Wow I finally updated sorry for the long wait! By the way, chapters 08 and 09 aren't really included in my original plan but eh I wanted to put something two days before the Ball so yeah, have some NaLuuuu.

Warning: Just threw a bunch of random stuff in here. Trust me, just... random stuff. lol.

(c) Hiro Mashima owns Fairy Tail. I own Lester and Ami though.

CHAPTER 08

"Thank you, Natsu." Lucy, still caged within Natsu's strong arms, turned around and smiled at her beloved dragon slayer. Natsu tilted his head in confusion and looked directly at Lucy's brown orbs.

"Thanks for what?"

"For finding me." Lucy wrapped her arms around Natsu's neck and placed a soft peck on his lips. "For never giving up on me."

Natsu smiled. Lucy's lips were only some millimeters away from his and she could almost feel the movement of his lips. She shyly grinned as she heard his reply.

"You know I never give up on something especially if it's you."

Lucy chuckled but was stopped immediately by Natsu's warm lips. Her eyes widened for a moment but closed it eventually as she relaxed in the kiss. This kiss was not of desire and lust. This kiss was for their never-ending love for each other and it served as a reminder that they will not ever let go of each other. Lucy felt touched at the gentleness ensued by the usually brash fire dragon slayer. She knew she was very lucky that she's the only one who can see and feel this Natsu. She felt Natsu smile in between their kisses and it made her heart swell in happiness because this man is hers— only hers.

They broke away from the kiss and just held each other for a while to enjoy each other's presence.

There were two students from Yousei Gakuen who were sitting on a bench at a bus stop. It was raining so they decided to wait for the rain to subside before walking home. They did not need to ride the bus because their homes were quite near. The raven-haired boy rested his elbow on the rail while his hand supported his head. He sighed while he watched the rain pour down in the pavement. The brunette was sitting near the raven-haired boy. Her hands were resting on her lap and she occasionally gave glances at the boy beside her. She was also watching the rain. Somehow, the rain makes her feel at ease.

But honestly, she was troubled— troubled because of the silent boy beside her. She knows that he was taking this situation a lot harder than her. She was okay with it because Lucy was subconsciously telling her life story in the form of a novel so she had a vague idea about what was happening but the guy who was head-over-heels with the blonde had no clue about anything at all.

Before, she thought that Lucy would eventually fall in love with Lester. Lester's a cute guy. He's a smart, rich and popular guy. He thought he lost his popularity when he flaunted his love for Lucy in a shameful manner but he made a big mistake about that. He still has his little fanclub but Ami was very annoyed with those bimbos because they treat Lucy like shit (And then Lucy would wipe their faces on the floor after their pathetic stunts— Hah.). He got everything that any girl would like. She thought Lucy was just being stubborn about her feelings every time she wards Lester away.

Well, Lester was too clingy to Lucy so maybe she was right about peeling him off her using a powerful kick but a little pain wouldn't really matter, right?

But now, she was proved wrong. Lucy will never fall in love will Lester.

Because in another world, there's someone who was willing to take things to the extreme in order to be with Lucy again. And in her heart, there could never be anyone who would replace that person even if her memories were gone. And that's why Lucy would never let a person who is not Natsu Dragneel into her heart.

The mind could forget but the heart— never. Screw science.

Ami gripped her skirt out of frustration. She felt pretty bad for her male friend. And now he looked pretty dazed under the rain—a pathetic sight if you ask her. But she felt like she had to do something. He was still her close friend, after all.

"Lester?"

"Hmm?" Lester replied to acknowledge Ami. He never moved from his position though.

"What are you going to do?"

Now that was a very straightforward way to ask.

"About what?"

"Don't you play dumb with me." Ami hissed.

"Whoa, whoa are you really Ami?" Lester moved his arms defensively from his body while Ami just stared blankly at him.

"Just answer the goddamn question." Ami pouted.

"And you just cursed!?" Lester's jaw slackened at the behavior of the girl beside him. It was so… out of character. He knew her as a gentle and sweet friend of Lucy. And now the very same girl is currently glaring at him and demanding something from him. 'Girls…'

"Fine, I get it." He rolled his eyes and huffed, "I'm just gonna do nothing. She's happy with the damned pink-haired bastard so I have to let her go."

"You're not going to fight for her?"

"As if I'll survive the fight."

Ami snorted, "That was a good one."

'He jokes as if he's not hurting anymore.'

"But I'm gonna miss her real bad when she comes back to her world." He bowed his head in sadness.

