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Can I come over for a little bit before you have to work?

Natsu looked at the clock and typed back.

Only if you drive me to work.

Deal.

He waited in the living room until he heard a buzz. About fifteen minutes later Aina came through the door, breathing heavily.

"Aw sweetheart. It looks like you've gone backwards in your progress."

"Shut up."

She walked over to the kitchen and hopped on the counter, dangling her legs off the side. Aina looked over to the living room to see that the TV was on a cooking show.

"You watch that stuff?"

Natsu took a quick look behind him and shrugged.

"It used to be a movie and I fell asleep. I guess this was what was on after."

He made his way over to her and nuzzled his face into her neck. She breathed out in content before she took in a sharp breath when she felt his mouth on the spot behind her ear. She could feel his lips turn upwards and rolled her eyes.

"Yeah, yeah. So funny."

She felt hands on her hips and a second later she was lifted off the counter and carried into the living room. A yelp left her as she quickly wrapped her arms and legs around him for balance. Once in the living room, Natsu took his usual seat against the wall, still carrying her. She was, of course, brought down with him, and she found herself in the position she had become familiar with.

"Hey Natsu?"

He squeezed her hips as a sign of listening. She didn't say anything, so Natsu looked up to face her. Aina shifted slightly and brought her hands up to his head, delicately entwining her fingers in his hair. Her gentle movements relaxed the salmon haired boy. However, he quickly tensed when he felt a slight tug on the hair at the back of his head. Before he could say anything she went back to slowly carding through his hair. He looked at her suspiciously, but she held a small and genuine smile. The brunette kissed his cheek and placed her face by his neck, tugging lightly again.

"Aina."

The pairing of this and the ghost kisses that she was leaving on his neck put Natsu in a position that he had long since been in. One hand released his hair and traveled down his torso to find its usual spot under his shirt. She continued to pull his hair as she did this. His eyes screwed shut, but the feelings went away when she suddenly released him and both her hands retreated. She sat back and smiled as she watched him and all the different emotions that were present. Relaxation, confusion, tension. Pleasure? She wasn't sure. Natsu sighed loudly and picked her up, placing her to the side before he stood up and walked into his bedroom. Aina watched on in confusion, racking her brain for what Lucy had said to her.

"Don't be surprised if he gets all weird."

"Weird? How come?"

"It's called foreplay for a reason. He'll probably be stimulated. Well, I guess he might not."

"How come?"

"Because he's Natsu. He probably has a tolerance for it."

"Do I do it only if I want to have sex?"

"Not at all. Plenty of people do it and it never leads to sex."

Aina slowly walked into his bedroom to see that he was getting some blankets off the shelf. She looked down in disappointment.

"What's up with you, sweetheart?"

"Did you not like that?"

Natsu chuckled and dropped the blankets to the side, taking long strides towards her.

"Don't you worry, sweetheart. I enjoyed that. Thoroughly."

"Really?"

He laughed at the hope in her voice, taking in the little twinkle in her eyes.

"You should do that more often. Of course, probably not too much."

A deep red coated her face. She was carried back towards the living room. Once she was set down, he gently ran his thumb along the skin right underneath her right eye. She quietly giggled and squirmed on his lap. A soft laugh was heard from Natsu, and he loosely grabbed her head before pressing his lips to her eyelid. Aina could feel herself lean into him. She gripped his arms to hold herself up, feeling that she didn't have the strength to do it herself anymore. This had never happened before. Just from her eyelids? She had never even known about that. She couldn't force her mind on anything but the soft touches that she was feeling. He pulled away all too soon.

"You okay, sweetheart?"

Aina could hear the smugness in his tone, but she didn't care.

"Do it again."

She surprised even herself with her outburst, and she quickly placed her hand over her mouth. Natsu howled and put his head back.

"It's not funny," she mumbled while she pouted.

He rubbed his thumb in circles on her cheek and laughed a little more. Aina puffed her cheeks out and looked to the side, but he steered her head back to look at him. Natsu kissed the tip of her ear before he made his way back over to her eyes. The same feeling rushed through Aina as he did.

"So," Natsu started, lightly joking, "got any other tricks up your sleeve? I would love to see them."

She stammered out a quiet 'no.' Natsu hummed as he took her hands and freed himself from under her. He stood up and stretched, looking over at the clock.

"Time to go smell like fish."

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"Hey valedictorian," Aina started, "just how much work did he give us?"

Levy's voice traveled through the screen of the video call.

"Way too much, but we can do it together!"

Aina giggled and set her laptop on her bed, quickly grabbing her textbook, a couple highlighters and pencils, and a notebook. She rejoined Levy and held her notebook in front of the screen so her blue haired friend could see the steps she took in solving the physics problem.

"I don't know if it's right though," Aina excused. "I'm really not that good at this stuff. I don't even know why I chose to take this class."

"Don't worry, A. You're still doing really well. Don't count yourself out."

They quietly worked independently, occasionally asking questions or joking around with each other. They had completed one of the worksheets and smiled victoriously.

"So A," Levy addressed, "how are you and Natsu doing?"

Aina rolled her eyes and flipped her off before disappearing from the screen. She returned with her psychology textbook.

"We have way too much homework to be gossiping, miss valedictorian."

She could hear Levy's titters, but decided to ignore them.

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