To the Stars

Loke's change

Lucy looked down at the canal, her legs dangling over the edge and the sun beating down, warm on her back. She sighed and smiled. The team had just gotten back from a relatively difficult mission, they had all been tossed around and bruised, even Ezra, who was currently nursing a broken arm in the infirmary back at the guild. Plue sat next to her, his cute form being a constant comfort to the young mange. Loke had saved her butt back there, he is always did. She chucked and sighed, Loke had always been a flirt, but things felt different these past few months, possibly sincere? She rested a hand on top of Plue's head,

"What am I going to do about this?" She smiled though, maybe the lion spirit was slowly growing on her enclosed heart.

"Lucyyyyy!" Happy was flying towards her quickly, she stood and noticed Natsu quick on his heels.

"You weren't at the guild, Ezra's all cranky and we decided to come over." Natsu smiled childishly, "what're you doing by yourself?" He tilted his head as he looked at her.

"I'm not alone, Plue's here!" Lucy giggled as the small spirit danced around her feet in excitement. The four of them started off towards Lucy's apartment chatting as the sun sat over the city.

[[time skip]]

It was dark and Lucy was admittedly tired but it was nice to hang out with Natsu while he wasn't being destructive. Plue and Happy were curled up in a spare blanket and the two wizards sat comfortably chatting about the job and the jobs they possibly may take next. Lucy got quiet,

"Natsu, can I ask you something?" She looked over at the small pouch containing her keys that sat on her desk. She wondered if they could hear her and debated quickly about moving them. She decided it really didn't matter in the end, she was only curious about a friend.

"Huh?" He followed her eyes with curiosity.

"Have you noticed Loke acting different?" Loke and Natsu had been friends for a while now, he had know him far longer than Lucy had at least. Maybe he had seen it too. Natsu smiled a little,

"Yeah, I think he has been different. I think he likes you a lot Lucy." He smiled at the surprised blonde. Natsu had been like a big brother to her for a long time, and when she actually got him to be serious, he never hid what he was thinking.

"What?" She was a little stunned to be honest, "he likes a lot of girls," she rested her chin in her hand, her elbow on the table, "I wouldn't exactly be the first girl he's liked" Natsu chucked,

"You're right, but no girl has ever almost killed her self to save his life. You changed him Lucy, he may be a flirt, but Loke knows who his true friends are. I think you may be a different story than those 'other girls'" he added air quotations around the last part and stood up, "maybe you should ask him about it though." He winked at her before scooping up a weakly, protesting Happy and heading towards her window,

"Use the door!" Lucy hissed as not to wake Happy. Natsu just smiled over his shoulder and hopped out. She couldn't say she was surprised, he had done it a million times before and he'd do it a million more. She rolled her eyes but looked back at her keys. Should she talk to Loke? What would she even say? She shook her head and silently changed into her pajamas. Loke could wait until tomorrow.