A/N: Second chapter to my very first fanfic! I was feeling a little bored so i tried my very first attempt at a little bit of romance keke :3. Won't be updating daily, I might get out a chapter every week or something like that XD. Enjoooyyyy

Natsu felt like he was dying. Each time the train hit a little bump, he came just that little bit closer to throwing up all over the compartment that he, Lucy and Happy stayed in. Every minute on a train was a minute in Hell for our favourite fire-breathing dragon slayer.

Lucy was fine for the most part, although she had a tough time convincing herself that Natsu wouldn't dare throw up on her. Her jacket was new and she didn't want someone puking on it the first day she wore it. Sighing, she placed her right elbow up against the window sill, and shoved her chin into the ball of her palm. Rent... rent... rent... 70,000 jewels to stay under a roof for the next month. The passing grassland was soon replaced by a frozen tundra, and this only served to dampen Lucy's mood even further. While Gray would probably have felt right at home, half-naked in this environment, Lucy wasn't too fond of the idea.

"Blergh." Natsu's purple face turned a slight shade of green as he heaved up the contents of his lunch. Happy was next to his friend as usual, patting his head and muttering some comforting words, although most of his comments somehow related to fish.

"Natsu, when you get better, can you get me some fish?"

"Natsu, can we go fishing after we get off the train?"

Natsu's simple response came in a low grunt and a lengthy "Bleerghh...", before quickly passing out.

-X-X-X-

Grinding to a halt, the train arrived at the trio's destination. Natsu immediately perked up and stopped drooling all over the red leather seats of the train compartment.

"We've arrived?" Natsu asked, still in a daze after his gut-wrenching 'ordeal'.

"Aye, sir!" Happy shouted as he waddled his way out of the train.

"If you're done puking then get off the train. We've got a lot of work to do." Natsu pricked up at Lucy's authorative tone. She rarely talked like that unless she was really mad or gloomy.

"Something on your mind?"

"No. Just hurry up. We still have to check-in to our hotel and we need to finish this mission by tomorrow night."

Natsu heaved a lengthy sigh as he dragged his limp body out of the compartment and into the fre-... frozen air outside. The cold temporarily froze Natsu's body, but he simply concentrated and brought up the intensity of the flames within his body in order to warm himself. People stared at him, wondering how he managed to survive in such temperatures with only a vest, shorts, and his trusty dragon-scale scarf. Lucy was an entirely different case. The incessant chattering of her teeth could be likened to a woodpecker trying to dig open the wood of an oak tree to get to a worm.

"Cold?" Natsu asked. The answer was obvious but Natsu was a bit too thick to realize how pointless his question was.

"Y-Y-Yes. D-Don't worry, I-I'll get u-u-used to it," Lucy said with a feigned smile.

They walked on for a bit more and soon, the amount of people around began to thin out until the only people walking on the street were our trusty Fairy Tail trio. (Don't forget Happy!)

"Come here." Natsu grunted. Lucy looked at him inquisitively for a second and was slightly surprised to see a little bit of red on his cheeks. At first she didn't really comprehend what he wanted. Then she saw the flame in his hand and she hurried to the source of warmth. The calming flame brought warmth to her entire body and she felt the incessant chattering of her teeth begin to fade away.

"Better?" Looking down at Lucy, Natsu grinned the Natsu grin. Lucy marvelled at how his smile seemed to make his face wider by almost two inches.

"I'm still a bit cold," Lucy was lying. She was perfectly fine, but for some reason wanted to be closer to Natsu.

Natsu extinguished his flame for a second, bringing back the biting cold to Lucy's face. He rested his arm over her neck and hugged her into his vest. Her eyes shot open for a bit before they sunk into the comfort of the heat that radiated from Natsu's body.

Lucy felt a sudden warmth in her cheeks separate to the warmth generated by Natsu's flame magic. She realized she was blushing, but she didn't know why. This protective side to Natsu made Lucy fully appreciate his presence almost all the time. Lucy couldn't quite put her finger on why, out of all the times Natsu has helped ease her discomfort, now would be the time when she felt herself react differently. Maybe it was the cold that brought them closer together. But the warmth was so comforting that Lucy just wanted to melt into Natsu and-

"You two lllllllllllllllllllike each other!" Happy suddenly said, taking special care to roll his L's for extra effect. Lucy snapped out of her trance and her mind heaved a sigh of disappointment. She had forgotten about the little flying cat that had been with them the whole time.

"SHUT UP CAT!" Both Natsu and Happy flinched, although both of them broke out into loud laughter soon after. Lucy's lips turned upwards slightly at the corners.

-X-X-X-

"What do you mean, there's only one room left!" Lucy's eyes turned red as she raged at the receptionist in the lobby of their hotel and accomodation for the next two days. Natsu flopped his tired body onto a couch in the lobby of the hotel and heaved a sigh of relief as his body was allowed a bit of rest. Travelling on vehicles sure took a toll on his body.

"I'm sorry miss, but all the other rooms have been booked out. Can't you share the room with your boyfriend?" the receptionist asked as she pointed at Natsu. "We have a double bed in the room but there's also a relatively large couch if you prefer to be... separate."

Lucy flushed a little at the suggestion, but quickly re-composed herself and snatched the room key from the receptionist's hand.

"This better be one big bloody room." Lucy stormed off in a submissive fit of rage towards the trio's room.

Natsu and Happy stole glances at each other and shrugged.