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He knew that she would probably beat him to death if she were to find out that he sneaked into her bedroom during the nights. But he was doing it all the times, since he just felt comfortable around her. And her whole room had this incredible scent which also laid in the air around her when she was close to him.
And oh how he loved that smell. If he could he would catch it and safe it inside his nose so he would be able to smell it all the time. Though he knew it was impossible he hoped that it would happen sometime. And now he was here again, standing inside of her room, next to her bed.
He actually planned on sleeping here, since her bed was really comfortable. But every time he got here at nights he would always just watch her sleep. Because only in her sleep she looked the most relived and relaxed. And he loved that look on her face when she was sleeping. She always wore that slight smile, and when the moon shone through her window her light skin seemed like it was gleaming. Like the skin of the perfect puppet.
But he would never compare her to a puppet. She was so much more than just a person you could command. Sure, she was stubborn from time to time and he wished that she would actually listen to him in certain situations but he loved it how incredible independently she became.
She got a lot stronger and also she was even more brave than before.
He remembered the times when she would always try to run away from him when he asked her to go on a job with her. And how scared she got in some situations. But on the other hand, even when she was scared she never ran away and left someone behind, except when she got forced to do so and she couldn't do something against it.
Her loyalty and her deep feelings she held for her friends, her family were some of the greatest character traits he loved about her.
But tonight she seemed to be different. She didn't wear the peaceful expression she normally wore when she was sleeping and in her own world of dreams. It seemed this time she had entered the world of hell if you considered that her breathing was very uneven and that she tossed and turned a few times.
Her eyes were tightly squeezed and her hands foisted in the sheets.
But should he do? If he would wake her up now, she would kill him. He would be forced to tell her why he was here and since she could tell when he was lying he had to tell the truth, not that he wouldn't do that to begin with. He hated lying, especially to his friends.
But if he would let her continue having this, and it seemed very bad dream, she would be the one to suffer... And wouldn't it be better to let him suffer than her?
Slowly he bent down a bit and closed his hand around one of hers. Only at his touch she seemed to relax a bit. But she was still breathing fast and after a few more seconds she started whimpering.
That was all to him. He leaned down and stroke over her hair with his other hand.
His mouth was close to her face when he whispered her name.
''Lucy.''
And she reacted somehow. She turned to the source of the voice when he repeated her name again and his hand tightened around hers.
''Lucy?''
Lucy tried to open her eyes, letting the get adjusted to the darkness in her room.
She was crying. Her body was shaking slowly and she tried to get her breathing to a normal level again.
''Natsu...'' It was more a sigh of relief and before he could react she already had flung herself against him, wrapping her arms tightly around his neck and just cried out for god knows how long.
And all Natsu did was holding her, because he knew that was all she needed. After some time she calmed down. Natsu felt her relaxing in his arms and her crying subsided slowly.
''What are you doing here?'' The girl chocked out quietly.
''Sneaked in.''
That made her smile a bit. Only Natsu would give her such an answer. But she was actually pretty happy that he was here.
''Thought so...'' Lucy pushed herself away from him and looked into his eyes. And like she thought he was worried.
Sighing she turned her head away a bit.
''I just had a bad dream... That's all.''
Natsu titled his head a bit to the side, eying her a bit longer. He could tell that she was still thinking about it and that she was scared to go back to sleep.
''Want me to stay?'' Lucy looked back up. Was that really Natsu? The Natsu who was always acting like a 12 year old child who cared about nothing else than food, fighting and his family/friends?
But when she thought about it... She was one of those friends as well, wasn't she?
With a slight blush she nodded and moved a bit to the side so he could lie down as well.
Now they were lying there next to each other, their shoulders touching and they just stared at the ceiling.
After some time, when Lucy still seemed to be scared, Natsu turned onto his side so he could face her.
''Do you want to tell me about that dream? Maybe it helps you, so that you can sleep again.''
Lucy did the same and looked into his eyes, recognizing how less space there was between them.
''I... I dreamed about that day on Tenroujima...''
Now Natsu knew why she looked like she was in pain when she was sleeping. That day had been hard for all of them and even Natsu dreamed about it once after they all came back.
''You know, Natsu... I was really scared... I mean, we all were scared. And in this dream it was like living that again... It felt so... so real...''
Natsu took her hand into his when he saw her shaking slightly. It must be still hard for her to talk about that topic. If Mavis had not been there, then they would be all dead now.
He looked into her eyes, trying to push away the fear which was still inside of her.
''It's okay to be scared about that. I was also scared. Scared of losing all of you. But we are alive now, so we should enjoy this life which had been given to us. And if you dream about that day that's only natural. But I'm always here for you, Lucy. We all are.''
A few tears ran down her cheeks after he said those words. She knew that. But how was she supposed to stop her dreams, it's not like she's dreaming that because she wants to.
But then she only smiled, a bit shyly but still she smiled.
''Yeah, I know. Thanks Natsu.''
He responded to her smile with wrapping his arms around her middle and pulled her against him, making her squeak slightly.
''Let's get some sleep.''
The dragon boy nuzzled his face into her hair making her blush deeply. Normally he didn't do those cuddly things, but actually Lucy liked the feel of it, so she let it slip just this time.
''Night Natsu.''
''Night.''
We all know that this would repeat for a few more days or even weeks... With or without nightmares.
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Hehe :333
I just recognized that Natsu would be the ideal boyfriend xD
Okay, I recognized that before (Yes, I know, I have a lot of problems :D)
See ya:**
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