my answer is you
notes: nalu week is heeeeeeeeeeere! nalu all day err day, 24/7 for an entire week, plus 2! probably the best week ever, tbh. i literally pulled this one outta my ass and vomited about 500 words of fluffy randomness but i hope you enjoy? lol thanks and love nalu! title is inspired by the song "My Answer" by EXO WHICH I AM IN LOVE WITH OMG YAS. ahem. and on that note...
disclaimer: i do not own Fairy Tail or any of its characters. applies to rest of fic as well. (my disclaimers are getting progressively less interesting. well, that's not what you read fanfics for anyway, right? :D)
shine
In his eyes, she shines.
He's never thought much of it, just figured everyone saw her this way. Just figured this is how she is. Until the stupid Ice Princess told him otherwise.
"Shines? What are you, high? Jesus, shoulda known you were on something," Gray snorted.
"Shaddup! I'm sober!" Natsu snarled.
Gray raised an eyebrow. "Really? Then you're whipped."
"What the fu—"
"C'mon, you think the sun and stars shine outta her ass, and you're gonna tell me you're not completely in love with her? Get a clue, Flame Brain."
Natsu smushes his face in between his palms as he stares at her and Levy squealing excitedly over some lame book. His eyes focus on her, then move to Levy. And then back again.
He closes his eyes and sighs. Nope, compared to Levy, Lucy is practically glowing.
It makes sense, right? After all, her hair is frickin' gold, and if gold isn't shiny, he'll eat his own fire. And her eyes—well, they're brown, which aren't particularly shiny, but he swears they sparkle and glitter and maybe that's just the stars in her eyes, but he'll be damned if they aren't the most dazzling eyes he's ever seen. And her smile—well now, he's willing to bet she has the whitest, brightest smile in the entire guild, and the guild's girls all have really nice teeth. But hers must be glow-in-the-dark or something because he's seen her smile at night and it just lights up his whole damn world.
And something in his gut tells him that maybe Ice Princess wasn't as wrong as Natsu wishes, so he taps Happy and asks, "Hey, buddy, can ya do somethin' for me?"
Happy pauses in his demolition of his fish and nods. "Sure can, Natsu! What is it?"
"Can ya look at Lucy for me?"
Happy tilts his head. "Why?"
"Just do it."
The Exceed shrugs. "Okay, I'm looking at her. Now what?"
"Can you tell me if she's shining?"
Happy reels around and gawks at his best friend. "She's what now?"
"Shining. C'mon Happy, it's not that hard. Just say yes or no." Natsu taps his foot impatiently.
"Uh, no? Is that even possible? I didn't know humans had stars inside of them!"
"Nah, just Lucy," Natsu murmurs absently. He sigh heavily. "Maybe it is just me."
"Wow, I'm gonna go ask Lucy about this! I wonder who else is shiny!" Happy flies off obliviously.
"Yeah sure bud—no! Hey, wait, Happy, don't—dammit." Natsu drops his head in his hands and groans.
He can just barely hear bits and pieces of the conversations—"Natsu," "shiny," "other people," "oh my goodness what"—and he peeks through his fingers to find Levy cackling, Happy smiling dopily, and Lucy blushing the shade of his hair, which looks rather amazing on her.
Adorable, his mind cries as it dies a wonderful death, so adorable. And shiny.
Lucy turns and catches his gaze and they stare at each other for the longest moment. Then she lifts her lips into that cute little smile of hers and waves hello, and it's all Natsu can do to grin back without toppling over as everything explodes into a supernova of Lucy-ness.
Alright, so maybe Droopy Eyes was a little bit right this time. But Natsu will never admit it.
Copyright 2015 by The Siege
