Summary: Natsu sees something he shouldn't have in Lucy's underwear drawer. Set after the recent time skip.

"Lucy, what's this thing in your drawer?" Natsu questioned as soon as she came home from work one day, about a month after his return.

The blonde's mouth grew dry and her eyes widened with horror. In his hand was the small clitoral vibrator that Levy and Erza convinced her to buy on their trip to a certain novelty boutique three months prior. It had a soft, fuchsia silicon tip and a black dial at the base with four different settings.

Lucy never would have entertained the thought of such a purchase a year ago, but after his departure the chance of her being barged in on decreased tenfold; she decided to indulge.

But now…but now…

"What the hell is wrong with you?" She sent a sharp kick to his face and snatched the device back from him, her face burning crimson the entire time.

"I thought you said you were done kicking me," he complained while rotating his jaw. He hadn't been the only one to get stronger in the past year.

"Done kicking you for leaving," she defended. "Invading my privacy is an entirely different topic." Honestly, he never learned. An entire year away and all he had to show for it was more muscle definition. Not that it wasn't a welcome sight. "What were you even doing in there?"

"Looking for a shirt," he said, as though it were some self-evident fact. She'd rearranged things since he left, and the dragon slayer could barely find anything anymore. "Then I found that weird thing. It sort of looks like your lipstick, but it shakes and stuff."

"It's um…" her throat felt incredibly dry. "It's a massager." Half truths and short explanations. That was how she was going to get out of this.

"Oh, you mean for your back?"

"Uh-huh." She heaved a sigh of relief, happy to have jumped a hurdle with that one.

"That's great! My shoulder's been killing me for a while now. Can I use it?"

"ABSOLUTELY NOT!" Lucy raged, fighting the urge to hit him again just for suggesting it. Although she was glad for it on this particular occasion, it amazed her to no end how dense he could be. "I mean…it doesn't really work that well. I'll give you a real massage."

"You're so weird, Luce," Natsu said, noting her frazzled expression and the beads of sweat dotting her forehead.

"Yeah, yeah. Just lie down."

While he did this Lucy put the vibrator back at the bottom of her underwear drawer for lack of a better place to store it, and brought a bottle of lavender lotion out from the bathroom.

The celestial spirit mage wondered how she ended up in these situations as she mounted the bed with her knees on either side of him. She squeezed a generous amount of the lotion onto her hands and started massaging it into her partner's back.

"Natsu, what have you been doing to yourself?" She asked upon feeling the tension deep in his muscles.

"Training." She could tell he was grinning by the tone of his voice. "To protect everyone."

"You can relax a little bit," her eyes softened as she looked down at him. He had been working so hard for them this entire time."Honestly. I never thought I'd have to tell you that." She applied a bit more pressure to work the knots out. "Feel any better?" the blonde asked after a few more minutes.

"Yeah. Thanks, Luce."

"No problem." She traced lazy patterns onto his back with her index finger. "You know, you could have just asked me before." If he hadn't accidentally come across her vibrator, who knows how long he would have went around like that.

He shrugged, turning over to face her. "You seemed pretty busy with your job and…"

"I'm never too busy for you." And it was true. She would always be there to take care of him, whether he liked it or not.

Notes: Hey, everyone! I know no one really stayed in Magnolia during the time skip, Lucy included, but I wrote this before 418 came out. I decided to post it because I thought it might still be funny. Thanks for reading!