Voice Behind Closed Doors (discontinued)

Chapter 33 ~ Are We Ready?

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I sighed from my place against the piano. Loke eyed Natsu and Lucy who were chatting about his part in the song. "Loke, are you alright?" Gray asked.

"Hm?" He asked, coming out of his daze. "Yeah, fine!" The lion spirit sighed, pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose.

"Okay!" Lucy said, clapping once. "Everyone understand?" She asked.

"Yeah, just this song is like... Deep." I murmured.

"Mm." Lucy agreed with a nod. "That's the point."

"I like this one, Luce!" Natsu gawked, looking at my notebook.

"Yeah, I did it when I was kinda mad when I ran away. My dad was a jerk, and told me if I wasn't I should just leave. Which I did." She answered with a shrug, as if it was no big deal.

"Mhm," I said sarcastically. "No big deal, a rich person's daughter just you know, jumped out of a window and ran off. No big deal."

"It's not!" Lucy fought back. "And how do you know that I jumped out the window?"

"Uh. I used to deliver the newspaper to your dad, and I literally saw you jump out of the second story window, and run off."

"Whoa Luce!" Natsu screeched. "You jumped out of a window??" Lucy looked at him as if he was hopeless and she slammed her face down on the top of the piano. A groan escaped her mouth.

"Yes, I did." She answered at last as Loke held her face and examined her for any injury. "My dad was a jackass and said 'if you're not happy then leave'. Well that's exactly what I did," she explained as soon as Loke let go of her head gently and stood behind her. "So I grabbed my stuff in a large backpack and stole some money and ran away." I nodded.

"Sounds about right."

"How would you know?" Lucy snapped, her face a dark red for some odd reason.

"Nothing, forget it. But, are you okay? You're face is really red."

"Eh?" She asked, touching her cheek. "I'm a bit warm." Lucy murmured. Loke put his hand on her forehead.

"Yeah, you should take the rest of the day off, you have a fever, somehow."

"Eh! N-no! But we need to practice!"

"You can't practice in that state, baka!" Natsu yelped. He came and took Lucy out of the room, Loke and I looked at each other and I sighed.

"There's no helping him!"

"Not at all."

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Natsu carried me home. He carried me home! I ended up falling asleep as soon as I hit the pillow though! My dream was like a fairy tale! Natsu was my prince and I was the princess!

Wait, what am I saying? I mean yeah, we like each other. I'm over thinking this, a lot.

As soon as I woke up, I slipped out of bed and changed into come comfortable leggings, and an oversized hoodie. I think Natsu gave to me. I pulled my blonde hair into a bun and walked out the door.

"Hi, Hime!" Virgo; the maid, greeted me.

"Ah! Virgo, I told you, you don't have to call me that!"

"Eh, gommen, hime." Mentally I faceplamed myself. But instead I asked her where Natsu was.
"He's in the kitchen." Virgo responded curtly, bowing.

"Ah, arigato! Ja'ne!"

"Ja'ne!" Virgo called as I half ran, half stumbled down the stairs.

"Oh! Hi, Luce!" Natsu greeted me with a toothy grin. I smiled and sat at the table, facing him.

"What'cha doin' there, Dragoneel?" I asked, whipping around to let a coughing fit escape me. Natsu- to my surprise, came over to help me sit up, and he put a glass of water down in front of me.

"Hm? Oh, I was just make something for my mom. My sister, dad, and mom all come back tomorrow night from a trip, so I made Wendy's favorite treat for when they come back." I smiled at him and giggled.

"That's cute! I can't wait to see Wendy again!" I cooed.

"She'll be happy to see you." Natsu said with a grin.

"Yeah," I said with a slight cough. Natsu stood there and studied me for a moment, I looked back at him. He looked genuinely confused.

"Is that my hoodie?" He asked. I felt heat rush to my cheeks and they were more red than last time.

"Maybe," I answered quietly. He raised an eyebrow and sighed shaking his head.

"What am I going to do with you?" Natsu asked with a grin. I scoffed and leaned back in my chair, my hand over my chest in a form of mockery.

"Actually, what am I supposed to do with you?" I asked with a smirk. Natsu sighed and walked over to me. Surprisingly enough he picked me up and slung me over his shoulder. "Natsu!!" I yelled, lightly hitting his back with small fists. "Baka put me down!" Natsu looked at me and shrugged.

"No thanks."

"Virgo!" I yelled, grabbing my keys. Only to realize that they were gone. I looked at Natsu's hand and he was casually swinging my key ring around his finger. Suddenly, as if on cue Loke appeared behind Natsu and gently grabbed me off his back and set me down. As surprised as I was, I couldn't exactly apprehend anything that happened. Natsu whipped around to face Loke. Their faces almost touching. Loke looked different than at school. When he was summoned from my key he wore a black suit and a tie. His hair was neatly done. Not like when he was at school in his white button up and a tie. Natsu usually is shirtless when he comes home. At first I wasn't so sure about it, but now I'm used to it. Loke looked back at Natsu and raised an eyebrow.

"May I help you?" The lion spirit asked, backing up and adjusting his tie. I stared at Natsu and frowned.

"You can get the hell out of my house," Natsu retorted cooly. I looked at him in pure shock.

"Whoa, is that a way to treat your friend?"

"Uh, you showed up randomly in my house."

"Saving Lucy from your clutches. Our poor Princess," Loke murmured, stroking my hair and lightly patting the top of my head. I blinked every time his hand touched my head. Natsu growled and scooped me up again and gently put me over his shoulder, I let him of course and my sleeves were way too long and they reached Natsu's stomach.

"I'll be taking the Princess," he said gruffly and I blushed.