Summary - Nearing the completion of her novel, Lucy struggles at coming up with the book's conclusion. In the midst of a rainstorm, her best friend drops by and she decides to experiment another ending, but this time... on him. Who could of imagined Natsu would be the solution to her writer's block?
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Lucy Heartfilia was frustrated. The reasoning behind her frustration was rather amusing as the torrential downpour outside her window continued raging on. The blonde loved to write during a storm, it helped her mind relax and express itself freely without having any restrictions. However, today was different. She was struggling with creativity. Holding her pen in a tight grasp, Lucy stared blankly at all the papers sprawled about across her desk.
The novel she had been working on for years,ย The Adventure of Iris, was so close to its finishing touches. All that was needed was a respectable conclusion and the book would be done at last. A certain blue haired best friend of hers appeared in her mind as she quietly giggled to herself.ย
I'm sure Levy will be thrilled once I finally figure this ending out.
A few ideas had begun to form and she acted on them quickly and efficiently. Despite this mentality, she repeatedly would write a few lines down before grumbling under her breath and subsequently tossing the idea in the trash. After the fifth scrapped closing, her patience was running thin.
Why am I having so much trouble trying to create an ending thatย I like! I must be miss something important, but what?
Unbeknownst to Lucy, who was still occupied with her writer's block dilemma, the bedroom window slid open. She normally left it unlocked, for her other best friend, who just so happened to love to drop in whenever he could. With or without her permission of course. This was one of those days, despite it being rainy and more, that her precious fire dragon slayer would want to surprise her. He noticed she was once again swept away within her own mind and chuckled, making sure to cover his mouth with his hand as he did so, not wanting to alert her of his presence so soon.ย
Hehe, this should be fun!ย
He removed the checkered scaly scarf that was usually draped around his neck and shifted it to wrap around his face, concealing it as a mask would. He dropped down quietly onto her carpet floor and acted like a ninja.
The pink haired wizard snuck up on his target as he stopped directly behind her swivel chair. As he prepared to spook the girl he noticed something rather odd on the right side of her desk that had been slightly covered up by scattered sheets of paper. He realized it was a large scale printed out picture that had been decorated in bright purple and gold. Glancing at the black lettering, he became even more confused seeing Lucy's own name a little further underneath.ย
"The Adventure of Iris?" He whispered out mistakenly and into the side of her ear as she shrieked, now becoming fully aware of someone behind her. Abruptly she jumped up and accidentally headbutted the boy, nearly knocking him out cold, as he fell backwards.
"Ow-Luce what the hell!" He ranted in annoyance as he held his now aching head.
"Natsu?" She turned around in question before realizing it was indeed him. "I told you to stop sneaking up on me like that! You scared me!"ย
He continued mumbling noncoherent curses as the pain in skull began to slowly subside. Seeing him sitting on her floor and all pouty caused her to smirk and laugh.
"Hey what are you going on about now!" Natsu playfully glared daggers as he listened to her beautiful laughter. Calming herself down, she leaned over and gave him her hand, helping him back to his feet.
"I'm sorry, you just looked as if you were a child in timeout." Her smirk all but faded, however as she observed his appearance. The storm had really done a number on him as his entire vest was drenched along with his spiky pink locks.
"Natsu, you're completely soaked!" She chastised him as she grabbed his hand and pulled him towards the bathroom. Opening the door, and after quickly shoving him in, she shut it. "You're not coming back out until you take a shower!"
"Luce, I really don't need one..." She heard his muffled voice through the door.
"Yes, you do. You're ruining my carpet!" She explained as she noticed the dark spots appearing on her carpet, assuming those were the steps he had taken from the window to reach her. Opening one of her spare drawers, she popped it open, unsurprised as well as a little thankful, to find a spare of his usual clothing. Picking it up gently, she proceeded to the door and began reopening it.
