Author's Note: Shorter chapter this time around, I've decided for this story not to make the chapters too long. This allows me to keep a somewhat OK scheduled, being able to time release better and have chapters ready to go a week or two in advance. Don't wanna spoil you guys too much or I might not be able to keep up.

Romeo was walking back to the Inn after finally sorting out all the details with the city council, while they were a bit shocked at his appearance, he assured them he was fine and explained what happened. They then explained to him the plan they had, and that he and Lucy would probably only be in the town for 5 days at max. They would start work tomorrow afternoon, giving him and Lucy some more time to rest their injuries and be ready. As he walked into the Inn where he told Lucy to go to he realized something, in his hurry to get her to rest up, he completely forgot a way for him realize what room they were in!

"Oh excuse me, sir! Are you looking for you blonde hair companion?" Romeo Nodded "She told me to tell you your room is 154, down the hall to the left." The Innkeeper at the desk told him with a smile.

"Thank You." Romeo replied back making his way down the hall after being given a key, realizing he didn't know which room was Lucy's, since she had his bag, "Oh well, guess I'll just sleep in my boxers"

Upon reaching the room he opened the door, surprised to see Lucy inside, sleeping on the couch, and then it hit him, they were sharing a room. His face became bright red, and he considered just staying outside the door, not knowing if he could handle sleeping near her, but then he heard her snore a bit, and he noticed she was pretty close to the edge of the couch, AND SHE WAS STARTING TO SLIP OFF! Forgetting his previous thoughts he rushed in to stop her, reaching her just in time. As he looked around the room he noticed just how nice it was, with a bed big enough for two, not that he'd sleep in it, he'd just take the couch, Lucy needed the bed more than him. So, picking her up carefully, trying not to put too much stress on his left arm, he picked her up bridal style, close to his chest as he gently walked across the floor as to not wake her up. Setting her down gently onto the bed and covering her up, Romeo couldn't help look at her face, it looked beautiful, even in these dim lights, and he couldn't stop himself from stroking a hair out of her face. Quickly realizing what he was doing, Romeo decided to go clean up and take a shower, cold shower, and that he did. Then after putting on some pajamas, he grabbed a spare cover in the drawers and laid down on the couch, sleep quickly coming over him.

Romeo was the first to wake up, realizing that the sun was already up he checked the time on the clock, 10 AM it read, 'Good' he thought as he got, he and Lucy would have enough time to get ready, eat breakfast, and still rest just a bit more before going out to work. He decided to go and get some Breakfast, in the Inn's cafeteria, bringing something for Lucy, as he walked back inside he noticed she was waking up. Lucy's eye started to blink open, as she sat up, looking around the room sheepishly, her eyes eventually landing on Romeo and the plate of food in his hand.

"Morning Lucy, brought you breakfast." He told her with a smile that made her heart quiver a bit "I'm gonna go out and explore around town a bit for supplies, be ready at 1:30!" he said as he laid the plate onto the desk next to the desk on her side of the bed. Walking to the door and leaving, but not before saying one last thing "Oh and remember to be careful with your ankle!" And with that, he left.

Lucy sighed as she realized she didn't even say good morning or thank you to Romeo, grabbing the plate she ate her food wholeheartedly, she proceeded to grab her crutch and got off the bed. She quickly realized that her ankle felt much better, though it'd probably still be wise to use the crutch, at least for now, she thought as she started to look for some clothes to get ready for the day.

As Romeo walked around town he realized something, he didn't know what supplies he was looking for! He truthfully only said he was going out to get away from Lucy and clear his head. He had to admit he was holding up better than he expected around Lucy, as much as he hated the fact she got injured, him being worried for her was able to distract him from others thoughts.

