I was reading one of the many fanfics starring our favorite pairings, and decided to try my hand at an idea that's been out there for awhile. Of course I don't own Fairy Tail, otherwise we would've had a few more moments between our pairings. So without further ado, on with the chapter!

The sun shone soothingly into the room, slowly lighting the room in an attempt to wake its occupants up. One of them did, coming to consciousness lazily, blinking blearily against the invading sunlight.

"Ugh..." Her head pounded, sunlight hurt her eyes, and her movements felt more sluggish than usual. This left the young woman with one thought: last night was wild as usual. She rolled over, stretching her limps until she heard a satisfying pop. Or, she would've, if warm muscular arms weren't caged around her, preventing any movement. Oh come on! This is getting old... She wiggled around until she freed one arm, reaching up to poke at the intruder's face. "Get off me." She was rewarded with a grumbled response, her hand getting lightly slapped away.

"Go to sleep. Too early." She puffed out her cheeks, before sighing. Normally I'd feel kind of bad using this but my legs are asleep and I really need to use the bathroom. She leaned up once again, until her lips made contact with with his ear. She didn't notice the shiver that danced across his skin at the contact.

"Natsu, Gray is dancing around naked with your scarf around his hips." Natsu was up in an instant, eyes alert and fists blazing as he leaped from the bed.

"Give me my scarf back stripper!" When he fully woke up, Lucy was already laughing triumphantly in the bathroom, the door locked behind her. The slam of the door fully woke Natsu up, and only slightly roused Happy. He pouted when he realized he'd been tricked, grumbling as he returned to the bed.

"Weirdo."

Lucy emerged in a cloud of steam, feeling refreshed and much more awake and alert than earlier that morning. Upon seeing the lumps still in her bed, she rolled her eyes and moved on to the kitchen, opting to make breakfast. She'd just finished up when Natsu and Happy floated into the kitchen, taking their place at the table, lured into silence by the enticing smell of food. Lucy set their share in front of them, joining them once she'd fixed her own plate. "Thanks Luce!"

"Yeah this is the best!" Lucy smiled, pleased, before digging in to her own meal. The trio finished in record time, and Lucy once again wondered how they managed to get all the food in their mouths with the way they ate. They dumped their dishes in the sink before heading to the guild. Lucy immediately made a beeline for Levy after stopping by the bar to get a strawberry milkshake, while Natsu peeled off to find Gray, giving him a light smack when he found him. Levy gave her a wave as Lucy plopped into the seat next to her, greeting Erza and Juvia who were also sitting at the blunette's table.

"I don't know how much more I can take...lately I wake up in his arms but every time I ask him why he and Happy keep breaking in he just makes up some excuse." The girls gave her looks of sympathy, but Juvia's eyes sparkled conspiratorially.

"Juvia thinks Lucy-san is being too shy in her pursuit." Lucy raised an eyebrow at Juvia's words before sighing.

"What pursuit? He's seen me in multiple compromising positions and nothing! He's obviously not interested in me, so I think I'm going to give up. He's obviously content with keeping our relationship where it is, so I will be too. But I think I need some space. Just until I can get over him."

"Oh Lu...I think you're being a bit too hasty. He does spend more time with you than anyone else, so there must be something there!" Lucy shook her head, refusing to get her hopes any higher than they already were. Erza stabbed her cake in thought, weighing her words carefully.

"Well Lucy, he is more of a man of action rather than words. And he may not even realize his feelings yet. But from his actions alone, doesn't it mean he feels something more for you, beyond friendship?" Lucy swirled her straw in her shake, digesting the red head's words.

"Maybe...but Mira said the same when she thought Natsu liked me when he just wanted Virgo to help him dig up some treasure or something." Juvia pursed her lips in thought.

"If Lucy-san feels discouraged, then she should take the space she wants to. But Juvia doesn't think she should give up on Natsu-san completely. He may just not know he needs to make his feelings known, or that you feel this way. After all, Lucy-san's crush wasn't known to herself for awhile either." Lucy nodded, her friend did have a point.

"Wow Juvia, you give some pretty sound advice." She smiled over at Levy, winking as she went back to eating her breakfast.

"Juvia can give Levy-san some advice about Gajeel-kun whenever she likes as well." Levy's face erupted in flames as she sputtered.