"Okay." He nonchalantly spoke while staring at his reflection in the mirror. The rain had made him look like he had been hit by a train.
"Stop sulking Natsu. What's your deal anyways?"
"It's nothing, don't worry about it." He gave her a smile, brushing her worries aside. She didn't want to pry so she went along with it.
Okay... I guess he's fine.
Lucy hung his outfit up on a hook as she leaned into the shower and spun the handle to the side. Cold water instantly began gushing out as Lucy figured her friend would warm the temperature up to his liking with his own magic.ย
"There's a change of clothes, now hurry and clean yourself up. I'm wasting precious water money on you, ya know!" She laughed as she closed the door and turned on her heel.
"Damn Lucy, I told her I was fine." She caught his words, imagining him rolling his eyes in that moment, hearing foot steps going further from the door.
"I heard that!" Lucy called out and heard him yelp in surprise. She giggled to herself again, before strolling back over to her chair and sitting down. Faintly hearing running water in the background, she shuffled her papers and picked out an empty one. Grabbing the pen again, she sighed.
Round two Lucy, here we go.
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He stared at the glistening tile below him as his mind wondered back to the entire reason he had come here in the first place. To get advice, and maybe some help, from Lucy. Natsu and his other best friend, a blue flying cat, had gotten into an argument after coming back from a monster extermination mission. It started out small at first, but then grew larger as it escalated. Annoyed with the exceed, he had let a remark slip that caused his friend to fly off right when the storm began and now he had no idea where the little guy could be. Adding onto the fact, Happy most likely did not want to see or speak with him at this time either. So, here he now was.
As much as Natsu tried shooting her idea down, he was thankful for his best friend's determination to break him out of his stubbornness. She was entirely right in the fact that the current monsoon going on in Magnolia had ruined his clothing for the day, and that she was also right in the regards that he definitely did need a shower. It made him feel, well as one should, clean.ย The dragon slayer could of easily dried himself off with his own fire, but he had used a significant portion of his magic dealing with the monster and then the train ride back had been taxing, courtesy of his motion sickness.ย
Running his fingers through his hair, making sure to fix what mother nature had ruined, he let his previous argument wash away. He decided to think on something else, what he seen just a few minutes ago actually. That strange picture that Lucy had somewhat hidden on the side of her desk. He tried to figure out what that object was, but failed to understand it.ย
It had her name on it, but what could that mean?
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"This sucks!" Lucy shouted after complaining for theย umpteenth time. Since her return from dealing with the pink haired boy, she had written down three more endings that might work and, once more,ย infuriatingly threw them in the garbage can.ย ย
This feels so simple, but it's not.ย ย Think Lucy, think! What am I possibly leaving out?ย
Her thoughts trailed back to the entire plot of the book. It was about her various adventures at Fairy Tail, with the characters obviously made up. The conclusion was supposed to be set after their war against Alvarez, or in the novel's case, Hearthia. One of the main genres, however was romance so she felt like she needed a strong epilogue between the two main characters for the closing.
Both characters had gone through trials and tribulations, most noticeably the loss of a father and close friend. The more Lucy wrote the more she realized how most of her novel mirrored her and Natsu, just names changed. At the end of the Tartaros war, the boy she had grown to adore helplessly watched his foster father be executed right in front of him. Likewise that same day, she had to destroy one of her very own special gate keys in order to save him and the rest of their friends. Without originally realizing it, during the one year absence he left her with and the original disbandment of Fairy Tail, she had placed their grief into the fictional characters in her story.ย
It had been nearly a full year since Alvarez's invasion took place, an invasion that nearly took him away from her heart. She had rewritten his demonic book and given him enough time for his wounds to heal in order to beat the nation's invading ruler, Zeref, but then he had been unexpectedly summoned into Acnologia's realm.
