Voila, chapter 2! As I stated before, I already had chapter 1 & 2 written and posted on my Tumblr—I just decided to share it here as well! (: I'm currently in the process of writing chapter 3, so it will probably be up within a week or two. But hopefully soon! I just have to get through this week of school and then I'll have a whole week off for Thanksgiving! :'D But then I have to dedicate some of my time into college apps, so I hope you guys understand!

Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail or its characters~

[Natsu's POV] ~A few minutes after Lucy fell asleep~

Happy and I were walking to Lucy's house to make sure she got home safely.

"Natsu… Do you liiiike Lucy?" Happy asked as he put his paw over his mouth, holding in his laughter.

"What?" I replied. "Of course I do! I like everyone in Fairy Tail, except Gray!"

Happy shook his head and said, "That's not what I meant, but okay.." I then tilted my head, pretending to be clueless.

Of course I like Lucy. I like her a lot. She's more than just my nakama—she's my best friend. When I first met her in Hargeon Town, I thought she was a bit too chatty.. But I've always thought that she was so beautiful.

The thought of dating her never crossed my mind because, well, I feel as if she's not thinking about that sorta thing right now. Who knows if she even feels the same way? Regardless, I can't bring myself to confess just yet. I'm happy with the way things are going right now.

When we arrived at Lucy's house, I told Happy to fly to her window to see if she's there. My partner's eyes suddenly widened in shock.

"Natsu! You won't believe this!" Happy flew back towards me and lifted me off the ground, carrying me to the window.

I peeked inside and the first thing I see is Lucy. She was comfortably tucked in bed, laying on her side, her arms wrapped around a pillow. As I was admiring her flawless complexion, her lips curved into a tiny smile. Thank God she's safe.

But my feelings of relief soon ended after I spotted Sting Eucliffe—half naked—in her room. (Sting is shirtless & is wearing the navy blue swimming trunks c: Oh and he had a towel hanging around his neck too! Mmm.. just imagining it makes me want to faint :'D!)

WHY IS THAT DRAGON KILLER IN MY BEST FRIEND'S ROOM?!

I felt my whole body heat up and I barged through the window, landing on Sting.

[Normal POV]

Fragments of window glass suddenly flew into the room. A collection of books and magazines fell off a bookshelf. The unexpected roars of the pink-haired dragon slayer woke the celestial mage up.

"NATSU?!" the previously sleeping Lucy screamed. "What are you doing breaking into my house like that?!"

"Why are YOU in Lucy's room?!" Natsu yelled at the blonde dragon slayer, disregarding Lucy. She jumped out of her bed and helped her best friend up.

"Nice to see you again, Natsu-san." Sting casually replied. He pushed himself up and brushed some dirt off his shoulder. "Your little guild mate here let me stay for the night since it's really dark out."

Natsu turned to Lucy with a puzzled expression. "Is that true, Luce?"

Lucy averted her eyes towards the floor and poked her two index fingers together. "Well.. On the way home, I fell to the ground again. That's when Sting saw me and helped me.. When we got home, I offered to let him sleep here because it gets really dangerous at night!"

Natsu felt a notional, stabbing pain in his chest. 'Why did she let HIM walk her home, but not me?' he thought. "Lucy, I thought y—"

"You should be grateful, Natsu-san." Sting interrupted. "I could have just stood there and watched her struggle in pain." He walked towards the brown couch he was told to sleep on and laid down. "Now is attacking me any way of thanking me?"

Natsu growled and fire appeared on his right fist. He was about to attack Sting again until he felt Lucy's arms wrap around his chest.

"Natsu, stop! You're going to destroy my house!" Lucy yelled. "Now apologize to him!"

"WHAT?! WHY SHOULD I APOLOGIZE TO THAT SABERTOOTH ASS—" Lucy hit Natsu on the head, causing him to fall on the floor.

"Because you jumped to conclusions and attacked him! And not to mention, you trashed my room and broke my window… AGAIN!"

Natsu sat criss-cross and looked around the room. 'Damn. I really did make a mess.' he thought. His sympathetic eyes then looked up to Lucy. "Sorry Luce.."

Lucy then motioned her index finger towards the blonde dragon slayer. The stubborn Natsu crossed his arms and looked the opposite direction. "..I'm sorry for attacking you, Sting."

"Tch. Whatever." Sting replied as he turned his body away from the two, signaling that he wants to go to sleep already.

Lucy helped Natsu up and rubbed his head gently. She walked him over to the window. "I'm sorry for hitting you.." she whispered, trying not to bother the annoyed Sting.

"It's okay, Luce. But this guy is from Sabertooth! I'm afraid he's going to hurt you." Natsu replied as he looked at her with worried eyes.

"Natsu.. Sting's not in Sabertooth anymore.." Lucy whispered, unaware that the latter could still hear her.

Natsu's eyes widened. As he opened his mouth to say something, Lucy placed a finger on his lips and then gave him a reassuring hug. "I'll be okay, Natsu. If anything happens, Loke and Virgo can force open their gates and save me."

