Bah Humbug to this weather. First it's supposed to be a hundred degrees and now they're calling for mid eighties and thunder storms. Mother nature make up your mind already and leave me the hell out of it.

Anyway you're not here to hear me complain. Y'all are here for the second day of NaLu Week 2017! Today's prompt is Tarot. Now when i hear Tarot I automatically think Cana so with that let's get moving. Also! Ten points to anyone who can figure out which Au this extends from.

Summary: When the local fortune teller, Cana teams up with town matchmaker and Fairy Tail bartender, Mirajane no one is safe. Not even a fire fighter not looking for a date.

Day 2: Tarot

At the sound of a bell ringing, a brunette looks up from the magazine she's reading and frowns at the sight of the blonde standing in the doorway. The blonde hovers, letting out all the cool air and the brunette closes the magazine with a scowl.

"Lucy, if you're gonna come in then close the door. It's hard enough to keep this place cold as is."

The blonde jumps, squinting to find her friend in the dark of the shop. When she does she moves further in and lets the door swing shut. "Sorry, Cana, I didn't know if you were in or not. Erza had said that you were gonna be at Fairy Tail today."

Cana snorts, leaning back on her stool behind the glass counter. "I'm here all day today. Actually had someone call to make an appointment for a tarot reading later this afternoon. I won't be at the bar until I close up shop."

Lucy nods then looks around the small shop. The wood paneled walls absorb the small amount of light coming from the lamp hanging over the felt green table in the back. Along the back wall, a black curtain hangs beside a shelf with several mini liquor bottles sitting on it. The window at the front of the shop she knows has a beer bottle with a hand full of cards hovering over it even though the window is hidden with another black curtain.

Biting her lip hesitantly she turns back to her friend. "Cana, do you have time to do a reading for me?"

Cana arches an eyebrow then shrugs. "I don't see why not. Hop over to the table and I'll grab my cards."

The blonde sees Cana turn around to grab a stack of playing cards from a set of shelves behind her.

"Actually, " Cana stops, looking back at her hesitant words. "would you mind doing a tarot reading?"

The shop owner stops and frowns. "I thought you didn't believe in my tarot readings?"

Lucy sighs. "I'm hesitant. I'm not sure if it'll work or not but Levy was telling me the other day how you gave her a reading that she was gonna meet her soulmate and then she met Gajeel."

"Alright, Lucy." The blonde looks up at the sound of her name to see Cana grinning. "Go sit at the table and I'll grab my other deck from the back."

Lucy walks to the table, pulling at the closest chair to the door, and slides into it as Cana disappears behind the black curtain.

When Cana reappears Lucy sweat drops at the sight of the bottle of tequila sitting under her arm. "Seriously, Cana, do you have to drink now?"

The drunkard sets the bottle on the table and scowls at the blonde as she slides into her seat. "If you want a correct reading then yes, I need a drink."

Lucy falls quiet as Cana unscrews the lid, taking a gulp of the liquor before she starts shuffling the deck.

"Now then," the drunkard grins. "let's get started."

XxX

A man with salmon hair wearing a tight black t-shirt with shorts stops in front of the shop glass. His right hand comes up, resting on the white muffler around his neck as he glares at the beer bottle skillfully painted on the glass.

"Stupid Ice Princess, I told him I don't believe in this shit." His grumbles, as well as the scale, patterned muffler gains the attention of some of the strip mall's passing by patrons but he pays it no mind, used to getting weird looks.

With a sigh, he pushes the door open and blinks when his eyes meet nearly black darkness. A giggle draws his attention and he looks across the small store to where the only light source hovers over a felt green table. Around the table, he sees one woman with her back to him and the other sitting across the table looking at him.

"Can I help you, sir?" His sharp ears pick up the slight slur in her words and frowns.

"Yeah, my asshole of a best friend set up an appointment for me to have a tarot reading?"

Lucy gets up from her seat, setting a hand on the table. "Thanks for the reading, Cana, it made my day."

Cana grins as she gets to her feet. "Always happy to help a friend. I'll see you later, Lucy."

The pinkette steps out of the way to let Lucy pass by and the smile she gives him makes his heart jump a beat. The feeling unsettles him and he exhales shakily when the door closes behind her.

"I take it you're Mr. Dragneel?" He looks back at the question to see Cana watching him with a gleam in her eye.

He nods. "I am but you call me Natsu."

