notes: hahaha I bet a lot of you hate me for disappearing for so long... sorry, sorry! you can kill me later.

"Are you insane? Have you lost your marbles? I knew not having a job was going to break you. You're suicidal, actually, right? You know I'm here to talk if you need me, Lu."

Lucy could only roll her eyes as she listened to her best friend ramble on and on about how crazy and stupid she was for going back to a place where a guy could kill her so instantly and she could only sigh. She knew why Levy was so pressed and angry at her for taking the job and going back the next day. If Levy was in her shoes, she would be the same way. In all honesty, she didn't even know herself why she was going back. Sure, she felt a little sympathy for the Dragneel's but is her life really less important than fixing this issue?

"Are you even listening to me? Do you understand your life could be in stake?"

"Levy," Lucy groaned out, setting her cup of tea down. "I get it, I really do. But you have to realize that I'm doing a good deed and helping these people out. Zeref is actually very sweet."

"It doesn't matter! The other one is the one you should worry about! What if you accidentally touch something of his again and he snaps and next thing you know I'm planning a funeral for you!"

Lucy threw Levy a hard look making the blue-haired woman sigh, pressing her hand against her forehead.

"Okay, fine, have it your way but when he starts acting crazy and something ever happens don't tell me I didn't tell you so because I did!"

"Okay, Levy, I got it." The blonde got up to dump the remaining tea she had in her cup and put the empty cup into the sink. She grabbed her purse and sighed, giving the woman a slight smile. "I got to go. Have a good day and I'll call you when I'm on my way home."

"That is if you even make it home..." Levy muttered under her breath making Lucy throw her another look. "Yeah, yeah, whatever. Have a good and safe day at work."

Rolling her eyes for the millionth time, Lucy grabbed her keys and walked out the door leaving the small woman to huff and puff in frustration.

Honestly, how dumb is she?

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Rolling up to the Dragneel house in the middle of nowhere once more, Lucy cut her engine and sat in her car for a second to look up at the large house in front of her. Millions of things ran through her head as she could hear Levy's voice screaming at her to turn around and go back before it was too late but then she saw someone come out of the house making her voice disappear. To her surprise, it was Natsu and she watched as he stood on the porch, the look of irritation still present on his face as if it never goes away.

She watched as he ran a hand through his odd-colored hair and then pull out a cigarette before lighting one and taking a huge drag.

The puff of smoke descended into the air above him and that's when she caught his eye making her entire body grow cold.

She quickly grabbed her things to come out the car to try and avoid looking like some creep staring at some guy smoking outside his house.

She awkwardly walked up towards the front door as she felt his eyes on her, sweat slowly pooling on her hairline.

"Uh, good morning." She muttered out receiving a grunt in response. "Is Zeref inside?"

She got another grunt and she finally looked up at him to see him not even paying attention to her. And then the smell hit her and her nose crinkled.

"Are you smoking pot?"

The question came out abrupt and it made her freeze, her eyes widening as she realized she said that out loud. To the guy who has anger issues. To the guy who could probably kill her in 0.3 seconds. To a guy she just met.

Natsu turned to look at her making her tense slightly, the hard look making it harder for her to stay calm.

"Mind your fucking business." Was all he said making her frown and watch him take another drag before he threw the end away into the bush in front of him. He turned to walk into the house as he gave her a sharp look, disappearing into the house in front of her.

Lucy could only exhale loudly as she just felt like she was on death row or something.

Seriously? She just had to ask.

"Lucy?" A voice came from the doorway making her look up and see a friendlier face. "What are you doing just standing there? Come on in!"

"Hi, good morning," she flushed slightly as she walked inside the house, Zeref closing the door behind her. "how are you?"

"I'm alright," he flashed a warm smile as he walked past her into the kitchen making her follow. "you want anything? There isn't much but we have muffins and bagels and such."

"It's okay, I ate before I came." The blonde offered a slight smile as she looked around the now clean kitchen. "You kept the place clean."

"Oh yeah," he chuckled as he started to clean his mess up. "you worked so hard on it, I didn't want to mess anything up. Thank you so much for that, by the way. You're a life saver."

Lucy finally relaxed as she started to feel welcome once more, watching how Zeref finished his coffee and put it in the skin, wiping the counter to ensure no spills were present.

She still didn't understand how these two were related. Natsu was so... angry and dark but Zeref was so nice and bright.

"Hey, I'm going to leave my credit card for you so do you mind going grocery shopping later?"

