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Chapter thirteen

Natsu's p.o.v

Everything was going fucking fine, until we fucking saw him. Now Lucy is being paranoid and wired, even avoiding me. All because of that stupid prick who decides it's okay to show his face around here.

Flash back (market) third p.o.v

"Come on Lucy, we have to get some stuff," Natsu says, dragging Lucy around. They've been there since the morning and Natsu continues to drag her around, for some apparent reason.

"Natsu, we've been here for hours, let's take a break please," Lucy begs, her feet killing her from walking so much.

"Fine, let's sit over there," Natsu says, pointing over to the bench under a tree, and Lucy nods enthusiastically, seeing it was in the shade.

So there they were happy just talking about nothing as always, until Lucy suddenly starts shaking violently.

"Lucy, what's wrong," Natsu asks, worry prominent in his voice. Lucy just shakes her head, pointing straight forward. And what Natsu sees makes him shake as well, not with fear, but with wrath. Straight forward, looking Natsu straight in the eyes, is Hikaru.

Natsu stands up abruptly. "Who does he think he is, showing his face around here? I'll knock his face in actually," Natsu basically growls.

"No Natsu, let's just go, come on," Lucy said, finding her voice before standing up as well. Natsu was going to walk over there until they noticed him walk towards them. Natsu quickly got fire lit on his hands, glaring and ready to fight.

"What do you want," Natsu roared at Hikaru, catching the attention of several civilians. Of course, Hikaru just smirked and kept walking towards them.

"Calm down, I just came to see my favorite girl, right Lucy," Hikaru said, his voice laced with smugness. Of course, Lucy just went behind Natsu.

"Leave her alone and go away now," Natsu said, raising both fists now. And by now, the civilians were all crowding the scene, anticipation high from waiting for a fight.

"Calm down lover boy, like I said, I'm just here to see her," Hikaru said, coming closer to Lucy. His eyes looked amused as ever, like this whole thing was just a fucking joke to him. And, of course, that just made Natsu madder.

Instead of speaking, Natsu gave the civilians what they wanted and punched Hikaru straight in the nose. If you were close enough, or had good hearing, you could hear the distinctive crunch or crack.

"What the fuck," Hikaru screamed, hands reaching to cover his nose. In response, Natsu just laughed and punched again.

"Come near my Lucy again and I'll do worse than a petty broken nose, do you hear me," Natsu yelled. He quickly grabbed Lucy's hand and led her back home, and Lucy just trailed behind, letting Natsu basically drag her home with him.

(Present)

Natsu's p.o.v

All those events led to Lucy just avoiding me, and sitting in her room all day. Of course, to say I was mad would be an understatement, I was fucking furious. How dare he come into our town and act like he did nothing wrong, like how can someone be so fucking retarded and do something that stupid?!

Well, I can admit that I might have freaked Lucy out a bit by calling her my Lucy, but that's not what I intended, it just came out like a natural instinct. It was so natural to call Lucy mine that it kind of scared me.

Lucy's p.o.v

Natsu and Hikaru were my only thoughts at the moment. And, let me say, those two were the worst to think about, each led to me overthinking. And overthinking led to a lot of problems.

With Natsu, my thoughts led to what he said. He called me his Lucy. He didn't just state Lucy, he called me his. Not only that, the way my body reacted to it is weird. I felt drawn to him when he said that, and I felt like him saying that I was his was natural. It gave me a warm feeling all over as well.

With Hikaru, my thoughts went south. All I could think about is what would have happened if he got to me. What if, when Natsu was gone, he came after me, and this time, even conscious, I don't think I could take him. I would probably freeze up, leaving myself defenseless to him.

With all these thoughts going, I couldn't stop the migraine that I knew was coming, so when I cried out in pain, I didn't expect Natsu to come rushing in. "What's wrong," Natsu asked.

"Nothing, I just got a bad migraine," I said, blushing because his reaction led to other thoughts with him. Could Natsu like me? Quickly dismissing the thought, because no, Natsu wouldn't like me, even as much as I secretly wanted him to.

"Okay, tell me if you need anything and I'll be there," Natsu said reassuringly, as if he was trying to soothe me.

"Yeah, I think I'm just going to go lay down, it's getting pretty bad," I lied, but then realized my stupidity because Natsu could hear my heart skip a beat. And of course it caused him to give me a questioningly glance and a raised eyebrow, but left into the living room.

Now I could be left to my thoughts again. And once again, all I could think about is Natsu and how maybe, magically, he could have feelings for me. I mean, I haven't even come to terms with my feelings for him, which are mixed right now, so I shouldn't even be thinking about Natsu and his maybe feelings.

Here you guys go, you guys asked for more development, and I gave you it in the magical form of thoughts, words, and more confusion in the plot for my characters.