Lucy just got to her flat after one of the most tiring missions she had ever gone to on her own. Totally worn out, she entered the house and did not even turn on the light. She only walked slowly to the bathroom, where she switched on the lamps, and turned away from it. The girl threw her bag on the bed across the room. Telling from the sound, it reached its destination.

Next went off those long boots which she took off with a pleasure. After walking and running for so long, the high heels made her feet feel terrible. Lucy sighed with approval when she made the first step barefoot. What a relief!

The Celestial Spirit mage ran her fingers through her hair, taking a violet hair band off. Lucy did a spin, feeling happy now that her hair went loose and flew around her head. She finally had some time for herself! All alone, within her dark cozy room. Now that she paid her rent, there was no reason for the landlady to come there and check on her.

Humming, the girl approached her bed and opened her bag. There was a small bottle of jasmine water, which was her favorite. It was quite expensive, though, but after the payment from the mission and within an extra girf for the good job done, Lucy could afford such a thing. She opened the bottle and took a huge swig.

"Mm…" she mumbled.

Oh, yeah. It was also Natsu's favorite water. Well, in fact, the only water Natsu wanted to try, because he was always setting his mind on hating the natural opposite of the fire. The water could lower his power, he said. Lucy could understand it, but he was always so stubborn when it came to getting some knowledge that she was no longer sure whether those arguments he'd been offering her recently were true or not…

Still, she left half of it for her best friend. He would have done the same for her, she thought with a smile.

Lucy decided that it was late enough to have a bath, so she got up and started stripping. A violet shirt with a bra landed on the bed right where she had been sitting a minute before, and the same happened to the skirt. Just in the panties, she took a towel and went to the bathroom, shutting the door with a loud slam.

Natsu and Happy went straight home after the mission. That was their first job without Lucy since she joined Fairy Tail, because she chose the other one, one more for a singular girl than a whole team. So, they parted this time. But it was not the same without the girl's annoying or stupid comments, her enthusiasm, and complaining. Even Happy was not the same — how could he be slating only Natsu all the time? It was more fun to be slating Lucy, because she was so picky.

"So, what are we gonna do now?" Asked Happy.

"What do you think? We go to sleep and tomorrow we go to the guild, right?" Said Natsu, yawning.

"How about going to Lucy?" Giggled the cat.

"Oi! Great idea, Happy! We will surprise her!"

"Aye! Or really scare her."

They both grinned at each other and hurried towards their friend's house.

Of course, they couldn't use the door like normal creatures, so they both climbed (okay, Happy flew) on her window and sneaked inside. There was no light and Natsu felt a bit confused.

"She hasn't returned yet?"

"Seems like it." He scratched his chin and smiled. "It's okay, we just have to wait. And we turn to plan B."

"What's plan B, Natsu?" Asked Happy with wide eyes.

"Scaring her to death when she comes in!"

He did a backflip and cheered. "Aye!"

Natsu made himself comfortable on an armchair standing in the corner of Lucy's room, while Happy sat next to him. There was not much thinking in their heads, for the cat was dreaming about a delicious fish he was supposed to eat tomorrow and meeting Carla. For Natsu, though, he was remembering his childhood with Igneel and how crazy happy he was right then, living with a dragon.

"Oi, Natsu!" He felt Happy's paw on his hand. "Lucy's coming!"

He must have gone too deep into the memories, because he never paid attention to the door which were, indeed, moving. A moment later, Lucy herself walked into the flat. He prepared himself to jump at her with a wicked yell, but decided to wait when the time was best.

Lucy suddenly went into the bathroom and turned the lights on there, making Natsu worry they would be found, but she did not even realize that they were sitting right beside. The girl sat down on the bed and drank something — by the smell, he could tell it was jasmine water. She drank half of it — and left the rest. He felt warmth in his chest when he realized it was probably left for him.

But then she started stripping. He froze. That was not a part of the plan… Happy started to giggle without making any sound, so he tapped him so that the cat fell on the floor, still laughing. Sure, he saw her many times in really skimpy clothes, and in the bikinis, but it was something else, like… This time, it was more intimate. Natsu swallowed, and tried not to look at Lucy, but just couldn't look away as she was stripping. She crossed the room and got into the bathroom again. Then Happy finally got up on the armchair again.

"Hey, Natsu, what's with that face?" Laughed the blue cat.

"W-what?"

"You are blushing?!"

"N-no, I'm…"

"Natsu! You are blushing!" Giggled Happy. "Well, you know, I never knew that Lucy was that kind of friend to you…"

"Um, no! No, it's not…!"

The boy got abruptly angry and broke into standing. Unfortunately, he bumped into the table where a vase with a flower was standing, and the thing fell. A loud sound of breaking glass reached his ears, and Natsu said out loud:

"Oh, shit."

"What's that?!" To his greatest terrify, he heard from the bathroom.

"We must go, NOW!" He screamed to Happy, and they both jumped out of the flat through the window, not waiting to see their enraged friend.

Lucy heard a breaking sound and got scared. What if there were burglars? Or robbers? And just when she was tired and in the bath… They had some great timing.

But then she heard Natsu's voice and Happy's laughter and she got seriously mad. They broke into her house again?! And, wait… She hadn't heard any sound of their coming in, which meant…

"Natsu, Happy, you idiots! How long have you been there and how much did you… See?!" She cried, running out of the bathroom in a towel.

Just in time to see the chaotic duo using her window as the door. Lucy looked down on the remains of her vase next to the armchair and grinded her teeth. So they had to be there from the very beginning.

Lucy, feeling helpless and rather strange, ran to the opened window and yelled as loud as she could:

"Natsu, you idiooooot!"

8/18/16 edited - FINALLY.

Those grammar mistakes and all were just giving me a headache.