A/N: Yes, I know I have two ongoing fics at the moment, but this exists to help me when I have writer's block. Here's a collection of one shots! These prompts are submitted to me by other people and maybe every now and then I'll write one of my own prompt. If you wish to submit a prompt, please do so in reviews or PM! Thank you! Enjoy!

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Prompt submitted by my friend: Natsu makes shooting stars for Lucy by setting her origami stars on fire.

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1. Shooting Stars

The rustle of papers and the crinkling of folded edges were the only sounds heard in that calm Sunday afternoon. The setting sun shone past the blinds, creating warm, golden stripes on the wooden floor. A gentle breeze wafted in through the window, brushing past the girl seated on the floor, swinging her fair locks back and forth.

Her slender, pale fingers sifted through a collection of colorful leaves of paper before lifting another strip of rosy paper from the stack on the floor, carefully folding it until every bit had been folded into itself. She tucked loose strip into the shape then punched the corners, creating an origami star. She smiled at her creation and dropped it into the halfway filled star shaped glass jar on the floor beside her.

A groan from the couch deterred her from her meditative folding.

"Luuuuuuccccyyyy." The rose haired male on the couch whined, thrashing. "I'm boreeed. I can't stay on this couch anymore. Let's go on a mission!"

Lucy's eyebrows furrowed together as she pursed her lips in annoyance. Her fractious partner did ruin her day sometimes. She had only wanted to have a peaceful Sunday evening to fold her origami stars and perhaps find inspiration to write her novel. She had hoped that Natsu would go bother Gray or Erza for the day and was quite displeased when she found him sprawled on her floor that morning.

"No one is forcing you to stay here, Natsu." Lucy said icily, attempting to refrain from lecturing the fire dragon slayer for disturbing her. "You can just take Happy or Gray or Erza with you on a mission if you really want to. I want to stay here. I had this entire day planned out and I don't need you ruining it for me."

She turned back to her strips of star paper and selected a pale blue strip from the stacks. She smiled as she softly stroked the smooth strip. The blue reminded her of her best friend's hair, the way it shone in the moonlight, ruffled from Gajeel's ministrations. She laughed quietly to herself, picturing the small wizard's protesting face as her boyfriend teased her. She began to fold it, determined to make it as perfect as Levy McGarden was.

"But Lucccyyyyy!"

Natsu's voice caused her to flinch, her fingers creasing the paper incorrectly. Lucy gritted her teeth and set the strip of paper down angrily. How dare he mar Levy's perfection?

"I told you! I don't want to go on a mission! If you insist on sitting on my couch in my home, then you had better be silent and let me fold my stars!" She snapped. Natsu was silenced, his eyes wide with shock. Lucy rarely blew up at him no matter how much he bothered her.

He retreated to the corner of the couch, eyeing his partner cautiously. Her lips were pursed with displeasure, her shoulders were tense, but her gaze softened as she looked at the stars she folded. He heaved a sigh and threw himself back onto the fluffy recliner. Why was she being so fussy? She was only being boring. Who would want to fold stars all day when they could be outside, defeating bad guys, earning money for food, and getting stronger to surpass all the other wizards of Fiore?

He snuck another glance at the blonde celestial wizard. She seemed to have relaxed, the pensive look on her face had returned. Perhaps she had calmed down and would listen to his complaints as she normally did now.

"Luucccyyyyy. I don't want to sit here and do nothing when I could be outside getting stronger!" Natsu moaned.

"Natsu-"

"Can't you understand? Don't you have a dream you want to come true?"

"Of course I do, Natsu." Lucy sighed, giving in, knowing that there was nothing she could do to shut him up at this point. She continued to fold stars, steadily filling up the jar. There was a thump and Lucy looked over at Natsu frantically. She found him laying on the floor beside her, staring at the jar of origami stars. It appeared as if he had rolled of the couch to look at the stars. She pressed a hand to her chest, calming her pattering heart. It was frantic, for the fear that Natsu might have been hurt and the fact that he was so close to her at that very moment.

"How's your story going, Luce?" Natsu asked, out of the blue, fiddling with a sheet of star paper.

"Which one?"

