Today had been another fabulous day for Lucy Heartfilia.

Of course by fabulous, she mean shit-tastic.

First she was late for her job at the coffee shop, had a guy flirt with her for 30 minutes straight as she tried to usher the man to please take his beverage and leave, and had coffee poured on her when she denied the jerks advances.

What was with guys these days? Lucy would never fully understand, and it's why she had sworn off guys for the past few years, since her last boyfriend, Loke, had cheated on her a million times. The two had remained friends, but just friends was all Lucy every wanted to be, at this point.

Luckily for Lucy though, she didn't have to walk home with a coffee stain on her shirt, as her friend, Erza Scarlet, lent her one of her shirts, since she always seemed to have spare clothes.

Lucy had been so wrapped up in her thoughts, she barely registered the shout from the guy in front of her, as he tripped on the curb.

He had his hands in front of him, probably to catch himself on the floor, but both Lucy and the guy-who was wearing a red beanie-practically screamed as his hands caught her shoulders instead.

The guys phone went flying out of his hand, and the sudden weight of Lucy caused them to swerve and almost collapse, until she latched her arms around his back, which ended up as her dipping an insanely hot guy in the middle of a crowded street.

His hat had fallen off somewhere during the dip, revealing messy pink hair, which was trimmed shorter around his neck but was a wild mess on top of his head, which hung in his, now wide, dark eyes.

The man in her arms also had two studs in his ears, and his expression looked absolutely flabbergasted and mortified that some random chick just caught him sensually with 100 people watching.

Lucy found herself shrieking and jumping back, letting the poor guy hit the floor, head snapping back onto the pavement, him yelling "ow!" In the process.

She covered her mouth in shock as she stared down at the guy now rubbing his head gingerly to alleviate the pain.

Great, not only had she dipped and embarrassed a hot guy in public, but then she dropped him to let him get a concussion. Just great.

"That was a surprise…" He said, laughing softly as he grabbed his hat and phone "I admit I've never had THAT happen to me before"

Lucy couldn't believe how he was just brushing it off so easily, and laughing, and smiling (His smile rivaled the sun in every way) and just what was this complete stranger doing to her heart right now?! "I-I'm so sorry!" She cried, rushing to his side and helping him up.

He wasn't the tallest guy she's seen, in fact, he was only about 10 cm taller than herself, and she was only 5'4. But despite his shortness, he didn't look unable to handle himself, as Lucy noticed the guy was 100% ripped. And since the white sleeves of his shirt were rolled up to his elbows, she could see a bit of the fiery tattoo that probably took up his whole arm, as it was visible from the edges of the collar of his shirt.

His state of dress was another matter in itself. His shirt was long so it bunched up around his narrow hips, but was tight enough to see he definitely had a 6-pack hidden beneath it. He wore black skinny jeans, which did wonders for his legs, and red converse, and lastly, a black and white scaly scarf secured around his hips like a belt.

Lucy had to blink a few times to get herself to focus on his, tan, freckled, face, with his strong, defined jawline, and-

'HEARTFILIA SNAP OUT OF IT!' Her inner voice screamed, and Lucy finally brought herself to smile apologetically.

The guy was grinned widely now, showing sharp canines, and making his equally sharp eyes crinkle around the edges, showing he was genuinely happy.

"It's no problem! I've just heard of a damsel in distress, not the other way around" He snickered, stuffing his hat in his back pocket. "Either way you'd make a great heroine!"

Lucy blushed at the compliment, but waved it aside, continuing to smile brightly "Let me at least make it up to you… Since I dropped you on the floor" she muttered, trying to keep her face from exploding

"Well sure, what didja have in mind?" He asked, eyes wide an innocent, going from devilishly handsome to the cutest thing on Earth in 0.2 seconds.

"Hmm…" Lucy hummed in thought, rubbing her chin "Tell you what, I work at a small coffee shop down the road from here, just come in and ask for me and I'll get you a free order!"

His face brightened considerably at that, if it was possible "Ok, what's your name?!" He asked excitedly, making the girl blink in confusion.

"H-Huh?"

"Well I can't ask for ya if I don't know your name" He pointed out "'Yeah just get me the blonde chick with a hero complex, she'll fix me up'" the guy continued mockingly, making Lucy giggle, and she noticed his smile grow more, as he managed to make her laugh.

"I'm Lucy."

"Great! I'm Natsu! I'll be seeing you soon then!" Natsu declared, giving a short salute, before hurrying off in the direction he was heading before their little spill.

Lucy felt her lips curl as she turned, and headed down the road, towards home.

Maybe today hadn't been so worthless after all. In fact, maybe her summer would come early this year.