Finally a new chapter. Thanks to all those who gave reviews/favorites/etc.! It really does help to keep me motivated to write.
Many more cute NaLu moments, some more funny Natsu vs Gray, and a serious tone towards the end~ Let me know what you all think and review please!~

The Social Grace of Tindering

Chapter 9: Fate's Intertwined

The late morning sunlight filtered through the room reached the corners of the bed, casting its rays onto the two intertwined forms. Natsu groaned, placing his one free arm over his eyes to block the light, and to ease the pounding headache forming between his temples. "What time is it…?" He rolled over, placing his arm back over the waist of the still sleeping girl next to him. He glanced up at the alarm clock on her nightstand, grunting at the big red letters of 8:35 AM glaring back at him.

Lucy shuffled next to him, turning to face away from him, drawing his eyes to the marks that littered her neck and shoulders. His fingers trailed along the bite mark left on her shoulder blade. He bent down to grace smooth kisses along the reddened skin, and trailed up to just below her ear. She stirred more before her chocolate eyes slowly opened. Her eyes caught a hold of him before a small smile formed on her face.

"Hi Natsu…"

"Hey Luce." A smirk played along in his voice. "How'd you sleep?"

"I was having a nice dream, but I wouldn't mind being woken up like that everyday…" She hummed as he continued to trail kisses all along her exposed back. "Why are you up so early anyway…? You seem like the type to sleep in."

"I'm normally up before the sun rises to actually go running." He shrugged and snuggled under the covers to wrap his arms fully around her. "Surprise, surprise." He chuckled as he buried his nose into her hair. "What we doin' today?"

"First things first, I am heading to the bathroom, so I'll be right back." She sat up, stretching her arms above her head, giving Natsu a very nice view of her curvy form. His eyes followed the movements of her muscles as she turned around to smirk at him.

"You like what you see?"

A large grin formed on his face as he winked at her. "You know I do babe."

"Good, cause now you get to watch me walk away, babe." She emphasized the last word with a wink of her own before grabbing her robe and skipping out of the room, dark green eyes following her form the whole way.

Natsu laid back into bed, staring at the ceiling before feeling a slight vibration beneath him. Cocking an eyebrow, he rolled to the side and found a pink covered phone. He laughed as he saw multiple notifications from Snapchat, Twitter, texts from Levy, Erza and even Cana all begging or cheering her on from last night, and one from Tinder. He shrugged as his shoulders as he was about to place the phone back down before it buzzed again, and he glanced at the screen.

In the newest banner to appear on the screen was a simple message saying, 'You have matched with Gray!' His eyes widened as he sat up in the bed and looked around the room to make sure Lucy wasn't seeing this before his finger swiped to open the phone. To his amazement, Lucy didn't have a passcode on the phone.

"Shit, you make this too easy Luce…" He chuckled as he opened the Tinder app and his fingers flexed through the multiple matches. "Now let's see…"

His eyes roamed through the multiple matches before his eyebrows raised once more. "Seriously… Loke? You matched with Loke? What the hell did he say to my girl…?" He looked through the conversation, holding back a snort at the multiple unanswered messages.

'Hey babe, I'm a Leo and I think I'm the perfect match for you. ;)'

'Are you the date? Because you're a 10/10. ;)'

'Are you my appendix? Because I don't understand how you work but this feeling in my stomach makes me want to take you out. ;)'

'I'm not a photographer, but I can picture me and you together. ;)'

'I seem to have lost my phone number. Can I have yours? ;)'

'Are you a parking ticket? 'Cause you've got fine written all over you. ;)'

Clearly after the last few unanswered messages he eventually gave up, but it was still hilarious to see him trying so hard. Natsu laughed before taking a screenshot of the conversation and sending it to his own phone. He then scrolled once more before stopping at the very top, where all of her recent matches were, and clicked on the one that said, 'Gray'.

He placed a hand on his chin, thinking hard before shrugging and sending a simple 'Hey there!' with an emoji attached at the end. That seemed 'Lucy' enough judging by the few messages she and him had shared between themselves. He waited a bit, scrolling through and laughing at some of the other messages Lucy had received from matches.

"What the hell Luce, you even matched with Gajeel?"

"How did you know that…?"

Natsu froze as he glanced up from the phone to peer at Lucy's blushing face. His cheeks began to grow red as he hid the phone behind his back. "Uh, well… no reason."

"Natsu Dragneel… Did you go through my phone?"

