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"The sun should never be this bright early in the morning!"

Lucy, already irritated from the rays of the sun peaking through her curtains, rubbed her eyes and nestled herself out of bed. She stretched her tight limbs and prepared herself for the day to come, not knowing what to expect. She dragged herself to the bathroom to shower. Lucy was always in deep thought when she showered; it just for some reason helped her sort out her thoughts. She had just bought this new shampoo that smelled wonderfully, just like sweet coconuts.

"Why was last night oddly more comforting than the rest of the times I've come to their house?"

Lucy didn't know why she felt strangely happy that Natsu had explained to her the situation of her falling asleep on his lap.

She definitely enjoyed his comfort, but why more so than any other time.

"Whatever, its probably me over analyzing things"

After finishing her shower Lucy stepped out and wrapped a towel around her naked body, slipping on her fuzzy slippers. Lucy glanced at her reflection in the mirror, scanning her facial features. Her hazelnut eyes that she found boring, but others would find heart-warming were big and welcoming. The small, but barely noticeable freckles right on her cheekbones, were something not many people noticed. Lucy believed she received the luck of having nice skin, so she didn't have to go through the trouble of applying makeup everyday. But every now and then she would apply blush, and a little bit of mascara, but that was only for dates, and other special occasions. Lucy walked to her closet wondering what she should wear for today.

"Should I be classy, but just a little bit nasty?"

Lucy knew that a majority of her outfits were short and a little bit revealing, but so was every other female's outfit that was in their guild. Most of the girls in the guild liked to play peek-a-boo boobie with most of the tops they wore because most of them had large breasts. "Hmmmmmm…?" Lucy tapped her finger on her chin indicating her deep concentration on what today's outfit should consist of. She finalized with a cute peach top that was laced in the back. She put on shorts with a brown belt, with matching ankle boots. Her hair was not very long so she put it in a high ponytail. Satisfied with herself, Lucy grabbed her bag and left for the guildhall.

"Why didn't you come for me

Natsu….."

Natsu sprung up from his pillow, breathing heavily and dripping of sweat.

"What the fuck was that"

"Natsu are you okay? asked the worried blue feline.

Natsu blinked a couple of times reassuring himself that he was indeed awake.

"Yeah, Happy I'm fine", Natsu chuckled awkwardly, rubbing the back of his neck. He didn't like to admit being afraid, or of having bad dreams, even in front of his best friend. He always liked being known as the guy that people could look up too, who never showed fear. But honestly he didn't even know what he just experienced. It was like a dream but more in the nightmare-rish department, if that made sense. What bothered him though was the voice that sounded so familiar, yet mysterious. Why did the voice say he didn't come from them? Natsu bypassed this and readied himself for the day. He walked down stairs and looked at the couch, remembering that Lucy was just here last night. He was acting so clingy, and wanted her to stay with him, but he was so glad she didn't here his remark about her being beautiful, when she sleeps.

Natsu hated himself for having thinking the things he did the other day. How she slept so peacefully, how cu-….

"Stop thinking about how cute she looked!"

In all honesty, even though Natsu acted immature 99.98% of the time, he did still think of the opposite sex. He thought the women in his guild were attractive, but he would never cross the "more than friends" path because he thought of them as family, nothing more. No one would ever believe the thought of Natsu having a girlfriend, and neither could he. Sure he thought women were "sexy, and good-looking", but there were more important things that his mind could be more focused on.

"But how come you found yourself gazing at Lucy"

Natsu mentally slapped himself for thinking of that type of bullshit. Honestly he didn't want to get caught up, and preferred to keep his thoughts about Lucy in the best friend zone. Natsu along with Happy headed down to the guild as usual, hoping to do a mission today.

Strolling in the guildhall, Natsu's eyes landed on Lucy chatting with Mira-chan. Happy immediately flew towards Wendy and Charles.

"He's been more excited to see them, lately…"

Natsu shrugged off the fact that his sidekick had left him, so he walked to where Ezra and that ass wipe, Gray, were. He didn't know why he didn't go over to where Lucy was, but just the other day she was annoyed with the fact that him and Happy were shouting out to her, so he decided to just talk to his other two guild mates.