"Well might as well look around town." Romeo said to himself

Strolling around the town Romeo look at what the village still had to offer, and it wasn't much. There were two restaurants from what he saw, one that looked like where you'd bring family or friends for some casual talk while the other one was where you could go if you were feeling a bit fancy. There were a couple of shops and vendors open near the city hall, though nothing really took his interest, that was until he stumbled upon a nice forest trail near the side of the town, looking like a place that would be a nice leisurely stroll if you wanted to get away from from the town for a bit and just listen to nature. And as much as he felt tempted to take that stroll, it'd probably be best to go back and check on Lucy, it was almost time for them to go and work.

As Romeo open the door to the room he heard some rustling around the corning, curious as to what it was he walked forward and looked around the corner, seeing Lucy looking for something in her bag, that was until she noticed his presence.

"Ah Romeo, Perfect! Could you help me get ready, I couldn't get this sweater Zipped up, so I was going to use another one, unless you can zip this up for me?" She asked Romeo sweetly with a smile as she turned her back to him.

Looking closely at Lucy Romeo saw the sweeter she was trying to Zip up, it seemed to be pretty tight, and the zipper was only halfway done, grabbing a hold of it he gently pulled it up with enough force to get it done. When he finished, Lucy did a twirl and smiled down at him.

"Thanks." She told him

"No problem." Romeo told her with his hands behind his head

"Let me just finish my hair, you can tell me what the plan is while I do it." Lucy said as she sat down at the desk, using the mirror to begin doing her twin ponytails, glancing at Romeo occasionally through the reflection.

"Well, we'll have to go to the south eastern part of town, as that was where most of the damaged happened, They're gonna set up some new crops, apparently that's where you and your spirits are gonna focus on the next two days. I'm suppose to help them set up the foundation for the new houses around there, making sure the metal doesn't get too cold. We should both be finished today before 7." Romeo told her as he sat on the bed, stealing glances at her occasionally.

Lucy noticed his glances and couldn't help but smirk a bit, she couldn't help but like the attention.

"Well, that seems nice, since we'll be finished before 7, wanna get dinner together after?" She asked

"Uhh sure, I saw some restaurants around town, we'll pass by them on the way to our work so you can get a look at them and choose." Romeo replied

"Oh how sweet of you, letting the lady decide, quite the charmer already, huh?" Lucy said back to him, turning her head a bit back at him so he could see her give a wink.

Romeo could only blush and look away, hearing Lucy giggle a bit, and he couldn't stop himself from smiling from that sound.

Lucy and Romeo were currently walking down the town towards their destination, though going at a somewhat slow pace, as though Lucy didn't need the crutch anymore, her ankle was still healing. Though she couldn't say she minded the slow pace, the silence between her and Romeo was nice, and she could take a look at the town.

"Those are the restaurant I told you about." Romeo told her as his hand pointed towards the direction of two buildings.

Looking closely at them, Lucy saw how one was designed as a simple Pizzeria, looking mostly full at the moment. But the other one caught her attention, it seemed like a fancy restaurant, and Lucy couldn't remember the last time she was able to go somewhere like that, as she knew she could never bring Natsu and Happy with their table manners to a place like that. Then she thought about having dinner with Romeo over there, he probably had good enough manners to understand what and wasn't acceptable in there, not to mention it'd be her way of saying thanks for him carrying her yesterday, she had some jewels to spare for it.

"O Romeo, why don't we eat there for dinner." Lucy told him, pointing at the building that read Flakes

"You sure Lucy?" He asked, "I never really been to a place like that, not to mention I don't think I could afford it."

"All the more reason to try it out then, and don't worry about money, it'll be my treat, since you've already helped me out so much. And if you feel like you have to pay me back, find something nice for us tomorrow. This is suppose to be a bonding experience for us too." Lucy responded

Romeo wanted to tell her she didn't have to pay for him, he felt like it would've been pointless, so he's just gonna have to come up with something tomorrow to pay her back like she suggested. But before he could think of how he would do that, they had already arrived at the construction site.

'I'll just think about it late' he thought as he and Lucy went to do their job.

Romeo and Lucy were walking back, finally finishing their day's work, the sun had become to set with the night sky becoming more and more visible.

