Happy Valentines day!

Natsu let out a sigh. "I leave you for one day, and you get sick. You're so weird Luce."

"Aye-sir." Went his feline companion.

The blonde groaned in annoyance. It was the most she could muster in her weak state.

The evening before (on their way back from), on Natsu's mission with Lisanna, there were some technical difficulties with the trains, and instead of the three of them roughing it out on foot like he suggested, Lissana dragged him by the ear until he reconciled to stay at an inn until it was ready in the morning. Happy "ayed" her all the way.

When the news got back to Lucy, who was already a worried mess, she fainted. After she regained consciousness a couple hours later, she was ill. She had labored breathing, her face was flushed, and her body ached. This was the state they found Natsu and Happy in her bed that morning.

Breathing heavily in and out, she managed to say nasally, "So the fire eater with the talking cat, thinks I'm weird? Amazing."

Chapter 1:The Meaning of Weak Hearts and Hot Fevers

The warm January sun, smiled down upon Fairy Hills Girls Dormitory as the ladies in their swimsuits cleaned up the place. Dross disposal, scrubbing down the hot tubs, and rearranging the living room furniture were all things that had to be done. Thus, the place was busy and looked a mess. Brooms and mops were haphazardly flying everywhere, Kinana and Laki were slipping around on the freshly waxed floor. Dust particles and dirt polluted the air with allergens as Evergreen dusted the furniture, but mostly admiring herself in her bikini. The kitchen counter top was full of rotten, undiscovered foods from the depths of the fridge that Asuka tried to play with while Bisca cleaned it out. Juvia and Cana were both light headed breathing in the chemicals from the items they were using to scrub the hot tub. While on the beach Erza picked up garbage and biodegradable things for trash and recycling alongside Levy. She wiped the sweat off her brow but trudged on. Meanwhile Levy nearly died from heatstroke.

"After all this hard work, I could really use a pick-me-up, wouldn't you agree Levy?"

The blunnette's throat was dry and she couldn't speak. She tried to crawl her way into the sea to cool off, even though her left arm was broken. She crawled and she crawled but poor Levy realized she was probably going to die before she got into the ocean.

"Yeah," Erza said obliviously, "Natsu would probably enjoy a hot day such as this. Speaking of which, I heard he was supposed to get back from Lisanna's mission today. Have you heard anything from them at all?"

Levy rolled over and looked at the red-head. It might have been pointless, but maybe Erza could help. "Help me," she tried to say, " "Help me, I need water!" She said in a dry, scrachy voice.

"Guess not." Erza said, as she strolled over to the big water jug and began pouring water in a cup. Levy began sobbing.

"Did you know Lucy's sick?" She said taking big satisfied gulps, "Wendy went over to help her. I wonder what she's doing right now."

Levy, who has now accepted her fate, was now lying on the sand waiting patiently for Erza to stab her in the eye. That's basically the only thing Erza hasn't done to kill her.

"Wonder what who's doing?" Went a cheerful little voice.

Levy looked up and saw salvation.

"Levy-san, are you okay?!" Wendy cried rushing over to her.

"Ah Wendy I see you're back." Erza took one more gulp then doused herself in the rest of the sparkling water. Levy looked like she wanted to choke the requip mage. "How's Lucy?"

Chuckling nervously as tried to calm down Levy she replied, "I don't know, Natsu-San would barely let me look at her. He said he wanted to care for her all by himself."

Whoosh! Went the toilet as Lucy flushed down the upwards rejections of her insides. She wasn't sure what made her more sick, her illness or Natsu's poor excuse for homemade chicken soup. After rinsing out her mouth, Natsu held onto her waist and helped her back into the back the bed. He was fustrated that all his efforts to nurse her back to health were so far fruitless.

He stared at her red, flushed face, breathing heavily in deep concern.

She sneezed and turned to her side away from Natsu blushing. His stare was making her uncomfortable. She could still feel the ghost of Natsu's muscular arms burning around her torso just a moment before. Why was she acting like this? Could the conversation between her and Levy the day before be true? Could she really have feelings for Natsu?

"Don't worry about me Natsu," she said nasally, " I'll be fine on my own with a little rest. You two can get going."

