Natsu Hates it When Zeref is Bored

I See You

9

'That was refreshing,' Zeref thought as he got out of his bathroom after taking a nice, warm shower. The cool air of his bedroom felt great on his naked skin. He didn't bother putting a towel on as he made his way to his dresser to collect some clothes.

He got to his dresser and pulled it open, and just as he was reaching in to get his clothes a knock was heard at his door.

"Come in," he said, and then pulled out his royal garb. He didn't need to turn around to know who walked in, he knew the moment he heard him speak.

"Your highness, I've come to tell you..." Invel began, but then Zeref heard a gasp and shift from the man. He smirked in amusement - Invel had turned around.

Zeref looked over to see his right-hand man with his back facing him. "You were saying, Invel?"

Invel cleared his throat and straightened his back before speaking again. "The package that you had me sent to Natsu Dragneel should be arriving at his place by morning," he reported.

"Ah, good. Then I should get everything done for today so I can watch how he reacts tomorrow," Zeref said as he put his clothes on. "Thank you, Invel. It's safe to look again, by the way."

He heard Invel sigh a breath of relief before the silver-haired man turned to face him. "If you don't mind me asking, your highness, but I couldn't help but notice your lack of care for me seeing you with nothing on to cover yourself. Why is that?"

Zeref smirked and replied, "Natsu and his 'son'/best friend, Happy, made a bet about if I cared about people seeing me in the nude or not. As you can see, I don't. So Happy won that bet."

"How will the flying cat know that he won?" asked Invel. Zeref pointed toward his bookshelf.

"I have a camera recording over there. I plan to give it to Natsu's guild so they can see who won," he said. "Now, what's left on my schedule, Invel?"

"Natsu, I'm heading toward the guild to find us a job!" said Happy. "Oh, before I forget, there is something on the table for you!"

Natsu struggled to open his eyes. Last night was awful, he kept tossing and turning in his hammock, which made him fall out of it. After the fifth time he fell, he tried to sleep on the floor. He did get some sleep, but it wasn't enough to stop his eyes from burning when he finally got them open.

He stood up and looked around. He heard Happy telling him about something waiting for him on his nightstand - since it was really the only table he had. He looked to see a box with the lid already open.

'Happy should know better than to open the box himself,' he thought as he peered inside. He felt his jaw drop as he saw that inside the box was an eyeball. Panic almost filled his entire being, but then his nose picked up the scent of glass. He got closer, trusting his nose more than his eyes, and found that the eye was fake. "Thank god. Zeref didn't pluck someone's eye out just to curse me," he said, relieved and made eye contact with the glass eye again.

The eye was shiny and green. It looked like a normal eye, one that people used to replace their old ones and not for a Halloween decoration. It didn't stop the uneasy feeling crawling up Natsu's skin, the thing kept staring at him.

Now that he thought about it, something felt off, or rather looked off. There were dark spots appearing in his vision, and he was able to see pink in some places, and his clothes.

'What is going on with my eyes?' he thought but shook his head. 'I'm just tired - it's messing with my sight.' He was about to close the box when he noticed a note on the inside of the lid. He sighed, "I knew it was from Zeref."