"No. Nope. Not at all. Why would you think that?"

"Let me see your hands…"

"They are a little busy right now, try again later…"

"Natsu! Give me my phone!"

"Sorry Luce, please leave a message after the beep-!" Lucy ran forward and tackled Natsu to the bed, her arms snaking around his body to go for the phone beneath him.

"Come on Natsu… give me the phone!" She reached under his body, going for the light pink covered case before her body was suddenly in the air. She let out a small 'eep!' before she landed on her cushioned bed and under a heavy, warm body. Natsu snickered above her, his back pressing her down into the mattress as he held the phone high above their heads.

"But Luce this is prime time to mess with Gray right now… He's been seeing a girl more than once… More than once! This is a huge deal. He never does this… and it's time I finally get him to admit to it…" His fingers worked on the screen, begging for him to respond.

"Natsu! Stop it! Gray's going to get the wrong idea!" She huffed out as she pushed against his broad shoulders, her fingers taking in the strong tone before she hit his head softly. "Seriously! He won't answer-"

They both froze as a small ding filled the room and Natsu's laugh boasted out. "A-ha! See, told you Luce! He totally responded. This is our chance!"

"Natsu this is totally not a good idea! What will he think of me!?"

"Gray's not the type to care about these type of things. He will probably flirt back but not much more. Please Luce! This is my chance to get him to admit his feelings!"

"They have literally seen each other, slept together, whatever, maybe more than twice! That's not that big of a deal."

"No Luce, this is a huge deal for Gray. He doesn't do this with girls. The only girl he saw twice is Cana and that's 'cause it was a friends with benefits deal. He doesn't like to get involved with girls." Natsu chuckled as his fingers typed away another message to the now talkative Gray. "Let me do this Luce… I'll pay you back!"

"How will you do that…?"

"You tell me what you want, and I'll give it to you."

"Alright then… Let me think about it but let me up so I can go shower!"

He shook his head as he let out a loud laugh. "No way am I falling for that. You aren't leaving this spot until I'm done with this." He turned to look over his shoulder, his grin splitting his face and she couldn't help but to giggle back. "Besides, you smell like me right now and I'm totally digging it."

"Natsu! That's a little… weird!?" She let out a small squeak as he suddenly flung her phone to the ground and she was perfectly pinned beneath him. His warm body pressed against hers to cause a shuddering breath leave her lips. His eyes locked onto her lips before a smirk pressed his own.

"I think you'll be fine for a little longer…" He leaned down and gave her a kiss, pulling up after just beginning to mold them together. She followed him up, but her pinned body kept them just the right distance apart that drove her wild. His eyes locked onto hers, a playful glint showing within them as he raised an eyebrow. "You want something?"

"Yeah…" Her hands tugged loose and locked around his neck pulling him forward. "You."

She kissed him with a passion that stole his breath away as he kissed her back, his hands trailing over her unclad body, fingers digging into her skin to leave light marks.

They kissed for a while, never feeling the need to press further like they did the night before. They were content just to have their bodies molded together, their lips touching in just the right way to ease away their headaches from the night of drinking.

"Hmm…" She gave him another lazy kiss, her fingers gently kneading through his hair. "I really gotta go shower now…" She gave him another, and another before pulling away, his lips trailing down her already marked neck. "You wanna join me?"

"Can't you just stay here…?" He lifted up his head to admire his work on her neck before nuzzling back down into the bed, his head resting on her chest. "I'm comfortable here."

"Yeah, but I was planning on going to the library to get some work done today with Levy. I have to get out of bed and back into society sometime." She giggled at the pout on his face before moving to get up. "I'll be right back, you just stay here and stay cozy." She smiled over her shoulder before bending down and picking up his shirt from last night. He raised an eyebrow but didn't press any questions.

He watched her walk out of the room and shut the door before sitting up and reaching over the bed to grab the forgotten phone from before.

"Now let's see if I can make this fucker squeal…"

"Soooo…" Lucy dragged on, twirling around teasingly as she buttoned up the large shirt. "What exactly are we…?" She moved over to glance at herself in the mirror, smiling as she watched Natsu's smug face light up at seeing her wearing his shirt. She did look good in it… She moved over to the bed, drawing her knees around his thighs and straddling his waist before putting her hands on his shoulders to steady herself. "You never did answer my question."

Natsu let out a sigh before a large smile formed on his face, his hands placing themselves on her hips. "I'm more of an old fashioned guy… I really only pursue one person when I am interested… You just happen to be my victim."

