This second chapter was so much fun to write! I'm falling in love with modern AU's all over again.

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Thank you for making me feel fuzzy on the inside, everyone. C:

This story will be updated every Wednesday, by the way!

I'm not sure how I feel about the pacing about this fanfic yet, but we'll see what happens sooner or later.

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Lucy gave out a wide yawn as soon as she woke up the next morning from the loud blares of her alarm. She surprisingly slept well; she felt that Natsu's snores would keep her from sleeping, but she didn't hear one snore from his side that night.

Lifting herself off her bed, she shuffled to the door. When her door was halfway opened, she peeked her head out to look at her new roommate's door.

"Doesn't he have school?" she stared at Natsu's closed door.

She shrugged it off—it had nothing to do with her.

Lucy could feel her morning breath and wanted to brush her teeth soon. She was seconds away from entering the bathroom when a voice stopped her in her tracks.

"I didn't think you were the type of person to break the rules on our first day together, Lucy," Natsu spoke with his head poked out of his room.

Lucy turned to him with a puzzled expression.

"What rules?"

"Look at where you're standing," he nodded down to the floor.

Lucy glanced down at the floor and her eyes immediately widened, the memories of the line filling her mind.

"I didn't step over the line!" she exclaimed, taking a step back.

"Because I saved you," he replied as he exited his room. Lucy was able to see the jump in his step as he easily strolled through his side.

"I need to brush my teeth," he stated while entering the bathroom and shutting the door.

"You're kidding…" Lucy's voice trailed off; her irritation began to bubble up inside of her.

She felt helpless as the bathroom was two steps away from her but she couldn't enter due to the line that separated them.

"Do you need something?" Natsu asked as he stuck his head out of the bathroom, his toothbrush hanging off the side of his mouth.

"You made this line just so you could have the bathroom, didn't you?" she crossed her arms with a frown.

"Maybe," he grinned, shutting the door again.

"I can't believe him," Lucy shook her head with disbelief. She could tell Natsu was deliberately running the water loudly to mock her.

"Two can play at this game," she declared as she stomped her way to the kitchen that was on her side.

She knew exactly what to do that would make Natsu fall on his knees and beg for forgiveness.

Lucy smiled to herself as she whipped up the best breakfast she had ever made in her life. She was glad she had decided to buy some groceries items before moving in.

The smell bacon made her stomach growl as it sizzled on the pan.

"Hey, Happy," she smiled down at the feline that sat in front of her, eyeing the food she held.

She happily dug into her eggs at the table in the kitchen and when she saw the bathroom door open, she began to wave.

"Have a nice shower?" she questioned.

"Yeah," Natsu responded slowly as his eyes landed on her food, his nose twitching at the smell of the bacon.

"The food I made is really good," Lucy said as she pointed down to her plate. "Even Happy thinks it's good, too."

"It looks like it," he slightly licked his lips.

"Do you want some?" she offered, feeling the sweet victory at her fingertips.

"Yes," he nodded.

"Let me use the bathroom," she demanded.

She watched as Natsu thought about it. It didn't take him long to answer.

"In return, will you make breakfast for me every day?" he negotiated with her.

"Deal," she responded. She always had leftovers for her breakfast, anyway.

"This is the only time you can cross the line," Natsu instructed.

"Same goes for you when coming to the kitchen," Lucy replied, extremely satisfied with the way things turned out.

She stood up from her seat to finalize the deal with a handshake. Once the deal was on, the two crossed each other's line without worrying about having to wash dishes for three months.

"Your food is really good!" Natsu shouted as soon as Lucy had finished using the bathroom.

Her eyes widened when she realized Natsu was standing right in front of the door, waiting for her to exit.

"D-Didn't I say it was?" she attempted to quip while walking past him. She was alarmed at how close his face was to hers just a second ago.

"Can you make my lunch for me, too?" he asked with bright eyes.

Lucy spun around with her mouth open. How much did this guy want?

Her no was at the tip of her tongue but after taking a look at his radiant expression, she gave in.

"Fine, I will starting tomorrow," she sighed. "But don't tell anyone I made it for you at your school, okay?"

"Why not?" he inquired.

"Because," she returned to going back to her room. "I don't want anyone to know we're living together."

"Why's that?" he pressed.

"It'll be troublesome if someone finds out," she answered shortly, closing her door behind her.

If they talked any longer, Lucy was sure she was going to be late for school.

She quickly slipped on her school uniform and as she stepped out of her room, she froze when she noticed Natsu's uniform.

