Today was a hot day.

Me and Natsu had decided to walk to the local park after passing by the local grocery store to buy food. It was a big park; thriving, green trees peppering the lush field of grass and flowers, a little pond planted in the centre and benches dotted around.

People were spread throughout the park. Children danced around, having water fights or playing little games of tag. Parents sat, talking to eachother about how great the hot weather was, or how their co-worker was once again P'ing them off.

Me and Natsu delved into the natureous world, holding hands. We found a spot of serenity, a little quieter than the main areas of the large park. We placed down the blanket and food. Together we lay on the blanket, head to head, looking up into the sky.

The sun tickled our skin as it shone down through the towering trees. We laughed and joked, pointing at the sky when a cloud passed by shaped like a deformed elephant.

"Hey Natsu?" I asked, breaking the quiet silence we were previously experiencing, lay on our backs looking up.

He turned his head to look at me.

"Yeh?"

"Remember when we met?" I said, looking back up into the sky.

"I was going to open the door of our dorm when you beat me to it." A happy giggled escaped my lips as I reminisced the moment. "Then you told me you weren't interested in me, as I was apparently begging you to sleep with me."

He let out a throaty chuckle.

"Did I really say that?" He laughed, shaking his had as he looked back up to the clear sky.

"That was a funny day. I was so shocked that my room mate was a boy." I carried on, placing my arms behind my head. "I was so confused at lunch, getting so many dirty looks from girls at other tables. They were jealous I was friends with you"

"Well what can I say" Joked Natsu, now propping his head on his elbow to look at me. "Have you see his beautiful face?" He said, gesturing with his free hand to himself.

I laughed once again, gently pushing his arm with my hand, causing him to fall back into his back. Seconds later my body was invaded by tickles. Natsu crouched over me, fingers prodding and pocking at all parts, trying to find my most ticklish areas. I screamed for him to stop, unwillingly laughing loudly as I rolled around on the floor, trying to escape his wild grasp.

"NO Natsu p-AHH-please!" I yelled, swatting my hands in all directs, hoping to eventually make contact with something and stop the violent tickling shooting around my body.

The tickling suddenly stopped as two hands pinned down my arms, stopping my sporadic swatting. I opened my eyes from their shut state.

"Woah! You nearly hit my face there!" Said Natsu, cheekily grinning.

"That's where I was aiming!" I retorted, wiggling a hand from beneath his grasp and patting his cheek softly.

"Oi!" He gasped, lunged forward to tickle me again. This time I rolled away onto the grass, dodging his finicky fingers.

"A HA!" I shouted, pointing at him as he face planted the floor, expecting my body to be there. We both ended up laughing before regaining composure and sitting back together on the blanket. The comfortable silence awoke again. The sounds of tweeting birds and rustling trees cascaded through the air.

"So what do you think of Mavis and Zeref? Do you like them?" I asked Natsu, now calmed down from our random hyperactive surge.

"Yeh, they're really nice!" Replied Natsu, smiling.

"They're the closest I have to parents, I hope you don't feel like it was too early to meet them..." I pondered, looking at Natsu's expression nervously.

"Not at all Luce. Nothings to quick with us." He said, delicately placing his hand around my cheek, pulling me in for a soft kiss. I closed my eyes as our lips touched, opening them again as we pulled away.

A few hours later me and Natsu had ate some snacks, chilled in the park a little longer and we're now heading to the movie theatre to meet Mavis and Zeref.

After parking up, we headed inside.

"Hi!"I called, greeting the two with a hug, Natsu doing the same to mavis, then shaking Zeref's hand and pulling him in for a 'bro hug'.

"What movie are we watching?" Asked Natsu, as we all made our way to buy the tickets.

"I kinda feel like a romance" swooned Mavis happily, we all laughed.

"What about some kind of action?" Suggested Zeref.

Soon enough a movie had been decided and we bought the tickets. We queued to buy some popcorn, nachos and drinks, before entering the cinema room.

-

"That was sick!" Yelled Zeref as we left the movies theatres. "I can't believe that evil guy won in the end, such a plot twist"

"I know right? I never saw that coming!" Replied Natsu.

The two boys conversed a while about the movie while Mavis sulked at the fact she didn't get to watch about romance.

-

After getting back to Mavis and Zeref's, me and Natsu had started packing up. We were going back home tonight and it was already late.

"This weekend has been great" Said Natsu as he threw his clothes into his suitcase. I nodded in agreement as I carefully folded mine.

"It's nice to see family again, I felt like I hadn't seen them in ages." I replied, now placing my toiletries in my bag.

Natsu's smile faded, a sad look now rested in his eyes.

"Hey maybe we should visit your dad next week?" I said, trying to cheer him up. He had mentioned living with his dad when I'd met Wendy, but I wasn't to sure about his mother.

He looked down at the floor.

"Natsu is everything okay?" I asked, getting up from where I was sat and going to sit beside him.

"No. Not really" Natsu said quietly. He carried on looking at the floor, not making eye contact.

I shuffled closer to him and wrapped arm around him.

"Talk to me Natsu. I'm here."

There was a pause.

"It's my dad." He said, taking a deep breath and looking into my worried eyes. My heart broke at his face, he looked so distraught.

"He went missing a year ago and no one's found anything. The police had been looking for him but stopped eventually after finding no lead." He continued, taking another shakey breath and looking back down.

"I just miss him. I want to know if he's okay. If he's... If he's even alive." He gulped.

I pulled him close, hugging him tightly. I had no idea how to comfort him. I wasn't good at comforting people. I couldn't reassure him his dad was okay because I honestly didn't know.

I rubbed his back gently, leaving a kiss on his cheek. A salty taste was left in my mouth as I realised he was crying. His tears silently fell down his cheeks, leaving trails of his sadness behind.

"Natsu." I whispered, lifting his chin to look at me.

"I'm sure your dad is fine. We can get in contact with the police and get them to start up the case again. They can't just stop looking. A missing person has to be found." I said, still rubbing his back in the process.

My hand caressed his cheek, wiping away a single tear with my thumb.

It truly broke my heart to see him like this but I'm happy he opened up to me.

"Yeh..." He replied. He stood up, wiping his face with his hands.

"Sorry Luce, I didn't mean to put a damper on the evening..." Natsu sighed, zipping up his suitcase and placing it to the side of the room.

"Not at all Natsu, these things need to be talked about--and I'm happy you're comfortable talking to me about these things" I replied.

"Obviously I don't understand exactly how you feel but... When my mother died I lived with my dad until a year ago, when he got into a car crash drink driving was when I moved here with Mavis and Zeref." I said quietly. It was a hard topic for me to talk about but I was a little used to it by now.

"I told you about my dad--how he acted when my mother first died. Even after 5 years he was still deep in depression; using alcohol as a solution. When he passed, it was more of a relief. He could finally rest with my mother." I finished.

"My mother died too." Natsu said, sitting back down next to me on the floor.

"I was only a baby."

"I'm sorry Natsu." I said, looking into his eyes apologetically.

He sighed, giving me a sad smile.

"These things happen" He stated, pushing himself up off the floor once again and stretching an arm down towards me.

"Come on, let's head home."

-

The mood eventually changed as me and Natsu headed back home. We sang our loudest to songs we didn't even know, messed around taking random routes and nearly getting lost. Soon enough we were home, tucked away in bed.