A/N: I've been absent a loooooong time. But, ah, screw it. I'm back.

SUMMARY: Natsu's magical cat.

Ships: Gruvia; Nalu

"Hey!" Lucy yelled out as she ran down the halls. She carried a cardboard box and was heading towards her classroom. "Look what we got today!" She earned the looks from passing students going to their next class as well.

Natsu, who heard Lucy's voice, turned around to see the blonde beauty. "Luce! What's up?" The pinkie looked at what Lucy was carrying. A box. What was so important about a box?

"These," Lucy huffed and set the cardboard box down on a table that just magically appeared next to them for the sake of nalu, "are party decorations for the Winter-turning-into-Spring dance." She smiled with joy.

"That's a thing?"

"Now it is." Lucy said. She put her hands on her hips and stared at Natsu. "And I believe that you signed a contract to help us setup for the dance, right?"

"I did?"

"Yes, you did." Lucy said. She pulled out a folded paper. "Right here!" Natsu, honest to goodness, couldn't read well. He squinted and tried to look into the paper. Umm…. Where were the dragons? Natsu inwardly thought. It wasn't Natsu's name on the paper, it was GRAY'S NAME. THAT BASTARD!

Natsu didn't know how Lucy skimmed through the names and concluded that he, Natsu, had to help her with the party.

"Uh… yeah. I so did. I wrote my name on this paper… sure… yeah… um- what?" Natsu stuttered. He didn't want to say no to Lucy that he didn't sign his name on the paper. Need to find an excuse… need to find an excuse..."But… I have to go feed my cat."

Lucy blinked. "You have a cat?"

Natsu smiled. He immediately thought of Happy. "Yes, I do."

"I would like to see this… cat." Lucy frowned. Natsu must've been lying. No way he has a cat, he's too irresponsible… but irresponsibly hot, of course. Not that she thought Natsu was hot or cute or cool or amazing or funny or strong or handsome or anything like that… hehe.

- Lucy's POV -

When Lucy had approached Gray to come help, Gray was busy with Juvia. Lucy asked him to help with the party, immediately pulling out the paper. Then Gray told Lucy:

"You're… uh… mistaken. That's um- Natsu's name. Go to him… yeah!"

Lucy was so excited that she ran all the way to Natsu. She prepared the paper. It was going to be a blast setting up for the party together! She had found Natsu about to enter a classroom with his empty backpack that was supposed to have work in it.

And since Natsu had an excuse not to help, Lucy wanted to ask why, when he clearly signed the paper!

"What does the little cutie look like?" Lucy interrogated. Natsu doesn't do well in his studies, so he shouldn't explain well. If he lied to Lucy, of course. "Orange, brown, spotted-?"

"He's blue."

Lucy's train of thought halted abruptly.

"He has wings."

Lucy's train of thought crashed.

"And he can talk."

Lucy's train of thought… well, let's say it never made it to its destination.

"Haha. Very funny Natsu. There's no way, you have a blue cat, that has wings, and can talk." Lucy said misbelieving. "That's not even biologically possible, you know. I don't even scientists can do that."

Natsu nodded. "But it's true. My cat's name is Happy. He's really cute. I think you'll like him."

"Haha. Also very funny. I'll believe it when I see it."

(In the end, Natsu had to help with the party setup, vowing revenge on Gray. Lucy never got to see Natsu's cat, named Happy.)