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As the sun continued to rise high in the sky, Natsu ventured in and out of sleep. The pink haired teen had a hard time deciding whether he was going to stay awake and watch Lucy or he goes back to sleep and continue to cuddle with the blonde. Either way, it was a win-win situation for him. Plus, he did notice that Lucy was a cuddler, just like him. He was thrilled at the finding.

The moment he tried to get up one time, Lucy groaned. He quickly did his business in the bathroom and came back to her. Instantly the scowl that marred her face disappeared. It seems like the blonde's body naturally seeks for the boy's presence. And with this simple experiment he did just prove that they were meant to be (well at least in Natsu's head).

In the end, Natsu blacked out and went back to sleep. Cuddling Lucy like his most prized possession.

Grandeen didn't have the heart to disturb their sleep earlier when she came to check up on them for breakfast. But, when she found them wrapped up and deep in sleep, she left them be. Of course not before she took a couple of photos of them.

Lucy, as much as her friends knew her was that she was an early bird. She was usually awake at around 7 or 8 in the morning. But, whenever she was at a sleepover with friends she was susceptible to wake up late. Since she was with Natsu, whose body heat was higher than normal. She was too comfortable to wake up, but her bladder was practically begging her.

Sneakily and quickly as possible she entangled her limbs around the sleeping teen and then rushed inside the bathroom. Her chocolate orbs found her birds of a hairs' nest in the mirror. Annoyed at how often she had ugly morning hair when she doesn't air it out hours before going to bed. Blow drying it didn't help her either, worst scenario was that her hair would get tangled in knots.

Last night, even if Natsu did offer to dry her hair for her, which was why she didn't remember falling asleep, and then ended up with a rat's nest. It wasn't the pink haired boy's fault. It was all on her because her hair sometimes had a mind of its own. It was very annoying. Typical girl problem.

As soon as she stepped out of the bathroom, her eyes looked around for her phone. A soft smile appeared on her lips when she noticed it was on top of Natsu's bedside table, along with his own phone. Tapping it open, she read the time 9:43 A.M, a little late from her usual.

She sighed and stretched, awakening her sleeping muscles. Natsu's snores had her giggling. This was the first time she saw him sleeping since she was often in a sleepover with Levy and the rest of the girls in their circle of friends. Although whenever she was forced to sleep at the Dragneel's, she ended up sleeping with Wendy and Grandeen. Wendy because she always wanted to have an older sister and as for Grandeen she wanted to dot over the young girl that lacked parental affection, according to Natsu's stories.

Seeing a sleeping Natsu did wonders to her innocent mind. She'd always see him as a happy-go-lucky kind of guy, a bit on the wild side too for always getting into trouble. He was athletic and looked gorgeous whenever he played soccer. And yes Lucy did watch him play sometimes because he pleaded her to come watch his games. But, seeing him asleep and defenseless made her want to know more about him.

She wanted to know what secrets he was hiding from the people around him. Would he tell her if she asked? Or would she find out for herself? Would she be frightened or would she embrace it? Something about her pink haired friend pulled her attention to him. It was like she was spellbound.

"Are you trying to melt me or something?" A deep and rough voice that was still laced with sleep asked. "You can touch, Luce~ I won't bite."

Oh, he was definitely awake now. Lucy felt the blood rush to her cheeks, "P-pervert!" She accused, as she tried hitting him with a pillow.

Natsu chuckled as he avoided her hits, "What? You were staring too much that I woke up!"

"I wasn't staring!"

"Oh? So you were what?" He shot her a smirk, "Were you checking me out?"

"I wasn't doing that either!" She whined. Chucking the pillow in his face as she angrily sat on his bed. Her cheeks puffed out like a chipmunk stuffed with acorns. "Meanie."

"I wonder what's inside that pretty little head of yours," He sighed. Deciding to act like a cat and seek some attention as he proceeded to rub his head against her back. "I want to look inside it one of these days."

"You won't get too silly~" Lucy giggled, turning around to face him. "Maybe you should freshen up and we head downstairs for breakfast?"

"...Okay."