Romeo couldn't help but enjoy the cool air around him, helping to calm his aching muscles, he hadn't expected his work to be so hard, he never had to be so precise with the temperature of his flame, being careful not to be too hot, but not hot enough that most of the heat would be sap by the cool winds blowing about. Lucy, on the other hand, found it a bit hard trying not to take a nap. While she wasn't really tired, using keeping to spirits out for the day's work was draining. As she walked back to the Inn to get ready she noticed Romeo make his way to the restaurant.

"Romeo, what are you doing?" She called out to him

"Huh?" He responded, "Aren't we gonna eat here?"

"Yeah but not like this, we're tired and sweaty, we need to shower and freshen up a bit, not to mention I want to dress up a bit for it." Lucy told him

"Uhh." Romeo said understandingly until he realized something "Oh um what should I wear, I don't have a suit with me."

Lucy couldn't help but giggle a bit "You don't need a suit silly, just something a bit nicer than what you have on. I'll help you choose some clothes if you need my help that much."

And with that, they made their way into the Inn room.

"Romeo, you can take a quick shower, then find some clothes to put on. After you're done I'll freshen up." Lucy said

Romeo nodded, heading into the bathroom to wash down a bit. Lucy went through her bag to find some nice clothes she could wear. She wanted to wear something while not revealing, showed her body off well. She wanted to test Romeo a bit, she was gonna act like this was a date, see how he would do, and then she'd give him pointers for when they were almost done, as he probably never went out on a date before she thought.

Just than Romeo came out of the bathroom, quickly switching with Lucy who tried to be quick, bringing her outfit inside so she could change when she was done.

Half an hour had passed as Romeo finished putting on his clothes, he wasn't really used to cargo pants, feeling a bit tight around his legs, not as free as when he wore shorts. But his shirt and jacket were nice enough, having the colors of his usual open vest. But just as he was getting use to them, Lucy step out, and Romeo couldn't help but have his jaw drop a bit. Lucy was wearing a tight blue and white shirt with a small keyhole near the top, showing off the top of her breast a little, she wore a black vest over it, with the front unzip and the bottom half of it cut off. She wore a black skirt that went to her knees with black thigh high socks covering the rest of her legs, her feet contained a pair of black boots. While Romeo had definitely seen her in more revealing clothing, something about her current attire just made him want to stare, and Lucy noticed that.

"Oh Romeo, if you keep staring at me like that I'll blush." She teased him, resting a hand on her cheek, tilting her head a bit to feign embarrassment

Romeo quickly snapped out of his stare, feeling quite embarrassed. But then noticed Lucy analyze his clothing, he could only hope she approved of his choice.

"I must say Romeo you look nice in that outfit, makes me want to stare at you a bit." She couldn't help but say to tease him, though she wasn't lying

"Oh um, thanks? Shall we go?" Romeo ask

"We shall." Lucy replied taking his right arm and locking it with her left, making Romeo blush a bit, they left the Inn and headed towards the restaurant.

Romeo saw some people giving the pair glances, but he didn't mind them, especially when he saw the smile on Lucy's face, which made him smile too. The pair soon arrived at the restaurant, which seemed surprisingly empty, with only a few others inside. The pair soon got seated at a table and look over the menu.

"Thanks for coming with me, Romeo, its been awhile since I've been to a place like this, I could never bring Natsu or Happy to a place like this." Lucy told him while after finishing looking at the menu, signaling the waiter to come by and take their orders.

"No problem Lucy, I'm glad I could come with you." Romeo said smiling back as he gave the waiter his order.

They made a bit more small talk as their food arrived, and Lucy decided to get a bit more personal.

"So Romeo, how is it that you don't have a girlfriend yet? The way you've been treating me I think you're quite the catch." Lucy said, providing to take a sip of her drink.

"Oh uuhhh, well I guess it never really dawned on me, I don't really think I'm all that special, and I don't really really have much experience with someone else my age in well, romantic scenarios." Romeo responded, looking a bit bashful.

