Nalu Week Day One: On The Road
A/N: Hey guys! So I heard it was nalu week! I’m still a bit new to writing for them and I didn’t know this was a week for them but I thought it would be fun to write some drabbles for them based on the prompts! So please enjoy this quick little story about Natsu and Lucy’s first kiss on the road.
Lucy groaned again as she trudged along behind Natsu and Happy.
“Guys my feet are killing me.” Lucy whines. “When are we gonna stop?”
“Yeah Natsu, when are we gonna stop?” Happy asks. “The sun is setting. It’s going to get dark soon. We should find somewhere to camp for the night. Preferably nearby a stream where I can catch some fishies!”
Happy closed his eyes and drooled at the thought of eating his delicious raw fish.
Natsu flashed his signature grin at his friend and laughed.
“Sure thing buddy! We’ll keep walking until we find one!” Natsu promises.
“No! I don’t think I can make it that far-ow!” Lucy yelped and tripped on her feet.
Natsu turned around to see what was wrong then his eyes widened and he gasped as Lucy fell on top of him, both of them falling onto the road.
Happy gasped when he saw what had happened to his friends. Lucy had fallen on top of Natsu, and her mouth…was on top of his.
Lucy and Natsu stayed perfectly still from the shock. Both of them were still trying to process what they just did. Happy slowly floated down to the ground and stood in front of them. His mouth still hanging on the ground.
Their lips pulled apart with a light smack as Lucy pulled back.
Natsu stared up at her, her light skin reflected the sunlight, and so did her hair. She looked so beautiful. He was lost in her eyes. That was, until he caught a whiff of something that made him concerned.
“Whoa Lucy are you okay?” Natsu asks her and sits up.
Lucy blushed and sat up too, pulling away from him, lest they kiss again.
“Uh…” She says, confused.
“I smell blood coming from your shoes what happened?” He asks seriously.
“Oh!” Lucy says, remembering why she had fallen in the first place.
“We were walking so long that I got blisters on my feet and one of them popped. It’s no big deal.” Lucy says quickly, her mind still frazzled from what just happened.
“Well do you think you can walk?” Natsu asks.
“Yeah I can.” Lucy assures him. “But it’ll hurt.”
“Well then I’ll carry you.” Natsu says cheerfully.
Before Lucy could stop him, Natsu had her scooped up in his arms, carrying her bridal style. Her face was bright red now and she refused to look Natsu in the eye. Happy was still in shock.
“Hey look, there’s a stream over there in that little grove of trees!” Natsu points out. “That seems like a good place to set up camp. Happy can catch his fish and then you can soak your feet.”
“Well…that sounds nice.” Lucy says, her voice still shaky.
“Alright then let’s go! Come on Happy, stop standing there acting all weird.” Natsu tells him as he turns and walks towards the stream with Lucy in his arms.
“Wow…he really is dumb.” Happy says after shaking himself out of his stupor and flying after them.
“This looks like a good spot.” Natsu says and sets Lucy down on the grass by the water’s edge.
Lucy winced as she pulled off her boots. Her feet had blood and blisters on them and she grimaced as she dipped them into the cool water of the stream.
“Is it okay?” Natsu asks.
“Yeah. The water’s fine. It would be better if it was warmer but we just have to make do-”
Before she could even finish her sentence Natsu stuck his fist into the water and steam began to rise from it.
“How’s that?” He asks her.
“A lot better.” Lucy says softly, avoiding his gaze.
“Hey be careful over there! You’re gonna boil the fishies!” Happy yells at them from downstream.
“What are you complaining about?” Natsu yells back. “This way they’ll already be cooked for you!”
“You know I like them raw!” Happy yells back.
Natsu scoffed and turned away from Happy, abandoning the argument. Then he realized Lucy was being unusually quiet.
“Hey Lucy, you’ve been acting weird since you fell on me. Are you okay?” Natsu asks, his tone laced with concern.
“Yeah I’m fine.” She says, still looking away from him.
Natsu frowned, trying to think of what could have made Lucy act so shy all of a sudden and then he realized.
“It’s about the kiss isn’t it.” Natsu says.
The sharp intake of breath from Lucy, confirmed it for him.
“You’re mad at me aren’t you.” Natsu says.
She didn’t answer, she just played with a blade of grass while deep in thought.
“Well you really shouldn’t be. It was your fault after all. You’re the one who decided to fall on me and put your mouth on mine.” Natsu blames her.
“I’m not mad at you.” Lucy says curtly. “I’m just mad at my horrible luck when it comes to romance.”
“What are you talking about? You thought that kiss was romantic?” Natsu scoffs in disbelief.
“No, not at all and that’s the problem.” Lucy explains. “I always had the perfect idea in my head of what I wanted my first kiss to be like. I wanted it to be with someone I was close with, so honestly I’m not even upset that it was with you.”
Natsu had been indifferent to what Lucy was saying before but now he picked his head up and was looking at her with rapt attention. Lucy wasn’t upset that he was her first kiss. That was stirring something inside of him, making his heart pound, and it only got louder as she continued.
“But I wanted it to happen under different circumstances and not by accident. I wanted it to be somewhere at dusk, with a few stars just starting to twinkle in the sky.” Lucy says.
Natsu looked around, realizing it was dusk right now and he could faintly see a few stars in the sky.
“Somewhere nice and quiet in nature where it’s just the two of us.”
They were in nature, and Happy was far enough away that they were technically alone.
“Maybe a few fireflies flying around for some romantic mood lighting.”
As if on cue a bunch of fireflies appeared around them.
“But as the sun sets it would be starting to get cold out, so he’d put his arms around me to keep me warm….”
She trailed off as she felt Natsu wrap his arms around her and pull her close. She turned to look up at him and stared into his eyes.
“Then I’d look into their eyes, and in that moment, I’d know that I’ve fallen in love with my best friend.”
Tears of joy started to form in both of their eyes.
“Then what?” Natsu asks softly.
“Then we’d kiss.” She says.
Natsu gently cradles her cheek in his hand and looks at her soft, pink lips. He leaned in and so did she until they closed their eyes and their lips met in a gentle kiss.
When they pulled apart Natsu smiled at her.
“How was that for a re-do?” He asks her.
“Better.” She says, blushing. “But…I think you could still use a little practice.”
“Alright then I’ll just have to keep kissing you until I get it right.” He says and leans in again and kisses her.
“Hey guys I caught some-AAAAHHH!” Happy screams when he sees them making out.
“AAAAHHHH!” They both scream at him and jump apart.
When they finally got back to the guild, none of their friends cared about the mission. They just wanted to know why Natsu and Lucy were acting so weird and blushing around each other so much.
Knowing what a chatterbox Happy was, everyone in the guild hounded him for answers. But taking this as an opportunity to tease everyone he swore he wouldn’t tell. All he’d say was:
“It was just a little something that happened on the road.”
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