Hey guys this is my first fanfic so sorry if there's any mistakes. The stories is only going to be a few chapters long, I doubt we'll get to double digits, unless you guys really enjoys this. So anyways rate and review, and feel free to give me CONSTRUCTIVE criticism. Also if you have any ideas for stories feel free to PM me and I'll be sure to give a shout out if I use your idea.

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"Talking"

'Thinking'

Chapter 1

It was just like any other day at the guild. Mira tended the bar where Cana sat in slump, drunk first thing in the morning. Gray had stripped again, causing Juvia to blush profusely. Gajeel sat in the corner arms crossed staring off, Levy chatting up a storm next to him. Despite his demeanor, you could tell Levy had all his attention.

"Cute." Lucy thought with a smile.

Then there was him. The one who got her into so much trouble, but was always there to safe her. The pinkette stood staring at the job board, arms crossed and with a determined posture. His blue companion floated just above him, copying the dragon slayer's pose. He wore his usual open vest and iconic scarf. Lucy found herself reminiscing over all their adventures. He'd always been there for her. She frowned thinking about how many times he got hurt for her sake. He was always passionate about his friends but still she wondered. She felt so safe around him, as if she didn't have to worry about anything in the world.

"I'm just overthinking things." She muttered shaking her head.

"Hey there Lucy!" Natsu beamed.

"Hey Natsu, any jobs for us?" Lucy said sweetly with a smile. Natsu felt a growing warmth in his chest like an unseen fire.

"Nothing that'll pay for your rent." He said slightly frustrated.

"When is your rent due?" He asked with
concern.

"I still have a week." Lucy said while giving Happy a scratch on the head.

"The circus is town, why don't we have some fun?" Lucy suggested, clearly excited.

"Aye!" exclaimed the blue exceed.

"Well I didn't plan anything else today."

Natsu was fully on board. He always enjoyed being with her. He had to be with her. Natsu had grown very fond of Lucy, more than he could even understand. He knew that Lucy saw him as her best friend, and nothing more. Something about that didn't sit right with Natsu, but among all this confusion, one thought was always clear; he would always protect Lucy.

"That was amazing!" Lucy said with stars in her eyes.

"Ya, there was so much fire, you could've at least let me try it though." Natsu said with a slight pout.

Lucy rolled her eyes trying to hide her smile. Of course he would get excited over fire, but Lucy wasn't really expecting him to try jumping into the ring.

"They would've kicked us out if I had let you."

Natsu shrugged and continued walking with his hands behind his head. Lucy glanced over at him and blushed. Whenever he walked like that it accentuated his muscular arms and further exposed his chiseled chest and abs. 'Bad Lucy! He's your friend.' She screamed in he head while staring at the ground, hoping he wouldn't notice how red her face had gotten. She was snapped out of her thoughts when she felt a gentle tug on her skirt. She looked over to see a blue exceed rubbing his eyes.

"Lucy I'm tired." he said sluggishly.

She scooped him up into her arms where he passed out immediately. 'Lucky bastard' Natsu thought as he watched Happy nuzzle deeper into Lucy's embrace. The dragon slayer then stopped abruptly, and turned around. Lucy watched him intrigued by his sudden change in behavior. He sniffed the air once again before turning to Lucy with a smile.

"You go on ahead I'm gonna get some fish for happy."

"Are you sure. I mean he probably won't be up till tomorrow." She said, not entirely convinced.

"But if he does he'll clean out your fridge. Don't worry I'll meet you at your place in a bit." He said flashing his signature smile.

He had a point there. Deciding she wouldn't be able to get much out of the slayer Lucy sighed and continued walking. Natsu waited until Lucy's footsteps died out before calling in authoritative manner.

"Who's there! I can smell you so theres no use in hiding!"

A slender girl came out from behind a tree laughing nervously.

"Why were followed us?" Natsu asked sternly.

"Sorry I didn't want to seem like a creep." She said while fiddling with a bracelet she was wearing.

"You followed us for 10 minutes." Nastu said crossing his arms

"Well...you see...I just wanted to talk to you." She said with a slight blush while staring at the ground.

Natsu raised an eyebrow but had decided that she meant no harm.

"Well you could've just asked at Circus." He said while dropping his arms to his side.

She gave him a puzzled look.

"How did you know I was at the circus?" She asked unable to figure out how he knew.

"You're the girl that was on trapeze right? You might not look the same but my nose doesn't lie." He said with a smirk.

She blushed again but Natsu decided she was just nervous.

"Well I need to go meet up with my friend, see ya." He said turning to walk away.

"Wait!" She yelled, grabbing his hand to stop him. Natsu sighed and gently removed her hand.

