He didn't know why he sat down next to her under the tree during the storm. He didn't comprehend himself for putting his jacket around her cold shoulders and he sure as hell surprised himself when he shared his sound pod with her. It was so out of character for him. When Mavis cried, he took her to an amusement park, but with Lucy, he couldn't do that, for she was a little more mature than the first master. So, that was how Laxus Dreyar found himself jacketless in the rain next to a weeping Lucy Heartphilia listening to songs by The Beatles.

"I-I-I'm sorry," said Lucy between sobs, "You didn't have to, Laxus…"

"Yeah," said Laxus, looking at anywhere but at the beautiful blond next to him. Dear Mavis, he was so socially awkward at times. He blames his father, his natural scapegoat.

"Why did you?"

"I don't know," answered the man honestly. Hell if he knows.

"Why are you here, anywhere? It's raining, I know you're blond but that doesn't mean you have to be stupid," said the man, looking to the girl who was now flustered and a little ticked off.

"You're blond too, y'know! And be-besides…I'm scared of thunderstorms…" confessed the now flustered girl, "they make me freeze and cry and they just scare me, okay?"

For some odd reason, the man felt offended by this. It could be because he was a lightning mage or because he loved thunderstorms, or maybe because when he was younger thunderstorms meant practicing his magic better. Strong magic meant hid father would be proud of him. "Why are you scared of a storm?"

"Everything bad happens on them," reasoned Lucy, "My worse memories happened during a storm, breaking a leg while climbing a tree, losing electricity for three hours and being alone in the dark… the night my mother died it was a storm."

Laxus blinked and looked on ahead, "Try to make something better from them," he said now his dark blue eyes were looking down at her and Lucy's brown ones were looking up at the man before her. "Make more memories though happy ones ease the unpleasant ones."

Lucy blinked before smiling an illuminating smile, "I never knew you could be deep, Laxus."

"…shut up. If you were Mavis, I would've taken you to an amusement park," replied the S-class mage.

Lucy laughed and continued listening to the music in her right ear, the other sound pod was in Laxus's ear. Soon the girl started to hum to the song, 'Across the Universe'. "I love this song," said Lucy dreamily, "the imagery is so nice and the tune makes me feel warm."

Laxus was once again surprised, this time not by his own actions, no, but by Lucy's. He underestimated her taste in music, "You like The Beatles?"

"My mother raised me on them," answered Lucy, "well my parents raised me on them. They were both avid fans, it rubbed off on me, I guess. Though I don't have the opportunity to listen to them much,"

"In that mansion, you must've had plenty of sources," commented Laxus. He heard of the girl's past, and the giant mansion [apparently the yard looked like a town and the family owned past a mountain. Laxus may not care that much, but he still heard snippings of the details.].

"One of the only material things I missed," replied Lucy, whose head now rested on the older man's arm. Though Laxus didn't mind at all, in fact he felt rather comfortable.

"Thank you, Laxus," said Lucy, now looking up at him with warm chocolate eyes, "for keeping me company. You just added a happy memory,"

Laxus looked at her for a few seconds before turning away, embarrassed by the bright smile on the girl's lips. "Whatever," he said looking away straight ahead. Up above, the storm cleared slightly and the sun peaked through the dark clouds that once rained down so hard on the pair. They sat there, under that tree as the light peaked through the darkness.

"They liiiike eachother~!" said a very mischievous voice, and both mages turned to see Happy flying over towards them, giggling at the sight the blondes gave them.

"Add that to my shipping list, babies!" said Bixlow, laughing while his 'babies' repeated 'shipping list!'

"I never expected this…" said Erza, who was blinking at the scene before them. The rest of Team Natsu and the Raijinshū looked on at their missing members.

"Shut up," said Laxus, glaring at them all. Lucy however was so embarrassed; she couldn't even call Happy a stupid cat. Though the two blonds stayed in their quiet position, Lucy's shoulders had Laxus's trademark fur lines coat and her right ear was being blessed with John Lennon's vocals.

After that, Lucy was no longer afraid of thunderstorms.

A/N: -troll- Someone asked for a love/hate LaLu.

LOL. NOPE.

Next is going to be angsty, I can feel it. It's only Monday and it's been a horrible weak. In Bleach Yamamoto died and I finally got to like him. I plan on writing a Bleach One-shot for jii-jii.

Anyway~!

Enjoy!

Fairy Tail © Hiro Mashima.