Lucy found herself captivated by his eyes. With the sun's rays shining behind him, it looked darker, deep, and yet had this spark she couldn't name. "I'll wait for you okay, Natsu?"

Natsu nodded, still smiling at her and then hopped off of the bed and inside his bathroom. Lately, Lucy noticed that whenever Natsu smiled she would feel a weird thumping inside of her. She's been meaning to have a checkup done but would always chicken out when she neared the establishment. She wanted to know if she recently caught a disease or something. She didn't want to spread it to anyone else if it was contagious.

"His room didn't change at all..." The blonde murmured to herself. Her eyes taking in Natsu's familiar room. The smell of fresh campfire soothed her. The feel of his blanket under her, the way-

"You're not trying to go back to sleep are you?" The boy asked as he stood by the bathroom door. A towel in his hand as he dried his hair wearing nothing but his pajama pants, his shirt nowhere in sight. The water sliding down his chest, his sculptured abs and then disappeared beneath his clothes. Why does Natsu look so...

"I told you that you can touch me Lucy~" A smirk directed at her dazed form. He stalked towards her like a predator locked on his prey. "I won't mind."

"I-uhm...Brea- Happy?"  Head tilting to the side, her eyes looked past her best friend to his blue furred cat that was padding his way to her. The cat's meowing stopped the advancing male from moving further.

"Since when were you outside buddy?" Natsu asked, watching the feline jump on the blonde's lap. Purring away once she started petting the feline. "I remember him sleeping with us last night."

"Maybe someone came inside while we were asleep?" Lucy suggested. Her lips tugging into a smile when Happy continued to purr like a lawnmower. "Should we get some breakfast?"

I was about to have you. "Yeah, come on Luce." He grinned as he grabbed her hand. They headed out of his room, Happy contented in Lucy's arms. While Natsu felt the prickling jealousy starting to bubble up inside him. He wanted to be in those arms too. To be hugged and enveloped in her warmth and smell her sweet, light fragrance.

"Well look who's finally up- had fun?" A boisterous voice asked. The teasing tone could clearly be heard by the pinked haired teen.

"Shut up old man!"

"Oh~ Someones grouchy!" Igneel continued to tease his son, pleased that he could still get under his skin. "I wonder why~"

"Stop teasing your son during breakfast dear."

"But it's so fun to see his face contort!" The older male whined at his wife. "Stop ruining my fun sweetheart."

Grandeen rolled her eyes at his childishness. Her dark orbs caught the young blonde's eyes. "How was your sleep Lucy dear? And what would like for breakfast?"

"Oh, I couldn't. I think I should head home now-"

"Nonsense! No one goes out of my house without eating breakfast first." Grandeen smiled at the blonde. "I hope Natsu didn't do anything to you to make you think of leaving first thing in the morning."

This time the blonde giggled, taking a seat beside her pink haired best friend that tugged her beside him. "He didn't do anything to me Grandeen, I just don't want to be an extra baggage for you guys."

The blue haired woman smiled at the blonde. Her heart melting for her. "You're never an extra baggage for us Lucy. We adore you and very much see you as part of our family."

"Yeah." Igneel squeezed in his own opinion. "You're always welcome here. In fact, we want you to live here with us!"

Eyes widening, cheeks turning pink, "I couldn't! I- uhh- maybe?" Lucy uttered, feeling the pressuring looks the three of them gave her.

"Great! I'll get you something to eat!" Grandeen declared as she proceeded to cook another batch of breakfast Lucy and her son.

Staring off into space, Lucy found the warm feeling bubbling up inside her. She wanted to know if her father would act like this. Was he even missing her?

"I told you they wanted you to live here," Natsu said, grinning at her. "Don't cry, Luce."

"I-I'm not..."

"Okay weirdo. What do you want to do after?"

"I want to take a bath-" Lucy started and then looked down at her clothes. "Go home and change and then maybe go to that bookshop Levy-chan was talking about."

"I'll come with," Natsu said as he stared hungrily at the food placed in front of him. "You can take a bath here and-"

"But I don't have other clothes with me!"

