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It has been a terrible night for Lucy and Natsu. It should have been the best since it was his first time sleeping over since they were in a relationship but now... They weren't able to sleep.

Well, not very long at least. Because the moment they both fell asleep, Lucy's head tugged closely under Natsu's chin and her body pressed tightly against his chest, Lucy had to have a terrible nightmare.

She was sweating and shaking, crying till no end when she awoke. Those warm and strong arms from her boyfriend were still tightly wrapped around her, holding her in a protective cage so nothing could happen to her. Like something would happen to her anyway in the middle of the night but Natsu just wanted to make sure.

Lucy looked up a bit when she felt his arms pulling her even closer, if that was possible. His eyes were still closed and when Lucy leaned up a bit to check if he really was sleeping she recognized that she couldn't since his hands practically dig into her waist, preventing her from moving the slightest bit.

But then again, we are talking about Natsu here so he would recognize immediately when something was wrong. And that was the case at the moment. So when he felt Lucy shaking against him and hear her soft muffled cries and felt her skin starting to sweat he also awoke, already pulling her closer to show her that he was there.

He was concerned not a question but he also knew that nothings 'serious' happened since he only was able to smell her and his own scent in her room. So no one was here and had harmed her in any way. Yes, she was crying but maybe she was just thinking about her parents... Or she had a terrible nightmare.

Natsu was about to find out what happened in a few minutes but for now he could only think about possibilities on why Lucy was like this.

The dragon-slayer carefully sat up with Lucy in his arms and pulled her into his lap, wrapping his arms around her shoulders and started to rock them back and forth slowly.

His hands ran down her back soothingly, one hand running through her hair after a few minutes.

When he felt Lucy practically gripping his scarf and shoulder he leaned his head against hers.

''Shh. It's okay, Lucy.''

Softly he kissed her hair, never stopping his calming actions. She was at a loss of words to explain why she was like this but she also knew that he wasn't bothered by it.

So she just let him hold her when she felt like that was everything she needed at the moment.

After some more minutes she seemed to calm down slowly, Natsu never stopping moving his hands up and down her back.

When he spoke, his breath tickled her ear.

''What's wrong?''

Lucy only shook her head, reassuring him that it was indeed nothing serious.

''Just a really bad dream.''

Natsu sighed audible, her body moving with his when he moved slightly.

''What was it about?''

''You.''

Now Natsu pulled her away a bit and looked at her.

''It's impossible that it was a bad dream then.''

Lucy smiled softly and nodded. But then a slight sadness ran over her face, Natsu recognizing it immediately. And it pained him. What bad could there be if she dreamed about him? He only hoped that he didn't hurt her in her dream... If he would he would beat himself up.

''You... Well, you... I mean it was different... It felt so real...''

Natsu leaned down his head a bit, looking directly into her eyes.

''What felt so real?''

Lucy looked down to their intertwined hands and smiled softly before another tear drop left her still watery eyes.

''You died in my dream.''

Natsu automatically squeezed her hand, shocked that Lucy dreamed something like that. Now he knew why it was a horrible dream although she dreamed about him. He also would be like she was right now if he dreamed something like that about her.

Only the thought about it made him grit his teeth. How could he have let her dream about something like that? And why the hell did he die in her dream? He was supposed to protect her, everywhere.

''I'm sorry, Lucy.''

His soft voice startled her a bit. Why was he apologizing.

''Why are yo-''
''I should take better care of you so you don't dream about something like that ever again.''

And that's when this warm feeling embraced her heart again, just like the time when he told her that he loved her and would stay with her forever.

He was always able to find the right words in all situations even when some of his decelerations were stupid, she loved them.

She leaned forward and brushed her lips against the skin of his neck.

''Don't you feel guilty for my dream.''

His arms wrapped around her still slightly shaking figure and pulled her against him again.

He then laid down with Lucy right next to him, still running one of his hands through her hair.

They laid there a bit longer just taking in the others presence, Natsu leaning over and breathing an affectionate kiss against Lucy's hair.

''I'll never leave you, not here and not in your dreams.''

''Promise?'' Her sweet voice sounded in his ears, he laughed slightly and just hugged her tightly.

''Promise.''

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AN: So this ends this series of One-Shots.

I know there are a lot of more ways for Natsu to comfort Lucy with her nightmares but I actually think these are cute enough ;D

Hope you liked them:*

And thank you 3 :*