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Spending day after day in the cabin Natsu had built near the Guild, going on missions and living, being WITH Natsu was plain and simple, pure. Heaven. Lucy could genuinely not think of any time she was as happy as she was with him. It still amused her to think of the times she was too flustered to acknowledge her feelings for him, until things came to a head.

And then the kids came along during that mission - Nev and Justine, along with their 'mom' Regine. If Natsu becoming an integral part of Lucy's life was like completing her, then the kids and Regine were the added frosting on a perfected cake. Yeah that metaphor was all over the place. GRANTED it was a little difficult to get time alone with Nev and Justine almost demanding their attention a good amount of the time, but she didn't mind, and didn't think Natsu did either. They had their evenings together, and their little hiding spots to sneak away to, sometimes just for fun.

Meanwhile the first rays of light were beginning to filter in through the window-shades of their room, with Lucy snuggled up against Natsu's side, an arm wrapped around him with a faint smile on her lips. Not quite awake yet, but in that in-between point of just about to rouse. The birds had barely even begun to chirp when the distant BAM! of a door swinging open, followed by barely hushed giggling voices and scampering feet could be heard by Dragonslayer senses with ease, obviously heading towards said cabin.

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"Hmhmhm~ It's fine it's fine as long as we don't go TOO far~" Natsu certainly did not seem keen to stop just yet and they were settled neatly in a small pit in the fluff fort.

"Natsu..~!" Lucy's protests don't even get past soft chiding, amused in spite of herself at his shamelessness. "What's gotten into you," she murmured against his ear. But he did have a point, they'd be fine as long as they didn't go TOO far. Still she snugged her arms closer around him with a throaty little chuckle and a soft sigh.

"What are you talking about? I'm no different than usual~" He purred getting even more comfortable on top of her but not letting his hands wander anywhere inapropriate.

"Oh is that so?" She chuckles, "It must be my wild imagination," saaaaaarcasm. He's getting totally cozy up there-- granted, this fluffy wool pit was like their own little fluffy cavern, if she let herself forget that they were out back in the Guild. But they were finally home so she could easily indulge in the coziness with him. Also having complete confidence that her sarcasm was going to be totally lost on him.

"Suuure it is~ Just like this~" Natsu purred and sealed her lips again but this time with a much more passionate kiss, even rolling his tongue in past her lips with a purring growl.

"Nna-nnnnnmmm.." Once again her gentle attempt to scold her beloved melts into a soft sigh, her lips curving into a warm smile, her free hand sliding up to gently caress the side of his face and into his hair.

He doesn't let her surface for air until she's good and dazed with joy and love but when he does, he stares back down at her with the proudest of smirks.

As a result she does let out a few squeaks when his goal is to make her completely and utterly breathless. When he does pull back, it takes her several minutes to open her eyes again, successfully dazed.

But seeing that proud smirk on his face put an adoring one on hers, "... you're such a bad influence." She murmured softly, with a gentle, lopsided grin.

He chuckles before nipping at her ear for a moment.

"Says the one who made it so I had no choice but to trap you with my legs instead of my arms~"

She chuckled, "No choice hrm? Well if that bothers you so much, then you can have that choice back." She reached up to toy with his scarf, flicking it at his face, grinning.

"Not really bothered but I won't say no to getting my hand on you now~" Natsu purred and finally placed his palm against her side pressing up flush against her now.

She chuckled, "Nothing much ever seems to bother you, does it?" She tugged on his scarf to pull him closer, shifting to arch her back a little and let him snake his hand under her if he wants. "Come here, you." So she can nuzzle against that warmth, "You're so weird." Takes one to know one though, right?

"You know what would be nice?" She says, rather suddenly after a moment, "If we camped out on a clear night, together. Just the two of us." They've lost their little love-island too, alas. Now they're going to have to adventure for new secret cuddle spots! New adventures!

"Say the weirdo~" natsu said coling his arm around her back just as she wordlessly invited him to do. Then he pulled up close and murmured softly into her ear as he pressed into her amidst the fort of fluff.

"oh? Just you and me and the stars you haven't seen in so long? I wouldn't mind that. We'll have to find a good place for it~" Meaning they would have to spend time exploring around for a bit.

She brushes her lips against his cheek when he pulls in close, a blissful little sigh slipping out as she gets comfortable in his arms. Idly running her hand along his back, like petting a lazy cat, chuckling at him calling her a weirdo in turn.

"Exactly. I have to greet them all like old friends, even though I apparently never left here - WE never left." She curls up a little bit into him with a soft humm. "Which honestly makes me feel better than thinking we just vanished from here without a trace for over a year."

He allows her to pull him in close, his smile pressing against her cheek before he pulled back a little to enjoy the sight of LUcy beaming up at him like this.

"Then we can figure that out later. I'll be with you no matter what after all~"

Her smile only grew more dorky and obliviously blissful the more she regarded him, as if just the sight of him made her more and more happy by the second. "We'll have to figure out where to put up Regine and the kids too. Fairy Hills is a bit pricey for them right now."

"Hmmmm. How about my old place? Happy and I can stay with you for a while~ After all you got used to having me around all the time since we were like that back in that other world~" Natsu suggested after a moment of pondering on the matter.

"That could work!" Which would fit the 'while' part. At least long enough for them to look for a larger place. "He'd just better stay out of my things, and watch what he claws around me." If he claws her furniture she's booting him out the window!

.. Only not. She missed the little furball. At least the teasing won't last long.

"Hahah well maybe he will~" Not that he really believed she'd kick him out when she likely missesd him just as much as Natsu did. That and the fact that Happy was spending more and more time with Charle that meant privacy wouldn't be that much of a problem either.

No she wouldn't do that. SHe'd give the little blue Exceed the biggest hug until he begged for mercy, OF WHICH SHE WOULD GIVE NONE, MWAHAHAHA.

But she tilted her head a little and leaned up to sneak a little kiss to his nose. "Come on, we shouldn't stay out here much longer." Mainly because it twas too tempting to do exactly that.

"Mmmm do we really have to?" Natus mock growled but wasn't really keeping her down if she gave him a bit of a shove. But would she? Now that was the question.

Oh she really doesn't want to. She wanted nothing more than to snuggle and curl up against him like this, "Mmmh, are you really going to put that on meeeee..."

"Well we do share this throne of ours~" Natsu all but purred as he leaned closer with a cheeky shameless grin.

She chuckled softly, "You always say that when it's something I don't want to do, but have to." Like let him go and nudge him away so she could get up. He was DEFINITELY a bad influence on her. Or a good one, "If I left it up to you we wouldn't move ever." She teased.

He did move away but he smirked back at her before he nipped the back of her neck for a split second before pulling away completely.

"You can't say that would be so bad though can you~?"