Late, summer nights—the perfect time to be stargazing.

"Isn't it amazing how fast it is for stars to appear in the sky?" Lucy asks in awe. She forbids herself to blink so she doesn't miss the slightest glimpse of a new star.

"I know, it's just one after another," Natsu agrees with the same amount of admiration. "I feel like I'm going to miss something if I blink."

"I'm not blinking, either." She giggles softly in amusement. Chills scatter across her arms and legs as she listens to him chuckle along with her.

It's rare for them to have any time alone together these days, so Lucy wants to cherish each and every moment they share together. With a deep breath, she listens to the quiet chirp of crickets and the hush hoot of an owl.

"So peaceful," she sighs out in content. "I could stay here forever."

"So could I. As long as I'm with you, though," Natsu responds.

He also wants to savor this moment since he always finds himself thinking about the next time he will be able to be with Lucy again. He inhales deeply, tuning into the faint swish of trees and roaming cars nearby.

"Are there any constellations that you see?" he questions after a while.

"Too many to count," Lucy answers, raising her finger in the air. "Aquarius is right there. If you look a little to the left, you can see Leo."

"But that doesn't look like Loke," he comments.

"Of course it doesn't." She stifles a laugh. "Lyra does look like a harp, though."

"Yeah, if you squint until everything turns blurry," he jokes.

"Hey," she pouts. "You just have to use your imagination when it comes to constellations!"

Natsu scoffs at her insistence. "Yeah, no kidding. By the way, I think I see Draco. Is it below Virgo?"

"Correct." She smiles in appreciation. "Look at you, you're almost an expert at constellations now."

"Almost?!" he repeats incredulously. He won't ever tell her this, but he has lost count on how many hours he has spent studying constellations just for these moments.

Lucy lets out a laugh, louder than she intends it to be. She quickly covers her mouth in embarrassment. "Sorry," she mumbles. "Starry dates are supposed to be quiet, right?"

"You know that's impossible for us," he remarks. He pauses for a second before speaking again. "Hey, promise you won't get mad at what I'm about to say, okay?"

"What is it?" she asks curiously.

"I really want to hold your hand right now."

Lucy is silent before she suddenly responds. "Then, why don't you?"

"Because you know we can't right now."

"Right," she realizes, pressing her lips together in a thin line. If it isn't for her best friend being a few feet away from her, she would release the frustrated tears at the back of her eyes.

"Anyway, let's talk about something else," Natsu hurriedly states.

"Yeah, we should." She nods in agreement.

With every word she says, a new star exposes itself in the dark sky. She's happy that Natsu does most of the talking—listening to his smooth voice goes perfectly with the stars.

Unfortunately, there's a point when the sky is entirely full of stars. And by that time, it's much later than Natsu and Lucy would like to admit.

"I think we should go for the night. It's pretty late," she forces herself to say.

"Yeah, I'll call you tomorrow," he promises.

"I look forward to it." The corners of Lucy's lips begin to tug upwards, and it isn't long until she isn't able to fight the smile.

"Talk to you tomorrow. Sweet dreams."

"You too," she whispers back before ending the call.

"Wow, you guys are done talking already?"

"It's late, Levy," Lucy answers with a soft sigh. She turns to her, the stars reflecting off their eyes.

"Still! I was expecting you guys to stay up at least until one in the morning," Levy replies.

"Not this time." Lucy sends her a small smile.

There's a few seconds of silence between the two girls, and Lucy takes the time to remind herself that although Natsu sounds as if he's right next to her—he isn't. He's 2500 miles away, and talking on the phone is the closest way she'll be to him for a while.

But thankfully, distance doesn't matter because they're both beneath the same sky with the same twinkling stars.

Oh, how I wish it was still summer and there was someone I could go stargazing with!

This one-shot is actually a lot shorter than I wanted it to be, but hopefully the rest of these one-shots will make up for that... I'm pretty excited for the one tomorrow though ;-)

Also, if this reminds you of another fic of mine, you get bonus points and you're my favorite.

Thanks for reading! See you tomorrow with the next prompt being: Cuddling!