Natsu raised an eyebrow at her. "You can wear some of my clothes. After that, we can go to your apartment and then head over to that bookshop you said."

"But-"

"No 'buts'. Don't worry I'll take care of you." The pink haired teen said, smiling sweetly at her.

The blonde could feel a weird feeling bubble up inside of her. She wondered if this feeling was because she still hasn't gone for a check-up or due to something else.

"You do know that we're still here in the room right?" Igneel butted in when he saw the conflicted look cross over the blonde's face. His son looked completely pleased looking at the blonde but glared at him when he ruined their little bubble. Igneel knew that his son was utterly in love with the blonde since it was the same look he had years ago when he fell in love with his wife.

"All right, enough of the teasing game." Grandeen placed another bundle of breakfast for the family to eat. "It's time to eat."

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"Ne, Natsu?" The blonde pulled on his top, halting his steps. "Can I borrow some clothes?"

The boy in question stared at the girl in front of him. He watched the emotions swirling in her huge doe eyes he loved so much. "I'll look for some."

"Thank you!" She beamed up at the teen and then sauntered inside the bathroom inside his room.

When he was sure that she was taking a bath, he let out a sigh of frustration. "You're making it hard for me to control myself, Lucy."

The idea of her naked a few feet away from him was doing wonders to his mind and body. He knew what she looked like without clothes on. No, it wasn't because of him. It was their circle of friends that had the tendency to use her as their barbie doll. He liked it, but the idea of her completely rid of clothes was another thing. He could feel another set of his self-restraint on the verge of breaking. He wanted her.

The innocence he saw in her eyes earlier fueled his inner beast to conquer her. Natsu knew that Lucy didn't know about relationships or physical affections with the opposite sex. Therefore, she didn't know that she was in a dangerous position to casually take a bath with him in the vicinity. And she'll be wearing my clothes again.

“Right clothes.” He muttered as he heard the water running. It was convenient that he had a bathroom in his room. But, a naked Lucy + bathroom = Natsu cracking. She was in close quarters. Close enough that he wanted to go inside that bathroom, lock the door and ram her against the tiled wall while the shower drowned her cries.

“Natsu-nii! Is Lucy-san done?” Wendy asked, peeking her head inside his room. The pink haired teen was glad that he was kneeling in front of his drawers or else he’ll be dead for showing her what a boner looked like. Well, a clothed one at that.

“She just went in a few minutes ago,” He rummaged through his drawers finding a clean black shirt that was long enough to cover his blonde friend. “I think she’ll be out half an hour or so.”

“Okay! I have some of her undergarments and was wondering if you could give it to her?” Wendy blushed as she stopped and stared at her brother, stammering in all her innocent mind. “B-But! You can’t look!”

Natsu chuckled at his little sister’s flustered face, “Okay I won’t, but how come you have them Wends?”

“Oh! Lucy-san asked me to keep them in case of emergencies when she slept over two months ago.” The blue haired girl explained, “And I think this is an emergency.”

“Okay, leave them by the bed, I’m still looking for clothes she could wear anyway.” He sauntered back to his drawers and continued to rummage his clothes.

Wendy complied and proceeded to leave the said undergarments, which was inside a simple paper bag, and then left her brother’s room. Unbeknown to the little girl, her older brother was listening to her as she left his room. Waiting for her footsteps to disappear completely. When Natsu deemed that her sister was gone and no one else was on the second floor, he stood up and plunged his hand inside the paper bag. His hands grasped the undergarments as he stared at them. Red and black frills, the image of them on Lucy was vivid. He could feel himself get harder at the thought. Goodness he wanted to see her parade them in front of him and then take them off of her and have his way with her. He was contemplating whether she was really innocent or playing innocent.

Hearing the shower stop, he snapped out of his lust filled mind. “Luce, you done?”

“Yes I am!” She hollered back, “Do you have clothes I can wear?” She asked, poking her head out of the bathroom door.

Her pale skin came into view. It glistened like it was glowing, the water droplets that had yet to evaporate slowly made its way down her shoulder. He gulped as he followed the said water.

