Previously

She shrugged and took the fluffy brown one that's designed as a cute bear jacket, a white sleeveless shirt and some shorts.

She quickly returned to Natsu's side and changed his clothes. (and confirmed that yes, he's a boy). The blonde squealed at the baby's cuteness and showered him with kisses.

Lucy soon spent the night, with a smile on her face as she slept next to Natsu.

She was so going to keep this baby.

Chapter 2 (Baby Natsu and Loving Lucy)

Lucy woke up with a light tugging on her hair.

She groaned and mumbled incoherent words. She pulled the soft plush toy closer to her and inhaled its sweet and spicy smell.

It was enticing.

The blonde felt more tugging and this time, it was more forceful.

"Oww!", her eyes snapped open and instantly, her hand shot up to her blonde hair. She saw a small hand, with its fingers entwined with her golden hair, as if telling her to wake up already. She stared at the body beside her and remembered last night's events.

"Natsu!", she gasped and quickly got up but was held back by her hair that was in the baby's hand.

"Ow! Ow! Natsuuuu!", she whined while pouting at the baby whose mouth seemed to curl up into a smile.

"Aww! You're so adorable and so... big? When did you get that big?", she asked, perplexed at the sudden change in the baby's size.

"Oh well, I might have been tired last night. It's not like you've grown from a one month old to a six or seven months old baby overnight.", she snorted at her own words, yet she couldn't help but have a nagging feeling inside her that something was odd.

Especially when her eyes came across the basket where she had supposedly found the baby.

'Could he have fit into a basket as small as that?'

Lucy exited her room after getting dressed. She grabbed Natsu and made a makeshift bed for him by rearranging the sofa in her living room and some extra mattresses and pillows. Once she was satisfied that it was wide, safe and fluffy enough, she quickly made herself some breakfast while checking on Natsu every once in a while. She also scanned the baby magazine, where she got her gifts for Erza, and searched for the cutest crib for Natsu.

After all, she can't just leave the baby anywhere she wants, he might fall!

"Ah, yes, this is Lucy, Lucy Heartfilia. ... Yup, that's me! ... Thank you, I'm glad to meet someone who is and avid reader of my book. ... Yes, ... yes, ... Say, do you think you can deliver a crib... Yes, a crib, at my house... Yeah, the same one you delivered the clothes to OHMYGODBECAREFULNATSU! When did you start crawling anyway?! ... Ah no, no, sorry. It was my... err... nephew, yeah. So can you deliver it now? ... Yes, yes, the fiery one, code X777, I think... ... Okay! Thanks! Goodbye!", she quickly ended the phone call and rushed to the baby's side while playfully scolding the pink-haired for making her worry.

The baby crib arrived a few hours later and with the use of her charms, Lucy managed to get the delivery guy to set up the crib too. She played with Natsu all morning, gushing at his cuteness and the sound of his laughter. She then decided that it was time for bath, for the both of them, so she took Natsu with her to freshen up.

She hummed while applying shampoo on his tuff of pink hair as they both settled in the tub.

"You're so cute aren't you?", she said, letting the baby rest on her chest while making sure to keep his head above the water. Natsu smiled innocently, before he evilly splashed his hands into the water, leading it fly everywhere and make a mess of splashed water outside of the tub and on the walls.

"Natsu! Don't do that!", But the baby didn't listen, and caused even more water to find its way out of the tub. Lucy stared at her soaked towels that she was supposed to dry herself off with for a few seconds, but then smirked.

"Oh, you're going to get it now, you little devil!" she exclaimed while tickling Natsu until he shrieked with laughter.

When the two had calmed down, Lucy leaned against the side of the tub and rinsed the shampoo out of the baby's pink hair. After that she lifted him until he was on the same level as she was, and looked him in the eye.

"I wonder why they left you... If I was your mom, I would never let you go, Natsu."

And the response she got, was Natsu tangling his small fingers in her hair once again, making her forget all her previous worries.

"Ah, it's not that cold anymore today, I guess this one would be alright, don't you think so Natsu?", she said while holding up a small white shirt and matching white shorts with flames on them for the baby to see. Natsu only shook his fists, and Lucy took that as a 'yes'.

The shirt had a written 'Super Bad Boy' design on it.

"It fits you so well!", Lucy gushed after she had changed him into it, and took a quick picture. She sent it to Levy who called her minutes later.

"Who the heck is that kid?! He's so cute! I want to kiss him!", Levy squealed on the other line.

"Hi, Levy! How's your trip? And he's Natsu!"

"It's fine, we're still hours away though. And who? Whose kid is that anyway? Don't tell me he's yours?! Lucy! I left for one day and you got knocked up already? Who?! Tell me the details!"

Her shout made Lucy cringe. Honestly, if she was talkative what would people call Levy?

"Oh, enjoy then. He's Natsu. And Levy-chan! He's NOT my kid okay?! That's so irrational anyway, you don't get pregnant and give birth in one day. Geez! I found him on my doorstep last night so I took him in."

