Just a little NaLu fluff.

Hiro Mashima owns Fairy Tail.

Chapter 1

Lucy Heartfilia just finished her last errand for the day. She leaves the grocery store with her cart full of bagged goods and heads towards her car. It's easy to spot the solid blue, MINI Cooper because of the way the color stands out in the sea of cars.

After the blonde finishes loading her trunk, she closes it and pushes the cart towards the closest cart corral. On her way back to her car, she thinks about being at home. Once she puts her groceries away, she can get back to reading her romance novel. It's the only kind of romance her life gets.

Lucy hops in her car and turns the key in the ignition. Much to her surprise, her car utters a horrendous noise. She stops and waits a moment before trying again, only getting the same result. The blonde ignores the rising panic inside of her and steps out, popping the hood.

Making her way to the front of her car, Lucy props up the hood and takes a look. She instantly feels overwhelmed at the sight. The blonde doesn't know a thing about cars and has no clue where to even start. She sighs in defeat and takes out her trusty cell phone. Her brown eyes just stare down at it while she holds it in her right hand. Lucy can't even call a towing service for help. That's clearly out of the question.

The blonde decides to text her best friend who always keeps her phone on her.

Lucy: Levvvy, I need help D:

Levy: What is it, Lu?

Lucy: My car won't start… :c

Levy: Oh no! That's not good!

Lucy: Yeah…

Levy: Can you call for a tow?

Levy: Wait. Forget that last text.

Levy: Do you want me to call for you?

Lucy: If it's not too much to ask.

Levy: Where are you?

Before the blonde can respond, someone walks up to her.

"Car trouble?" a male voice asks.

Lucy looks up and sees a guy with pink hair. His spiky locks are haphazardly placed and a cowlick makes his bangs stick up in front. He's wearing grey coveralls with the upper part not properly around his torso, but tied around his waist. The stranger's exposed black v-neck is dirty and covered in grease, much like his coveralls. His hands for the most part are clean while some tanned skin along his arms and face are darkened.

"Need some help?" the pinkette asks.

The blonde nods and she steps aside.

The stranger sets his grocery bags down by the nearby tire and steps over to the hood to take a look. "What seems to be the problem?"

Lucy isn't sure what to do. She can't tell him her car won't start. An idea comes to her so she goes under the note app on her phone and starts typing.

The pinkette looks back at her and frowns. "I'm trying to help ya out."

Brown eyes look up she holds a finger out, silently asking for more time with pleading eyes.

The stranger straightens up and crosses his arms over his chest.

The blonde quickly finishes and thrusts her phone out.

His dark green orbs scan over the words, mouthing the words silently as he reads.

'I'm mute and can't talk. My car won't start and I'm not sure why. It was fine when I parked here maybe thirty minutes ago.'

The pinkette's body posture instantly changes. "Ah, man. I'm sorry!" He scratches the back of his head. "Maybe ya just need a jump. I'll bring my car around." He points to the empty spot over to the left. "Make sure nobody takes that spot!" Leaving his bags behind, the stranger takes off.

Lucy checks the texts she misses and finds they are all from her blue-haired friend.

Levy: I need to know where you're at before I can make the call.

Levy: Hello? Lu?

Levy: Lucy, answer me! I'm starting to worry!

Levy: Don't make me send Gajeel out to find you!

The blonde types a message, clarifying she's fine and receiving help from someone. She might have even thrown in her rescuer is a tad bit cute even if he's covered in grease. By the time she sends it, a red jeep backs into the open space. The pinkette parks and gets out, heading for his trunk.

"Name's Natsu by the way," he says as he makes his way around with jumper cables. "I work at a mechanic shop so I know what I'm doing."

Lucy goes back to her note app to type. Once the pinkette finishes hooking up the cables, he looks at her phone's screen.

'I'm Lucy. The only thing I know about cars is how to drive one. Thank you for helping me.'

"Don't thank me yet. I still hafta get your car working." Natsu walks over to his jeep and starts it up.

While the two wait, they strike up a conversation. The blonde uses her phone to communicate while the pinkette still uses his voice. Lucy finds herself enjoying the company.

Suddenly, the MINI Cooper roars to life.

The blonde smiles and quickly hugs Natsu, ignoring the grease she could get on her clothes. She steps back to sign 'thank you' to him again and again.

He grins. "You're welcome." While he takes care of the jumper cables, the pinkette talks. "Ya may wanna get it in the shop. I may not be around the net time it goes out on ya."

Lucy nods in agreement, already figuring out when she'd have the time to. An idea comes to her and she starts typing yet again.

After putting the cables back in his trunk where they belong, Natsu walks over again and picks up his grocery bags. He opens his mouth to speak but stops when he sees the blonde holding out her phone for him to read.

'Would you want to get lunch with me? It'd be my way of thanking you.'

"Like now?" he questions.

Lucy blushes and lowers her phone. Maybe she was being too bold. She had just met the guy.

"Er, no. I didn't mean that," the pinkette clarifies, and motions down at himself. "This isn't a good look for me."

The blonde rolls her brown eyes and types.

'You went shopping like that.'

So she did have a point, but that's not what Natsu was getting at. "I'd like to look nice for ya is all."

Lucy blushes and types again.

'If it would make you feel better, would you want to clean up beforehand?'

The pinkette nods eagerly. "Totally. I say we meet at a restaurant called 8-Island. They have good grub there if ya have never been before."

The blonde smiles and nods. She enjoyed eating there.

Natsu decides to go out on a limb with a question of his. "Hey, how about I text you so we know when to meet? I ain't sure how long it'll take for me to get scrubbed clean."

Lucy opens a new contact and hands her phone over to him.

The pinkette grins and enters his information in. "Make sure to text me your name," he says, handing it back to her.

The blonde gets right on it and just texts her first and last name over. He put Natsu Dragneel as his contact name so it was only fair she did the same.

"Okay"-he glances down at his phone-"Lucy Heartfilia, I'll see ya later."

She smiles and waves goodbye.

Both drivers get in their vehicles and drive way, heading in different directions.

Lucy considers herself lucky that Natsu was around to help her. Clearly it was the right place, right time kind of scenario for her car to give her a problem. If it happened somewhere else or even at another time, she wouldn't have met that cute mechanic. Even with the grease, he was still pretty cute.

The blonde did disagree with his earlier comment. The grease was a good look for him.