So, I forgot to mention:

Lucy is 20 and Natsu is 26. Anyway, that's all! Let's start the chapter! Hope you enjoy! <3

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My eyes stay closed as I feel his warm lips against mine. His lips brush against me with sweet intimacy that's full of longing and want. But the kiss isn't lustful or passionate. It's more of an 'I missed you' type of kiss that shows how much we've longed for each other. My heart starts beating fast as we share the simple but wistful kiss.

Natsu grunts as I lock my hand into his soft spiky cherry blossom hair. As soon as we break apart, he caresses my cheek gently with his firm hand. We stare into each other's eyes, breathless just from that one kiss. I've never experienced anything so exhilarating.

"May I kiss you again?" He whispers, still caressing my cheek. He searches my face, looking for any sign of discomfort. My heart flutters with warmth, knowing he cares enough to ask. Some girls might not care, but for me...that means everything.

"Y-yes." I whisper. My voice low and hoarse from the kiss. My body trembles at the anticipation of kissing him again. So I lift myself up and grab the back of his head, while connecting our lips.

This kiss is different, more passionate and full of lust. Natsu lifts my head up, his calloused hands buried in my somewhat still wet hair. I tangle my hands in his soft spikes, pulling him closer. He tugs at my lower lip, asking for entrance, and I let him.

Gripping his hair, I groan while his tongue slips in. This makes him grunt in response and lower his right hand casually down my back. I yelp when he slightly squeezes my side. Hearing this, he immediately stops.

"I'm sorry, Luce." Natsu says, pulling away, his voice hoarse. "I got a little carried away." He sighs, looking sad at his sudden action.

"It's ok, Natsu." I put my head against his shoulder. "Lets just take it slow...for now..."

"Of course." His chest rumbles from the low chuckle. Circling his arms around me, Natsu gives me a tight squeeze while kissing my forehead. "How about we play that game? I'll order us some pizza." He chuckles with a smile, while looking down at me.

Looking up, I grin up at him. "Sounds like a good plan."

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"I win again this round!" I slam my controller with delight down on the table. There's pizza boxes strewn all over the table and a bottle of soda with two glass cups placed on as well. About two hours have passed since we started playing, Fairy Tail: Legend of the Magic Games, Volume IV.

"Nice, Luce." Natsu says through a mouthful of pizza. "But I still beat you way more in the other rounds." He winks at me.

"Hey! Let me be happy!" I slap him shoulder with affection and grab the controller, pressing the menu button. "Let's play another round!" Laughing in excitement, I press on Celestial Goddess the avatar I recently created. She has blonde hair like mine and wears a maid outfit. But don't underestimate her character, she can be very strong and dangerous when she wants to be.

"Oh, your on!" Natsu pumps his fist in an excited manner. Grabbing his controller, he picks E.N.D, his avatar. He has pink hair and a demon like look. His expression when you first press to choose him, is an evil like smirk. But don't underestimate him, he can be soft yet dangerous at the same time.

The rule of this game is to create avatars and add them to a magic guild. In the game, you have your characters choose teams where you take on many jobs that are normally called quests. Some people play against each other or together. If you choose to play as enemies, your characters have to battle one another. And whoever kills who, is the winner. But if you decide to play as a team, whoever battles the most enemies in one quest wins the game. Natsu and I decided to make ours a team in the same guild. Natsu won 4 while I won 2, which isn't too bad since I haven't played in such a long time.

Soon enough we begin playing. I'm just about to reach level four. My avatar is fighting against the dark guild, known as Raven Tail. Natsu is  on my team, but he is in on level 10.

"Damn, I got injured!" He curses when one of the dark wizards shoots his avatar with dark magic. This makes him almost lose a life. If you lose your life, you go back one level. It can be difficult and tricky at times. I had to go back a life my 3rd game, which was during level 2. The other games, I zoomed too each level pretty fast.

Natsu on the other hand, never lost a life...yet. The lucky bastard!

"Ha!" I grin with delight and move my character foreword while battling a red haired female wizard. The game goes on for another forty-five minutes and I'm in the lead once again for the third time.

"Looks like you might win again." Natsu groans for the third time.

"Awe, is someone feeling bad?" I tease, ruffling his salmon hair.

"Ha! No way!" He smirks and leans forward, focusing all his might on the screen.

Surprisingly, he catches up and regains some of the life he just lost. We end up battling the same dark wizard. Just as I'm about to beat her, I feel a hand skim against my thigh. This causes me to lose a breath and stop suddenly. The brush of his hand is gentle but makes me lose concentration. I bite my lip, trying to regain it, but then Natsu beats the red haired mage and wins the round.

"Look who won now." He smirks, pleased at his achievement.

I glare at him. "Cheater!"

He feigns surprise. "Whatever do you mean? I won fair and square!"

I roll my eyes. "Sure."

Just then Natsu's phone chimes indicating a coming in message. Grabbing it from the living room table, he opens it up and looks at the message.

"What is it?"

He looks up at me with a smile. "Your phone and wallet were found."

Relief floods through me. "Oh, thank Mavis! Is everything in it, other than the credit card of course?" I canceled my credit card and luckily all the money was still there, so I just ordered a new one. Although, I did have some cash and all my other stuff, like my license, library card, insurance, some gift cards, and other cards people normally hold in their wallets.

Natsu nods. "Yes, at least all the important cards, but if you had cash or gift cards, that's all gone." He stands up and stretches before motioning me to follow him into the kitchen.

"I'm not surprised the cash is gone. But the gift card? I guess whoever stole my wallet likes Nail salons and Victoria Secret." I muse, while following him and gulp the glass of water he hands me.

"At least you have one good thing out of it." Natsu looks at me, referring what happened today like the burglary and me running into him.

"And what's that?" I feign confusion.

He leans close to my ear. "Me."

"I uh..." I stutter, my face utterly red from his breath that's brushing softly in my ear. Just then there's a knock on the door. A guy opens the door and peaks his head in. His spiked raven hair looking messy.

"Hey, Flame Brain!" He calls in excitement. "The guys and I wanna go practice at the base in 30 minutes! So stop playing that game and get your lazy ass out of he-." He stops when he sees me. "Oooh...didn't know you had company." He winks at Natsu, smirking slightly.

"Ice Princess." Natsu says coldly, while running a hand through his hair. "How many times have I told you not to bother me while I'm in my suite relaxing?"

"You didn't answer." 'Ice Princess' counters, while crossing his hand across his chest. "Now tell me..." He leans foreword while giving me a smile. "Who's this pretty young lady? A fan perhaps?"

Natsu shakes his head and wraps his arm around me. "No, Popsicle, this is Lucy."

The raven haired guy starts chuckling. "So this is the Lucy we've heard so much about." Walking towards us, he gives me a flashy smile. "Nice to meet you, Lucy." He holds out his hand. "I'm Gray, this idiot's best friend."

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Date Published: January 12th, 2020
Word count: 1426