NATSU

Man, today was boring. Gray was too busy being harassed by Juvia to fight, Erza is out on a quest, Lucy and Levy went out... somewhere, Cana just sat and drank with her new drinking buddy from Wild Four (or is it Quatro Puppy?), and I'm just sat in the guild eating candle flames.

"Hey Natsu, you wanna go fishing with me?" Happy piped up. Hmm, seems like a distraction from nothingness.

"Sure little buddy, we'll catch a big one and share it! I'm fired up now!"

"Aye, Sir". Making Happy happier makes me happiest. My little pal, its nice watching him grow up, spending time together, getting stronger. Maybe someday, I'll sprout wings of my own? It happened to that guy who became Achnologia, right?

"Natsu, you're day dreaming again!"
"Oh, sorry Happy, I was thinking about flying"
"You mean with me?"
"Kinda", it's not a lie, but I get the feeling Happy might be offended if I say I was thinking about getting my own wings. I think he likes me depending on him in that area.

"Lucy and Levy are back!" Happy announced. We were just on our way out, but seeing them made me lose enthusiasm to leave. Gajeel appeared from behind me.
"Gee hee" He did the creepy laugh, I guess that means he's happy to see Levy? I don't get what she sees in old Metal Face, but whatever, they are nice together I suppose.

"Seems they're back early" He said, voice low and oddly aggressive, despite the fact he was being pleasant.

"Y-yeah" was about all I could say

"Natsu's in loooooove" Happy taunted.
"As long as it ain't with Levy I couldn't care less." Gajeel replied. It sounded like he was being harsh, but really he was just marking his territory, like when a dog pees on a tree stump. Thinking about this made me want to laugh out loud, but I stifled it.

"I ain't after your girl and you know it, Metal Face."
"I guess you like the blonde bimbo type, Flame Brain."
By this point the girls were in earshot.
"Who's a blonde bimbo, Gajeel?" Levy questioned; accusing tone coupled with a stern look.

"Gee hee, I was just teasing Natsu about a girl he likes." Shut. Up. Gajeel.
"Oooh, anyone we know?" Lucy asked, oblivious – which is probably for the best. Everyone just kinda looked at her, then looked at me, laughed and walked on. Gajeel and Levy side by side, her hanging on his arm and smiling contentedly. I wish I had something like that with-

"Hey, Natsu! Come ooooon you said we would go fishing and catch a giant fish for us to share". Oh Happy, I really don't want to right now...

"Oh yeah, sorry pal. Uh, see you later everyone. Catch up with you later, Lucy?"
"Oh, okay sure. You want to come and look through some assignments with me later?" She asked.

"Mm" I nodded, a little too enthusiastically. She smiled, and I hid my blushing face. What has gotten into me? Lucy's my friend! I can't... I won't...

Happy grabbed me and we flew to the river. The water there was still and I dipped my hand in just to watch the ripples move across the water surface. Happy handed me a make-shift fishing rod and held his own, casting into the water with a contented look on his little blue face.

"You should tell her you like her, Natsu."

"Who?"

"Don't be obtuse, you know who I mean."

"Happy, we're just really good friends. There's nothing there."

"Natsu, she clearly likes you. Just think back to the grand magic games. Think about it. She told you she believes in you and since then she blushes everytime you compliment her and do nice things for her. What I wouldn't give for Carla to look at me that way..." A little sad tone toward the end of the sentence made me realise how grown up he'd become.
"Fine."

"'Fine' what?"
"I'll confess to her"

"Y-you will?" Happy's eyes turned toward me, glowing with awe. What did I say to merit that? Its only confessing to Lucy. Only... confessing to... Lucy.

"Actually on second thought, no"
"What? Why?"

"I've got nothing to confess. I'm just getting a little confused because we've spent so much time together lately." A convincing statement to say the least. Surely that's where this feeling is coming from. Over-familiarity.

"I'm not convinced, Natsu. But, if you're sure that's the case then I guess I can't argue."

We sat in silence for a while after that. Then, TUG

"Hey I've got a bite, Happy!"

"Yay, way to go! Now pull it in!" It was heavy, it was gonna be a big fish. With a few pulls on the line and a final tug, I pulled in the biggest cod I have ever seen.
Happy and I, sat and gorged ourselves on the fish until we were fit to burst.

"I'm so full. Happy, can you roll me back to the guild?"

"No, I'm more full than you."

"Natsu?" Lucy's voice came from behind the starlit trees, dusk had fallen and the sun was just a sinking red blob in the far distance.

"Oh, hi Lucy. You came just in time, me and Happy have become too fat to walk home." She laughed and prodded my expanded stomach with the end of one of our fishing rods. Once upon a time, Lucy would have scolded us for being gluttons, but now I think she just finds it funny.

"I came to see where you went, I figured it would be somewhere around here." She was beginning to learn where me and Happy go when we want to get away, I found it sweet that she even cared. But that's what friends do, right?

"So, uh, did you want some of our fish? There's not much of it left..." Happy said, reluctantly offering to share his precious fish. He MUST be fond of Lucy too.

"Actually, I just ate." Lucy answered quickly, I don't think she liked the thought of taking Happy's fish. "Thank you, though. Natsu, did you want to come over to mine for a bit? I took notes on some of the jobs that are available at the moment and I thought maybe we could talk through them and pick one together...?" Was she asking me... over to her place...? I couldn't remember if she's ever invited me before.

"Sounds like an idea." I replied with a grin.

"Well, Natsu, I wanna go home so... you can go with Lucy without me, right?" Huh? What's Happy leaving for?

"Uh, sure. You not feeling well little buddy?"

"Um... I... um... ate too much fish." Is he being honest with me? I don't get it.

"Well, okay. You just go home and rest up."

"Take care of Natsu for me, Lucy." Oh. I get it, he want's me to confess to Lucy. The little rat! Can't give it away in front of her though...

"I will Happy don't worry!" She called after him as he flew off. "It's nice how much he cares for you."

"Heh. Yeah." More like sets me up...

"You okay? You wanna go home too? I won't be offended. You did eat an entire fish..." Oh no I gave her the wrong impression.

"No, no I'm fine! Your place is it? Let's go!"

Well here is my first Chapter of "The obvious Crush". Its just a way to get my brain into gear and I love writing. Plus fairy tail is awesome. Now, I know that I do a lot of short sentences, but that's mostly for effect because a human brain tends to think like that. I think I switched tenses a lot depending on the thought process. Let me know what you all think. Constructive criticism is appreciated.

More Chapters to follow