"We go to the same school?!" she exclaimed.

"I guess we do," Natsu nodded with his own minor shock, noticing their matching uniforms.

"What class are you in?" she asked frantically.

"Class F," he answered.

"That's why I've never seen you before," she realized. "I'm in Class L."

Somehow, it relieved Lucy that they were in the same grade. She had no idea how she would feel if he was younger or older.

"We're going to be late for school!" she gasped after glancing at the time. "Come on!"

She reached for Natsu's wrist and hauled him with her as they rushed down the stairs to sprint to school.

"You run too slow," he told her as he seemed to magically appear in front of her and lead instead.

Although Lucy didn't like how his hand slipped down to hold her hand, she decided to keep her mouth shut this time. As long as she wasn't late to school, she wasn't going to complain.

"We made it!" she breathed out as they entered the school gates.

"Because of me," Natsu gave a smug smile.

"Yeah, whatever," she rolled her eyes. "I'll see you later then."

"Later," he said while they separated to go to their classrooms that were in different hallways.

"Lu-chan, you're here! I thought you were going to be late," a bluenette greeted at the door to their classroom.

"Sorry, Levy-chan. I woke up late," Lucy gave an apologetic smile as she trotted to assigned seat.

"How does it feel living by yourself?" a girl with dark purple eyes twisted around in her chair to talk to Lucy.

"Weird," Lucy responded.

"What does that mean?" she leaned forward with curiosity.

"Cana, give her some space," a female with flaming red hair gently placed a hand on Cana's shoulder.

"You know you're curious, too, Erza!" Cana retorted.

It was clear Erza was just as curious as all the other girls surrounding Lucy. She looked at Lucy with a sheepish smile.

"When can we come over?" she asked.

"Yeah, I want to go already!" Levy whined.

"I haven't put the decor up yet," Lucy stammered, not meeting the pairs of eyes on her.

"We can help you with that," Erza assured.

"Uh," the blonde hesitated. She couldn't lie her way out of it now.

"How about tomorrow?" she ended up suggesting.

"Yes!" Levy cheered.

"I'll bring the drinks," Cana wiggled her eyebrows.

"You better not," Erza commanded.

"Everyone get ready for class!" the teacher barked as soon as the bell rang.

Lucy inwardly sighed as she listened to the teacher's monotone voice. It was just her luck that she had the most tedious teacher for her first period.

She felt herself drifting away in her mind and into her thoughts, but she didn't bother to stop it.

"What is Natsu is doing right now?" she wondered.

As soon as she processed what she had thought, she instantly began to shake her head.

What was he doing in her thoughts?

"Lu-chan, are you okay?" Levy whispered beside her.

"What?" Lucy lifted her head to look at her best friend.

"You look mad," she remarked.

"I was thinking about the last episode of this show I watch," Lucy responded, going back to filling out her notes.

Eventually, lunch rolled its way to Lucy. She breathed out a sigh of relief; she desperately wanted to leave the classroom for some fresh air.

"You forgot to bring your lunch, too?" Levy asked once they decided to go to the cafeteria to get their food.

"I woke up late," Lucy reminded her, though it was mainly—or mostly—because she was distracted by Natsu to remember to make her lunch.

"I bet your apartment is so nice!" Levy gushed.

Lucy was about to assure her it wasn't as nice as she thought it was, but it was undeniable.

"It's pretty nice," Lucy admitted.

"How does your window view look like? Is the shower nice? Do you have a big living room?" Levy asked in one breath.

"The window is—"

"Excuse me," a voice interrupted them.

Lucy turned to look at the person and immediately took a step back to give them some room.

"Sorry!" she apologized.

"Don't worry about it," the raven haired boy replied.

Lucy looked at the boy but the person's hair beside him caught her eye.

"Watch where you're going next time," Natsu spoke.

"Watch where you're going," Lucy countered.

"Lu-chan," Levy whispered with large eyes.

Lucy eyes widened as she realized what she had blurted out.

"Sorry," she repeated, her cheeks warming up in embarrassment. She severely wanted to wipe off that stupid smirk on Natsu's face.

"Come on, Gray," Natsu signaled him to follow him. "Let's go before her face gets any redder."

"Hey," Gray didn't move from his spot as Natsu began to walk away. "You were in such a good mood earlier because of the food you ate this morning! What happened?"

Lucy looked over her shoulder to see Natsu frozen. She made sure that he could hear her soft laugh.

