Happy LoLu Week! I'm Ty8, returning for Day 4! Today's prompt is "Transcendence", which I seem to spell wrong a lot, according to autocorrect. ;-)

For those of you that don't know, (and I was one of you) transcendence means "existence or experience beyond the normal or physical level."

If I was going to do a lemon, this would be a great lemon, but, sadly, I'm not really a lemon person. I'll read them, but I can't write them. Maybe next year!

Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail or any of it's awesome characters, sadly.

She wasn't "drunk". That was putting it lightly. She was "crashing into people and barely managing to recognize her surroundings" drunk. As she slowly wandered ever so closer to her apartment, she vaguely recalled the reason she had overdosed so badly on alcohol. She usually knew when to stop drinking and go home, because she'd never been one to easily hold her liquor.

As she remembered that fact, the blond mage stumbled towards the nearest alley, looking and feeling as sick as Natsu on a train. She'd never live this night down.

Flashback

"So, Lucy, how was your date?" Cana asked her.

The mere thought of her most recent date made her scowl. Cana laughed.

"I take it that he didn't work out?" she smiled slyly. She nodded.

"He was a complete jerk! He took me to a bar instead of an actual restaurant and spent the night trying to convince me to hook up with him! I left 15 minutes ago, and I really need a drink. Something to erase the all-too-clear memories of that bar. The food wasn't even good, and I'm irritated and not in the mood to go home right now."

Her friend nodded and called Mira over.

"Good evening, Lucy! How are you?" the cheerful barmaid asked. She frowned.

"Not very happy at all, Mira. Can I have something to drink? Preferably something strong?"

Mira pulled out a small glass and reached under the counter, uncapping a bottle and pouring an amber liquid into the cup. She slid it over to the blond wizard, and Lucy drank it all down in one shot, before motioning for more. Mira looked uncomfortable about it, but she refilled the glass for Lucy.

"So, are you going to look for another boyfriend anytime soon?" Cana questioned her, but Lucy shrugged.

"Who knows? Maybe I should give up on boyfriends. The single life isn't horrible." she replied.

"Are you sure? You could ask around the guild. There's plenty of options. What about Natsu? He seems to like you?"

Lucy chocked on the liquor she was swallowing, coughing as she tried to breathe.

"Natsu? You mean the guy who breaks into my apartment and eats all my food with his flying blue cat? Yeah, great boyfriend material." she scoffed.

"Alright, what about Gray?" Cana suggested. Lucy shook her head and called Mira over to refill her glass again.

"Nah. He's not interested in me, and even if he was, Juvia would drown me and probably take you guys out too."

Cana chuckled at the though. "You're right. How about someone from another guild? That guy, Hibiki from Blue Pegasus? He was kinda cute."

"No." Lucy said, and the two of them were silent for a while, both girls finishing off another glass of alcohol.

Then Cana got a look in her eyes.

"What about Loke?"

Lucy froze, the name taking her mind a few seconds to register.

"Wait. You mean my Spirit, Loke?" she asked, wide eyed.

"Yeah. He was good looking, and he seemed to have a crush on you. Why not give it a shot?"

The blond wizard blinked, a response ready to tumble out of her mouth, but her mind suddenly got a little hazy, and her words were lost before she could voice them. Instead, she said something stupid.

"Sure. Why not?"

And downing the last of her drink, she got off the stool she had been sitting on and walked out of the guild and into the evening air, stumbling as her mind finally caught up to her.

End Flashback

A bright flash startled Lucy as she tried to figure out where she was. Of course, Loke had come out.

"Good evening, Lucy. It's a beautiful night- Are you drunk?" he asked, recoiling a little in surprise. She rolled her eyes.

"Point for the Lion!" she said, and shook her head, trying to focus again.

"Would you like help getting home?" he offered. The blond mage considered the pros and cons, before finally agreeing.

"But we're going to my house, and then you'll go home, okay?" she told him, and he couldn't figure out if it was a rhetorical question or not. He nodded, just to be on the safe side.

They were at her apartment in a few minutes, and Lucy fumbled for her key, dropping it several times before Loke finally took it and opened the door. She walked in and fell onto the couch in the middle of the room. He sat down next to her.

