Uncharted Territory (Nalu)

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It was one of those days where Lucy would just curl up and read a novel on the deck in her bikini but for some reason, she wasn't feeling it. She was feeling more... cookies and donuts and fudge. It was August and the temperature was high—she was hot and sweaty but why did she have the ultimate craving of ramen and noodles and hot chocolate?

Sitting on the kitchen stool, she went through her fourth cookie as she stared at the instant ramen pack that was lying on her counter. It was teasing her and she just wanted to quickly whip up a fresh batch but no. This was bizarre, she shouldn't be eating ramen in August.

Deciding to go with her gut, Lucy finished off her cookie and tore open the ramen pack. Putting some hot water on the stove, she waited for the water to boil as she stared down at the pot.

Just then, she realized how tight her shirt was. Yeah, she wore tight shirts but this shirt was a medium and it wasn't supposed to feel this tight. It usually hung loose but now, it was almost tight-tight like her other shirts. It was her breasts—did they grow, again? They felt heavier and larger and she did not need the extra weight.

"Is somebody making ramen? In August?"

Turning around, the blonde looked to see Natsu walking in sniffing the air casually. He wore nothing but shorts as his slick hair was sticking to his sweaty forehead.

"Natsu, look at my boobs."

"I look at them without you asking, anyways."

"No, seriously." She said as she stopped the male from walking away as he stopped and eyed her weirdly. His eyes darted from her to his breast till finally her, again. "Do my boobs look... uh, larger?"

"You boobs are always large."

"No, I mean like, bigger than usual?"

"I dunno. Let me feel them—"He said as he gently placed his hand on her breasts but when she winced, he pulled away immediately. Looking at his fiance with wide eyes, he watched as she hissed in pain.

"Why are you so rough, Natsu?"

"I barely touched you." He said as she groaned in pain, placing her hands on her breasts to massage the pain away but she winced again. "Ouch... uh, that's odd. I'm not even on my period and my breasts are sore..."

"Maybe you're growing." He suggested, a bit glad that her breast were growing bigger but Lucy only shook her head. "No... it's not that... huh, that's really weird." She pursed her lips as she suddenly remembered she was cooking ramen. Turning around, she stirred the noodles around as Natsu peeked over her shoulder, watching in disinterest. "How come you're making ramen in August? You normally would be telling me to go buy some ice-cream by now."

"I don't know—I got this weird craving for hot and spicy stuff."

"Are you on your period?"

"I told you earlier, no." She sighed as she turned the stove off and allowed the heat to cool down as the ramen bubbled. "Maybe I'm PMS-ing."

"Maybe you should go to the hospital. Y'know, just in-case it's some side effect that could be like, breast cancer or something." He shrugged casually as he pulled a chocolate chip cookie out of the jar to put it in-between his teeth making Lucy sigh and stir her noodles. "Maybe I should... hey, Natsu, could you go bring my phone over?"

—X—

Sitting down on the sofa, Lucy let out a sigh as she crossed her leg over her knee, unlocking her phone to go through her contacts. While she was busy doing that, Natsu was too busy blowing up and filling the baby pool that was on the deck since he wanted to cool down. He asked her to join but she said after the phone call which, could take a while.