"The one about the little girl with big dreams."

"That one is finished."

"I know. Tell it to me." Lucy didn't bother to correct him and insist on him having manners. She was too used to the pink haired male's normalities. She picked up a scarlet strip of star paper and sighed

"Alright.

There once was a young girl who lived in a beautiful mansion by the sea. She had everything a little girl could ask for: a royal room, maids and butlers to wait on her, toys of all shapes and sizes, pretty clothes, anything. She would spend her days bathing in the sun, skipping through magnificent gardens, taking tea with her closest friends and family.

She was very happy until one day, her mother died. Her mother was her favorite companion, her best friend. There was no one who understood the little girl more than her mother.

When the girl learned of her mother's passing, she refused to talk to anyone for months. Her father had demanded that she leave her room and continue socializing, as it was proper for her to be hostess now that her mother was gone, but she could not do anything in her depression.

Her father did many things to try and help her. He sent her favorite maids and butlers with her favorite foods. He brought over her best friends for tea every other week. He even went as far as remarrying a beautiful young lady to be the girl's new mother.

One would think that the new mother would be something akin to an evil stepmother, but the girl did love the woman dearly though there was no way she could ever replace the girl's dearest mother.

Though she had many companions, none of them held a candle to her late mother. Of course, she didn't complain about any of that. She appreciated the people's attempts to cheer her up.

However, the one thing that depressed her most was her mother's inability to fulfill her promise. Her mother's promise was that their family would go up to the hills and see shooting stars fly above so that they might wish upon them and have happy lives. It was all the girl had ever wanted. She knew that she and her mother had very close relationships with the stars and the promise was very dear to her heart.

Now that her mother was gone, the girl was determined to keep up the promise. She wanted her father to come up with her to the hills on the summer of her ninth birthday to see the shooting stars.

But her father had become increasingly distant upon her mother's death. Though he provided his daughter with much human companionship, he did not provide her with his own self. Overcome with his own depression, he didn't try to comfort his daughter with the only comfort that she had ever wanted and needed.

And so, the girl grew older and as she did, she realized the foolishness of her request. And upon the passing her her father, she banished any thought of that dream at any future point in time.

The End."

Lucy finished bitterly, wiping a stray tear from her cheek. The story had come directly for her heart, reflecting her own hopes and dreams though it was not exactly the same as the dreams of the girl in the story.

Afraid of looking up at Natsu while her heart was in a delicate state, she kept her eyes fixed on the stars she folded. The origami became something of a stress reliever as she angrily creased the corners and tears dotted the scraps. She filled the jar with her pain and sorrows, embedded in the paper stars.

She ignored Natsu for the most part though she was aware of small objects whizzing past her and the sound of the objects landing on the floor behind her. She could hear her partner grumbling in dissatisfaction as objects continued to fly.

It wasn't until she noticed that her jar was less than halfway filled and a burning smell filled her nostrils that she finally looked up at the obnoxious dragon slayer.

"What are you doing with my stars?!" She screamed, looking up just in time to see Natsu light the sky blue star on fire and fling it across the room. He was startled with her change in attitude as he stumbled backwards, clutching the glass jar. She turned in the direction the star had flown and saw a charred patch on her flooring. Her head snapped back as she turned sharply to look at Natsu. He offered her a pitiful, toothy grin.

"What. Are you doing?" She repeated angrily.

"Why are you mad?" Natsu demanded.

"Why are you burning all my stars and flinging them across the room, ruining my floorboards?!" She shot back. He looked hurt. Natsu took another star from the jar, one that was the same shade as his hair.

"Look, Luce." He said, offering her a smile. He lit it on fire and tossed it across the room. "Shooting stars. Just like you wanted, right?"

With those words, Lucy threw herself into Natsu's arms, sobbing and apologizing with all her heart and soul. The setting sun disappeared below the horizon, its final rays reflecting off of Lucy's sparkling tears. And as the sky darkened, the stars began to shine.

Natsu spun Lucy toward the window, dragging her by the hand, just in time to see two stars glowing brightly, twinkling in their own radiance, before streaming across the sky, leaving a trail of sparkles in their wake.