Natsu looked like he was constipated as he kept pacing like a mad dog. Lucy finally sat up as she observed his actions, he looked like he was caught in something he didn't want. She felt a bit guilty now thinking maybe the kiss was a bit too much, she let out a internal sigh as she watched him a bit more till he stopped and stood facing his back to her.
*natsu finally realized he was in just a towel which was a bad choice as he stopped and looked down. He didn't see a tent yet but knew he had to get dressed or else he wouldn't be able to calm down. Finally he began talking to Lucy.*
"Luce?"
"Yeah?"
"Can you get me my pants in the room? And maybe a shirt too, I don't feel good sleeping shirtless tonight."
"Ah! Oh ok! I'll be back.."
*lucy left with a heavy blush finally piecing what she thought natsu's intentions were in the first place.. he just wanted his clothes!! (>\\\\<. )*
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After a awkward moment of having to turn her back while natsu got dressed behind her, they both finally took a relaxed seat. Thanks to the fresh clothes natsu felt the 'urges' go down and didn't mind now sitting closer to lucy. He still wanted to talk about sleeping in the bed again… (._. )
"Luce?.."
"Yeeah?…"
"Can I sleep with you again?.."
*lucy was taken by surprise again for the 2nd time that night as she didn't know what natsu meant by that. He was free to sleep with her and Nashi anytime.*
"Um.. sure, you can sleep anytime with me and Nashi natsu.. I don't know why you are asking me for permission.."
"Well … it's because of what you said before, you were scared I would sleep and roll over and squish Nashi. Since then I haven't slept with you two to ease your worry, but…. I get the feeling that your starting to forget about me.."
*natsu finally voiced out his feelings as he met his pitch black onyx eyes into Lucy's brown doe eyes. They stayed in a trance as they watched the space in between their lips grow smaller as they began to slowly shut their eyes.*
"u-UAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! u-UAHHHHHHHHH!!"
*Nashi found herself in a pitch black room that had a silver of light in it, she found herself splayed on the big surface which caught her attention that she was finally alone. She sat up all on her own and observed what was around her. It seemed that she was on a squishy floor that was soft. And she saw the door was open where light came in. But right after finding herself a window to finally escape she hesitated. It didn't feel right in her stomach that the 'beast' wasn't here to stop her, or that 'luce' wasn't there to give her the thing called 'boom boom' that she would suck on. So as she sat there in darkness she began to grow tears in her eyes, she was so sad that the two weren't their with her as she finally couldn't hold in her pain anymore she let out her cry of sadness.*
Natsu and Lucy split apart as they kept listening to baby Nashi cry, but before lucy began to move she saw what she didn't see at the hospital before she knocked out, she saw the deadly glare natsu's illuminated the room with. He looked up to where the baby's wails sounded from and again by instinct he jumped over the couch and ran to Nashi. Lucy went after him thinking he could sense something wrong with Nashi that she couldn't. But when she arrived at the room, natsu had turned on the lights, was on fire and cradled Nashi who began to stop crying as she closed her eyes and opened them to finally see that the 'beast' once again saved her.
"*pant pant* don't cry nashi… *sob/pant* papa's here… *sob* I won't leave your side again…. Sh, shh, shh, shh,.."
*lucy didn't move from the door frame as she can see natsu wasn't in control right now, it was almost watching a animal become overprotective of their offspring. But as she began to approach natsu, she flinched as he turned twords her direction now. His eyes still were glowing in the gold color but seemed to be in a glossy state. He got up putting out his flames and walked his way twords her. She thought he finally snapped back to himself but was surprised by him putting all of Nashi's body in one of his arms and carried lucy from the waist on his other arm. Lucy yelled at the sudden lift but was flopped on the bed as natsu put her legs down and pinned them with his legs on top. He walked on his knees till he was on her thighs and placed Nashi on top of her chest now, lucy didn't notice but Nashi had fallen back asleep somewhere along the way of natsu's conversation with her. She didn't expect the next thing to happen as natsu began gathering pillows and tucking them under crevices of Lucy's body and head. It was almost as if he was trying to turn lucy into a bird nest! (Author: I'm sorry but I had to turn natsu into a bird somehow, it wouldn't be a fanfic without the strange dragon slayer behavior.)
