(Lucy's POV)

It was the next day, and Erza had basically handed over training responsibilities to Natsu, who was over the moon. We sparred all day, taking breaks to eat and drink every now and then. I felt a lot better at fighting than before, thanks to both Erza and Natsu.

"Let's go for a run." Natsu told me, so we set off into the forest together after telling everyone we'd be back for dinner. Once we'd lost sight of everyone, Natsu stopped running and instead walked, so I copied.

"Are we not running?" I asked.
"I just thought we'd get some fresh air."
"Cool." I told him. Suddenly, a small wooden shed caught my eye. "What's that over there?"
"Let's have a look." He answered, so we walked over to the shed and looked inside.

"It looks like someone used to live here." I pointed out. There was a kitchen and a bed and even a toilet, but it hasn't been used in a long time.
"Isn't this the place Mystogan took you to?" Natsu pointed out.
"Oh god, it is!" I exclaimed. "Look, that's the chair!"

After snooping around a bit, Natsu turned to face me.
"Lucy." He started, "there was actually something I wanted to talk to you about. Is that ok?"
"Of course." I smiled. "What's up?"
"I wanted to talk about Gray." He spoke up after a while, turning to look out the window again.
"Gray?" I repeated.
"Yeah. Well, he's your neko person too, and I was thinking about it last night... and.." he trailed off.
"What is it?" I watched as he curled his fist into a ball. "Natsu?"

"Oh- sorry." He snapped out of it. "I was just wondering if... it's not really my place to do anything about it but, do you.. spend time with Gray like you spend time with me?"
"What do you mean by that?" I asked, walking over towards him.
"You know..." he sighed. "Do you do like.. stuff with him?"

"I talk to him." I told Natsu. "And that's about it. I don't really see Gray much, he's always with Juvia."
"Does it bother you?" He asked. "That you're supposed to be his master yet he's always with someone else?"
"I don't really get where you're going with this." I sighed. "I don't see you or Gray as my pets that I have ownership of. I see you as people, and in that sense I don't really care if Gray prefers to be with someone else."

"Would you care if I wanted to be with someone else?" He quickly retorted.
"Hold on, what?" I stopped him. "Are you trying to tell me you don't like me anymore?"
"What? OH GOD NO!" He exclaimed, eyes wide. "I didn't mean like that! I just wanted to know if you.. erm.. preferred me over Gray?"

Oh, I see. He's sees himself and Gray as equals since I'm supposedly both their masters, and is wondering if I feel the same way for Gray as I do for him? Is he jealous?

"I thought it was pretty obvious by now." I giggled. "Of course I prefer you over Gray. I don't tell Gray I love him every day." At this Natsu visibly sighed in relief, his normal smile returning to him.

"That makes me feel better." He smiled. "There was just something about the thought of you and Gray that got me so... angry.."

Angry? So he's being possessive? Cute.

"We're you worried that he was.. showing off.. when he always took his clothes off?" I asked, trying to rile him up slightly.
"Why? Were you looking?" He asked, raising an eyebrow at me.
"Maybe." I shrugged.
"And?" He pursued.

"Well, I'd be lying if I said he didn't look good." I shrugged, trying not to laugh at his facial expression. It looked like there was something inside him that wanted to kill Gray then and there, and it was pretty funny. "Do you recon he thinks I look good?"

He suddenly walked up to me, leaving inches between us, and stared down at me with a solemn expression. My heart started beating faster, since he caught me off guard a little.
"Don't think about him like that." He told me.
"Why not?" I smirked, knowing full well what I was doing. I definitely did not like Gray in that way, but seeing Natsu like this was... hot.

"I don't like it." He stated, and I started messing with his jacket.
"What are you gonna do about it?" I muttered, not meeting his eyes. He slowly reached up to hold my wrists, then I looked up to meet his eyes.
"I'm gonna prove to you that I'm so much better." He whispered, before gently placing his lips on top of mine.

