Bestest friends

Natsu and Lucy are the bestest of best friends. They met in high school and were immediatly joined at the hip. Now in their second year of college, before their exams, Lucy has another problem to confess at her study partner.

« Natsu ? »

« Hmm.. » He didn't look up from his textbook.

« Do you remember our big screw up ? »

« He ? » He raised his head, wondering. « Which one ? The one with Erza's cheesecake ? The one with Gramps'... »

« No no ! Not these ones ! Geez, Natsu... »

« Which one then ? »

« Hum... You.. me and.. the bed ? » She blushed at her own words and began fiddling with her hands.

« Oh !.. » He was speechless.

« ... »

« Huh… I thought we were not going to talk about it ? » He scratched his head curiously. A silent agreement. After that night, their were not awkward only because they didn't let it get to them.

« Hum... Well... » She began to sweat nervously. 'What if he didn't accept it ?' She thought.

« Lucy ? »

« I.. I'm...pregnant »

« Can you speak louder Lucy ? I didn't quite catch that. » He said, twirling his pen.

« I'm pregnant... » This time, he heard it. The pen dropped. He was flabbergasted. The « screw up » was what they called the night when, drunk, they shared a intimate moment. Their bodies wanted the other so they let themselves go with the flow. The bliss he felt when their bodies entangled, being in her warmth depth, launching into oblivion with her at his side...

The room was still. Natsu was still. Open-mouthed, looking at a blushing and nervous Lucy who was at the verge of tears.

She raised her head and Natsu was shocked.

« It doesn't matter. Ah ah ah... » She smiled a weak and trembling smile, tears in her eyes. « I just wanted to inform you. You don't have to do anything. I will have to find one more job or two, or even quit college altogether and ... »

« Lucy ! » He stood up scandalized She was an idiot, an extremely dumb idiot. He walked around the table and kneeled before her. She silently gazed at him. Then, to her surprise, he hugged her tummy.

« It takes two to make a baby. » She looked surprised. « And it also takes two to raise it. » He focused his eyes in hers, looking in her emotional depth. She was smiling faintly, like him, feeling the love all around them. He cautiously stood up, keeping his eyes in hers.

« You're my bestest best friend Lucy. And, like you said, it's better when we're together. »

She openly cried, still smiling. She raised her hand, brought down his face, and sealed their unspoken promise in a smiling kiss.

Natsu and Lucy are the bestest of best friends. They share all sort of things in their lives : friends, pain, love and babies. It may be a weird thing to do between friends but their are in it together and it's all that matter to them. Their feelings are ambiguous but they are not going to ignore them. Not ever.