natsu on lucy’s hair: ft the celestial spirits
natsu asking lucy to call out cancer without telling her why. she calls him out, yelling at him not to try anything stupid, but he simply grabs cancer and starts speaking to him in a hurried whisper. it goes a lil bit like this
“yo, cancer. i wanna learn how to do those sick styles for lucy’s hair”
cancer, affronted, confused: “sure (suave) i can totally do that for you baby(suave again)” (i watched the show in dub. his catchphrase is baby)
NOW. here’s the thing. cancer tells natsu all about gels, hair ties, buns— all those techniques. nothing about scissors bc natsu wasn’t interested in that for whatever reason. cancer thought he would’ve been in order to prank lucy and cut her hair, but when asked natsu said “nahhh i just wanna know how you make all those weird shapes and stuff”. so hair ties and styling it was.
later, when cancer returns to the spirit world to tell the spirits about this odd interaction, most of them are unsurprised by natsu’s random request, but are curious as to why he wanted to learn. loke chimes in, saying he’s heard natsu mumbling under his breath during fights about how soft lucy’s hair looked. or how natsu sometimes whispered “strawberries?” after her hair flew in front of his face. natsu never noticed he said these things, they were unconscious and habitual.
the spirits came to the conclusion that natsu really just wanted to touch lucy’s hair. cute. reasonable for two yearning, oblivious wizards. it seemed like the right explanation— or at least the one they wanted.
later, cancer returns to the human world in a seemingly desperate call from lucy. not out of danger, but rather anger? shock? irritation?
he finds her hair stuck up in a gelled monstrosity of scrunchies. it is a scrunchie tower of hair. apparently, it had been done while lucy was dead asleep during their mission.
it’s fixable and unharmed, cancer just washes the gel out and snips the scrunchies off with utmost care. but this seemed to make more sense than the cute explanation they’d come up with for natsu originally. after it’s done, lucy gives natsu a good ol lucy kick. cancer lets it go and expects that this was a one time prank, and that natsu will probably never touch lucy’s hair again if not to prank her.
a few weeks later, the spirits talk to each other— almost gossip like, about how lucy’s braided hairstyles have seemed more.. messy. loose. lately. has cancer been slacking? cancer is not in the room during this gossip hour, but walks in and overhears them. he defends himself, claiming he hasn’t seen her hair in weeks, so perhaps it was her trying to learn by herself.
the spirits decide that yeah, it was probably that.
but the patterns continue, and the braids don’t seem to be getting better. in fact, at one point loke swears he sees a singed end on a braid.
it is when he brings this up to virgo that they have a lightbulb moment. who else used fire in close proximity to lucy? their girl would never put her hair that close to fire voluntarily if it was at risked of being burned. so the singe could only have come from one source… natsu.
the next time lucy calls out virgo, virgo point blank asks about lucy’s hair.
“your hair has looked different lately mistress. have you been trying to do it yourself?”
lucy looks a bit embarassed, flushing before answering.
“oh.. well natsu said he’s been trying to learn how to braid because asuka said gray braided her hair before, and he wanted to beat gray at braiding so i’m letting him practice on me.”
virgo doesn’t really think that’s the case, but decides not to push further.
its clear that natsu really did want to touch lucy’s hair from the get go, but didn’t want her spirits knowing. they are a teasing, nosy bunch after all.
one night on a mission, Cancer comes out on his own accord to ask Lucy about their usual hair cut appt, but stops short when he sees her asleep, natsu gently brushing his calloused fingers through her hair while she snored softly. natsu looked absolutely content, a hint of a smile gracing his face—seemingly treating her hair with utmost care and thoughtfulness. his hands would make the patterns of a messy braid, before unraveling it and combing out tangles before repeating the process— his eyebrows scrunching in concentration at some points. it’s unlike anything he’s seen from natsu before.
well. he can always ask lucy about the haircut tomorrow.
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