The Playboy of Fairy Tail High

Mysterious Dreams

I roll over in my sleep, a little disturbed by the dream I had.

I was kidnapped by a giant, flying lizard who kept claiming he was a dragon, despite Wendy's protests. The lizard brought me to his secret lair, but the blue neko from the shelter appeared and started talking! Crazy, right? But all he kept saying was fish and salamander, and those don't go together. I was trapped in a cage of fire that kept getting smaller, and I cried because I didn't want to get burned. The neko ran to the entrance of the cave and jumped out, as I was yelling at him for being a coward. However, he rose again, this time on the back of a real fire dragon. He released me from my prison, and told me to jump. When I landed, I was on the back of the real dragon. Leaning forward and giving the neck of the dragon a hug, I thanked him for saving me.

Opening my eyes, I look down to see that the pillow I thought I must be hugging is in fact breathing, and that it is a soft pink color, rather than white.

The back of Natsu's head stares up at me, and I remove my arms immediately. He rolls over in his sleep, and I watch with wide eyes as his nose touches mine. He opens his mouth as if to say something, but closes it with a smile.

"Natsu," I whisper. "Natsu?"

"Lu... shee..." He breathes.

"What?" I move a little bit. Did he hear me? Or is he dreaming about me??

"Lushe..." Natsu gets a wicked grin, and I start to fear for my sanity. I sit up, to find that he's holding his arms tightly around my waist.

"Natsu! What are you doing in my bed?" I sit up and turn to look at him.

"Huh?" Natsu bolts up, wide awake. He sits up so quickly that he hits his head on mine.

"Natsu!!" I rub my forehead.

"Oh, sorry Luce."

I cross my arms, "what are you doing in my bed?"

He looks down, as if noticing where he were for the first time. "Oh, sorry. But it's really comfortable." He yawns. "You're really comfortable..."

"Oh no you don't!" I grab his arm before he can flop back into bed.

"Sorry Luce. It's just that, well. This is where Grandeeney would sleep whenever we stayed here. Wendy and I would always sneak into her bed if we were having bad dreams."

"Oh." That's really sweet, actually. I smile gently. "So you were having a bad dream?"

"Well, not anymore." Natsu scratches his head, and I can't help but blush.

"Ok Natsu, I'm officially kicking your out of my bed. Actually, I need to shower. Is that ok?"

"Yeah, this room has its own bathroom, and there are clothes. Come down for breakfast when you're done." Natsu leaves, and I check the clock.

I sigh, "nine o'clock." Stripping of the borrowed pajamas, I run a hot shower and step in. Singing a little to myself, the dream I had last night comes back to mind. "Weird," I breathe, flicking drops of water off myself. I turn off the shower head and get out. I look into the closet and pull out a beautiful sundress.

"LUCY, FOOD'S READY." Natsu calls up. I get dressed, and glide down the huge staircase. Natsu, Wendy, and I eat a huge breakfast of French toast, Natsu's with hot sauce of course. After that, Wendy gives me a huge hug goodbye, and Natsu drives us both back to campus.

"Goodbye, Lucy-nee! Come back to play with me!" Wendy says.

"Of course, Wendy-san! Goodbye!" Natsu and I file into his red sports car.

"Buckle up," he says sternly.

"Ok." I look at him sideways. His unfaltering gaze stares me down until I buckle my seat.

"Now we can go," he seems to breathe easier.

"Natsu, what's with you and cars? Seriously." He doesn't take his eyes off the road. "Natsu?" I kind of poke his side.

"Enough, Lucy! I just... Have to be very careful."

"If something happened, why do you even drive anymore?"

"LUCY!" His voice grows in power and fills the car. He takes a breath, his knuckles white from gripping the steering wheel.

"I- I'm sorry."

"No Lucy, I'm sorry. It's just that... Grandeeney died in a fire that was the result of a car crash. She wasn't responsible, but the other guy was in a coma. I don't really know how he's doing, and I don't really care. But I'm always very careful about driving."

"Natsu, I'm sorry." The car goes silent. The rest of the ride goes without a hitch, and Natsu drops me off in the student parking lot.

"Thanks for coming with me and staying over, Luce." He leans against the side of his car, reminding me of some kind of car commercial.

"Yeah, I had fun, even if I was originally forced." He laughs at that.

His voice lowers, "see, I told you I'd show you fun."

This time I laugh, "that you certainly did." Walking away, I have a lightness to my step.

"Hey!" He calls after me. I turn around. "Are you even going to tell me your name?"

"All in good time!" I call out to him.

I ring the bell to the dorm and knock like a woodpecker on my room door. Cana opens the door seconds later.

"Where were you??" She pulls me inside.

"Well, I went to get you breakfast..."

"I know! And you left your phone, keys, and..."

"And you couldn't pick up because you were in some club, then hungover!" I point accusingly at Cana. She holds her hands up.

"I know, I know. Forgive me? I'm sorry I couldn't help you."

"It's ok. I'm just glad you're ok, and that at least you have your key." I give her a big hug.

"Actually, I lost my key again. I came in through the window."

"The window!!? But we're on the second floor! Plus, this is like the seventh time you've lost your key this month."

"Yeah, and how do you think I've gotten back in all those times? It's ok Lucy, I'm sure the master has another copy for me."

"Ok," I sigh, sitting on my bed.

"Just a question for you..." I look at Cana. "What were you doing with Natsu?" She wiggles he eyebrows, and I start to stutter.

"H-h-how? I mean w-what?"

"Haha no need to blush, though you do look cute when you blush. Caller ID, remember? You were on Natsu's phone when you tried to call me." She raises an eyebrow again.

"Yeah, he let me sleep over since I was locked out. I met Wendy-san and their Aunt, too..." I look over at Cana, who went quiet.

"Neko-Lucy, do you know what this means?"

"Can we please drop that?" I roll my eyes.

"Natsu never lets his girls stay the night at his house, much less meet his family. I know them because we used to play when we were little, but that's a whole new level. Lucy, Natsu likes you."

I drop my mouth. "N-no he doesn't. He was just looking out for me." Right?

"Even so, he cares about you. And that's more than anyone can say about his past girlfriends."

"So what does this mean?" I put a hand over my mouth.

"I just told you, he likes you." Cana smiles, and I think about it.

After a little, I respond, "you're crazy Cana. I don't think he likes me. If anything, he's going to add me to his collection, like he tried to the first time."

"Alright, Lucy. Believe what you want. But I know my stuff."