“Here, Wendy brought in something for you too.” His hands thrusting her the paper bag and his shirt on top. “Hurry up, I want to take a bath too.”

Cutely her head cocked, “Since when did you like taking a bath? You always whined when I tell you to take one. And didn’t you take one when you woke up?”

I need to take one and relieve myself before I actually let my thoughts have its way with you. “Eh, you know change of pace. I feel itchy.”

“Okay! I’ll just take a few minutes.” Her beaming smile did wonders to his dirty mind. “Wait right here.”

Supple, soft looking flesh. Stop trying to tempt me Luce~ or else I’ll bite and mark you mine~

Natsu stood and tried to hide his raging hard on before Lucy caught him red handed fantasizing about her. He heard shuffling from behind the bathroom door and wondered if she needed his help putting her clothes on. The dirty grin on his face spoke volumes.

“All yours Natsu~”

Oh, you will be.

“I’ll be quick.” He grinned as he saw her sit on his bed. Her hands fluffing away at her hair to dry her hair. Real quick.

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“I still don’t get why you need to change your clothes,” Natsu whined at the blonde walking beside him. “You look fine in my clothes anyway.”

“I do feel comfy in them.” The blonde admitted. She pulled on the front of her (Natsu’s) shirt and inhaled the scent. The smell of wood, campfire and pine invaded her nose. She liked it.

“So what’s the deal changing?” The pinkette pestered. Thrilled that she liked being in his clothes.

Lucy pouted at him, her bottom lip looked too inviting in his eyes. “Okay I won’t change out of them, but I do need to get some money and leave my things you know.”

It’s still broad daylight, stop trying to pounce on her. “You could’ve left it in my room.” He suggested, his eyes watching her apartment come into view. “Maybe you can sleep over tonight, again?”

A pretty blush coated her cheeks, “That’s sweet Natsu, but I don’t want to intrude. And yes I remember what Igneel suggested.” She giggled as she saw him close his mouth to protest her inner turmoil.

“Fine.” He muttered as he walked past her. Pulling out a key from his pocket, he opened her door and stopped. Onyx eyes caught sight of an envelope. He could hear her footsteps getting closer. Quickly he snatched the envelope and hid in inside his pocket. “Since it’s almost lunch time we should hurry and avoid the heat. I don’t want you whining about it again.”

“You’re so mean to me Natsu!” Lucy whined. Her going on autopilot to her room. “You can get something to drink for while I get my things Natsu!”

“Okay!” He shouted back.

He walked towards her kitchen and decided to look at the contents of the envelope. There was no address or anything of sorts that told who the sender was. He sniffed it just in case. There wasn’t any scent either. Strange.

With the help of his hearing, Natsu noted that the blonde was still busy. Good.

He pulled out the contents and slowly he felt his jaw tense. His hands flipping through every photo that he was now looking at. All of them showed Lucy. It showed her taking off her shirt. Her in a towel. Her pretty smile as she headed for their school’s library. Her going home. Her walking towards the bus station. A picture of her grocery shopping. A picture of her fresh out of the shower. The most recent one was her, Natsu and Wendy going home.

The male teen could his blood boil. Someone was watching his Luce. And he didn’t have a clue as to who it was. The last one he found, ended up bloody in some alley. Yet, he made sure that the guy wouldn’t dare to get close to his precious blonde again.

Hearing Lucy’s footsteps, he quickly hid them back inside his pocket. As the blonde rounded the corner, he grinned at her.

“Hey, Luce! I just decided to sleepover here tonight!”

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Maya's shout out corner!

memo1: Giving a heads up to everybody that I’m still alive and kicking and well… writing stories? I have completely lost all my writing mojo! My life sucks I know. I guess it all went away when I got too conscious of my grammar. I don’t know. But, I’m slowly trying to get it back. Hopefully this chapter isn’t as crappy as I read through it.

memo2: As everyone can see, you’ve just had a glimpse of what Lucy thinks about Natsu. And a bit of Natsu’s speculation on Lucy’s real self. As well as Natsu’s inner battle with himself.. Is she innocent or a vixen? Tune in for the next chapter!

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