Hey guys, sorry for the wait. I've been busy and kinda forgot about this... I'm going to try to update as much as I can. Next chapter should be out soon! I have it all planned out I just have an issue getting it down on paper... hahaha...

Anyways, thanks for reading and hope you enjoyed this!

-The next morning-

Sun light shined through the small window of the apartment. That sun light must have had a death wish, because it found its way into Lucy's face and nobody wants to annoy her first thing in the morning. The blonde grumbled as she woke up. As she attempted to sit up and wipe the sleep from her eyes, she was quickly dragged back down to bed by a strong arm.

"The hell?" Lucy muttered, once again blinded by the light. She looked over to the source of the obstacle and could vaguely make out a set of pink locks.

"Pink...hair?" She thought to herself. This information wasn't processing fast enough before panic set in.

"Natsu! What the hell are you doing in my bed?!" Lucy shouted as she grabbed the dragon slayer's arm and tossed him overboard. With a loud enough thud that could have woken up everyone in the area, Natsu crashed to the ground. The force of which rattled the room and made Happy roll out of his perch, and fall on top of his best friend.

"Ow! Happy... watch what you're doing!" The dragon slayer said as he rubbed the top of this head where Happy landed.

"Me? Maybe you should have been watching where you're going, you big dummy!" The blue cat said as he wiped the sleep from his eye. Natsu rolled up into a sitting position only to see a very frightened blonde clutching at her blanket.

"Natsu, what were you doing in my bed? Actually, what were you guys doing in my house to begin with?" Lucy asked her friend, not remembering inviting them over at all. The boys looked at each other, confused by their friend's question. Fear was replaced with frustration and Lucy was getting impatient.

"Well?" She asked, trying to keep herself calm.

There was another pause, followed by a small yelp from Natsu, after Happy elbowed him in the stomach "Um... well me and Happy were in town.. and um.. saw lights on in here... and stopped by to say hi?" The dragon slayer said as he didn't know if Lucy would believe what actually happened.

Lucy narrowed her eyes at the pink haired man sitting on her floor, giving him the "That's a bunch of crap" look. Natsu sighed, "Busted..." he thought to himself.

"We were in town, but there were no lights on at your place. I came by cause there was something I wanted to tell you." Natsu said with a hint of nervousness in his voice.

"Then why not wait till today to tell me instead of coming by like that? How important could this have been?" The blonde asked.

Lucy had started to remember what happened but couldn't tell if it was all a dream or not, her two boys had a knack for breaking into her house, whether she was home or not. She needed to know what was going on, even if it meant getting a little angry with Natsu.

"I'm still waiting, Natsu." Lucy's tone spooked Natsu out of his own little world.

"I um... I came by to um..." Natsu was at a loss for words, which was rare for him. Happy sighed at his best friend's struggle and decided to get the ball rolling.

"Natsu came by last night cause I told him to. He was gonna make a hole in the floor at our place with all the pacing he was doing." Happy said as he looked up to the blonde on the bed.

The celestial mage looked puzzled by this information. She was going to ask Natsu what was wrong but Happy's voice picked back up.

"Natsu needed to tell you how he felt about you, he was driving me crazy with all his questions about you, I told him to just go tell you himself. But Natsu being Natsu, he thought last night was the best time to tell you." Happy continued as he nudged the pink haired man with his elbow.

Lucy was both amazed and frightened by the blue cat's story. She knew Natsu wasn't one to think things through 100% but to hear that he may have spent a portion of last night questioning the relationship between both of them was something else. Lucy needed confirmation from her friend.

"Natsu. Is this true?" She asked in a soft tone, catching the attention of the dragon slayer. He looked up for a moment, a rosy tint spread across his cheeks.

"Ya..." Natsu said, looking away once again from the girl in front of him.

"So it wasn't a dream..." Lucy said to herself, the reality crashing down on her.

The blonde turned her head to see the look of confusion on her boys. She began to explain the odd dream she had about Natsu coming over to her place in the middle of the night, ramble about a girl he likes and then confess his feeling to her after Lucy yelled at him.

The dragon slayer nods his head as Lucy recounts her dream to him. Confirming that the events did happen. "Mhm, that about summarizes it. Do you remember anything else?" He asked.

Lucy sighs. "No... All I remember is that and then waking up with you in my bed... WAIT A MINUTE!" Lucy shouted towards the end, startling the boys.

"We didn't do... it last night, did we?" The celestial mage asked as her face turned as bright as Natsu's hair. Confused, Natsu tilted his head to the side, not catching onto what Lucy said. Realizing what Lucy was afraid of and seeing the panic set in, Natsu began to clarify on how he ended up in bed with her.

"So after we talked for a few hours, you passed out on me. I didn't know how to go about all this cause of what happened so I decided to crash on the couch. I heard you calling out to me in your sleep, seemed like you were having a nightmare so I came to comfort you." He explained to his friend.

Lucy's eyes widened. She never told Natsu about her most recent nightmares. Never realizing till now that she's been physically calling out for Natsu in her sleep.

"That's a relief." Lucy thought to herself. She looked down to the boys who stand in silence while waiting for the celestial mage to out of her thoughts.

"So um... when did Happy get here?" The blonde asked hastily changing the subject.

"I didn't know where else to go..." he said as his ears lowered.

When Happy left Natsu alone to speak to Lucy, he had no clue where to go. He flew around Magnolia for 10 minutes before flying to the guild. Mira was closing up shop when Happy showed up. Mira asked why Happy was by himself and he knew he needed to lie her.

