Tsukiko looks confused at what the guards say but she grins when Natsu comes out but she looks confused when he gos to another door and she looks a little worried.

"Would I be able to go in there....?"

She asks in a worried tone and looks at the guards before looking at Natsu again.

Natsu nods with a small smile.

"Yea this door leads to..."

He opens the door and walks down the stairs.

"It leads to the First floor of the city...where my house is."

Natsu's stops and turns around waiting for Tsukiko.

"What did you actually brought with you?"

Tsukiko's eyes widen when Natsu starts walking down the stairs and she quickly bows to the guards before following him down the stairs and she stops right behind him sighing in relief that he stopped but she looks up at him surprised at his question and smiles at him softly.

"Err.... I only brought an extra pair of clothing and money... along with what I have on me.... why?"

She asks worriedly before tilting her head.

"Should I have tried and brought more...?"

Natsu shakes his head with a small smile.

"Nah...i just wondered if you did bring any clothes."

He says with the same smile before he walks down and opens another door and they enter a street with rows of houses on each side.

"I have to leave tomorrow Tsukiko...for...something important...but also dangerous...
Do you....want to come with me?"

Natsu asks in a curious tone while he walks down the street.

Tsukiko nods in understanding at what he says and she grins.

"Ah! that makes sense..."

She says while hitting the side of her head softly and sticks her tongue out playfully in a sign as "why didn't I think of that" but she quickly turns her attention to her surroundings and she looks around amazed but she turns to Natsu even more surprised at his question and her grin widens.

"Of course I want to go!! but..."

Tsukiko looks down worriedly for a few seconds but she looks up at him again.

"Would I really be able to go with you...? I... I don't want to be stopped again like I got stopped by thoughs guards...."

She says with a pout before kicking the ground softly showing she doesn't want that to happen again.

a soft smile goes across his face when he sees her sticking out her tongue and sighing.
He turns to her with the same smile.

"Don't worry about that...i got a plan...but I'll tell you what we're going to do when we sit down with some wine."

He says while he turns back to the road.

"But...there might be something that you don't want to do...but it has to happen."

Natsu whispers in a soft tone and a serious expression goes across his face while people wearing the same outfit Natsu's wearing walk past them.

Tsukiko looks surprised at what he says but she crinkles her nose when he mentions the wine and she shakes her head.

"Alright.... but I don't want wine thanks..."

She says with a weak smile but she looks at him even more surprised at his next statement and looks a little worried.

"What is it...?"

Natsu turns to her with a small smile.

"Okay..what about..tea?"

He asks with the same smile but stops next to his house and looks around.

"I'll tell you when we get inside."

Natsu says with a serious tone but a happy expression goes across his face.

"I have to warn you though..."

He turns to his house and takes out his keys before he opens the door and steps into the hallway.

"There's a living room with a couch and a table..the kitchen is part of the living room..so against the wall..and the bathroom has a shower and a bathtub..
But..there's only one bedroom with one..bed..so we got share it."

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The living room is in the back with the kitchen.
The bathroom is on the right down the hallway and the bedroom is on the left with one kingsize bed.

Tsukiko looks surprised when he mentions the tea and she grins with a nod.

"That's fine... thanks..."

She says with the same grin but she looks a little worried again when he says to wait but she looks confused a little shocked when he says they would have to share the bed but she nods.

"Oh-Okay... I guess that should have been expected since your living alone....right?"

Tsukiko says with a small smile trying to show it was alright.

Natsu looks at her with a small smile.

"Yea..your right about that.
Anyway come in..no need for waiting outside."

He walks to the living room and opens a closet.
Natsu unties his belt and takes the cloak off.
He puts them both in the closet with the dagger and then sits down with a sigh.

"Finally..."

Natsu unclips the blade and bracer before he puts it on the table.
(the hidden blade that's always covered by his sleeve.)

"Where did i....?"

Tsukiko nods and she quickly follows Natsu into the house and looks around amazed before walking into the living room after him and watches him take off the cloak and all the weapons but she stays in the doorway.

"Huh... this seems like a really "cozy" place to live..."

She says with a bright smile hoping it didn't sound offensive.

"It's nice..."

Natsu looks at her with a small smile.

"Thanks...i know it's...not that big like the castle you used to live in.
But...atleast we got a roof above our heads."

He says with the same smile before he looks around again like he's searching for something and when he looks down at the couch he's sitting on he throws the pillow on the ground and a grin goes across his face.

"Ah....pocky...."

Natsu grabs the pack with biscuit sticks covered with chocolate and takes one out before he puts it in his mouth.

"Hmmmmmmm~"

He turns to Tsukiko with the biscuit stick in his mouth.

"Yowu wrrant one twooh?"
"You want one to?"

Natsu asks while he raises the pack with biscuit sticks.

Tsukiko looks at him surprised but she smiles softly.

"It's better that way.... and I don't care how big it is as long as it has a cozy feeling..."

