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For the last time in this story, Fairy Tail was owned by Hiro Mashima.

Playing in the guild, having fun, doing whatever till you can't even move a muscle due to laughing hard, that are the things you can see Natsu, Lucy and Happy were doing.

It has been years, Lucy can still remember how Natsu celebrated her first year in the guild. That is by going out on a job of course. But that wasn't any other job because Natsu considered the job according to her interests. He also said that that day was her birthday which she mistook at first. That was the third of July that day and her birthday was two days ago. Now that she is in Fairy Tail, seems like she has to celebrate three birthdays now. Her real birthday, her being in the guild and last but is foremost important, her friendship with Natsu and Happy. Happy, glad, joyful, geez! Those words won't describe how deep her happiness is.

Natsu is currently drying up Lucy's hair that got slightly wet because of the rain.

"You have a very long but nice hair." He complimented her as he gently combs her hair with his callous hands. Strand by strand, he didn't let any place untouched. From the root to the ends, he is giving her a very relaxing treatment.

"Why, thank you. It's very rare of you to compliment me." Her eyes closed, she answered him. Indeed is very unusual for Natsu to compliment anything about her. The first insult that she received from him was noisy, next is weird and then ill-mannered. Hurts, right? And back in the tower of heaven, he did even asked what is so good about the dress Virgo lent her.

But those things just weren't his forte. Complimenting? That's where he sucks. So when he unconsciously drops off some compliment, you really better remember them for you don't know when you will be able to hear them again.

"Hey, can I tie your hair in a bun? I just wanna try it." He asked merrily.

"Sure." Just like what he wants, he tied her hair in a bun. Reaching out for her ribbon, she gave the pink ribbon to him.

H

"Lucy-san and Natsu-san are really close, aren't they?" Wendy intrigued after drying herself up. Beside her is Erza who demanded cake right after she set a foot on the guild. Gulping a bite down, she agreed.

"Yes, they seems so."

"I wonder what kind of relationship they have!"

H

"Natsu! Your hair length is an eyesore! Go have a haircut!" Lucy said in irritation as she roughly grabs his hair.

"After I tied your hair, that's what you say?! It's not like it's going to be a hindrance on every job we take so stop nagging." He fired back as he reaches her tie and pulled it down making some of Lucy's hair stand due to humidity. Pouting and keeping her hair from rising, she gave him a glare.

"I'm not a nagger. Maybe I'll just summon Cancer to trim your hair." She strikes a pose, ready to call her loyal friend from a different dimension.

"Wha – "

"Gate of the – "

"I don't wanna get my hair cut! –"

"Crab –"

"No! –"

"I –"

"Wait a minute! –"

"Open thee!"

"Just a trim, okay? –" She gave him a reassuring smile before finishing the chant that will open the gate of someone who will come from another world.

"Cancer!"

"Hey! Do you want some fixing about your hair, Shrimp?" Cancer offered while making poses with his shining scissors that can cut even swords.

"No, it's Natsu." Glancing to a sulking Natsu, she placed a hand over his head, giggling in delight.

"Now sit down, behave like a good boy even for once and kindly let Cancer do his thing."

H

"They were like mother and son, don't they, Erza-san?" Wendy giggled, watching her friends in amusement.

"You can say. But that's just how they are." Erza said in a quick manner, excited to take another bite of her fourth slice of cake. That is until she heard Wendy sigh.

"Why? Are you expecting something more?"

"Not like that!" She flabbergasted. Maybe, it's time for Erza to give a piece of her mind.

So much for bets and guessing, though she will admit, she take part each one of them for fun.

"It's true that they are really close. But you can't say whether if they're on it or not. You see, Natsu, he is a big kid but he also got a matured side to him. Thinking is not his forte and he acts like a total stupid sometimes. Despite that, he is smart. He always got a way to solve anything. And he can also feel. Just that, whatever he is feeling, he doesn't think too much about it. He is the type who will likely shake the feeling off if it's giving him much trouble." Wendy nodded, noting that she understands.

