought I was the one who should be feeling ashamed!" Lucy cried as she started continuously wiping the non-stop tears away from her eyes.

" Lucy." Natsu spoke out in confusion, trying to catch her attention, he reached for her again, but she backed away in fear and fury.

" No, Leave me alone!" She yelled, shoving past him and running to her door. She heard Natsu swear before she heard the stomping on the floor, signaling he was trying to catch her before she could exit.

She swung the door open and and ran out. She didn't care at all if people saw her in her pajamas. All she cared about was gettin far away from Natsu.

" Shit! Lucy!" Lucy quickened her pace as she went into a dead sprint as she started running off into the forest on the outskirts of Magnolia.

She knew he was still behind her as she shoved her way through the trees and vines. She then started to hear his calls for her start to get faint. But she continued to run until she came across a little pond surrounded by trees. She walked up slowly to the pond and sat at it's edge.

she then curled up into a ball and continued her fit of crying. She's never felt so, so... USED! She bawled into her arms as she cursed the boy she had fell inlove with. She felt so shocked, she hoped it was just a really bad dream and she'd wake up from it soon.

Just to test it, she pinched herself really hard. But to no avail, it left her not only disappointed, but now her arm was stinging. Even better.

" Damnit..." Lucy cried as more tears fell from her eyes and she rocked herself back and forth, trying to comfort herself. Her loud sobs though, faultered any hearing besides her voice, also leading Natsu straight to her.

" Lucy..." Lucy jolted upward at the sound of his voice. She turned around swiftly and stood up to look at the boy approaching her.

" Lucy, don't you dare try and run off again." Lucy wiped her tears off her cheeks, backing away from him. Her legs quivered, though she was pissed beyond belief, just looking at him would still send a tug in her heart.

" Why, so you can use my body again?" Natsu glared at her.

" Lucy. You're starting to piss me off. If you'd let me finish what I was trying to say." Natsu growled earning another glare from the celestial mage.

" I'm the one that should be pissed off, leave me alone!" She warned as he continued to get closer. She then shook her head and turned around, getting ready to zoom out of there.

" Oh no you don't!" Natsu yelled, tackling her to the ground. She pushed and shoved against the the dragonslayer's might. But all his years of training his physical ability really showed off as she couldn't move a muscle in his tight hold.

" Natsu! Let me go!" She screamed, making the boy flinch from his keen sense of hearing that was also kicking in. Natsu growled and grabbed her wrists, holding them above her head. He then placed his legs on hers so she couldn't kick where it really hurts. The both were left in a very uncomfortable position.

" Lucy. Just listen to me." Natsu tried consoling the furious girl, she glared at him, giving him her attention.

" Why? You're better off doing it again with some other girl, but not me." She fummed, Natsu sighed and closed his eyes for a moment. Lucy stared at him while she still struggled in his grasp.

" Lucy, before you flipped out earlier, I was about to finish what I was going to say." Lucy kept glaring at him, anticipating for what he was going to say next. Natsu opened his eyes again, to stare down at the girl softly.

" I can only mate..." His face became a little flustered as he looked away from the girl. She stopped struggling as she looked up at the boy in deep confusion.

" You can only what?..." Lucy's voice trailed off softly, all anger detected in it, vanished. He stayed silent as a small blush began to form on his face, this did not go unoticed by the blonde girl. She watched him skittishly and expectantly, as the boy gave her a quick sideways glance.

He then sighed as the blush began to subdue. His grip on Lucy's wrists softened and he got his legs off of her, allowing her to sit up next to him.

" Lucy." Natsu began, waiting for her reply. Lucy looked up at him, she was really curious as to where this was going. Her heart rate quickened and the tips of her fingers began to burn.

" What?" She asked so quietly but loud enough for Natsu to hear.

" You know that animals mate and all and then there are those who can only mate once right?" He asked as he looked into the pond. Lucy nodded her head slowly making an agreeing sound.

" Dragons are just like that, they can only mate once." He started. He gave Lucy another sideways glance to tell if she got the picture, but she just sat there and stared at him like a dope. He sighed, and she says he's more dense than she is. Anyone would've gotten the picture by now.

His face turned away from her as she hummed in confusion.

" With the one they love..." He spoke strangely. The silence was unbearing as Natsu began to get curious. He looked over to her and blinked, she was gaping at him as tears fell down her face.

" S- So you mean... I ruined your only chance to love!?" Lucy cried as her eyes litteraly became a faucet and her tears rivaled Juvia's. Natsu stared at her with an 'are-you-serious' face before panicking over the crying girl.

" N- No you didn't!" He freaked out as he waved his hands back and forth. Lucy looked up from her hands to looked at Natsu confused.

" I didn't?" Her voiced wavered as she sniffled repeatedly. Natsu laughed and brought her into a hug, Lucy stiffened as she started to understand a bit.

" Hey Lucy, I thought you were supposed to be smart." Natsu joked as he hugged her tighter. Lucy shook her head in his arms.

" Not when it come to this st-!" Lucy was cut off as Natsu grabbed her face and kissed her. It was just like any other kiss from Natsu, warm, soothing. Lucy's heart rate quickened and she closed her eyes, returning the boy's kiss while she wrapped her arms around him softly.

When he let go of the blushing blonde he smiled.

" Do 'ya get it now?" Lucy smiled overjoyed and tackled Natsu into another hug. She nodded her head and started to cry again.

" I'm sorry! I guess I misunderstood a little." She laughed embarrassed. Natsu scoffed as he rubbed her back.

" A little is an understatement..."

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The two finally found their way out of the woods, hand in hand. They walked down the rode that led to Lucy's apartment. Lucy blushed slightly when she was in her pajamas still, this time she cared.

Natsu seemed to have understood as he brought the two into a running pace. They laughed a bit as they were running until Lucy quieted again, thinking.

" Hey Natsu." Lucy called out to him.

" What?" He looked over his shoulder to her.

" When Laxus and I accidently kissed that time... When you were upset, was it because you were jelous?" Lucy asked teasingly. Natsu looked at her wide-eyed before wipping his head around quickly.

" O- Oi."

Author's note: Did you guys like this chapter? I kinda got writers block in the beginning. Hehehe... A new chapter will be out soon! Hope you enjoyed!