She says before tilting her head cutely but she looks a little confused when he says pocky while she takes her shoes off at the doorway before walking to the couch and sits next to Natsu while she takes the belt off with the swords and takes off the cloak while she looks surprised at his offer and looks down at the box confused before taking one piece out of the box and she sticks it in her mouth letting a long portion of it hang outside her mouth and she sucks on it.

Whrat ish thish?" What is this?

Tsukiko asks confused while she sucks on the pocky.

Natsu takes it out his mouth with a small smile.

"Biscuit covered with chocolate.
It's one of my favorite snacks."

He says with the same smilel but a serious expression goes across his face.

"I'll take care of that bed for you as soon as i can..
But..um..when you asked who's men were chasing us..those are..umm..there are people that hunt assassin's..so i am not sure who send those them but..i'm still trying to find out..who.."

Natsu puts the pocky back in his mouth and sighes.

Tsukiko raises her eyebrow when he tells what it is and she takes it out of her mouth.

"It's good!"

She exclaims with a grin but looks at him shocked when he tells her about the guards that were chasing them and he looks down sadly.

"Oh I see..."

Tsukiko whispers while putting the pocky back on her mouth and looks down to think while the term "girlfriend" pops into her had again and she takes it out of her mouth.

"What does the term "girlfriend" mean?"

Natu takes the biscuit out his mouth and nods with a small smile but chuckles when he hears her question.

"Girlfriend?...
Well...that's...um...if girl loves a boy and he loves her too then their interested in each other right?
So they start dating..and then he becomes her boyfriend and she's his girlfriend."

He says with a small smile but raises his eyebrow.

"But..why do you want to know?"

Natsu asks in a curious tone but chuckles again.

"Did someone ask you out?"

Tsukiko raises her eyebrow at his explanation and she nods as she takes the pocky out of her mouth again.

"That makes sense then.... err... no one asked me out... but the guards in front of that building you went into before asked if I was your girlfriend.... I said yes explaining that I believed it was a friend that was a girl and they understood that I wasn't your girlfriend... sooo yea..."

She says with a shrug before sticking it back in her mouth but she quickly takes it out again.

"What does dating mean...?"

Natsu chuckles again but looks up at the ceilling.

"Heh....umm....dating....well let's see....it's like....umm well you see a date is like if i was your boyfriend we would go out on date..and that is.."

He looks back at her in thought.

"Ummm...how should i explain it... a date is like doing something fun together with your girlfriend..and..dating..is like..doing..what i just told you..but..then we would already be..boyfriend and girlfriend......something like that."

Natsu looks down in thought.

"Hmmmmmmmm...i actually don't know how to explain it..."

Tsukiko looks down in thought at everything he says and she bites the pocky and chews on it before swallowing it once it lost it's chocolaty flavor and she sighs.

"Thank you for your information.... I never knew there was something between friend and betrothal.... wonder why I never learned about "dating"..."

She thought aloud confused but she leans back into the sofa and looks at him with a soft smile.

Natsu looks slightly suprised.

"Wait...what?...you never learned that?"

He looks down in thought but a small smile goes across his face when he looks back at her.

"Well guess i thought you something important.
But...how old are you anyway?"

Natsu asks in a curious tone.

Tsukiko nods at his question and she looks embarrassed that she didn't learn it.

"Yea.... I'm really confused now as to why..."

She says but she grins at his statement.

"Yes you did.... thank you again..."

Tsukiko says with the grin but she looks surprised when she heard his question and she smiles softly.

"Im seventeen right now..... how about yourself?"

Natsu looks at her with a small smile and also eats the biscuit and swallows before he looks at the table with a sad expression.

"I am...already...fifty...years old..."

He whispers in a tone like he really means it but chuckles when he looks back at her.

"Naaah i am twenty...so do you want to look around the city?
I got to go shopping anyway."

Natsu says with a small smile.

Tsukiko looks at him shocked when he said he was fifty years old and her jaw drops.

"There is no way you are fifty years old.... you look too young...."

She says before blushing in embarrassment when he tells her his real and she punches his shoulder softly.

"You jerk... you tricked me..."

Tsukiko says looking angry but she chuckles with a soft smile before raising her eyebrow when she hears his question.

"Sure! that sounds fun..... do I have to bring my cloak...?"

She asks while she tilts her head cutely.

"Or can I go the way I am... err... with shoes of course..."

Natsu chuckles when she punches his shoulder softly.

"Heh...umm...sure you can go with shoes..or without shoes..whatever you prefer."

He says with another chuckle before he stands up and goes to the closet.
Natsu puts the robe back on and ties the belt around it.
Then he walks back to the table and grabs the hidden blade and puts it back around his wrist and hides it under his sleeve.

"Just in case..."

Natsu thought with a small smile when he looks at Tsukiko.

Tsukiko pouts at his response and she sighs before standing up and puts the belt with the swords back on along with the cloak without the hood up and she goes to the doorway and puts on her shoes before turning back to him.

"Alright let's go wise guy..."

She says with a small smirk before walking into the hallway and leans on the wall waiting for him.