Natsu Hates it When Zeref is Bored

Blankie

20

Zeref was sitting by his window, looking down at his locket. The picture contained both him and Natsu when they were little. They stood side by side, with Natsu wearing a giant grin. Zeref smiled at how happy the two looked.

Zeref looked out the window, seeing a moonless sky. New moons always scared Natsu when they were young, causing Zeref to be the awesome big brother he was to tuck his little in for bed and sit by his side until Natsu fell asleep. Warmth spread in Zeref's chest at the memory. He missed those days the most.

With a sigh, Zeref stood up and walked to his desk. A magazine was laid on the dark brown surface of his desk, displaying the many new things being sold at the shops worldwide. One of the items on the cover showed a colorful blanket for little girls. If Zeref had a sister, he would have gotten it for her. That was when an idea struck him.

Zeref glanced at the calendar above his desk with dark eyes. It had been a week since he had played a prank on Natsu. With a sinister, shark-like smile, the black wizard returned his attention to the blanket.

"I'm going to need Brandish's help with this one," Zeref said with a dark chuckle before turning around and heading for bed. He will set his plan in motion tomorrow.

Zeref waited for Brandish to return with his order the next day. He felt like a child, resisting the urge to bounce in place.

"Your Highness," Zeref heard Brandish's voice say next to him. He turned to see her holding a colorful package. "I got what you ordered, but may I ask what this is for?" Brandish asked.

"It's my latest prank for Natsu. Do you think he'll like it?" Zeref asked with a smile, taking the package from his trusty spriggan.

"He will certainly react strongly to it," replied Brandish.

"That's all I need to hear. Thank you for your help, Brandish. Excuse me, I have a little brother to prank." Zeref teleported away from his kingdom with his package and entered Natsu's room, where he found him sleeping.

It was early morning, so very few people were up, but he would have to be careful. Natsu likes to sleep in, but at this time, the dragon slayer could be woken up by the slightest threat. So, keeping his emotion in check, Zeref tiptoed next to Natsu with the colorful blanket.

Gently, Zeref removed Natsu's worn white blanket and replaced it with the one he carried. He froze when Natsu shifted in his sleep, but he didn't wake. Zeref didn't release the breath he was holding - Natsu could hear that. To prepare for chaos, he quickly cast a spell on the colorful blanket and teleported out of the house.

Natsu yawned and stretched his arms high above his head. After a satisfying pop of his joints, the dragon slayer reached for his blanket. He attempted to pull it off of him so he could leave his hammock, but where the blanket touched him was like powerful magnets.

Confused, Natsu sat up and looked down at his blanket, only to see an abomination had replaced it. Where his once white blanket had been, now laid a pink, blue, and yellow blanket with flowers, stars, unicorns, and rainbows all over it. He recognized the monstrosity from Lucy's magazine. It was a new product for little girls who admired magic so much that the images on the blanket could move. There was the sound of the stars twinkling and a smell of something girly clinging to the material. The scent made Natsu cringe. It would take ten baths to wash the smell off.

With all these new realizations, Natsu frantically tried to pry the blanket off, only to get the thing more tangled and twisted around his body. The more he struggled, the more the covers seemed to stick to him.

'What the heck? Did Zeref super glue this thing on me?' Natsu thought as he growled. He tried to burn the colorful blanket off him, but it did nothing - not even a scorch mark could be seen.