Hot and Cold

Desert From Hell

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"Will you quit it!" Natsu barked at me as I peered closely at him.

"Can he stay like this?" I ask hopefully to the others as I poke at Natsu's head.

"I hope, he's so adorable right now!" Mira chirps on the other side of him.

"Get serious," Cana sighed.

"Hey, Natsu... this is kinda uncomfortable." Happy mentions.

"You sit on my head all the freakin' time!" Natsu shouts back at him.

I pick Natsu up and giggle as he thrashes. "You excited, Max?" Gray asks as he moves to peer at Natsu.

"Huh?" Max hummed.

"This is your chance to open up shop again," Gray mentions. "A Life-Like Natsu Figurine... I bet it'll sell like hot cakes!"

"I'M NOT A COLLECTIBLE, JERK!" Natsu barked.

"Look, he even comes complete with fire breathing action!" Ballad laughed.

"Would you guys pipe down?! I'm trying to concentrate!" Lucy shouts as I continue to dangle Natsu in front of me.

Happy all of a sudden goes quiet before tackling my hand, sending Natsu straight into my chest. The others begin giggling loudly as I stare down at him sandwiched between boobs. "What the hell, Happy?" I ask irritably.

He shrugged. "I saw the moment and I went for it." Happy hummed innocently.

"YOU JERK!" Natsu shouted as he pulled his head free. I laughed heartily before walking over to Lucy.

Lucy glances up at us and grunts irritably. "No surprise here," She mentions before holding up the book. "I've figured somethings out."

"Oh yeah, like what?" Natsu asks, his elbow propping onto the curve of my boob to hold his head up.

"This book, for instance... My dad followed it's story to the letter." Lucy explains.

"What do you mean by that?" I ask.

"I'm saying there's more fact than fiction in it's pages." Lucy states. "The Key of the Starry Heavens is about a little girl who goes in search of six keys... Because they are said to bring happiness when they're all collected."

"I know whose key will unlock my happiness!" Juvia coos adoringly.

"That's kinda dirty," I murmur. Natsu snorts in agreement.

"Thing is... In finding her happiness... the young girl unknowingly brings sorrow and misfortune to everyone around her." Lucy continues.

"That's no good," Happy hums. "What a crappy ending."

"Criticism won't help solve this any faster, tom cat!" Carla snaps.

"Sorry... Geez, lighten up." Happy hums.

"How does the story begin?" I ask, my head tilting.

"Well, according to what it says here, the first key takes a journey." Lucy hums.

"Yeah right; keys don't take journeys," Natsu mentions.

I squeeze my arms around my waist, squishing Natsu between my boobs. He lets out a choked gasp as he struggles to free himself. "It's a metaphor. Get with the program."

"That's how I'd like to go," Gray murmurs aloud. "Oh, crap, I said that out loud," He groans.

"If the key took a journey, where the heck did it go?!" Natsu barked as I swatted Gray upside the head.