Date: 9/26/16

Time: 10:58 pm

Listening To: Youth (Kasum Remix) - Troye Sivan

with your touch, i burned.

Everyday Lucy longed for color.

The blonde could see fine, but as she tapped at the soft skin of her forearm, as usual, nothing happened.

Then again, that was the job of her soulmate.

The world was a strange place. According to tradition, when soulmates connect physically, a color representing their emotions radiates from the point. Unfortunately, in most cases fate was cruel and the two could be placed at opposite sides of the world, never even getting to see the face of their fated love.

Lucy Heartfilia however, was not one of those cases.

And there she sat in the quiet coffee shop, sipping on her mug as she watched the early winter frost cloud the window beside her. She waved goodbye to the cashier as she made her way out, the familiar jingle of the door being drowned in the commotion of the Magnolia roads. Adjusting her coat, she set out on her walk home.

Lucy hummed softly to herself once she was a few blocks away from her apartment, the streets thankfully much quieter on this side of the city.

The blonde took slight notice of two men running towards her, or at least that's what it initially looked like. As the two men grew closer, she realized one was chasing the other. The latter yelling out a few choice words she'd rather not mention. As they rushed past her, she noticed the man in front start to slip on the frozen sidewalk, Lucy tried calling out a quick warning, but was cut off as she was suddenly yanked down.

Thud.

She winced as she felt a sharp pain shoot up her leg, whipping her head around to meet the face of the young man. Lucy's voice cut off as she realized the man was staring intently at her elbow, his sharp eyes widened with amazement. The blonde took in the time to asses who this jerk was, or at least gain an appearance so she could avoid him in the future. He was wearing a thin leather jacket and beanie, (surprising since it was practically below freezing.) she thought to herself, with a few tufts of pink seeping out from the hat. He looked back up at her, a eye squinting smile breaking out on his god forbiddingly handsome features.

"It's her!" He cried out happily as he turned around to call his friend over.

Lucy looked at his in confusion, the young man too giddy to even notice.

"You say that about every girl you run into, asshat." The other replied, making Lucy's ground companion frown.

"I'm positive Gray, I saw it!" He whined, throwing a hand back to point at the girl's elbow.

Lucy cut them off before they could get any further in their argument, "Could you please explain what you..saw?"

The pink haired man jumped to his feet, "Let me help you up."

"I asked you a question."

"Just watch, weirdo."

Lucy wasn't really a fan of being called 'weirdo' but that was probably the most normal thing that's happened in the three minutes she's been with this guy. So reluctantly, she took his hand.

Yellow, the color of joy.

As soon as her small hand melded with his, a bright yellow glow emitted from the male's side, his face lighting up all over again as he took in the vivid gleam.

"N-No way. You're my-"

"Take that ice dick! I don't see your soulmate anywhere."

Gray just responded with a snort, "I feel bad for you," he said, turning to the blonde, "considering you'll be spending the rest of your life with his nasty ass."

"Want to say that to my face, stripper?"

"Bring it on, pyro!"

This was going to be a long day.

"So, if you don't mind me asking, what's your name?" Lucy asked the pink haired man across from her, the three deciding to stop at fast food restaurant to talk things over.

"I'm Natsu, Natsu Dragneel," he glanced over at Gray, who was ordering for the group, the man paling as he read off Natsu's order, "Hang on a second. I never got your name either, didn't I?"

"Oh, sorry! I'm Lucy Heartfilia," she sighed, "So we're soulmates, huh?"

Natsu's smile faltered for a moment, "You sound disappointed." He laughed awkwardly, "I guess i wasn't the whole 'prince charming' you were expecting?"

"W-what no! I just-" Lucy searched for the right words, to be honest, that was exactly what she meant. But she couldn't just say that! 'Great job Lu,' she chided herself, 'Half an hour into meeting your soulmate and you already made him feel like crap.'

'Ugh, words are hard…" She finally muttered out, internally facepalming at how awkward the situation became.

Natsu reached over and hit her arm gently, a pale green appearing from the contact. "Hey it's okay, I'm pretty overwhelmed with this now too," he gave a sheepish smile, "I figured I'd never actually find you, so I'm kinda lost from this point."

Lucy giggled at his reaction, 'So he feels the same, that's pretty reassuring.' Luckily, Gray arrived with the platter of food before the mood could be ruined again. Natsu immediately dug in as the plate touched the table, leaving Gray and Lucy to chat on their own.

The blonde listened quietly as Gray told Lucy about some of their friends, all sounding so different from the last it was a surprise they were even the same species.

There was Erza, the so called 'cake obsessed amazon woman' in which both men shivered at every mentioning of her name.

Cana, the sisterly drunk. Natsu piped in on this one, telling Lucy of all the crazy ways the girl had managed to sneak in alcohol into public places.

Mirajane, Lucy jumped up in excitement at her name. Mirajane Strauss was a world renowned model, her main photoshoots being for Lucy's favorite magazines. She was apparently just as nice as the articles said, but could be even more terrifying than Erza if you push a wrong button. 'Noted.' She reminded herself.

Gajeel and Loke, the only other men of the group.

"Loke is a flirt, so watch out. And Gajeel is just an ass, so if he says anything to you just kick his ass." Natsu explained, causing Gray to nod in agreement.

"He may be a prick, but at least he has the standards to not hit a lady."

Lucy shook her head in confirmation, "Anyone else?" She asked, doubting she could remember anymore people anyway.

"Wemphy." Natsu's voice muffled by the giant hamburger he was too busy devouring.

Gray facepalmed at the man's actions, 'We're in public dumbass, have some decency," After giving a hefty glare at Natsu, he turned to Lucy, "What he meant to say, is Wendy. She's his little sister."

"You have a sister?" Lucy asked surprised.

Natsu nodded his head, thankfully swallowing before speaking this time, "She's fourteen, you'd love her."

Gray rolled his eyes, "Unlike this one, Wendy is actually well behaved and polite."

"I'm nice!"

"The whole reason we're sitting here is because you took off running with my phone and knocked this poor girl down in the process!"

Natsu just simply shrugged and went back to his meal.

"So Lucy, is there anyone that you're close to?"

The blonde choked a bit on her drink, she wasn't really sure how to answer that.

"W-Well, there's my roommate Brandish, but she's about it." She laughed awkwardly, trying to avoid the two mens' eyes.

"No one else?" Natsu asked, looking up from his burger to stare at Lucy.

She shrugged, smiling sheepishly, "Guess I don't get out much?"

Gray and Natsu exchanged a look and Natsu spoke again, "Well I guess it's good you found me then, our friends would love you!" He flashed her another grin and crumpled up his napkin, "Are you two ready to go?"

The two nodded and stood, Lucy moved for her purse but Natsu stopped her, insisting on paying for her meal.

"You should pay for me too, pyro."

Natsu turned back at him and scoffed, "If that's your way of flirting, I'm not surprised you haven't found anyone yet."

And that's how they were kicked out of a McDonald's.

And that's it for now! I'll be writing more chapters for this so I'll actually be delving more into the soulmate part of this AU, and this is my first fanfiction so feedback would be greatly appreciated. :,^)

A guide to the 'colors' I'll be using:

Red: Passion/Anger

Orange: Fear/Curiosity

Yellow: Joy

Green: Shame/Envy

Blue: Sadness/Guilt

Purple: Trust

Pink: Love

Black: Hate/Grief

Date: 9/27/16

Time: 1:12 pm

Listening To: Lonely Road- Henderson