She was exactly five minutes early. Looking around the train station, Lucy wondered how she would be able to find the person she was looking for. The answer quickly came to her: his arms. His arms would have the same markings as hers. He would be easy to spot, as long as he wasn't wearing long sleeves.

"Natsu!" Lucy called. She wasn't expecting that there would be such a big crowd at this time of day. Sure, 7pm was a popular time for dinner dates, but not a good time to be taking a train somewhere. "Natsu!" she called out again, hoping he was close enough to hear.

She stopped when she saw a man about her age sitting on a bench, with ink on both his arms. He was facing away from her, so before approaching she took a quick scan of him. The first thing she noticed was his pink -of all colors- hair. It was a little on the messy side, but it looked really soft and Lucy couldn't help but want to try running her hands through his hair. But since they barely knew each other, she decided against it. Instead, she took out a pink pen and began to write the words 'look behind you'.


'Pick you up at 7?'

'Sure'

"Texting Lucy again?"

Natsu looked up to face the owner of the voice. "Why do you care?" His roommate simply shrugged, then turned his attention back to their TV. "Then don't ask," Natsu muttered so Gray couldn't hear.

Tomorrow was going to be the one-year anniversary of the day Natsu and Lucy met. Over the past year, the two of them had started out as friends but somehow ended up falling for each other. Both Natsu and Lucy's friends were convinced it was supposed to be fate, but naturally most of Natsu's friends just teased him about finding love before the rest of them. However, Natsu's younger cousin Wendy was delighted when she found out that the two of them were dating. She even said that she hoped, that someday, she would find her soulmate. Natsu and Lucy still weren't one hundred percent sure about the whole 'soulmate' thing, but they were thankful for it anyways.

"Are you going to ask her?" Gray's voice interrupted Natsu's thoughts. Natsu shook his head.

"Not today."

Gray rolled his eyes. "Well you should do it soon," Gray said, once again turning his focus back to the TV.

Instead of coming up with a witty remark, Natsu dialed a number into his phone. He was planning on taking Lucy to a well-known restaurant in Crocus. It was very fancy and expensive, so Natsu had to save up for a long time, but he decided it was worth it. When one of the hosts picked up the phone, Natsu placed his reservation -table for two- and impatiently waited for seven pm to come.


"It's almost been a full year, Lu. Start dropping some hints!"

"Instead of lecturing me, how about helping me find something to wear?"

Levy Mcgarden sighed and wandered to Lucy's closet. Lucy was holding a short, pastel blue dress against her chest. "How's this one?" she asked for the millionth time.

"Good. They're all good," Levy replied. "I doubt Natsu cares what you'll be wearing."

Lucy lowered the dress, then walked over to her full-length mirror to see how it looked for herself. "I know, but this place is supposed to be really fancy, right? I don't want to look out of place."

"Out of place? You're talking to the petite blue-haired girl who's dating a six-foot-something guy with metal piercings all over him, and we went to a similar place last month. Not a single person thought we looked weird. Trust me, you'll be fine," Levy ranted.

"Thanks, I'll wear this one," Lucy said, tossing the dress onto her bed. Before picking out accessories, Lucy gazed at the digital clock on her bedside table. "Almost time to go," Lucy said with a bit of tension in her voice.

"Nervous?"

"Just a little."

Levy smiled, and reached into Lucy's closet to grab her dress shoes. Handing them to Lucy, she gave the blonde a nod of approval. "Fill me in on what happens, okay?"

"Yeah, yeah," Lucy said. This is how most of Natsu and Lucy's dates started. Levy would help her get ready, and when it was almost time, Lucy would start to get nervous. Then Levy would say her usual 'tell me how it goes', even though Levy knew Lucy would even if she didn't ask.

After picking out her outfit, Lucy went into the bathroom to get dressed and put on her makeup. When she came out, she did a quick spin to show off her dress to Levy.

"You look great, as always!" Levy complimented.

"I'm going to head out now," Lucy said, grabbing her keys.

"Good luck!" Levy called out as Lucy walked out the door.