"Meanwhile, Lucy is outstandingly smart. She has a brilliant way of thinking so whatever she feels, she might think of it the other way or maybe, she would choose to not pay any attention to it. Lucy might somehow feel indebted to Natsu because if it's not for him, Lucy will never be who she is right now. Natsu opened a door for her that she can't open once. Lucy respects and holds deep gratitude to Natsu as Natsu, on the other hand, cares and protects to everything and everyone he has in his life."

"Such deep relationship." Wendy uttered in so much amazement.

"Whatever they have, it's deeper than just being friends but a little too much for being romantic. They are not just what you call friends, lovers or teammates. But here in Fairy Tail, all has bonds. Lucy and Natsu have that bond but it is not just a common guild's bond. If I would describe the bond they have, I might call it 'special bond.'" Smiling and feeling satisfied with her explanation, she took another slice of a cake.

"You seem so knowledgeable."

"Well. . . I can say that I can understand Lucy because I also feel the same toward Natsu. If it weren't for him, I must have been dead by now, awarded as being a Wizard Saint."

H

"Hey Natsu." Lucy called. Cancer has gone back to the Celestial World leaving Natsu as refreshing as ever.

"What?" He huffed, folding his arms neatly on his chest as he looked on the other side.

"Come on. You can't be mad by that." She sat close to him, hoping he will look back at her.

"Fine." He mumbled.

"Yay! Hey Natsu!"

"What again?" He looked at her side.

""Thanks for coming with me on this job even though it's raining." She said, her voice filled with enthusiasm and gratefulness. She was short on money again, not like it was really big for an issue.

"No problem." He plastered his famous grin before raking a hand on his newly trimmed hair.

"What about I cook something for you and Happy? Say, what do you want to eat tonight?" With a clap of her hand, she radiated a beam of smile. Meanwhile, Natsu seemed to be dazed, not by her smile but by her offer. Cupping his own chin, he fell on to deep thinking.

"Raw fish! Yay! Natsu, we are gonna have a sleep over!" Happy jumped. One second, he was with Carla, he just heard the word food and he is already there! This cat! But indeed, his reaction is somewhat cute and moving. To think that he is excited to have a sleep over at her house, with her of course was just heartwarming. Sure, he likes to tease her about her weight and all but in times of need and lonesome, he's always there just like his best buddy.

Remembering the days when they always barge on her room without permission, though barging in means you doesn't need permission, she has to think twice. He will surely use her bathroom while she's cooking. And after that, he will rummage through her closet and try on her clothes. Then when he got tired, he will lay on her bed. It was a total no. There's no need to think over it.

"Maybe it's not bad to have a sleep over." She then finally said after that long decisive thinking.

"I know what I want! I want fire chicken! Lucy, will you cook me a fire chicken?" Natsu then asked, jumping from his sit. He was shaking her for dear life, making her intestines twirl. Fire can really hype this man up, right?

"Eh? But I don't know how to cook that." She said between each shakes. Then he stopped, looking at her intently.

"It's easy. I'll teach you later tonight, okay?"

"Okay! Just make sure it won't burn my kitchen." The three of them gave a cheerful high-five, getting all pumped up at the sudden camping.

H

"Juvia thinks they are a married couple." Juvia said with innocence, beside her is Gray who is unconsciously stripping down to her underpants.

"Yeah. Though I'll bet they don't have any idea about that." Gray mocked, not knowing that he is on his underpants already.

"Come on. They are still young for that. And Gray, CLOTHES!" Erza butted in, still having a cake on her hand.

"When did that happen?!"

"Kyaa! Gray-sama. Let's get married too!"

"What the?! Get off me!"

H

"Achoooo!" Lucy suddenly sneezed, spurting nose-fluids on Natsu.

"Yay Lucy! What did you blow on me? Sticky!" Natsu yelled, struggling in disgust to get those cold fluids away.

"Kyaaa! Don't shout it out! It's embarrassing and I'm sorry!" She quickly yelled back, helping Natsu wipe the fluids off his clothes and exposed arm.

"Geez! It's really gross! Are these nose-fluids?" He didn't listened to Lucy, instead add yelled a little more louder that he had the guild laughing.

"I said don't shout it out! Stop embarrassing me!"

"Gross."

