Fallen Celestial (Fairy Tail fanfic)

Fallen Celestial Part 27

Lucy was uncomfortable, not exactly something that was rare in her life but considering that she had been feeling the opposite when she went to sleep it was odd to feel it when she was waking up.

Groaning as she slowly opened her eyes, Lucy was surprised to see the early morning light of the sun.

Wait what? How did I get outside of the tent? Lucy slowly thought before noticing that her pillow was both much hotter than it should be and shaped completely differently than she remembered. Lucy turned her head, intending to discover the source of her discomfort, and was met with the sight of a man's well toned abs.

"...huh?" Lucy muttered unintelligently before slowly staring upwards to see something that caused her mind to freeze instantly.

Natsu's sleeping face, his head tilted slightly to the side, was hovering right over Lucy's head. It took Lucy only another second of thought to realize that her head was currently resting on the dragon slayers lap.

Lucy started to squeal loudly before covering her mouth, her face going from pink to red faster than it ever had before.

Wha...how...what the hell is Natsu doing here? Lucy panicky thought as she leapt from the fire dragon slayers lap, Natsu's mouth forming a frown the moment she left his lap.

Lucy's mind raced as she tried to figure out what had happened. She definitely remembered going to bed last night in the center of the woman's tent. She could vaguely recall having a dream involving fire and pain, but at some point the dream disappeared leaving only a warm pleasant feeling in its place.

"But how did I get outside?" Lucy questioned to herself quietly in order not to wake the sleeping dragon slayer.

"That would be because I brought you out here when you started to have a nightmare." Alva answered, in a tone like she was speaking about the weather, from behind Lucy.

Lucy jumped and felt almost like a ball of ice had settled in the pit of her stomach as she turned slowly around to see Alva tending a new fire and cooking up some delicious smelling bacon.

"A-Alva...how long have you been there?" Lucy asked with a nervous smile, hoping beyond hope that Alva had somehow just arrived.

However Alva dashed her brief hopes almost instantly. "Since I handed you over to Natsu last night when you started to have another nightmare." She answered as she poked the firewood with a stick, trying to stoke the flames.

Lucy groaned loudly as she buried her face in her hands to try to hide her embarrassment. Not twenty four hours ago she had been discussing how she no longer loved Natsu so Alva decided to have her sleep in said pink haired man's lap? Was she trying to get her resolve to crumble?

But before Lucy could scream at her for letting Natsu handle her the another part of Alva's explanation caused her to pause, her hands falling from her face and her eyes turning curiously to Alva once again.

"Wait "another nightmare"? How many of these nightmares have I been having?" Lucy asked curiously, not able to recall any other nights of restless sleep other than last night.

Alva stopped tending to the fire for a moment to look at Lucy, her eyes filled with concern. "Ever since that night...you've been tossing and turning in your sleep more and more." Alva then stood up and moved to stand right in front of Lucy, her hands grabbing Lucy's own in a tight grip. "Luce...are you alright? I know the others might not have noticed but you're much paler than you used to be and I can see the circles under your eyes."

Lucy smiled sadly as she patted Alva on the head. She knew what Alva was talking about but she couldn't bring herself to share with the young half dragon what Abaddon had shared with her shortly after the events at Crocus. She couldn't do that to her family.