It was one of the coldest nights in the past few months as snow littered the ground, keeping the streets fairly empty, even on a weekend like today. As the hour was nearing midnight in the town of Magnolia, a certain guild was still up partying, making a ruckus, but the townsfolk were used to their rowdy guild, and learned to sleep through it despite the recent winnings.
"Natsuuuu," a certain blonde mage whined, "I wanna go hoooome~"
"Just hol- *hic* on a schecond lusheee" mumbled the drunk pink-haired dragon slayer
Fairy Tale had just recently won another Grand Magic Games bout, and the after-after party was being held in the guildhall as everyone trickled back from their win in Crocus.
"c'mon I wanna go to sleeeeep" Lucy begged as she did her best puppy-dog eyes, looking at Natsu and hugging his arm, only to be met with him not even paying attention.
'Hmph, fine I guess I'll have to try harder' she thought
The pinkette was currently in a drinking battle between himself, Cana, the Master, Gray, Gajeel and surprisingly, Freed, who claimed he was going to win for Laxus. They had almost finished the guild's stockpile before Lucy began to grow impatient and yanked the drunk Natsu away from the group.
"Oi! Luce what the hell I was wi-"
Natsu was interrupted by a wobbly Lucy who clung to his body and leaned into his ear and whispered something so only he could hear, or so she thought. A little dragon slayer was sitting red-faced nearby as she heard her drunk teammate and friend whisper;
"I want us to go home" It may have been that he was a little too drunk to understand she was doing more than trying to get him to leave. One look at his bestfriend told him that his night of drinking had come to an end. "fineeee~ lets go"
The pair said their goodbyes to the people still conscious in the guildhall and headed into the cold of the night. "You think their finally going to do it?" Gajeel whispered to Gray, "No way, that flame-brain has no concept of romance, let alone sexual." the ice mage replied.
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"Jeez it's too cold out here, let's hurry up" Lucy whimpered as she clung even closer to Natsu, who was always radiating heat. Natsu gave an annoyed sigh, but he was used to her drunken state and how clingy she was. "Okay hold on" Natsu said as he pulled his overcoat off and wrapped Lucy into it, as she felt it's warmth wrap around her, she gasped as she suddenly felt herself being lifted up and carried bridal-style by her pink-haired bestfriend.
"mmmmmm it's so warmmm" she cooed as she snuggled closer into his chest. In a matter of seconds she was dozing off. Natsu looked down expecting her to still be awake, but even he was surprised with how fast she fell asleep. "Oh luce" he exhaled as he pulled the hood over her face to protect it. The drunk pair stumbled and wobbled down the street towards Strawberry street.