"You know, I was thinking of having a crying fest when I get back at home. But then the rain came… it's like it's crying for me." Ami frowned as she directed her gaze at the rain again.

Lester chuckled, "I was thinking of the same thing."

"We got enchanted by her so badly." The two laughed together. And then they heard something similar to a stomach rumbling.

"Uhh… wanna have dinner?" Lester offered.

"So what now, are we gonna run under the rain to have dinner?" The brunette crossed her arms.

"Just come on." Lester pulled Ami's hand and dragged her out of the bus stop.

"Damn it, Lester! I'm soaked!" Ami complained as she tried to break free from Lester's grasp.

"What? I thought you liked the rain?"

"Idiot." Ami pouted.

'Wow she could be really cute sometimes.'

"Come on, let's drown our sorrows with the rain— and eat until our stomachs burst!" He grinned.

Ami let out a sigh and smiled. "Fine."

It was morning.

Lucy's eyes opened and saw flesh instead of her blanket. She lifted her head and smiled when she saw a familiar mess of salmon hair. Both were naked and limbs were in a tangled mess. She blushed when she remembered last night's events. At first she was reading a book then Natsu came out of the shower and plopped onto the bed. She chuckled at the childish behavior of her mate and placed her book at the nearby table. Their eyes met and in a second, they were very much eager to get out of each other's clothes while kissing and touching every part of their bodies.

After the fifth round, they finally dozed off and fell into the position that they were currently in.

She was unaware that a pair of onyx orbs was staring back at her until he pulled her closer to him, "Like what you see?" He grinned.

Lucy snorted. "As if."

"Liar."

Lucy pouted while Natsu laughed. "You are so cute."

She smirked, "Of course, I am." Lucy leaned in and gave Natsu a small peck on the lips.

"What's on your mind?"

"Hmm. Nothing. It's just that I missed this so much…" Lucy averted her eyes from Natsu while she blushed.

"Lucy's a pervert."

"I-I'm not!" Lucy playfully smacked Natsu's arm.

Natsu lightly pushed Lucy's shoulders to make her lie on her back and hovered over her while pinning her hands over her head using his left hand, "And good morning to you, too." He kissed her forehead, then her cheeks and lastly her lips while his right hand crept to her bare belly then to her sides.

"You wouldn't dare." Lucy glared at Natsu who was already smirking.

"Too late."

Lucy squirmed from his grip to avoid the worst thing that would happen until Natsu moved his fingers.

"Ahahah—ahaha..!" Lucy's laughter echoed inside the room while being tickled mercilessly by Natsu. He was now straddling Lucy while keeping her hands up. Ignoring the nakedness of his partner (well, he tried), he removed the blanket to gain full access to Lucy's ticklish parts (namely her sides and thighs). The blonde buxom continued to squirm under Natsu's touches while she struggled to make her hands free.

"N-Natsu… hahaha—! I—" Lucy almost bit her lip, "I-I give!"

Natsu laughed while he released Lucy's hands and then he nuzzled Lucy's neck. Now, their bare chests were touching and Lucy's hands were roaming on Natsu's back.

"You demon." She suddenly slapped his back.

Natsu grinned while squeezing Lucy's body into a hug, "I love you, Lucy."

Lucy smiled, "I love you, too."

They remained in their position for a few minutes until Natsu's stomach grumbled.

"Err…" A crimson flush crept up to his cheeks.

"Wanna eat?"

Natsu flashed his beaming smile to Lucy. Her lips curved upwards after she let out a sigh, "You are always at your peak when it comes to food."

"Nah, you come first."

Lucy blushed then leaned in to kiss Natsu's cheeks, "I'm gonna go prepare something for your bottomless pit." She untangled herself from Natsu's hold (but not before slapping his abdomen to emphasize the 'bottomless pit' part) and eased herself up from the bed. Noticing that her last night's clothes were tattered because of a very eager and destructive dragon slayer, she sighed and just decided to walk around the room naked. Not that there's someone other than Natsu who's gonna look at her right now. She grabbed a nightgown and some underwear from her dresser and walked towards the bathroom.

"I'm going to get dressed first before cooking. You should, too."

Natsu clicked his tongue, "I was kinda hoping to see you naked the whole time."

"Who's the pervert now?"

Natsu stuck out his tongue while Lucy entered the bathroom laughing.

After having breakfast (in which Natsu devoured a pound of bacon and a dozen of eggs in less than two minutes), Lucy was now washing the dishes while Natsu dried each with a towel while applying some heat into it (Lucy scolded him a lot of times before when he burned the plates and utensils directly with fire).

