"Ahhh Happy what am I going to do? I feel like I haven't slept in forever!" Natsu moaned as he sat on his couch, his blue cat purring on his lap. For the past few weeks there had been constant noise from the apartment next to his, whether it was obnoxious laughter, singing, or even (what he hoped) dancing. Needless to say, Natsu was not impressed. Not to say that he hadn't complained to his neighbour, a pretty blond girl who was pretty weird in his opinion. He complained every chance he got, and it would work for a few days where he'd have some peace and quiet, but then it would start up again.

Natsu sighed, rubbing his face with his hands. If he weren't such a good person, he would have gone to the landlord about the noise, but he refrained.
It didn't have anything to do with the fact that Natsu may or may not like the blonde haired beauty named Lucy.

He just really missed sleep, and it was almost the time where whoever it was who came over would be there and they'd be having the time of their lives.
But no one showed up tonight.

Natsu, at first, attributed it to the fact that she listened to his complaints and they were either being quieter, or she was going to whoever's house instead of them coming over.

Two weeks later however, and the apartment was still eerily quiet.

Natsu almost missed the noise.

He was going to go crazy, he decided.

Another week passed and still, there was just quiet. He was starting to get worried, he didn't see the blonde around the building much anymore either. He'd usually run into her in the elevator or even doing laundry, but lately those occurrences have been slim to none.

He was starting to miss the noise. Mostly because he could no longer hear her laughter, something he never got to experience in person since they haven't really had a long conversation.

But damn it, he had to do something, for both of their sakes.

So that's how he ended up outside her apartment door, debating whether or not he should actually knock. Because what was he going to say? "Hi, so I know we've never had a proper conversation before but I really miss your laughter because I could hear it in my apartment and no I'm not a creep I swear but what's wrong? Because something is obviously wrong." Yeah right, like he'd say that.

By this point his hair was a mess, having run his hands through it over a dozen times. He already got a few weird looks from his neighbours passing by, and he knew if he didn't do something soon someone was bound to do something, like call the landlord, or even the cops.

And Natsu didn't particularly feel like going to jail today.

So with that terrifying thought, he raised his fist and knocked on the door, shifting from one foot to another, desperately trying to think of what the hell he was going to say.

Maybe he really was a creep.

A few minutes passed and there was still no answer at the door, so he knocked again before he could lose the little amount of courage he gathered. He knew for a fact (he swore he was not a creep just observant) that she was home, her car was out in the lot and he hadn't see her go out of the building that day, having been roaming the halls and talking to his friends who also lived there.

So why wasn't she answering?

"Hey, Lucy?" he tried calling out, hoping she could hear him. "Uh, it's Natsu, your neighbour. I was just wondering if you were okay, you know, cause, uh, you seem pretty down lately?" his hands were starting to sweat, so he wiped them on his pants while he waiting for an answer that never came. He knocked again. "Lucy, I just wanna help. If you wanna talk or whatever, I'm just next door. Well, uh, that's it I guess? Okay, bye!"

He never ran away from something as quickly as he did just then in his whole life, and he probably never would again.

Which was too bad, because he missed the door to apartment 217 open just a creek, with a blonde haired girl behind the door with tears in her eyes.

Another week passed and Natsu still didn't hear anything from Lucy. He was 100% certain he fucked up and wanted to curl up into a ball and never leave his apartment again in order to save himself from utter embarrassment. But he needed food, and food was more important than his dignity.

With his keys in one hand and his jacket in the other, he stood in front of his door, preparing himself for what was waiting for him on the outside. He knew for a fact that the moment Gray saw him he wouldn't be able to live down what happened. He had texted him as much, anyway.

Putting his jacket on, he reached for the door knob and took a deep breath. "You got this Natsu. Gray is just a little ice princess who doesn't matter."

But before he could open the door, a quiet, almost inaudible knock sounded on his door.

"Huh?" Odd, he thought. Nobody ever came to his apartment, since they knew it was like a hurricane had hit it; even though he did clean up this past week in the hope that Lucy would come over.

Oh, Lucy!

But he highly doubted it. He had made a fool of himself, why would she only come over now?

In any case, he opened the door, and was pleasantly surprised when it was Lucy who stood in front of his door, eyes downcast, holding one wrist in her other hand, a slight blush adorning her cheeks.

But it wasn't out of embarrassment.

She was crying.

He stood there in shock, barely even able to register what was going on before she launched herself onto him, her sobs becoming louder and more defined. Quickly backing up into his apartment, he kicked the door shut with his foot, wrapping his arms around the blonde. He guided them over to his couch, gently helping her down, his arms still encased around her. Not quite knowing what to say, because he was never very good with emotions (plus this was really quite random and he had no idea why she was crying), he just let her cry into his shirt.

"I'm sorry," she sniffled after a while, her sobs fading into silent tears. "I don't know why I came here."

He rubbed her arms, trying his best to make her feel better. "It's okay, I offered didn't I?" He felt her shake her head against his chest, her arms starting to loosen up around him.

Suddenly he felt something soft and furry wrap around his legs, and he suddenly remembered Happy. Hesitantly, Natsu unwrapped his arms from around Lucy and leaned down to pick up his little blue friend. "Hey buddy, this is Lucy, do you wanna say hi?" Happy meowed, and Natsu took that as a sign that he did indeed want to say hello. Lucy blinked at the cat, probably wondering why he was blue of all colours, before leaning away from Natsu and holding out her arms.

"Hey there cutie," she cooed as he passed her his cat. Happy cuddle up right into her arms, closing his eyes and purring as she starting to stroke his fur. She looked up at Natsu, her face tear stained but still beautiful, in his opinion. "Why is his blue?"

Chuckling, Natsu reached over and scratched Happy behind his ears. "Not too sure really, I just found him like that. Probably has some dark scary backstory, but he's happy now and that's all that really matters right?"

"Yeah."

And for the first time in a long time, Natsu saw Lucy smile.

He only hoped that it wouldn't be long before he heard her laugh again.

A short one shot I wrote because I love these two dorks. I hope you guys enjoyed it

~567random