• (Lucy's POV) •

The gap had closed between the two boys' lips, but they froze in horror at the sight they saw.

At the door ........... stood my mother.

It was silent. Natsu and Sting sat on the bed, in full view of my mother. No one knew what to do.
"I-I'm going to l-leave.." My mother stuttered, slowly closing the door.

When she left, I tried so hard to not laugh, but I failed miserably, bellowing out tears of laughter.
"Hey!" Natsu yelled. "NOT FUNNY!"
I couldn't reply; I was too busy trying to breathe. Sting just sighed.
"Well, wasn't expecting that."

"Why meeeeee??" Natsu moaned into a pillow. Sting was hitting his head against the bedpost repeatedly and I was struggling to stand.
"Well," I managed to say between giggles. "You got your fun, let's sleep."

The three of us simultaneously collapsed onto the bed and fell asleep in a jumble of body parts.

• (Natsu's POV) •

I woke up the next morning to the click of a camera.
"Gotcha!" This stranger smirked. Then giggles could be heard from lots of people.

"Hmm...what the!?" I moaned, weakening from my slumber. I looked up and saw all of Lucy and Sting's friends in the room. One boy, I think his name is Gray, held a camera in his hand.
"Wow, I'm keeping this." He smirked.
"Send it me!" A girl with blue hair and an orange dress smiled.
"And me!" Another yelled.

"Hold on a minute." I said sinisterly. I glared at the group, making most of them tremble in my wake. "Gimme the camera."
"No way man!" Gray yelled. "It's mine!" I got out of bed, lighting my fist on fire, making everyone cower.
"How does he do that?"
"He looks so strong!"
"That's a real dragon!"
"I said, gimme the camera." I bellowed. The camera dropped at my feet, allowing me to pick it up and examine the picture.

"What the heck!?" I cried, extinguishing my fire. "Why the heck would you wanna keep a piece of crap like this?"
"N-Natsu?" Luce stirred, rubbing her eye. "What's going on?"
"Well," I began. "Your 'friends' are being pervs and taking pictures of us while we sleep."
"Huh?" She questioned.

"As Lucy's protector, I can not allow you to keep this photo." I said sternly. "Get rid of it or I'll get rid of this device."
"You wouldn't dare!" A bluenette yelled. She stood behind Gray, almost hugging him. I think she's called... Jimmy.... Jura.... I don't know.
"Try me." The hand that held the camera lit up with flames, and it burnt to a crisp.

"Man, that's harsh." A boy with blue hair and a red scar huffed.
"What?" I was getting slightly pissed now. "And taking pictures of people when they sleep isn't?"
"We weren't gonna do anything with it!" A guy with piercings yelled.
"I don't care what you were gonna do. I don't know how things work in the human world, but where I come from, taking pictures of sleeping people isn't tolerated!" I spieled.

"Braking that camera wasn't the right thing to do though!" A red head stepped up.
"I'm not a hero, my job is to protect Luce, no matter the cost, not to do the right thing." I argued.

"Tch. Let's get outta here." Gray scoffed. They all walked out the room, leaving me, Luce, and a still sleeping Sting in there.

"Ugh.." Luce moaned. "I'll be surprised if I have friends after this." I just grunted in reply.
"I'm gonna go get ready. Will you wake Sting up?" She asked.
"With pleasure.." I grinned sinisterly.

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