It seemed that natsu wasn't aware of his surroundings or what was near him right now as lucy had managed to sneak up on him. He flinched as he felt her touch. Lucy wasn't sure why he didn't notice that she was ok. Did tricking him to fire up stun him this much? Porlyusica came up with a clever way to use his anger against him to make him use his fire since all these months he had been controlling his temperature that bacteria began to grow inside him. Without him flaring himself up once in a while lead to bacteria breeding inside him like a hotspot.
Everyone understood after why Porlyusica needed to take such measures to trick natsu. Porlyusica really was a miracle doctor if it wasn't for her, natsu would be dead already.
"Natsu.. look at me.."
*natsu ignored lucy now. This hurt lucy emotionally because natsu never showed her any sign of negative feelings twords her. He was always caught looking at her and embracing her like if she was honey to him. She didn't recognize the natsu who stood in front of her with his back to her.*
"Natsu please… look at me!"
"..."
*natsu felt hurt inside because he failed to meet Nashi so, he decided to do what he didn't want to do at that moment. He put a foot infront of him as he began to walk away slowly from lucy. But after two steps he was stopped by lucy who hugged him from the back. Natsu cried a bit more now as he could feel Lucy's warmth and her still round belly. He knew her stomach would be round after delivery so he didn't think of the possibility of Nashi still being alive so he made another attempt to walk away dragging lucy who still hugged his back.*
"NATSU! PLEASE JUST LOOK AT ME!!! IM OKAY!!"
"… I-I can't *sob* lucy please let me go I need to think …"
*lucy let out a huge cry now as she didn't let him go refusing to let him go. Natsu was about to remove Lucy's arms away from him when suddenly a fire began to engulf him and lucy. He panicked suddenly worried that he had released his flames that were going to burn lucy but noticed that the flames weren't hot.. they were warm.. like warm water… natsu stood there a bit while lucy kept crying into his back as he heard something in his heart.
'I'm still here papa… please don't leave me and mama..'
*natsu immediately turned around as he pushed lucy away from him and knelt down to her stomach. Lucy noticed now the pink like flames engulfing them as she looked at natsu thinking it was his doing. Natsu grabbed Lucy's stomach now as he pressed his forehead and raised his body temperature enough for what didn't burn lucy but Nashi could sense.*
" *sigh* … papa is such a dumb, stupid, stubborn idiot Nashi… I'm sorry for making mama upset again… don't worry I'm not leaving.."
*lucy didn't understand what was happening still but saw the pink flames had toned down and vanished not in smoke but in a weird illusion way. As if it was fading out like it had run out of strength. Soon Porlyusica, Erza, and grey joined them as they watched the whole act unfold.*
"The apple sure doesn't fall far from the tree… Natsu if you had any doubts of the child still, I would call you a fool. You surely have a strong child."
*Porlyusica expressed her amazement as she approached which just made natsu flinch and stand up to block her from getting any nearer to Lucy.*
"Hm? How unrespectful and brazen are you getting punk, if it wasn't for me you would be dead in your own house leaving your wife and daughter as a widow and fatherless child!"
*porlyusica understood why natsu would feel ill twords her. The stunt she pulled basically stabbed him with what is his pride and joy, if anything she would have done the same thing in natsu's place.*
"Natsu you idiot! Why didn't you get medicine if you were sick!"
*replied a crying grey now, he was unrecognizable now with his puffy eyes but still ended up stripping out of frustration*
"I didn't know I was sick… plus I never felt sick in my life…"
"Yeah that's because your always on fire, you never let any germs grow long enough to infect you!"
*replied porlyusica now as she was so angry at the simple solution to such a big problem*
"Why did you even stop using your fire you idiot!! That's why your body became a living buffet to any bacteria, it's like placing warm water in the middle of a nice environment that's constantly kept in a nice warm temperature! It usually takes years for bacteria to grow but since your already prone to get sick, they hit the jackpot within your body!!! *wham!* seriously!!!"
