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She had endured countless enemies, life or death situations and even managed to save the future, however, nothing could prepare the celestial spirit mage for her hardest quest yet... Taking care of the devious toddler she dared to call her "best friend".

Lucy found that managing a rambunctious dragon slayer was next to the impossible. In five minutes Natsu had managed to somehow get them kicked out of her favorite book store, with the store owner banning her temporarily as long as he was around.

Honestly, what were her friends thinking when they left him in her care?

"Lucy, are you mad at me?"

Natsu tugged at the blonde's hand walking alongside her as they ventured back to the guild. She had thought the book store would have something on age regression spells but it seemed she was getting nowhere with the pink haired boy around.

"Hey don't worry about it. I was starting to sick and tired of that place anyway. Let's just hope that Levy-chan found something, okay?" She replied softly in response, letting a heavy sigh escape her lips.

"You're the best Luce! I wish we could be like this every day." Natsu grinned earning a blush from his teammate.

"D-don't say weird things like that idiot! Besides you and Happy pretty much tag along with me like this already…"

"Yeah I know, but this way we can—ACK!"

The celestial mage paused to glance down at the pink haired boy wondering why he had suddenly stopped, only to see that his face had been impaled onto the stone ground after tripping. Quickly rushing to his aid, Lucy lifted up her teammate to check for any injuries. As much as she hated to admit it, having Natsu as a toddler was kind of… cute. It was almost as if she were a mother taking care of her child (who happened to be a powerful Dragon Slaying wizard). Flashing a warm smile to the little pyro, her smile fell in an instant as Natsu Dragneel—one of Fairy Tail's strongest wizards—was crying in front of her.

"H-hey now, what's the matter?"

Managing to choke back a sob, she watched as her partner rubbed his eyes furiously. He hated the way he looked so weak in front of her.

"I-I'm fine. J-just… just keep going."

"No you're not fine." She said sternly, placing her hands on her hips. "Where does it hurt?"

Lifting a shaky finger, Natsu wordlessly pointed towards his knee wiping his tears away. Lucy nodded her head in understanding before pulling up the fabric of his pants gently, trying as best as she could to not further injure his wound. The harsh sting of his open wound hitting the air made him yelp in pain. Damn, was it always this painful when he got injured he wondered.

Onyx eyes watched in amazement as the blonde haired wizard pulled out a small handkerchief from her back pocket, carefully wiping the crimson liquid away. Her touch was so feather light and gentle that he almost forgot how warm and soft her delicate hands were as they skillfully managed to wrap a torn piece of cloth from her skirt around his knee serving as a makeshift band-aid.

It wasn't until Natsu felt her soft lips against his bandaged wound that his heart began to beat so fast he was afraid she would hear it. The pink haired boy stared up at her in shock as his eyes resembled that to the size of dinner plates at her action.

"There all done!" She announced. "I have a first aid at home, so when we get back home I can clean it up better."

"W-w-what did you do that for?!" He squeaked.

"What's gotten you so worked up?" Lucy raised a quizzical brow, "Mama used to kiss me all the time when I got hurt so it'll help the pain go away faster." She shrugged, wondering what had caused her partner to stare at her as if she had two heads before realization dawned on her.

'I kissed Natsu… I kissed Natsu… I… kissed…'

'I can't believe I just did that right now! Great job Lucy you idiot now he probably thinks that you're some sort of creep!' Her mind replayed the scene over and over again before she screamed in terror, grabbing fistfuls of blonde hair as she mentally scolded herself for being so forgetful.

Natsu stared at his partner in confusion before his lips curled into a smirk, "Lucy~ I think I hurt myself right here," he said pointing to his lips, "will you kiss it to make it feel better too? It really, really hurts." He pouted.

"Nice try Natsu but that won't work. Let's go back to my apartment to properly clean you up and then we can see if Levy found anything." Placing both hands underneath his arms, she picked up her partner and proceeded to head back to her apartment ignoring the saddest puppy dog eyes he gave her.

I know I haven't updated this in a while and I'm really sorry!TT~TT. I just wanted to start the New Year off right and get a new chapter out. I hope I haven't disappointed anyone already so early in the year with the short chapter :( but I promise to make the next two long.