Hello everyone. I'm so sorry for the long wait. I know I said in the last chapter I would update fast since it was my summer break. However, I'm afraid I've been having bad luck. I got very sick these past few weeks. I even had to be admitted into the hospital for a while. I finally made it home however and tried my very best to update.

I got terrible head aches whenever I tried to type though and constantly had to stop. Each day I could only write a few lines before I got a head ache.

I asked a good friend of mine named Amelia though to come over. She knows I've been having troubles and is a good writer. So I asked her to help me type this chapter. I told her what to write/recited the scenes, and she typed them down for me.

So it is all thanks to Amelia this chapter was able to finally come out! Thank you so much Amelia!

Amelia: Aww, any time hun.

So we finally move onto the chapter. Thank you all for waiting and I would like to thank you all for your reviews.

As for who Lucy will end up with. I'm not sure yet. After looking at all your reviews it is starting to become a tie. Half of you are for KiyoxLucy while the other half is for LucyxKiyo. So it is very hard to choose who should end up with her.

I also have a quick question. Some of you have asked if I could make another fanfic, completely based on KiyoxLucy. What do the rest of you think of that?

Anyway, to the chapter! :D

"So, how about this one?" Lucy asked, tilting her head as the boys toured around the apartment room. After Kiyo's week of banishment had ended, he excitedly returned. However, Lucy's recent idea didn't make the boys very happy.

She thought it was about time they got their own place to live. They had enough money to buy a place now after all, so why wait any longer?

The boys on the other hand didn't really agree. They didn't want to admit it to Lucy, but they wanted to continue to live with Lucy.

They had become like a little family. They had breakfast together, dinner, had a game night on Fridays. They even invited Lucy's old team once to join them. The whole night was very fun.

Knowing those times were about to come to an end made the boys distressed.

"Yeah it's… it's great Lucy." Kiyo mumbled, half heartedly looking around the apartment. Lucy frowned, placing her hand on her hips.
"What's with you guys? Shouldn't you be glad to be getting your own house?"

"Well… I guess." Ven shrugged, kicking his foot on the ground a bit.

Lucy sighed at the two. "Alright, this is the 6th apartment we've looked at today and I've got nothing from you guys. So lets just give it up for today. We can pick it up again tomorrow." With that Lucy left the room with Kiyo and Ven allowing the next tempted buyers into the room.

Ven and Kiyo glanced at each other as they all walked down the street. Both of them knew exactly what the other was thinking.
"We don't want to leave Lucy."

They wouldn't exactly be leaving her though, would they? They would just be living in a different place then her. They would still be a team and hang out. They just wouldn't wake up and go to bed with her by their side. They wouldn't be able to see her warm smile before heading off to bed. Or wake up to her amazing cooking.

"How about we stop at the guild?" Lucy asked over her shoulder.

"Okay." The boys nodded.

Once the three entered the guild, they were welcomed by the over energetic cheers and laughter of its members.

"Luce!" Natsu grinned, instantly spotting her and running up.

"Hey Natsu." Lucy smiled back.

"So Lucy." Natsu put his arm over her shoulders, bringing her close. "Wanna go on a mission with Happy and me?" Natsu grinned.

Lucy blinked, surprised by the sudden question.

Kiyo's eyes widened in shock as well, but quickly changed into a glare. "She can't pinky. She's on our team, remember." Kiyo hissed, stepping in between them.
"I'm still her partner along with Happy." Natsu reminded him, smirking.

"A person usually only has one partner." Kiyo said darkly.

"Oh that's fine then. I'll just go on a mission with just Lucy then. Just her and me." Natsu snickered.

Kiyo flinched, his voice livid. "Hell no."

"B-Boys." Lucy said nervously, stepping in between them. "Lets just calm down."

The boys paused, their anger momentarily dying down at the sight of Lucy.

"Geez." She sighed. "What's gotten into you two lately."

The boys wanted to scream. How could she… how could she not know?

The reason they were always fighting with one another. The reason they got so angry whenever the other was around her and they weren't.

They reason their hearts beat so fast, just by her sending a single smile towards them.

How could she not know, their feelings towards her?

And she called Natsu dim.

"I suppose since Kiyo is the water dragon slayer and Natsu is the fire dragon slayer you will always fight with one another. Like Gray and Natsu." Lucy grabbed her chin in though as she began to think aloud.

"That's most likely Lucy-neechan." Ven laughed, joining the conversation.
"Right?" Lucy laughed back at Ven.

"Lu-chan!' Levy called.
"Levy-chan!" Lucy smiled running to her blue haired friend along with Ven.

Natsu and Kiyo started after her, both frowning.
Why couldn't she notice?

Perhaps it was their fault? They had both tried several times in the past 2 weeks to make their feelings clear. The small gestures, hugs, and smiles they gave her. Nothing worked though.

Both let out an exhausted sigh. Realizing they sighed at the same time they glared at one another.

"What was with that sigh?" Natsu questioned.

"I could ask you the same thing." Kiyo grumbled.
"Kiyo, Natsu! Stop arguing with each other and get over here!" Lucy called.
"What, fighting?" Erza demanded, rising to her seat.
"N-No! Of course not Erza! We're… buds, right?" Natsu laughed, looking at Kiyo nervously.

Kiyo, seeing Erza's death look, began to laugh nervously along with Natsu. "T-That's right. Buds!" he grinned weakly.

"Oh I see. That's good. Friends are very important." Erza smiled, folding her arms to sink back down into her chair.
"Wah, Erza-senpai is scary." Ven whispered to Lucy.
"Got that right." Gray, who had heard Ven's whisper, nodded.

