Author's Note: Hello everyone! Today I'm bringing you a special little story. It'll be all fluffy, cute and silly. (At Least in my opinion X3) It'll be few chapters long...a very short story but, more stories will come in the future. Hope you guys like this one.
It'll be updated approx. once a week :3
Enjoy!
..Chapter 1..
It wasn't just an ordinary day in Fairy Tail. Today was the day Erza celebrated her 500th successful mission after her long years of hard work.
*Exactly One Week Earlier*...
Erza planned on celebrating her special day with Jellal when she came back from her week long mission. Everything was planned to be perfect, she most especially couldn't wait to sink herself in piles of strawberry cake.
"I'll see you when you get back, Erza" Jellal smiled, while holding her dearly. He tilted her head towards him and her face went crimson.
"Not here! This is a public place. I plan to keep my personal life to myself, only" Erza grumbled while slowly pulling herself away. Jellal chuckled and let her go. They walked towards the front of the guild hall. Noisy as ever, Everyone wished Erza off to another successful mission.
"Have my cakes ready on the table when i get back" She smiled brightly at Jellal and he nodded.
"I promise, now go. You'll be late" he tried very hard not to laugh, watching his girlfriend suddenly rushing out of the door. The doors closed, leaving a loud clunk and the guild turned to the blue-haired male.
Lucy smiles and nudges him, "You two finally seem to be making process"
He blinked a few times and then smiled back while looking down to the blonde celestial mage, "We are. speaking of which, How are you and Natsu doing?" raising an eyebrow at her. He knew something was going on between them but never really asked about it. Until now.
"Wh-What do you mean? Natsu is fine as far as I'm concerned. He left back to his place to get happy" Lucy stumbled with her words and turned away. Jellal shook his head with concern, 'This girl, really. There is no way she can't possibly not realize it by now.."
The guild master was sitting on the bar counter, drinking his usual mug of ale when Lucy sat by him on a stool. Placing his mug down, he smiles down to the girl, "What seems to be bothering you, Lucy?"
The girl's brows furrowed, thinking carefully with her words, "Nothing important except..." She flips her stool facing him, "Who's going to be buying all the cakes for Erza?" The guild fell silent.
Makarov seemed to be stunned quiet too. Clearing his throat, he spoke, almost flustered, "Well, you see. We kind of already planned on baking them all. If we were to actually buy Erza her usual..."
Jellal came over smiling, "Nobody can afford her usual without buying out an entire bakery's crew" the blue-haired mage continued after the guild master. Lucy's eyes nearly fell out.
"Then how'd you plan on setting this up? We have only a week!" Lucy's voice went high when the Guild's door's slammed open.
"We're back!" Natsu and Happy yelled together. Lucy snapped her head around and waved towards them.
"Welcome back!" She smiled brightly at them. Jellal took notice of her sudden change in attitude. Chuckling to himself he turns back to the guild master.
"You think we'll be able to bake enough during the week?" Jellal spoke quietly.
Makarov mumbled while thinking carefully. "Mira can only do so much by herself, 'lad"
Lucy turned around, overhearing the two talking while the pink-haired dragonslayer took his usual seat beside her.
"What's going on?" he chimed in. Lucy glanced at him quickly.
"We're setting up Erza's 500th Quest party. We have one week to set up cakes, balloons and all" she smiled and then turned to the guild master, "I can help Mira with the cakes! I love cooking in all honesty"
The old man looked like half the worlds burdens was lifted, "That'll be splendid dear. I'll let Mira know immediately" Hopping off the counter, he went off to find the white-haired girl. Natsu was already at the job board when Lucy turned around.
"Find anything interesting?" Lucy called over to him.
Natsu held a hand to his chin, studying the board. Closing his eyes and tilted his head, lost in thought. The blonde mage walked over to him.
"Natsu, did you hear me?" she spoke a bit louder.
He suddenly snapped his eyes open and took a glance at her, "Wondering if I'll finish this mission in time" He rips down a paper from the top of the board and hands it to her. Smacking his fists together, grinning, "If we rush out now, We'll get back before the week is over. You still need rent for this month right? So this should be enough to cover it"
Happy flew over them, landing on his pink hair. "Aye! and then we can buy more fish afterwards!"
