Hopefully those scratches would heal up the next time they went to the beach with others. Otherwise who knows what kind of bizarre story Lucy would concoct to cover up the real reason he was scratched like that.

No, she wasn't allowing Natsu to make up the excuse. God no. She let out a happy hum feeling his lips pressing against her throat, nuzzling against his cheek with a smile, cheeks pink. "..we didn't get much washing done after all." She'd had a feeling it would end up this way..and she still agreed to get in the tub with him. Le sigh!