Firenze

Tsukiko closes her eyes tighter when he pokes her forehead and she slowly opens her eyes with a drowsy expression but her eyes widen in shock when she see's how close he was and she gasps.

"N-Natsu!"

she says loudly in surprise before falling backwards off the bed and falls on her backside which makes her yelp in pain and she closes her eyes tightly.

"ach..... that hurt...."

Tsukiko whispers in pain before quickly moving her legs to her sides and tries to stand up while taking a few deep breathes to calm down.

"N-Natsu.... you can't sneak up on me like that..."

She says with another deep breath and tries to stand up again without hurting herself.

Natsu looks suprised when she falls off the bed and he quickly crawls to the edge of the bed and looks at her worried but holds out his hand.

"Are you alright?
Sorry that i scared you."

He says with a soft smile but chuckles.

"What were you dreaming about anyway?
I heard you calling my name..."

Natsu asks in a curious tone.

Tsukiko looks up at Natsu when he holds out his hand and she hesitates for a second before giving him her hand.

"I-I'm fine..."

She breathes before closing her eyes. But her eyes open in surprise at his question and she looks down embarrassed.

"That was ummm...."

Tsukiko looks down worriedly but looks up at him with a weak smile.

"at first it was a memory from when I was a kid.... it was a few years after my mom left and my dad did something....it was to stop me from leaving but.... I... I don't know why.... but I can't remember what it was he had did.... what I do remember.... was the pain it made.... the pain was unbearable...."

She says and she stops with a deep breath to keep the tears down, but a softer smile goes across her face and she looks up at him again.

"But you had suddenly appeared out of nowhere..... and suddenly...the pain was gone...."

Tsukiko says with a warm smile and she tightens her grip on his hand.

"Thank you...."

Natsu pulls her back on the bed with a soft smile.

"Heh...maybe it's because my hand was on your stomach that i appeared in your dream."

His eyes widen and he quickly shakes his head.

"Not that i was trying to do anything...i just...umm..."

Natsu looks down in thought thinking about what he should say but looks back at her with a warm smile.

"Anyway let's go back to sleep...okay?"

He asks with the same smile but tilts his head.

Tsukiko looks at him surprised at what he says and she blushes.

"Y-Your hand was on my stomach...?"

She asks with an innocent expression but looks really confused not knowing how to react to this but she calms when he says he wasn't trying to do anything and she nods at what he says next.

"If that's what you want to do..."

Tsukiko says but looks down a little worried that the dream might come back if she falls asleep again.

Natsu looks at her worried when he sees her worried expression but a warm smile goes across his face.

"U-Umm....what about you hold my arm?
Maybe that way you know that i am just next to you and maybe you won't get that dream again."

He says with the same smile when he lays back down on the bed and yawns.

"Okay?"

Tsukiko looks up at him surprised at what he says but she nods with a light embarrassed blush when she realizes she was acting like a child but she lays down next to him and she covers herself with the blanket again before letting go of his hand and she hugs his arm.

"Thanks Natsu...."

She whispers with a warm smile before closing her eyes as if she was going to fall asleep in a few seconds but doesn't

Natsu also closes his eyes when she hugs his arm.

"Mwaaah.."

He yawns but opens his eyes halfway and looks up at the ceilling.

"Are...my parents...really...?
No..that...just no!
That can't happen!
They aren't..gone.."

Natsu thought with a serious expression when he looks up at the ceilling with his eyes closed halway.

"They just..can't.."

He whispers while closing his eyes and he slowly falls asleep.

Tsukiko opens her eyes surprised when she hears what he says and she looks up at him worriedly and waits for him to fall asleep before sitting up and leans over him, and kisses his forehead before laying down again and tightens her grip on his arm.

"It's okay.... it's okay...."

She whispers before closing her eyes again and she falls back asleep.

a soft smile goes across his face when she kisses his fore head and after five hours when it's already dark outside he slowly opens his eyes and looks around.

"Hmmmmm...?"

He tries to sit up but feels Tsukiko is still hugging his arm.

"Tsukiko?"

Natsu whispers while he rubs his eye.

Tsukiko loosens her grip on Natsu's arm when she feels him move and she slowly wakes up.

"Hmm...?"

She asks still half asleep when she hears him call her name and she opens her eyes halfway with a dazed expression before yawning.

"What's up...?"

Natsu also yawns and shakes his head.

"Nothing really...i just...wanted to know if you were sleeping."

He says with a soft smile before he lays down again.

"Your hungry?"

Tsukiko pouts at what he says and let's go of his arm before rolling onto her back.

"Well I was...."

She says with a soft smile before closing her eyes again but opens them halfway again when hearing his question.

"I guess..... how long have we slept?"

Natsu chuckles and looks around.

"Umm...i don't know...i guess for a few hours.
It's already dark so yea..."

He moves to the edge of the bed and puts his feet on the ground.

"I don't think we can buy anything...i mean...only order and stuff or go to restaurant.
But what about we get that..new..umm..i don't know what it was but Lydia said i should try it..umm..it's a pizza or something like that."

Natsu walks to his closet in the bedroom and puts on a green jacket with a hood and yawns when he takes out his dark blue jeans.

"So should i get it or are you going with me?"

Tsukiko yawns and she sits up when Natsu edges off the bed and she also gets off the bed and stands.

"I'll come with you... just let me get dressed..."

She says while stretching and she quickly go into the living room picks up the bag and she takes the clothes she had put on before and goes into the bathroom and quickly changes back into it and then goes into the living room with a cute yawn and she goes to the chair she was sleeping in before and she puts her shoes on that were right by the chair.

When Tsukiko comes out the bathroom Natsu walks into it and puts the jeans on and does some water in his hair before he walks out of the bathroom and goes into the hallway.

"Tsukiko..let's go!"

Natsu yells while he opens the door.

Tsukiko nods with a soft smile and she quickly goes to him and walks with him to the door.

"Kay!"

She says with a grin while she walks out of the home into the street.

Natsu also walks out the house and closes the door behind him and locks it.

"So...Tsukiko did you get that dream again?
Or...?"

He asks while he turns around with a soft smile.

Tsukiko looks up at him surprised but she shakes her head with a grin.

"Nope!.... all thanks to Natsu!"

She says with a grin and she tilts her head cutely.

Natsu smiles at her and chuckles.

"I slept great...i felt something soft and warm on my fore head..that was pretty strange.
Heh...but maybe it was a dream..."

He thought out loud but shrugs and looks around.

"So let's go."

Tsukiko's eyes widen at what he says and she looks away embarrassed.

"Heh.... yea... it was probably a dream...."

She says with a soft smile but quickly nods again with a grin.

"Kay!"

Natsu chuckles and turns around and takes a few steps ahead.

"So Tsukiko when is your birthday?"

He asks with a soft smile when he looks at her.

"Hmmmm?"

Tsukiko looks at him surprised at his question but smiles.

"My birthday is on the 22nd of this month...."

She says with a weak smile before looking at the ground.

"Why did you ask that so suddenly?"

Natsu shrugs with a small smile.

"Because i wanted to know when i should buy you a present.
So...the 22nd of this month...and your going to be...?"

He looks at the assassin's walking past them before he looks back at her.

"How old are you anyway?"

Natsu asks with a soft smile while a girl around Natsu's age leans against the wall further ahead like she's waiting for something.


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Yatsuha.

Tsukiko pouts at what he says and she shakes her head.

"You don't need to get me anything.... you've already done so much...."

She says with the pout before seeing Yatsuha leaning against the wall but shrugs before looking up at him again.

"I will be 18 after my birthday...."

Tsukiko says with a grin as if excited.