*porlyusica landed a blow on natsu's head for being so stupid keeping his inner body temperature to that as close to those of hot springs. Natsu's biology was weird, it was a case where if he didn't at least release some of his fire his body temperature would reach a hot leveled internal temperature which didn't harm him but on the long run would prove fatally just like what happened to him today. Him just letting as much of his fire and heat out was a way to burn through all of the germs and bacteria he had harbored. It's the same how poison works in his body. He can just raise his temperature to boil it out of his blood.*
"… I guess it was kinda my fault, I just didn't want to let go of Lucy or burn her if I released some of my fire… "
*natsu finally admitted as he relaxed now and moved aside from infront of lucy to the side.*
"Well, I guess my work is done. Don't ever come knocking on my door for something foolish like this again. Also ..
*porlyusica looked back as she was leaving to come back towards Lucy as she place her hand on Lucy's stomach feeling how big Lucy has been getting. She smiled a bit at the stomach, to Lucy and finally looked at natsu with a serious face*
"You better not let me catch you fall ill again, this baby needs you to protect her from this horrible world. Especially if anyone saw what happened today, dark guilds will after your child natsu. DO YOU UNDERSTAND!! YOU WERE LUCKY TODAY THAT YOU FELL ILL AND LUCY WAS STILL A FEW MONTHS LEFT TO GIVE BIRTH!! THE ENEMY WONT LET ANOTHER OPENING GO NOW IF THEY SEEN WHAT YOUR PRECIOUS "NASHI" HAS POTENTIAL FOR!!"
*natsu's blood went cold as he was hit with a reality he didn't consider. Nashi is indeed a strong baby, but a celestial and dragon slayer mating and making a baby that can already use some sort of undefined magic already while still in her mothers womb was incredible maybe even impossible. Lucy froze too as the danger of being a mother to such a strong child was as she noticed natsu's face turn dark like if he wanted to murder someone. Soon porlyusica shocked them as she bent down to speak to Lucy's stomach.*
"And you little thing… don't ever use your magic again to call that idiot of a father you have… this world is already hard to live in.. *tears began to fill porlyusica eyes but didn't fall* I want to meet you soon now, I can't wait to see you go far and strong and maybe surpass your father."
*with that porlyusica stood up, cleared her throat and bud for well till next time as she left.*
Erza and Grey stayed a bit longer to make sure natsu wouldn't fall sick again but natsu just got annoyed and picked a fight with grey in his house as Lucy and Erza talked over some cookies and tea.
They both managed to leave after as the sun started setting finally.
"Natsu? .."
*lucy called as she faced the window natsu had sat when he was sick earlier. He was behind her hugging her and supporting her belly with one hand like he always have been these months.*
"Hm? Yes lucez…"
*replied a sleepy natsu who didn't bother opening his eyes*
"How many kids do you think we will have?"
*this woke natsu right up, as he opened his eyes and stared at the back of her head now*
"I don't know, one? Since we already have Nashi. It all depends on you lucy. Whatever number you tell me I'll try my best to produce it."
*natsu's statement made lucy chuckle dryly till she began to speak again*
"Dummy just tell me how many do you want? Maybe we can come to an agreement.."
*lucy blushed as she caressed her stomach now, bumping against natsu's hand ever so often.*
*shudders*
"Lucy… your playing with fire again… don't tempt me"
"What? *lucy chuckles as she stopped now* I'm just asking we never really make a plan or talked about this before.."
"*sigh* fiiiinnnneeee….. *natsu stood still as if he was holding his breath as he carefully of the words he was going to use* I would love to have hmmm a little to 10 children…"
*natsu let the words hang in the air waiting for lucy to reply, which just as he expected lucy freaked out*
"WHAT?! Do you want me to die?!?
