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It was a well known tradition that every bride should wear 'something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue.' Lucy Heartfilia was not the sort of girl that liked to break tradition. It was partially due to her upbringing, and also in part due to the number of romance novels she'd read over the years. Either way, Lucy was determined to make sure she followed tradition, and made her wedding perfect, the way she had always planned.
The first thing that Lucy managed to obtain was something old. It had all started when her long term boyfriend decided to propose...
Natsu's POV
I'd been considering the idea for a while now. In my mind, the idea of marrying Lucy was becoming increasingly appealing. We'd been together for almost a year, and I was at least 60% certain she'd say yes. The problem was that I didn't exactly know how to go about proposing to someone. Igneel had never really gone into that kind of stuff, he mainly focused on teaching me how to punch better rather than how to propose to a girl.
I knew I would have to ask someone for advice on the matter, the problem was who. Mira would a good candidate, but I knew she'd be likely to let something slip to Luce, and I would rather keep it a surprise for now. I also had a strong suspicion that Mira would overdo things. Erza and Ice-Brain were out of the question. Ice-Brain would just laugh at me, and Erza would either hit me, or actually be helpful. But, it didn't seem worth the risk. Levy could be a good choice, but she was away on a mission with Shadow Gear. There was no point asking Happy, he'd only recommend giving her a fish or something.
I frowned, and slouched my way over to the bar. Then a head of orange hair caught my eye. Loke. I knew that Loke was popular with girls, so he'd definitely know what to do. I'd also asked him for advice in the past when I tried to ask Lucy out in the first place, so I knew he'd help me and keep quiet.
Since I couldn't think of a better idea, I made my way over to Loke, where he had a few girls draped over him as usual. He sometimes used his own magic to come to Fairy Tail and spend time here, as he's still a guild member. Luckily, Lucy wasn't here today. She had gone on a mission with Wendy, Carla and Romeo, to make sure they were all ok. Happy had tagged along too, so he could spend more time with Carla.
'Uh, Loke?' I reached behind my head, scratching it awkwardly.
'Hey Natsu, what is it?' The girls draped over him were glaring at me.
'Could I ask you about something quickly?' He seemed to understand it wasn't something I wanted to discuss in front of the entire guild.
'Ladies, I will be right back.' He said, giving them his signature smirk.
We made out way out of the guild, and walked to the side of it, so that we were completely out of earshot.
'So what is it Natsu?' Loke asked.
'Well...uh...I was wondering...how would you go about...say for example...proposing?' I felt more awkward then I had before. It just felt kind of weird saying it out loud.
Loke did a double take.
'Well. That was unexpected, I must say.' He quickly regained his composure. 'So, you want to propose to Lucy then.' He said with another irritating smirk.
'Well duh, who else would I be proposing to.' His confidence just made me feel more stupid.
'Well you'll need a ring, obviously. You should also pick a good occasion to propose.' He said, looking down on me. He was quite tall.
'Well, it's our one year anniversary soon, would that do?' I asked him.
'That's perfect. You'll also need to set up a nice date before you pop the question. You want a nice romantic atmosphere.' He continued.
I was taking a mental note of everything he was saying. I did not want to mess this up.
'Just take her on a nice date to celebrate your anniversary, then get out the ring and pop the question. It's really not that difficult Natsu. You'll be fine. Is there anything else?' He quirked an eyebrow in question.
'Uh... what kind of ring should I get?' I was clueless when it came to jewellery.
His eyes glinted as he came up with an idea. 'You know what Natsu, leave it to me, I have a little idea. You just get busy setting up that date. Good luck!' With that he made his back into the guild, probably to drape himself in women again.
A few hours later...
I was at Lucy's flat, waiting for her to get home. She was meant to be back from her mission soon, so I decided to get some dinner for her. I had tried to cook once before, but that had resulted in me paying her a large sum of money for fire damage, as well as me being kicked out of her house for a good week.
