Once You Get To Know Me…

We begin our story with a salmon haired teenager sitting alone at lunch. Not that many people know him at Magnolia High School. You'd think that a person with the same colored hair as a piece of bubblegum would stand out more, but Natsu Dragneel does not stand out. Sure he gets a lot of eyes on him but they don't approach him. Which is fine with Natsu because he doesn't like interacting with people that much. It's not that he hates people, he just gets really nervous around strangers.

"I wish I could be less nervous" thought Natsu as he bit into his stale pizza while looking at the students around him.

"They all look like they're having fun"

Just as he was about to take another bite of his pizza his eyes land on one certain blonde haired girl. She looked so friendly and warm, just like the sun or a rainbow. Natsu couldn't help but stare. He was practically drooling all over the place. His onyx eyes couldn't tear away from her brown ones.

"She's so gorgeous and pretty, I can't look away"

The blonde haired girl started making her way to Natsu looking directly into his eyes. That was when Natsu started to panic. Sure he was shy around strangers but when they were girls he just felt really awkward around them, he didn't know why. She kept on getting closer and Natsu's breaths were getting faster.

"What am I going to do, should I jus-" "Hi!, is it ok if I sit with you?" the blonde haired girl said with a smile. "uhh…. sure" Natsu squeaked, trying to avoid eye contact with the girl. The blonde sat down and smiled at him

"Hi my name's Lucy Heartfilia, I'm new here and I was hoping if we could become friends".

Lucy pulled out her hand and extended it to Natsu. Natsu hesitated at first but he forced his body to shake her hand. They're hands fit perfectly inside one another.

"My name's…..Natsu….Natsu Dragneel"

"Nice to meet you Natsu" Lucy said with a smile

Natsu was expecting the awkwardness to settle in but surprisingly it never did. Her smile was comforting to Natsu. I guess that's why it wasn't awkward. They kept on talking and talking that Natsu was starting to get comfortable with her.

"So Lucy why did you move to Magnolia"

Lucy froze which made Natsu wonder if he said something wrong.

"I just wanted to live by myself away from my dad", she said with a smile that didn't match with her eyes.

"Oh", was the only thing that Natsu could say. Right when Natsu was about to change the subject the bell rang signaling the end of lunch. Natsu frowned for the first time in forever he wished that lunch would last longer. The duo stood up and looked at each other.

"Hey Natsu let's exchange phone numbers"

"Ok", said Natsu with a smile.

After they exchanged phone numbers they did their farewells. "Bye Natsu", said Lucy while waving at him.

"Bye Lucy", Natsu did his own wave. Lucy started to walk to her next class that was the opposite direction of Natsu's.

Natsu just kept on staring at the blonde, then he looked down at his contacts and smiled.

He was overjoyed, he couldn't even move.

"Hey can you move, you're blocking the hallway!"

"Sorry", said Natsu with a sheepish smile as he started to make his way to class.

Natsu made his way to his final class of the day which was English with Mr. Uzumaki. He was finally relieved that school was about to end. The sooner school ends the sooner he can go to the boxing gym.

Walking into the classroom Natsu sees Lucy talking to Mr. Uzumaki. His eyes widen out of excitement, he has a class with Lucy. Outside he seems calm but on the inside he's doing 999 backflips. It's like a graduation party in there. Natsu takes his seat and waits for class to begin.

"Good afternoon class, we have a new student with us", Mr. Uzumaki says.

"Would you please introduce yourself", he says to Lucy.

"Hello everyone my name is Lucy Heartfilia, I hope we can all be friends"

A lot of boys started to whisper around Natsu

"Wow she's hot"

"You'd think she'd go out with me"

"Dayummm!"

"She probably already has a boyfriend"

The whispers started to get to Natsu, he didn't like them one bit. He thought Lucy was beautiful not "hot". They don't deserve Lucy if all they think about is her body. All Natsu could do was growl.

"Well Ms. Heartfilia you can go sit next to Natsu", Mr. Uzumaki says while pointing at the empty seat next to Natsu.

Lucy makes her way to her new seat and Mr. Uzumaki starts his lesson. Now normally Natsu pays attention in all of his classes since he distances himself from the other students. He especially likes to pay attention in Mr. Uzumaki's class because it's pretty funny how Mr. Uzumaki says BELIEVE IT! a lot. Today was a different story, now that Lucy is sitting next to him paying attention to the class is going to be hard.

"I can't believe we're shoulder buddies", Lucy says while giggling.

"I know right", Natsu smiles at Lucy

They continue to talk for the rest of the class. The students around them are in shock, they've never seen Natsu talk so much. The quiet boy that just stares at the teacher and does his work is gone. It's like he was replaced by a much talkative Natsu, like a Natsu MK II.

Natsu and Lucy talk for the entire class period but to them it feels like they talked for ages. The bell finally rings and the students are finally free to go home. Natsu and Lucy get up from their seats and head out the building.

"Can I walk you home Lucy"

"Of course!"

Natsu blushes a little bit and starts to play with his scarf.

"By the way why are you wearing a scarf in the summer?"

"My dad gave it to me as a present and ever since then i've always wore it", Natsu says with pride.

"That's just too cute!"

Natsu blushes madly, who know this girl could make Natsu shy and talkative. They kept on walking until they passed a boxing gym. A certain voice made Natsu jump.

"So kid you finally got yourself a girlfriend", an old man right in front of the gym says to Natsu.

This old man is Natsu's boxing coach. Natsu might be shy in school but in the ring he's a totally different person.

Natsu blushes madly "Umm… she's just a friend coach".

"Coach?!, Natsu you never told me you box", Lucy says with amazement.

When Lucy went up to Natsu during lunch she thought Natsu was shy, but know she wasn't so sure. Natsu starts to look embarrassed, he awkwardly scratches the back of his neck.

"I didn't know how to bring it up"

"Kid I have some news for you, your semi-final fight is next week"

"That means you're going to train extra hard this week, so after you're done walking with your "friend" come to the gym immediately",

"Understood", replies Natsu.

Natsu and Lucy continued their walk. Lucy kept asking Natsu about his boxing life, and he gladly answered her questions. They finally reached Lucy's apartment and Lucy hugged him. At first Natsu was taken by surprise but then he finally hugged back. Natsu and Lucy both felt safe in the hug, Natsu never wanted it to end but sadly it did.

"Goodbye Natsu", Lucy said while stepping into her apartment.

"Wait!", cried out Natsu making Lucy turn around and face him.

"Um… if you're not busy next week would you please….. come to my fight"

Natsu stared at the ground waiting for a reply.

"I would love too"

Natsu's eyes widen, he starts to smile uncontrollably.

"Ok i'll see you there, bye Luce", Natsu says smiling like he just won the lottery.

He starts to run to the gym, this feeling in his chest makes him feel like he could run forever. Lucy looks at him as he gets farther and farther away from her.

"Luce…..I like the sound of that".

A/N: So what'd you think.

This is my first fanfic so it's probably not good, but i'll keep trying my best :D

Thanks for reading, please leave a review( pls be nice ;-;)

See you all in the next chapter

-YaBoyAngle