Hello, everyone! Thank you all for the reviews, I really enjoyed reading them. I'm afraid that this chapter isn't very long, but I wrote it after days of pacing around my room thinking of what to write. Please don't forget to review or favorite!

"Thanks for your help, Rogue." Lucy smiled gratefully at him; they were standing in front of her house. Rogue nodded slightly and set the bag down in front of her door.

Lucy leaned back and looked at him, "So… where's your exceed?"

"Frosch? He's back at the guild." Rogue muttered. Lucy tilted her head and thought of some things to say. The silence was too uncomfortable for her.

Rogue sighed, "Well, I should get going. Goodbye, Lucy-san."

He turned to leave but Lucy stopped him, "Do you want to come inside and have a cup of tea?"

Rogue stared at her and was prepared to decline her request when Lucy added, "Please, it would make me happy."

Rogue inhaled a bit sharply and looked at Lucy, "Well, then. I guess I have to take on your offer."

Lucy smiled and opened the door wide enough to let them both inside. Rogue ducked his head and entered, carrying the bag beside him. He set it down once again once they were in the living room.

Lucy went to the kitchen and started boiling the water. Rogue stood around awkwardly, not knowing where to sit when he finally decided on a chair which was placed by the window.

Rogue looked around and caught sight of a picture frame which was faced down on a table. Feeling curious, Rogue got up and glanced at the picture frame. It was positioned oddly as if the owner had made it face down on purpose.

He looked behind to see if Lucy was still in the kitchen. For some reason, he felt that if he looked at the picture frame he would be intruding on something personal.

But he had an acquisitive mind.

And nothing could stop him from finding things he was curious about.

'Just a peek,' Rogue thought as his hand hovered above the picture frame.

He quickly slid his finger underneath it and lifted it slightly. He tilted his head and saw a flash of pink. His ears perked up as he heard Lucy slightly humming to herself in the kitchen.

He quickly lifted it higher and his eyes widened when he realized who it was. He wondered why would Lucy hide a picture of Natsu. They seemed pretty close he remembered. Especially at the Grand Magic Games… after Minerva had beaten her.

Rogue felt sick suddenly and let the picture frame resume its original place. "Rogue?" He jumped and turned his head.

Lucy smiled at him and set the tray on the table, "I also brought some cookies if you want some."

Rogue let out a sigh of relief, "Ah, yes. Thank you."

"Hey, I'm hungry."

Rogue opened his eyes and glared at Sting. "What?" Sting raised his hands in alarm, he had forgotten that Rogue was really cranky right after he woke up.

Rogue grumbled and kicked Sting in the stomach, "Get out," He ignored Sting's crude hand gesture directed towards him.

He took off his shirt which was plastered with sweat and stepped into the bathroom. He quickly turned the tap on and the cold water came pouring down. When he finished he slipped into his new clothes and went downstairs.

Sting was lying face down on the sofa, "I'm hungry, Rogue!"

Rogue rolled his eyes and reached for the apron which was thrown on the chair carelessly, "Shut up." He hung it on a hook properly as he went towards the fridge and took out the leftover pasta which was wrapped in foil. He also took out some vegetables and placed them on the counter.

Rogue washed his hands quickly and started cutting the vegetables for a salad. Sting who was watching from afar grinned at this; it never failed to amuse him.

"You would make a perfect wife, Rogue," Sting smirked at him. Rogue turned sharply and pointed a knife at him threateningly, "Shut up."

Rogue frowned, a fine crease settling above his eyebrows, he hated -no, he despised being called a perfect wife by Sting.

"Are you really sure that you want to quit?" Jason asked. He looked at the blonde mage who was standing in front of him with her jaw clenched closed in a determining way.

Lucy paused for a moment before nodding again hesitantly. Yes, she wanted to quit this job, interviewing mages were not only tiring but also extremely vexing for her.

Jason pursed his lips and brought his hands together, he felt a bit regretful that Lucy was quitting, after all, there have been several praises for his newest employee remarking about her sense of humor and quickness.

But Jason decided not to mention them to her, one of them was particularly vulgar… it was about Lucy's breasts.

He nodded and carried on with the usual procedure. Most people didn't quit their job right away after a few weeks. But in Lucy's case… she was a mage and mages tended to be unpredictable, Jason thought as he remembered Fairy Tail.

Fairy Tail was certainly the most eccentric guild he had ever seen. Jason wistfully remembered the days when Fairy Tail was still a topic to cover. Although the guild was disbanded Jason hoped that Fairy Tail would once again appear on the front page of every newspaper.

"Good luck, Lucy Heartfilia," Jason said it. He didn't quite understand himself why he said the sentence 'Good luck', but he felt that she was going to be needing it.

Lucy flinched at the sound of her surname but quickly smoothed it over that Jason thought it was his imagination.

She smiled at him and bowed again before she made her way towards the train station where it would soon take her to Sabertooth.

I still don't know whether to make it a RoguexLucy fanfic or NatsuxLucy fanfic. Or even StingxLucy fanfic. I'm sure that the story will decide for itself but if you want any of your favorite pairings to have a moment then please tell me. I promise to write and include a scene, even if it's not good enough. Thank you!