Lucy smiled and then suddenly came to a realization, "Oh, dang it! I just offered to help with the cake baking. I won't be able to go with you guys.." Lucy bit her bottom lip while thinking nervously, "We'll be lucky to finish within this week..." She turns her head over to look at the guild. Eyes darting the place, counting the tables. "I honestly wish i knew how to bake a bunch at once..."
A light bulb lit inside Natsu's head. "How about i help you guys get it done quicker" he flicks his wrist and a small flame pops out.
Lucy smacked the side of her head, "If only cake baking is that simple. If you do it, the whole kitchen will get cooked with it...*sigh*...Thanks for the offer Natsu but, I really need to head home now, good luck on your mission!" She waves him off as she ran out of the guild.
Happy looked down towards his dragonslayer, "So, Lucy won't be coming with us then?"
Natsu remained quiet as he watched Lucy leaving the guild in a hurry. He looked at the mission paper in his hands before placing it back onto the board, "...Seems so, Happy" He looked over to the counter and sighed. Wendy and Charle came into the guild and immediately Happy turned to look.
"Natsu, I'm going to say hi to Charle! Let me know when you're leaving on a mission!" he flew before Natsu can answer.
Lost in his thoughts, he honestly wanted to help Lucy. Whether or not she was on the mission isn't what bothered him. He just wanted her around, it felt weird otherwise. Getting up slowly, he called over to Happy, "I'll hold off the mission for now, Happy. I'll see you later tonight, alright?"
"Aye! See you later, Natsu" Happy didn't even glance, entirely focused on the white cat.
It was about thirty minutes when Natsu finally arrived at Lucy's place. Looking up, he noticed her window was open as always. Jumping up quickly to it, he threw himself in carefully and smelled something cooking in the kitchen. Walking over to it without making a sound, He saw Lucy moving around swiftly with a bowl and a book in her hand. Natsu wasn't even trying to be sneaky either. Just stood there watching her for a moment.
"What're you cooking, Lucy?" He said while eyeing the fruit and sugary sweets on the counter-top.
Lucy jumped, nearly screamed and dropped the bowl, spilling all of the batter onto the floor as well as onto herself, "NATSU! DON'T SCARE ME LIKE THAT! UGH" she looked at her apron and huffed, "Now i have a mess to clean!" Pulling it off, she throws a towel at him, "Help me clean this up" she quickly walked out of the kitchen and placing her book to the side on her way. Scratching his head, Natsu sighed and started to quickly clean up the mess. Few minutes later Lucy came back into the kitchen and saw him sitting in the chair, reading the cookbook she held just before.
Lucy folded her arms when he finally glanced up towards her, "Sorry about before.." his brows knit and placed down the book. "Why are these recipes so complicated. It's just cake"
Lucy nearly flipped but bit her tongue and spoke, very carefully, "Just...cake? *sigh*...Natsu, There are dozens...maybe hundreds of different kinds of cakes out there. People have different tastes and ideas for sweet things, so to satisfy themselves, They make different recipes." She walks over and picks up the book from him. "Besides, I'm trying to figure out how to make the perfect strawberry cake. Erza is very particular about it so we have to get this right. I already spoke to Mira earlier so, she too, is making a few batches to test" Natsu shrugged, arms stretching while walking over to the counter full of food.
She eyed him carefully, "Natsu, You going to help or you just going to watch. Cause either way, i can't be distracted right now"
He mumbled something quickly and then walked away. "I'll catch you later, Lucy"
Shaking her head she continued her work. "Really, what goes on in that head of his?"
Natsu started going around town, towards all the bakeries he can find. Only one place seemed to know what he was talking about, "You said Erza orders HOW MANY?"
Natsu was completely slack-jawed when the baker laughs nervously. "About 150 weekly, It's her usual order"
The pink-haired dragonslayer shook his head, "Look We need the recipe to bake Erza a cake. Can you give it to me quickly? The guild is holding a special party for her..."
