A/N: This is a very short chapter, but an important one.

5th Week of Pregnancy

It was early in the morning, about a week after Lucy had revealed her pregnancy, and Lucy and Natsu were sleeping in their bed.

That is, until Lucy was jolted awake by her stomach.

With a hand clamped over her mouth, Lucy untangled herself from Natsu's arms and ran into the bathroom. She could only make it to the sink before the contents of her stomach were overturned. After the first vomit, she was hoping she could get back to bed, but, alas, her stomach had a different idea. This time, she got to the toilet, though.

Natsu groaned and reached for Lucy in his sleep, noticing that she was no longer in his arms. Where was she? He slowly awakened with the realization that Lucy wasn't in bed.

"Luce?" He called into the room. He could hear her coughing in the bathroom. Taking a sniff of the air, Natsu realized that she wasn't coughing; she was throwing up.

"Lucy!" Natsu was instantly out of bed and running into the bathroom. Seeing Lucy hunched over the toilet, Natsu immediately kneeled next to her and held her hair away from the line of fire. Lucy smiled at him before coughing over the toilet. "Lucy, are you okay? Why're you throwing up!?" Natsu was frantic, remembering that Wendy had told them that it was dangerous for the baby if Lucy got ill this early in her pregnancy.

Lucy spit into the toilet, all her hacking causing bile to creep into her mouth. She waved a hand nonchalantly to her husband. "It's just morning sickness. It came early for me, apparently," Lucy said, remembering that Porlyusica had told her that morning sickness usually started in the sixth week of pregnancy. She coughed once more, then groaned. "I think it's done for now." Lucy stood up, albeit a little wobbly, her hair falling out of Natsu's hands. She flushed the toilet to get rid of her vomit.

Walking to the door, confirming that her stomach was done with its queasiness for now, Lucy called for Natsu. "Are you coming? I wanna go back to sleep."

Natsu still looked worried. "What's 'morning sickness'?"

Lucy's face was struck with an expression of realization. "Oh! That's what you're so worried about!" Natsu nodded. "Don't worry, I haven't caught the flu or anything. Pregnant women just throw up a lot. It's called 'morning sickness'. I suggest you get used to the smell of throw-up." Natsu could tell that her last sentence was partially directed at herself.

"So, because you're pregnant, you'll throw up a lot?"

"Yeah."

Natsu felt a little guilty. Lucy would be miserable having to be hunched over the toilet all the time, and it was partially his doing that made her pregnant. "I'm sorry, Luce!"

Lucy, honestly, was expecting Natsu to be ashamed over making her pregnant once he found out how much pain it would put her through. That's just the person he was. It was very sweet, but she had to nip that guilt in the bud before it created problems.

Placing a finger over Natsu's mouth to stop more words of shame from coming out, Lucy started talking. "Natsu, stop that. Don't feel guilty. I'm gonna tell you now, this'll completely suck. For both of us. I'm almost constantly gonna be sore, tired, and hormonal. Those hormones are going to make me bitchy, which will be terrible for you. I'll be complaining and yelling a lot. I'll also be an emotional wreck, and I'll be crying just as much as I'm complaining, and I'll be yelling at you for making me pregnant. I mean, I'll try not to, of course, but hormones are not fun to deal with." With each of Lucy's words, Natsu could feel his gut clenching tighter in guilt. "But Natsu, I need you to understand one thing."

"What's that?"

"I'm perfectly and completely happy to go through all that for our child; our family. All the pain that we go through with my pregnancy will be worth it, because we'll have our baby at the end of it. Do you understand?" Natsu nodded. "Now that I've said all that, let me apologize to you. In advance, for all the stuff I'll put you through."

Natsu grinned and repeated Lucy's words, feeling better. "Don't feel guilty, Luce. I'm perfectly and completely happy to go through all that for our child and for our family."

Lucy grinned back at him. "I love you."

"I love you, too."

That Night, in the Guild Hall's Bathroom

"Lucy, I thought you said it was morning sickness!" Natsu said confusedly as he held her hair back for her.

"It's obviously not-" Lucy barfed again. "-not exclusive for me."

A/N: Like I said, a short chapter, but I do think that it's an important one. Sorry to those wanting a longer one!