The pink-haired dragon slayer smiled weakly at his best friend. He can't possibly trust that dragon killer to stay in the same room as her for the night. He didn't want to leave, but considering the fact that he practically demolished her room, he didn't want to upset her even more. "Okay Luce.. Be safe." He jumped on the window opening and looked back at Lucy, who was waving goodbye and giving him a 'don't-worry-about-me' smile. Natsu nodded back at her and then jumped out into the street.

Lucy sighed and turned around, her eyes greeted by the unpleasant mess that was in her room. As she was about to walk to her closet to get a broom and dustpan, she noticed Happy rummaging through her lingerie drawer.

The blue cat pulled out one of Lucy's bras (a light pink & black laced one, to be exact) and placed it over his head. "Lucy, what's this?" he asked, giggling.

Lucy, aggravated, snatched the bra and kicked Happy out of the window. (Like Erza did to Ichiya in the ep. 155 :3) The blue cat flew far into the city and yelled, "AYEEEEEEEE!"

The celestial mage turned around and heard Sting's laughter. "You didn't see that!" she exclaimed.

"You're a lot stronger than I thought you were, blondie." Sting said as he pulled himself up to sit. "And who gave you permission to tell that flame-head that I'm no longer in Sabertooth?"

"You heard me?" Lucy asked, but then realizing that dragon slayers have a good sense of smell AND hearing. "I'm sorry.. was I not supposed to?"

"Nahh chill, blondie. I'm just messing with you." Sting walked towards the closet and opened it—grabbing a broom and dustpan from inside.

"I-I-I can clean this mess myself!" Lucy said as she ran over to Sting, then holding on to the broom.

Sting turned around, unaware that she was right next to him. He accidentally & lightly bumped into her, and then looked down to see her looking right back at him.

Lucy blushed after realizing how close their faces were. She quickly took a few steps back—but suddenly tripped over a book. She shut her eyes, preparing for the hard fall. As she was waiting for the hard wood floor to make contact with her body, she felt strong arms wrap around her delicate head and her back.

"You're pretty clumsy, aren't you?"

Lucy opened her eyes to see Sting holding on to her. She straightened her body and turned away from him to hide her tomato-red face (blushing again, for the second time). "S-sorry about that."

"It's fine, blondie." Sting picked up the broom and started sweeping broken glass into the dustpan.

"I can take care of that myself!" Lucy said. "You might accidentally cut yourself.."

"Don't worry about it." Sting replied, continuing to gather all the glass pieces.

Lucy sighed and began picking up the books that were scattered throughout her room. She looked at Sting as he was still cleaning up the glass. She blushed again for the third time—realizing that he's still shirtless.

His muscles on his arms were defined at every angle. His collar bone was lining his neck and shoulders so perfectly. And his abs…

Lucy snapped out of her fantasy when Sting turned to her and asked where the trashcan was. Speechless, she pointed towards the kitchen and Sting left the room.

'He's actually really handsome, now that I think about it.. Wait, Lucy what are you saying?!' Lucy thought to herself. She lightly slapped herself and placed her books and magazines back on the bookshelf.

Sting walked back into the room and put the broom and dustpan into the closet. He then walked towards the couch and laid himself back down, not noticing that Lucy was (somewhat) admiring him.

Lucy smiled shyly at him. "I'm sorry about Natsu, again. He's actually very protective of me.. You didn't get hurt, did you?"

"Of course not! Why would I feel pain caused by a first gen. dragon slayer?" Sting replied, obviously trying not to remember his battle against Natsu and Gajeel. He turned to Lucy and continued, "And I can tell. I'd be too, if I were him."

Blushing for the fourth time, Lucy quickly turned off her lights and laid down on her bed. Even though the room was almost pitch black, the two mages continued their conversation.

"By the way, didn't I tell you NOT to sleep naked in my house?" Lucy asked.

"I'm not completely naked though, am I?" Sting replied as he tucked his arms under his head.

"You're half naked!" Lucy replied, pulling a blanket over herself.

"I didn't think you'd mind." Sting said, smiling. "Goodnight, Lucy."

Lucy's face turned red once again (for the fifth time) for two reasons: 1) It's true—she actually didn't mind him being shirtless, even if she doesn't admit it. And 2) He called her by her name for once.

What is with this guy? Out of all people, Sting Eucliffe, a previous member of Sabertooth—Fairy Tail's rival guild, has unintentionally AND intentionally made Lucy's face heat up. Surprisingly enough, he's also been kind of a gentleman.. to say the least.

"Goodnight, Sting." Lucy said, smiling to herself. The two mages closed their eyes and eventually fell asleep.

Oh Sting, you sly piece of sexiness. ;D I hope he wasn't too OOC, or too corny. ):

Natsu's getting quite jealous, ohoho. I wonder what he's gonna say to Lucy in the next chapter~

I hope you all enjoy this chapter! As stated in the beginning, I won't be publishing chapter 3 until probably next week, so stay tuned~ :'D Please leave reviews and tips for this newbie fanfic writer c: Until next time, ja'ne~