Loves Bites.

Natsu Dragneel was not the sharpest tool in the box, he wasn't dumb of course, put him in a battlefield he'll give you fourteen different strategies off the top of his head, but ask him to figure out the square root of sixty four and he'd stare at you blankly (Does sixty four even have a square root?).

Anyway, the point was he wasn't very bright, he'd admit that himself to anyone, besides Gray, but Gray's a prick so he doesn't count. But one thing Natsu is is determined. If he sets his mind to something it will be done. Come hell or high water, though hell would be slightly more troublesome than high water, although they say hell is fiery so Natsu would likely be in the clear, he would do it, whether he had to crawl over five miles of broken glass, suffer through hunger and even transportation, the bane of his existence, Natsu would do it. If he had to fight Gildarts or punch Gray in the face, though he'd do that one for free, actually he'd do both, then Natsu would.

So when Natsu finally realised something, something rather important, he decided to just charge straight ahead, no dawdling, no looking back, no hesitating, just a straight forward blunt charge.

"Erza, I like you."

The loud declaration made all activity in the guild stop. Gray stared incredulously, Lucy stared slack jawed, Mira stared with stars in her eyes, they all stared, stared at the pink haired boy suddenly declaring his feelings for the scary red haired mage.

"Thank you Natsu, that's really kind of you, I like you too" she responded with a smile, utterly oblivious to the meaning of his statement. Erza could be as dense as Natsu at times.

Natsu shook his head "No, Erza I like like you."

Erza blinked "You like like me?" what did that even mean… No, it couldn't be… no way… surely not… there was just no way he meant that… was there?

Natsu nodded "Yeah, I like like you, as in how Bisca and Alzack like each other" the two blushed darkly and looked anywhere but the other.

Erza, meanwhile, was taking a few moment to think of how Bisca and Alzack liked each other, when exactly Bisca or Alzack would confess, how events would unfold from there, whether or not she'd get an invite to the wedding, what their first child would be called, how many children they would have, and whether or not it would end in a bitter divorce that would split the guild. All to avoid thinking of Natsu's confession, but she was dragged back to the now with a bang and her whole body jolted as if electrocuted.

"Y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-you l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-like m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-me?" everyone in the guild had the same thought just then 'Since when does Erza stutter?'

He nodded again.

Erza opened her mouth and closed it, and opened it and closed it, and opened it and closed it, and no words came out "Really?" she finally managed to ask.

"Yes, really" he nodded twice to emphasize his point.

She frowned "I see" Erza chewed her lip. Natsu, NATSU, the little brat who got involved in a fight with Gray seconds after walking into the guild, who used to take showers with her, who was so immature and stupid, yet so strong and determined, that Natsu liked her. And he sounded pretty darn serious, this wasn't some prank or joke, if it was he'd been struggling to hold back his giggles and his grins, no, he was deadly serious about this. She glanced up at him, and his serious face, usually grinning or bored, or sick when he was on transport. Erza stood, this was the kind of situation that needed to be dealt with standing up "It… it makes me happy to hear that" it really did, she truly felt honoured that she was worthy of Natsu's affection… but "But I don't return your feelings. I'm sorry."

Everyone felt for Natsu in that moment, to put your heart out, right in front of the entire guild no less, and have it batted away, even Gray felt bad for him just then.

"I understand" Natsu nodded, his hair shadowing his face and for a moment Erza was afraid of what hid behind the shadows. But it was only a grin "Thanks for considering it, Erza."

And like that he walked away not looking any duller or depressed than when he first walked in, in fact he looked… relieved. As if a weight had been removed from his shoulders "Hey, guys" he headed to Gray and Lucy, and Happy of course, mustn't forget Happy "let's go on a quest. I need money for food."

Lucy frowned then smiled, maybe he was trying to get over his rejection by going through the normal motions of life if so then she'd try to facilitate that "Yeah, I need rent."

"I got us one, 200,000 Jewel for exterminating monsters on the route through Mount Hakobe" Gray waved it in front of them, for once not picking a fight with Natsu.

"Alright, let's go!" Natsu raced out soon followed by Gray and Lucy, Happy had flown out alongside him.

After a moment Erza sat down, shoulders shaking, she felt bad for Natsu, she really did, but she couldn't lie, not to him. Besides he had Lucy and Gray and Happy, his friends would help him get through any pain she had caused.

Natsu stuck his head back in through the doors "Oi, Erza, you coming or not?"

Now everyone, even Erza blinked in surprise.

The girl he just confessed to and gotten rejected he was now asking if she wanted to come along with them. Natsu, Gray, Erza, Lucy and Happy had been a team for a while but… to constantly be in the presence of the girl who just turned you down, could even Natsu bear that?

"Erza, hurry up, time is Jewels" Natsu said bouncing on his feet like a five year old in a candy store.

"I… err…" not knowing what else to do Erza nodded.

"Well come on then" Natsu charged back out through the door "FISH, FISH, FISH, GRILLED MEAT AND FISH!"

As Erza followed stupidly, unsure now of what to do, everyone else stared still in shock, except one.

Makarov Dreyar watched, half sad, half happy, his kids grew up so fast, poor Natsu though getting rejected like that, but it was to be expected he supposed 'Loves bites, I guess.'

So this is my image of how Natsu would confess, the loveable idiot that he is. I'm not sure if this is just a one-shot or if I'm going to continue it, if you can think of how I should continue it let me know, if you want me to continue it let me know, if you thinks its a stupid pathetic piece of worthless dog shit... well, still let me know, I guess, you know if you want to.

By the way, pretty much the entire confession was based on the confession in episode 1 of Amagami SS (coincidently Amagami means 'love bites', whether referring to hickies or how love can bite I don't know). Still its a good, romantic anime series, in my opinion and why would you listen to my opinion go and form your own for shits sake.

Well, thanks for reading, and toodles.