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“See you two days from now!” The Celestial Mage called to the rest of Team Natsu. They were going on a job together, but Erza had suggested that they take a day off, seeing as they had just come back from another job in the mountains.
Lucy walked home in the night, shivering and coughing. She frowned as she reached the door to her apartment. Was she sick? She had been buried under snow on their last job…
She sneezed again. Yup. She was definitely sick.
Well, it was a good thing that tomorrow was an off day, now wasn’t it?
She closed her apartment door and shuffled over to her bed, sniffling. Just as she laid down on it, she saw a familiar white scaly scarf. She huffed and shakily got out of bed, yanking the scarf after her. A familiar salmon-pink haired man toppled out of her bed.
“Oi, what time is it Luce?” The Dragonslayer asked with a husky sleep-laced voice, sitting up with one eye still closed.
“Time for you to get out!” Lucy yelled, before coughing. Natsu sighed and moved to lay down again. “Just five more minu-?” His voice trailed off as her got a good look at the Celestial Mage.
“Luce, what’s wrong?” He asked, concern in his voice. She sniffled. “I’m sick, so can you please leave me to suffer in my misery?” Natsu looked at her with sympathy and got off the bed, moving closer to her.
“N-Natsu? What’re you- KYA~!” The Celestial Mage never got a chance to finish her question because the Fire Dragonslayer had picked her up bridal style. He placed her on the bed gently and tucked the soft pink covers around her.
“Get some rest Luce.” He whispered with a warm smile on his face. The blonde was shocked, but soon drifted off into the soft lull of sleep.
Lucy woke to a warm, rough hand on her forehead. Everything else was cold, so she leaned into it. A soft chuckle was heard. She opened her bleary eyes and found herself staring into the warm obsidian eyes of Natsu Dragneel.
“Oi, Luce, how'ya feelin’?” He asked quietly. She feebly batted at him. “Get outta my house, Natsu! Why are you even here!” She sneezed again.
“Lucy, you’re obviously sick. I’m here to take care of you.” Natsu answered stubbornly. She sighed.
He shook his head. “No. She doesn’t even know you’re sick. I’m here by my own will.” She blushed.
Or that’s what she thought before visions of random fires and blown-up kitchens plagued her thoughts. Her eyes widened as panic started to set in. Natsu chuckled. “Lucy, I take care of Happy everytime he’s sick. You have nothing to worry about. He’s not dead yet!”
He pouted. “Lucy, you trust me, don’t you?” She opened her mouth to say no, then closed it again. She did trust the Fiery Fire Dragonslayer. She sighed. “Yes, Natsu. I trust you.”
The grin he gave her made everything worth it.
“Here.” He said, propping her up in a sitting position before holding up a thermometer.
She opened her mouth with a raised eyebrow as he stuck the thermometer under her tongue. They waited a while until Natsu removed it to read the temperature. He frowned and closed her mouth. “102.6 Luce. You have a fever.” She raised an eyebrow as if to say, Oh REALLY now? He laughed and her heart skipped a beat.
“Get some rest, Luce.” The salmon-pink haired man said.
Gray and the rest of Team Natsu, (minus Natsu and Lucy, of course) were outside Lucy’s door. They were planning on having a day at the beach as a group. They knocked on her door only to have a shirtless Natsu who was blowing steam of a bowl of soup greet them.
“Natsu what are you doing shirtless in Lucy’s apart-mmph!” Erza was cut off by Natsu clamping a hand over her mouth. She gave him a death glare and Natsu removed his hand, giving her a glare of his own.
“Pipe down!” He hissed. “You’ll wake up Lucy! She’s sick!” A feeble voice was heard from the apartment. “Natsu? You still here?”
“Great, you woke her up!” Natsu hissed at Erza.
Natsu turned, completely ignoring the group. “Coming.”
He hurried inside the apartment, the group following from a safe distance. They were greeted by the sight of a pale Lucy with heaps of blankets on top of her and Natsu sitting on a stool next to her bedside, holding the soup.
“Was that Erza I heard?” She asked weakly. He nodded. “Yeah, Queen of the Loudmouths couldn’t be quiet, sorry about waking you up.” Lucy giggled. “It’s fine.”
Natsu held up a spoonful of the soup, and Lucy eyed it skeptically. “What’s that?” Natsu smiled at her with a gentleness Team Natsu didn’t know he possessed.
“C'mon Luce, I’m not gonna poison yah! I give this to Happy when he’s sick all the time!”
Team Natsu looked at each other in surprise. They didn’t know that Natsu took care of Happy!
The Celestial Mage sighed. “Fine.” Natsu propped her up into a sitting position and fed Lucy the soup.
“Mmm!” She gasped after swallowing a spoonful. “Who made this! This is amazing!” Natsu blushed. “I did.” She looked at him, shocked.
“Natsu I didn’t think you could make anything edible!”
Natsu pouted. “Oi, Luce, I make edible things all the time!” She smirked as Natsu kept feeding her the soup. “Name one!”
Natsu took a deep breath.
“Grilled fish.”
“Boiled Fish.”
“Fried Fish.”
“Barbequed fish.”
“Fish Kabo-”
Lucy cut him off by pressing a finger to his mouth. Natsu looked surprised. Gray leaned over to Juvia and Erza and whispered, “Flame Brain needs to ask her out already.” The water mage made a faint sound of agreement.
Erza had stars in her eyes and looked like she did when she found out Bisca and Alzac had a child.
Natsu finished feeding Lucy the soup and helped her lie down. He tucked her in and laughed.
“What?” Asked a sleepy Lucy. Natsu grinned.
“I sneaked your medicine into the soup.” Lucy gasped.
He held his hands up in surrender and tried to look sorry. (He failed miserably ; the corners of his mouth kept twitching upwards.)
“Hey, you have a high fever, you need it! Be glad I didn’t make you drink it straight!”
Lucy pouted and Natsu grinned again. He turned to the rest of Team Natsu with a fierce stare. “You guys can stop hiding. What’re doing anyways?” Lucy jolted and looked in the direction Team Natsu was.
“Oh come on!” She yelled, exasperated. “Please don’t try to take care of me too! Natsu is already a handful! He’s like an over-protective boyfriend!” She blushed, realizing what comparison she just made. Gray smirked ar her and Gajeel gave Natsu a thumbs up.
“JUST GET OUT!” They both yelled while blushing like crazy. Erza ran out laughing like a mental person with Levy screaming “NALUUUU!”
As soon as they left, Natsu kissed Lucy’s forehead and got up to clean the apartment.
The Celestial Mage grabbed his wrist before he walked away. “N-Natsu? Could you..stay?”
Natsu looked thoughtful, and then smiled at her. “Sure, Lucy.”
He sat back on his stool and stroked her hair gently, until she fell asleep. He kissed her forehead and moved to the couch.
Miss Fairy Tail : NaLu #3 [Part 1] , [Part 2] , [Part 3]
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