A/N:
This is my first Fairy Tail fanfic, so of course, its NaLu. THAT BEING SAID! I have barely finished the first season the timeline I use and the plot are probably not very similar. So, like... be kind if I have missed plot points from the show because trust me I have. Thank you!
Natsu walked brightly into the Guild Hall with Happy flying close behind him. He hopped onto one of the bar stools and looked for Mira.
"MIRA I NEED YOUR HELP WHERE ARE YOU?"
"Eh?" She asked poking her head out of the back room. "Oh, Natsu, what can I help you with? Want me to start a fire for you to eat?"
"No thanks, not this time Mira, I need your help with something bigger than that." He said with a smile that covered half his face as she set a drink in front of him.
"Eh? What do you need help with then? You know you can only go on an S-Class Quest with the entire team." She scolded. "I'm not going to talk the Master for you or sneak one down."
"No, not that, we all just got back from and S-Class Quest. I need your help with something REALLY big and REALLY important."
"Will you just tell me what it is already?" She demanded.
"Well," Happy interrupted with a fish in his mouth. "Next week it will be five years since Natsu and Lucy have started working together."
"Awe," Mirajane smiled with her hands cupped to her face. "And you want to do something for her? Natsu I didn't know you had a sweet bone in your body. What were you thinking?"
Natsu smirked largely. "Well, I want it to be a thing the entire Guild can get a part of! I want there to be dancing, romance, food-!"
"So, you want a party." Mira smiled. "Alright, I can make you a fabulous party!"
"Oh no," Natsu smiled evilly. "I don't want a PARTY I want a BALL!"
Mira paled. A party in a week would be hard enough, but a ball? "A ball?"
"Yeah, you know, guys in tuxes, girls in those fancy dresses. Ballroom dancing. Cocktails. All that real fancy boring stuff that Lucy likes." Natsu smiled at his grand plan.
"Didn't she sort of run away from all of that stuff to be here?" Mira said trying to convince him for a party instead.
"Aye," Happy said gnawing at the last of his fish.
"But she also told me that she missed the balls her dad would throw!" Natsu smiled.
"And not the ones she would have to dodge." Happy added.
"Please, Mira, ya just gotta help me with this. I don't know the first thing about how to throw a party, let alone a ball! Please?" Natsu begged.
"I don't know, Natsu. Only a week?" Mira considered.
"PLEASE?" Natsu begged using his puppy dog eyes.
"PLEASE?" Happy joined in on his knees and paws.
"Oh, alright. I'll see what I can do." She smiled.
"GREAT!" Natsu smiled getting up from his seat. "Here's the guest list and a list of things Lucy likes." He said pulling out the papers from his scarf.
"Are these written in coal?"
"THANKS, MIRA YOU'RE THE BEST!" Natsu and Happy called running out of the Guild Hall.
After a week of Mira working tirelessly on the ball, and more than a few stress induced breakdowns, she finally finished.
The entire Guild Hall was alight with candles, some sitting on tables, or hanging from walls and a few floating just above everyone's head. There were dark blue clothes covering every table with vases filled with rare flowers and bows tied around the necks of the jars on the top of the tables.
"Whoa…" Natsu said walking.
"Hmm? Oh, hi Natsu. You sure do look spiffy." Mira smiled.
"Thanks," He smiled trying to fix his hair. The simple black tux he borrowed from Loke, well Loke was a spirit, and the both knew he was never getting the tux back, fit him perfectly. "Is my hair alright? I let Elfman do it."
"It looks fantastic," Mira smiled.
"Thanks. You look beautiful as always Mirajane."
"Oh," Mira smiled. She had on a floor length pink dress that was tight until her knees then fluffed out. "Why thank you. Now, everyone will be here soon. Where's Lucy and Happy?"
"Happy's trying to wake up Lucy."
"WHAT?" Mira asked. Did Lucy not know?
"All of this is one big surprise of Lucy. I even got her a new dress to wear for it. She's been eyeing it for weeks, but she didn't have enough for it, so after our last S-Class Quest I bought her a few things." Natsu smiled. "I'm just hoping it won't take forever to convince her without ruining the surprise."
"Natsu? Do you… like Lucy?" Mira asked carefully. The last person she knew Natsu to like this much her her little sister, but she was long and gone now.
"What?" He asked completely confused. "Of course I do."
"No, I mean… do you have feelings for Lucy Natsu?" Mira asked again putting a light hand on his shoulder.
"What?"
"You planned this ball for her, well I did, but you got me too, you kept it a secret and you've gotten her new dress? I'm assuming it's beautiful-"
"Of course it is. Lucy's wanted it for months," Natus said.
"Well, you could get a lot of food with that money, but you spent it on her. Why?"
Natsu narrowed his eyes at her, still thoroughly confused. "I want her to be happy. Tonight's a big night, and she needs to remember it for the rest of her life."
"Yes, but why?" Mira pressed.
"We've been working together for five years and -"
"You're right," Mira sighed. Making a dragon admit he loves a princess was going to be difficult. Mira could save that job for later. "You should go get Lucy, people are going to be here soon, and she takes a long time to get ready."
