Honestly I really didn't like how this chapter came out. But I've already rewrote it a few times and this is the best I had so yeah. Please tell me what you guys think so I know if I should or not.

But on a happier note!

THERE'S SO MUCH FUCKIN FLUFF!!!! It may be a bit OOC and a bit overboard but it's cute!

ALSO UNDERLINED PARTS ARE IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER!!!!!!

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Before, when Lucy ran to the party:

"LUUUUUUUCY~" Natsu cried as he flew airborne for the third time that night and landed into the river with a splash.

"I'M GOING AND YOU CAN'T STOP ME!" the beautiful blonde that he was so enamored with shouted while running away, not knowing that she took his happiness wherever she went. Natsu sulked in the water. Frustration surged through him just like the current of the river he was in.

Now he wouldn't get any sleep!

"What should we do now, Natsu?" A little voice spoke. Natsu looked up and saw Happy floating above him.

"HEY! Why aren't you all wet?!" Natsu shouted angrily at his dry blue buddy. "She was just as mad at you as she was at me!"

"Because I can fly!"

"Then why didn't you get me?"

"Because I didn't want to!" Happy giggled and stuck out his tongue. The nerve!

Wait a second! Natsu thought, his body becoming as stiff as a board. LUCY! Natsu remembering his objective in the first place. Leaping out of the canal, he shook himself like a dog and lit himself on fire to get rid of the water that still clung to him.

"Happy! We gotta go get Lucy!" Natsu shouted as he jumped onto a roof, speeding off as if he was a bullet that was shot from a gun.

"Aye Sir!" Happy replied, and flew up to catch up with his pink-haired friend. They jumped and scurried from building to building on the lookout for the girl they were searching for.

"There!" Natsu pointed to a sidewalk and sure enough the blonde beauty was running along by herself. The boys slowed down making sure not to make a sound or do anything that would get her to notice them.

As he watched her from above, Natsu couldn't help but be mesmerized by her. Mavis, she is so fucking beautiful... No matter what mood she was in, the clothes she wore, where she was, what she was doing. She would always stun him with everything she did.

Her big, bright chocolate doe eyes, peeking from underneath her long lashes, stared straight ahead her as she made her way down the street. Her eyebrows slanted slightly down in determination while she ran. Her plump lips open as she was trying to catch her breath from carrying a heavy bag on her back. Her long shining locks of blonde seemed to flow behind her like a river of sunshine. Her tiny adorable nose was rosy from the cold, same with her soft cheeks and ears that were slightly hidden by the hair that framed her face. A golden glittering picture-frame for the radiate picture of her face. Her body, hidden under her clothes, of a goddess with her bountiful soft breast, her toned flat stomach and slim waistline, her perfect hips that taunted him with every step her and her strong slender legs made. He wanted to kiss every inch of her...

But that is only what you saw at first glance. Oh, there was so much more to her. The stuff that really matters. The stuff that made him love her so much in the first place. Stuff that no one else but he knew. The stuff that not even she may know about herself. The so-called "little-things" were still part of the oh so BIG things to him.

The way when she gets to a good part in a book and she bites her pretty lips and wiggles her little feet, squealing joyfully.The way she covers her face with her hand, or runs her cute tiny hands through her pretty hair when she's nervous. (Though she shouldn't be, he'd take care of any and every problem she had). How she'll do anything to help others, even strangers, out of the kindness of her heart, asking for nothing in return. How fun she was and how she could always make you smile. How she always dots her "i's" with little hearts. The fact that she can send shivers down your spine and give you goose-bumps on the rare occasion that you might catch her singing with her high rich and warm voice (Although just hearing her speak did that too). How she could figure out anything you put in front of her, she was just that smart. How she could go off on a tangent and ramble on about anything and everything. How she puts about 10 tablespoons of sugar into her Raspberry tea. (She got really hyper though but that's ok.) How she has to have a nightlight because she's afraid of the dark (It's a little yellow chibi star shaped one. The first one she had was a pink heart but Natsu broke it on accident and got her the star one to replace it). How strong she was and how hard she worked. The fact that she saw her celestial spirits as her friends and family when so many people thought of them as tools (which they weren't. They were still people. Even though Natsu doesn't like how Taurus and Loke keep on flirting with her...Perverted sleeze-bags, he'd kick their asses back to the solar system if they weren't Lucy's spirits!). How she pushed herself to get the new chapters of her book done to the point where her hands would cramp at 1:00 in the morning and he'd carry her to bed, no matter how much she protests and tuck her in, snuggling up with her after she fell asleep.

