NaLu One-Shots

His Lucy

Category: Fluff

Date: November 31, 2019

Word count: 974

Summary of this one-shot: Lucy is very tired because she was up all night writing, so Natsu takes care of her.

A/N: The ending was very rushed and I wrote this at 2 am.

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A wave of tiredness finally sunk in after not getting enough sleep the past nights, due to the vast amount of writing she was doing. Her head tilted back a little bit from exhaustion, wanting to just sleep. However, she was at the guild hall, and she couldn't sleep there.

The guild hall had been in quite an unstable situation the whole day. Both Natsu and Gray were off fighting, and there was also a plethora of other fights that were bound to happen in the next few minutes if they kept that up.

The ruckus was keeping Lucy up from her much needed rest, and it was so tiresome. She rested her head on one of the guilds tables that she was sitting at, and just imagined herself in bed. She imagined her in her nice cozy pajamas, that always kept her warm and toasty. Then she imagined the feeling of her warm bedsheets engulfing her so she could finally get some shut-eye. Weirdly enough, she could imagine the feeling of warm arms wrapping around her body in a comfortable embrace; she truly did want that feeling for real instead of just trying to picture his muscular body enwrapped around her. 

A string of drool came out of her mouth, making her hand force its way from under her head and to her mouth to clean up the mess. She couldn't help but remember a time when Natsu snuck into her house in the middle of the night— per usual— and saw her drooling because sleep had knocked her out. He came up to her and wiped the drool from her mouth, as if it were just a normal occurrence. He then rubbed it off on his thigh, and proceeded to snuggle his way under the blankets to wrap her up in his arms.

Before, Lucy was never quite fond of the male coming into her room unexpectedly. With that, she banned him from coming over without an invitation. Although, on some nights, she couldn't just lay there without his touch. Him not touching her became so foreign.

It's been a years since she banned him from sleeping in her bed— although, he still does come over unannounced sometimes— but she misses his soft touches, and his warm breath that would make her feel all loopy inside. She missed when his chest would rise and fall against her back. But the thing that she missed the most about those nights was waking up next to him— it was definitely a sight for soar eyes. His hair was always disheveled, but in the cutest way possible, and he always managed to get his way with holding her hand.

All those years ago when she told him not to sleep in her bed, she wished she hadn't told him to do so, because maybe they could've been closer than they are right now.

She sighed in her worried state; she really did want his warmth... and his everything.

Seeing her in this tired state, he wondered if she had gotten enough sleep in the past few nights. He put his hands down from punching his teammate, knowing that wouldn't do Lucy any good, because he could clearly tell that the loud noises that he was creating was keeping her up.

"What're ya doing flame-brain!" Before Gray could day anymore, Natsu shoved a finger in his face, signaling for him to shut up.

The pink-haired man walked across the room over to where his friend was basically out cold. He sat down next to her, and started to pet her hair. His hands went through her soft, blonde hair, playing with each strand individually. This made him miss being able to do this more often. He always loved how her hair felt, and he remembered playing with it just like this whenever he used to sleep over at her house. Although, she never really liked him there, it was still nice having her in his arms, and knowing that she was safe.

Picking her head up to make sure indents of the wooden table wouldn't carve its way into her head, he smiled. He always knew how much she overworked herself, and it was cute; however, if this became a habit, he would most likely start sneaking into her house again to make sure she was asleep.

As always, there was drool on her face. Her drooling in front of him was never a problem, he honestly found it funny that someone could look so adorable while drooling. Just like he used to, he wiped the drool from her mouth and wiped it on his pants. Even with how weird this action was, he kind of missed doing it.

Her head was reluctantly falling backwards out of nowhere to go but back. He saw this, and quickly placed a hand on the crook of her neck, just so she wouldn't fall out of the wooden bench. This made him wonder how tired she actually was; she was never a deep sleeper, but her head falling back said otherwise. Then, he placed a hand on the opposite side of her head, pulling her into a tight embrace. Her head sat on his shoulder.

Some of the guild members saw him do this, and most found it adorable with how much he cared for his friend. However; some were annoyed by his kindness. "Flame brain, we were in the middle of a fight, but you had to go off with your girlfriend." Those choice words made Natsu's face heat up; he never even thought about what it would be like to have her even closer than a friend.

Grabbing under her thighs, he lifted her up and carried her out of the guild, away from all of the noises that was keeping his Lucy awake.