Hi everyone! I would've definitely gotten another chapter out yesterday, but I got tired and so I decided I'd take a break! Here's the next chapter y'all have been waiting for :) I hope you enjoy it! :D I tried adding in some fluff, but not so sure if it worked out the way I planned, haha :P Oh, and I can not forget to thank y'all for the wonderful reviews! I'm so glad y'all like this :D

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She nodded in response and started to fumble through her keys to find her house key. Natsu stood right behind her, leaving hardly any room between them, making sure no one would see her if they walked past. This act made Lucy blush madly and caused her to fumble with her keys more than normal.

Lucy found the right key and unlocked the door quietly and stepped in, Natsu quickly following and shutting the door behind them.

"Oh, it feels good to be home," Lucy said as she ran to her couch and jumped on it.

Natsu laughed as he looked out her window, looking for any guild members who could have possibly seen them.

Little did he know they were being watched, from a distance, but still watched. The person smirked against the shadows and turned around, walking off with the information they just gained.

~Lucy's POV~

As I settled myself onto my couch comfortably, with Natsu playing look-out, I couldn't shake the feeling that we had been watched. I sighed lightly as I laid across my couch, taking up half of it. Natsu, after standing at my window for a good ten minutes, came and settled on the couch across from me.

He gave a goofy smile as he looked over and said, "I'm surprised the first thing you did was jump on your couch."

I gave him a puzzled look and realized that I was still in his clothes, I still smelled like him, and I hadn't taken a bath yet. I held my arm up to my nose and smelled. I didn't smell bad, in fact, the lingering smell of Natsu was on the clothes, smelled quite good to me.

"I did not just figure that his smell wasn't bad!" I thought with a small whine, not pleased with the fact I appeared to be falling for the dragon slayer.

"I'm going to go and take a shower, don't come in my room!" I yelled at Natsu as I ran to take a shower, wanting to get his smell off of me as quickly as possible.

He nodded simply and responded, "Fine, Luce."

Natsu didn't appear to be listening, and I highly doubted he'd follow my order to stay out of my room. I kept going though, and got to my shower. I turned the water on and let it heat up as I brushed my hair out. When I stepped in, the water was warm, just warm enough to feel relaxing without burning me.

After a long and soothing shower, I climbed out and wrapped a towel around myself. I went to my room and changed quickly, surprised that Natsu wasn't waiting on my bed he claimed was the best bed in the world.

Walking out of my room, I made my way to the living room to find it empty, and called, "Natsu?"

No response came to my ears and I began to get worried, when I ran to the door, I noticed it was unlocked and cracked open. The worse situations came to mind as I tried to figure out where my goofy dragon slayer friend went.

"He hasn't been kidnapped, has he? How did they get him! He can smell so good, why didn't he smell them coming?" I thought rapidly as I ran throughout my house after shutting my door and locking it, baracading it with a chair so it'd be harder to force open.

I heard a small creak of a board behind me, and when I turned around, I saw a shadown move dangerously fast. The shadow pinned me down to the couch that I had been idiotically standing in front of. I opened my mouth to scream and yell for help, but the shadow covered my mouth with a strong hand.

When I smelled the hand, it was a familiar scent, and when the shadow moved in closer, I noticed that it was none other than my stupid friend, Natsu. He uncovered my mouth and moved from over me and began to laugh loudly, hitting his knee with his hand as his laughter rang through my house.

"Natsu!" I said, anger taking over all the worry I had.

"Yeah, Luce? Oh man, you should've seen your face! You were so worried!" he howled, stopping to laugh as he talked, "If you could smell as good as me, you'd know I was hiding in a corner."

"Natsu, it's not my fault that I don't have your sense of smell! I scolded, tears threatening to fall.

His laughter ceased when he looked over and noticed I was about to cry.

~Natsu's POV~

"Luce?" I asked quietly and in a hushed tone, as if speaking too loud would cause her to break.

She sniffled a bit, trying to hold back the tears that were already beginning to slide down the sides of her face. Tears did not grace her appearance, her smile did, not tears.

I didn't think that what I did had been so bad, I was just playing a joke, since I couldn't hide in her room. I scooted myself closer to Lucy as she shook from crying. I placed my hand under her eye and wiped a tear away.

"Luce, don't cry, I don't want you to cry," I said, my voice struggling to find the strength to make sound. "I'm sorry, Luce, just don't cry. I wouldn't let someone beat me so easily."

She looked up to me, her chocolate brown eyes meeting mine for a moment, before dropping. She had stopped her crying and was now just lightly sniffling, but it still pained me to see her that way, and I had caused it.

"Dang it, why'd I have to do that?" I scolded myself, angry that I had been so childish.

I pulled myself over to her quickly, and pulled her into a tight hug, not wanting to let her go.

"Na-natsu?" she asked, and I felt her cheeks heat up from how close we were.

I pulled away slightly, just enough so I could see her eyes and rested my forehead on hers, her face turned an even brighter red.

"Yeah, Luce?" I asked, searching her eyes for the sadness that was there a few minutes ago.

"Uh, um.. w-what are y-you doing?" she stuttered, obviously nervous about how close we were.

"Lucy..," I said quietly, and noticed her eyes were no longer sad, it made me feel warm inside and at the same time my stomach turned over from happiness.

~Lucy's POV~

I was about to start to talk again, but I was interupted when Natsu suddenly crashed his lips against mine. I was shocked, and my eyes remained wide open for a few minutes, surprised at how soft his lips were.

Soon, I closed my eyes and felt him deepen the kiss, and I gladly accepted. We stayed that way for a few minutes before he pulled away, allowing me to breath once more. He didn't move too far away, as I could still feel his labored breath against me face.

"Natsu," I whispered, my voice breaking the silence that had taken over.

He smiled at me his goofy smile and pulled me to him once more. I couldn't help but to feel safe wrapped in his arms, his natural body heat radiating and warming me up. I still couldn't shake the feeling we were being watched though.

~Normal POV, that person~

"Hmph, it's just as I say, they entered her house, they're probably still there," the person said, recalling what they had watched a few hours before.

"Good, let's go then, we shall put our plan into action," a strong voice answered, looking surprised at the person who had helped out, amazed they did willingly.

Well, till next time! :) I wonder who that person is o: haha, maybe we'll find out next time :P I hope you enjoyed reading it, and thank you for reading! :D