Luke's POV

Something warm brushed against my arm, and the smell of pine and apples followed. I opened my eyes.

"Sorry, did I wake you up?" I stared into Natsa's eyes.

"I guess you could say that." I said. I remembered the conversation/fight we had the day before. Why was she here? Wouldn't she be mad at me? Did she read the letter?

"Wow, I said something to you, and you didn't Luke Chop me in the face!" She looked up into my eyes. I looked down into hers.

"I might, I just don't feel like it right now." I said. She laughed.

"Anyway, I came here to say...to say that I'm...I'm sorry about what happened the other day, and I'm sorry I didn't see sooner and how could I have not come here for three weeks? And now Lance is all mean and evil and I don't know what to do I missed you so much!" It was my turn to laugh.

"What?!" She asked. I laughed harder.

"I missed you too." I said.

"And I'm also sorry about yelling at you. I was just mad that it seemed like you..."

"Seemed like I what?"

"It seemed like you had...forgotten about me."

"So you were jealous?" I raised my had in Luke Chop motion and she raised her arms in defense.

"Gomen-nasi, Gomen, Gomen..."

"Anyway, Lance was pulling you away from me, and I felt like we were going to stop being friends." Natsa looked at me. In a flash, I felt a pillow smack me in the face and I fell off the bed.

"Ow! What was that for?" I moaned, clutching me head. Natsa jumped off the bed and strattled me on the floor.

"That was for thinking that I'd forget about you! And also just because I felt like it..." We then noticed the position we were in. Her legs were wrapped around my torso, and her face was just inches away from mine. Her face turned pink and she was about to scramble off me when I grabbed her face in my hands, keeping her in the same place.

"Wha-" Natsa was cut off when I silenced her with a kiss. I brought her head closer to mine, and she relaxed and tilted her head, deepening the kiss. We pulled away, and I stared into her eyes.

"I love you. I missed you when you were away, and I didn't want Lance to steal you away from me. I wanted you all to myself."

"Greedy." She said laughing. We kissed again, and this time she pulled away.

"I love you too, and I missed you and all your weak attacks and weirdness."

"Hey! No chili for you!" I put on a fake pout.

"NOOOOOOO!" Natsa howled.

"Unless you kiss me now."

"FINE." We kissed again.

"Now can I have chili?"

"I guess." I got up. Natsa sat on the floor and stared.

"What are you looking at?" I asked. Her mouth was hanging open and she was blushing furiously.

"Y-Y-you sleep without a shirt?" I looked down.

"YOU JUST NOTICED?" I shouted. She stood up and ran into the living room shouting.

"OMG YOU ACTUALLY HAVE MUSCLES!" She was hysterical.

"OF COARSE I HAVE MUSCLES!" I yelled after her.

We stood outside the guild, hand in hand. Natsa had a slight blush dusting her cheeks. I squeezed her hand and she squeezed back.

"What do you think they're going to do?" She asked. I shrugged.

"Probably what they usually do. Party, fight, drink. You know. The usual." She laughed. She looked at me again, this time seriously.

"I mean what will HE do?" She sounded worried.

"You mean Lance? I don't know what he will do. I'm expecting there to be a ruckus, but who knows what might happen. We just have to deal with it when the time comes." I said. I tried to be strong in front of Natsa, but I was worried too. What if he attacks? Tries to hurt us?

"Now or never." I said. Natsa nodded her head, and we opened the guild doors. Marco-Jean was the first to spot us, and came rushing over.

"Are you two...together?" The guild was silent. I was about to reply when Natsa took my head in her hands and kissed me. A huge ruckus started. Whistling and hooting, coming mostly from Graya and Erzo, cheers coming from multiple tables, and many people came up to us shouting;

"Finally, for god's sake, took you long enough!"

"How much longer would you guys have gone?"

"It was obvious from the beginning!"

I didn't hear any of them. The only thing I saw was Lance storming up to me.

"So, taking my girl. I see you're sinking to new lows."

"I never heard anything about her being your girl." I said. He took a step closer to me and poked a finger at my chest.

"She belongs to me, whether you like it or not." I could see rage in his eyes.

"She's not property. You can't own her. She doesn't belong to anyone, and if she wants someone to own her, it would be her choice, not yours." I pushed Lance's finger off my chest. He stood there, fuming. Marco-Jean came running over and tried to constrain Lance, but Lance pushed away from him. The guild was silent once again.

"Looks like I'm talking to the wrong person then." Lance snapped. He turned to Natsa.

Natsa's POV

"Looks like I'm talking to the wrong person then." Lance said. He tuned towards me, and I held onto Luke's arm.

"I trusted you." I said.

"I trusted you with my life. When we were little, you were my best friend. I don't know what happened to you, but I don't know who you are anymore. The kind, cheerful Lance is gone. What happened to-" My sentence was cut short when Lance lifted his hand and smacked me across the mouth. I could taste blood in my mouth and my jaw felt like lead. I could feel his handprint on my face and my skin stung. Marco-Jean punched Lance in the face.

"What happened to you?!" He yelled. Elfman came over and lifted Lance up into the air, carefully evading kicking legs and flapping arms. I was in shock. I felt Luke's arms around me, and Wendy rush over to make sure he hadn't broken my jaw. How could he betray me like this... I thought. I started crying. Luke held me in his arms and rocked me back and forth as I sobbed into his chest. I heard Marco-Jean tell everyone to start preparing for a party, and the crowd whooped. Elfman carried a recently unconscious Lance out of the guild, and my sobs started to calm down.

"Natsa, he's gone now." Luke said. He took my chin and lifted my head up to him and looked me straight in the eye.

"I will never let him hurt you again, you got that?" I nodded. He smiled.

"And just remember, I will never, ever hurt you." I nodded again and he kissed me deeply.

Normal POV

"How does she bounce back so quickly?" Luke asked Julian and Erzo. They shrugged.

"As soon as she gets one beer in her system, she challenges Graya to a fight. She doesn't even bother to stay here with me. No, no, she'd rather fight Graya than be with me. How sad." I said loudly. No more than ten seconds later, Natsa appeared at the table.

"I heard that!" She said, panting. Graya was hot on her heels. Natsa gave Luke one quick kiss before punching Graya into a wall.

"Maybe it's just like that with women." Julian said.

"Who knows."

The End! I hope you liked it! Requests are always welcome XD