AN: Like I said in the first chapter, I update this story every Wednesday! Also, since this story is supposed to be like snapshots of their life, expect to see a lot of time skips okay?


Chapter 2

Bun in the Oven

Lucy bent over the toilet, barfing what felt like all of her insides into the bowl. It was nearing noon, and she had already thrown up four times that day. Wiping away the tears that welled in the corners of her eyes- she couldn't help but cry when she threw up- the girl pouted.

"I really wanted to go to the guild today," she thought with a frown. Levy had mentioned a new book she found that was apparently really good. She even offered to bring it to the guild to let her read it today.

Natsu had left for the guild over an hour ago. He had offered to stay at home with her to hold her hair back, but she shooed him away, not wanting him to have to suffer like she was. Misery loved company, but she didn't. Not when she was sick, at least.

So, Lucy leaned against the wall with a sigh, placing a hand over her churning stomach. With her luck, she probably had food poisoning.

"At least it'll be gone soon."


A few hours passed when Natsu had finally returned from the guild, Happy flying right beside him. The two found the blonde sitting on the sofa, curled up in the blankets like a burrito.

"Hey, Lucy," the cat greeted. "Feeling any better?"

"Yeah," she answered with a nod. "It's on and off."

"Do you think you have the flu or something?"

"No, nothing like that. I don't have a fever or anything, I just keep throwing up. I'm guessing I have food poisoning."

"Food poisoning?" Natsu asked, scrunching his face in thought. "I don't remember us eatin' anything that could give ya food poisoning."

Lucy shrugged. "Well, I'm not having any other symptoms, so it's got to be that. Anyways, how was it at the guild?"

"Natsu and Gray started a guild-wide fight as always," Happy said, snickering behind his paws. "It was so bad that Erza had to tie them up so that they wouldn't fight anymore!"

Lucy sighed, giving her husband a pointed look. "Really, Natsu? Again?"

The boy glared at the wall, crossing his arms. "It's not my fault that stripper is annoying!"

"What'd he do this time?"

He tried to think back to what started the fight but came up short. "I don't remember."

"That means it wasn't a good enough reason to fight, stupid!"

"Oi, who you callin' stupid!"

Happy intervened before the two could really start bickering. Their petty arguments could last for hours if he didn't stop them.

"Did you eat already, Lucy?" he asked.

The girl shook her head. "I've been too scared to eat. I'm worried that I'll just throw it all up."

Natsu frowned at her. "You still have to eat, Lucy. C'mon, let's go get you something."

With that, the three of them were searching her fridge for anything to eat. Lucy pulled out a bag of frozen bread rolls. Since her stomach was unsettled, she figured bread might help. So, she opened the bag, popped a few on a cooking tray, and stuck them in the oven.

Happy snickered, drawing the girl's attention.

"What's so funny?" she asked with a quirked brow.

"You've got a bun in the oven. Get it?" he said, laughing.

Lucy's eyes widened, her mouth hung on its hinges as she whirled her gaze back onto the oven. Her stomach churned again. Placing a hand over her belly, she was lost in thought.

Her mind reeled back to last year, when Levy was pregnant with the twins. Her friend had endured so many symptoms, the biggest one being morning sickness. The petite girl was throwing up nearly every morning. Sometimes it was triggered by smells, other times it just came out of nowhere.

"It can't be…"


The next day, Lucy shooed Natsu and Happy out of the house again, forcing them to go to the guild.

"Are you sure you don't wanna come with us?" Natsu had asked, narrowing his eyes at the girl in suspicion.

"Are you still sick?" Happy added.

Lucy nodded frantically, a nervous grin plastered to her face. "Yep! I'm still sick. Now go!"

The two reluctantly left, leaving her alone.

Lucy closed the door behind them, leaning against it with a heavy sigh. Gazing down at her stomach, she frowned. She hated not knowing…

She went to the bedroom and threw on some sweats and a sweater before rushing outside and towards the nearest health store possible.


Pacing back and forth, Lucy stared at the white stick she held in her shaky hands. Was she really going to take a pregnancy test? She doubted that she was really pregnant. After all, she and Natsu had unprotected sex multiple times, what were the odds that she'd get pregnant now?

Taking a deep breath, Lucy uncapped the stick.

Whether it turned up positive or not, she had to know.

Lucy was back to pacing after she took the test. It was one of the cheaper kinds, so she had to wait ten minutes before she got the results. And while ten minutes may not have seemed like much, in that moment, they were dragging on for what felt like years.

"What if I am pregnant?" she wondered, her hands shaking. "That means I can't go on jobs with everyone. Or write my novel. Or be able to do anything I want."

Lucy was scared. Big changes could be happening in her life very soon, and she wasn't even sure if she was ready for them.

"What if I'm not a good mother? What if my kid hates me? What if they grow up to be a dark mage, or an enemy of Fairy Tail?"

Negative thoughts plagued her mind during those ten minutes as she was forced to wait for the results. Luckily, even though there were bad thoughts, there were good thoughts to counter them as well.

"But then again, Natsu did say that I'd make a great mom. And raising kids with him sounds nice… Plus, they'd grow up in Fairy Tail, there's no way they'd grow up to be a dark mage!"

With thoughts like those, Lucy was able to calm herself to stop pacing during the last minute of her wait.

Despite knowing full-well that the ten minutes were up, the girl couldn't bring herself to flip the test over. It was a big step in her life, she wanted to be able to see it when she was ready. And right now, with the lingering fear in her heart, part of her told her that she wasn't ready.

So, she forced herself to think of happy things. Things that would reassure her that there was nothing to be afraid of.

Immediately, she recalled the night they had a few weeks ago in which they were actually discussing having kids. Hell, if she was pregnant, that would've been the night their child was conceived.

She recalled the way Natsu pressed his forehead against hers and how they came up with baby names. She rested her hand over her stomach once again, this time a warm smile spreading over her face.

"Either Nashi or Lucas, huh?"

No longer feeling as scared, Lucy grabbed the stick. Taking a deep breath, she counted to three in her head before flipping it over to see the results. There was a plus sign. It was positive.

She was pregnant.

Tears pricked Lucy's eyes as a shaky hand flew to her mouth. The fear that had previously clutched her heart vanished, leaving joy in its wake. She was pregnant. They were going to have a kid.

They were going to raise a family together.

Lucy stared at her belly fondly. Even though it was still flat, there was a seed of life growing inside of her, so small, not even noticeable yet, but was eventually going to become their child. Releasing a shaky breath, she leaned her head back against the wall. She had no idea why she was so scared earlier. Not when she felt so happy now.

Capping the test, Lucy hid it away in the drawer that held her tampons- she briefly squealed in joy that she wouldn't be needing those anymore. Telling Natsu about this was supposed to be a special moment between them as a couple, she had to make sure that Happy wasn't there when she told him. So, she hid it away and waited for the right moment she could finally tell Natsu.


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