Hiroka Dragneel the Water Dragonslayer

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I groaned while rolling over to my other side. It was warmer there, and I snuggled closer to it. I heard a groan, and cracked my eyes open to look.

Natsu yawned and blinked at me. I smiled at him before burying my face into his chest. He wrapped his arms around my waist and stuck his nose in my neck. I moved my head so he could be comfortable and closed my eyes. We laid together for a while until Happy walked in. He yelled for Natsu and I to wake up because he was hungry.

"Go back to sleep Happy."

Natsu's breath tickled my neck, and I couldn't hold back a laugh. Happy kept complaining, so we both sat up.

"I'll make us breakfast after we shower okay?"

Happy agreed and walked out of the room. Natsu grumbled and rubbed his eyes before standing. I marveled at his muscles while he walked into the bathroom. His head poked back out as he asked if i was coming. I nodded and followed him in.

We showered together and got dressed. I rubbed my back slowly as I started making us food. Happy asked me what was wrong, but Natsu said he had it. He rubbed my shoulders while I made food. His hands rubbed my hips next, and I almost moaned at how good it felt.

Natsu always was good with his hands, I thought while getting plates.

I heard him laugh behind me, and turned around. He kissed me suddenly, forcing me to drop the plate.

"Your cleaning that up Dragneel."

He bent down and picked up the pieces carefully. I gave Happy his food, and he smiled. Natsu threw away the pieces of plate and sat down next to me.

We ate in silence and I wondered what time it was. I looked out the window and saw the sun shining brightly. I munched on a piece of food slowly while thinking. Natsu asked me a question, but I didn't hear it all.

"What are you looking at out there?"

I paused my actions and looked at him. He sighed and I smiled shyly at him. Happy repeated the question and I told him.

"I don't know, but we should go to the guild today. Maybe a cool job will be on the board."

Happy agreed and jumped up excitedly.

"We should go get Lucy too!"

Natsu laughed and I cleaned everything up. Natsu ran out ahead of me, and I watched his back. We agreed to meet at the guild, so I walked there alone. I wasn't mad or anything, Natsu asked me before leaving anyway.

Lucy really stuck with Natsu even when she wasn't there. I was surprised when he first brought her to the guild, but understood when I heard her say that it was her dream to get into Fairy Tail.

He was just helping her achieve her dream, I told myself that day. My mind was telling me lies, and Natsu noticed immediately. I told him what I was thinking, and he assured me that everything was fine. Now that she has been with us for awhile, my mind decided to give up on being jealous.

It was just another side affect of being trapped for so long.

Natsu walked in with Lucy behind him shortly after I got comfortable. Mira gave me a drink and asked me how my night was. I blushed at the question, and she laughed.

Nobody knew that Natsu and I were actually together. Everyone knew that we were close, but that was it. Mira hinted that she knew about our relationship, but never said anything. The master knew because Natsu told him. I was scared to let others know, and he understood.

Natsu said he didn't care if people knew or not. He never acted on his desires while we were at the guild, and always waited until we were home. Happy was just a cat, so I didn't have to worry about him finding anything out.

I faintly heard Lucy yell at Happy, and turned around to see what was going on. Happy flew away from her as she tried to hit him. Natsu laughed and went to go look at the jobs. He saw me sitting there and smiled widely.

"You seem to be in a good mood today Hiroka."

I looked to my right and saw Erza standing next to me. I laughed and asked her what she meant.

"Your never here this early. You just got back yesterday from a job, and should still be resting."

I sighed and agreed with her.

"I should be, but Happy woke me up early, and I wanted to come hang out today."

She smiled at me and looked at Mira. They exchanged some looks before they both laughed.

"Can I be included in this silent conversation?"

Mira giggled and began cleaning the glasses. Erza sat down on my right and motioned behind me.

"You have a crush on Natsu right?"

I blushed and shook my head. She waved her hand and dismissed my retort.

"You don't have to hide it Hiroka. We want to help you two get together."

I gaped at her before frowning.

"I don't deserve to be with a guy like him. He's so nice and happy, while I'm depressing and cold."

Mira came back and scolded me.

"You are not cold at all Hiroka. You were closed off when you first came here, but now look at you. You laugh with everyone, and smile with us too. Yeah, you weren't the best at socializing at first, but you opened up a lot since then. Natsu really helped you with that right?"

I hid my face in my hands quickly. I heard them both laugh at me and I yelled at them to stop.

"You had a rough past, and we get that. We all let you take your time understanding that you were safe here. And once you got that in your head, you really started to grow."

I continued to blush at them. They didn't stop giving me compliments until Lucy walked over to us. She greeted me with a smile, and I sighed in relief.

"Can you tell Natsu and that stupid cat to stop breaking into my house Hiroka. I walked out of the shower to them standing in my bedroom."

I laughed and quickly put my hand over my mouth. She sat down and told me it wasn't funny.

"I tell them every time to stop doing it, but they don't listen. They will listen to you right? After all, you grew up with Natsu, and helped raise Happy."

I took a sip of my drink and sighed.

"I met Natsu when I was seven, but I didn't help with Happy. When Natsu found Happy, I got jealous and stayed away from him. It took me a while to warm up to him."

Lucy hummed and looked over at the two of them. I opened my mouth to speak, but heard someone calling my name. I turned and saw Erza walking down the steps from where the S-class jobs were. I didn't even realize she had left.

"There are new ones posted up there. I saw some that might catch your interest, if you want to go look."

I nodded and stood up from my seat. Lucy asked how I was an S-class wizard while Natsu wasn't.

Erza laughed and told her it was because Natsu was an idiot. I sighed and started walking away.

"There are many things needed to become S-class Lucy. Power isn't the only thing necessary."

She went quiet and I walked up the stairs to the board.

I saw a job that was in a place I had never been before and ripped it off. It would most likely take me a week or two to finish it, but I needed to look for Igneel everywhere.

Besides, he might have passed through or something, I thought while walking down the stairs. But I'm not sure he will like me leaving for that long. And I just got back too.

I gave the paper to Mira and took a deep breath. I walked over to Natsu and pulled him off to the side before I gave him the news.