Disclaimer: I do not, I repeat, I do NOT own Fairy Tail and its characters. I only own the plot and the characters I will create.

Chapter 1

"Nice to meet you, 'Cupid's Assistant'" I looked at the salmon haired boy who was smirking in front of me.

"Why hello, transferee." I replied as I watch him sit down next to me.

"Please, call me Natsu… Or should I say Cupid?" I raised an eyebrow at him.

"Really now? Cupid? That's not a funny joke."

"I'm not joking, Lucy Heartfilia. I really am Cupid." He changed his expression to serious.

"Well, Cupid, what are you doing here?" I said, why am I even playing with this game of his?

"I'm here because of you, you're messing up with my job." He pouted and crossed his arms.

"Oh really now? And why is that?" This is really crazy; someone's claiming to be Cupid, what a joke.

"You keep pairing up the wrong people."

My eyes widened. W-was that his voice?! In my mind?! What the hell…

"Yes, this is my voice. And I can read your thoughts." He smirked.

"Let me introduce myself again." He started, " Hi, I'm Cupid, a pleasure to meet my so-called assistant."

I immediately tossed my bag on my couch and went straight to my bedroom where I threw myself in my soft, comfortable, pink bed. I'll change later, but first, I need to take a little rest. It feels good to be out of the school now.

Even without Cupid—I mean, Natsu around, school's still tiring. I've been thinking if our PE teacher has lost her sanity already. She made us run across the court for 10 rounds within an hour and wanted us to do push-ups. But thankfully, our next teacher called us since we were already 10 minutes late for our next class. Then we remembered that we still have a long quiz in math and I still haven't reviewed everythin—

"Lucy! Do you have steak in your fridge?!"

I opened my eyes and quickly sat up. That voice… Natsu!

I ran towards the kitchen to find him looking around my fridge. I looked at the dining table to see a lot of MY foods placed there, half of it are already eaten.

"What are you doing in my house?" I asked through gritted teeth, resisting the urge to kick him right in the stomach.

"Oh, I was bored and hungry, so I decided to go here." He said as he shoved a cupcake on his mouth. My eyes widened when I realized what it is.

"My cupcake!" I shouted.

"Huh?" He looked at me.

"L-Levy gave that to me… Why did you eat it?!" I was looking forward to eating it. And now it's gone…

"S-sorry… Here, have another cupcake." He held out his and to me, then, a bright light covered his hand. When the light disappeared, a cupcake, like the one he just ate, was now at his hand. I didn't move and just stared at it. Magic…

"Take it, its safe. I just used magic." He said as he held the cupcake closer to my face.

"Fine. Thanks…" I mumbled as I took the cupcake from him and took a bite.

"How does it taste?" He grinned cheekily at me.

"Delicious…" I looked away as my face heated up a little. I can't believe I'm praising him with his magic. I felt his large, warm hands on my head as he ruffled my hair. I looked up to him and he gave me a grin.

After that, we went to my bedroom where I sat on my bed while he sat on the floor.

"Geez, why do you always barge into my apartment. How do you even get inside?" I sighed as I folded my arms at my chest.

"Magic, remember?"

"Right, right, it's been a week already and I'm still not use to having Cupid here in front of me."

"Well, if you didn't do my work, then I won't be tied with you." He retorted.

"Yeah, yeah, its all my fault." I rolled my eyes.

"Why did you even decide to be 'Cupid's Assistant' anyways?"

I looked at him; I was completely caught off guard by him, my eyes quickly saddened as I remember the reason to why I started helping people with their love problems.

"Oh, sorry for asking such a question." He gave me a smile that didn't seem happy at all.

"It's alright. Anyways, you should go back to your place now, it's already 7 pm." I said.

He nodded and stood up; I also did the same and walked him to the door.

"See you at school then." He said and turned his back on me before starting to walk away.

Before he could even walk past the streetlight that was really near my apartment, I remembered something.

"Natsu, wait!" I yelled. He stopped and turned to look at me.

"What?" He asked.

"Why were you absent at school today?"

"I knew the PE teacher would be making us ran 10 laps, so I didn't attend school." Wait, what did he just say?

"You knew?! Why didn't you tell me?"

"Why would I? Anyways, bye!" He waved and ran.

"Wait!" I tried to stop him but he didn't stop running. I sighed, how I wish I had his magic, and then I won't be suffering from those tortures.

"Lucy, can you visit Lisanna later at the hospital? She wants to see you." I looked at Mira, our student council vice president, who was smiling sweetly at me.

"Sure!" I replied.

"Thank you, Lucy. You're a good friend." She said before walking away.

I sighed. Lisanna, she's been hospitalized for a month now and I don't think she's getting any better. We're worried but we can't do anything but support her. She has this rare sickness and only few had been cured, the disease had not been fully explored and studied yet.

I asked Levy to go with me but she was busy. So I went to Natsu.

"Hey Natsu, can you accompany me to the hospital? I'm going to visit a friend." He looked at me and smiled.

"Okay."

I smiled at his response and thanked him. At least I won't be going alone.

After school, we bought some fruits and flowers for Lisanna before going to the hospital. I took a deep breathe before opening the door to her room. I saw her lying in the hospital bed while she was watching something on the television. She looked at us when she heard the door open.

"Hi." I greeted her and she smiled.

I walked in with Natsu tailing behind me and placed the fruits and flowers at the table near her bed.

"This is Natsu, a friend. Natsu, this is Lisanna, a close friend of mine."

They exchanged greetings. After a while, Natsu excused himself and went outside.

"So, how are you?" I asked her.

"Still the same. And you've got a pretty nice friend." She smiled.

"Believe me, he's a pain in the ass." We both laughed at my comment.

We talked about various things before I said my goodbyes and looked for Natsu. I found him at the hospital garden, sitting on one of the benches.

"Hey." I smiled.

"Hey." He also gave me a smile, but it looked sad.

"What's wrong?" I asked him.

"Nothing." He stood up. "Let's go?" I nodded.

He walked me back to my apartment before leaving. It seems that he's somewhat troubled, but I don't want to be nosy. We've only met each other last week and we're not really that close, so I don't have any right to ask what his problem is.