"Oh ho ho… so the big bad dragon has come to take his claim on the princess then?" Lucy smirked as she moved her hand up into his bedridden hair. "Am I your prisoner…?" Her face formed a smirk as she watched his Adam's Apple bob up and down, her breath ghosting over his skin to form goosebumps along his body. Her nose trailed up his neck before leaning in to gently bite his earlobe. "What are you going to make me do… Master?"

"Ah… Lu-Luce… Come on." He gripped her hips tighter before pulling back away. "Your… Ahem, Master, can't handle this kind of roleplay at the moment." He raised his eyebrows to try and give her a stern look. "I won't be able to stop myself if we continue to play this game."

"Fine, but you're no fun…" She huffed and pulled away from him, hearing Natsu sigh and get up after her. "Besides, I gotta kick you out anyway to head to the library with Levy. I don't want to be there all day."

Natsu glanced around the room, grabbing certain articles of clothing before stopping before Lucy and raising an eyebrow at her. "One, who does homework. I'd say skip that and come watch movies with me in bed all day… and two." His fingers moved to the first button on his large shirt that still covered her body. "I need my shirt back so I can head home and have some type of dignity left with all the marks you left on me."

He smirked as her face lit up in a light blush and leaned down to grace his lips over her own newly marked neck, his fingers unbuttoning the shirt slowly. "I'll keep doing this and then you really won't be able to get rid of me." He chuckled as she pushed him away and turned around to throw off the shirt and onto his head. He fell back onto the bed, trying to control his blush by hiding it under his arm as he realized she wasn't wearing anything under that shirt.

"When I finish my homework, I'll text you about coming over for a movie night… okay?"

Natsu slowly removed his arm to look at her, seeing her smirking his way. He smiled brightly before nodding. "Aye, aye capt'n! I'll bring over my best horror films!"

"Hell no! I am not watching any gory or horror shit films. I'll be scared all night!"

"But Luuce come on! We are so close to Halloween and it's the perfect time to be cuddling and scared together." The look she gave him made his mouth shut tight.

"Natsu Dragneel, it's my room so that means my movie choices. Deal?"

"Fine, but I get to pick the snacks and next time it's at my place."

"Oh so there will be a next time huh?"

"Well of course! I don't have a TV in my room but I do have my computer and Netflix." He wiggled his eyebrows towards her as she half heartedly glared his way.

"Are you asking me to Netflix and Chill with you?"

"I was just planning on having a Netflix with you, but since you brought up the chill part, I am totally down." He stood up and pulled her towards him to place a kiss on her lips just as she smacked him playfully on the chest.

He playfully acted hurt as she giggled and finished buttoning her own shirt. "Alright fine. Now come on, let's get you out of here."

"Alright, fine. I'm meeting up with Gray anyway for the glorious walk of shame." He snorted and glanced over at her as another giggle escaped her lips. He really liked to hear her laugh.

They both exit her room just as Natsu finished with his shirt and scarf, running into the scarlet haired beauty leaving her own room down the hall. Natsu froze seeing Erza giving him a once over. Sweat began to pour from his forehead as Lucy stalled in her decent down the stairs to stare at the two. Erza's straight face slowly morphed into one of pride and gave him a thumbs up.

Natsu leaned back against the wall as Erza passed, patting his head as she went through the hallway and down the stairs. He breathed out of breath he didn't realize he was holding and shakingly walked towards Lucy. "I thought for sure… She was going to kill me."

"Why would she do that?"

"Luce, this is Erza we are talking about… She would kill me if she knew I did anything to hurt you in any type of way."

Lucy smiled before taking his large hand in her own. "Well… I'm happy, so I don't think she will ever hurt you unless I tell her too." She smiled up at him, leaving Natsu stunned before dragging him along down the stairs.

Levy glanced up from the book she was reading to the stair case. Her eyes widened as she took in Natsu's look - flushed cheeks, tousled bedhead, and his shirt wrinkled with Lucy looking perfectly in order as always. She watched them quietly from the couch as Lucy walked him to the door, opening it up and smiling up at him as he stepped onto the front porch. Natsu leaned down to press his lips against Lucy's, Levy glancing away quickly to cover her eyes from the slight intimate moment between the two of them. She didn't look back up until she heard the door close, seeing Lucy with a small smile on her face, leaning against the door.

"Lu-chan you better tell me everything right now!"

