Title: A Dragon Slayer In Love
Author: Candy Bomber
Disclaimer: Fairy Tail and its characters belong to Hiro Mashima.
Summary: If there was someone everyone thought had no idea about love, it was Natsu.
Author's Note: Just my take on an, in my opinion, overused plot. Hope you guys enjoy.
Prologue
Natsu Dragneel could be very predictable and obvious. You could tell if he was angry by the way his mouth would curl into a snarl and in the way his eyes cast such a murderous intent at whoever was stupid enough to threaten the guild he considered his family. A look of determination was something a lot of them had already seen as the fire mage would go to any lengths to defeat an opponent; none of them would forget the story of how the fire mage had eaten Etherion to defeat Jellal. Natsu was a carefree person, though, so he wore a smile on his face on most days spent with his nakama.
Yes, one could almost say that Natsu wore his heart on his sleeve as other people always seemed to be privy to his thoughts and emotions. However, this didn't seem to be one of those times.
"Mirajane?" Erza said as she walked towards the silver-haired mage with a purposeful gait. Mirajane looked at her with her usual cheerful expression. "Have you noticed anything…odd about Natsu?" she asked, her voice dropping so only Mirajane could hear.
Mirajane put a hand to her mouth and chuckled quietly as she looked at the mage in question. At the moment, Natsu was flinging Gray in circular motions in the air as he bumped heads with Gajeel. It didn't seem like anything was out of the ordinary as the three of them would get into minor squabbles numerous times in a day, but Mirajane always knew better.
Natsu had stormed inside the guild, and roared a challenge to Gray and Gajeel as they were enjoying their breakfast. And without even a proper reply, the fire mage had lunged straight at them.
She turned back to Erza who was now looking at her questioningly. But Mirajane only flashed her a mysterious smile.
"Everything will come to light sooner than you think," she said with another chuckle as she walked behind the bar. "I wouldn't worry about it, if I were you."
It was then that the guild doors opened to reveal a radiant, grinning Lucy. If anybody noticed the timing as to how Natsu was suddenly distracted long enough to be flung across the guild hall coincided by the stellar mage's arrival, nobody mentioned anything. Mirajane, however, could not help but chuckle once more.
You see, Natsu Dragneel could be very predictable and obvious. You could almost say he wore his heart on his sleeve. But everyone seemed to be wondering why Natsu was behaving the way he was at the moment. They'd seen it all before: furious Natsu, desperate Natsu, devastated Natsu… What everyone but Mirajane failed to realize was that they were seeing a side of Natsu they didn't even think was possible.
The dragon slayer had fallen in love.