laying down the sofa, Lucy closed her eyes as she listened to Sol shouting, playing around, and just breaking things.

fortunately, Lucy was too busy thinking of something else to even pay attention to her.

"his lips" Lucy mumbled, her finger touching her own lips.

pushing Lucy's legs that's taking over half of the sofa, Loke took a seat like a boss he is. it's as if he owned the house. "look, that guy doesn't even have the time to be here on a fucking holiday."

Hearing a curse word coming out from Loke's mouth made Lucy snap out from her thoughts and kicked the simba by the side. "no cursing inside this house."

"aren't you mad?" Loke took her legs and placed it on his lap. "what kind of father is he?"

Lucy sighed as she fixed hee eyes to the show that's been going on for thirty minutes already without her paying attention. "he has a meeting to attend. he's going to be taking over his father's company so expect him to be very busy."

"but it's a fucㅡ"

Lucy motioned her fit, ready to kick Loke again, and made the simba flinch from his place. It was a warning for him not to curse just anywhere in the house.

Sol is playing at the living room and would make some crashing sounds. Chance for her to hear his words are crystal

putting Lucy's legs down, Loke showed her one sweet smile. "but it's a holiday."

"then?"

"aren't you worried about anything?" Loke furrowed his brows at Lucy who's eyes are at the flat screen as if the show is that interesting.

"nope." She was too busy thinking about the kiss to even think about something else.

Loke didn't bother replying anymore. he honestly felt bad for Lucy, it's a holiday yet Natsu is out there attending a meeting, as what Lucy just said, instead of staying at home or being here with her and help watching over Sol.

if Loke were in Lucy's place, he would get suspicious. Natsu might be out there drinking, hanging out with friends who aren't good models, or even worst; cheating.

"Lucㅡ" Loke paused when he saw her touching her lips. he had seen her touching her lips since he arrived here. "is your lips bruised?"

"what?" Lucy turned to face Loke, not aware that she's still sliding her fingers on her lips where Natsu kissed days back.

"You've been touching them for a while now" Loke pointed out

the blonde immediately removed her fingers and looked away from Loke, it's not her fault why she's been acting like this. it's been so long since dhe last tasted those perfect lips of Natsu.

She never knew she missed it until she tasted it. She thought she would forget about it like how she never did pay attention the time she felt those lips for the first time but boy she was wrong. She would catch herself staring at Natsu's lips whenever she sees him.

"maybe I'm just lonely." Lucy mumbled to herself, thinking that no one would hear it but Loke heard it loud and clear.

"wait.."he squinted his eyes at his friend that's trying to avoid his gaze. "i knew it."

sweating, Lucy tried to get out from the sofa but Loke only pulled her and eyed up and down with those squinting eyes of his. "k-know what?"

"you're craving for love." Loke said, a face of a proud person. he thought that is what's up but actually nope, it's not. "you want to kiss someone, be with someone, and just be loved by someone."

that's not it but hearing that from him made Lucy lay there with realization hitting her. maybe she is just craving for love that's why

she's making the kiss a very big deal when it's not even her first kiss. yeah, that's probably it. "maybe i do need someone."

for a split second before saying that, she was so sure and was not scared of finding anyone despite having a daughter with Natsu but after saying that she can't help but feel guilty saying that. She didn't know why she even felt bad

when even Natsu is fine with her finding someone to love.

maybe it is time to let go of Natsu and find someone else.

"do not worry my beloved friend!" Loke took out his phone from his pocket, earning a weird look from Lucy, and gave her a smile. "i have so many connections."

"Loke."

"Lucy." the later copied her stern voice and then chuckled.

"it's okay, they are my friends. i assure you that they are proper people."

"shouldn't i be the one looking for someone?" Lucy said, making Loke place his phone down the coffee table in front of them. She then raised a brow at the babysitter who's crossing his arms at her. "what?"

"let me see you try." Loke said with his hands gesturing for Lucy to do her move. sighing Lucy took Loke phone and threw it back at him. "fine, go find one for me."

seeing her look made Loke feel bad. it's not like he wanted to take control of Lucy's love life since he was scared that Lucy might make the same mistake. he just wanted to help his friend. "just this once, okay?"

"I don't know Leo, i'm scared." Lucy closed her eyes as she let Loke run a hand through her hair. his warm hands playing on her hair will always be calming for Lucy.

"just try this once." Loke said, squishing her face. "you can just be honest in the end of the date and tell him you are not feeling it if you don't like him, okay?"

nodding her head, Lucy's eyes went to a figure on the front door and saw Natsu standing there with his suit and eyes sending thousands of knives to Loke.

gulping at the sight, Lucy pushed Loke softly and sat down on the sofa. Natsu's eyes was still fixed on Loke and Lucy was scared that he might do something to the babysitter.