The baker frowned, "it's against company policy to release such information. I really can't.."
Natsu lit a hand on fire, eyes gleaming with mischief, "So, i can't convince you?"
Moments later, Natsu walked out laughing with a piece of paper in his hands. "Time to head back to Lucy's!" He said excitedly. When he looked up towards the sky realizing time flew, he knew around this time Lucy would be sleeping. Running back quickly, he saw no lights on in the building. After he jumped up towards the window, he looked through to see the sleeping blonde completely uncovered in her bed. Hair entirely tangled with her face. Natsu slid in very quietly and moved around.
He placed the paper on her desk when he heard sudden teeth-chattering. 'She's probably cold again' Natsu moved over to Lucy and watched her sleeping face. His eyes narrowed and somehow without realizing, his hand was already moving over towards her face, moving the thin strands of blonde hair away. Lucy twitched from his touch and he immediately paled, yanking his hand back. He stood entirely still. Knowing it was safe to move after a few moments, he covered her up with her blankets and left out the window swiftly and quietly. He was in such a hurry, Natsu didn't even realize he left his scarf behind, hanging from the edge of her bed.
Lucy stretched up towards the ceiling after the alarm went off. Blinking a few times, she turned to get out of bed when her foot caught onto something. She pulled the offending cloth only to realize it was Natsu's scarf. Her eyes softened and held it out in front of her. 'That's unusual for him to leave this behind' Lucy took a few moments to look at it before folding it neatly and placing it on her desk. Almost missing the small piece of paper, she picked it up to move it when something made her read it. She held a hand to her mouth and her eyes popped, "Did Natsu go out of his way for this?" she spoke quietly. Her eyes darted to the scarf and smiled brightly, "He's really something" Suddenly feeling brighter and lighter on her feet, she quickly got dressed and started working on the new cake recipe.
Meanwhile back at Natsu's place...
"Happy! have you seen my scarf? AH! i can't believe i lost it again!" the dragonslayer started flipping through his house and outside, in search of his prized belonging. Happy flew around with a fish in his mouth just watching.
Between mouthfuls of fish, he spoke quickly, "I don't see it Natsu! Did you check the guild yet?"
Natsu groaned, holding both hands onto his head, "Going to have to.." He stopped in his tracks and started to think for a moment, 'Maybe...' He turned his head towards the blue cat, " I'm going to go check Lucy's place before the guild. I'll see you there!"
"Aye! Hurry up Natsu, we have a mission to complete later!" Happy continued to chew his food.
Lucy almost finished her cake, throwing last minute touches to it when she suddenly heard a thump in the other room. Placing the last few strawberries down, she glanced over to see Natsu putting on his scarf. She smiled and waved over to him, "'Morning! Quick come here!" She went over to him and grabbed his wrist, pulling him over without waiting for an answer. He sighed but still relieved he found his scarf. It only took a few seconds after though to smell the house full of sugary sweet baking. Natsu's mouth was watering from the smell until his eyes fell onto the cake that was neatly fixed on the table. However, before he can even think about eating it, Lucy held a spatula out towards him, "i need you to finish putting the strawberries onto the cake then put it in the box. Got it? Don't Even Think About Ruining It." He paled when her face got extremely scary looking, Almost as scary as Erza. Lucy walked out of the kitchen and the dragonslayer's stomach growled loudly. Sighing he placed the berries onto the cake and then into the box carefully until suddenly behind him, Happy flew onto his head. Natsu accidentally shifted his hands a bit too much placing the cake down and it crumbled the side of the cake into a mess. Panicking, he looked around the kitchen for something to fix it.
"Natsu, what're you doing?" Happy chimed, watching Natsu move around the kitchen quickly.
"Not now, Lucy is going to kill me!" he said nervously. He opened the fridge to see a bowl of cream. After grabbing it, Natsu moved back over to the cake and saw Happy eating from the side mess.
"HAPPY NO!" but before he can stop him, Lucy came walking in. His world stopped then and there.