She grins, holding up a hand for him to shake. "Well, Natsu, I'm Cana."

Natsu shakes her hand, looking around the small shop until a clock on the wall catches his attention. "Would you mind if we got this over with? I need to pick my son up from school in half an hour."

Cana nods and walks over to the table. "Then, please, take a seat and we can get started."

He does as she says and watches quietly while she picks the wonderfully painted cards up. The silence grows, then, as she starts shuffling the card until she decides to speak.

"You're awfully young to be having a kid, don't you think?"

He grins. "He's not actually mine. I adopted him."

The smooth shuffling shutters for a second before Cana recovers and arches an eyebrow at him. "You honestly look like you'd rather be at the gym all day then taking care of some kid."

"I was adopted and unlike most kids in the system, I got lucky. Now I wanna give back and help out too."

Cana nods then looks him over with a sharp eye. "So then where do you find time to work out so much?"

He snorts. "I'm a firefighter. Happy spends more time with me at the Firehouse than we do at home."

"Why would you name your son Happy?"

Natsu chuckles, entwining his fingers in front of him. "It's the nickname he's earned from the guys at the station. Every day without fail he's always smiling so Chief thought it'd be a good idea to give him the nickname 'Happy'. The kid likes it so it stuck."

Cana finishes shuffling the deck and picks her bottle of tequila up. "Alright, Natsu, let's see what the cards say about you."

Fifteen minutes later Cana sits back, her mouth dry from the reading she just gave. On the opposite side of the table, Natsu sits quietly, absorbing what he heard as well before a huge grin tears across his features.

"Thanks, Cana, that was really intriguing."

She smiles in return, tipping the liquor bottle back for another gulp. After she sets the bottle down she picks up the cards, straightening the deck then gets to her feet. Natsu rises as well and waits for her to walk behind the curtain and reappear without the deck of tarot cards.

"Do I owe you anything?"

Cana points at the paper hanging on the wall behind Natsu as she explains, "First reading is free. Always is, always will be."

Natsu nods and turning back to Cana extends his hands. "Thanks again, Cana, I really did enjoy the reading."

"Anytime." She grins, shaking his hand. When she lets go he leaves the store and as soon as the door shuts she runs back through the curtain to a room with a cot laid in a corner next to a mini fridge. Half a basket of clean clothes sits at the foot of the cot, a small pile of dirty clothes beside it.

Grabbing the phone on top of the mini-fridge she dials a number from heart and waits for the three rings.

"Fairy Tail, Mirajane speaking."

Cana grins, sitting on her cot. "Mira, it's Cana."

"Cana? I thought you were coming by tonight. I just had Elfman pull out your barrel." Mira's voice carries confusion and Cana lays back.

"I still am but I was calling to tell you to kick your matchmaking powers into overdrive." Cana pulls the phone away from her ear, waiting for the squeal to stop before she continues. "The match is Lucy and a guy named Natsu Dragneel. I got a good feeling about this one."

"Let me guess, you read it in the cards?"

"Yup, Lucy asked me to do a tarot reading today then to top it off, this guy, Natsu had a friend call to set him up an appointment. He actually showed and I did a reading on him. Mira, I am telling you the cards do not lie. These two are meant to be together."

There's a giggle over the phone. "I need details if we're gonna set these two up. Can we use your shop for a romantic dinner?"

Drunk brown eyes shoot to the plain white ceiling above her in thought. "Yeah, we can use my shop, but it can't be tomorrow."

"Ooh, that's right. Your boyfriend comes over tomorrow." Mira cooes and Cana scowls.

"Mira, for the last time, Bacchus is not my boyfriend. He just comes by for a reading, we talk, then he leaves."

"Which he's been doing for two months now. He'll ask before you know it."

Cana rolls her eyes. "Whatever, Mira. Listen, Dragneel's a fireman. He works at the local Fire house, he has a boy in school that he and everyone calls Happy and… I'm forgetting something." She closes her eyes in thought then shoots straight up as she remembers. "Oh, they spend almost all their time at the station instead of his home."

"Got it." The line falls silent for a minute then Mira quietly asks, "Cana, does this Dragneel have pink hair, wear a white muffler, and have pointed teeth?"

"Uh, yeah, I think so."

Mira giggles. "He just walked in fighting with Gray and Gajeel. I have the perfect idea on how to make Operation NaLu go live."

Cana grins. "I'm listening."

