I completely forgot to publish these lol whoops

Day 1: Pumpkin

There was something about the crisp air that just did it for Lucy. Finally, her shoulders could relax; she could snuggle up in large sweaters, hold a steaming cup of hot chocolate and read a good book. She could let her hair down and finally feel at peace. Autumn was truly a glorious time to be alive.

That was, it would be, if her partner wasn't such an obnoxious goofball.

Lucy rubbed her forward, staring tiredly at Natsu, who was currently grinning at her like a fool. He held in his arms two very large pumpkins and she knew her evening would no longer be relaxing.

"Natsu, you've got to stop breaking in through the window," she groaned, slumping back in her bed. She had half a mind to just pull the covers over her head and ignore him. She'd been snuggled in, nearly to the good parts of her adventure novel.

He elected to ignore her, instead, dumping the pumpkins on her table.

"Come on Lucy!" He shot her a thumbs up. "We've got pumpkins to carve!"

"Can't we do it tomorrow?" Lucy whined, glancing at her book, recently abandoned in her lap. Natsu frowned at her.

"Course not. Get up!"

Lucy scowled. Of course he would ignore her, as long as he got whatever he and Happy – wait.

"Where's Happy?" she asked, sitting up curiously. She glanced around as if he'd suddenly reveal himself from hidden corner. Natsu scratched the back of his head nervously.

"Said he wasn't interested, something about Carla," he let out. His eyes only slightly dimmed, but it was enough.

Lucy narrowed her eyes, and then understanding dawned on her. He was lonely, with Happy paying more attention to Carla then him. Her heart melted just a bit. Letting out a resigned sigh she stood and walked to the table, resting her hands on her hips.

"Well?" she asked, ignoring his curious stare. "Do you have the knives or what? And we need to set down some newspapers – we are not getting pumpkin guts in my carpet."

Natsu's grin widened in excitement as he pulled a couple of carving knives from his pants pocket. Lucy went to grab a few newspapers and they set to work.

A companionable silence settled between the two as she scraped out the guts and began carving a design (constellations). Before she knew it she was smiling.

Lucy glanced at Natsu, stifling a giggle at his screwed up focused face, glaring at the pumpkin as he carved a scrappy looking dragon.

"You know," she said lightly. "We should get another pumpkin for Happy, for later on. He'll be so jealous when he finds out we did it without him."

Natsu glanced at her. She continued carving, smiling to herself. She heard him scoff, but one glance at his face told her all she needed to know.

"Obviously," he muttered.

Suddenly, Lucy was extremely happy Natsu had disturbed her evening. Strangely, she always felt that way whenever he did it. She decided not to think on it too much.

A few days later Lucy's table proudly displayed one elegantly constellation carved pumpkin, one with a roaring dragon, and a smaller one with a fish carved into it.

Every time Lucy glanced at it, her heart warmed with love for her family.

She truly loved autumn.

Comments, suggestions, thoughts? Yes, no, maybe so?

Sorry I didn't post this sooner, I sorta forgot I wrote it haha. The pumpkin Lucy carved looks exactly like the first image that pops up when you type into google: "pumpkin constellation". Happy Halloween!