He even knew when she was on her period! (Let's just say that Dragon slayer senses catch everything) That's when he and Happy go to O'Brien's Books and Sweets and grab some food and a few random books then heat up his hand to soothe the pain while Happy and him told jokes and stories.

And there was so much more that he knew, he cherished each and every thing about her. He was like the encyclopedia (Lucy taught him that word) of Lucy! If you needed to know something about his Luce, he knew it. Every last lovely little thing. Except for one...

Does she love him the way he loved her?

It tortured him. It gnawed at him infinitely. He knew he didn't deserve her. Hell, no one did in his opinion because nobody was good enough for her. But the fact that he had 0% chance hurt. He ate too much. He was too loud. Too annoying. Too dumb. Too obnoxious, stupid, brash, rough, reckless...

If she wanted to be with someone, even if the extremely lucky motherfuckering son of a bitch didn't deserve her like the rest of them, she should be someone who made her happy, someone who... well, isn't him...

And he knew that if he ever told her how he felt it would get weird between them. To the point where she might not want to be with him anymore. So he held it in as much as he could to make sure that he could still be with her. He didn't know what he'd do if she wasn't there...

The only thing he knew for sure would be that he'd still love her no matter what happened or what she thought of him. Even if she hated him. (Lucy could never really hate anyone though. She's too kind to resent anyone. She may just not be around him as much anymore...)

To him, she was like the sun, giving everything life and a purpose, warming him up in the way that not even Igneel's most scorching flames could do. No, she was just everything to him. It's that feeling when you laugh too much getting giddy and lightheaded from it. When your heart just wants to scream "I LOVE YOU! I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU!" on the top of it's lungs. When she was around everything seems to light up and mean something...

That's why he and Happy were following her now.

Well, ok it was more than that.

Let's just say that he literally could not sleep without her. He doesn't know when it started exactly, maybe a few weeks or so after he first met Lucy but he can't sleep without her with him. Kinda like some sort of security blanket. Just her being in his arms seemed to soothe everything bad in his mind and body, replacing it with pure bliss. She didn't know this of course but every night, even when she was on a mission, he and Happy snuck into her bed to sleep with her. He never did anything perverted to her. Just slept. (Unless you count morning wood and he can't control that!) He was just happy that she didn't find out. To her he only slept in her bed sometimes, not all the time.

How she never found out was simple: With Natsu being the Fire Dragon Slayer he was, when the fiery sun was awake so was he. He gets tired when the sun goes down, and wakes up early right when the sun comes up. Lucy is a "night owl". She goes to bed late (too late in his opinion) and sleeps in late. She's a deep sleeper too. Therefore, before she even wakes up, he's already out of there. At least to the point where she won't be too mad at him. He'd push his luck, trying to stay as long as he can with her but he didn't have to worry too much. Natsu having the incredible Dragon Slayer senses he had, he could sense when she'd wake up.

Piece of cake!

Unless he was really sleep-deprived, which he only ever is when he's not able to sleep next her, like when she has a sleepover where he'd be found (hint hint). He'd only sleep in because he needed to catch up with it. Those are the only times that she'd find him and get mad at him.

Most of the time when Lucy would go somewhere where they couldn't be with her to sleep, they would try to beg her to think otherwise, which only had 35% chance of changing her mind. If they somehow were able to convince her to stay and hang out with them and stay home, Natsu took every second like it was his last, playing games with her and making her laugh. But when she wasn't convinced, he'd stay at her place and try to take in her scent to calm him enough to sleep, though it would always be a restless night for him...