When he was satisfied he wrapped his legs around hers making sure she wouldn't escape now and layed besides her and Nashi as he huffed a smoke of satisfaction. And in matter of seconds natsu blinked again with his black onyx eyes at a stupified lucy.
"Natsu? What the hell happened?"
"Huh? When did we get in bed?"
"… we are going to porlyusica tomorrow, I don't care what you say. Right now you just went daddy bird on me…"
"Daddy what????"
Natsu tried sitting up but flopped back on the bed, noticing now he had his legs in a locked position with Lucy's. Ok… he was freaked out now..
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Lucy and natsu woke up the next morning feeling nice and cozy for the first time again in months. Lucy missed natsu's heater like body that didn't need any buttons to adjust the heat whenever it got to hot. While natsu missed Lucy's silky arms wrapped around his that had a good grip of her waist. They looked at each other with a small baby blocking part of their sight. Natsu finally smiled widely as he has achieved utopia in his life. Nothing can be better then this.
It was too soon to speak as natsu caught a wift of a smell he knew to well now. He pinched his nose as he sat up now making his way to get some diapers and baby wipes.
"What? Did Nashi poop?"
"Yeah… I can smell it right away, man it suck's something's to be able to smell it as soon as it happens…"
"True but because of that Nashi has a wonderful father who, despite his incredible sense of smell, to change her diapers without her having to worry about getting rashes…"
*lucy got up too fixing a space on the bed for natsu to get to work as she also placed the sleeping Nashi in the middle ready to get changed. Nashi flinched at the sudden rise but relaxed her small hands as she felt that it was time to change her diaper again..
lucy then got off the bed while natsu changed the little girls diaper and gave him a big hug from behind. She proceeded to lift his shirt from his back and plant some well deserved kisses along his strong spine and muscles that flinched every time her lips landed on his back.*
"Lu-shy! Sh-top! 'I'n bushy trying to shange Nashi's die-per!"
*natsu complained as he was holding the clean diaper from the edge of his mouth as he proceeded to wipe Nashi's 'mess' she made in her diaper that looked like a poo poo bomb went off.*
"Ok ok I'm sorry! Hehehe! Im going to go get ready now, remember we are gonna go check you out about that behavior natsu. It's not just for your sake it's for mine and Nashi's too."
*lucy disappeared into the bathroom as natsu finally finished cleaning Nashi and wrapping her up in a new diaper and baby powdered butt. Who was by now very awake and staring at him with a serious look.*
"Hmmm…. Why are you staring at me for Nashi? Don't you see I'm the person who changes your diapers, feeds you, and let's you yank his hair?… *giggle* Im starting to think that you don't remember me all to well yet…"
"Pa-…pa…."
"….."
*natsu stayed frozen as to correct his hearing at what he just heard…*
*Nashi looked more determined now as she raised her little chubby arms twords him as she repeated her command once more*
"Pa!! PA!!!!"
*natsu's face expression went that of pale, to the kind that someone would say 'Oi, what's this about?' To finally having a stupid grin crawl on his face. Soon his teeth began to bare widely as he carried nashi to the air which earned a couple of giggles from the little girl.*
"Why you!- NOW YOUSE DONE IT!!! *BOASTING IN. LAUGHTER* how dare you Nashi Dragneel say my name before MA-MA's hmmmm?!??"
*Nashi didn't understand what her 'papa' was saying but after last night. She remembered finally being able to see clearly with her vision. What she saw was natsu's face for the first time clearly as she remembered his fire like eyes. She never felt so safe and warm when she watched him turn on his fire to make her feel better. This to her was a sign of what her father or 'papa' like he told her last night can do. She never wanted her papa to leave her side again and was now confident he wouldn't let her escape ever. She remembered falling asleep in his swaying flames and comfortable arms after her crying. And today as she woke up to her 'papa' changing her diaper again and seeing the same face she saw last night she decided to finally pay him back for what he has done for her all this time… she must speak today to thank him.*
"*baby giggling* PAPA! PAPAa!! PAPA!!"