"How about I come by tomorrow? We can talked when you off okay?"

Her eyes lit up and she once again grabbed his hands.

"Really!?" She asked happier then a kid in a candy store.

"Of course!" Natsu responded with one of his signature smiles. He was completely taken aback when she wrapped her arms around his chest pulling him in a tight hug.

"Thank you!" She said with a smile that rivaled Natsus.

"N-no problem" he said blushing up a storm. She released him and turned away jogging back towards the tent.

"I'll see you tomorrow!" She yelled, waving back at him.

'She's weirder than Lucy.' Natsu thought. He waved back and started making his way towards his partners apartment.

Meanwhile at Lucy's apartment.

'What's taking him so long.' The blonde thought while impatiently tapping her pencil on her desk. She thought she'd do work on her novel while waiting for Natsu but all she could think about was him. 'What's wrong with me.' She slumped over on the desk and closed her eyes. Her mind was drawn back to the circus.

In the ring the fire dancers moved perfectly in sync with each other, completely entrancing Natsu. Seeing the look in his eyes, Lucy was preparing to stop him for the third time. Suddenly the dancers stopped and blew fire high into the air where all the spotlights focused on a single girl as she stood delicately on the tightrope. She wore a red one piece with a scale pattern that shimmered orange when the light hit it. She had headdress shaped like a dragons head with a red and orange color scheme, that greatly complemented her tan skin. But what was most stunning were her shining emerald eyes with reptilian slit pupils. She jumped off the rope gaining a gasp from the crowd. She fell about five feet before grabbing a trapeze the seemingly came out of nowhere. She put on daring and graceful performance, swinging into a multitude of flips and tricks. Lucy was pulled out her trance when she heard a shuffling next to her. She looked over to so natsu had stood up with a expression she'd never seem before. His hands gripped the rails staring intently, eyes wide and full of wonder with his jaw slightly agape. He was completely stunned with what he saw. The way she moved so naturally through the air. How her costume made it look as if she were a ball of fire as she spun and twirled effortlessly. For some reason this made Lucy feel a tightness in her chest. Of course Nastu couldn't take his eyes off the performer. She was absolutely stunning, not to mention she was dressed like a dragon. But for some reason that look in his eyes made her sad.

Lucy's thoughts were broken when she heard noise coming from the window. She turned to see none other than the pink haired dragon slayer. He smiled at her innocently despite the fact her had broke in via window again.

"Hey Luce!" he said still smiling.

"How many times do I have to tell you to use the door." She said slightly aggravated.

"Meh." Natsu shrugged closing the window behind him.

Lucy sighed and got up from her desk. She crossed her arms looking Natsu straight in eye and asked.

"What took you so long?"

He smiled nervously and looked away.

"What do you mean?" He asked innocently.

"Natsu Dragneel don't you dare try pulling that on me. You said you were going fishing but, not only were you gone for an hour, you also don't have any fish with you." She said with an increasingly frustrated tone.

Natsu rubbed his head nervously and sighed. 'What's the harm in telling her?' He thought. 'It's not like I did anything wrong.' However he was soon questioned his logic as he saw the frustration slowly growing in her face as he recalled the recent events.

"So I told her we could talk tomorrow after she's done work." He said, sweating bullets. At this point Lucy had a dark aura around her that reminded Natsu of Erza when he ruined her cake; downright terrifying. Lucy took a deep breath to regain her composure.

"So what's her name?" Lucy asked trying to hide her distaste. Natsu scratched his head and put his hand on his chin.

"Natsu..." Lucy growled

"Um... well you see... I don't actually know." He mumbled.

"WHAT!?" She yelled.

At this Natsu fell off the bed with a loud thump startling Happy from his sleep.

"What's going on?" The exceed asked rubbing his eyes.

"Lucy's getting mad at me for no reason." Natsu pouted, now sitting on the ground with his arms crossed.

"Lucy what happened?" Happy gave Lucy a questioning look. She sighed and responded.

"Natsu ditched us to spend time with one of the performers and didn't even care to ask her name." Lucy said taking a seat on the bed. Happy climbed onto her lap where she proceeded to scratch his head.

"Lucy I told you, I didn't know if they were a threat and didn't want to put you in unnecessary danger." Natsu said looking away.

Lucy was taken aback from this statement. She was so caught up in the fact that he spent time with this girl, that she didn't realize he was trying to protect her, not ditching her. Lucy sighed once again and placed her hand on Natsus cheek, turning his head to face her. He gave her a puzzled look when she took a deep breath and apologized.