After buying her favourite pizza from the takeaway down the road, and getting some fish for Happy, I went back to her house. Just as I was jumping through the window, I heard her unlocking the door. I set the pizza and fish on the table and ran to the door to meet her.
'Hey Luce!' I grinned at her, as she opened the door.
'NATSU!' She screamed and jumped back a few feet.
'What? What did I do?' I was a little confused.
'I just opened the door! I didn't expect to see you standing right behind it, you scared me!' She was not pleased.
I wrapped my arms around her in a hug. 'Sorry' I mumbled into her hair.
She punched my arm playfully (I hope) as a response. 'By the way Natsu, Happy said to tell you that he's staying with Wendy and Carla tonight.' She told me.
'Aww, I got him some fish. Also, I got you your favourite pizza so you don't have to cook tonight.'
'Natsu, you can be surprisingly sweet at times.' She pecked my lips and then ran into the living room to devour her pizza. I just laughed and followed her.
We ended up having a movie night, which I enjoyed as it meant cuddling on the sofa. She fell asleep in my arms as the second movie ended, so I switched the tv off, and carried her into bed.
As I laid her down and tucked her in, I noticed one of her keys beginning to glow.
A moment later, Capricorn was standing before me.
'Hello Natsu.' He said. The goat spirit towered over me in height. Were all the celestial spirits taller than me?
'Uh , hi? What're you doing here?' I was kind of confused as to why he was talking to me.
'Loke told me that you plan to propose to Lady Lucy. Is that correct?'
'Yeah but...'
'Then I ask that you propose using this.' Capricorn reached into his jacket and pulled out a small box. 'This was her mother's engagement ring. I believe it was Lady Layla's wish that Lucy would one day have this ring placed on her finger by a man that truly loved her. I can see that you do love her Natsu, so I think it best to use this ring, it will mean a lot to Lady Lucy.' He handed the box to me.
I grinned at him. 'Thanks Capricorn.'
He nodded, and then vanished.
One week later...
It had gone much better than I had expected. Mira had cooked some incredible food, which Luce and I had eaten sitting underneath the rainbow sakura tree that I had uprooted for Lucy all that time ago. I hadn't even set anything on fire, which was surprising considering my nerves. Me and Luce lay on the picnic blanket looking at the stars. I was just trying to summon up the courage I needed. There was a niggling part of me which worried she would say no.
Then I remembered everything we'd been through together. All the people we had fought against, the friends we had fought with, and Lucy had never left my side. I just needed to have faith, like I had always done.
'Luce.'
'Yes Natsu?'
'I need to ask you something.'
'What is it?'
I stood up, and then crouched down in that weird position Loke had made me practise. Lucy gasped.
I pulled the little box out of my pocket.
'Luce, I love you so much. I'm bad at long speeches, but I really love so you. So will you marry me?'
Lucy had tears in her eyes as her mouth curved in to a huge smile.
'Yes!' She shouted, launching herself at me.
I hugged her tightly, and then she pulled back, smiling at me expectantly.
I took her left hand, sliding the ring on just like Loke had told me to. He'd given me instructions on how to do this properly this morning, just to make sure I didn't screw anything up.
When Lucy saw the ring, she just stared at it, speechless.
'How did you...'
'I pulled her into my arms again. Capricorn gave it to me. He said it would mean a lot to you.'
She was crying a little bit. 'He was right, it does. I love you Natsu.' She mumbled into my shoulder.
'I love you too, Luce.'
We stayed like that for a while, hugging in the moonlight, until Lucy suddenly jumped up.
'This is perfect!' She had a massive grin on her face.
'That's good...?'
'Well, every bride needs to wear something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue on her wedding day. Since this ring belonged to my mother, it's pretty old. That means I found something old to wear on our wedding day! You're the best Natsu!' She then leaned forward and kissed me soundly on the lips.
I was just glad I had done something right, and that she wasn't shouting at me.
