AN/: YAY I didn't have to re-write any of this. YAY for copy & paste! Enjoy... again :)


"Did something happen?" Mira asked curiously with a knowing smile. She was up to something, Lucy just knew it. She always believed that she had great intuition. She would even say it was her legitimate sixth sense. It had saved her but a good number of times in the past, like when she jumped from that tower when she was captured by Phantom Lord. She'd known Natsu would be there to catch her. All hail her amazing intuition.

"Yeeesss…" Lucy replied hesitantly, narrowing her eyes at the barmaid. She didn't exactly need her intuition to tell her that the smile on Mirajane's face meant that she was up to something or that she knew something that Lucy didn't.

"No need to look at me like that," Mira said waving a hand in the air. "So, what happened?" she asked, her eyes sparkling with curiosity.

"Uh, Natsu set my stove on fire then said that he'd take care of it," Lucy said, still a little scared by how cheery the white-haired mage was being.

Mira giggled.

"Oh boy, Lucy, you must be terribly overworked," Mira said with a cheeky smile.

"What do you mean?" Lucy asked obliviously. Mira raised an eyebrow at her.

"You thought it was a good idea to let Natsu, Natsu, take care of a stove that was on fire, and then leave him there alone?" she asked slightly amused by how wide the blonde's eyes were getting with each word she said.

"What have I DONE!" Lucy screamed as she darted out of the guild and back to her apartment. She couldn't believe that she'd just left him there alone with Happy because Natsu told her to.

'Dang, I really must be overworked!' Lucy thought. 'I need a vacation.' Lucy let out a long, frustrated sigh as she ran back to her apartment that was probably in mortal danger.

She darted down the street and found her way to the front door of her home. Nothing smelled like it was burning, very curious.

Lucy fumbled with the door knob and finally turned it, gaining herself entry. She rushed into her kitchen to find Natsu doing something that she didn't even know he knew how to do.

Squeak, squeak, squeak. Splash!

"Are- are you… doing my dishes?" she asked amazed. Her kitchen was practically sparkling. She could see her reflection in the floor, for crying out loud!

"Yeah," Natsu said with a big, bright smile. "I figured that I cause you so much stress, or at least that's what Mira said, that I should do something for you," he said brightly, his smile never leaving his face.

Lucy jaw was still being affected by gravity, hanging open in disbelief.

"You know how to clean?"

Natsu chuckled. Lucy sounded kind of silly. Of course he knew how to clean; he just didn't like doing it.

"Yeah, you've been working so hard lately. I've missed you," Natsu said sadly. His cheerful smile fell from his face and shifted into a frown. "You're never around anymore."

Lucy felt like she was going to cry. He cared about her so much that he wanted to give her time to rest. He cleaned her kitchen for her and even said he missed her. Strangely, something seemed different about Natsu. But, it wasn't a bad thing. He was still the same Natsu she knew, but there was something different, even if it was oh so subtle.

"Hey, where's Happy?" Lucy asked, noticing that the little, blue feline wasn't there making ridiculous comments like he usually would.

"Oh, he said cleaning was boring so he left. I think he went to the guild," the pink-haired Dragon Slayer said, the smile returning to his face.

There it was again, that feeling that someone knew something that she didn't. She wondered what it was. It didn't seem like it was a bad thing, but yet again, it was Fairy Tail she was talking about. And Fairy Tail was rather… unpredictable.


END NOTE: I must say, for those of you who read this in The Dragon Masters and are reading it hear as well, You guys are lucky! I gave you extra detail in the very first chapter of this story! Yay! You're all special! I can't wait to update this. But I think I have to update The Dragon Masters first. :) Bye for now!

~Alice-chan