Lucy stretched a bit as she woke up the next morning, her hand connecting with something soft. She slowly opened her eyes to find that her hand was now in pink fluffy hair. Lucy blinked. Pink hair? Only one person she knew had pink hair, and that was Natsu. Why was Natsu in her bed? She took in a breath and looked at the room, taking in everything. It wasn't her room! She was in Natsu's bed. Lucy sighed. Nice going, Lucy, you probably fell asleep while reading. Had she been reading though? There were no books around. He must have put them away before he crawled in bed with her, she figured. What was she going to do? She couldn't slide out of the bed since she was on the side nearest the wall. Natsu was blocking her exit, and he didn't look like he was going to wake up anytime soon. Lucy sighed. Maybe she could just sleep in a bit more. She snuggled into Natsu, closing her eyes again and falling back to sleep.


Natsu woke up to see Lucy entangled in him. He smiled softly down at her before moving her hair from her face. Her eyes slowly fluttered open as she looked at him.

"Mornin', book worm. How'd you sleep?" Natsu grinned as Lucy's face flushed in embarrassment.

"Pretty well. Sorry for taking up your bed," she said sheepishly.

Natsu chuckled, "It's okay. It was nice to sleep with someone who isn't Happy for once. I love him, but his tail always ends up under my nose and it tickles. Besides, you and I fit together better." Natsu then proceeded to yawn, not realizing what he had said. Lucy, however, was quickly waking up and turned even more red at his words. She sat up, careful not to take up too much space, or to accidentally hit Natsu in the process.

"Well, I better go back to my room and get ready for the day. I have some homework I need to finish for tomorrow," She told him. Natsu sat up, sliding over to let her pass by.

"Do you want to get breakfast together first?" Natsu asked, "It's only nine. They probably just started serving oatmeal."

"Yeah, sure. Let me just take my shower and get dressed," Lucy smiled.

"Don't forget to lock the door this time," Natsu teased.

"Don't barge in on me this time," Lucy shot back.

"Fair enough," he smirked as he laid back down to look up at the ceiling. Lucy smiled softly as she peeked out into the hall. Satisfied that no one was watching, she walked into the hall and crossed to her room. She was almost safely in her dorm when a voice called out.

"That's the second time you and Flame Brain have had a sleep over. Are you sure you aren't dating?" Gray smirked.

"I was reading in his room yesterday and I fell asleep on his bed. He was kind enough not to wake me, unlike some other people in this cluster who decided to stick their cold hands up the back of my shirt when I fell asleep studying with them," She countered, referring to the time that she and Gray had studied for their midterm together. She had fallen asleep around 2 am and instead of waking her up like a normal person, he stuck his ice-cold hands up her shirt and put them on her back.

"Hey, you know what they say about cold hands," he winked.

"Yeah, yeah. 'Cold hands, warm heart,'" she teased, "I've yet to see evidence of the latter."

"Oh, Lucy, you wound me!" Gray joked.

"I'm sure Juvia could patch up your wounds," she said as she walked into her room.

"WE AREN'T DATING!" Gray yelled after her. Lucy just laughed.


She grabbed her shower supplies and her clothes. It was fairly cold out, so she was planning on rocking a pair of jeans and a sweater today. She proceeded to get showered and dressed before returning to her room. She figured she'd start some homework while she waiting for Natsu to get ready. She had a short story to write for her creative writing class. She figured that she'd start a story about a group of friends who all had special powers. She just didn't know what to call it yet. She wanted it to be based off her life, though. She wrote about a girl who could conjure celestial spirits with keys and how she met a pink haired boy with fire magic who turned her life upside down. She finished what she was going to call chapter one for the purpose of her homework and saved it. She was glad to finally have an idea of what to write for her final project. They all had to write a complete work. She could submit this book for that. She just hoped that her Professor Mavis would like it. A series of knocking made Lucy pull her attention away from her keyboard.

"Be right there!" She called out before closing her laptop and placing it on her desk. She walked over to her door and swung it open to reveal Natsu in a t-shirt and pants.

"Natsu, it's 40 degrees out, you're going to be cold. Go put on real clothes," she deadpanned.

"I won't be cold," he protested.

"Yes, you will, and I don't want to hear you complain about it," she sighed as she pushed passed him and walked towards his door. She carefully opened it to make sure Happy stayed inside, grabbed the first sweatshirt she saw hanging off the back of his chair, and threw it at him before rejoining him in the hallway.

"Luce, this is so unnecessary," he whined as he tugged the sweatshirt on.

"Natsu, I don't need you getting sick," she replied as she began walking.

"Would you take care of me if I did?" he asked innocently.

"Nope, because I'd know it was your fault that you got sick. If you're going to be an idiot, then you'll just have to take care of yourself."

"Aw, Luce…" Natsu pouted.

"Come on, let's go get breakfast. I could really use a bowl of oatmeal with add-ins," she replied. Natsu immediately perked up and fell in-step with her.

"Add-ins?" Natsu asked curiously.

"Yeah. I think they're supposed to go with the yogurt bar, but I like adding it to my oatmeal," she explained.

"What do you add in?"

"I usually add in brown sugar, chocolate chips, and coconut shavings. Oh! I also put pineapple on top of my oatmeal," she smirked. It was probably her favorite breakfast at school.

"You're so weird, Luce," Natsu said as he shook his head at her answer.

"Oh yeah? Well what would you add to it?" She countered.

Natsu smirked at her before responding, "Everything."

Now it was Lucy's turn to shake her head at her friend's endless appetite. Of course Natsu would add everything to his oatmeal. He'd probably do that with everything else, too. They walked up the steps to the dining hall and swiped in before heading towards the oatmeal bar.


A/N: Hey guys, so college has been taking over my life. Sorry for taking so long with updating this. Hope you like it :)