Almost forgot to put this up... Not great but I gave it a shot.

Disclaimer: Don't own Fairy Tail. Seriously, don't even own a manga, I watched it on Hulu.

Day 1: Eternity

Lucy sighed as she put bleach on the list again. Ever since Cobra had started taking refuge in her apartment she was running out weekly. It was starting to get as bad as when Natsu and Happy would eat everything in her kitchen. They had stopped coming around as much, which made it a bit bearable.

Idly she hoped that Cobra was over at Kinana's or at the guild house instead of waiting for her at home. She had discovered something about herself, and wanted to think it over privately, without him there.

She climbed the stairs to her apartment, exhausted. She had been lucky to pay her rent, and get food money. It was on that job that she found the book describing soul mates, and how to find them. People she would be with for an eternity. She felt lucky to have so many.

Not just one, huh. It's up to us to define what we want from each soul mate.

She sighed, knowing which one she wanted to spend the rest of this life with.

But it's not like he'll respond.

Putting away her groceries, she began to fix herself a small salad. It had been the first time in weeks that she had walked into her apartment to find that she had no company, and she was grateful for it. The long mission they had just gotten back from, and the spell it had required cast had given her a headache. The ability to see the strings of fate had yet to fade.

Each was colored by relation, or how they saw each other. Her bond with Natsu for instance, could develop into the bright white that would encompass all positive emotions, but for now, it stayed yellow. Natsu didn't think of her like she sometimes thought of him. She relaxed on her couch quickly finding her soul link to Natsu. It was dim due to distance, but the bright yellow from his end mingled with the light yellow from her. She had no doubt that if she hadn't seen it, that the light on her end would eventually turn white, though she would've had to wait a long time for Natsu to realize, and for his end to change.

Gray's was next, the deep blue showing how much trust she put in the ice mage. He was like her brother, and she had defined him as such for a long time now. It would take some serious redefining on both their parts to get that one to change.

Erza's and Wendy's soul bond link were the same color, showing the amount of trust and love for the two as well as the love they had for her. Lucy idly wondered if, in another world or life she might've loved them as more than friends and sisters. Each bond so far had held the hint of family. There were only a few that didn't. One of them, shone white in her vision, and she turned her focus onto that one. It was a bond that she had never really acknowledged. First because he had been on the wrong side of the battlefield twice. Then it was because she didn't know how to really talk to the reformed criminal. Now it was just because she had realized that she liked him, but she didn't want to get between him and Kinana.

The bright white taunted her, showing that he liked her back. She wondered if he had realized what he felt, or if he was just ignoring it because he thought she liked Natsu.

It had really hurt to see when we got back and I saw him at the guild. I hadn't even realized my feelings were so powerful. The light had hurt when I entered the guild and saw him.

She still remembered the panicked screams of her teammates as she fainted. She had woken up in her apartment, Wendy and Levy sitting nearby, each reading one of her unfinished manuscripts. Levy had looked up first, tears in her eyes, "Lu-chan! Why do you have to leave us hanging like that?"

Lucy smiled at the memory, for once not freaking out that someone was reading her manuscript without permission.

Throwing an arm over her eyes, Lucy lay back, wishing the spell would end the lights would fade. It was a blessing to have so many soul mates connected to her for eternity, but seeing it was giving her a headache. Her unrequited feelings didn't help.

Not so unrequited, she reminded herself, knowing the brightness of the light had come from both their strong emotions at seeing the other.

I love Cobra, she thought, smiling to herself, resolving to talk to him after the spell had faded.

She hoped he wouldn't resent her for her revelation as she fell asleep on the small couch.

Cobra froze at her window, having heard that last declaration. He had been worried since she fainted at the guild hall. He waited till he saw all members of her team and others that were known to hang out in her apartment before quickly vacating the guild hall and going to visit. Wendy had informed them that she had woken with no adverse effects but told everyone to stay away for a couple days. Like hell he was going to wait. Her apartment was quiet, with the exception of the soothing song of her soul.

He heard her heartbeat slow into a steady rhythm, and her breath even out, and slowly opened the window, a little surprised to realize he wouldn't have to avoid her on the bed.

Must've fallen asleep on the couch.

He moved around to it, and sure enough, there she was, legs half off the couch, hand over her eyes. He picked her up, moving slow so as not to wake her, and moved her to the bed. As he settled her, he began to go over each time he had seen her, starting with noting her obvious fear of both Midnight and Brain over everyone else, to when they met at the guild for the first time as guildmates. She had forgiven him and the rest of the Oracion Seis, but she had not forgotten. She had started off as wary of all of them, but had still opened her heart to them.

He had found it comforting to sit near her when neither her nor his teams were there to cause discord. Her soul song was soothing, even more so than Cubelios's. He had found himself in her apartment not long after being inducted into the guild. She had all but dragged him there so that he wouldn't end up poisoning everyone, Natsu in particular who had been demanding fight after fight. After that he had made it a regular thing, waltzing in when her team wasn't there, and he had lost his. She'd greet him with a smile and cup of bleach or some form of poison, and he'd sit on her couch. Sometimes they'd talk, but most times they'd just sit comfortably in each other's presence.

"Love you too, Bright Eyes," he whispered.

He wasn't prepared for her to respond.

"Good, now get in and keep me warm."

Face red, he did as bid, ridding himself of his shoes and coat, climbing in with her. She sighed, cuddling up close to him.

"What happened?"

Lucy groaned, thinking about the mission, and the spell, and what it had revealed. Cobra snorted, lightly brushing her hair from her face, "And you're the only one it affected?"

"I'm the one that cast it. I volunteered."

"Curiosity killed the cat."

"Satisfaction brought it back," she retorted, smiling, eyes still closed.

Cobra snorted, "I suppose this is where I officially ask you out?"

Lucy shrugged, opening one brown eye carefully, "Why? We haven't done anything conventionally from the start?"

Cobra snorted, "We do what I want to do and how I want to do it you won't be rid of me at all during this lifetime."

Lucy giggled, "We have an eternity. I'm sure I won't be rid of you for a couple life times."

Something inside him warmed, "Maybe in one of those lifetimes I'll deserve you."

"I think that's up to me," Lucy said, shutting her eye with a wince, "and I'm pretty sure I want you this lifetime. If you'll have me."

"No changing your mind after this happens," he growled, rolling her onto her back and getting on top of her.

"No changes," she agreed, opening her eyes fully, unafraid.

Cobra growled, leaned down, and kissed her.