Never, Ever Touch Lucy's Stuff

"NATSU!"

The Guild silenced as Lucy stormed through the doors, her hair loose and flying behind her like an angry blonde whirlwind. In her fist was a crumpled piece of paper, which she held in the air.

"I'm gonna kill you Pyro!" She screamed, thundering over to the pink haired boy and shoving the paper in his face. "First of all you eat all my food, then you steal my story - the one which I promised Levy she'd be the first to read - and all you do is leave a note to tell me that you took it!"
Natsu froze as she continued to rave on about her manuscript, then just as her mouth formed the 'oo' sound in you, he lurched forward and planted a kiss on her lips, effectively cutting her speech short. The blonde stood there with her arms crossed firmly over her chest as they kissed, her brows creased in annoyance at her new boyfriend's audacity.

"You done yet?" She hissed as he pulled away and flashed her his heart melting grin.

The Guild members just laughed as Natsu's face fell at her words.

Although they had been officially 'together' for about a week, since Natsu returned from his job - in which he was supposed to have died - nothing had changed between them, except from the occasional peck from the Dragon Slayer, which was usually followed by a blush from the Celestial Wizard. But this time was different - Lucy was actually pissed.

"First we need to get some things straight," She hissed again, moving her face towards the fire boy. "One: you are now to never enter my home without me in there. Two: you are never to eat my food, unless you are willing to pay me for it. And three: Never touch my stuff."

Once again, Natsu was a rigid as a pole as his girlfriend came closer to him, her face contorted in anger. There were few things that he was scared of in the world - and one of them was an angry Lucy. She locked her brown eyes with him and glared, until she finally broke and turned away storming out of the Guild once more, with only a catty remark over her shoulder.

"If I don't have those papers in my hand by the end of they day, you're totally screwed, Natsu."

Once Lucy was gone, the Guild erupted into laughter as Natsu slumped against the bar, resting his salmon head on the wood and closing his eyes. When he opened his eyes, Mira stood over him, her hands clenched at her hips angrily.

"So where is it, Natsu?" She demanded, her blue eyes furious.

"I don't know." Was all the Fire mage said as he puffed out the breath he didn't know he had been holding.

"Don't lie! I can't believe you would steal her story - you know how much it means to her." She scolded, her eyes burning.

Natsu pushed himself up and swiveled himself around so that her could look the She Demon in the eyes. "I didn't do it." He said seriously.

"Natsu-"

"I DIDN'T DO IT, OKAY?" He screamed, bringing his fist down against the wooden bar angrily.

The Dragon Slayer pushed himself up from his stool and marched himself away from the white-haired mage as she stared at him, silenced by his outburst. His hands burned, and without even looking down, he knew they were flaming by the looks he received from his fellow Guild members. As he sat himself down at another table, as far away from everyone else as he could, he heard tiny footsteps, and knew Wendy was approaching him. She slid herself down next to him as he extinguished his flames.

"If you've come to give me a lecture about how disappointed you are of me, you can get lost, 'cos I'm not in the mood." He grumbled into the tabletop, wrapping his arms around his head.

He heard Wendy sigh as she put her hand on his shoulder. "I know it wasn't you," She said sweetly, causing Natsu to perk his head up at her words. "You wouldn't take her story - you'd just sit in her house and read it whilst she was out."

She chuckled slightly, earning herself a glare from the pink haired boy. "But that's another thing she's angry about."

"I know. But I'll help you find you took her story, if it'll make you feel better?" The sky dragon smiled.

Natsu grinned his trademark grin. "Really?"

With Wendy's nod, he ran out of the Guild, followed up quickly by the young bluenette.

*Later that evening*

"Dammit Wendy," Natsu growled as they trudged along the streets of Magnolia after a long day of searching and questioning for Lucy's manuscript. "I'm cooked!"

Despite the situation, Wendy laughed, although weakly. "You? Cooked?"

Natsu smiled at the young girl, "Okay, maybe not the best choice of words, but still, you get my point."

Together, they made their way to Natsu's home, where they met Carla at the door.