Oh, and Happy? He helps Natsu out. He knows how much his friend cared for Lucy. He probably knows too well. Natsu loves talking about Lucy just as much as he actually loves her! Happy, did you see what Lucy did?! Look at her! She's just so cute! She just helped that little old lady carry her groceries! She's so nice! Ain't she amazing?!...and it went on and on. But since he cared for his best friend and wants him to be the happiest he can be (even if it annoyed him sometimes), he is Natsu's wingman (Literally!) and has wanted to get Lucy and his Pink-haired buddy together since day 1! And earlier they came up with a plan to hang out with Lucy.

And that's why they were following her.

They watched as Lucy suddenly shook her head for some reason as she continued to the door of Fairy Hills. Levy opened the door, they chatted a bit, and Lucy goes in. Natsu looks down into his scarf where he keeps a picture of Lucy, Happy, and him, smiling as he looked then makes the signal to Happy that meant "Nin Nin"

Here we go!

That was what Natsu was going to say when all of a sudden a large hand clamped over his mouth and was pulled back. Natsu yelped against the hand, but was shushed immediately. Natsu finally came over the shock when he finally noticed who his so called kidnapper was.

Natsu thought he smelt Metalhead but he thought it was from Levy opening the door for Lucy. He glared up at Gajeel only for Screws for Brains to put a single finger to his pierced lips. Natsu was about to shout anyways but then there must be a reason for Gajeel's strange behavior so it must be important and nodded his head, showing that he would be quiet (for now at least). Gajeel took his hand off his mouth and pointed at...the woods? He looked down and saw Happy dramatically flail around in a tiny Pantherlily's paws.

As the boys made their way to the forest, staying to the shadows, Natsu couldn't help but ponder where they were going and why. Could Gajeel be thinking about playing a prank on the girls? Maybe but then why was he heading towards the woods? He could be wanting to train or fight, but then why would he stop Natsu from entering Fairy Hills? Did he want a sparring partner? Natsu has wanted to see how Gajeel would do against a giant magnet...

Saying that Natsu was annoyed was an understatement. He was pissed. This was taking away his time to hang out with Lucy for Mavis's sake! He was about to ask what was going on when Gajeel started climbing up a tree while Pantherlily started flying up with Happy still in a headlock. Natsu decided that it would be best if he just did as told right now (Even though being told what to do was his least favorite thing to do) and started to climb too. Alternating from branch to branch, the ground was around 30 feet below when he noticed the metal hatch within the leaves of the tree.

As soon as Gajeel and him were close to it the iron dragon slayer opened it, picked Natsu up and threw him in as Pantherlily floated in with Happy. Gajeel then came in himself and closed the hatch. Relaxing after he did so.

Oh, he did NOT just THROW me!

Natsu was about to punch Gajeel in the face when he noticed his surroundings. Wherever he was, it reeked of Gajeel, Lily, and... a faint smell that was familiar but he couldn't put his finger on it. It was a spacious room, the walls seemed to be made of metal boarded together. An old faded blue couch with a metal box with an intricate design on top of it's cushions was pressed against the wall, a large window sitting above it. There was a nearly empty bookshelf in the corner and various scraps and buckets of metal were everywhere.

"I'M FREE!" Happy shouted as he flew around the room in circles and loops.

"Sorry that I had to hold you down like that, it's just that you're pretty loud and we would've been caught," said Pantherlily quietly, crossing his tiny arms across his furry chest.

"Hehe, you do talk a lot Happy," Natsu snickered. He then whistled looking around the room. "What is this-!"

"Eek!" Happy cried, as his tail was grabbed and Natsu's mouth was covered yet again by Gajeel's hand.

"Quiet down the both of ya!" Gajeel whispered sternly in the blue cat's and pink-haired boys faces, who were resisting. He then looked out the window at Fairy Hills, specifically at the room where the girls were in. The Iron Dragon slayer relaxed once he realized that they weren't heard and looked back at them. "You're just lucky they didn't hear you loudmouths," He then sat down in front of them as they stared blankly at him. "Now tell me, what the actual fuck were you doing going that close to Fairy Hills?"

"Huh? Wait, where are we? What is this place?"

"My house, dipshit. Now answe-"

"Nice place, I guess. Too much metal in my opinion though. Spice it up a bit dude!"