"Stop! It's going to snow soon and you, of all people, know that I am not fine with the cold. You wouldn't understand because you're a freaking Fire Dragon Slayer!

"Whatever. Just so gross."

Flushing in annoyance, irritation, of anger on why can't her best friend be considerate, the more she hears the laughter, the deeper shade of red her face becomes, she reached her limit.

"Fine. Don't talk to me – "

"You can't be serious! We are just about to cook – "

"Ever again!" Just like that, she stomped away with her face still red from all those negative emotions.

H

"They're at it again." Levy said to herself. She is listening to them in secret at the same time, busy reading a book by the bar where the Strauss siblings are gathered.

"I know they can't keep away from each other for so long." Mira gladly told her while giving her a drink. Leaning to the bar, she watched Lucy approached Romeo and talked to him.

"Having a fight is a man!"

"But Lucy is a girl." Lisanna said. Levy looked at her and Lisanna knows why. With a smile, she looked back to Natsu and then to Lucy before looking at Levy again.

"Life has to move forward. And so did I."

H

"Thanks Romeo for the fire. Though I know you laughed at me too." Lucy said keeping her hand close on Romeo's warm fire.

"Sure. But isn't Natsu-san's fire warmer?" Lucy knows he is teasing her and with a glare, she made her stop. But then, she forgot something. This is Romeo, a Natsu – wanna – be. So what would you expect? He already feels bad for Macao. Sure, no parents would like their child to become boastful like his partner.

"He's just teasing. Come on, you can't be mad at him for so long."

"Sure I can. Just you wait and see."

"Let's see about that. Ah, Father is calling me. Till then Lucy-san. Hope you can keep yourself warm!" With a smug grin, he ran away.

After some shouting and yelling, she gave up. She is shivering cold. She looked over the guild's door and she can see it was slightly open that's why cold air can easily come inside. Of all places to sit, why did she even choose to sit near the door?

Another whoosh of air came in contact with her half-frozen body. Shivering from the unpleasant contact, she let out a low sneeze. Couple of minutes later, she felt a hand from her back. Heat flows right through it, sending soothing warmth all over her body. She can feel her own body relax at that pleasant feeling.

"Feels nice? You could just ask me." Said the owner of the hand. Though she doesn't really want to talk him, she feels like she has to.

"Is that so."

"Hey, you're so cold."

"Just go away. I know you really don't want to help me so leave. I don't want to talk to you." With her head still on the table, she knows what she said is a bit harsh. But sometimes Natsu has to learn some lessons too. Not every jokes and teases he does is funny.

"Idiot! You're my teammate and partner so I have to help you!" See that? He really doesn't want to help her. He just did that because he thinks he ought to help her just because they are freaking comrades. He is not even serious about it. With those said and that thought, she stood. Glaring at him like they weren't friends once, she clicked her tongue.

"It's not like you really wanted me in your team. You just asked me because you need a blonde haired woman for that 200 million J mission. It's the reward that you want, not really me so don't pull that 'you're my team and partner' on me!"

The guild was watching but this time, they are worried. If ever they are for real, this could be their first serious fight since Lucy is bringing up some things from the past.

"Idiot! Of course not! I really wanted you in my first ever team but the thing is I – I don't know how to ask you. You see, you're the first person I asked about forming a team and you are just new to the guild and you are a girl so I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO! Idiot! Idiot! Idiot!"

"NO! You just felt responsible because you were the one who brought me here and I am not strong so it will be really hard for me to fit in. Thanks for your pity then, not like I'm so much grateful for that!"

It was a spur of the moment fight and to where it will lead, no one really knows.

Clutching her shoulders so she won't be able to run, he forced her to look at her by any means possible.

"You're so stubborn, do you know that? – "

"Why, I know – "

"Not yet Lucy, not yet."

When Lucy didn't speak, Natsu continued. He really doesn't like it when she always looks down to herself. For him, she deserves something more than that. She is not weak and somehow, it hurts to know that she thinks he just formed a team with her because she's a freaking blonde.

"When Aquarius shoved the ship to the shore, I was more than impressed because I can't really handle any kind of transportation so well. Your Spirit friends are cool. Especially that Virgo chick. Tch, if you only called her out that night, we could have gotten the pictures, you know. – "

"Idi – " He covered her mouth so as not to speak further more.