"So Kiyo, Ven, I heard you two are trying to find a new place to live." Levy smiled at them. Both of them slowly frowned at the thought.

Natsu on the other hand perked up. "Oh? So you're finally leaving?' Natsu smirked at Kiyo. Kiyo growled at him.

"We're trying to find them a place to live. The don't seem to like any of the places I show them." Lucy sighed.

Mirajane chuckled at them. "I'm sure they'll find a place they like eventually."

"We already found a place we like." Ven and Kiyo thought, folding their arms.

"Yeah I guess." Lucy smiled weakly. "At the moment though, is there anything going on with you all?"

Levy thought for a moment. "Nothing particularly new with me." She shrugged.
"Same here." Erza and Mirajane said together.

"I painted my room." Lisanna cheered.
"Oh? What color?" Lucy smiled.
"Ugh, girl talk." Gray, Natsu and Kiyo scowled.

Ven just laughed.

"A light blue." Lisanna smiled.
"Eh? Those will go so nicely with those white curtains you made." Lucy nodded.

"That's what Mira-nee thought too." Lisanna laughed. She paused to stare at Lucy's smiling face. After all that had happened, she thought Lucy would be mad at her. After all, she basically came back and stole everyone from her. It wasn't fair to Lucy. Yet Lucy didn't seem to think about that at all now.

They had even begun to hang out! They were becoming close friends. It made Lisanna relieved that someone like Lucy had joined Fairy Tail.

"I got some fish!" Happy cheered.

"Figured as much." Lucy laughed.

"Man!" Elfman suddenly yelled from the other side of the room.

Lucy rolled her eyes. "Natsu? Gray?"

Gray thought for a moment. "I'm going on a solo mission tomorrow. Need some extra cash." Gray announced,

Natsu looked smugly at Kiyo. "Speaking of missions. Lucy, as I said before, wanna go on a mission with me?"

Lucy blinked. "Oh… um." Lucy thought for a moment. "Just you, Happy and me?" she asked.

"Yeah, just like old times!" Natsu grinned.

Lucy smiled at the thought. It had been forever since just the three of them had gone on a mission. It wouldn't be too bad to go on a mission with just them.

As Lucy thought the offer over, Ven had been forced to grab Kiyo's arm to hold him back from pouncing on Natsu.

Levy and Lisanna instantly noticed this and glanced at each other. Unlike their blond friend, they had begun to realize what sort of feelings Natsu and Kiyo had for Lucy.

"I guess it would be fun. Sure! That is…" Lucy paused to look at Ven and Kiyo, who froze. "If that's okay with you two." She smiled.

Both flinched. How could they say no when she smiled like that?

"I-It's fine with me." Ven smiled. In all honestly, he was a little hesitant. Lucy-neechan would be going of with just Natsu and Happy. Two of the very people who had hurt her so badly before. Granted, after Ven got to know Natsu and Happy they turned out to be very funny and cool people. Natsu reminded Ven of Kiyo and Happy in a way like himself. So he could trust them to get Lucy back home safely, right?

Kiyo on the other hand didn't want to answer. He couldn't say no to Lucy when she looked at him with those big round eyes.

To leave her alone with that pink headed idiot though… It wasn't acceptable! So what could he do?

"…" Kiyo glanced at Lucy again. "Y….Yeah. It's fine." He finally sighed.

Lucy's eyes beamed. "Alright! Okay Natsu, Happy, what sort of mission should we go on?" she grinned, tilting her head. Natsu and Happy grinned back.

"Lets go see what sort of jobs there are." They said, running to the request board, Lucy right behind them.

When the three left the group, the girls couldn't help but look towards Kiyo in worry.

Almost everyone in the guild had begun to see how Kiyo and Natsu felt about Lucy. They always couldn't help but feel bad for them when Lucy didn't notice their feelings.

Perhaps it was a good thing she didn't notice though. Everyone could tell that Lucy cared for Kiyo and Natsu a lot. But was it the same type of love that Natsu and Kiyo felt?

If she were to discover their feelings without knowing which boy to choose, would it ruin her friendship with the other? Knowing how Lucy was when it comes to relationships they knew she would have a tough time trying to decide which boy to be with.

Perhaps it would be best for Lucy to come to know her own feelings first, before either of the boys made their feelings known.

To have two boys after the same girl, it could possible be Fairy Tail's most dramatic romance!

The girls couldn't help but watch their relationships blossom with glee. The boys on the other hand weren't as excited. They were only excited for those small fights and quarrels the two possible had. Now that was something to watch!

Ven even knew what was going on before anyone else did! He could see how Kiyo-niisan looked at Lucy-neechan. It was almost impossible to miss. Then when he met Natsu-senpai, he saw the exact same look.

He knew that Lucy-neechan was going to have trouble picking between them.

However, there was something Ven knew, that no one else did.

If by chance Lucy were to choose Natsu-senpai, instead of Kiyo-niisan, he knew how Kiyo-niisan would react.

He knew exactly what is older brother would do.

Kiyo would let her go. He would let her be with the one she loves, no matter how deep his feelings were for her. And Ven was sure Natsu would do the same.

Either way, one of them was going to get hurt. The only question was, which one would it be?

Okay guys. Now that I have Amelia by my side to help me, the next chapter won't take as long to get out. :D

This I swear! On my life I swear!

So it's time for some NaLu! I've given you all a lot of KiyoxLucy moments in the last chapters, but now it's time for some NaLu in the next chapter. That way you guys can get a lot of fluff from both couples and try to decide which couple you like best that way. Thank you all!