Natsu isn't sure if Lucy feels for him the way he feels for her. And he doesn't really know how to find out if she does. So he comes up with a relatively clever plan to find out if she does. We'll just have to see if it really works, won't we? This is Natsu we're talking about.
He's waited so long to ask her, and when it's coming close to the time, he feels as if he has butterflies in his stomach.
It's before they go to bed, back at her house. He's nervous, but he thinks he can pull this off.
"Hey, Lucy?" he asks hesitantly. Lucy catches it, and looks at him curiously.
"What is it, Natsu?"
Then, blushing, "Can you be mine?"
Lucy turns pink as well, and there's a bit of a smile in her eyes. "No, I can't."
Natsu isn't deterred. "Did you understand what I said?"
She looks at him with a bit of confusion. "Yeah, of course."
He grins. "Then repeat it!"
She's more confused than ever, and makes a face. "You said, 'can you be mine?'." Then the confusion grows, because Natsu's grin grows ever wider.
"Oh sure, why not?"
Lucy stares at him a moment, realizes what just happened, then turns a bright shade of pink. About the same color as Natsu's hair, actually.
I fell right into that, she thought to herself. And it was Natsu who laid the trap.
Secretly, however, she was really quite pleased to know Natsu liked her as more than just a friend.
Do you see the flaw in Natsu's plan yet? Yeah, it doesn't actually tell him whether she likes him or not. More like the opposite. But, what can ya do?