His fingers interlocked with mine, and we slowly stepped backwards until we hit the bed, which I felt Natsu put his knee onto. I sat down, and before I knew I was lying on the bed, making out with Natsu who was on top of me. I ran my fingers through his salmon hair, reaching up to rub his ears, releasing a small moan from him.

He took off his scarf that I was still wearing, and his lips trailed down my neck. When he reached my sweet spot he stayed there, deepening his kiss. An incredible feeling rushed through my entire being, and I released a moan of pleasure whilst grasping into his hair. This in turn caused Natsu to undergo a similar feeling, as I felt him hum against my skin.

After a moment he stopped, and moved to look me straight in the eye.
"Do you want to feel something amazing?" He asked me. I nodded, not thinking twice before slamming my lips back into his.

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We were lying on the bed next to each other, our breathing synchronised. We'd been lying there for a while, until he leant in his arm and turned to look at me.

"Can I see your erm.. marks?"
"Marks?" I asked, quickly realising he meant the hickeys around my neck. I moved my hair out the way, revealing a few small, purple bruises littered there. Upon seeing them he winced, and gently ran his finger over them.
"Do they hurt?" He asked. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have hurt you. I was taught how to not make a mark but I just got too excited and I-"

"It's okay." I smiled at him, holding his hands. "It's supposed to leave a mark, and no, it doesn't hurt." At this he smiled at me. "Besides, I'm more worried about the fact that they taught you how to do this kind of stuff."
"Really?" He asked. "Then how did you learn how to do it?"

I blushed at the question, wondering how the hell I'd answer that.
"Well... by practicing." I told him.
"Well that's all I did." He told me.
"But did you want to?" I retorted. "That's the important thing."
"Is it important?" He asks.
"Of course." I replied. "Something like this should always be consensual. It can be illegal if you do something to someone and they don't want it."

Panic immediately set in to Natsu's face. "Did you want it!?"
"Of course I did." I laughed. "You asked me, stupid. If I didn't want to I would've said no."
"Oh, right." He mumbled. "So... when you practiced.. did you want to?"
"I did." I told him. "Did you?"

"Well... not always.." he muttered. "It was weird. It wasn't as fun as fighting, but I just saw it as training. But.. just now.. when I was with you, it felt so... different."
"Did you want to just now?" I checked.
"Yes." He replied. "Every inch of my body wanted to."
"But back then..." I mumbled. "Did they make you do stuff you didn't want to do?"
"Well... ye-eah." He stuttered. "But everyone did it, so we just.. did it, you know?"

"No," I sighed. "That shouldn't have happened, I'm so sorry Natsu."
"It's done now, I guess." He shrugged, looking downcast.
"Don't worry." I told him. "We'll get the person who 'taught' you that stuff when you didn't want to put in prison for what they did. I promise."

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(Still Lucy's POV)

It had been a few days since Natsu and I.. well. We'd been training non-stop, but Erza had called everyone to the kitchen table. Instead of staring at food like we all thought, we were staring at a huge map of the Heartfilia building.

"Right kids." Erza smiled, "Today's the day we're going in." I looked around at everyone, to see a mix of excitement and fear on their faces. I felt Natsu squeeze my hand under the table, and when I turned to look at him I saw how ready he was to completely destroy the building.

That was the plan; we send in the three idiots Natsu, Gray and Gajeel to make a huge mess and to create a distraction, then me, Levy, Juvia and Erza will sneak in, pull the fire alarm to evacuate the place. Then we'll all move over to the security room, find CCTV evidence of the establishment abusing the neko people, and then get outta there. Mystogan is our escape route; he's meeting us at the back door in a mini van, which we'll jump into and run away in.

"Everyone clear on what we've got to do?" Erza asked, and everyone nodded.
"Right then," She smiled. "We leave at 8. Be ready."

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(A/N): woo. No update for years then all of a sudden a double update! We love unpredictability 🤠✊🏻

I hope my writing has improved a little since like 2015 lol... anyways, hope you enjoyed.

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