He let out a dissatisfied grunt and shook his head.

"This won't do Lucy. I hate seeing you like this, so now I'm definitely not going anywhere."

True to his word the next few hours until sunset he continued to nurse her. Her gave her a gorgeous sapphire necklace he bought for her on his mission with Lisanna, he said the seller claimed it could grant one solemn wish. She felt her heart swell when he said he used the wish to make her feel better. He and happy performed for her entertainment when her TV stopped working, he brought her food from the guild when she was hungry, and when night finally fell, and Happy was asleep he gently weaved a flower through her hair as he talked about tales of his dad and how Igneel used to remedy him while he was sick. All this while he constantly kept changing the ice in her ice pack, or fluffing her pillow and checking her temperature.

Lucy felt absolutely defenseless in his presence. Any walls she may have had up around herself crumbled pathetically while he touched her. Her heart trembled and wavered with every kind gesture and touch. Her fever was going up. Why was her body reacting like this?

Natsu's eyes began drooping. He was probably exhausted from the mission and whoever he had to fight, straight into this. He rolled into the bed next to Lucy, wrapped his arms around her waist, and rested his chin on her shoulder. The last things he murmured before drifting off to sleep were "Get better soon Luce."

Her heart hammered against her chest. Her face burned.

What was this tingling sensation she felt all through her body? She was embarrased to be sleeping in the same bed with a man she wasn't married to, but she didn't want them to separate. In fact she wished they would be stuck in time like this forever. Could this be...?

No, she didn't want to admit that Levy and all the other guild members were right. She didn't like Natsu Dragneel. He was an idiot. Not only that, he was obnoxious, lazy, weird suffocating, annoying and mischevious. But above all, he was her best friend. You can't fall in love with your best friend.

She turned over to him and looked at his sleeping face. It made her heart go crazy. She closed her eyes and cringed. Best friend or not, she could no longer deny the way he made her feel. The way he made her act, the way he made her body react. She snuggled into his chest, even though he was sleeping, unconsciously, he brought her closer to his heart. She kept still for a moment, because she wanted to engrave this moment on her heart, forever.

I guess they were right, she thought as drifted into peaceful slumber, I do love Natsu Dragneel.

Later on into the night, a mischevious blue exceed awoke from his slumber to find the pair in their embarrassing position.

"They liiiike each other!"

In the Strauss Home that night

The Strauss siblings had just arrived home from a long evening of work. Elfman immediately knocked off on the couch, while Mirajane was still outside thanking Laxus for unnecessarily walking her home so late at night. Freed, Bickslow and Evergreen were inside their kitchen, with Evergreen insulting Elfman on his poor manners. Lisanna couldn't be bothered so she trudged up the stairs to her tiny room on the end of the corridor. Once inside, she securely closed the door behind her and flopped on the bed. This bed that once the three of them slept in together, could barely hold her. Her ears homed into the people downstairs.

"Why was everyone acting so lovey dovey?" She rolled over and sighed. She knew why she was so miserable. She closed her eyes and thought of him. Natsu Dragneel.

His passionate eyes and welcoming smile. His ever comforting arms and fiery fists. His beautiful eyes.

Oh how Lisanna loved looking into his eyes. She always found promises of fun and happiness and assurance in his eyes.

She turned over in her bed.

"Hey Natsu, maybe one day when we grow up I could be your real wife."

"Eeeeh?! What are you saying all of sudden?"

"Promise me, okay?"

"Lisanna do you have a temperature or something? I can't make promises like that!"

Young Lisanna looked at young Natsu's blushing face. He blushed even harder.

"I'll take that as a yes."

"Eeeeh?!"

Lisanna touched her wet face. More tears streamed down her cheeks.

"I guess I do still love him," she said as she continued to cry until she finally drifted sleep.

A/n: Bet you weren't expecting an update today huh? Well, I am the master of the unknown *wiggles eyebrows*, anyway, tell me what you thought of the chapter. Did you guys like that nalu moment I put in there? And what about Lisanna? What's written for her in the stars? Will she move on from Natsu, or try to fight for him? The answers to all this and more will be revealed, if you hit that follow and fave for this story :) and leave a review. Okay my babies chow and happy valentine's day! Hope you get all the love!