Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy tail. It belongs to Hiro Mashima.

Chapter 4

Happy sniffed the air around, eyes still closed and not wanting to move until he smelled his favourite food."Fish!" the exceed cried as he launched himself at the fish on the table.

"You were still asleep when we reached the room and we didn't feel like waking you up so we grabbed some food for ourselves on the way here." Lucy told him as she had taken to unwrapping a sandwich for herself to eat. Happy then noticed the huge pile of food on the table which was rapidly decreasing as Natsu ate like he hadn't in days, which in reality had only been a few hours. Natsu paused as he glanced over at Happy who was currently digging into his fish.

"After we've eaten we gotta figure out how to get rid of these bandits, alright Happy, Luce?" Natsu told the pair. Lucy nodded her head in agreement as she continued to eat while Happy responded cheerfully with his trademark "Aye sir!"

As Natsu rubbed his stomach, content with the huge meal he had just eaten he looked over to find that both Lucy and Happy had finished their food and decided it would be a good time to form a plan to fight these bandits. "So, how do you wanna do this?" he asked as he looked over at his partners.

"Well from what we've been told, it seems that the bandits are only ever at the warehouses at night. So it seem seems logical to head down there in a couple hours or so. Just what to do from there…." Lucy trailed of as she tapped her chin, deep in thought. Happy, feeling slightly bored, decided to put his earlier plan in process.

"Hey Lucy, why don't you use your sex appeal?" Happy asked feigning curiosity as he tried to hold back his laughter. Happy could only imagine his partners reaction and could be sure it would be nothing short of entertaining. The blonde in question stared incredulously at her blue furred partner, unaware of the pink tinge on Natsu's cheeks.

"Aren't you always saying it doesn't work? Besides I think this job requires a little more than that." She told Happy sheepishly, rubbing the back of her head at the mere thought of it. Happy thought it was a miracle that he had managed to hold back his laughter at this comment from the blonde but was looking forward to the reaction he'd receive at the end.

"Really? Oh well you can still use it anyway. I know someone who thinks it works well." Happy said, and felt the need to smirk as her expression changed into one of confusion, then curiosity.

"Who's this Happy?" Lucy asked, completely oblivious to the smirk creeping its way onto Happy's face. Natsu had noticed it though, but by the time he had put two and two together it was too late.

"Natsu, of course! He especially loves seeing you in your maid costume. He was saying that in his sleep. I guess Natsu really wants you to clean our house Lucy!" the exceed cheerfully remarked knowing full well that wasn't the reason but deciding playing dumb was probably best if he wanted to avoid a Lucy kick. He smirked as he watched his partners turn bright red. Natsu tried to calm down Lucy but couldn't even form coherent words. Lucy stayed silent but avoided eye contact with Natsu by looking anywhere else. Unfortunately for them, except Happy who was getting a real kick out of the situation, Natsu's constant flailing around caused him to land on top of Lucy in a very compromising position. Having been standing next to the pile of empty food containers while trying to calm down Lucy, even though he was more frantic, the constant flailing caused him to slip on them and land face first into Lucy's breasts.

Lucy was mortified and her face turned a darker shade of red. Natsu, sensing the imminent Lucy kick he was bound to receive, was blushing madly, stuttering out an apology as he tried to climb of his partner. However, luck wasn't on Natsu's side that day as he ended up accidentally groping her in the process. "LUUUUCY KICK!" was heard throughout the town, followed by a large thump.

As the pair, followed by a snickering Happy walked through the town Natsu could be seen with a large bump on his head a blush still remaining on his cheeks as he apologized over and over, practically begging for forgiveness from his partner who also had a blush on her cheeks as she hugged her chest self-consciously. " I am so so so so sorry Luce!" Natsu pleaded as he walked alongside his partner.

"It's fine. It was just an accident right?" the blonde said with a nervous smile, glancing at the dragon slayer before walking slightly ahead. Natsu's shoulder's drooped at this. He realized that as being a sign that she wanted to be left alone, even if he hadn't it had been obvious. Natsu let out a sigh as he realized how awkward it had become between them now. He knew that they could both get over their current situation which was slightly reassuring, but, if she ever found out his feelings, those of which even he couldn't understand yet, he knew things could never go back to the way they were. He saw Happy shoot him a small, sympathetic smile; he was probably feeling bad about it.

"After this job I'm going to speak to Mira. She'll know what to do." Happy thought determinedly as he looked between the two and flinched slightly at Natsu's gloomy state which was almost suffocating. Happy knew this wasn't going to be easy but seeing Lucy relax slightly made Natsu cheer up a bit, this made Happy think it wasn't impossible. Happy smirked at the idea of getting his partners together. "Operation Nalu is set in motion."

Author's note: Sorry about the long time before this update but i really appreciate all the reviews and advice I get from you guys and I try to take it on board. This chapter isn't as long and I'm sorry but I added a quite a bit of Happy into this chapter. I decided to compare Happy to Mira because I'm making them the matchmakers of the story and I thought it would be funny to have them both end their respective chapters with the same lines. For those who read Fighting Spirit I'm sorry I haven't updated that in a while but I should get round to finishing the next chapter too. Thanks for reading!