Lucy Heartfilia lay curled in her bed, shivering. It was cold out, and the first snow had finally fallen. She clenched her teeth to keep them from chattering. "Sorry Plue, but you definitely aren't helping with this chill!" She said, hugging the tiny spirit and sending him back to the celestial world.

She wrapped her comforter closer around her, looking out her window at the softly falling flakes. Suddenly she noticed a light outside. She stood up, feeling her toes freeze the moment they touched the floor, and peeked her head out. She was only half surprised when a pink-haired boy crawled through her window, a cat flying in tow.

"Hey, Lucy!"

"What are you doing, Natsu?! It's middle of the night!" She yelled at him, but she couldn't help but appreciate the warmth that followed him the moment he stepped into the room.

He hopped onto her bed, sitting cross-legged and looking at her. "Well, me and Happy were planning on going on a mission tomorrow, and we always sleep better at your place, Luce."

"Aye!" Happy piped up. "Do you by chance have any fish here with you?" He added after a brief pause. His optimism was almost admirable when it came to fish.

Lucy sighed. "Fine, you can stay. But only if I get to come on your mission too!" It was a compromise, at least. Besides, now her bedroom was heated up to a suitable temperature, and that was something she wouldn't give up on such a cold night.

Natsu jumped to his feet and gave Happy a high five, before diving into her bed. "Night, Lucy!" He said, before almost instantly falling asleep and snoring loudly. Lucy shook her head, smiling. Such a Natsu thing to do. I guess I'll have to sleep on the floor again. This isn't too uncommon.. She stole the blanket from him and laid it on the floor next to her bed, plopping down and wrapping herself into it like a cocoon.

Happy flew into the air and dropped down next to Natsu. Suddenly an arm plopped down inches from her face. She blinked, looking up at a sleeping dragon slayer, half falling off the bed.

She rolled herself a little bit away from the bed, but, slightly concerned that her partner would roll off, left the blanket on the floor to cushion his fall a little bit. And pretty soon, she fell asleep, suitably warm.

Lucy woke up and looked around. She was lying on the floor, and beside her was Natsu, still snoring, a couple inches away. He had fallen out of her bed, after all. Well, he was a restless sleeper...Lucy poked him in the chest. "Natsu. Get up. Its morning already."

She looked at him as he blinked his eyes open and leaped to his feet. "Why were you sleeping on the floor, Luce?" He asked as if she were being totally ridiculous.

"It was because if your impromptu sleepover! You took my bed!"

"Then why would I be down there with you?" He asked, confusion spreading over his features.

Lucy sighed. "Whatever. We're going on a mission today, right? Meet me at the guild. I need to go take a shower."

"Okay! Come on Happy!" He jumped out of her window, and she couldn't help but laugh a little and shake her head. He was being so classic Natsu. Clueless that what he was doing wasn't socially acceptable. Unaware that not all woman liked to have people drop through their window in the middle of the night.

She stretched, picking out her usual blue and gold outfit, and got herself ready for a day of work. When she got to the guild, Natsu and Gray were already at each others throats. Even this early in the morning, they both seemed ready to freeze and burn the guild to the ground.

"Hello, Lucy!" Mira called her over. "I saw Natsu was looking desperately for a job to go on this morning. Are you having trouble with your rent?" She asked. Lucy felt a little embarrassed that Mira's immediate assumption was the monthly issue of her rent.

"No..." Lucy paused for a moment. "Wait a second, Natsu told me he'd already found a job to go on last night! He said I could come along if..." She trailed off, hoping Mira hadn't heard her blunder. Mira was the guilds biggest gossiper, who knows what she'd do if she heard that Lucy had decided not to kick out Natsu?

"Hmm? What was that you just said?" Mira's eyes had a glint in them now. "You made some kind of deal with Natsu?"

"Well, not really," Lucy started, trying to word things just right. "He wanted to stay at my place and he told me it was because he had to go on a job this morning. I was going to go with him.." She thought, piecing things together. Why would Natsu lie? He was obviously desperate to make his statement true..

"It seems like he was just looking for an excuse to stay with you for the night. After all, you two are pretty cute." She gave Lucy a wink that made her uncomfortable, until she was dragged back to the freezing snow by Natsu.

"Come on! We've got a job to go on, haven't we, Lucy?"

"Aye sir!"

And maybe Mira was right. After all, it was a convenient spot for Natsu to cut in, and he did have very, very sharp ears...and was that the ghost of a blush on his face?

(Authors Note: aha not the greatest or most creative, and there's no intense NaLu in here, but I was thinking of some light Nalu-ish undertones in a scenario that's pretty close to what we've seen in canon. I hope you enjoyed it. I mean, I write these because I can never find what I like in a NaLu fanfiction. Its always them sneaking off and making out but in reality, Natsu and Lucy aren't those kinds of people. Their relationship wouldn't be as touchy-feely as a lot of fanfiction make them? So mine are a little less intense then others, but a lot more believable in my opinion.)