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"How far away is it already?"

Natsu whined, dragging his feet as he followed the blonde to her apartment. He didn't think it would be that long of a walk from the bar to her place. He really wanted to see Happy, but if it was this much of a hassle he should have just told her to let him go. The cat would find his way back home eventually, if not a week later, then maybe 2. Right now he really just wanted to go home.

"We've only been walking for 5 minutes Natsu. It's really not that far."

"It's been forever! Your apartment is so far away!"

"Natsu, it's only 3 blocks away."

"Yeah, 3 blocks too far."

She rolled her eyes at his complaints, and he stuck his tongue out at her. If she was going to be snarky, so was he. It was only fair after all.

"Look, you can see it right there."

Natsu followed her pointed finger, spotting a yellow building. It looked pretty, and it definitely suited the blonde he was walking with. Come to think of it, had he even asked for her name? He called her lemonade girl, or weirdo. It never really fazed him to ask for her real name.

"What's your name weirdo?"

He watched as she turned to look at him, her face looked like it was twisted in a weird way. Did he say something wrong? She was looking really funny right now, like she could throw up and scream at the same time.

"Oh my gosh, I'm sorry! I never did tell you my name!"

He snickers at her face, watching as it changes to a deep frown as he continues to laugh at her.

"It's not funny! You gave me the name weirdo, which I'm not, and I completely forgot I didn't tell you my name."

He attempts to stop laughing by holding his breath, but the way her face looks with the pout is just too much for him and he cracks up again. She just puts her hands on her hips, frowning at him as she turns away.

"Come on, we're almost to the apartment."

Natsu wipes away tears from his eyes and rushes to catch up to the blonde.

"Oh come on, you have to admit it, it was kinda funny."

She ignores him as she walks faster to the entrance of the apartment complex, a huff coming from her as he snickers once again.

"Don't be a party pooper weirdo!"

She turns to him quickly, a glare on her face.

"It's Lucy!"

"Luigi?"

"Lucy! Lu-cy."

"Lushi?"

"LU-CY"

"Luce?"

She sighs in frustration, rubbing her temples as she turns from him to the door of the apartment complex.

"Sure, Luce works just fine."

"Okay Lucy."

She twitches, her hand clenched into a fist. He could hear her mumbling words under her breath, and it didn't exactly sound pleasant. He couldn't help but smirk. It was really easy getting on her nerves, and it really was fun to poke fun at her.

"L-lets just go inside already and get your cat."

He follows her inside and is immediately overwhelmed by the smell of vanilla. He sneezes, scrunching his nose as it tingles from the intensity of the smell. Lucy notices his expression and turns to him.

"Your cat reeked, so I had to make it smell nice in here."

"Well, he kind of does run away a lot. So I have no idea where he ends up."

"How do you deal with the smell? That's kind of unhealthy."

Natsu just shrugs and he starts looking around for his cat in her apartment, rummaging through her things. He could hear her complaints as he moved things around, but he just couldn't seem to find his cat. Maybe he was in the kitchen?

"Where's the kitchen?"

She sighed, and led him to her kitchen, watching as he continued to open and close all the cabinets in search of his cat.

"I did leave him in my room earlier, we could look there."

He looks up at her, an annoyed look on his face.

"Well why didn't you say that earlier?"

She rolls her eyes, and pulls him towards her room.

"I was, but you were too busy going through my things to realize what I was even saying!"

He grins up at her from his spot on the in front of the fridge, a hand rubbing the back of his neck. He probably should have listened to the woman, but his mind was set on his cat. He's had Happy ever since he was a kid, and he's been through thick and thin with him.

"Sorry. But let's find him already!"

Lucy rolls her eyes, and turns away from the kitchen towards her room. Natsu gets up, quickly following the blonde as he sneezes again. The vanilla is really getting on his nerves, and the sooner they get out the better.

"I found him!"

Natsu follows her voice to a room that's actually pretty big. How she was able to fit all this stuff in her room amazed him, but then again she did seem pretty organized from when he went through her belongings. He spotted her sitting on her little couch she had near her desk petting Happy, who was content with just laying on her lap purring.

"HAPPY!"