"In three days get Lucy back into your shop. I'll take care of everything else."

"Deal, I'll talk to you when I get to the bar. I have a couple more hours before I can close up shop." Cana sighs.

"Alright, see you then."

XxX

Rough, calloused, hands reach down, grabbing hold of a rolled hose and Natsu grunts as he steps back, pulling it onto the back of the fire engine. The front, back, and sides of his black shirt are soaked with sweat and his pink locks stick to his forehead and neck, a testament to the work he's been doing under the sun.

"Dragneel!" He looks up at the sound of his name to see a short old man standing just beyond the field of hoses waiting to be rolled.

"Yeah, Chief?"

Natsu let's go of the hose and walks back to the end to grab the next one being handed up. When he grabs it, he repeats his backward walk, being careful to avoid stepping on the connector holding the first two hoses in place.

"After you finish that I want you to wash the truck. Jet and Droy made a mess of it in that swamp yesterday."

Natsu growls under his breath, wanting to smack the two dunderheads for getting the truck stuck in the first place. When he lets go of the hose he stands up straight, looking at his chief. "Aye, Sir, I'll take care of it."

As the chief turns, walking away, Natsu walks back to the end of the truck. As he leans down for the next hose, the one handing them up to him frowns.

"Where'd you go the other day? We could've used you for the eating contest."

Natsu scowls, grabbing the hose from him. "Fucking Ice Prick set me up to see a fortune teller. Said he knew her and that her fortunes were true."

"You get laid?" Natsu snorts at the man's crudeness.

"No, Laxus, it was for an actual telling. She ain't my type anyway. She was fucking drinking while she was reading the cards." Laxus snorts, rolling the next set of hoses.

"Sounds like someone I know. She says that drinking helps her read the cards better. Mira and she are like the best of friends."

He freezes, the blonde man's mind rolling and Natsu scowls as he leans back over the edge of the engine.

"Laxus, whatever the hell is going through your mind stop it. I still need to get that truck washed before the sun sets."

The blonde resumes rolling the hoses then looks up at the pinkette. "Oi, your fortune teller. Did she have medium length brown hair, wear a bikini top and cargo shorts and have a Fairy Tail tattoo on her hip?"

Natsu hisses, his finger getting caught on a connector. "Yeah, what of it?"

"Aw, hell, Natsu. She and Mira are probably already planning on setting you up with someone."

"What does it matter? I ain't in the market for someone who's gonna give me shit over Happy. The last three girlfriends I had tried to get him taken from me for the simple fact of I care more for Happy then I do them."

Laxus sighs and they finish loading the rest of the hoses in silence. After the blonde pulls the engine back into the Fire house Natsu pulls a truck covered from roof to tire in mud out into the sunlight.

He slides out, closing the door behind him and returns with a hose, a bucket of soap and a sponge. Just as he starts spraying off the worse of the mud he notices a patrol car turning into the Fire house parking lot but pays it no mind, scowling when he sees a dead frog stuck in the rim of the tire. As he works his way around the front, pulling out sticks, reeds, and the occasional dead fish he notices the car is parked next to the entrance and Laxus' girlfriend is talking to him while he straightens up the lockers.

After he finishes the rinse down he grabs the sponge and bucket and starts moving around the truck, scrubbing off anything the water couldn't get off. The scrubbing reveals a bright red paint and Natsu grins.

It takes another twenty minutes before he's done scrubbing but as he goes to reach for the hose, hands wrap around his mouth, torso, and feet. He swings his elbow back, smacking the one grabbing him by his torso in their ribs.

"Damn it, Salamander, that fucking hurt," Natsu growls when he realizes it's his cousin kidnapping him.

When Gajeel and the second captor run across the parking lot toward the cruiser, Natsu recognizes the cruiser as belonging to his best friend, Gray Fullbuster.

He starts fighting harder and screams when they throw him in the trunk. "Damn it guys, what the hell is this for?!"

Gajeel holds Natsu in the trunk until Mira appears, smiling quite innocently. "It's quite simple, Natsu, you're going on a date."

Gray and Gajeel slam the trunk closed before Natsu can jump out and Natsu hits his head on the metal. "Let me out of here! I'm not going on any date!" Both boys flinch when Natsu starts pounding on the metal and Gray turns to Mira.

"Mira, if he busts up my trunk you're telling Chief."