"since when were you standing there?" not even a hi or hello, not a question about how the meeting went, that was what came out of Lucy's mouth that greeted Natsu.

not only was his eyes avoiding Lucy and just went to glare at Loke, Natsu had also ignored Lucy's question. "just to remind you, you are just a babysitter and you already have a lover."

as if Loke was scared of the man that's about to take over a very rich company. "also to remind you, you have a daughter and a lover that's wanting some love."

"Leo." Lucy held her friend's hand, not aware of Natsu's eyes spotting it, and gave the taller a look. "stop, please don't say anything anymore."

She appreciated Loke for protecting her and all but she's not at a right position to do so. a fact that needs to be said, Natsu is the one paying for Loke.

trust me, Natsu has been wanting to kick out the simba since long time ago but Lucy would always beg him to let Loke stay for the sake of him having money to support his family, if it weren't for Lucy then Loke would have been fired by now.

"Mama mama!" a baby's voice eased the tension between the three of them and now put their attention to use who's hands are on her mama's thighs. "me hungry."

letting out a chuckle, Lucy ruffled the baby's hair and carried her up. "what does Sol want to eat?"

"anything is fine mama." the baby's eyes then went to Natsu and had a bright smile after while making grabby hands at her daddy. "can daddy cook food?"

and who is Natsu to say no? Natsu gave the baby a smile as he approached them. he then ruffled Sol's hair before placing a peck on her forehead. "of course baby."

Sol squirmed down from Lucy's arms and approached him. both Lucy and Loke watched the scene unfold and Loke can't help but feel the change as a first, it was a surprise that Natsu came to visit Lucy.

he could have just head straight home and do whatever he wants to do. second, his actions aren't forced anymore.

it was much more different from back then when Natsu would just force that smile on his face, and third, Luna Heartfilia is getting too attached to Natsu to the point that she could now be a dragneel that can't be separated from him.

"daddy will change now." Natsu placed her down and gave a kiss on the forehead before going to his room and that snapped Lucy out from her thoughts.

for a moment there, she could see them being a family.

turning to Loke, she thinks there's still something to fix as Natsu is still mad at Loke, "watch over her for a while, i'll go and talk to Natsu."

She received a nod from the babysitter and then went to the bedroom where Natsu is. not even bothering to knock, Lucy opened the door and what she was not expecting was her being dragged inside so quickly and being slammed to the wall.

She shut her eyes tight at the pain but bit her lower to prevent any noise coming out from her mouth. She then opened her eyes and saw the older breathing so heavily, pinning her to wall and didn't leave her any way to escape.

"Natㅡ"

"loosen my tie" he suddenly ordered, Lucy didn't want to argue and loosened Natsu's tie.

and while doing it, Lucy took this chance to talk to Natsu. "please forgive Loke for what he said. don't fire him. he needs thisㅡ"

"look at me." Natsu ordered again and this time it took Lucy a while before looking up at the beautifully created human being, imagine having Natsu as a lover.

everyone would get jealous, they would drool and envy Lucy for it.

imagine, that's where Lucy is good at, imagining.

"repeat after me, Loke is just a babysitter."

furrowing her brows, Lucy doesn't know what Natsu was up to. but nonetheless, she repeated after Natsu. "Loke is just a babysitter."

A smile made its way to Natsu's lips and surprised Lucy after seeing that. "good."

and in a blink of an eye, Natsu already smashed their lips together. Lucy stood there froze as she did not know what to hands still on Natsu's tie and her legs shaking from the feeling of Natsu's lips on her.

seconds passed of Natsu kissing Lucy before he got to make her kiss him back. the two kissed like there was no tomorrow and was again realizing how much they have missed their lips touching.

pulling away, Natsu removed his tie and threw it to the bed.

Lucy watched it happen as she was still frozen from her place. She was expecting for Natsu to say something after that but she's probably expecting too much.

Natsu took a shirt from the closet and wore it. he only glanced at Lucy who's waiting for him to say something but disappointed her by just leaving the room.

Lucy wanted to hit herself for expecting something from Natsu.

after a while, Lucy too came out of the room and saw a glimpse of the Sol with Natsu inside the kitchen. She was about to join them, hoping that she could feel Natsu's affection even though it's not real, but a shout from the living room stopped Lucy from her tracks and even got Natsu's attention.

"Lucy, i found someone!"


I'm sorry, I sorry, im really just skimming past the drafts to change it from school au to office au.

i'll be careful in editing them properly!

Thankyou for the reviews, Lilies ㅠ ㅠ