"Really? Wow, you must be a natural charmer than. You've got so many good qualities for your age that if you really wanted to, you could take any girl who knows you enough out. Heck when you grow older you might make some of the guys jealous" Lucy said

"Really? I don't really think of myself as that special." Romeo said, he truly didn't feel like he could ever compare to the likes of Natsu and Gray.

"Of course, you're nice, kind, gentle, but you've got such a passion to help others, especially your friends. I could see it in your eyes." Lucy stated

"Well, to be fair I've only recently started to act like that." Romeo said, surprising Lucy

"Really!?" Lucy asked

"Yeah, truthfully I only recently starting acting like that when you guys came back, when you and the others disappeared, something changed inside of me, I closed myself off a lot, really only talking to those still in the guild. I guess you could say I became anti-social, picked a lot of fights against people who made fun of the guild, hehe, now that I look back on it, I was a brat, maybe that's why I didn't have many friends my age." Romeo told Lucy seldomly

"Romeo" Lucy couldn't help but look at him with a sad look on her face, she didn't realize just how much their disappearance affected him.

"But after you guys came back, I was happy, happy that my family was back. You guys reminded me to be kind and caring, not protecting Fairy Tail out of pride, but to protect the family you've made from it." Romeo finished

Lucy couldn't take it, she moved to the other side of the table and gave Romeo the most heartfelt hug she could, accidentally pushing his face into her breast, but she didn't care as she stroked his hair and said "Romeo, I'm so sorry we left you guys, I don't know how you could ever forgive us."

Romeo stop blushing from her breast as he heard those words, completely forgetting the enormous orbs as he wrapped his arms around her and said: "You don't have to apologize you came back in the end."

They couldn't help but stay like that for a couple of minutes, drawing a couple of awws from the other customers who saw the little display. But in the end the two of them separated, both with smiles on their faces. They proceed to finish their meals and paid. Heading back to the Inn, with Lucy holding Romeo's arm with just a bit more force than before as they made their way back.

As they made it inside the room Lucy went into the bathroom to change, with Romeo taking his PJs out of his bag, a simple pair of soft black shorts with a white shirt the fit him snugly. As he started to set up his bed on the couch Lucy came out, wearing a somewhat thin pair of light green long sleeve pants and shirt with different colored stars dotted across it.

"What are you doing?" She asked, walking towards him the sight of her breast jiggling hard to ignore, especially with the top parts partial exposed along with her upper chest.

"Making my bed." Rome replied, getting ready to get the covers.

"You don't have to sleep on the couch you know, we can share the bed, it's big enough for both of us." Lucy told him

"Uh well, I just thought with your injury, you could use the extra space, don't want to accidentally hurt you." Romeo replied, hoping she would make him get under the same covers as her, he didn't know if his hormones could handle it., not wanting to accidentally poke her with something else.

"While that's sweet of you, my ankle is feeling much better now, besides you're exhausted and you need a good night's rest. So just sleep in the bed with me, I won't take no for an answer." Lucy said with a smile on her face.

Sighing inwardly Romeo just couldn't refuse, especially not when she gave him a smile like that. So he got in the bed with her, him sleeping on the left and her on the right, as they laid down Lucy turned off the lights, giving them darkness. As Romeo started to drift off to sleep Lucy said to him

"Good Night, Romeo."

"Night Lucy" he replied, soon drifting off to sleep, but not before he felt something moist and soft touch his forehead for a second, making him smile at the feeling.

A/N: Next chapter will be a bit of a date, than we get to the naughty stuff. Man this is gonna be a bit weird for me, I read more than enough smut to know what I like, but actually writing it down and publishing it is something else. If you've been enjoying the story than thanks, can leave a review if you'd like but just to know if you have a suggestion for me, I do plan these chapters in advance, so make sure they are a bit general so I might have an easier time implementing them if I like them enough. By the way, I've decided to release the chapters around once a week for now. Hopefully the wait isn't that long for you, I am writing another story that you may have seen on my profile, if all goes could I'll release it in a week or two, so if you were interested in that story I hope you'll enjoy what I write.