"And where have you been, young lady?" She scowled at the bluenette.

"Helping Natsu find Lucy's story so that he doesn't get cooked." She retorted, quoting the fire dragon from earlier that day.

Carla's glare softened, and turned into a look of questioning. "Story, you say?"

She turned on her heel and walked into the house, beckoning for the pair to follow after her, which they did without complaint. When Natsu closed the door behind them, they faced a guilty looking Happy. The white cat grabbed a thick pile of papers from the table and held them up as she pointed to the flying blue thing.

"I found this Tomcat here reading this this morning after you left for Fairy Tail," She said, her eyebrows raised. "I didn't think nothing of it, because I had always hoped that he'd try and educate himself with something, so I didn't question the matter."

She made her way over to the dragon slayers and thrust the papers into the fire dragon's awaiting hands. "So I take it that these belong to you - or more rather, Lucy."

Wendy was the first to speak, "So you mean that Happy broke into Lucy's house and-"

"I'm gonna cook you, cat! I'm in the doghouse because of you!" Natsu roared, chasing after that blue cat as he flew upwards out of his reach.

Carla rolled her eyes, and Wendy spoke once more. "So now it's Happy who's being cooked? Make up your mind! Anyway, shouldn't you get this back to Lucy before-"

"Shit!" Natsu yelled, and bolted through the door before Wendy could finish her sentence.

"Use the Goddamn door!" Lucy yelled as Natsu banged on her window after scaling her apartment wall.

With a grunt, Natsu dropped down and sulked to the front door and knocked loudly, waiting for Lucy to open up. When she did, she did so without even a glance at her pink haired boyfriend and marched upstairs to her home, where Natsu followed awkwardly.

He couldn't remember actually ever using those stairs...

Finally, the silence grew too long, and she cut into it. "So, where is it?"

Natsu bunched his eyebrows in confusion. "What?"

"Do I need to spell it out for you, dummy?" She glared. "Where - is - my - story?"

"Oh, yeah." He grinned, and pulled the pile of papers which he had secured together with string out into the open.

Hesitantly, Lucy reached her arm out and snached the papers from his grasp, pulling the string undone and checking that it was infact her story she was holding, and not some scheme to get him back in her good books. When she was satisfied, she dismissed him.

"What?" He snapped, refusing to leave. "I search all over Magnolia for your stupid story, and all you do is dismiss me like your servant? Who do you think I am?"

Lucy stood her ground, unmoved by his harsh words. "Well, you're the one who took it, so-"

"I DIDN'T FUCKING TAKE IT!" He yelled, running his hands through his hair angrily.

"What?" She whispered, so quietly that even Natsu could barely hear her.

"How many times do I need to tell you that I didn't take it?" He demanded. "Yes, I want to read your story, but I'm no thief! I wouldn't take it whether I was your best friend, your boyfriend or even some stranger, okay?"

Lucy took a breath and looked up again to glare at him, "Then who did?"

"Take a wild guess."
"Gray?"

Natsu shook his head.

"Erza?"
Another shake.

"Mira?"

Natsu didn't even bother responding.

"Happy!" Lucy realised, and she began to grind her teeth. "I swear, when I get my hands on that little cat, I'm gonna-"

"Don't I get a thanks?"

Lucy didn't hesitate before she made her way over to her boyfriend, wrapping her arms around him and resting her head on his bare chest. "I'm sorry," She said, her eyes closed. "I just- ugh. Thanks for finding it."

Natsu smiled, and stepped out of her embrace, lifting her head upwards to look at him and kissing her. When they broke apart, he planted a kiss on her forehead.

"I gotta go," He said, opening her apartment door for a rather welcome change.

"You're not staying?"

"I've got some cats to yell at," He smirked, and slid out of the door.

When he was gone, Lucy didn't bother writing for a change, instead she just slipped into bed, fully clothed, and closed her eyes.

Hey guys! Sorry about everyone's OOCness in this chapter... I just couldn't help myself I guess. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed, and I'm already planning the next chapter of fluff (Or should I say, angst and fluff, I don't even know)