"Of course not!" Lucy smiled as Zeref pulled out a card out of his wallet to hand to her. "Anything in particular you want? Do you have a grocery list?"

"Nothing too specific. I need you to pick up some toilet paper and stuff like that and the list is right here," he pointed to his fridge to show her the small list of what he wanted. "You're the head of the house now so you buy whatever you like and cook whatever your heart desires. Natsu and I eat anything, we're not picky about anything so do whatever you like." He smiled warmly making her smile right back. "I have to head out and I hope today is a better day. Natsu seemed less... everywhere."

At the mention of Natsu, Lucy frowned slightly as she remembered what she saw before she came inside. Was it something she should bother mentioning? Did he even know Natsu smoked pot?

"Have a good day," she said softly making Zeref smile.

"You, too. Remember, head of the house!" He threw a finger into the air as he proceed to put his shoes on. "Bye Natsu!" He shouted towards the stairs before giving Lucy one last smile. "I'll be home around dinner time. Good luck," he winked before he walked out the door making her let out another sigh.

Luck is what she needed alright... Natsu was a handful for someone who kept to himself most of the time.

Once she watched Zeref's car drive away, she turned around and jumped when he saw Natsu standing at the foot of the stairs, her eyes widening and her body tensing up once more.

"Did you tell him?"

"E—excuse me?"

"Did you tell him about what you saw this morning," he hissed out in a irritated manner making her shake her head. "good. Don't." And with that, he turned around to go up the stairs but stopped when he heard Lucy's voice come out.

"Why? He's your brother and—"

"I'm going to tell you this again because it seems like you didn't hear me this morning," Natsu cut her off as he turned to give her a sharp look. "Mind. Your. Fucking. Business."

Lucy frowned as she watched him disappear up the stairs. Why did he have to be so rude? She wasn't trying to offend him or anything but he always took it the wrong way like she was shitting on his parade. But why did he even smoke pot? Did it help with his anger? Why did it matter if Zeref knew or not?

Sighing once more, Lucy turned around and walked back into the kitchen. She had a busy day ahead of herself before Zeref came back. Today, she was planning on cleaning the exterior of the house.

Hopefully Zeref comes home before she was murdered by his jackass of a brother.

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With her hair up in a messy bun and sweat dripped down her face, Lucy looked up at the cleaner and neater house which sparkled and shined like a brand new home on the market. She should do this for a living—she enjoyed cleaning and looking at her work of art after a hard works day.

Pulling out her phone, she checked the time to notice it was a little past twelve making her sigh and look up at the house again.

She's been cleaning for four hours straight... and to her disappointment, she found a lot of roaches of pot scattered all over the house. She also had to go grocery shopping and Natsu is probably hungry, too.

And as if it was on cue, the door opened and Natsu came right out, the same irritated look on his face as if it was permanent.

"Hey," his gruff voice echoed through the yard. "I'm hungry. When are you going to cook lunch?"

Letting out a sigh, the blonde planted her hands on her hips. "I'll get to it after I go grocery shopping."

"You mean there's no food in the house?"

"No... that's why I said after I go grocery shopping."

"Fucking christ," he shouted out, pressing his hand against his face. "you're fucking useless."

"Excuse me?"

It must have been all the hard work she's been doing or the hot sun beating down on her skin but she was getting irritated, too. Useless? She was the most useful person in this household. She does everything. Natsu was probably the most useless as he just sleeps, eats, and stays locked up in his room. She barely saw him and every time they had an encounter, he just was so rude and she was getting tired of it.

She'll probably regret this conversation later when she's dead but right now, she didn't care.

"I'm probably the most useful person here as I cook, clean, and do your dirty work for you while you smoke pot and stay locked up in your room. And if you're going to smoke and not have your brother know, the least you can do it not throw the roaches around the yard. I have a whole bag full of it and you're just disgusting for littering that everywhere."

"I told you to mind your fucking business!"

"I am!" She shouted right back catching her by surprise, too. "But it's hard when you flaunt your business everywhere!"

Natsu looked surprise as she was yelling right back at him and in all honesty, she was surprise, too.

"I'm going grocery shopping," she clicked her tongue in disapproval, walking towards the front door. A part of her wanted to just turn around and walk far away from him but she had to go inside to grab her purse and that grocery list. She felt his heated stare on her the entire time, brushing past him to open the door but she was stopped when she felt his rough hand grab her and shove her to the wall making her gasp out in surprise.

