Songbird {NaLu Fanfiction}

Ch. 19

A/N Not Edited

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Third Person

The three teens walked up the stairs near the front door to go to her room.

Once inside, Sting and Rouge's noses twitched.

"It kind of smells like... Salamander?"

Rogue nodded, "I was thinking the same thing."

Lucy looked terrified, not only because of how quick they were to identify the odd scent she never noticed but at what they think it is.

"There's a salamander in my room!?" She screeched.

"N-no! We meant Natsu, we call him Salamander sometimes!" Rogue reassured.

Now she looks bewildered. "How? He's never been here before..." Her voice trailed off.

Sting and Rouge walked around the large bedroom. The blonde haired male stopped near Lucy's pile of stuffed animals in one corner. A red dragon plush caught his eye. It not only looked familiar, it smelled it too.

"You sure? Cause this looks like Natsu's favorite toy." He put his hands in his pocket, turning his head to glance at the other confused blonde.

Rouge grabbed the stuffed dragon, inspecting it. "Yeah, this is Natsu's. His initials, E.N.D is stitched on its right foot."

"B-but how?"

"You tell me," Rouge said, tossing the plush to her. "It smells just like him, like smoke and peaches. The room does too."

Lucy started at the stuffed animal in her hand. "I've never noticed the smell of smoke and peaches. It's weird...I always sleep with this dragon. Maybe I've gotten used to the smell." She said, mostly to herself.

"I'll ask him at school on Monday. I don't remember meeting Natsu when I was younger or when I got this dragon."

Lucy placed the dragon on her bed before grabbing a large duffle bag. She started packing multiple outfits, shoes, hair and makeup products, and picture frames. Seeing that all of the stuff won't fit in the large bag, she decided to put some of the items in a book-bag she found in her closet.

Sting watched her every move, trying to figure out when the right time to tell his secret was. Rouge on the other hand found a darts board hanging on the wall and decided to play.

"We're in the gang," Rouge blurted out with no care in the world, causing Lucy and Sting to snap their heads towards him. He quickly threw a dart at the board, getting a bullseye.

"Rouge what the hell!" Sting shouted.

Rogue only shrugged, "You were going to tell her anyways, what's the difference," he says in his usually monotone voice, throwing another dart which hit the bullseye, right beside the first one.

Sting glanced at Lucy in hope that she wouldn't be mad. Instead, her expression was blank and that's what scared him.

Lucy waited for Sting to deny it. That didn't happen, though. What really happened was a look of sadness appearing on his face. Lucy took a step back.

"It started when our parents were young adults. They heard about the mafia 'Tartarus' and a couple weeks later, they were attacked. Ever since then, they would fight with Tartarus. Now that the first members of that Mafia was arrested, our parents kind of lost their drive and didn't think it would be fun to go after teens. That's where we come in. Sting, Orga, Rufus, Minerva and myself are now in the gang that our parents started," Rouge informed. This was quite a bit much for Lucy to handle. She stared at the thin, diagonal scar on Sting's face, above his right eye.