Shelbi's note:The book mentioned in this story is a real book by Helene Wecker and it's pretty awesome if you want to check it out ;)

Disclaimer: Fairy Tail and its characters belong to Hiro Mashima

Two days passed since Natsu was deposited in Lucy's care and in that time his sickness morphed into a cold. Which meant, much to Lucy's joy, she had to take care of a sneezy, whiny Natsu.

"LUSHEE!"

Lucy flinched back. She was at her desk trying to write her novel while Natsu lay in her bed. For the past two days she had to cater to Natsu's demands. Needless to say she was sick of being a maid.

"Yes, Nastu?"

"Can I have s'more soup?" He pleaded.

Lucy made the mistake of looking at him. His nose was all red and his eyes were watery. And even though he grated her nerves for the past two days, when he looked up at her with his big pleading eyes, her heart melted and she got up.

"Chicken Noodle?"

"With extra hot sauce, please!" He said a giant smile spread on his face.

She went to the kitchen and reheated some leftover soup from earlier. She then brought it over with a jar of hot sauce to a grinning Natsu. Then she sat back down to continue writing.

SLLLUURRPP

Lucy forced her eyes closed.

He was seriously the most annoying eater ever and she was this close to either bludgeoning him with a book or smothering him with a pillow. Whichever would be more painful.

SLLLLUUURRRRPPP

Stay calm Lucy you don't want to go to the effort of hiding the body. It's too much work she thought to herself. Of course staying calm would have been much easier if this hadn't been his fifth bowl of soup today and it was only noon.

BUURRPPP "AHH thanks, Lushee! You're the best!"

She refocused herself on writing her book. Just as she was starting to get inspiration Natsu started shuffling around on her bed. Then he started groaning. When she kept ignoring him he grew louder.

"WHAT NATSU?! I'm trying to focus! Can you please keep it down?" Lucy said frustrated.

"But I'm booorrreeddd." He whined.

"Why don't you just sleep, you'll get better faster."

"'M not tired." He sniffled.

Lucy sighed, "Where'd Happy go? He'll keep you company."

"He said I was too snotty and went to hang out with Charle. The little traitor."

Lucy couldn't argue with that. "Then I don't know. Why don't you read? I have plenty of books."

"URGGH…. I don't like to read." He grumbled.

Suddenly he pushed himself up from where he was cuddling with oner of her pillows and smiled.

"Ah know! Why don't you read to me?"

Lucy blanched. "What?!"

"Yeah! You're always going on and on about how I should read or how awesome this book is and stuff. Plus its got to be less boring than sitting here doin' nothin'."

Lucy kept staring at him to make sure he wasn't joking.

"Pleaseee..." He begged. "I'm so bored!"

"Ok fine, scoot over." She walked over to her nightstand and grabbed the book she was reading. Natsu had obliged and wiggled over. Together they shared a shared a pillow.

"Ok so this one is called The Golem and the Jinni and it's-"

"Does it have monsters and fight scenes?" He asked as he punched at the air.

"Yeah, in a sense. The main characters are "monsters" and the Jinni uses fire magic so-

"AWESOME!"

"-but this story also has other dark magic and myths and love-"

"UGH, it's not mushy is it?"

Lucy punched his arm. "No its not mushy. Just be quiet and you can find out."

She cleared her throat. "The Golem's life began in the hold of a steamship..."

Erza walked up to Lucy's front step and opened the door. She decided to check in on Lucy to see how she was faring against taking care of Natsu. Happy flew beside her, deciding to come along only after Charle rejected him.

"Think Lucy has strangled Natsu yet?" Happy asked as they walked to Lucy's bedroom.

"I think bludgeoning him with a book is more her style."

"Lucy?" Erza called out.

There was no answer.

Together, they opened her bedroom door.

Lucy and Natsu lay on her bed snuggled together. Natsu had his head resting on Lucy shoulder with his left hand grasping her arm. Lucy had her head on Natsu's with the book laying open on her chest.

Happy clasped his paws together. "They're in loovvveeee!"

A smile appeared on Erza's face before grabbing Happy by the ear and dragging him out of the room.

"OW!"

"Come on. We'll come back later."

"AWW you ship Natsu and Lucy together, don't you Erza?! Its ok! I won't tell."

Erza only rolled her eyes at his comment.

Happy took that as a yes. "AYE SIR!"

So with Happy dragging along behind her, Erza walked back to Fairy Tail wondering when her two idiot friends would finally get together.