"Don't," he hissed out. "ever talk to me like that. I'll ruin you."

Lucy felt her heart jump out of her throat as she stared right into his hard bright eyes, her eyes wide and her entire body cold. His face was right in hers and if she could, she could just shove him aside and hop into her car and never look back.

But she was stronger than this and she couldn't be afraid of him forever. It was the second day and honestly, she couldn't deal with it.

"Then ruin me," she hissed right back out, pressing her hand against his chest to push him away. "I'm going grocery shopping."

Pushing past him once more, she made it inside the house this time and she rushed to grab her purse and the grocery list from the fridge to turn around to have Natsu standing by the door. This time, he didn't say anything as he went up the stairs, the blonde watching how he disappeared into his room once more with a loud slam of his door.

How did that thing even withstand all that slamming?

Grabbing her keys and going out the door, Lucy rushed to her car to let out the breath she didn't know she was holding. And just like that, the tears started to fall and a sob flew out of her mouth as her entire body trembled in fear.

"I can't do this," she whimpered out, pressing her hands against her face. "I can't handle this."

Looking up at the house she just cleaned, Lucy let the tears stream down her face. She loved Zeref, he was so nice but she couldn't deal with Natsu's attitude and anger anymore because once he puts his hands on her, it is over. And she didn't want to stay until that day came.

Digging into her purse, she pulled her cellphone out to send Zeref a text but just like that, he sent her a text making her stop and stare.

How are things? I hope you are doing okay! I'm going to bring home some dinner for all of us so just worry about lunch! BTW do you like cats? I found this super cute cat and it reminded me of you and I'm going to bring this cat home. Did you know cats can be blue? LOL

Lucy let out a sigh and a small smile crawled up her lips.

She couldn't let Zeref down... he was counting on her to stay strong and keep up with his hectic life.

Punching into a quick answer, Lucy turned her car on and drove towards the nearest grocery store.

"I can do this."

Everything is great. Blue cats seem a little... weird. See you tonight.

It was a little past six when Zeref's car pulled up and Lucy was quick to get to her feet and go to the door. She hasn't seen or talked to Natsu since their little heated match and she was pretty grateful that he kept to himself. Even when she came home and made food, he was quick to grab it without seeing or talking to her when she stepped outside for a second.

Opening the door and seeing a friendly face, Lucy threw herself on the man in relief. Zeref fell back slightly but he caught himself, looking down at the blonde who held onto him as if he was her lifeline.

"Is everything okay?"

"Yes," Lucy let out a sigh. "I'm just glad to see you."

Lucy pulled away and smiled at the man who smiled right back, adjusting the bag and box he held. "Glad to see you, too. Alrighty, let get inside and eat! I brought home Mexican." He gave a grin making her follow him inside. "Natsu! I'm home, get down here! I have food and a present for you!" he shouted as soon as he got inside making Lucy look up at the stairs in worry.

She really didn't want to see or talk to him again but she couldn't avoid him forever. Especially in his own home.

She listened to him coming down the stairs and just decided to keep her eyes casted down as she pulled the to-go boxes out of the plastic bag to prepare dinner. She tried to just keep her eyes on the happier Dragneel, offering a smile as he sent her a reassuring one.

"What?" His gruff voice was enough to make her smile drop.

She felt his heated glare once more and she let out a sigh.

"Look what I got you," Zeref sounded giddy, putting the box up on the counter to push towards the male. "open it."

"What is it?"

"Open the box," the older brother sighed as he watched Natsu eye him suspiciously before stepping forward and slowly opening the box.

Lucy only looked to see his reaction but his facial expression didn't change as he stared down at the item in the box.

"A fucking cat?" He sounded offended. "You got me a fucking cat?"

"Not just a cat," Zeref offered a smile as he reached in and pulled the odd-colored cat out. "it's a therapeutic cat. His name is Happy and I got him for you."

"I don't need a goddamn animal," Natsu hissed out, his eyebrow furrowed. "take that back."

"No," Zeref sighed as he put the cat down. "he is part of the family, now."

Natsu looked disgusted, walking over to Lucy to grab a box that was in front of her which made her flinch. He shot her a look and scoffed, grabbing one of the boxes and a fork before turning around and walking away once more. Once they heard that slam of his bedroom door again, the two looked at one another.

Lucy offered Zeref a reassuring smile but he could only offered a small one back, pulling Happy down to the ground and taking the box off the counter.