"You know, I'm curious." Natsu started. Lucy looked at him and raised her right eyebrow to inquire what he meant while passing the newly washed plate to Natsu. Natsu got the plate and wiped it dry before continuing. "I got you from a strange building with weird kids. Why were you there?"

"Strange building with weird kids?" Lucy blinked a few times before realizing what Natsu meant. He was talking about school! "Ah school?"

"Uhh yeah?"

"Hmm." After handing Natsu the last piece of porcelain for him to dry off, she wiped her hands dry using a spare towel then she removed her apron. Natsu also finished drying the plates and looked at Lucy's face. She spoke up, "Guess we didn't have those back at home, eh?"

"Yah."

"A school is a place where kids study."

"Oh, like a magic school?"

"Hmmm quite but it's a bit different. Young kids to teenagers were obliged to study academic stuff like Mathematics, Science and English. Oh so you know, Math involves numbers; Science involves uhh chemicals, life and elements—it's broad actually but you get the gist; and I think English is very familiar to you because it exists in Earthland as well." Natsu nodded.

"Sounds… uhh interesting?" Lucy chuckled at the confused lad in front of her.

"Actually Natsu, sometimes it isn't. It got boring to me actually. I like to read but since I got the highest quality of education that I can get when I was an heiress, the stuff became too repetitive to me— Oh wait so that's why I get so bored during classes hmm. But then I have friends at school so I survived. Well, that was before I got my memories so it makes sense to me now."

"Well, I think school is better than Erza." Natsu shuddered at the memory of Erza's tutoring days.

"Ah well… it's Erza. You poor, poor soul." Lucy cooed while Natsu playfully glared at his mate.

"Actually, your explanation sounded foreign to me so I didn't really understand shit. But well, you had a lot to say about school. Did you like the change of scenery?"

Lucy laughed. "I don't know. Maybe I rambled because you're asking me about what school is? Well, it was refreshing but the year could've been better if I was back in Earthland." She smiled sadly while Natsu grinned instead.

"Well, at least you weren't in danger for the past year."

"Well uhh… true. Anyway— now I suddenly remember everyone's faces when they saw you leap from the ground up to the window and then when you showed them your magic!"

Natsu smirked, "I know right."

Lucy snorted as she walked towards the bed and let herself fall to her back. "By the way, Natsu. What do you want to do today?"

Natsu approached the girl and sat on the corner of the bed, "Hmm… what do you always do at this time before?"

"Well, I'm supposed to be at school right now."

"Oooh, we have a rebel in here." Natsu teased.

"Oh, shut up. I shouldn't be there in the first place." Lucy rolled her eyes and grinned, "But seriously, what do you wanna do?"

Natsu plopped beside Lucy making the bed shift due to the sudden weight change, "Personally, I just want to lay down with you in peace."

Lucy giggled at the sweetness of her lover. Who would have thought that the mighty fire dragon slayer of Fairy Tail would settle down with a girl? Everyone thought he would marry his scarf or the guild hall. Her giggles turned into a full blown laughter at her realization. Natsu turned his head towards Lucy's side and stared blankly at her.

"Is it that funny?" Natsu frowned. Did he say something funny?

Lucy was now clutching her stomach while she curled at the bed. She tried to suppress her laughter and wiped a tear on her right eye, "S-Sorry, I just thought of something weird."

"What is it?"

"I just remembered that everyone thought that you were going to marry your scarf or the guild hall." Lucy snickered.

"Oh—Wait what?" Natsu shot up from the bed.

"They even made bets on which one you would marry, the scarf or the guild?"

"What the hell!?"

"Oh trivia, I bet on the scarf."

"How could you—"

"But seriously. Never imagined that you'd knock up a girl."

"You're so mean." Natsu pouted.

"Say that to the guild." Lucy scoffed while she crossed her arms to her chest.

This time, Natsu smirked, "Actually Lucy, that might be a great idea."

"What's the great idea?"

"Marrying my scarf."

Lucy stared blankly at the salmon-haired tease beside her, "Oh my Mavis Natsu, you're gonna cheat on me?"

"That'syour problem!?"

"No. I should've won the damn bet!"

After a minute of staring at each other, the couple just burst out laughing.

That's the best thing about their relationship. They are not just some plain ol' lovers who just suck faces and go to boring and stuck up dates and whatever— they were best friends first. They do things together as best friends but with a twist in the form of intimacy. They are so comfortable with each other that they could just walk around naked around the house the whole day (but they always decline the idea because it's— according to Natsu— stripper Gray's thing). Jealousy can't really be avoided (Lucy's words: for Mavis' sake, dragon's are super possessive!) but they always address the issue immediately as soon as it appeared. They believe that issues should be resolved as soon as possible to avoid further misunderstandings.