Natsu stopped at the corner of the street and smirked as he watched a shirtless Gray clumsily walk across the street, narrowly avoiding a car who wasn't too keen on waiting for his slow ass to finally cross. He snorted as he watched the dark haired male throw up two middle fingers to flick off the driver then replaced his scowl with his own smirk as he spotted Natsu.

"Hey."

"Yo."

They both turned the corner and headed down the street towards their own house. Gray pulled out a cigarette from his pocket, lighting it and then grinning towards Natsu. "Hey man… Proud of you." He smacked his shoulder, causing the other male to stumble slightly and grumble towards him. "What's the problem? You should be filled with the essence of pure bliss after the fun night you must have had with Lucy man."

"Uh yeah, about that…"

Gray stopped, taking a particularly large drag on the cigarette as his eyes narrowed towards Natsu. "Don't you dare tell me you guys didn't actually do it."

"Alright then, I won't tell you."

"The fuck man!? Why the hell not!?"

Natsu growled and looked towards Gray. "I'm not going to let Lucy's first time or even mine for that matter be a drunken first time. This is something I actually want to remember… Unlike you, you filthy hooker-princess."

Gray pointed a finger in Natsu's face. "Watch it man."

Natsu snorted before continuing forward, his shoulders slumping from the awkward tension between the two of them now. He glanced over at Gray and watched as he put out the cigarette.

"So uh… Wanna race home?"

Gray smirked and pushed Natsu into a nearby bush before taking off down the street. Natsu screaming profanities as he ran after Gray, catching up to him and the two stumbled into their front yard as he tackled Gray to the ground. Loke just happened to be getting home himself, getting caught up in the small tussle and taken down the ground as well.

"Why must you two always ruin my most peaceful moments!? I was just reminiscing about my wonderful night with the most beautiful lady I have ever laid eyes on…" Natsu and Gray tuned him out and continuing their small brawl before Natsu was grabbed and promptly had his hair stroked by Loke.

"Her hair was much softer than yours… Soft, and fluffy like a gentle lamb… But the color, yes the color is nearly the same!"

Natsu deadpanned before slowly turning around to glare at Loke as Gray bellowed out in laughter.

"DUDE!" was the only warning Loke got before he was punched in the face and into the front door.

"You're next popsicle!"

The front door slowly opened to a still very sleepy looking Elfman, his eyes widening to life as he took in the state of the front yard as Natsu and Gray laughed with the other still trying to get to the front door.

Elfman charged forwards yelling out, "MAN!" before joining the wrestling match between the two other males. Loke stayed against the siding of the house, rubbing his cheek where Natsu had just punched him before shrinking away from the large form that appeared in the doorway.

"What the fuck are you all doing?"

The boys froze in their spots, each too afraid to turn their heads towards the doorway in fear of the large blonde male who made himself known. Both Natsu's and Gray's hands were preoccupied by pulling at each other's hair and mouth while their own faces were being pushed into Elfman's abdomen. Elfman had his arms tightly locked around both their heads, pulling them both into his large form to slowly choke them into submission.

The front yard was like a silent graveyard as the seconds ticked by in silence.

"I asked a fucking question you imbeciles. Break up the damn fight and get inside. Mirajane has food prepared and I don't want it to get cold." Laxus turned away from them, stepping back inside and offering the giggling Mirajane a gentle, but small smile before making his way towards the kitchen.

A chorus of "Aye!", "Yes sir!", and "Like a Man!" followed him in as the rest stumbled into the house and grabbed their choice of food that covered the kitchen counter.

Natsu flopped onto his bed, freshly showered and changed for his night over at Lucy's. He was wearing simple, charcoal gray sweatpants that were loose at the top and fitted towards the bottom with a black long-sleeve shirt, his white signature scarf, and white Vans. His sweatshirt laid out on bed as he used it as a makeshift pillow. He pulled his phone out from under him, checking the cracked screen periodically for Lucy's text to tell him it was okay to head on over.

He wasn't a very patient man, but he was ready to watch some good movies with the girl of his dreams. Swinging off the bed, he grabbed his snack filled backpack and headed towards his mini fridge in the corner. Taking out a couple of bottles of beer and a bottle of wine, he set them inside the bag carefully and moved out of his room into the hallway. Turning away from his now locked door, he noticed Gray leaning against his own doorframe smirking towards him.

"What do you want stripper?"