"You should probably go to bed. I can move a trashcan next to your bed for when you wake up, and I'll check for some aspirin. Trust me, I've had a hangover before, and I don't think you have, so it would be best if you stayed home tomorrow. The guild is noisy and the lights are bright, which is a bad combination after drinking too much. Maybe sleep for the day, and I can go to the guild tomorrow and make sure that no one, especially Natsu, bothers you-"

He stopped talking, because Lucy was poking at one of is ears. She tugged on the point, and giggled.

"You have kitty ears! I never noticed that you have cute kitty ears!"

Loke sighed.

"Can you not prod at them? It's uncomfortable." he asked her, and the drunk girl pouted.

"You're no fun. Come on, Leo! You're usually more fun than this!"

He looked at her. "I'm not going to hit on you when you're drunk. And since when do you call me Leo?"

"Since I found out that you have kitty ears." she replied seriously. Loke cracked a grin.

"I see. Well, I think you should go to bed now, and I'll check on you tomorrow, okay?" he said, and faded away into golden sparkles.

Lucy frowned. She didn't want him to leave. They were having a conversation!

Reaching for he keys, she grasped Loke's.

"Open, Gate of the.. Leo? Loke? No, wait..."

She took a deep breath and held the key up again.

"Open, Gate of the Lion! Loke!"

He returned in a flash of light, looking confused.

"Lucy?"

She gave him a pouty look.

"We were talking and you left, so I brought you back." she said, and he groaned.

"Fine, what do you want to talk about?"

She was quiet for a few seconds, before looking straight at him, a question already being formed in her mind.

"Leo, are you a good boyfriend for me?"

The question caught him completely off-guard, and he nearly fell over in shock.

"W-What?"

Lucy sighed. "Cana suggested you as a boyfriend because none of the other people she thought of were interesting to me. Are you a good boyfriend?"

He blinked, trying to understand.

"You're asking if I'm a good... boyfriend? Why? Do yo want me to be your boyfriend?"

"Maybe. Are you a really good kisser?" she asked, and his mind was frozen.

"Uh, I'm not that amazing, but I do have experience..." he said, and she smiled at him.

"Show me."

He was silent for a couple of minutes before backing away from her.

"No, I'm a gentleman, and I do not take advantage of people while they aren't in their right mind. As much as I'd love to, you'll be upset in the morning. Go to bed, Lucy."

He turned around and was starting to vanish again when she grabbed the back of his suit tightly and pulled him back, turning him around until they were nose to nose.

"I'd only be upset if I didn't want to kiss you. I do."

And without any sort of warning, she pressed her lips to his own. It was an odd sensation, because he was disappearing, but there was a warmth to it that made her shiver a little. She couldn't really describe the feeling because it was beyond words.

And then he was gone, vanishing from her apartment in sparkle of gold.

"Owww, my head..."

She had woken with a headache worse than any she could remember. She wanted to blame Cana, but it wasn't the brunette's fault. She chose to drink yesterday.

Blinking to get the weariness out of her eyes, she felt a sudden sensation go through her, and felt nauseous. Hurrying to get to the bathroom, she rushed to get out of bed and landed one of her feet in her kitchen trashcan which wasn't there yesterday. Not caring, she grabbed it and began throwing up the contents of her stomach. As it turned out, liquor can burn just as much going up as it can going down.

Finished, she carefully got off the edge of her bed and, taking the trashcan with her, opened the door of her bedroom to see a familiar Celestial Spirit cooking some not-bad scrambled eggs. And that was impressive, because the only other time someone cooked for her was Natsu on her birthday, and he burnt everything to a crisp. She ended up eating at the guild that day.

"Loke?"

He turned around, looking a little surprised.

"You're looking better than I expected. Did the trashcan come in handy already?"

She nodded mutely.

"Good. I made you some breakfast, and earlier I told Mira to tell people at the guild not to bother you. I also locked all of your windows."

Lucy just nodded at him, coming a little closer. He scooped some eggs onto a plate and added a fork, placing it on the kitchen counter. Once she was within arm's reach, she slowly put her trashcan down and grabbed Loke's face with her hands, pulling him in towards her and kissing him fiercely. He was momentarily stunned, and as she pulled away, he just blinked.

So it wasn't a dream." Lucy said softly, and, grabbing the plate of eggs, walked back into her room, taking the trashcan with her. Once the door closed, she began squealing.

And Loke only smiled.

Okay, that was much longer than I was expecting, but I hope it was good! This had to be my best romance one-shot ever!

*does victory dance*

Smell ya later,

Typhlosion8