"Since you just wanna lay down here with me today, do you wanna go out tomorrow?" Lucy asked.

"No way, my clothes are kinda inappropriate in this world. Look at how the kids laughed at me back at your school." It was a horrifying moment for Natsu. He wondered how people in Earth have a crooked sense of fashion.

"Oh crap, I forgot that you're actually coordinated in what you wear."

"Lucy."

"What? You're pretty useful during my shopping spree!"

"Never mind."

Then an idea struck Lucy, "Actually you know what, we're gonna go shopping today."

He groaned at the mention of the word 'shopping'. Yes, he is a fashionable guy but he hates shopping. It's a hassle. Sometimes, he just goes to the tailor and have his clothes custom made. It's fire-proof, too. But ever since Lucy found out that Natsu is good at clothes, she decided to always bring him whenever she's going to shop for his opinions. Especially when she was pregnant with Nashi, she always wore fashionable dresses handpicked by the Great Salamander of Fairy Tail. The girls did not believe Lucy when she told her who picked her wardrobe but after a little convincing (which involved playing dress up with the pregnant Lucy), they finally believed the blonde. Natsu justified his services by saying 'I just wanted the best for Luce so I'll do it for her— only her'. Luckily, the girls got the hint and never asked him for his advice.

"What happened to agreeing with the idea of just staying in bed here with me?"

"Eh we'll just go in the afternoon." Lucy shrugged.

Natsu noticed her tone. She did not ask. It was a statement so there no way he could oppose Lucy the way it is right now. She could be scarier than Erza if she wants to. 'Just when did the mighty Salamander get wrapped around Lucy's cute little finger?' He sighed and just resigned to his fate.

"Fine, Lucy. Just remember that I don't have anything on me."

"It's fine, I have a lot saved up."

"Wow, that's new."

"Natsu."

"A-Aye sir!"

It's now one in the afternoon.

And as planned, Natsu and Lucy lazed around in bed the whole morning. No naughty stuff, just cuddling and some tickling here and there. After they ate lunch, Lucy hoped that she'd be able to find something for Natsu to wear temporarily when they shop for his clothes later on.

Luckily, Lucy found an oversized shirt in her dresser for Natsu. It was a plain black shirt and is perfect against the whiteness of Natsu's scarf. His baggy pants stayed because it still looked okay with the other clothes. Lucy insisted that he wears a cap and shades just in case they bump into one of her classmates—which is highly unlikely because it's still within class hours. They didn't want any unwanted attention after all. After Lucy dressed in a simple blue shirt and denim shorts, they went out of her unit to find clothes for Natsu.

(Suddenly, she realized that the reason why she wouldn't wear revealing clothes before her memories came back was because she had a daughter and she wanted Natsu to be the only one who sees her curves. Why wear those kinds of clothes if the person she wants to impress is already head over heels for her even if she covered herself in mud and filth? And Lucy was very thankful that Virgo's always there to fill in her new wardrobe. Celestial clothes are very stylish, indeed. And don't forget about Natsu's incredible fashion sense.)

Anyway, since Lucy's going to leave Earth about two days from now, she thought that she might as well spend all of her savings. She had a lot of money from the part-time jobs that she took in order to fund her education and daily expenses. And since she'll no longer pay for her education and spend for her daily needs here on Earth, she's going to exhaust everything here. She even saved up for university so she had a lot to spare. She figured that she can't bring her money in Earthland because of the difference in monetary value.

She ignored the throbbing pain in between her thighs and pulled Natsu towards a clothing store nearby.

Without compromising the style, Natsu hastily picked a white body fit shirt and a black long-sleeved cardigan. He told Lucy that the clothes looked awesome with his scarf. Lucy helped him pick a gray cargo pants and a belt to match Natsu's pick.

"Honestly, I thought you're gonna go for red."

"Nah, I wanted to have some dark colors with me today."

"You really are conscious about clothes, aren't you?"

Natsu snorted in reply. After Lucy paid for the clothes (along with the other types of clothes that he'd be wearing for the next two days— which strangely included a suit and tie for emergency purposes), they went to a shoe shop to find a pair of 'awesome boots' for Natsu. He suddenly wanted to wear boots along his new clothes stating that 'boots should go with these cool clothes'.

Lucy found a pair of black combat boots with lots of buckles in it. She thought it was cool so she grabbed Natsu so that he could see the pair.