"Just thought you could use a little help you know? Maybe for later tonight?" Gray wiggled his eyebrows towards the pinkette, causing Natsu to raise his own in question.

"What the hell do you mean by that?"

Gray moved forward, taking something out of his pockets and pulling Natsu's hand foward to drop them into his palm. Natsu's eyes widened at the multiple condom packets and tried to jerk his hand away from the other's.

"Chill flame brain. They are just for precaution you know?"

"Gray I don't need these fucking things yet. I told you-"

"And I'm telling you that you can never be too careful you shitface. Just take them for fuck's sake. I've got plenty."

Natsu growled before glancing back down at the condoms, mumbling to himself before taking out his wallet and stuffing them in there. "Yeah, yeah… whatever. Can never be too careful… fucking asshole." He nastily imitated the retreating form of Gray and chucked one of the condoms that wouldn't fit into his wallet at Gray's head. "I'm not like you fucker!"

Hearing Gray's laughter from within his room pissed Natsu even more as he moved down the hallway and towards the staircase, barely hearing the call back of, "You'll thank me later!"

Natsu knocked on the front door of the house before opening up the door and stepping in. He glanced around the front room to see Gajeel and Levy on the couch looking over some book. Gajeel seemed to be heavily focused before glancing towards Natsu.

"Gajeel that face doesn't suit you. I've never seen you so…" Natsu paused at the glare Gajeel sent his way before smiled towards Levy. "Focused before. Glad you found someone to help you with your studies." He snickered as Levy giggled and Gajeel scowled. "Anyway, have fun. Luce up in her room?"

"Yeah, Lu-chan's been waiting for you! So gone on ahead." Levy smiled his way before making Gajeel focus in on the book once more.

Natsu trudged up the stairs, and knocked on Lucy's bedroom door before hearing a small, "come in" in reply. He opened the door and smiled at Lucy who had just finished with something on her nightstand. "Hey Luce."

"Hey Natsu… What you think?" She giggled as she motioned around the room at her decorating process. She had the lights off, curtains drawn, and the only source of light coming from the hanging icicle Christmas lights hung up around the whole perimeter of the room. A Keurig in the corner on her desk that was brewing something that smelled like hot chocolate, a bowl for his own snacks on the bed and her computer hooked up to her small TV that had been moved closer to the bed.

"Is this the homework you were talking about? I almost feel like I'm getting ready for Christmas with the atmosphere you have set." He laughed at her pouting look before stepping into the room, closing the door behind him and setting down his bag. He walked towards her, pulling her against him and placing a gentle kiss to the crown of her head. "I like it. Thanks for having me over."

"Of course! So I was thinking we could start off with The Nightmare Before Christmas, because well… It's totally one of my favorite movies of all time. So I hope that's okay?" She seemed to be a rambling, nervous mess before Natsu pulled her back towards him and kissed her lips with a little more pressure than their normal gentle touches.

"Luce… It's wonderful… But…" He looked away causing Lucy to begin to fidget.

"B-But…?"

"It'll be perfect as long as we can watch Hocus Pocus next." That earned him a half-hearted smack to the chest.

"Of course we'll watch Hocus Pocus! I wouldn't be a true Disney fan without those traditional movies they have played all our lives!" She laughed as he twirled her around before stepping out of the warm embrace and pulling the two mugs of hot chocolate out and adding Bailey's to the mixture.

"Damn Luceh… You are so my girl." He laughed as he made sure to tip her hand a bit higher to add more alcohol to his mug. "Bailey's and hot chocolate is the dream. Thanks Luce." He took his mug and moved towards the bed, leaving enough room for Lucy to settle herself in next to him after she started the movie.

Setting down his hot chocolate on the bedside table, he moved to wrap his arm around Lucy's shoulders before pulling away to take out his wallet. "This thing is too uncomfortable to sit on…" Attempting to throw it somewhere on the floor, Lucy snatched it from his hands. He sat frozen and watched as she opened the wallet, her eyes locking on the not so hidden condoms placed haphazardly in one of the pockets.

"Uh… Luce, I can uh… Explain?" Natsu gulped heavily as her face seemed to grow sad and he moved to sit in front of her. "Hey Luce really… Gray gave me these as a 'precaution'.. You know as a joke-?" He stopped as he watched tears fill her eyes and his own widened. "Lu-Luce why are you crying!? I didn't mean to upset you!?" He scrambled around as Lucy leaned forward and wrapped her arms around him.

