Series: Fairy Tail

Pairing: Natsu Dragneel/Lucy Heartfilia

Rating: E for Everyone

Prompt: Cuddling Somewhere

Word Count: 954

AN: Prepare for fluff

The barely risen sun's light began to trickle in through the blinds over Lucy Heartfilia's bedroom window. The warm light fell onto the shut eyelids of the beautiful blonde, and the young lady tried to turn her head into her pillow to hide from the morning's wake up call. However, instead of her forehead pushing into a soft cotton pillowcase, she found herself rubbing against the skin of a hard, muscled arm.

Lucy slowly opened her chocolate colored eyes and slowly led her sight to the owner of the arm: a pink haired dragon slayer, fast asleep in his street clothes. Natsu was comfortably snuggled under her blankets with her, and—while she didn't remember him being there when she tucked herself in—she was sure he had been there all night.

The celestial mage gave a sigh. When had this become so commonplace? Once, she would wake up screaming at him to get out of her room, but now she thought it might be lonely to wake up without the idiot's face across from hers.

Her eyes traveled across Natsu's features, from his closed eyes to his straight nose, to his wide-open mouth, with a trickle of saliva hanging from it.

"Ew, Natsu. Don't drool on my bed." She whispered, and reached over, wiping his drool up with the scarf wrapped around his neck and chuckling. "Drool on your own belongings."

Lucy thought she might have heard a bird flapping by her half open window, but ignored it as she ran her fingers across Natsu's face and down his chin, smiling softly. What would a morning be without him there? He made her feel safe, though she knew she could take care of herself.

"You liiike each other~~" She heard a high-pitched voice sing from her window. Lucy shot up into a seated position on her bed and swung her blushing face over to the windowsill, where Happy the cat sat, giggling to himself. She sighed in relief, who else would it have been?

"Oh, shut it, Happy." She said softly, and shuffled back down onto her mattress. Once, she would have replied to such a teasing sentence with shouting, denial, and a bright red face, but now, what was the point? It wasn't like Natsu would deny it.

Lucy lay back down, staring right into the face of the dragon slayer, who was still snoring away without a care in the world. Why should she deny her feelings?

Lucy reached her arms out and wrapped them around the torso of her bedroom partner, and dragged herself close, embracing the fire breather in her grasp. She rubbed her head under his chin once, before sliding her own chin up and resting it on his shoulder with a smile and a happy sigh. She looked at the little blue feline in her window, with one paw over his mouth and a big smile on his face. Lucy couldn't help imitate that smile.

The blonde almost yelped in surprise when a pair of arms suddenly wrapped around her waist and pressed her tighter against the chest of the salmon haired man.

"Lucy?" She heard Natsu's voice drag out her name as he emerged from his slumber.

Lucy's heart started racing. What was she thinking? When he was fast asleep, a quick hug seemed like a great idea, but she had lingered there, and now he was awake. What would he do? He was a guy, and he just woke up with the [self proclaimed] best boobs in Fairy Tail pressed against his chest.

Lucy pulled her arms from Natsu's side as she tried to think of an excuse, "S-sorry Natsu, I just… um, you were fast asleep and I thought—"

Her words were put to a stop as Natsu softly pressed her down onto her back and leaned over her, still lying at her left side, his body twisted to look her in the eyes.

Lucy could see a red stain on his cheeks, though she was sure hers were even redder. "Natsu?" She breathed out his name, her fingers wandering up his arm to her right side.

"Lucy can I…" Natsu sputtered softly, "Can I kiss you?"

Lucy was taken aback by his words. Had he really just asked that? She watched his face glow hotter than any fire he'd ever blown, and couldn't help herself any longer.

Lucy's cheeks puffed up a bit before she let out a burst of laughter. She tried to push words through her laughing fit, especially as she watched Natsu's face become more and more confused, but found that his face only made her want to laugh more, so instead she reached her arms up and wrapped them around his neck, yanking the young dragon's face down to hers and placing a quick, sloppy kiss on his lips.

Natsu pulled his face back from hers, as her laughter settled, and Lucy flashed him a big smile. Natsu confusion quickly turned into a smile of his own and he collapsed to her side, wrapping his arms back around her waist and rubbing his head under her chin, before pecking her on the cheek.

"I love you, Lucy." He chirped, cuddling closer to her.

"I love you too, you goofball." The blonde responded, wrapping an arm around his shoulder.

"No Fair! I want a kiss too, Lucy!" Happy whined and flapped over the both of their heads.

"Awe, come down here you idiot." Lucy laughed, and reached up for him.

There was no denying it now, Lucy thought, these two were her family, and she loved them more than anyone else.