Gajeel groaned, annoyed that he had to deal with this right now. "What were you doing at Fairy Hills?!"

"Oh, I wanted be with Lucy!" Natsu grinned brightly. Just the thought of her made him feel like he was in heaven. To him, she was an angel after all. "Wait a second-Hey! Why'd ya stop me?!"

"'Cause if you were any closer you'd have sounded the alarms, you dumbass."

"Hey, don't call me dumbass! You're the dumbass!"

"Shh! Listen to him," Pantherlily shushed him. Natsu pouted, he didn't like being quiet.

"So, you're telling me that you just wanted to see Bunny girl? Is that it?"

"Yeah! Do you know how I can be with her?!" Natsu looked up at Gajeel, eyes full of hope. Maybe Gajeel knew how he could get to his Lucy! What if Gajeel kidnapped Natsu and Happy to help them!

Gajeel scoffed. "Well, this is the nearest you can be to her without getting seen or caught. And lemme tell you, this place is a lot better than sleepin' on the ground where you wake up to bugs and shit crawlin' all ov'r you," the iron dragon slayer said as he got up and started walking toward a pile of metal. Although Gajeel was obviously done talking to Natsu and Happy, they were still confused.

"Wait! Is that it?!" Natsu threw his arms up in the air in annoyance. "You're not even gonna tell tell me why I'm here?!"

"You're here to be quiet. Now shut up, I'm busy."

"Busy doin' what?!"

There was no reply from the raven haired man as he dug through a pile of scraps, apparently searching for the best one.

Natsu was even more pissed now. All Gajeel did was ask him a few questions and then he leaves! Not even answering Natsu's own! Sure, Natsu and Gajeel weren't that close but come on! Natsu was about to explode in rage and confusion and force Gajeel to give him answers when Lily went in front of him put his little paw up, making the universal sign for wait a moment and padded up to Gajeel who was chewing on some screws. Natsu still wanted to explode though. First, Lucy kicked him out, then he didn't even get to be with Lucy like he wanted to and instead got kidnapped by Scrap Metal and is confused about everything! This was absolute bullshit!

Natsu was about to to say Fuck it! and stand up, jump out the window to go to Fairy Hills and see Lucy when he felt a little tap on his leg. He looked down to see Happy with both of his paws covering his mouth. Happy looked around, as if he was going to get in trouble, before taking his paws off his mouth and whispering "Do you think it's okay to talk now?"

"Yeah, little buddy. It's okay," Natsu said, throwing his idea of leaving out the window for a while as he patted Happy's head who started to purr slightly. He had noticed that he hadn't heard Happy in a while but was too caught up in his conversation with the Rust Bucket to really notice. While he patted Happy's head, he listened in on the quiet conversation that Pantherlily and Gajeel were having. Trying to see if he could get answers.

"-ily! What if he blabs to the whole entire guild?"

"He won't if he knows what's going on! You're both Dragon slayers, he'll probably understand. Maybe he can help you! Is it really that big of a deal?"

"Yes!"

"Why?" Lily asked.

"Because-" Gajeel started but then paused for a second. Gajeel glared over his shoulder and growled out, "Salamander, it's rude to eavesdrop."

Shit! Natsu thought. He sometimes forgot that Gajeel, as well as the other dragon slayers for that matter, had very good senses. He tried to play it cool by grabbing a metal hinge that he found that was near him and started playing with it. Acting as if it was interesting... It really wasn't.

"I wasn't eavesdropping..." Natsu mumbled. "And so what if I was? You should've told me stuff anyways!"

"Aye!" Happy shouted.

Gajeel was about to yell at them again, but he thought about if he did tell them. I've got nothing left to lose. Might as well... They already know about this place, and since these two are stupid they'll still probably blab about it... Gajeel thought as he came over to where the pinkette and his blue cat sat. Frustrated, the Black-haired male sat down and dragged Natsu to face him, pointing in the direction of Fairy Hills.