"Natsu I'm sorry. I shouldn't have gotten mad at you. Thanks again for looking out for me." She gave him a sweet smile that made Natsu blush. He turned away and rubbed the back of his head

"Don't worry about it." He said with a nervous laugh.

At that moment Lucy spoke her mind before she could stop herself.

"How about you spend the night here and I'll make you breakfast tomorrow to make up for everything."

'WHAT DID I JUST SAY!? DID I JUST ASK HIM TO STAY THE NIGHT!?'

"Really!?" Natsu perked up immediately.

"Y-ya wh-why not." She said nervously, now realizing what she had suggested. "But don't get too used to it."

"Aye sir!" He mimicked happy with a salute.

Lucy came out of her bathroom to see natsua making himself at home in her bad.

"Oh no you don't. You're sleeping on the couch." She said pointing towards the living room.

"Awe come on Luce, you're the one that asked me to stay over." He said childishly

"Ya, stay over, not sleep in MY bed." She said with a blush. It was bad enough she asked him to stay, but she wouldn't be able to take staying in the same bed. I mean sure they'd done it before, but he always snuck in while she was asleep. Getting into bed with him of her own accord had completely different implications.

"Natsu I said no. Now out of my bed or I'll Lucy kick you out the window."

He frowned but got up and moved to the couch, mumbling the whole way there. With that Lucy turned off the lights and climbed into bed and soon fell asleep.

Lucy awoke shivering in her bed. 'Why is it so cold?" Glancing over at the clock she could see it was only 12:30 am, to which she frowned. Climbing out of her bed she went to check the thermostat. 'What the hell?! It's only 10 degrees in here!' She turned on the heat and headed back to bed, grabbing an extra blanket from the closet on her way. She laid awake for what seemed like an eternity before checking the clock again. 1:00 am. She furrowed her brow in frustration. Once again she got up from her bed this time wrapping herself in a blanket. To her surprised the thermostat hadn't changed. 'But the heater should've kicked in by now.' Realizing the heater was probably broken Lucy heaed back to her bed. She curled up into a tight ball with her blankets and closed her eyes hoping for sleep. After shivering fro another half hour she finally felt herself being pulled into the sweet lull of sleep. Dreamland was calling her urging her with its fantastic pictures. That's when she saw it. Her and natsu in a tight embrace, her face graced with a genuine smile as her looked down at her looked back deep into his onyx as as he lower his head closing the distance-.

Lucy's eyes shot wide open. "What on Earthland has gotten into me." she said, face red as a tomato.

Suddenly Lucy had an idea. She got out of bed for the third time that night but this time heading towards the living room. She quietly made her way to the couch where her best friend lay. He was sprawled out with one leg over the top of the couch while the opposite arm hung just above the floor. Unsuprisingly he slept without a blanket. Lucy looked at his barely visible face and smiled. His lips were slightly parted his body almost completely still apart from the gentle rise and fall of his chest. 'He looks so peaceful, it's kinda cute.' Lucy thought. She blushed again reconsidering what she was about to do. 'He's not gonna get the wrong idea right? Of course not, I mean this is Natsu after all. He's too dense.' With herself once again convinced. She grabbed his shoulder and gave him a gentle shake.

"Natsu?" She whispered. No response.

"Hey Natsu, wake up." She said slightly louder. He shifted slightly and brushed Lucy's hand off, sending a shiver up her arm.

Lucy shook her head and decided she wasn't gonna get anywhere like this. Grabbing both of his shoulders she shook him rigorously and spoke in a rather loud voice.

"NATSU, WAKE UP!"

"Huh?" Natsu opened his eyes and saw lucy only a few inches from his face. Both of the immediately turned red though neither could tell in the darkness. Lucy instinctively took a step back and stared at the floor. Natsu rubbed his eyes and sat up.

"Hey Luce what's up? It can't be morning already." Natsu said groggily.

"It's only 1:30." She said nervously

"Why are you waking me up then." He asked.

"Well...um...you see the heaters broken.." Lucy fiddled with her hands still staring at the floor.

"Okay..." Natsu was still confused. He had always been known for destroying things, she wasn't expecting him to fix it was she?

"It's really cold and I can't sleep." She said. Hoping he'd catch on. Of course it wasn't going to be that easy.

"Sorry Luce but, I don't know how to fix a heater." Natsu said, still confused as to what she was getting at.

"I know that, I wouldn't want to risk it even if you said you did." She whisper screamed glaring daggers at him. 'Why does he have to make this so embarrassing for me!' She thought.

"I was wondering...if you would...come... sleep with me." The last part was barely above a whisper, but with his dragon slayer hearing it was clear as day to Natsu.

"Uh...s-sure." He stammered. Natsu stood up and followed Lucy silently to the bed.

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