The cat's head turns towards Natsu, staring blankly at him for a few seconds before going back comfortably into Lucy's lap. A small tear ran down Natsu's cheek as Lucy just laughed at the man, enjoying the fact that she was picked over the original owner. Natsu just stood there, horrified by the fact that he wasn't greeted like he usually was, and he could feel his heart breaking slowly into pieces.

"Luuuuucccyy, what did you do to my cat?!"

Lucy just shrugs and continues to pet Happy. It's not like she actually did anything, she just let the cat sleep with her during her nap. He was really warm and fluffy, it was really nice to sleep with the cat.

"Nothing really. He just took a nap with me."

She stares at the man, who had fallen to the floor in horror of his own cat not wanting to be in his arms, and snickered as he pouted. The pinkette glared at the blonde, but she just laughs out loud at his horrible job of a glare.

"He's my cat, quit hogging him!"

"He's the one that's just lying here. I'm not keeping him here forcefully."

Natsu continues pouting, his arms crossed tightly at his chest as he watches the pair snuggle in the couch. He didn't really mind it because the two looked adorable sitting there. He's never seen Happy that content in a long time.

"I should get going, it is late."

He heard a small meow come from Happy and he just rolled his eyes. Of course the damn cat would want to stay. Someone was willing to pet him in all his filth.

"Oh right. I almost forgot the time."

Lucy gets up, holding Happy as she stood from the couch. There was an excess amount of blue fur on her black skirt and Natsu had to hold back a giggle as he noticed it. She looked at him with question in her eyes, but he just shrugged and jumped up from the ground.

"It's nothing, I just thought of something funny."

"Ah, if you say so Natsu."

She hands him Happy, who in turn just squirms in Natsu's hands before Natsu lets go of the cat. The blue feline just meowed angrily and ran out of the room.

"S-sorry, he's a little ticked now I guess."

Lucy just laughs at the flushed pinkette as she hurries after the cat, hoping he wasn't getting into anything important.

"I'm assuming that means your own cat doesn't want to go home? Shame on you Natsu, what kind of household do you have?"

"A decent one where he should be at right now."

They spotted Happy sitting on the counter top in the kitchen, meowing at the fridge.

"Do you have fish?"

"Yes, why?"

"He loves fish."

"Okay."

"So give him some."

"That's gross! Just a plain fish?"

"Yup! Scales and all."

"Natsu that's disgusting."

"Yeah well you can tell that to Happy."

They heard a meow, and the two turned to the cat who was pawing at the refrigerator door. Natsu turned to the blonde and pointed at the cat.

"Look at him. He's starving."

"He's your cat!"

"This is your house!"

Lucy scoffed and yanked open the fridge door, nearly knocking out Happy in the process, and pulled out her plate of fish. She was hoping to prepare some of it tonight, but she could easily give up one of them to the cat right?

"Let's take him outside, I don't want my floor to reek of fish."

"You're so picky!"

"Well it is my house!"

With a sigh, Natsu grabbed Happy and followed Lucy outside her apartment while she carried the fish. For once this entire night, Happy had allowed Natsu to hold him longer than 3 seconds.

"Here, you can put him down now."

It was a little chilly outside that night, with a slight summer breeze coming through. Natsu shoved his nose into his scarf when he let Happy down, watching as the cat devoured the fish in mere seconds. He spotted Lucy staring up at the sky, a small smile on her lips.

"What's up there?"

Lucy continues to look up at the night sky, watching as the stars seemed to twinkle. It was a clear night, so the sky was ablaze with the light from the stars.

"The stars of course dummy."

"But what else is there? Not too many people will just stare at the sky."

"Well there are constellations of people and animals. It's beautiful really."

"It's weird actually."

Lucy just sighs, and she turns to look at the man.

"I think Happy is done finally."

They both look to the cat, who is now curled up on the grass napping. He had finished it quickly and decided a nap was what he needed. With a huff, Natsu grabs the cat and puts him in his arms.

"Thanks, you know, for finding my cat."

Lucy smiled at him, nodding as she held her arms for warmth.

"You just got lucky, that's all."

Natsu laughs, and waves at her as he's walking off.

"Drop by the bar again Luce, maybe you can see Happy sometime!"


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