"Yeah…" Natsu said backing away, still with a confused face. "I'll go do that."
"She won't get out of the tub," Happy said sitting outside Lucy's front door. "She kicked me out."
"Is the dress in there?" Natsu asked.
"On her desk." Happy sighed. "She didn't even look at it."
"Alright, go and get dressed with Elfman. We'll meet you at the Guild Hall." Natsu said walking into her house. For someone who didn't like people breaking in, she sure let it open a lot. Oh well, it wasn't like hadn't made a copy of the key years ago.
"LUCY!" He yelled at her in her bathtub.
"GAH!" Lucy yelled covering herself. "GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!"
"Oh come on, it's not like I haven't seen you naked before." For that, he received a sponge to the face.
"OUT!"
"Fine, fine. Dry off, but don't get dressed I have a surprise for you." He smiled walking out.
"Okay," Lucy said a few seconds later coming out in a towel. "What? Wait why are you in a tux?"
"We're going dancing. Put this on." He said handing her the box.
"Why what is this?" She asked opening the box. "Natsu…" She whispered.
"You've been looking at it for so long, I know you want it but wouldn't but it for yourself, so I broke down and got it for you." He smiled.
"Natsu," She said pulling the fitted black dress with the thigh high split out of the box. "This cost so much, you have to take it back."
"No." He smiled. "You wanted it. Besides, I had plenty from my share of the last mission."
"But-"
"Go on. Put it on." He smiled.
"I-"
"GO PUT THE DRESS ON!"
"DON'T YELL AT ME!" She yelled going to the bathroom to put it on.
Natsu waited for her in the living room. "Lucy?"
"Yeah?" She called.
"Did you ever tell anyone we're dating?"
"Of course," Lucy said. "Well… I don't remember… maybe… why?"
"I was talking with Mira, and she asked if I liked you," Natsu said.
"Eh, that's weird. I could have sworn I said- oh, no I never did. Erza interrupted with a mission, and I forgot." She sounded like she was struggling. "Did you tell anyone?"
"No," He said. "I figured you did."
"I thought you would." She said finally getting the dress on.
"What about Happy?"
"I told him if he told anyone he would be down a tail." She answered. "So maybe."
"Wait," Natsu said confused. "Does anyone know we've been dating for four years?"
"OH, so you remembered it was our anniversary?" She asked stepping out of her bathroom. Her hair was up in an elegant bun with diamond clips placed in particular spots. Her makeup was done with a smokey eye and a dark red lip. Dangly diamond earrings hung to the middle of her neck. And to top it all off were her black strappy heels.
"Wow."
"All week you've been acting like you've forgotten our anniversary!"
"I… wow… you wanna stay in instead?" Natsu asked.
"NATSU!"
"Alright, alright, I was tricking you. I wanted you to love tonight and for it to be a big surprise." He smiled and went up to take her hands. "You look so beautiful."
Lucy blushed, no longer angry with her dragon. "Thank you. You look handsome too."
Natsu smiled. "So you never told anyone? Not even Erza?"
"No," She shook her head. "My spirits know, but that's all. I meant to tell them but something had always came up. I thought they knew with just how we acted."
"Oh yeah?" Natsu asked grabbing her purse for her and walked her to the door. "And how do we act?"
"We're always together," She started. "You're always trying to hang on me or complimenting me or annoying me or-"
"Yeah, I got it. I got it." Natsu nodded. "It's not like you're not always going 'NATSU!" I mean really, you're always screaming my name." He smirked.
Lucy smiled then elbowed him in the stomach. "Where are we going?"
"Guild Hall, I forgot something there."
"Wow," Lucy said outside the Guild Hall. "It sounds busy in there like everyone we know is inside."
"They better be," Natsu mumbled.
"What?"
"It's Fairy Tail, they probably are," He said. "Come on, let's go say hi."
Natsu pulled open the door for Lucy to get caught by the beautiful sight of the full hall in ball form.
"Natsu, did you do all this?" Lucy asked as they walked in with her on his arm.
"No, well, I planned it all out, and Mira did it." He shrugged. "It wasn't much."
"Natsu it's amazing!" She looked up. "The candles!"
"Reedus' idea, he wanted something special. The flowers, I know are your favorite, Erza and Happy went to find them. Gray and Canna were in charge of drinks, and I did most of the cooking. Well, for the meat anyway."
"Why did you do all this?" She asked.
"Well, we've worked together for five years and dated for four. I had to do something right?" He joked. "So do you like it?"
"I love it! Natsu this is the nicest thing someone has ever done for me thank you," She smiled giving him a big hug.
"So Natsu can do something right," Gray said as he and the others came up. "Never thought that could happen."
"This is pretty nice," Erza smiled in her red dress. "Nice job Natsu, didn't know you had it in you. Or that you owned a tux."
"Yeah, well, the right person can make me do anything," Natsu blushed as Lucy happily squeezed his arm.
"Why are we having this ball?" Juvia asked.
