Natsu One-Shots (Fairy Tail)

Cold Journey (Some Fluff)

Fluff ahead! You have been warned...

Emma's POV

"We'll make camp here!" Erza declared, dropping the handle of the cart loaded with bags. Erza sure is thorough when packing.

Lucy looked around, "But-"

"We will make camp here," Erza repeated, looking at Lucy as though she would murder her.

"Okay, okay! Yay! Camp!" Lucy hesitantly cheered.

I laughed softly to myself as Team Natsu made camp. Erza and Natsu made the fire, and we all threw our sleeping bags around it in a big circle. I set mine down across the flames from Natsu. On my left was Lucy, and Grey was on my right. Erza was on the other side of Lucy, then Mira, who had decided to tag along for this job. Wendy and Carla next, sharing a sleeping bag, and then Natsu. Grey was in between Natsu and me, and then myself again. After a lively dinner and Erza's... interesting... cooking, something odd happened.

"ACHOO!" Grey sneezed, and then it started to snow. What...? I didn't even know that was possible with his magic.

"Nice going, Ice Princess," Natsu yelled, "you made winter in July!"

"You looking for a fight, Flame Brain?" Grey snapped back.

"Stop!" Erza commanded. The two boys froze and slowly sat back down. "Grey, YOU MADE WINTER IN JULY!" Erz lunged and tackled Grey. It took Natsu, Mira, Wendy, Lucy, and myself to get her to calm down and not crush his windpipe.

"I'm sorry," Wendy muttered, "he caught a cold from me." As if to prove her point, she coughed and a frigid wind rushed through the camp.

"Well, it'll be great for snowmen!" Mira said optimistically.

Lucy nodded, "Yeah, and snow angels."

Poor Carla just shivered in her short sleeves. I joined her, and we sat there, freezing, while the others played in the snow. You couldn't blame me, though, it was really hot when we left so I wore a tank top and shorts.

The others all ran around in the snow acting like children for a long hour. Except for Erza, she sat by the fire and glared daggers at Grey. Eventually, she had enough. "Bedtime! Everyone rest, we've got a day of traveling ahead of us."

The idiots that were in the snow grumbled and flopped down in their beds.

I slipped into my sleeping bag and hugged it to me. The cold slowly set in and shivers ran through me. Come on, Grey!

I lay there shivering for god knows how long before I felt someone sit down next to me. I slowly rolled over, not wanting to move to see Natsu, my best friend.

"Cold, Emma?" He asked.

My teeth chattered as I spoke, "Freezing!"

He smiled and got into the sleeping bag next to me.

"N- Natsu? W- what are you doing?" I sat up, leaving my top half even colder in the night air.

He ignored my question and adjusted himself. Then he reached up and grabbed my waist, pulling me back down. I yelped. "Natsu! Careful!"

I adjusted myself and scooted to the edge of the sleeping bag so I wasn't touching him. It was a bit warmer with him here, I'll admit. Soon, I felt his hands seize my waist again and pull me against him. I squirmed but he didn't let go. What was he-? Oh. Oh, that feels good.

Using magic, Natsu had heated up his body just a bit. He was like a big, warm blanket. I smiled to myself and turned over, facing him. "Thank you," I whispered, feeling warmth return to my body. The cold air blew above us but I was warm and happy to be in the arms of the boy I had grown a crush on.