"Uh… Luce? Can you say something… I'm so fricken confused right now…"

"Oh Natsu… I'm so sorry…"

He raised an eyebrow, glancing down at her before his eyes locked onto the folded up piece of paper clenched in her fingers. "Luce is that-?"

"I had completely forgotten about this… You must be going through such a hard time right now…"

Natsu grew quiet, taking the folded piece of paper from her hand and opening it up to glance at the harsh words written on the page. "I'm guessing you somehow read it…?"

She nodded, tightening her arms around his torso. "I read it the day we stole the stuff from your guys' house… I'm so sorry." Natsu could feel the front of his shirt getting wet and sighed as he ran his free hand through his hair before settling it onto the small of her back.

"Lucy… You don't have to be sorry. I was eventually going to tell you."

She glanced up at him, smiling softly as he wiped away the stray tears from her eyes. "R-Really?"

"Yeah. I think I want to tell someone anyway." He looked over the large bill and statement from the folded letter, his fingers gripping the end of it tightly, crumbling it up like it had been many times before.

He pulled his wallet out from her lap and pulled out the picture placed in the laminated folds of the wallet. "This here is a picture of my very… interesting family." He flipped through the packet pointing to certain faces. "This here is my adoptive father Igneel. Here is my biological older-brother Zeref and his wife Mavis." Flipping to the next few he smiled softly at a picture of four people. "This was taken right at the start of summer, around my birthday I think. There's Igneel, Zeref and I in the back. This is Wendy, my step-sister and her mother, my step-mom, Grandeeney. Our family is disjointed in many ways, but we make it work." Flipping to the last two, one was of Igneel and Natsu, the one in his Tinder profile and the last one of a very large group. Lucy spotted multiple familiar faces. Sting and Rogue next to two older male individuals who were clearly together. Gajeel and a brute looking male next to him with both their arms across their chests. Natsu, Igneel, Wendy and Grandeeney were pictured right in the middle of all the chaos.

Her smile grew larger with each picture, her eyes lingering on the last one the longest. She looked up to see tears gathered in Natsu's own eyes and she gasped lightly, moving forward to pull his body against hers. "You okay Natsu…?"

"I'll be alright… Just, they all know about my dad, like you do… But they don't know the full extent of it all." He gulped and pressed his lips against her temple. "Since you've read the letter… You know that my dad's in a coma right now…"

She nodded, not wanting to interrupt him, and held his body tighter as he began to shake and take in deep breaths.

"He… He was involved in a terrible accident right before I came back to school… That's why I was gone the first few weeks of class… He was on the verge of death multiple times, and the doctors can't really tell if he will ever wake up or not… And-" He stopped to take in a shaky breath, his arms wrapping slowly around Lucy. "The hospital bills are growing, and it's hard to constantly get the letters with updates on his condition that never changes with the bills attached at the end... and focus on school all at the same time. I'm lucky enough to be on a full-ride to college with my hockey talent but… The pricing of everything… It's becoming too much… And knowing that my father's future is so up in the air right now is tearin me apart and I just-" His voice cracked and tears fell from his eyes as he placed his face into Lucy's shoulder.

"Sometimes I don't know what I should do Luce… Do I go home and take care of him…? Be there for Wendy and Grandeeney? Do I leave school and focus on working to make money to pay for his continued treatments and bills…? Do I… What do I do…?"

"Shhhh.. Natsu it's okay… I'm here for you." She rubbed her hand up and down his back, the other going to his head to softly thread her fingers through his thick hair. "You'll get through this. Your father will pull through… I know he will. You have this large wonderful family to back you up."

She felt a small smile on his face form and she pulled his chin upwards to kiss him softly. "Besides… You got me now too, and you can push anything on me and I'll take it all in stride."

"Promise…?"

"Promise, with all my heart." She grinned at him as he leaned forward and pressed their lips back together. The kiss grew heavy as Lucy pushed Natsu back onto the bed, the sounds of the movie fading into the background as they continued to join their lips together. His hands roamed over her sides, her own gently tugging at his hair and helping her to stay hovering above him. Their legs entangled as Natsu pulled her body flush against his, his lips trailing over her neck and up to her ear.

"Thanks Luce… Just, thanks for being here for me and coming into my life when I needed you most." His lips joined with hers before she smiled above him, touching their foreheads lightly.

"I'm planning on staying awhile, so you can count on me being here."

His grin made butterflies fly through her system.

"Same goes for me. I have the most fun when we are together."

Thanks for reading!~