Chapter 2

"AUGH! LUCY! HOLD STILL!" Natsu attempted to stick Lucy the kitten in the bath. He was covered in scratches. "Luce! Gahh!" The cream colored kitten ran to a corner while Natsu cradled his hand.

"Geez! You're the one who said you wanted to take a bath! What, are you suddenly afraid of water?" Lucy meowed and Happy chimed in.

"She says the tub is the size of an ocean and the water is too cold." Natsu groaned and crawled over to Lucy.

"Look, I won't let you drown okay? And if the water is too cold, well, luckily for you, I'm a fire mage!" Natsu grinned and stuck his hands in the water and gradually made the temperature rise. Lucy meowed frantically and climbed on the edge of the tub.

"She said not to overdo it." Happy sighed between bites of his fish.

"Hey Happy," Natsu looked over at his friend sitting on the counter. "Isn't tomorrow Charlie's birthday?" Happy dropped his fish and gasped.

"YOU'RE RIGHT! I HAVE TO GET HER A PRESENT!" And he disappeared out the window.

"Well I guess now we don't have a translator…" Lucy just looked up at him and shrugged her little shoulders awkwardly. "Although I think I can guess what you would say, 'Natsu! Get out of my house, pervert!'" He laughed at his impression of Lucy (a high pitched, squeaky voice) and Lucy frowned, swiping his arm. "Ouch!" Natsu took his hands from the water and Lucy tested it with a paw.

"Good?" Lucy nodded eagerly.

"Okay… Now to dry you…" Natsu stared thoughtfully at the kitten's small, shivering form. Natsu snapped his fingers and his hands erupted in flames. Lucy shook her head (a little freaked out) and ran to a stack of towels. Natsu moaned.

"Fine if you want to do it the boring way…" He grabbed a pink towel, wrapped it around her shivering body, and Natsu began rubbing away the water. Lucy rested in his lap, blushing under her fur. He stopped temporarily and she looked up at him with her innocent, big brown eyes. Natsu blushed furiously and quickly pulled part of the towel over Lucy's face.

What's this feeling? Natsu shook his head to clear it and continued furiously rubbing. Lucy was just his friend. Right?

Natsu groaned as he collapsed on the couch. Taking care of a kitten was too much work. He had forgotten how much trouble Happy had been. Then again, Lucy was a person.

"Girls are too much work…" Lucy had fallen asleep on the pillow and Natsu looked at her tiny, fuzzy body. Her chest moved up and down, up and down with her breathing. His stomach pulled him from his thoughts and he sat up, walking to the kitchen.

"Food… Food… Where is everything? Does she even eat!?" Natsu growled as he began tearing (carefully) through cabinets. After he had searched the entire kitchen, he gave up, sitting at Lucy's desk.

"No food… I can't leave… Can I?" He looked down at her once more as Levy's words echoed in his thoughts.

'You can't leave her alone, or she'll turn into a cat on the inside as well.' Natsu groaned and let his head hit the desk. Guess I'll have to wait till she wakes up…

After several minutes, he let his body relax and Natsu dozed off.

Natsu groaned as he felt something bat on his eyelids.

"Five more minutes…." He snored. Lucy rolled her eyes and jumped on his head into his tangled mess of hair. After a minute of more pawing, Natsu shifted and Lucy slipped down his neck, being caught in a fold of his scarf. Lucy scrambled awkwardly to get free, but just ended up sinking deeper into the fabric.

"Luce… What are you doin'?" Natsu sat up and craned his neck around to see Lucy stuck in his scarf like a hammock. Natsu laughed and took off his scarf, holding it so it dangled and she couldn't maneuver out.

"Hahahaha! You're funny Luce!" Lucy squirmed and meowed helplessly. Natsu laughed for a little bit longer, before setting her down. Lucy sat on his scarf and pouted up at him. Natsu grinned in return and Lucy blushed.

"Hey Luce! Let's go get some food!" He grabbed her in the crook of his arm and grabbed his scarf with the other, jumping out the window.

Heyo minna-san! I'm sorry this chapter is so late! I've been really busy and my computer was being retarded, but hey, I warned you that I procrastinate! Anywho, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Gomenasai! -_-ll It's really short, but I promise the next one will be extra long and more interesting!

Happy Valentine's Day by the way!

-Natsumi

P.S., If you want to see the pic I drew for this chapter, please go to this link. (add maka42soul . deviantart . com to the front. This stupid program won't let me post a link -_-ll)

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I will try to draw pics for my chapters now :) Its fun! Cya laters!