A/N: Short little lab partner drabble.

Hopefully the majors/preferred subjects I chose for Natsu and Lucy make sense. They did in my head.

"Natsu, I really don't think that's what you're supposed to be doing with the microscope."

"Calm down Lucy, I got this! I know what I'm doing."

Lucy sighed in resignation as she watched the pink-haired man sitting next to her fiddle with the dials and knobs on the very expensive-looking – and university owned – microscope in front of him. Ever since meeting in orchestra the semester before, the two cellists had become fast friends and decided to sync their schedules whenever possible. While English majors and Mechanical Engineering majors didn't share any program-related courses, there were still plenty of general education classes that had to be taken by all students.

What had started as two friends taking classes together to survive the monotony of generic filler courses had actually become a very beneficial arrangement. Lucy helped Natsu in all of the writing and creativity-based classes, where she personally excelled and went above and beyond. Natsu, on the other hand, had a mind that was more science and math oriented, something Lucy had become very grateful for. While both of the students' math skills were nothing to scoff at, it was nice to have someone to bounce answers and questions around with.

"There! I got it! Told you I knew what I was doing."

Natsu's smile was wide and proud as he motioned for Lucy to look through the eyepiece. Their assignment in their Biology lab was to observe a drop of pond water under a microscope and write down what kinds of organisms they saw. Natsu, as the Engineering major, had appointed himself as head of "microscope management", and spent about 10 minutes twisting and turning the various knobs and dials until he could finally get a clear picture.

Lucy wasn't sure what being an Engineering major had to do with using the microscope, but it made him happy so she had simply shrugged and waited.

Whatever she had been expecting to see when she looked through the microscope could not compare to the blobs and spindly little things that were aimlessly floating across her field of vision. There was so much life swimming around in that single little drop. Lucy marveled at all of the little beings wandering through the water before she suddenly snapped back to reality and remembered that they were supposed to be working on a class assignment, one that was due in about thirty minutes. Jerking upright with a small gasp, she grabbed her pen and a notebook, hissing at Natsu to get closer so they could get done on time.

Natsu couldn't help but attempt – and fail – to stifle a loud laugh as he watched Lucy go from calm and curious to flustered and huffy in the span of about three seconds. He'd grown accustomed to these reactions of hers, since she had a flair for the dramatic and seemed to do this pretty often. These moments were both common and comical for him.

The two friends spent the next half an hour bent over the microscope and their papers, quickly scribbling down their answers and discussing everything about the organisms – Natsu liked calling them "floaties" – until they were both sure they were sick of the little specks. They were one of the last groups to finish, racing to turn their completed assignments in and then speed walking out of the room, eager to rid themselves of the frighteningly sterile environment.

"See, I told you I would tune the microscope perfectly!" Natsu grinned proudly, locking his hands behind his head. "We didn't have to change it once to finish that assignment."

Lucy sighed, wearing a good-natured smile and shaking her head softly. "You're just lucky that we didn't have to do anything more complicated than describing a bunch of the 'floaties' that we saw. Otherwise there's no way we would have finished."

"Have some faith in my abilities, Luce!"

The two continued playfully bickering and teasing each other, yelling friendly insults and laughing as they continued down the street before parting ways. They had grown comfortable with each other, becoming close quicker than either of them had anticipated, and without even realizing it. The pair had become inseparable.

Ok, so the ending isn't great. I'm not happy with it but after I started writing this I wasn't quite sure where to go with it so I think it just rambles and doesn't really do anything.

If you have any suggestions for how I can improve, I would love to hear them! I actually love feedback of any kind as long as it isn't unnecessarily mean.