"So I told her Natsu was driving me crazy at home and I needed space till he calmed down." Happy continued. "I helped Mira clean up but after that I didn't know where to go. I saw the lights on here so I checked out what was going on. You guys were just chatting and you let me in when you spotted me."

Lucy believed the blue cat's story. Her thoughts were cut short once again, this time by a loud grumble. The blonde looked at the pink haired man sitting on the floor by the bed.

Natsu had started scratching his stomach as it growled at him once again. Lucy giggled, causing Natsu to look up at her.

"What's so funny?" He asked.

"Nothing." Lucy replied as she got out of bed.

"How about some breakfast?" She asked. The boys didn't need to think twice about food, they nodded their heads eagerly as Lucy got up from bed. They both sprung up from the floor as Lucy walked past them.

Lucy couldn't help but giggle at the reaction. She made her way to the kitchen to prepare a decent breakfast for the three of them.

-Moments later-

The trio sat at the table enjoying their breakfast in relative peace. Lucy was lost in her thoughts as Natsu and Happy stuffed their faces with food.

Natsu was the one to break the silence after a few minutes.

"So what was that nightmare about? If you don't mind me asking." Lucy was shocked Natsu didn't forget that part of the conversation. She sighed knowing it would only be fair to let the dragon slayer know what's been happening.

"I... I've been having nightmares about you leaving, and not just leaving. I mean like gone..." Lucy didn't know how to word her nightmares. She was scared Natsu might just get angry with her but she needed to get this off her chest.

"When did this start?" Natsu asked before Lucy could speak. She was caught off guard by the calm tone of the dragon slayer's voice. This gave her the courage to talk more on the subject.

"A few days ago.. after the war ended..." she continued. "I've been having the same dream almost every night, I'm standing with you, Happy, and Gray, things were almost over with the fighting but at the moment you were taken to fight Acnologia, instead of just vanishing on us I heard you whisper "goodbye Lucy" and all that was left of you was your scarf..." Lucy held back her tears while she recounted the nightmare to her friends.

A small pain washed over Natsu's heart. He knew that nightmare couldn't have been too far off from reality, especially with his brother having left the world just before that event, and with what he found out about himself in their battle.

"I'm not going anywhere, I promise you that much, Lucy." Natsu said as he reached out to take his friend's hand, gently squeezing it while offering her a comforting smile. Lucy nodded and smiled as a single tear ran down her face.

Seeing the exchanging looks between his two human friends, Happy couldn't help but try to lighten the mood in the best way he could think of.

"He likes you~" Happy sang out, breaking the touching moment and causing both Natsu and Lucy to blush and laugh.

-One cleaned kitchen later-

Natsu and Happy sat on the couch in Lucy's apartment as the blonde got ready for the day. The boys were chatting as their friend emerged out from the bathroom, Natsu looked over as Lucy was tying her hair into a long ponytail. He couldn't help but let out a small chuckle as he smiled at her, a light blush forming over his cheeks. Lucy noticed Natsu looking her way and faced him. He quickly turned away to look back at Happy. Lucy couldn't help but smile at her friend's reaction.

"So what's the plan for today?" Lucy asked as walked past the boys and sat down on her bed. "I thought about going to help out with the repairs, I'm sure I could even get some of the spirits to help although I think Loki was already planning to help."

"Well... I did have a thought." Natsu spoke up.

"So that's why I smelt something burning!" Happy laughed as he teased his best friend.

"Hey! I'm able to have good ideas sometimes!" Natsu replied as he lightly smacked Happy.

"So what's your idea?" Lucy asked. Trying to avoid a fight between Natsu and Happy happening in her tiny apartment.

"Oh yeah! So I thought since we did tell each other how we feel and you did accept when I asked you to go out with me last night that we could go out today!" Natsu said catching both Lucy and Happy by surprise.

"Go out as in going out on a date... out...today?" Lucy asked. Natsu replied with a nod.

"Ya, I thought it would be fun!" The dragon slayer said with a grin.

"But what about helping out with the repairs and planing out things to do on a date?" Lucy's mind began to swirl with a hundred questions that she couldn't get them out fast enough. Natsu stood up walked over to the celestial mage. He gently grabbed Lucy by the shoulders and looked at her in the eyes to get her focused again.

"Don't worry about all that. The others can survive a few hours or a day without us helping out, and I've already got a plan in mind for our first date!" Natsu told her. She nodded but then looked over to the cat on the couch.

"That's good and all but what about him?" Lucy pointed towards Happy, who then pointed to himself in confusion but then smiled devilishly at the blonde. Lucy narrowed her eyes at the blue cat, stood up and walked away from the pink haired man who was keeping her stable, in order to strike a bargain with Happy.

"You are not gonna be able to keep this quiet, aren't you?" She asked. Happy shook his head.

"I mean I might be able to but I can't guarantee it won't slip up in a conversation." Happy said as crossed his arms over his chest and looked away from Lucy. She sighed knowing she'd need to pull out the big guns against the cat.

"Alright Happy, how about this? If you can keep your mouth shut about me and Natsu's date today, the next time we go on a job together I'll buy you all the fish you can eat." Lucy said as she stared down at Happy, who started to drool over the thought of eating fish. Lucy smirked when she saw this and knew she won this battle.

"You have yourself a deal!" Happy replied as he jumped from his sitting position to give Lucy a thumbs up.

"Well that settles that. Come on, Lucy! We need to get going!" Natsu said excitingly, toothy grin plastered on his face.

"Where are we going?" Lucy asked as she followed Natsu towards the door.

"We're going to Hargeon!" the dragon slayer said as he took his partner's hand and ran out the door.