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Fairies and Christmas

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“It’s so cold!” Lucy whined. She pulled the collar of her coat up over the sides of her face, “I know you’re a Fire Mage and all, but how the hell are you not even slightly cold, Natsu?”
 
  The pink haired teen turned around and faced his friend, who bumped into him, “Because I’m amazing.”
 
  Lucy looked up and glared.
 
  “If you wanna get warmed up, then hurry up.” He turned around and began walking again.
 
  “Yeah, Lucy, hurry up!” Happy flew behind Natsu. Lucy sighed and followed them.
 
  It was mid-December in Magnolia. The river to the friends’ right was frozen over. The barren trees along the bank glittered in the night sky with gold lights. Wreaths hung from doors, and beams of multi-coloured lights glowed from the rims of roofs. Fluffy snow wrapped around Lucy’s boots, and Natsu’s bare ankles.
 
  “How can anyone hurry in two feet of snow?” Lucy continued to whine.
 
  “I caaaan!” Happy giggled.
 
  “You’re flying!!”
 
  Natsu smirked, “I can.”
 
  Lucy pouted, “You’re taller than me.”
 
  “You’re wearing heels.”
 
  “You’re still taller.”
 
  Natsu rolled his eyes and smiled, “Come here.” He bent down to let Lucy hop onto his shoulders, but she didn’t jump on. He looked back at her, puzzled, “What’s wrong?”
 
  Lucy burst out laughing, “My shoe’s stuck.”
 
  “You’re so stupid, Lucy!” Happy laughed.
 
  “Shut it, cat!”
 
  Natsu stared for a moment, trying not to laugh. He finally stood up and walked to Lucy’s spot. Before she could say anything, he flung her arms over his shoulders, “Hold on.” He remarked. He grabbed her legs and gently pulled her out of the snow, her show beginning to fall off of her foot.
 
  “See? Not a problem.” Natsu grinned, his eyes closed.
 
  “O-Open your eyes, Natsu.” Lucy stuttered. Natsu flicked his eyes open to see Lucy’s face just inches from his own. His eyes widened and his face turned as red as hers.
 
  “S-Sorry.” He let her down and waited for her to fix her shoe.
 
  “Thank you.” She laughed. The golden glow from the trees proved that she was still embarrassed, despite her attempt to pretend she wasn’t.
 
  Natsu smiled, the light showing the exact same thing on his face, “Come on. I don’t want to stand in the snow all night.”
 
 
  The two walked next to each other in silence, Happy flying in front of them going on and on about a fish he ate earlier. Lucy glanced up at Natsu, seeing his face was still red from embarrassment. She tried to hide a giggle at his nervous expression. His looked straight ahead, pretending to listen to Happy.
 
  Natsu’s hand quickly swept Lucy’s.
 
  The blonde flicked her eyes up, to see he was still looking ahead. Lucy dismissed it. An accident. She thought. She looked ahead when Happy asked her a question regarding the frozen river. She felt Natsu’s hand begin to sweep hers again. Almost on instinct, she gently wrapped her fingers around his palm. He responded by intertwining their fingers together. Lucy bit her lip as her face turned as red as a tomato, but almost burst out laughing when she looked up at Natsu, who was biting his lip as well, but his eyes were wide and he gulped continuously.
 
  “I mean seriously! The river freezing?! That sucks! Those poor fish! They aren’t getting eaten by me!” Happy drabbled, “Hey! There’s Lucy’s place!” He immediately flew up to the window, pushed it aside, and flew in.
 
  “Happy!” Natsu yelled. Lucy chuckled lightly at Natsu’s reaction.

  Natsu scanned the photos lining Lucy’s wall. He’s seen most of them already, which were shots of the guild members either fighting or partying. But one picture caught his eye. He had never seen it before. It was a picture of the two of them at Fairy Tail’s Christmas party the week before.
 
  “Flame Brain! Gimme backmy pants!”
 
  “You have to fight, Ice Freak!”
 
  “Gray-sama’s not wearing any clothes!!!”
 
  “WHO KNOCKED OVER MY STRAWBERRY CAKE!?!?”
 
  “Natsu! Stop!” Lucy grabbed Natsu’s arm before he trapped Gray underneath a table.
 
  Natsu looked at her, “Why?”
 
  “It’s a Christmas party! Don’t fight!” She tried not to laugh.
 
  Natsu stared for a moment before agreeing, “Okay.”
 
  He began to follow his friend away from the rummage, but not before sending a blot of fire towards Gray, which hit him in the butt. He began laughing at the noise escaping from Gray’s mouth, but he quickly closed his lips when he saw Lucy turn around, “Wasn’t me.”
 
  Lucy smiled, “Sure it wasn’t.” Natsu followed Lucy towards the table where Happy was trying to give Carla a fish. He sat down next to her and watched Happy fail.
 
