Natsu had a few hours to calm down but he still had to see Lucy. "I'm going out, I'll be back shortly." He says to Happy as he stands up.
"Where are you going? I'll come with," Happy says, flying over to him.
"No, stay here," Natsu says, shutting the door to his house. Happy frowned, what's going on with Natsu and why is he acting this way? Happy had a thought of what it might be, but he didn't really want to think about that…That season, last time it happened, it was horrific, Natsu went crazy because he didn't have a mate, what happens if he finds his mate this time?
Natsu made his way to Lucy's house, glad he knew ways of breaking in since he didn't have a key at the moment. He climbed up the side of a tree and into the window she always leaves open, the one that leads to her bedroom. She wasn't anywhere to be seen so he quietly closed the window and flopped down on the bed, smelling her pillow. He loved the smell of her, he could smell it all day long if he had the choice.
He didn't have to wait too long for Lucy. She had walked out of the bathroom in her towel, screaming when she saw Natsu. "What the fuck? Natsu, get out!"
Natsu pouted, "but Lucy, I really miss you!"
Lucy glared at him, "get out!"
"No!" He challenges, "if it really matters that much, I'll turn away while you get dressed," he huffs, turning around, facing the wall.
"Asshole," Lucy mutters under her breath as she grabs her clothes.
"I heard that," he growls.
"Stupid slayer hearing."
"Ok, I'm dressed," she grumbles a few minutes later, walking over to him, planning to Lucy kick him.
Natsu smiled, "wow Lucy, you look really good," he breathed which caused Lucy to stop mid-kick and blush.
"You think I look good? My hair is a mess, I have dried or brushed it yet!"
"You always look good! You smell good too!"
Lucy blushed some more and cleared her throat, "thanks…I guess? But I want to know what you're doing in my room! If you don't have a good excuse, I won't hesitate to kick you out, literally!"
"I wanted…No, I needed to see you!" Natsu exclaims, jumping up. "Look, I can't explain it but I just had this overwhelming urge to find you. Lucy, I need you!" He exclaims, grabbing her wrist and pulling her onto the bed with him.
"Natsu, I'm tired, can you just tell me what's going on so I can help and go to sleep?"
"How about we cuddle and go to sleep?" Natsu suggests.
"Well…I don't know…Wouldn't that be kinda awkward?"
"Nope!" Natsu exclaims, wrapping his arms around her waist, smelling her hair.
"I kinda need to dry my hair and brush it so it isn't tangley in the morning," Lucy whines.
"I can dry it for you very quickly!" Natsu exclaims, letting his magic flare up.
"Um, no thanks," Lucy chuckles nervously, "I don't want to fry my hair," she says standing up. "It should only take like twenty minutes."
"That is way too long," Natsu pouts, crossing his arms.
Lucy hated to admit this but Natsu pouting was honestly kinda cute, she chuckled softly, "how about you give me twenty minutes to dry my hair and I'll let you brush it?"
Natsu doesn't know how to brush hair, the only thing he does to his hair is put gel in it to help the spikes but Lucy was basically giving him a free invitation to smell her hair up close. It couldn't hurt to try, right? Plus, it'd let him see Lucy more, "fine, but hurry up with drying it."
Lucy nodded and headed towards the bathroom to grab her hair dryer and plugged it in. Humming softly to herself, she turns it on to give it a quick blow dry. She wasn't really sure what was wrong with Natsu, but she planned on talking to Happy tomorrow. Don't get her wrong, she likes Natsu, him but he was acting strange, he never tries to force Lucy to do anything and he normally doesn't pout when she makes him turn around for her to change. Plus, he was acting so possessive over her and being super aggressive towards her. Normally, the only time he's possessive over her is if someone is trying to harm her and he's never been aggressive towards her…well except for when they first met but even then it wasn't an angry aggression, it was most of a gentle aggression if that makes any sense?
Natsu was trying to wait patiently for Lucy but it was deemed to be an extremely hard task. Natsu just couldn't seem to sit still. He was thinking about Lucy constantly, it's like she's the only thing he could think of. Natsu laid on her bed and stared at the ceiling. In the back of his mind, he knew something was wrong, that this wasn't really him but he couldn't seem to stop himself. It's like something was in control of him but it was still him? At least he thinks he's still him…
Lucy finally comes back out with a hairbrush in her hand. She got herself settled in cozy on the bed and leaned into Natsu, "you know how to brush hair, right?"
"Yeah, totally…" Natsu lies, grabbing the brush. He puts the brush to her hair and pulls down roughly.
"Ow! What the fuck, Natsu? I thought you said you knew what you were doing!"
"Yeah…I lied, I didn't think it would be that hard."
Lucy sighs, "here, I'll demonstrate." She says, grabbing the brush out of his hand and brushing the bottom of her hair and working her way up. "So, you start from the bottom, get the tangles out there, then work your way up. Ok, now you try."
Natsu nods and takes the brush, only slightly understanding what he was supposed to do. He does it the same way Lucy demonstrates and gets the hang of it pretty quickly. Of course Lucy still winces every now and then but honestly that's to be expected. After about fifteen minutes of brushing her hair, he puts it down, "ok, I think I'm done."
"Thanks," Lucy smiles, turning around, "you did great."
Natsu gave her his signature toothy grin and laid down, "we should cuddle now."
Lucy smiled and nodded, "I agree." She says, laying down beside him, cuddling up into his shirt, "goodnight Natsu."
"Night Lucy," Natsu whispers, running his hand through her hair. Natsu didn't go to sleep right away, he wanted to watch Lucy sleep, she's so peaceful when she's asleep and cute too. "I hope you know that you're mine Lucy," Natsu whispers, protectively as he slowly starts to fall asleep.