~Our story begins here~

Lucy Heartfilia had just come back from a job she had done and was on her way home with her reward. She had been taking numerous jobs alone for the last four years because going on a job with Natsu pretty much guaranteed no reward. Though she would never admit it to anyone, she would miss his silly antics and often caught herself talking to herself aloud whenever she went on solo missions. Being alone was... Well, lonely. She came up to the apartment building she had been living in since she first came to Fairy Tail and took a moment to reminisce before unlocking the door.

When she got into her room, she released the handle of her suitcase and started taking off various items of clothing while walking towards her bathroom, a bath was definitely in order. Starting with her boots, she quickly freed her feet from their hours of confinement, dropping the shoes to the floor with a soft thud. Then it was her jacket, which she hung on the back of her desk chair. Then her top, placing it in her hamper of dirty clothes and then... She heard a very loud snore coming from her bed. Her eyes narrowed and her eyebrow twitched as she gazed at the tuft of pink above the bed sheets. She took a deep breath and let it out slowly and turned back around and walked straight into the bathroom. She really wanted to relax in her tub right now. She had been used to his frequent barging in, it was just routine to yell at him when he did, even though he never listened to her complaints. But she decided to let it slide this time around.

Lucy finished removing the rest of her clothing in the bathroom and after washing herself, slowly descended into the soothing hot water. "Aaaaahhh... This is exactly what I needed." She let herself relax and smiled at thinking of Natsu and Happy waiting for her to come home. She had missed them a lot even though she was gone just for the week. 'Hold on... I told him I could've been gone for over two weeks! Why is he here now?' She thought on this some more. "don't tell me... Has he been waiting this whole time?! In my house?! I told him to take a separate job! ... Hmm.. Maybe he did take one and finished early, so he waited here. ... Nn but that still doesn't tell me how long he's been at my place!" Lucy looked around her bathroom to see if anything was out of place or broken, which was more likely. She couldn't see any signs of arson in the bathroom, but that didn't mean her other rooms were safe. Her concern got the better of her, so she cut her relaxation time short and wrapped a towel around herself to take a look.

Feeling confident that everything still existed (besides some food items) and was in its correct place, the only thing really different being Natsu's vest that was draped over her bedpost, she grabbed a tank top and a pair of jean shorts and walked back into the bathroom to change. Fully clothed and feeling refreshed, she exited the bathroom once more and silently sneaked over to her pink-headed trespasser. She squatted beside the bed near where his spiky hair jutted out from under the covers. Her eyes squinted at him, but the pink on her cheeks showed that she was actually happy to see him.

Lucy pulled the covers down just enough to see his face, which scrunched up at the unwelcome cool air. She giggled softly at his expression and smiled gently, brushing away a hair tickling his eyelid. "You're being pretty creepy, Lucy." Her kind expression hardened as she looked at the blue smiling cat on the other side of Natsu. "Gee, thanks Happy. It's nice to see you too." She replied sarcastically, an angry vein seen popping out of her forehead. She slid down to her knees and rested her arms on the bed. "So, Happy... How long have you guys been waiting here?" "Well we got back from our mission late last night, so Natsu decided to sleep here." 'Figures... I was worried for nothing.' She let out a sigh and looked back to Natsu's sleeping face. He really did look kinda cute like this, apart from the drool sliding out of his open mouth and down his cheek.

She squinted at him again and began poking at his dry cheek. "Naatsuu... Wake up, Natsuu..." Lucy got a loud snore in response. So she raised her voice and poked harder. "Natsu... Naaatsuuuu... Wake Uup~" she was practically stabbing his face with her finger now. "Natsu! WAKE... UP!" She stood and yanked his scarf along with her and out of the bed, dragging Natsu with it. she dropped the cloth and let his top half thump to the floor followed slowly by his bottom half sliding down with the rest of the heap. He sat up with a big yawn and one eye open as he scratched his bare stomach. "Hey, Lucy." He lazily lifted his other arm to acknowledge her. "Hey yourself! What are you doing here again?" Lucy was standing up with her hands on her hips and a tint of pink on her face, unclear if it was from anger or embarrassment. "Isn't it obvious? We were sleeping." He looked at her like she was stupid and Lucy had to resist the urge to karate chop his head. But she just couldn't restrain herself and went ahead and chopped him anyway.

That's it for chapter 1! More to come soon! This story shouldn't take all that long. Also, since it is in the future, the characters might be a bit OOC. Just a teensy bit. I really don't see Natsu changing too much. He's taller now and Lucy's hair is longer. Her bust is about the same, I guess... Maybe a bit bigger... Haha anyway, if you have a comment, compliment, or complaint, please review!

Let me into your soul~

Song I like for Lucy's perspective, but you can go either way with it: First Day of My Life by Bright Eyes