Cuffed | A Fairy Tail AU [ nalu ]

Bullet 15 ~ Warm Hands

Wow. It's been a looooong time! Sorry about that...life and shit. Anyway, Gabbie and I are back in the swing of things!! I'm so happy to be writing this again~!!

• Lucy •

"Knights! Knights! Knights!" The crowd was cheering even as they were streaming out of the stadium. We had won, and despite the close close game at the end, we managed to effectively end it with a miracle grand slam. That poor left fielder tried his hardest to catch it before it went over the wall, but in the end was just too slow and slammed himself against the wall for nothing.  The crowd had gone crazy, and I couldn't help but smile as I thought over the game, lost in my thoughts completely.

"Luce, hey!" I'm suddenly tugged backwards and I make contact with a warm body.  It took a few seconds before I realize I was almost run over by some huge guys who looked almost as intimidating as Gajeel. I turn my head slightly to see Natsu--the body I had been pulled towards--with a concerned expression etched in his features. "Are you okay?" He asked.

I nodded before speaking "Of course! I was just a bit lost in thought." He smiled and shook his head, keeping his hand on the small of my back as we waded through the masses of people. Tingles spread from my back where his hand was and I struggled to repress the slight shivers that wanted to race down my spine.

Once we got out into the parking lot we all had to go our separate ways since we had all taken different vehicles.  I hugged Levy as I said goodbye to her and waved to everyone else before turning in the same direction as Natsu.  He was staring at me and I felt heat rise up my cheeks.  "What? Is there something on my face?" I ask and quickly put my hands on my cheeks to try and hide a possible foreign substance.

He grinned before shaking his head in slight amusement. "There isn't anything," he tells me and I raise my eyebrow suspiciously.

"You laughed."

"Yeah, I did," he chuckles and I chew my bottom lip.

"That makes me think there actually is something," my lower lip pushed into a pout and he pulls his hand from his jeans pocket and places it on top of my head before leaning in close to me.

"The only thing on your face is your hands and the red from how hard you're blushing," he whispers and I freeze as I feel his breath against my skin; all of my hairs stand on end.  I pulled away and laughed nervously, quite clearly flustered.

"Y-you where just staring at me so... I thought there was something weird on my face," I brush a lock of my hair behind my ear and look away from him. "Anyway," I quickly try to change the subject, "let's get going. I'm hungry and I want to take a shower..." My lip pulls into a smile as I look at Natsu. He nods and then leads me back to our parked car.

After unlocking the car, I opened my door and got in, buckling myself in with one swift motion. After Natsu had done the same he started the car and I turned on the radio.  There was a lot of traffic exiting the parking lot, but that was a given seeing as it's always slow leaving functions like this.

I bobbed my head slightly to the music and murmured along to the songs, not quite in the mood to sing louder. It was finally quiet and after spending hours in a loud stadium, surrounded by screaming people and blaring music, I was ready for the change of pace.  "You looked like you where having the time of your life out there," Natsu speaks up. I turn to him for a moment, nodding my head.