"Thanks. And you WHAT?!"

"I found him in my doorstep last night and took him. What's wrong?"

"There's a lot wrong with that sentence, Lu-chan. You can't just take a kid! You might get involved in some kidnapping or whatever."

"So? I couldn't just leave him alone last night. It was raining, hard. And it was freezing cold outside, would you prefer that I left him outside then?", Lucy heard a sigh from the other line and she knew that she had won this argument.

"Fine. Then at least call the police and tell them you found the boy and leave him in the orphanage."

"You know I can't do that Levy-chan."

"Why not? He isn't your kid Lucy, he was found on your doorstep."

"He was on my doorstep so that means he should be with me Levy-chan."

"Lucy.. That's not-"

"I.. I just can't leave him okay? His parents... His parents left him in front of my house while there was a freaking storm outside. He was abandoned, without a single thought that he was just a baby and he could've died because of the cold! How.. How could they do that Levy-chan?!", she shouted hysterically.

"Lu.."

"You also know why I can't give him to the orphanage Levy-chan. Jellal... Jellal told us all about it remember? There's no love there Levy; just survival. And I don't want Natsu to experience any of those. He's too.. precious, too warm to feel that kind of cold."

She took a deep breath while trying to push away her memories as a child. How she was neglected by her own father. She has some abandonment issues but who wouldn't when you grew up in a place like hers? She believes that no child should be treated that way.

"I get it, so what's your plan Lu?"

"I'm going to legally adopt him Levy, that way, there won't be any problems."

"What if his parents came back for him? What if they purposely left him there so you could make him your heir and get money out of you? You know that many people knew who you are Lucy."

"Then I'll give them the fucking money but they'll leave Natsu with me.", she said with a determined voice and Levy knew that she wouldn't change her mind anymore.

"Okay, why don't you wait for me first then? Wait for a month before legally signing the papers so we can think about this together, but report about him for now. I know you can pull some strings so they won't take him from you"

"Thanks, Levy-chan."

"It's okay, Lu-chan. Take care of Natsu, alright?"

"Alright. Bye."

"Bye."

She sighed and looked at Natsu who was staring at her with a curious gaze.

"Come on Natsu, let's go and report this."

Lucy sighed when she was finally done explaining everything to the police, signing some papers here and there, and now she finally had time to go out and have some fun with Natsu. She placed the baby in her baby carrier (she was so thankful that she went all out and bought Erza's future baby everything) and went to get the chocolate mousse that she was craving for days.

"Maybe I should've brought a stroller too.", Lucy mumbled as she sat down on one of the seats. She removed Natsu from her baby carrier so she could breathe easier and placed him on her lap.

"You seem to be getting bigger and heavier Natsu, or maybe I'm just getting tired.", she said while hugging the baby.

"What's your order, beautiful miss?", said a voice making her look up.

"Oh, I'd like a chocolate mousse please."

"Is that all?"

"Yes, Hibiki.", she said, smiling at her friend.

"Alright. Lucy, you didn't tell me that you had a baby.", he said with a teasing tone while lifting both of his hands, as if asking Lucy if he could hold the baby.

"Oh no, he's not mine. Well, yes legally he's mine, I'm planning to adopt him.", she said while carefully giving Natsu to Hibiki.

"You're gonna raise him by yourself?" He quirked an eyebrow.

"Can't I?", she asked with a challenging tone.

"Oh no, don't misundertand me Lucy. I, for one, think that you would make a great mother. I just think that little- what's his name again?"

"Natsu."

"Right, I just think that little Natsu here would need a father and I would be fit for the job, don't you think?", he said with a flirtatious wink that succeeded in making Lucy laugh.

"Why don't you let Little Natsu here decide then?", she said with an amused tone.

And when Natsu decided to give Hibiki a baby slap and a hard pinch, Lucy already knew his answer.

"We're home.", Lucy mumbled as she and Natsu entered her house. She placed her groceries in the kitchen and plopped herself on the sofa.

"I'm so tired.", she mumbled while placing Natsu's stuff beside her. She removed him from baby carrier once again and stood up to go to her bedroom. She placed Natsu on her bed, made him some milk to feed him and burped him after.

"I wonder why you don't cry like most babies?", she said while brushing Natsu's pink locks with her hand. She kissed his forehead and debated on placing him in his crib or sleeping with him again.

"Nah, I don't want to accidentally squish you, Natsu.", she said and placed Natsu in his crib before plopping down on her own bed.

"I'm just gonna sleep for an hour or so. It's still early anyway, sleep tight, Natsu.", she mumbled. And with the thoughts of how cute Natsu's smile was, she drifted off to sleep.

Meanwhile, a pink-haired baby was sitting up while staring at her intensely. He's going to make sure that Lucy will fall for him.

(And keep those flirty humans away from his mate.)

Thank You!

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And SPECIAL THANKS TO

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For beta-reading this story.

Edited-11-02-18 *UNDER CONSTRUCTION* is that even the right term? Haha.