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Never before had she felt so overcome with joy. Never had she felt this truely happy. The person she had missed the most, right as she was reaching her breaking point, there he was, beating up "Fiore's Number 1". Why was he doing this? Well she could only assume it was the same reason she herself was upset. That was a shameful guild to have as the top guild.
" Yo, it's been so long, Lucy!~" she heard his voice call to her, slightly deeper than before
Without thinking, she jumped over the ledge of the colosseum, and it wasn't long before she felt tiny paws grab her, and bring her down to the man in the ring.
"You idiot! Why did you do that?!" Lucy yelled instantly, hitting him before stealing his cloak tp cover up in "you MELTED my CLOTHES from like, 100 yards away! Hell you melted the whole place!"
Natsu blinked, before laughing boisterously "I did?! Awesome!~~"
Lucy hit him again "Moron!" She sniffed as her frustration turned to tears "t-turn around.." She muttered
Natsu squinted "whyyy...? You gonna hit me or-" he stopped as he turned, and felt her grab his now longer hair, and slowly tie it back
"There... It won't get in your way now..." She sniffed again, smiling lightly
The pinkette blushed lightly, as he raised a hand to feel the ponytail now on the back of his head "I-"
"It's Natsu Dragneel! Coooool!~~~"
"Shit! Not you!"
"Is it true you're actually the cloaked man going around taking out entire dark guilds single-handedly?!~~"
"I uh.."
"You WHAT?!"
"And is it also true you have every Sorcerer Weekly issue that Lucy Heartfilia modeled for?!"
"WHO TOLD YOU THAT?!"
"EHHH?!"
"Aye!"
Lucy's blush was only rivaled by the amusment she felt as her beloved comrade, and partner, was being hounded with questions by her boss
Yeah, her feelings for him had changed over the year
But these new feelings were more than that of friendship.
...
But she would tell him that when he wasn't so busy.