  “Natsu! Lucy! SMILE!” Mira appeared with a camera. Lucy flung her arms around Natsu’s shoulders and leaned her head against his. The two began to laugh.


  “COOOOLD!!!”
 
  Natsu snapped out of the memory when he heard Lucy yell from the bathroom. He stood there for a moment, waiting for another yell, but nothing came. He slowly walked to the door and hesitantly knocked, “Luce? You okay?”
 
  The door swung open. There stood Lucy in her pajamas, but she was soaking wet.
 
  “Lucy?”
 
  “T-There’s no h-hot w-water.” Lucy stuttered and gripped her shoulders.
 
  “No hot water?”
 
  “N-No,” Lucy walked by him to her bed and pulled the comforter around her shoulders,

  “N-No hot water a-at all. The c-cold must have d-damaged the pipes.”
 
  Natsu walked over to her and crouched in front of her bed as she laid down on her side.
 
  “Why’s there no hot water, Lucy?” Happy asked
 
  “I j-just explained why, cat.” She replied, annoyed.
 
  Natsu shot Happy a look, “We’ll go then, Lucy.”
 
  “We’ll check on you in the morning, okay?” Happy asked.
 
  Lucy forced a smile, “Okay.”

 
  Back home, Natsu lay on his swing, staring at the wall with his collection of requests he has done over the years.
 
  “Why so quiet, Natsu?” Happy asked while munching on a fish.”
 
  Natsu grunted in response.
 
  “Oh! I know! You lllllllike Lucy!!” Happy rolled his tongue.
 
  “Shut it!” Natsu ordered. Happy shrugged and went back to eating. Natsu scanned the wall and found the first job he performed with Lucy. She actually took that maid outfit seriously. He thought, and then smiled, “Weirdo.” He mumbled.
 
  “Natsuuuu! I’m bored!” Happy moaned.
 
  “So am I.”
 
  “Let’s go back to Lucy’s!”
 
  “We told her we’d go back in the morning. She’d be pissed if we barged in now.”
 
  “She’s always pissed when we barge in.”
 
  “Still.”
 
  “Come ooooon!” Happy flew over and began tugging on Natsu’s scarf, “I’m so boooooored!”
 
  “Then you go. I’m not in the mood to die right now.”
 
  “I know you wanna see her!” Happy suddenly stated. Natsu went quiet.
 
  He finally sighed, “Fine. But if she tries to kill us, I’m throwing you in front of me.”

 
  “Luuuuuucy?” Natsu whispered as he slid open the window and hopped into the small room. He looked down at the bed and saw his friend curled up in a ball, asleep.
 
  “Is she okay?” Happy asked.
 
  Natsu climbed down from the sill and sat in front of the bed. Lucy’s nose was red, and her cheeks were flushed. Her hands were under her pillow. She was shivering and sniffing.
 
  “Lucy.” Natsu gently shook her.
 
  The girl slowly opened her eyes, “Natsu?” She asked. Her voice sounded congested, “What are you doing here?”
 
  “Natsu was worried about you!” Happy exclaimed.
 
  Natsu turned his head, “Hush, you!” He hissed.
 
  “What?”
 
  “What do you guys need?” Lucy asked.
 
  “We wanted to check up on you.” Happy muttered. Natsu nodded.
 
  “I’m fine.” She sniffed.
 
  “You’re a terrible liar, Lucy.” Natsu chuckled.
 
  “I know that,” She smiled gently, “It’s just a cold. I’ll be fine.”
 
  Natsu leaned his head on his hand, “Do you need anything?”
 
  “Heat.” Lucy sighed and grabbed a tissue. Before she could bring it back to her face, Natsu grabbed her hand. She didn’t say anything, she just stared at him as he stared at her. Natsu watched as she began to relax and doze off. Natsu tried to stand up, but felt Lucy’s grip stay on his palm. She didn’t want him to leave. He sat there for a moment staring at his sick friend before he gently moved her aside and sat down on the bed next to her and laid his head down on her pillow. He wrapped his arms around her, and felt her become more relaxed, and on an instinct, push against him, trying to get as much warmth as possible. Natsu laid there and stroked her head as he stared out the window at the gold lights on the trees.
 
  “What did I miss? Did she stop whine….” Happy stopped in mid-sentence and dropped the fish her was gnawing on when he saw his two best friends.
Wat. This is so cheesy. Why'd I write this?

I know why.

Because I've been wanting to write a FT short Christmas drabble, that's why. :iconheplz:

Deal with it :iconhurrhurrplz:

I'm done here. It's almost 2 a.m., and I'm really sick.

Kthanxbai

:iconnatsuplz::iconredheartplz::iconftlucyplz:
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Fairy Tail - Happy < Lets all thank this cat for making our ship happen! *claps*