"I think this might go well with your clothes." Lucy smiled.

Natsu examined the shoes. The buckles were shiny and it looked bad-ass. It reached his mid-calf. His eyes glittered as he grabbed Lucy's hands and exclaimed in delight, "This is so cool, Luce. You're the best!"

"Geez, no need to overreact, it's just a damn pair of boots." As Natsu grabbed the shoes, Lucy led him to the cashier. After handing the money, Lucy realized that her food supply quickly decreased because of Natsu's arrival.

She turned to Natsu who was carrying three shopping bags with him, "Natsu, I think I might need to restock food for my place."

At the mention of the word 'food', Natsu's attention went full blast on Lucy (as if it isn't already) and showed his toothy grin, "Then what are we waiting for? Lead the way, milady." He slightly bowed while making Lucy walk first.

Lucy chuckled as she happily skipped towards the grocery, "Oh you."

After an hour and a pile of groceries later, Lucy and Natsu went out of the grocery to go home. Natsu insisted to carry all the bags but Lucy was being stubborn on taking half. But even before Lucy protested again, he hogged all of the bags and started walking outside. Lucy sighed in defeat and followed her cute salmon-haired fire dragon slayer.

She tried to catch up with Natsu but the pain between her legs was keeping her for speeding up. Fortunately, Natsu stopped at the corner to wait for her.

"Finally, you remembered about me." She said with sarcasm.

He set down the bags (three from clothes store and five from grocery) and crouched in front of Lucy, his back facing her. Lucy stared blankly at Natsu, not really sure of what's happening.

"Uhhh, Natsu what are you doing?"

"Giving you a ride?"

"But how would you carry our stuff? And you won't let me help you." She pouted. She really wanted to help him carry those.

"Luce, just get on."

"Why?"

Natsu was getting frustrated. How the hell is he going to say that to her?

"Oi, Natsu it's cold here—"

"Aren't you sore from last night?" There.

"W-Wha?"

"I kinda noticed you're limping—"

"Natsu!" She blushed a million shades of red.

"Sorry. But just get on, this position hurts."

Lucy wanted to die here and now due to embarrassment. She ignored the pain the whole day and now Natsu just mentions it without being fazed at all.

"Lucy." Lucy was startled by Natsu's irritated voice (he faked it by the way).

"A-Aye sir." She began to climb Natsu's back and wrapped her arms around his neck. He picked up the bags before hooking both arms under Lucy's thighs. He was careful in positioning her because any harsh movement would hurt her. Lucy buried her head deep into Natsu's scarf to hide her face from the staring crowd. A man who's carrying a girl in a piggyback ride and with eight shopping bags in the sidewalk was quite a sight.

"Geez. The reason why I didn't want to go out because you're still hurting, Luce. And then you went 'shopping mode' and shit."

So that's why.

Lucy smiled and lifted her head to give Natsu a kiss on his right cheek.

"You're the best, Natsu."

"Of course." He scoffed in reply. "I try really hard just for you, you know?"

"Aww I caught really caught the big fish!" Lucy cooed.

"Eh, I don't want Happy to eat me and I'm a dragon, Luce."

She ignored his comment and complained,"Damn, it really hurts though. Your fault."

"That means I'm super great." Natsu's face was smug.

"Psh whatever, Natsu."

"But it's true, right?" Natsu teased the blonde once more.

Lucy ignored his remark once again and pointed her arm towards her condominium building. "Go forth my horse, to the castle we return!"

Natsu laughed as they went back to her condo unit.

"Aye, sir!"

Meanwhile, the couple did not notice that a black car has been following them ever since they went out of the supermarket.

"Lucy-san, huh?" The car window rolled shut as it passed by Natsu who was giving Lucy a piggyback ride.

"Interesting."

AN2: AAAnd because of the last part, my original outline became a little bit of a mess. Watch out for a new OC later on! I might not update next month because I'm going to revise the story starting from chapter 10. I'm a bit confused with how I'm gonna do it so I'll take a bit break to think about it. I bet I'm going to stress about this LOL.

Since everyone will be busy for the Christmas and New Year celebrations, I might update next year. (Whoaaa 2014 will be over in a month.)

And I have tons of nalu to draw so yeah =)) (It's ironic that I'm an artist and I did some fanart for other fanfics yet my fanfics didn't have art HAHA damn)

Thank you for supporting my story! Those reviews, favorites and follows make me happy. But just simply reading it makes me happy, too! So thank you so much! :D (Even if I update so slow... *cries*)

~platinum-breaker