Ok, ok~ You know how I said that this was a oneshot? Well, I changed my mind. I mean, there's just going to be one more chapter after this one and then, I promise to end it!

Natsu POV

"Hello, everyone!" Lucy and I greeted our guild members as we pushed through the guild doors.

Relief washed over us when we finally got out of the rain, as shouts of greeting were heard all around. We actually managed to get there before the storm!

Then we heard a "You're all wet, Natsu, Lushy!" and "You ran in the rain?" from Happy and Levy. I grinned at their exclaimations.

"Well, how else did you expect us to get here?" I dried myself off by warming up my clothes, laughing the whole time.

"See, Natsu? I told you so~!" Happy said spitefully.

"Yeah, yeah... I got you," I rolled my eyes.

"N-natsu! Did you forget that I'm s-still soaked?!" Lucy yelled, shivering.

Her teeth were rattling. To me, it sound just like someone biting on a fork. It hurt my sensitive ears. If I were a cat, my ears would be flat on my head by now.

"Oh yeah! Sorry, Luce!" Smiling apologetically, I put my right hand over one of her shoulders, drying her off.

I was not about to tell her how distrubed I was with the rattling sound. Besides, it was going to be over soon.

"Ah! Much better!" Lucy exclaimed once she was completely dry, "Thanks, Natsu!"

"Sure thing! Mira! Feed me! I'm starving~!" I said cheekily to Mirajane, "Oh, and can you get me a towel?"

"Sure, Natsu! Coming right up!" Mira smiled.

"Why on earth would you need a towel for? You're already dry!" Lucy scold me, giving me a disapproving expression.

"Cause it's soft and fluffy," I said nonchalantly.

"Soft... and fluffy?" Lucy raised an eyebrow.

Sniff. Sniff. Lucy smelled like salt. She still smelled like vanilla and strawberries but there was salt somewhere in the mix now. What could have made her smell salty? Argh, what am I talking about?

"What's with that expression? You're such a weirdo, Luce," I said as I stuffed myself with food after wraping the towel handed to me around Lucy to prove my point, "See? Fluffy."

"You're the weird one here, Natsu!" Lucy replied, hitting my right shoulder.

Her cheeks were slightly tinted red as she puffed up her cheeks in annoyance. My eyebrows furrowed as I stopped eating. Did she suddenly have a fever?

"Hey, do you have a fever or something?" I pressed my forehead to hers to check her temperature, "You were out in the rain for quite some time..."

Her cheeks turned even redder for some reason. I pulled away, confused. She did not have a fever. Lucy was being so complicated today.

A sudden image of Lucy dancing in the rain flashed through my eyes. I should really ask her about that. I was then forcefully pulled out of my daydream when I felt a hard thud on the back of my head.

"Hey, Flamebrain! Are you bullying Lucy again?" Gray scowled.

God, how I found this ice princess annoying.

"What did you say, popsicle?!" Anger colouring my face.

"You heard me, you retard!" Gray's face mirrored my expression.

"You want to go, stripper?!"

"Bring it on, Fire Breath!"

"Oh! Hey, Erza!" Lucy's voice cut in our verbal fight.

Gulp. Erza. She was back?

"We're fine!"

"Fighting? Us? No way!"

"We're teammates!" we both said together, our arms slinging each others shoulder looking all buddy-buddy.

Suddenly, we heard giggles. Turning around, we realised that the giggles were from Lucy, Happy and Levy. Erza was nowhere in sight.

Shrugging, I returned to my plates of food. Gray took a sit on the bench infront of Lucy and me.

"Hey, Lucy. You ok?" Gray's eyebrows furrowed just like mine had a minute ago.

Concern was written plainly on his face.

"Yeah, Lushy! Your eyes are all red and there's black stuff under them!" Happy butted in looking closely at Lucy, "You didn't turn into a zombie, did you?"

"Lu-chan, are you alright?" Levy asked, just realising Lucy's current state.

"Who? Me? I'm completely fine!" Lucy looked shocked at their description of her.

"But... You know, Luce. You were out there for a long time. Why were you dancing in the rain?" I followed the interogation.

"You were dancing on the rain?!" Gray, Happy and Levy chorused.

"I just wanted to dance. It's been awhile," She said shrugging.

"But aren't you afraid of thunder?" I asked again.

Her face paled. The dark circles under her eyes became more prominate, making her look like a panda.

"T-the weather seemed nice at the time. B-besides, there wasn't any thunder," Lucy stuttered, still very much smiling.

Even though she was smiling, it seemed forced. I was getting really worried now. But I could not and would not question her here when she obviously did not want to tell us.

We all decided to drop the subject as the guild's double doors flew open with a bang. Erza? Oh, that was right. She went on a solo mission a week ago. Must have been an easy one if she was back already.

"W-welcome back, Erza!" Lucy shouted from her seat.

Was she trying to push the attention to Erza or something? Ah, well. I was going to asked her later anyways.

But, really. Why was she like this? Was she always like this on rainy days? Was that it?

I know, it's short. I'm really trying here... But I hope you like it nonetheless!

The next chapter/last chapter will be out around next week if I don't suddenly have writers' block or something.

R&R PLEASE! and thank you!

~StormAria~