[:A/N: I'm gonna start using 3rd person POV for a lot of them, that okay?]

Author's P.O.V.

Natsu came inside the guild, a huge grin sprawled across his face while he entered with Happy flying over his shoulder. The first person he saw was Wendy, so he joined her, why not? Right? Happy ran to Carla right away.

"Oh Carla~! I brought some yummy fish for us," he chimed as he took off his green nap sack, "Wanna have some with me for breakfast?"

"Hmph, I already had breakfast Tomcat. Why don't you go ask Lily if he wants to?" She replied, rather rudely. Quite typical for Carla to do so to Happy, but he stayed with her anyway. She didn't seem to care.

Natsu and Wendy had started up a conversation of their own, mostly about jobs and other people in Fairy Tail, i.e. Gray or Erza. But then the question finally popped into his mind that should have lingered for a long time, "Hey Wendy? Where's Lucy?". Shocked, she stared at him for a moment and looked around the guild herself. Nothing. She was nowhere to be seen. A bit strange for Lucy, since she was usually there by now.

They looked around a bit more, just to make sure, and then they finally decided to go look for her. "I'll go check her house, you check the park, all right Wendy?" With a nod, they both left their separate ways. 'Come on Luce, where are you?' He thought as he ran to the blond's house.

"Natsuuuu~!!!" He stopped abruptly hearing his name. He turned around seeing a little blue fur-ball flying at him. "Natsu! How could you just leave me behind at the guild?! You got me worried sick!!!"

"Oh! Sorry Happy! I got so caught up with Lucy, I totally forgot," he smiled sheepishly, but regretted it when he saw Happy's little pout. He placed one hand on Happy's head so he could look up, "I won't do it again! But now we gotta find Luce, 'kay?" As usual, Happy felt better when Natsu was so energetic, so he got a boost of energy himself and started flying with Natsu who was running. They ran along the river side that led them all the way to Lucy's small house that they had often visited. They looked up at the high window on the right. "Hey! Lucy!!"

"Lucyyyy~! Are you okay!!!" Happy shouted up, but there was no response. One more time they called for the Celestial wizard before deciding they should go in. Without even considering the door, Happy grabbed Natsu by the back of his collar and flew him to Lucy's window. The window slid wide open with ease. She had forgotten to lock it again. But they didn't care, they just flew right in. They landed on her soft bed and jumped onto the floor.

They looked around the room. No one was there. "Hey Lucy! 'You okay? Where are you?" Still nothing. They looked in the kitchen but there was no one. They finally turned around and went into the living room. Nothing. But there was only one place he hadn't checked yet. Without hesitation, he whipped open the drapes to the bathroom and looked around as best as he could. Water was running loudly and mist was everywhere. "He-!" Before he could say anything, he was pulled back in brute force and he fell to the ground.

He looked up and saw Happy glaring down at him. "Natsu! You know Lucy will get mad at us if we see her taking a shower!"

"Oh right! That's why it was all misty. I guess that's part of the reason I couldn't smell her," he smiled sheepishly. Happy sighed and sat next to him.

"We'll just have to wait until she comes out then," he said while leaning against the bed. Natsu joined with a smile and they waited.

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"Uuuuuuuuh~" both were exhausted and still waiting against the bed for their dear friend.

"We've been waiting half an hour now. Does that mean she just got in when we got here?" Natsu inquired, half the life sucked out of his face.

"My guess is she was only halfway done when we came," Happy answered.

The water turned off. Both relieved, they jumped up and waited in anticipation for the blond. After five minutes of waiting a bit more, she finally came out, her hair in a high ponytail, her body wrapped in a white towel and a look of complete rage on her face.

"Hi Lucy!" They chimed together. Something bubbled up inside of her, her face going completely red, both and anger and fluster. She started to shake at the sight of the grinning idiots who broke into her house, again, while she was taking a shower.

"GET OOOUUUUT!!!!!!!!!"

The next thing they knew, they were flying into the next room and she slammed the door in front of them. So now she could change on her own. "Geez, we just came to check on her, there's no reason for her to freak out like that," Natsu frowned and Happy agreed.

More waiting followed before they were finally welcomed back into the room. Lucy still had her hair up in a ponytail, but now she was wearing a black crop top t-shirt with a pink mini skirt and a brown belt that held her gate keys at the side. She glared at both of them while they chatted up. "We were worried about you Luce, you didn't come to the guild today!"

"For obvious reasons," she muttered, "how long have you been waiting?"

"About half an hour!" Happy answered proudly. She sighed and stared down at the table. 'They really were worried about me' she thought and then smiled. "Hey you okay Lucy? Why are you smiling like that? It's creepy!"

"Shut up you stupid feline!!" She slammed her fist against the table.

"So, when are you planning on going to the guild?" Natsu asked.

"Well, I was thinking maybe more in the afternoon?" She said, a bit worriedly since it seemed to be more of a question than a statement.

"All right, we'll stay with you then," he smiled while getting up. Lucy stared at him suspiciously as he walked around her, "but while we do, we might as well have a little fun, right?" He stopped at the head of her bed.

Lucy started to worry. She scooted back a bit, away from Natsu. What was he planning over there? The thought of Natsu near the bed started to stir images she was very ashamed of. Her face was heating up, but she got more nervous by the second. And then he turned around and grinned at her, obviously hiding something behind his back.

"PILLOW FIGHT!!" He yelled, and Lucy suddenly got a pillow strike at her face and knocking her back. She was dizzy when Natsu lifted the pillow off of her face. And then Happy came by with another pillow and slammed both of them in the chest. Natsu laughed as Lucy started to freak out over it. She ran around the room, not finding any pillow for her aid as the boys continuously attacked her with cushions.

"Cut it out!" She screamed and they stopped. She panted and fell flat on her bed, arm over her forehead. "You guys... are seriously... insane!" She panted more when Natsu sat next to her, giggling. "What are you looking at me like that fo-AAH!" Natsu had poked her in the waist and she sped to cover that part with her hands. And then he started to tickle her and she laughed like crazy. He was over her as he tickled her more, and she laughed, begging for him to stop. She started to kick too, but it didn't affect Natsu.

"You loooove~ each other!" Happy giggled.

"No! It's not like that at-AAH! CUT IT OUT!!" Finally Natsu stopped and she got to get up. She was very dizzy and she accidentally bumped into Natsu's chest. He was warm. Very warm. She wanted to stay there, but her cheeks were betraying her and warming her even more. She finally backed away, but she was blocked by the bed. They were still close. Too close.

She sighed and smiled at Natsu. "Fine, you can stay until we go to the guild, but you're not coming home with me after, you got that?" She pointed a menacing finger at him, and he chuckled.

"Sure thing!" He smiled at her, and she smiled back. Lucy didn't have as traumatizing a moment as she thought she had.

Happy muffled a few giggles while trying to say: "I'll go tell Wendy and Carla you're okay- teehee!" An he flew off.

"They were looking for me too?" She asked Natsu.

"Yeah, we thought something happened."

"Well I'm fine, there's no need to worry so much," she giggled.

Natsu pressed himself against her a bit and smiled down sweetly, "Oh, I know," he answered. Lucy stared up at him, at loss for words. He raised a hand and gently cupped it on her soft cheek. "But I do anyway."