"I tried," he shrugged as he went on over to where she was to grab the other to-go box to sit down. "well, let's just eat. How was your day? I noticed you cleaned outside," he chuckled as Lucy flushed. "what is with you and cleaning? Like a secret fetish?"

Poking at her rice, Lucy laughed slightly. "No, I just don't like when things are messy. I prefer when things are neat and clean."

Zeref could only smirk as he ate his food, pointing his plastic fork her way as he raised a brow. "You're like, a perfect wife. You cook and clean and you're very beautiful," he commented making her cheeks flush once more. "Oh, sorry," he grimaced. "I hope your significant other doesn't take offense to that comment."

"I don't have anyone," she muttered as she put a spoonful of rice into her mouth.

"Excuse me?"

"I'm... not in a relationship." She blushed once more, looking up at Zeref who gave her a surprised look. "What?"

"No, I just—" he chuckled. "I'm just a little surprised, that's all."

"Why?" She felt the corners of her mouth start to curl up.

"Because... you're a wife," he smiled right back. "people are crazy to not see how great you are."

Looking up at the dark-haired Dragneel, Lucy couldn't help but blush and smile down at her plate, her stomach doing all sorts of flips.

"Thanks... you're pretty great, too."

"Just pretty great?" He teased making her giggle.

"Alright, you're great."

"That's what I thought," he snickered before he looked down to see the small kitten mewing up at him. He reached down and picked him up, setting him back up on the counter. "welcome to the family, little guy." He whispered, offering him a small piece of fish from his taco as Happy happily ate the food.

Lucy could only watch the scene as she smiled once more, silently eating her dinner as she realized this isn't so bad. Well, only when Zeref is around. She didn't know about Natsu... but she was determined to make it happen.

She was going to pull through and one day, maybe just one day, he'll see what a great person she was, too.

A perfect wife.

"Natsu... please..." Lucy whimpered out as the male held her down, his rough hands keep her arms pinned above her head. His grunts and groans filled her ear and she let out a cry of her own as her body trembled in bliss.

Looking up at the sweaty man on top of her, she noticed that his facial expression was softer and much more relaxed than his normal expression. And she liked it a lot more.

"Natsu!"

Leaning down to suck on her pale shoulder, Lucy moaned against his. She felt her neck and shoulders pulsing with every love mark her gave her, her legs trembling as he trusted into her so hard and so good she felt like she was going to break.

Soon she felt his hands slip from her wrist to grab her hands, interlocking their fingers for her to open her eyes and look up at the man who looked right down at her.

She felt her stomach doing all sorts of summersaults and the butterflies seemed to escaped somehow because right now, Natsu Dragneel was inside of her and she was enjoying it.

Throwing her head back, she let out a scream and just like that, everything went black.

"Lucy!"

Opening her eyes and squinting into the darkness, Lucy felt her entire body shiver as sweat drenched her from her head to her toes. She looked around to notice that she was in her bedroom and not on top of Natsu riding him until the morning.

"Lucy," she heard again and she looked up to see an irritated looking Levy. Her hair was everywhere and she stood in front of her bed, her arms crossed against her chest. "were you having a bad dream or something? I came in here because you kept making noise and I tried waking you but Jesus Christ you are one heavy sleeper."

"W—what?"

"Were you having a bad dream?"

"Dream?" She echoed until she remembered her erotic dream she had making her blush. "Uh y—yeah, sorry. Did I wake you?"

"No shit," Levy sighed. "are you okay? Do you need to talk about it?"

"No," the blonde shook her head, sitting up. "no, no. It's okay. Uh, sorry, you can go back to bed." She offered a sheepish smile making Levy sigh again. "Goodnight."

"Goodnight, Lu." She said before turning around and leaving her bedroom to go back to own bed.

That left Lucy to sit by herself, millions of questions running through her mind like what the hell was that dream about? An erotic dream featuring the guy who she hates and pretty much hates her, too? Why in the world was she having a wet dream about Natsu Dragneel? But good god, why was he so good in bed?

Lucy felt her cheeks warm up and she shook her head, giving her cheeks a quick slap to wake herself up.

But seriously... Natsu Dragneel?

"What the hell."

notes: okay, now you can kill me. send me as much death treats you'll like lolol I'm sorry. I got super busy and then I got a boyfriend and then he dumped me to go into the military and move to fuckin Kansas and I'm going to college and uh yeah! tell me how you spent this year and a half :) I love you all.