Bound By A Bed

Arc 2: Chapter Six

Arc 2: Chapter Six: Sleepless Nights

Call my phone (Yeah)
I don't want to text you anymore
I just want to stop this civil war, baby, please (Please)
Call my phone
I don't want to text you anymore
I just want to stop this civil war, baby, please (Please)

"Ooh! I have an idea!" Natsu says.

It was just about nighttime right now, maybe around 9....not that they would know because of Mira.

"Your ideas aren't always the best..." Gray trails, earning a snicker from Lucy.

"Hey! This is actually a good idea! Let's all tell scary stories."

"D-don't you think that's a bad idea? I-I mean for the children. They'll get scared." Lucy says suddenly getting a bit scared.

"Whatever Lu! We all know you hate scary movies and the dark. Your the only ones that gonna get scared.

"Juvia thinks you should get over this fear!" Juvia cheers.

"I don't think I can-"

"C'mon Lucy. Don't you think you should listen to atleast one story?" Erza comments making her sigh.

"Fine, fine. But if I scream don't blame me."

"Okay then, I'll go first." Natsu says, grabbing all of the kids attention.

"Listen up kids!" He says.

"A young girl....named Lucy," Natsu says, smirking at her.

"You just had to use my name," Lucy sighs.

"A young girl named Lucy spent time home alone often." Natsu continues, ignoring his wife. "She only stayed home alone because her parents worked often, and because of that, they bought her a dog." Natsu says, pausing for dramatic affect.

"What happened after that?" Gale asked, all the kids intrigued by the story.

"Yeah! What happens next Uncle Natsu!" Storm asks.

Natsu chuckles. "Well one night, Lucy was awakened by a dripping sound. Thinking it was weird she got up and went into the kitchen to check if the tab was off. After making sure, she headed back to bed, sticking her hand under the bed letting her dog lick it."

"Then..." Natsu trails for dramatic effect.

"Then?" Little Reiki asks.

"Then the dripping sound continued."

"Lucy then went into the bathroom, checking if that tap was off. She went back into her bedroom, sticking her hand under her bed and letting her dog lick it again."

"Still, the dripping continued, and just about fed up, she listened for the sound. She easily located it as her closet. So she opened the closet door and found her poor dog dear, hanging upside down bleeding...and written on the inside of the closet door, was that humans can lick too." Natsu says, jumping at the kide, causing them to scream.

Natsu laughs at their scared faces, completely fine with the fact that he scared them all.

"Mommy...daddy's scary..." Luke says, clutching onto his mother.

"It's okay Luke....the story wasn't real." Lucy says, slightly scared herself. Not that she would ever let Natsu know that.

She picks Luke up, comforting him.

"Were you scared Luce?" Natsu grins.

"No way. The story wasn't real and barely made sense-" she says before being cut off by someone licking her hand.

She jumps up from where she was sitting, screaming a bit.

Natsu, the one who licked her hand, laughs, along with everyone else.

"Totally got you Luce!" Natsu says, still laughing.

"Ugh...whatever Natsu...I'm going to bed. Stop toying with me." She says.

"I think we should all head to bed...Natsu's story was enough for tonight." Erza says, in which everyone agrees.

After getting the kids situated everyone headed to their own tents for bed.

"Luce." Natsu calls to her a few hours later...maybe eleven...he knew she was still awake.

"I know you're still awake." He calls again.

Lucy sighs, rolling over to face him.

"You still scared?" He whispers with a slight chuckle.

"No." She pouts. "I just have never really slept on the ground before..."

Natsu laughs, not to loud so they won't wake anyone up.

"Classic rich girl," he says, making Lucy hit him playfully, laughing herself.

After a few minutes she grabs his hand, placing it on her stomach.

"She's kicking." Lucy says smiling.

Natsu also smiles, feeling his daughter.

And just by feeling the presence of their other child, they were able to be calm, and happy.

They would feel her presence all night, even if it meant facing a sleepless night.

A/N: Updated after six months lmao.
Kinda left this book hanging but don't worry, I shall work on the ending. There's no set date for chapters, since I'm just publishing once I finish writing it....no editing or nothing so bare with me.
Hope you all enjoyed.