Mira giggles but her eyes are hard. "Trust me, Gray, if he does he'll be in for a world of hurt. Now take us to Cana's."

Gray shivers at the look then rushes around to the driver's side.

When the car starts to move Natsu freezes, his stomach turning. He reaches up, weakly pounding on the trunk. "Guys, I can't be back here!"

The car moves again and his world tilts, his stomach coming up to sit in his throat. He turns his head down, his teeth grinding against each other to keep from opening his mouth.

About fifteen minutes later the car ride comes to an end and when fresh air hits him, Natsu opens an eye.

"Aw hell, Flame Brain, I hope you didn't get sick in my trunk."

Natsu groans as Gray and Gajeel pull him out of the vehicle, setting him on the asphalt. He sits still, holding his stomach for a few minutes until a hand holding a water bottle enters his view.

Gratefully he takes it, downing the whole thing then glares at his cousin and friend. "Assholes, you know I get carsick if I'm not in the driver's seat."

When he hears a giggle, he looks up at Mirajane seeing her hold another water bottle. "Sorry, Natsu, but I knew it was the only way we could get you here."

Natsu glares at her for a second before getting to his feet and turning around. At the sight of the strip mall he was at a few days earlier he looks back at the bar tender. "Why are we here?"

"Because, Flame Brain," Gray steps forward, resting a hand on Natsu's back to push him forward. "You have a date."

The pinkette digs his heels in, his boots giving him purchase to stop being pushed until Gajeel starts pushing as well. Natsu spins under their arms, ready to run as Gray grabs his arms, putting handcuffs on him.

"What the hell, guys? Handcuffs, seriously?!" Both men grab the pinkette and start hauling him more quickly toward the fortune teller's store.

They push him through the open door and he falls to the ground, his face pushed against the worn floorboards as Gray takes the handcuffs off. He hears counting then the weight is gone and he's hopping to his feet as the door to the shop swings shut.

Natsu storms at the door, beating on it with his open palms while Gray, Gajeel, Mira, and Cana stand outside it.

"I told you guys, I don't want to go on any date!"

Mira giggles, stepping closer to the door. "Oh, and Natsu? Don't worry about Happy. Juvia and Gray have said they'll babysit while you enjoy your date."

She turns, following the others and Natsu grabs at his hair spitting every obscenity in the book into the air.

"I take it they tricked you too?" The soft question grabs his attention and he turns to find the blonde from before sitting behind the counter looking at him in amusement.

He scowls. "If you call kidnapping, throwing me in a trunk, then dragging me here tricked then yeah, I was tricked."

Lucy giggles, causing a warmth to bloom in Natsu's chest at how light and airy it is. Strangely he finds himself grinning as he turns to look at her fully.

"How did they trick you into coming?"

Lucy smiles sadly, holding up a deck of cards. "Cana asked me to spend the day with her. Said she was lonely since almost no one ever comes into the store."

Natsu nods and his stomach growls when his nose picks up something delicious. Lucy looks at him in amusement.

"I take it you're hungry?"

He nods quickly. "Fucking starving. Chief Makarov's had us cleaning the Fire house from top to bottom today and I missed out on breakfast."

Lucy tilts her head, and Natsu follows the gesture to see two filled plates set on the table where Cana had given him his reading three days prior. "Mira made food. Why don't you dig in?"

Natsu's tempted. The food smells heavenly. But something in him has him stopping, looking at the blonde and grinning. "I may eat a lot but there's more than enough for you too. Wouldn't want any of it going to waste."

Lucy giggles and gets off the stool, walking to the table. She takes the seat where Cana usually sits while Natsu takes the seat he had before. They sit in silence, both picking at their plates until the silence grows awkward and Lucy glances up from her plate.

"I know you said you worked at a Firehouse but what is it you do?"

He shrugs, his gaze fighting to stay on his food instead of the gorgeous blonde in front of him. "Everyone at the station does everything pretty much. We can all clean, we all do clothes, wash the engines, work on the engines. Even go to the different elementary and middle schools in the area to speak to the kids. There's no one roll in what we do. Just today before I was kidnapped," Natsu glances up, noticing Lucy's lips twitch. "Laxus and I were rolling hoses for one of the engines then I had to wash a first responder truck that two newbies decided they were gonna get stuck in a swamp a few miles back in the woods outside Magnolia."

