Fairy Tail Furious

Chapter 5

The two men walked out of sight, leaving Lucy flabbergasted and confused. Her cheeks went bright red as she slowly turned around to Natsu, who only blinked and looked at her just as confused as she is. A giggle from Mirajane made their heads snap over to the white haired woman, who winked at Lucy playfully.

"You can bunk with Natsu, since it seems like you two are friends," Mirajane instructed, glancing over to the young man. "Treat Lucy as a guest, Natsu. Until we finalized Lucy's profile here, make sure she's comfortable on her first night here."

Breaking into a grin, Natsu chuckled and looked to Lucy. "How's that sound, Luce? Wanna be roomies with me? I promise I don't bite."

That weird feeling in her chest came again. Not as intense as it was when she raced with Natsu, but more softer and gentle...and it felt nice. It couldn't keep the genuine smile from spreading on her face as she nodded to him. "Yeah!"

Through a doorway beside the large garage was an elevator that went up a few stories to the living quarters of Fairy Tail. From what Lucy understood from Natsu, it was like apartments for all the official members of their gang; each apartment would have either one or two bedrooms, a large bathroom and kitchen and a living room quarters, and possibly a balcony if you were bunked in special rooms.

"I don't have a big balcony like Erza, Mirajane and Laxus," Natsu said as he guided her down the rugged hallway. "But it's still something - Gray doesn't have a balcony, so I guess you got lucky! Although...I don't have two bedrooms. You can have the bed and I can take the couch."

"Are you sure..?" Lucy raised a brow at him when he stopped at a door decorated with specific car posters and silly doodles of dragons and lizards. No doubt Natsu's room. She watched him fish out keys from his pockets. "I don't mind taking the couch."

"Mira said I gotta treat ya like a guest, Luce," Natsu smiled at her. "To tell you the truth, Mira is one of the people here I don't want to disobey. Erza is still number one, but Mira is still scary. Her race name was the She-Devil, you know?"

"Really? But she seems so nice and sweet!" Lucy gaped. She tried to think of Mirajane being evil and trying to throw bombs to other drivers and laughing like a maniac.

"She took racing super seriously," Natsu explained, picking out a specific key from his collection. "When she was younger, she had a bad temper and would fight with Erza on a daily basis over everything. She grew out of it, thank God, and she retired when turned twenty and paid off all her crime in her and her siblings' name, but decided to stay here and get engaged with Gramp's grandson, Laxus."

"Oh...I suppose I'm happy to see Mirajane now, than before," Lucy smiled wearily.

"Yup!" Natsu grinned as he unlocked the door knob. Opening it and flipping on the light beside him, the pink haired man stepped in and held the door for her. "Come on in, Luce. You're gonna have to forgive me about the mess...I wasn't expecting company."

"That's..."

Lucy only took one step inside to see the whole place trashed. Clothes, magazines, movie boxes, video games... cardboard boxes, car parts and even a tire. Brown eyes scanned what she assumed to be the living room and the kitchen connected to it were just...trashed. However, since it was a young adult man living here, Lucy figured that this was considered normal in the real world.

Natsu seemed to notice this and scratched the back of his head. "Yeah..." he offered a lopsided smile, but still obviously embarrassed at the sight. "If Gramps lets us off early, I'll get to cleaning right away. I'll ask Erza to borrow her duster-thingy and the thing that...cleans the floor."

"You mean a mop?" Lucy quirked a brow. A sad smile stretched on her face as she took off her backpack from her shoulders, holding it by the straps. "I can help out, too, if you want, Natsu. It can pay back for letting me stay here."