I'm so sorry guys! I've been moving, and I couldn't find the effort for this specific chapter. I have every other one written out, but this one I just couldn't do for some reason. I do apologize that it's so short, but the next chapter should be up in 2 weeks or so.


The pair decided that they'd go straight to Fairy Tail, despite the complaints coming from Lucy about wanting to go home and shower. Natsu would have to wait for hours, and he didn't want to wait anymore. He was still hungry and craving Mira's food. Don't get him wrong, the café's food was still really good, it just wasn't enough food. After walking for a bit longer, the two finally made it to Fairy Tail, in which Natsu grabs Lucy by the wrist and runs straight to the bar, and Mira. He grins when he sits down, staring at Mira until she comes over.

"Hey guys!"

Lucy grumbles a hello and slouches on the countertop while Natsu grins at Mira.

"Can I get fire chicken?"

Mira chuckles and nods, walking off to make his meal. Lucy huffs from her spot on the countertop, enjoying the coolness of it. She feels eyes on her and she turns her head to Natsu, who's blatantly staring at her head.

"Why are you just lying there?"

"Because I wanted to shower."

"You would have taken forever."

"No I wouldn't have!"

"Yeah you would've."

Lucy sticks her tongue out at him and turns her head away from him. She felt gross, and he was just teasing her now. She heard a plate being placed on the counter and the strong smell of just burning coming from it. She wrinkled her nose and put her head up, chin resting on the table.

"Mira."

Lucy whines to Mira, and the young woman walks over to the poor blonde girl slouched on the tabletop.

"Yes Lucy?"

"Tell Natsu he sucks."

"I do not suck!"

"Yeah you do!"

Mira rolls her eyes and walks away from the two bickering idiots, smirking to herself. She figured a new name for the two, and she knew many people who would like to know her plans.

"Natsu, hurry up. I'm bored."

"I've been done!"

Lucy snaps her head up and stares at the 3 empty plates sitting in front of him and he grins.

"Told you I was done."

"You ate enough for 3 people!"

"So?"

"So that's a lot Natsu!"

"Whatever weirdo."

Lucy huffs, for the umpteenth time today, and swivels away from Natsu.

"Oh come on. I know what'll cheer you up. Dancing."

Lucy turns her head slightly towards him, a pout evident on her face still.

"What do you mean by dancing?"

"Like DDR."

"DDR?"

Natsu's jaw drops and he just stares at her in shock.

"You don't know what DDR is?!"

Lucy winces at his yelling and she shrinks back from him.

"No I don't Natsu, why don't you explain it then?"

"It's probably one of the best games ever!"

Lucy rolls her eyes at his excitement. It tended to get out of hand a lot of the times.

"That hardly even explains it at all Natsu."

"It's easier to show you, come on."

He grabs her by the wrist and drags her away from the bar top despite her complaints.

"I can walk on my own Natsu!"

"Well you're taking your sweet time, I Wanna show you this!"

Lucy continued to be dragged by Natsu, no matter how hard she tried to keep up with unruly pace of 'walking'. Thankfully it wasn't too far of a walk to wherever it was Natsu wanted to show her. Natsu didn't seem like the type to like any type of dancing, so whatever this game is, it must be good. As they neared the entrance to the room she heard goofy noises coming from it. Little pings and quirky little noises she couldn't quite place.

"What is that noise?"

Natsu turns his head to her, a big grin on his face.

"That would be our arcade."

"Arcade? People still have those?"

Natsu pouts at Lucy's horrible sense of humor. At least he thought that was what it was.

"It'll be fun, come on. It's not that loud really."

Against Lucy's choice she was once again dragged around like a rag doll. The arcade was dimly lit, but all the types of machine's lights helped brighten up the place. And brighten it up it did. She'd never seen so many colors in one place at once, and it was a little overwhelming. The noises where frustrating. Constant pings and a couple blasts that didn't sound normal. Lucy knew that it was going to be a long night.

And a long night it was.

Lucy had won every single game of DDR, but barely. Natsu was strangely good at it, and they ended up playing the stupid game for 3 hours until he finally gave up. After finally spending half their afternoon in the arcade they went back to Fairy Tail, where Natsu ran into Gray and fought with him. Lucy, finding herself alone, went back to the bar top to Mira Jane and found another person chatting away with a woman in a bikini with a giant bottle of rum. Or, Lucy thought it was rum. Whatever it was, there were a lot of bottles around the girl.

She eventually learned her name, Cana if she remembered right, and Natsu ended up coming over to them and caused a drinking contest between the two. It took all night, as Lucy apparently ended up being the judge of who could handle their liquor.

It clearly wasn't Natsu, since he's passed out in Lucy's bathtub.

It was a long.

Long.

Night.


Again thank you so much for reading this really short chapter, and thank you for the reviews! It was a weird holiday season for me, and I do apologize for the really late chapter.