"Well, actually, Lucy and I have been a team for five years now and-"
"Natsu, Lucy," Gramps said walking up to them. "This party is amazing. Good job."
"Tell that to Mira; she did most of it," Natsu smiled.
"But it wouldn't have been as amazing had you not giving me the notes on what to do," She said walking up to them. "You know Lucy well,"
"He even bought me this dress," Lucy said stepping back and spinning for them.
"It sure is beautiful," Mira said pointedly to him.
"Thank you," Lucy blushed.
Natsu perked up as the music began to play. "Lucy," he held his hand out for her. "Wanna dance?"
"I'd love to!" Lucy smiled and walked away with him.
"Are they dating?" Gray asked.
"What?" Juvia asked. "No."
"Are you sure?"
"He did plan a ball for her," Mira added.
"And spent his money on a dress for her and not food." Erza pointed out.
"Ah," Gramps smiled watching them. "Young love."
The party was in full swing with the buffet just beginning to be brought out. Couples and teams were dancing together with most stood or sat at tables telling stories or jokes in their finest clothes sipping champagne.
The current dance was the last until it was time for Natsu to make his big toast and then everyone to cheer, then eat. Yes, he had planned this all out, with the help of Happy. First, he would finish off the dance with Lucy, most people having abandoned the dance floor while the food was brought out. Happy would gather Natsu and Lucy's plates as they danced, then right before everyone began to eat, while they were all seated. That's when he would make his toast.
"So, Lucy," Juvia asked as the team sat at a large table. "Are you seeing anyone?"
"Eh?" Lucy asked at the strange question as Gray elbowed Juvia. Since the beginning of the ball, the team had been taking internal bets on whether Natsu and Lucy were together. Hell, the entire Guild was.
"I only ask because I have a cousin who would love to meet you." She tried to cover.
Gray sighed and leaned his head on the table. "Food should be coming out soon."
"Yes, food, so Lucy," Erza asked. "You are single?"
Lucy blinked. In all honesty she had thought Natsu was trying to pull a prank on her. There was no way no one in the Guild knew. They didn't try and hide it, sure they weren't fans of PDA, but there had to have been signs… right? "I…"
"I knew she was single." Juvia smiled.
No. The Strongest Team in Fairy Tail were a bunch of idiots.
"Lucy?" Natus asked coming up to the table after helping wheel food out. "Wanna finish this dance?"
"Um I'm not sure, no one is out there anymore."
"Come on," Natsu smiled. "For me?"
"..."
"For the musicians? They are playing a song to dance to; you can't humiliate them by not dancing." Natsu reasoned.
"I suppose you're right." Lucy nodded and let him lead her to the center of the floor.
"You were right; I can't believe it. It's been four years and not a single one of them knows!" Lucy whispered. "I think we need a new team."
Natsu wasn't paying attention to what she was saying, wich wasn't new, he was busy lost in her eyes, wich also wasn't new. "Lucy?"
"Yes, Natsu?"
"Ya know I love ya right?"
She blinked. "Of course."
"Ya know I'd do anything you'd ask?"
"I know."
"Ya know I'd die for ya right?"
"You almost have a few times." Lucy smiled. "I love you too Natsu."
"With all your heart?"
Lucy giggled. "Yes."
Back in the Guild, the music stopped and everyone seated with their meals. Natsu let go of Lucy and got everyone's attention. "EVERYONE SHUT UP I HAVE A SPEECH TO MAKE!"
"MAKE IT QUICK I'M HUNGRY!" Canna yelled.
"Alright," He began. "As most of ya know, I threw this ball because it's been five years since Lucy and I have been working together. But what all of ya DON'T know, and you all freaking should, is that it's also Lucy's and I's four years. That's right; we've been dating for four years. And not even in secret! What is wrong with you all?"
A choir of 'pay up I won's were heard followed by growing.
Natsu cleared his voice and turned to Lucy. "Through all the fights. All the wars. All the almost deaths. All the actual deaths. You're the one thing I look forward to the most. The one thing that makes me smiled no matter what." There was a little throat cleared. "And Happy too," Natsu added. "I can go through hell and come back to our apartment, that's right everyone, we live together. For the past two years. Seriously. How did you not know? Sorry, I'll come back to our apartment and get into bed next to you, and it's like I'm in heaven. Lucy Heartfillia, I love you, and I want to spend the rest of my life with you," Natsu smiled and got on his knees as Lucy cried. "Will you marry me?"
He opened the small box from his pocket to show a diamond ring.
"Oh, Natsu, YES!"
They embraced, and the Guild Hall erupted in cheers.
"Natsu, the ring is gorgeous! I love it!" Lucy said after a long hug and passionate kiss.
"I made the diamond myself and melted and shaped the gold. It took for freaking ever, but it turned out worth it, ya think." He smiled proudly.
Lucy looked up to him with more tears in her eyes. "I love you."
"So," Gray said leaning on the table where he and the others sat. "Looks like I won, Juvia."
"You cheated." She said with narrow eyes. "The cat told you something."
"Happy? No," Gray smirked. "He'd lose his tail."