*Lucy screamed at natsu as her eyes grew to saucer's imaging bearing 10 pregnancies, which weren't that bad since natsu would have to bear the pregnancy symptoms but still she would have to get used to walking around with a large round belly till she had 10 children! Which was 10-20 years! If she had a child every year or every two years.*
*natsu sighed again as he sympathized with lucy. Just thinking of having to vomit for 20 years was enough to put him in misery. But he would do it 100 times if he would get those 10 kids he always hoped to have.*
"I know, that's why I told you to choose how many we would have… since you are the one who will have to carry them for 9 months luce."
*lucy felt warm as she felt natsu huff a warm sigh into her shoulder and began getting goosebumps as she felt natsu move her night gown down to begin playfully bite her shoulder in a way telling her he wanted to 'play' with him like how they would before Nashi came along. She shuddered now as she felt getting hot now and tapped his head with her hand to stop him. He obeyed.*
"…. Three… only three kids natsu…. After that I'm closing shop for good"
Lucy puffed out her cheeks as she heard natsu whine about it. But he sat up to give her a kiss on the cheek as he accepted it with a 'thank you, I won't disappoint' and fell back into his once comfortable space but now uncomfortable as they both faded into sleep.
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-Lucy's pov-
Lucy was in a nice dream she was living with natsu now which she can tell and found a pretty little girl with pink hair and some cute dragon wings on her back as she made a dash escape from someone to hide behind her leg.
Lucy looked down at her as the girl gave her a big grin motioning to lucy someone was coming. Lucy looked up to see natsu who was … a bit… more … *gulp*
attractive now as he began to gain weight in his muscles as he became what she deemed
'Dilf: daddy material'
She stared at him a bit more to notice he was in a wet white shirt that looked like it was soaked from some water balloons the little girl had thrown at her father while he was outside training. Natsu looked happy but had a spark in his eyes that said
'Oooo you have done it now Nashi!'
As he tried to look around lucy but couldn't get the escape artist. Nashi got away again as she flipped in a cartwheel from her father behind him, and proceeded to push him off balance to land on top of lucy as he pinned down the poor lucy in the process. Lucy stared at his toned arms… oh god if his tone arms where this thick… she wondered how thick was 'that' now… as she was snapped from reality to find a laughing natsu sheepishly look done at lucy.
"Oh. I'm sorry luce, *he pecked her in the lips as he looked at her again* sorry for scaring ya, Nashi sure is a handful…*sigh*"
He decided to let his weight drop now as he crushed lucy who was blushing now as she was very aware what each part of his body felt like.
"Oi, luce… what are you doing? Aren't you gonna push me off? Come on, don't tell me you have gone weak on me.."
Natsu taunted, lucy tried saying something but nothing came out. But natsu seemed like he understood what she had said
"Wow luce, that hurt ouch… fine fine I'll get off, I never knew you didn't love meh~"
*natsu said this with a half taunting grin as he began raising himself from her in a push-up position.*
*lucy sighed in relief but soon found her mouth move saying something she couldn't hear herself say. Natsu flinched causing all his muscles to tighten as he blushed looking away from lucy to hide his face like he always did.*
Lucy then found her body move on her own as she felt her legs wrap around his waist feeling full length of his rod and her arms stretched as her hand reached underneath his arm behind his back and the other grabbing a fistful of his hair at the root of his scalp.
Lucy could swear this was turning into a wet dream by the looks of it which she declared she didn't want any part of it as she tried to wake up but only found herself melt at his next words..
"Luce.. your playing with fire….. let's hurry up before we get caught by nashi~"
As he growled and met his lips with hers…
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She woke up with a pool of sweat and somehow her limbs everywhere but the most thing was that natsu wasn't in bed with her. She rolled over like a ball as she carefully got off his bed with her stomach making a dash into his restroom but before she could pee, she peed herself due to the weight of her stomach now weighing on her uterus.
She was glad natsu wasn't there with her but was a bit embarrassed she couldn't even make it to the restroom as she thought back about how natsu looked so damn hot..