Lucy's phone went off at two in the morning. She wasn't too happy being woken up at such an early time, but she was still glad to see a new text from Natsu. Lucy reached to grab her phone, and yawned as she opened up her messages.

'Happy Anniversary!'

Lucy couldn't help but smile. She thought that -knowing Natsu's forgetfulness- she would be the one to bring up their anniversary first. Lucy rubbed her eyes and quickly texted him back 'Happy Anniversary' with a heart emoji at the end.

After waiting a few minutes to see if he would text back, Lucy turned her phone off and went back to sleep.


"What's the occasion?"

"He's got a date later."

"Ahh, I see."

Natsu walked out of his room, dressed in nice -but nothing too fancy- clothing, to see his roommate talking with their neighbor.

"Do you need something, Cana?" Gray asked impatiently.

"Actually, yes I do," Cana paused, trying to make the situation more dramatic, "I'm out of eggs."

"Well we don't have any, goodbye," Gray said before closing the door in her face.

"Hey, wait! I wasn't done," she snapped from behind the door.

Gray rolled his eyes, and opened the door again. "What else?"

"I have a question for Natsu," Cana stated.

Natsu raised an eyebrow. "What is it?"

"Are you gonna marry that blonde girl or not? Because I haven't gone to a wedding in years and-"

Gray closed the door again before she could finish. The two men stood in silence for a few minutes, until Natsu spoke up.

"I'm going to go now."

"Alright. Don't do anything dumb," Gray teased.

"Like I would!" Natsu snapped, before leaving their apartment.


Natsu was waiting for Lucy in the park, under the sakura tree. The two of them had come here once before, the last time when the tree was in full bloom. He decided for them to come here again after seeing the look on Lucy's face when she gazed at the tree and marvelled at it's beauty. Natsu didn't see why she loved the tree so much, to him it was just a tree nothing more, but if it made her happy, then he didn't mind it.

Natsu's hand fell to his coat pocket, where a small black box was sitting. Every time he looked at the object inside the box, it filled him with worry but excitement at the same time. He couldn't quite describe the feeling; it was like parachuting from a high cliff -exciting, but dangerous.

"Natsu?"

He turned behind him to see Lucy, with a puzzled look on her face. She was probably trying to figure out what he was thinking about.

Natsu's eyes quickly scanned her body. Lucy was wearing a light pink dress, similar to the color of the sakura tree pedals. She also had on a silver necklace, and her hair was tied back with a few strands down to shape her face.

"You look great!" he complimented with his usual large grin.

"Thank you, you do too," she said with a light blush on her face.

The two of them looked up at the tall sakura tree, and stood in silence for a few minutes. After a while, they began talking again. It was just a normal conversation, they asked about how each other was doing, what they did since they last met, and if they had any plans for the rest of the day. Natsu tried working up the courage to pull the small black box out of his pocket multiple times, but each time he got scared and chickened out. But he soon came up with a new plan.

Natsu wasn't the most romantic guy, but he did enjoy a bit of irony.


Lucy was nervous. No matter how much small talk she had with Natsu, she couldn't help but worry about how the day would turn out. Today, their one year anniversary, was a very special day, so she didn't want to say something wrong and screw it up. She looked away from Natsu, back up to the sakura tree, and she didn't notice when Natsu disappeared from her side. That is, until she felt a familiar sensation on her left arm.

She smiled as she watched letters appear on her arm. Soon letters turned into words, two to be exact. She held back a laugh, thinking about how the two of them met when she decided to write two letters on her arm.

"Lucy?" Natsu was almost done writing. She heard his voice from behind her, so she turned around to see Natsu down on one knee. He was holding a black pen in his right hand, and an open ring box in the left. He didn't say anything, so Lucy looked back down to her left arm where two words were written in his signature black ink.

'Marry me?'

A/N: That's it for part two! Thanks to everyone who left comments on part one and asked me to continue this story! Sorry I took so long to finish it, but today is nalu day so I got the motivation from that to finish this. Also, I don't think I will write a part three to this, sorry. But as always, let me know what you think and if you liked it!