"Levy's at Fairy Hills. I go where Levy goes. But Fairy Hills doesn't allow boys, Master made Freed put runes around it, so no matter how hard you try you can't get in. Also they will sound the alarms," Gajeel took a bite out of a crooked screwdriver, crunching the hard metal like it was a saltine cracker. Then pointed the part of the screwdriver that was not in his mouth at Natsu who sat cross-legged on the floor, Happy in his lap.

"Yeah, and?" The pinkette was still confused, he knew all this. Every male and female in the town did. No boys were allowed, there were alarms and runes that were recently put there, and that Levy was there and a few other girls were there too. Natsu didn't really care if he got caught, he just wanted to see his Luce. He thought that maybe, just maybe, she would come back home with him if Happy and him somehow got her attention. So why was Gajeel all worked up? Did he want a boy's sleepover or something? Natsu shuddered at the thought.

"I was gonna tell you, dumbass," Gajeel rolled his ruby-like eyes and bit another chunk of the screwdriver. "But ya interrupted me. Anyways, if that alarm goes off they search the area, even if they found the person who caused the alarm, because it may be an ambush or somethin'. If they search the area and they find this place, my home, they'll take it down and move me somewhere far away from...It doesn't matter. Just don't be a fucking idiot again," Gajeel turned away slightly, his long hair blocking part of his face.

"So, what did that whole thing have to do with me?" Natsu said angrily, pointing to himself. "If I got caught, which I wasn't planning on doing, it's my business. Why am I here?!"

"Did you not listen to what he said?" Pantherlily spoke from the couch eating a kiwi. "If you would've sounded the alarms, we would have to move away from Levy!"

"LILY! What the hell?! Why would you tell him that?!" Gajeel jumped up, betrayed with his cheeks slightly tinted.

"You already said her name twice anyways!"

"I did?! Aw shit..."

"He likes~her!" Happy purred.

"Oh, so what you're saying is that if I sounded the alarms, you'd have to move, so then you wouldn't be close to Levy?" Natsu asked.

"Yes," Gajeel said. He finally gets it.

"Ok,now that makes much more sense," Natsu said. "You should've just said that earlier. I already knew that you like Levy. You could've just said that you need this place to be close to her. I'd have understood. My lips are sealed!" Natsu then put his fingers to his lips, making it seem like he was zipping it.

"Aye!" Happy agreed, copying Natsu's gesture.

Gajeel choked slightly on part of the screwdriver. "What?! How'd you know that I like Levy?! I've only told Lily this!" Gajeel shouted once he could speak again, looking like he might strangle Natsu.

"Well, it's kinda obvious. The fact that you're only nice to her and no one else says it all," Natsu replied, shrugging his shoulders then scratching the back of his head. "You should really try to be a better person and stop being an asshole Gajeel."

"What?! Where the fuck did that come from?!" Gajeel retorted. "And I'll have you know that just because I'm an asshole, doesn't mean I'm a bad person!"

"Uh huh, sure. Whatever you say..." Natsu said sarcastically, rolling his eyes.

"Why you-"

"Don't you two start fighting!" Pantherlily chided the boys in a soft voice, pointing to out the window toward the building. "You're already loud enough as it is! They'll hear you! So, KNOCK IT OFF!" Then the brown cat sat down again with his big bowl of the brown and green fruit and continued to eat it. "It feels like I have to be the adult around here..." The brown cat grumbled.

The dragon slayers were stunned. Even though Lily was still tiny when he scolded them, he always makes up for it with his authoritative and deep voice, ordering them as if he were back commanding the troops in Edolas again.

"Why can't I be that cool..." Happy said.

"Alright, alright. Don't get your tail in a twist Lily," Gajeel sighed. "Are ya gonna stay here or what?"

"Uh, what?" Natsu blinked, finally out of his stupor."You mean, I can...stay?"

"I don't care what ya do, just don't do anythin' stupid. And don't bug me."

"...Hey, Gajeel?"

He groaned in annoyance and turned around. "What now?"

"Thanks..."

Gajeel snorted and smirked. "Whatever, you damn freeloaders."

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PLEASE READ!

So yeah... I like everything until Gajeel took Natsu. So I don't know if I should try again with that part or leave it or whatever.

Should I try to redo this chapter or not? Please let me know! I'd love to get feedback!

Love, Maddie