"He's not always a jerk, I swear," Gray guaranteed. "See you around, um…"

"Lucy," she told him.

"See you around, Lucy," Gray gave her a smile then went to catch up with Natsu.

"That was weird," Levy frowned as they continued to walk to the cafeteria.

"Tell me about it," Lucy nodded, peeking behind her shoulder again to see Natsu shoving Gray away. A small smile began to play at her lips.

"Let's go get lunch now, I'm hungry."


The last bell of the day sounded like music to Lucy's ears. She rose from her seat and enthusiastically waved goodbye to her friends.

"She looks excited," Cana remarked as Lucy was already leaving the classroom.

"I wish I could live by myself," Levy sighed.

"You wouldn't last a day!" Cana cackled.

"Hey!" she pouted.

Lucy had no idea why she was hurrying home as fast as she was. She lightly hummed to herself as the spring air surrounded her.

While humming, she realized that she was secretly excited to see Natsu again. But she would never tell a soul that.

Stopping at the closest store to buy some ingredients for her dinner that night, she gleefully twirled the plastic bags in her hands while returning home.

She had to place the bags in one hand on the ground to unlock the door. Once it was unlocked, she picked up the bags and entered her apartment.

Natsu's name was just about to be called out, but a voice made her stop.

"This apartment is awesome," Gray's voice floated from Natsu's room.

"Isn't it?" Natsu bragged.

Lucy's feet felt nailed to the ground as she watched Natsu's door open.

As Natsu exited his room, his eyes immediately connected with Lucy.

"What is he doing here?!" Lucy hastily mouthed the words.

"Hey, Gray, I need to show you something else in my room," he stated quickly, going back inside his room.

Lucy took that as her sign to drop the bags into the kitchen and dash into her room. She winced at how loud the click of her door sounded when it closed.

She pressed her back against the door and attentively listened to each word she could hear.

"What's that room for?" Gray asked once they exited Natsu's room, oblivious to all the noises Lucy was positive sounded as loud as the horn of a car.

"That's where I put all my useless stuff," Natsu answered, making Lucy's mouth drop in astonishment.

"He really knows how to push my buttons," Lucy huffed to herself as she shuffled to her bed after making sure it was clear to move.

She couldn't tell how long Gray was going to stay over and by the pointless conversations the boys were having, she knew it wasn't going to be any time soon.

In the meantime, she chose to do her homework. Although it was extremely hard to focus on her work since the sound of the boys' video game seemed to be on its loudest volume.

So instead of actually doing her homework, she listened to the boys make jokes that at some points made her have to press a firm hand to her mouth to keep from making a noise.

Lucy's pencil paused as Natsu and Gray were silent for just a second. In that quiet second, her stomach growled.

"What was that?" Gray inquired.

"It was my stomach," Natsu answered smoothly. "I'm hungry."

Lucy pushed her forehead against her notebook in humiliation. Why, out of all times, did her stomach have to so loud?

Their voices began to come from the kitchen; the plastic bags ruffling around as they spoke. Lucy hoped Natsu wasn't freely walking through her side like she thought he was.

"Let me use the bathroom," Gray said as his steps patted against the floor as he entered the bathroom.

The silence returned and Lucy's stomach resumed to growl.

"Be quiet already!" she whispered to her stomach, but it paid no attention to her.

She instantly looked up at her door when she heard it gently open. Natsu entered her room with a bottle of water and a bowl of chips.

"Tell your stomach to shut up," he muttered as he handed her the food.

"I'm trying," she mumbled, gratefully taking the bowl. Never in her life did chips look so good. After admiring the food, her neck snapped up.

"You're on my side," she hissed.

"Spare me just this once?" he asked softly.

Lucy hesitated at his tone. How did his voice make her falter like that?

"Fine," she responded.

Spinning around, Natsu began to exit her room. Before shutting the door he looked over his shoulder.

"Sorry for making you stay here and being hungry."

"It's okay," she assured with a smile.

She watched as Natsu returned the smile. He closed the door behind him without another word.

Lucy munched on the chips as quietly as she could, flinching with each crunch that she was sure Gray could hear.

By the time Gray had left, Lucy's eyelids were too heavy to keep open. Though she fell asleep with ease knowing that he didn't find out about her living with Natsu.

Their first day of living together was a success. She was grateful Natsu had distracted Gray from her.

Perhaps Natsu wasn't as bad as of a guy as she assumed he was.

Was what Lucy thought before she found out the next morning that he had ate all three cups of her favorite yogurt.