I'm just glad he and the other slayers won... and that we were able to defeat that monstrosity's own physical form.ย
She couldn't help but imagine the despair that she felt when their group of four had turned around and realized the he had vanished into thin air. Then, their reunion on the Hargeon port as he fell out of the sky after beating the black dragon of the apocalypse. Lucy could still visualize his cheery smile as she held Happy and him closely and got lost in his obsidian tinted eyes. She heard the flow of water come to a stop as she hummed to herself.ย
Since the characters are based off us, maybe, just maybe...
The door opened as Natsu made his way back out now fully dry. Well, almost fully dry. His scarf which he had wrapped back around his neck was still damp. Realizing this, she stood up and gave him a pointed look.
"Yeah?" He questioned as he tried figuring out what his best friend was upset about now.
"Your scarf, it's not dry!" She clarified to him as he glanced down and, sure enough, he felt the fabric sticking to him as if it were glue.ย
"So, what Lucy! It's fine." The fire breather challenged.ย
"Nope, hand it over mister so I can help dry it!" Lucy ordered as she made her way to him and placed her hands around the material. As she tugged to loosen it off him, he stepped backwards and caused her balance to shift. Stumbling, the Celestial Spirit summoner fell forwards into his chest as they tumbled onto her carpet.ย
Lucy opened her eyes and couldn't help but become flustered as she had landed on top of the pinkette. Resting her hands on his shoulders, she raised herself slightly as she shifted her legs to get up. Though, to her shock, she was pulled back down.
"Natsu?" Her voice caught in her throat as his onyx eyes began piercing through hers.
"Luce, I've got a question for ya." He spoke as she saw his dark orbs dart out to the side.ย
"That purple thing... over there." He motioned with his eyes as she turned her head and found exactly what he had located. "What exactly is it?"ย
The cover! He saw the cover for my novel! He wasn't supposed to see that!
"I have no idea what you're talking about!" Lucy hurriedly forced out hoping to satisfy his answer. She was very wrong, if anything her response only made him all the more curious.
"You sure? It has your name on it silly." He pointed out chuckling at her embarrassed state. She looked down and despite his laugher, she could tell the boy below her wasย genuinely interested in finding more about his discovery.
He is technically the co-owner of this adventure, so I might as well.
"It's the book cover for my novel I've been writing, Natsu." The blonde revealed as his eyes lit up.
"You mean that thingy you've been fighting the last three years?" He spoke cheerfully as she couldn't help but roll her eyes.ย
Of course that's how he would see it.
"Yep, that's right Natsu, and it's actually been ten years with the whole seven year time skip thing." She nodded and corrected him.
"Oh whatever!" He waved his hand off to the side uncaringly. "So, does that mean you've finished it?"
That was the question she had been battling all day. The finale was right there, it was within reach, and yet it felt so far away. Constantly she had failed to write it the way she wanted it to turn out. Her mind just seemed to be in other places, all since he had arrived...
That's it! Maybe Natsu could get my ideas flowing again!
"Not yet, I'm struggling to complete the final few pages of it." Lucy explained as she saw his eyes expand eagerly before shrinking back down to their normal state.
"I'd love some!" She happily nodded, glad he could somewhat understand her issue.
"So, what's this ending about?"
Lucy couldn't help but blush as she had been hoping to avoid this type of question, but she knew it was necessary to answer if Natsu was actually going to help her. He would need to know what exactly it was they were dealing with here.
"The two main characters have just defeated the tyrant and won the war. I was, uh, hoping to have some type of romantic scene between them to finish it out." She summarized for him, as her cheeks became a dark shade of red at the end.
"Tyrant...war... kinda sounds like what we've been through don't ya think?" He casually said as a grin appeared on his face. He couldn't help but admit she looked rather adorable when embarrassed.ย
"I'm sure that's just coincidence!" Lucy attempted to deny his statement as she turned her head away.ย
"Sure, sure." Natsu continued grinning at the flustered girl above him as he begin to get his own idea. Turning her head back down to look at him, she noticed him seeming serious for once.