"Aww.. all that hard work to go to waist… *sigh* oh well your as unpredictable as your 'papa'. I guess my identity has been found out too …"
*natsu gives Nashi a kiss on her forehead as he layed her down on the bed to begin to change his clothes too.*
"Oh! Nashi… don't say papa yet ok? I don't want
'Ma-Ma' to hear it. Okay! Let's get ready now Nashi!"
"Let me hear what?"
*lucy finished her bath now as she came out in curiosity to why natsu began to laugh and Nashi too… *
"Hm? Nope nothing right Nashi?"
"Uu-uuuu, uUuu-UuU"
*Nashi looked like she played it smoothly but in reality she was saying 'luce' which was still missing some letter that she didn't know how to say yet.*
"Right? Ok we'll get ready now while you get the duffel bag ready. Today we are going out to check you out and to finally give Nashi her first outing!"
*lucy said with enthusiasm as natsu gave a approval grin, it's been a while since he's gone out to the guild plus he has gained some pounds which was a no, no to him. He was going to get some equipment as well to start his training and workout again.*
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-At magnolia-
Natsu decided to come up with the brilliant idea of turning his scarf into a baby hammock. He wore under with his usual baggy white pants and a tight black t-shirt that hugged all his muscles in the right places. Natsu was never fat, but he liked his body to be near a light weight boxer. But since he no longer took missions for the time being, he became more of a heavy weight. He didn't like this at all since he felt more heavy and his muscles would bulge out more. But to lucy, he was eye candy that she wouldn't tire at all…
This proved as a fault though because as they walked down the street they once walked many times. Natsu was getting more looks then lucy expected. Almost all the girls began to whisper if he was a single father or if he was getting divorced? They were itching to find a opening or excuse to talk to him which got on Lucy's nerves. But before lucy can hold his hand to show off her wedding ring with his, a woman stopped infront of him as she tripped and he managed to grab her arm.
"Are you ok ma'am?"
"Oh? Yes I'm ok, sorry for the inconvenience- ohhhh that's such a cute baby! Is she yours?"
"Yes! She's my daughter, she's the cutest isnt she?"
"Yeah, I bet she got her looks from her mother- oh, I don't see her mother with you though… are you a single father?"
*lucy was livid… that sneaky woman somehow played off the whole act smoothly and even got answers without much effort, lucy decided to stand back a bit and see how natsu would handle this.*
"Huh? No she was just here?.. "
*natsu looked for lucy and when he spotted her lucy gestured to him that she was looking at one of the stands of the market the where passing by as a excuse to see what natsu would do without her.*
"Oh… then you should probably hurry along and find her, woman these days find themselves 'distracted' by other men other than their husbands… but I'm sure your wife wouldn't do that right?"
*the sneaky woman had implanted a seed of doubt that she has done to many men before natsu. She had the power to gain any man's favor with her milk like voice and sweet words.*
"No, she wouldn't do that ever.. even if she did I would roast the basterd before he touched my wife."
*natsu's eyes changed a bit in color but because of the sun nobody was able to tell so the woman kept taunting him about lucy*
"Ah! That's such of a man thing of you to do that, hehehe~ but what would you do if she doesn't approve of your righteous actions? I'm pretty sure she wouldn't understand you if you explained to her it was only to protect her."
those words affected natsu's compulsor as he realized what the woman was trying to do to him. Before he can put her in her place, he let a sinister smirk that would send shivers down anyones spines till his attack was cut off by Nashi's fuzzy tantrum.
From there he became a panicky mess losing his power pose he had and had began to shush the baby to calm down. He looked like a dork afterwards in short words. The woman was taken aback by the sudden shift and gravity of the situation that she went with her gut and decided to leave this 'fish' go.
"Oh! Well I got to go now I'm sorry about your wife.. goodbye!"
"Tch!"
*natsu was still pissed about how he let that woman get away with bad mouthing lucy till he felt lucy wrap her arm with his and she gave Nashi's 'boom boom' to mute her from crying.*
"Sorry natsu I just wanted to see something from over there that was happening.."
"Oh, and what was that?"
"A fight against a mouse and a dragon.."
"Hmm…. Wait- you set me up!!!"
*lucy laughed now finally coming to terms that natsu was never gonna cheat on her or let someone trick him into it. While natsu kept complaining why she left him open to the hungry cougars who wanted him.*
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