HAPPY BIRTHDAY FLASH! It's going to be a short three part love story in your honor! Happy Birthday Bro!

"Love is a mysterious thing." Natsu said to himself. Still wondering how he ended up in love. His only goal in life had been to find Igneel, until now. For the first time he wanted something more than finding his father. He wanted a life partner. He would talk to happy but that wasn't happening. Happy had been going with Wendy on jobs because Carla had gotten sick, and refused to let Wendy heal her with magic. So he had no one to tell. Why?

Because his best friend is who he fell for. Of all people, the one person who knew him better than himself. It had to be Lucy. What sucked about that was that he had no one else to turn to. Now he was walking to her home. He wasn't going to avoid her. He just kinda wanted to be closer to her. She lives alone, has no family that lives nearby, and he had developed a habit of breaking an entry into her home. As he got closer to her doorstep he felt more excited. This time since he figured she was home, because her window was wide open. He decided to surprise his favorite stellar wizard.

Using his strength to climb the building, and get just under her window, he prepared his sneak attack. He then listened. He heard her footsteps, and her cleaning. Then he heard her footsteps getting closer. Then as she was just in front of the window he leapt through and tackled her head on. Knocking her over and landing on top of her. He made a miscalculation and had smushed his face into her breast. She shrieked in surprise.

"NATSU?!" He got off her chest and looked her in the eye while giving his infectious grin.

"Hi Luce! So what are you up to today?" He asked like nothing had just happened. She blushed and looked away.

"I am cleaning today Natsu. Why did you come in through the window? CAN'T YOU USE A DOOR LIKE A NORMAL HUMAN BEING?!" She exclaimed, rather angrily.

"Buuuutttt Lucyyyy! It's not as fun to use the door!" He childishly retorted. She looked at him with a little hostility for a couple seconds. Then dropped the mild glare and gave a smile.

"Well at least you're yourself." Natsu was a little confused. "At least I am myself? The hell does that mean?" He could only wonder so he asked.

"What does that mean?" Lucy now looked slightly flustered.

"It means that… You uhh… Well you know… Happy isn't around so I figured you were gonna be sad without your little buddy to keep you company! Yeah that's it!" She pulled her excuse out of her ass.

"Why would I be lonely? I have you here don't I?" He asked with some confusion. "I mean you're my best friend, so why would I be lonely?"

"I knew that but… Happy is like a son to you right?" She had a furious blush going.

Meanwhile there were some spectators watching through strategically hidden lacrima vision cameras.

"Come on you two oblivious love birds! Someone confess!" This was Mirajane.

"Flame brain…Even you can't be that oblivious!" Gray wanted his rival to succeed in telling Lucy his feelings.

"Gray-sama is right… Go Natsu!" Juvia agreed.

"Tap that Natsu!" Gildarts cheered.

"What does 'tap that' mean?" Wendy asked innocently.

"Wendy don't think about it. Go Lucy! I betted on you confessing first!" Cana cheered. Everyone's attention on the screen they eagerly watched.

Back to our Love Birds.

"So Natsu how about you help me clean. We're not going on a job today, so it would be nice if you helped out." Lucy asked him secretly hoping he would say yes. Natsu looked at her for a second then smiled.

"Ok I'll help you out! I hope you don't mind some stuff getting turned to ash!" He replied back with a hint of playfulness. She giggled a little at his remark. She handed him a duster and pointed at her room.

"You dust my room okay?" Natsu felt his heart race for one reason. She trusted him enough to let him dust HER room. To girls that like a sacred place, one that guys would dream of. He figured it meant nothing so he nodded and walked into the room. He looked around and as usual it looked great. Her room had her bed, nightstand, closet, and her desk. Where she was writing her book. Honestly Natsu didn't care to read but for her, when it came out. He would read it cover to cover. In fact he was kinda curious about what she would write about. He thought about taking a peak.

"Hey Natsu, since you're here what would you like to eat? I'm about to cook lunch." He heard Lucy call out to him. The answer was easy to him.

"Anything with meat!" He heard her laugh a bit, before opening the fridge and responding.

"Uhh Natsu… I don't have a lot of food in my fridge… So how about we go out to grab a bite?" Lucy had made her decision today. "Today is the day I confess my feelings! Natsu won't make the first move since he probably is oblivious to any move I make. I wear skimpy clothing, leave the bathroom door unlocked, and purposely have landed on him on jobs. Yet the fool doesn't notice!"

"Lucy… Yeah this is my chance! Lucy today by the end… I will confess!" He thought before replying with his classic grin. "Yeah let's go get some food!"