"And you are so kind too." This made Lucy blush slightly under his hands.

"You treat us to lunch, let us on your bed, on your bath, on your kitchen. You are the bestest friend a person could have and I don't like to share so don't expect me to share you with anyone." Lucy can't help but to blush further more with those unnaturally sweet words he says. Has he always been thinking like this? And to think that he really said that he won't share her to anyone! It's not like she is his property. Under his hand, she tried to make a sound of disapproval.

"What was that?" He chuckled at her behavior.

'Idiot' She badly wants to say. They are in the middle of the guild, for crying out loud. Not so helping that in her peripheral vision, she can see Laxus holding a recording lacrima with a not so trusting smile on his lips. Since when had they become a peek of his interest? She looked back to Natsu who was now smiling at her making her curious on the next thing he will say.

"Happy and I, we like you. So don't you ever think that way again, okay?"

That was so sudden. If she can speak her mind, she wants to tell him that. Her face, she can feel it burning that she has to look down to avoid his eyes and hide the redness of her face. Slowly, she nods, still not looking at him.

"WHAT"S THIS!" Both of them looked at a drunken woman hovering on them at the top of the table. He immediately let her go as he was now occupied in fear of a wrath that he has never seen before from Cana. She can be Erza number three! Though to Lucy, she is Erza number two.

"A while ago, you were friendly and goody – goody. Then you became like a mother and son! For goodness sake Lucy! You don't have to trim his hair! You're not his mother! You are supposed to be his lover! And then all of a sudden, you acted like a married couple? You Natsu, when Lucy asks you for a food you want to eat, you should tell her a home-based food, not your selfish food cravings! As a husband, you should make her feel good and that you really like the way she cooks! – "

Both are blushing madly at what Cana was blurting out all of a sudden that they can just nod at whatever she is rambling about. But upon the word married couple sunk in their dazed heads, they stood up making Cana back off a bit.

"M-Married Couple?"

"Don't make me repeat! And what about now! A highschool dere-dere couple that got a hard time admitting feelings for one another? If you want to kiss, then kiss! Then say I love you and strip! You goddamn idiots!"

"What are you saying?" They yelled in sync making Cana the more irritated.

"You see? You are even in sync!"

"But we are not in that kind of relationship!" Lucy said, gripping Cana on her shoulders.

"Yeah! She's right you pervert! And why do you always say things like that on us? If we decide to be together, we will be without the help from all of you!" Natsu said, shocking everyone as she lays an accusing finger on Cana. Just then, a force hit him in the face.

"Idiot! You don't say things like that too!"

"I DON'T CARE! JUST MAKE OUT AND MAKE THIRTY BABIES ALREADY!

"WHAAAAAAT!"

Laughter and teasing warms the guild on that cold winter night as their loud and obnoxious comments and voices are what keep the place so lively.

On the side of the heated couple was a black Exceed who seems to be also having fun.

"Salamander and Bunny girl, eh? I don't know that they are into that."

"Well, seems like Dragon Slayers are dense about love." Lily snickered but of course, it doesn't escape Gajeel's ears.

"What did you say?!"

"Levy." Upon hearing the name, his eyes went directly on to the bar where the holder of the name was busy watching Natsu and Lucy.

Back to Wendy, she was near the stairs of the hall, watching the sudden feast, admiring the couple of the day as they shouts whatever to everyone.

"Special bond? I want to have one too."

"Wendy – nee." She looked at her side and found Romeo standing beside her.

"What is it?" She kindly asked.

"You look like a bird when you smile." He said, holding his laughter back, angering the Sky Dragon Slayer.

"What did you saaaaay! I'm older than you so pay respect!"

"Oh yeah? We're just in the same heights."

"Don't tell me, they intend to be like this Natsu and Lucy?" Carla asked to no one in particular.

"Well, they liiiike each other!" And you know who said that! Our loyal NALU Shipper - Happy!

DONE.

Sorry if it's rushed.

By the way. . .

The end.

Thanks for reading this!

I love you minna!

Have a wonderful day! Jaa!

-A.L.-