What's he thinking about?
"I might have something, but I need just a few more details..." He whispered as his gaze practically paralyzed her in place.
"I'm open to suggestions." She meekly answered as the shades of red across her cheeks grew even darker.ย
"For this scene, who starts it?" He spoke out, interested, as she watched the gears in his brain turn.ย
"I was thinking the girl-"ย
Lucy's speech was cutoff as Natsu grabbed her waist and dragged her down, switching their positions in the process. The fire dragon slayer now kneeled above her, keeping her arms pinned, as he looked at his best friend with an intense expression. Her flushed state at this point could rival Erza's hair.
"See, I don't like that idea. I think the boy should begin it, don't ya agree?" He stated, teasing her, as her heart rate rapidly rose.
"Okay..." Lucy mumbled, still in total surprise, as she decided to just let him take the reins wondering where this would go.ย
I've never seen this side of Natsu before...
"Are these two really close post-war or?" He asked, breaking the silence.ย
"Really close, they've basically known each other since the story's beginning. I would even say at this point they like... actually, they are lovers for sure." Lucy explained.
"Is that so?" Natsu couldn't help but believe the two mages present in the apartment and her two created protagonists for the novel had some type of connection between them.
Once more, the Celestial wizard was interrupted as Natsu placed a finger against her lips, effectively silencing her.ย
"I think I got a way your book could end Luce, but you're gonna have to trust me." He stated as she could see tiny bits of fire making its way up into his irises. Even though he was acting strangely, she knew that he would never hurt her.
"I trust you, Natsu. I always have."ย
That had been the green light he was waiting for, as the dragon slayer lowered himself and carefully captured her pink lips. Fragments of his own imagination and affections mixed together as he poured it all out into the princess underneath him.ย
Despite initiating the kiss, Natsu quickly found out what reading some of the scarlet knight's novels had done to the blonde. Their coordination was admirable as the struggle to beat writer's block turned into a duel to best the other at their own game for dominance. Lucy felt his grip tighten around her as one of his hands traveled down to her thigh, squeezing it delicately. She couldn't help but release a moan at his gentle touch. Her insides,ย figuratively, caught on fire as Lucy felt like she was in Heaven. The two lovers continued to be deadlocked in a passionate frenzy.ย
Finally, something snapped inside of the pinektte as he broke free from his trance. Instantly he pulled back, gasping in pleasure and excitement, but also fright. He had nearly given into his draconic instincts and he knew she was making his own control waver.
"I'm sorry Luce, I acted on instinct-" Natsu began apologizing before her own finger traveled its way up, his own speech trailing off in surprise as she shushed him. Instead of being upset, Lucy was smiling at him. Her smile it was almost... taunting.
"I never said anything about stopping, Natsu."ย
The next few seconds happened quickly, but to him it felt like time had slowed down. Lucy once more secured his scarf in her grip as she eagerly pulled him back down to her. Wrapping her arms behind his neck she led him to her lips as she picked up from where they had left off. His hands ran through her hair as every emotion made its way to the surface. The war, the losses, the hope and fear, it was all there.ย
Thunder kept crackling outside as the two young adults tuned out the rest of the world and fell into an embrace of pure bliss. Separating for air, they cautiously glanced at one another before smiling after seeing the other's expression.ย
"So, uh... did that give you an idea for the finish to your book?" Natsu questioned.
Full of happiness and content with their positioning, Lucy inclined her head beaming up at him.
You've showed me much more then just an ending I can decide on. I finally have you, and now I'm never letting go Natsu Dragneel.
"Great! Does that mean this is the part where you usually say, 'the end?'" He chuckled, pondering on it, as he felt her clasp his hands and look up at him lovingly.ย
"No, not the end." Hearing his words, Lucy had immediately began thinking about the demon he was revived into and had once become, the fire demon that they had defeated, together.ย
"This is just the beginning. Our beginning."
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