Lucy brings a hand up to cover her smile and Natsu snorts. Deciding he wants to see her smile he takes two bread sticks and props them under his lip before taking a noodle and wrapping it around the breadsticks.

She starts to laugh harder when he crosses his eyes and asks, "Is there something on my face?"

When she stops laughing he uses his lip to pull the bread sticks into his mouth then cracks down on them with his pointed canines.

"Where did you learn to do that?"

He brings his hand up to rub the back of his head looking sheepish. "My son, when I first got him he refused to eat anything so I had to get him to laugh before he was willing to eat."

Lucy's curiosity peaks and she looks at him. "You have a son?"

His guts churns. For some reason, he really wants Lucy to like Happy. "Yeah, I adopted him a few years back."

She sets her fork down, her gaze solely on him as she bites her lower lip. "Why did you adopt?"

He copies her movements, setting his fork down beside his plate and taking a sip of his water. "I was adopted. I was in the system as a kid and ended up being one of the lucky ones. I ended up with a family that raised me to treat others the way I wanted to be treated and to help in any way I can. Growing up, I knew I wanted to do something in return so when it became a possibility I went ahead and adopted." He turns his gaze up, searing her with the complete honesty he bears. "Happy's like the light of everyone's lives. Even with where he came from he smiles every day, and sure he's causing more than enough trouble that my wallet has more flies than money I couldn't give the kid up."

Her heart melts hearing the fondness in his voice and she asks her next question soft as silk. "Why is his name Happy?"

He chuckles at that. "His name isn't actually Happy, it's Anthony but because of how happy he is and how happy he makes others Chief nicknamed him Happy. He likes it so it stuck."

She giggles as well and he looks at her. "You know about me so I'd say it's only right I know a little about you."

She bites her lip, thinking about where to start until she settles on a general topic. "Well, I'm in no way as impressive as you are. I'm a writer, I've published three novels so far and am working on my fourth. My mother died when I was seven and my father distanced himself, leaving the maids to raise me. I ran away when I was sixteen and stayed with my friend Levy until I was able to publish my first novel."

When she stops, he's staring at her with his mouth open. She becomes nervous, not knowing what he'll say. Finally, he closes his mouth and grins at her. "That's awesome."

His statement has her confused. He seems to catch it though and tries to rectify it. "Not the whole mom dying and dad leaving but you being able to write like you do."

She nods, raising a hand to brush a lock of hair behind her ear. "It's nothing. My writing is just a way for me to get what I want to say out."

He frowns. "Don't play it down. It is something. It's something absolutely amazing. I could never write like you do. Hell, I can barely write my name." He holds up his hands. "I'm better at doing things with my hands. If there's paperwork that needs to be done for the Fire house one of the other's does it, but if there's something wrong with one of the engines they ask me to take care of it because apparently 'I have the magic fingers to make an engine roar to life.'"

The way he says the last part with air quotes has Lucy giggling. When she stops, she smiles at him. "Well I'm sure having magic fingers like that comes in handy."

Natsu huffs. "Try telling that to Happy's sixth grade English teacher. I swear anytime I come in for a parent/teacher conference she's trying to strangle me. I can't help it I don't do writing."

"Well, I know we just met and everything but if he's having that much trouble with English I'm sure I could tutor him." Her statement has him freezing in his spot.

In one part, he can't believe that this gorgeous woman is offering to take time out of her day to help him and his son. In the other part, he doesn't know what he'd be able to do in return.

An idea hits him like a ton of bricks when he realizes he wants to see more of her and he grins. "Alright, but if you do me a favor."

She looks at him in confusion. "And what would that be?"

"Go to a movie with me."

"W-What?" She sputters.

He leans forward, setting his head in his hands. "I said, will you go to a movie with me?"

Her heart is stampeding out of her chest. This handsome man has just asked her out on a date and is not being forced to do it.

She swallows her heart, smiles and holds a hand across the table. "Alright, Mr. Dragneel, you have a deal."

He grins, shaking her hand. "Call me Natsu."

"Lucy."

Returning readers! If you've guessed The Fortune Teller's Fortune you would be correct. I had a lot of fun writing that and this prompt just seemed to work with it so well.

For everyone who's reviewed on the first prompt Nostalgia, I'm glad you enjoyed it. As for this one what did y'all think? Did y'all enjoy the hilariousness of Mira's scheme?

That said I'll see y'all tomorrow with Flaws.

Grizzly out for the night.