"So…. have you guys found any missions, I've been bored out of my mind for the past couple of days", said Natsu to Ezra and Gray.

"Well if we did, we wouldn't invite you dip-shit", Gray retorted.

"Leave it to Gray to start an argument"

"Wanna say that to my fist!?" Natsu barked back, ready to pounce on Gray.

Ezra interrupted ready to break up any fist that might fly between the two. "If you guys start a fight, I honestly will punch the living daylights out of you, now shut up!" Ezra said sternly. "But to answer your question Natsu, no, we haven't found a mission. And I don't have the time to go on any today, anyways. I'm going with master to discuss serious matters with the council."

"No fun", said Natsu pouting and crossing his arms like a 4 year old. "Your not leaving me with Mr. Icy-Hot over here, are you?" Natsu asked.

Gray decided to respond matter-of-factly; "I've actually got shit to do too, so I won't be dealing with your dumb ass today."

Natsu shook his head, why was everyone busy today?

"Why don't you ask Lucy, isn't she over there at the bar with Mira-Chan?" asked Ezra.

"Yeah, I probably should've asked her in the first place."

Natsu got up from his seat and casually walked to where Lucy and Mira-chan were. He slung his arm around her shoulders and happily asked her if she would accompany him on a mission this evening. Mira-chan didn't seem to mind the interruption between her and Lucy's conversation, so she returned to cleaning off the counter top that reeked of beer.

"Sure, Let's do it! BUT there better not be any involvement of me using my sex-appeal", Lucy said jokingly

Natsu laughed, "Well we still have to find a mission, but I don't think your request will be a problem."

"Such a cute laugh"

Lucy stopped herself from staring at Natsu for too long and tore her eyes from him. She then focused on his arm that was just casually resting around her shoulders. She felt protected just by being this close to him. She instantly smiled at Natsu and playfully punched him in the arm. "Well then? What's the hold up, let's get going!" she said joyfully.

"Oh, okay let me just get Happy, so we can go kick some ass today."

Natsu walked over to where Happy, Wendy, and Charles were. He greeted the short blue haired girl and her snow-white cat having not really spoken to them in a while.

"Oi, Happy let's go, me and Lucy are about to find a mission to go on. "

"Oh…. I actually wanted to hang out with Charles and Wendy today," said Happy nervously.

"Come on Happy, you know I never go on a missions without you", Natsu complained to his best friend.

"I know, but I really want to hang out with them". Happy gave Natsu a pleading look that said "just this once"

"Didn't he hang out with them just the other day?"

Natsu didn't even bother voicing his thoughts; he just agreed to let Happy hang out with Wendy and Charles. He didn't think it was a problem at all, it's just with Happy being his best friend and all, he was usually always with him, so it felt weird to not have him around on one of their missions.

Natsu walked back over to Lucy, "Well I guess it's just the two of us", Natsu said to Lucy.

"Is Happy hanging out with Charles and Wendy?" Lucy asked, but already knowing the answer. She knew Happy had a thing for Charles so it wasn't really a surprise that he wanted to hang out with them.

"Yeah," Natsu said sadly, but that quickly vanished when he realized it was just going to be him and Lucy. Natsu's heart quickly went into overdrive with how nervous he was that Lucy and him are finally going on a mission with just the two of them. But he didn't know how this would turn out with his thoughts about Lucy being over the top recently.

Natsu tensed up a bit, but tried to shake off his nerves. He didn't know how well he could keep his thoughts and actions in check with her smelling so amazing and looking so beautiful as she was all the damn time. But at this moment, all he could think about was those gorgeous eyes looking right at him and how they were filled with excitement.

"Alright then, let's go find a mission" Natsu said.

They looked on the mission's board, and found a mission that paid good reward money and seemed simple enough

This should be an interesting day.

A/N: Sorry I'm not as satisfied with this chapter but review and I'll try to make the next chapter come sooner.