Lucy continued playing with Happy after finishing the rest of volumes nine and ten. Eventually, she decided she should take her shower, too. She stacked the volumes in her arms with Happy on top of them. She then went to go return the books to Natsu's dorm. However, she made a fatal mistake and didn't check the hall before crossing. She made it halfway across the hall before a voice stopped her.

"Hey Lucy, I thought you said the new student wasn't going to be your boyfriend," Gray teased from his doorway. Lucy turned slightly to keep Happy from his view. The kitten looked up at her and tilted his head at the sudden jolt.

"He's not my boyfriend. I'm just borrowing some books," Lucy replied.

"Sure," Gray smirked before suddenly sneezing.

"Bless you," Lucy told him. However, Gray continued to sneeze.

"You know, allergy season isn't supposed to be for another month," she teased.

"I don't have allergies. Except to cats, but there aren't any cats here so this doesn't make sense. Ah-Ah-CHOO! Whatever, I think I'm going to go take my medicine anyways," Gray sniffed before returning to his room. As his door closed, the door to the bathroom opened and Natsu walked out. His wet hair still stuck up in various places and his shirt slightly clung to his body. Lucy sucked in a breath. Natsu smiled at her, but then his eyes widened as he saw Happy in her arms.

"Luce, what are you doing in the hall?" Natsu whispered as he motioned to the cat on her books. He quickly opened his door and ushered them into his room.


"Did anyone see him?" Natsu asked as he put Happy on his bed and took the books from her arms.

"Gray almost did, but I turned before he could. He's allergic to cats, by the way," Lucy informed him.

Natsu grinned, "I know. He's been sneezing a lot lately."

"Natsu, you're terrible," Lucy giggled, "well, I'm going to go take my shower. I'll be back for a couple of volumes after."

"Are you going to sing 'What's Going On?' in the shower again?" Natsu teased.

"That was one time!" Lucy defended as she walked out of the room. Natsu chuckled at her reaction as he went to lay on his bed. Happy crawled onto his chest and put his paw on Natsu's nose. Natsu's nose crinkled at the sudden onslaught of roses flooded his senses. It took him a second to realize what he was smelling. Lucy. Happy smelled exactly like Lucy. It was almost intoxicating, but then he realized he was smelling a cat's paw and that was just weird. Natsu picked up the cat and placed him down by his food bowl.

"Ya missed breakfast, buddy! I hope your play date with Lucy was worth it," he said. The cat purred in response as it walked over and began eating. Natsu just shook his head and went over to the shelves and began putting the manga volumes back. She'd read ten in only a couple of hours and it was only day one. Maybe he would lose the bet. Lucy seemed to be full of surprises, that's for sure. However, Natsu definitely wasn't complaining. He was just curious to see how she'd surprise him next.


Lucy turned on the water and let the steam fog up the mirror as she stripped herself of her pajamas.

"'Are you going to sing 'What's going on?' again'," Lucy mocked, "I'll sing what I want." Lucy pulled out her phone and opened her Pandora app. She dried the inside of the sink before placing her phone in it to amplify the sound so she could hear it over the water. It was well into the morning, so she knew all her clustermates were either up or out and about so she didn't have to worry about being too loud. She stepped into the shower as the first song came on. It was her "Hamilton" station, however it played other showtunes as well.

"Yes! I love 'Dead Girl Walking,'" Lucy excitedly chirped before singing along. The song was mostly a solo, but there were some parts where a guy sang. However, Lucy wasn't prepared for another voice to sing the guy part. Lucy shrieked before peeking her head out of the shower.

"NATSU! You can't just walk into the bathroom when someone else is taking a shower!" Lucy chastised.

"But Luce, I forgot my toothbrush," Natsu responded. The Pandora station switched to 'One Knight' from Wonderland. Natsu started to hum along.

"Get your toothbrush and get out," Lucy told him from the shower.

"But I love this song!" Natsu whined.

"Then listen to it in your room!" Lucy yelled before throwing her shampoo bottle at him.

"Luce, have you washed your hair yet?"

"No, which is why I'm trying to get you to leave so I can finish my shower."

"Well, you just threw your shampoo at me. So, here, take your shampoo back and I'll leave," Natsu said as he picked up the shampoo bottle and held it up to the end of the curtain.

"Thanks…" Lucy awkwardly said as she accepted the shampoo.

"No problem," he replied. Lucy held her breath as she heard the door click close. She let out a breath of relief before turning back to her shower.

"You can't go in there, Popsicle Princess, Lucy is taking a shower!" She heard Natsu yell from outside.

"You were just in there!" She heard Gray call back.

"So?" She heard Natsu reply before a door closed. Lucy shook her head as she heard a knock on the door.

"Totally not dating, right?" Gray called through the door.

"Shut up!"


A/N: I am so sorry for taking so long. I've been having major writer's block and have been putting my tumblr one shots onto here for the past couple weeks so my account wouldn't be just taking up space on the internet xD Thanks to everyone who reads this story. It is my favorite one to write.