Sequel: Meant To Be? (Book 2 of I Love You But Do You?) (Nalu Fanfiction)

Chapter 36- Ice Cream

"I'm exhausted." It was probably midnight now and Natsu and I were walking home. I insisted we walk and get some fresh air so the driver dropped us off further away from our mansion.

"You wanted to walk." My mind hurt to think too much and my eyes were half closing. I had one arm wrapped around Natsu's waist and was practically leaning my whole body weight on him while stumbling on my feet. 

"Don't you love this fresh air! It's so quiet and not too hot." I had the feeling that Natsu was holding my dress off the sidewalk but I wasn't sure and I didn't want to turn my head. My words were slurring together because of how tired I was and they were getting softer and softer. 

"You're going to get cold." I felt Natsu put his suit over my shoulders and I just lazily grinned at him.

"Thank you." I was leaning against him for support and before I knew it my feet were lifted up from under me and Natsu was carrying me bridal style.

I was giggling like crazy and somewhere along the walk my eyes closed and didn't wake up until the next morning.

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Uhhh. I groaned out loud and winced as I moved my legs into another sleeping position. I was exhausted from the party last night but thankfully, today was Saturday so we were off from work.

"Morning." Natsu came over to kiss my cheek before leaving a tray with scrambled eggs and toast on our bedside counter.

"What time is it?" I continued to lay in bed and rubbed my eyes groggily.

"10:00 AM." Natsu sat on the side of the bed beside me and brushed aside some of my hair that had fallen in front of my face. I didn't open my eyes and only internally groaned at the thought of getting up and having to face a headache from the media. I had turned my phone off but I knew all too well the explosion of media I would get when I opened it.

"You should sleep some more." Natsu got up to leave again before I pulled him back by the shirt.

"Why are you running away so fast?" I said groggily and moved over as he lift my cover and slipped in beside me.

"I figured you were going to be tired, you fell asleep before we even got home." Natsu's nose was practically touching mine as I stared with my eyes half open into his onyx eyes.

"What am I wearing?" I suddenly noticed that I was wearing one of Natsu's loose t-shirts that fit me comfortably and I quickly scanned the room for my dress. I needed to hang it up or else it would become wrinkled.

"Don't worry, I was a gentleman and I hung up your dress. I don't know where to put it in your closet so its just hanging in there." Natsu's hand involuntarily pulled my waist towards him so our bodies were practically fully touching. It was so intimate that I was definitely awake by now.

"Who said you needed to be a gentleman?" I teased even though he knew I greatly appreciated his actions. I swear he knew so many of the things that I do without ever saying or asking me about them.

"I did. I'm guessing you didn't know that you were crying on the way home last night." Natsu's words fanned over my face and my body was pressed against his, perfectly molding together.

"You better tell me everything." I poked him in the chest moving away slightly. We were both on our sides and I was laying my head on one of my arms.

"Luce you said a lot of things but what I remembered the most was when you were crying about how you missed the way things were back then. Back when I wasn't CEO of Dragneel Corps. You mean the world to me and I don't know what I can do to make you feel better." Natsu pulled away from me with a saddened expression. I had no idea I said those things, I didn't even know that I had those feelings.