Lucy blinked open her eyes, a yawn escaping her lips. One of her hands reached up from under her blanket, which smelled just like Natsu, and rubbed her eyes. Beginning to wake, she tensed suddenly when she felt something solid pressed against her back. Warm, solid and ... moving? As she became more aware, she felt something around her waist. It was warm and heavy too. Turning around as carefully as she could, her brown eyes widened when she saw Natsu cuddling her. Glancing down, she saw it was his arm that was wrapped around her waist. She was about to yell at him, to wake up and move, when she saw the content look on his face. Smiling softly, Lucy wriggled closer to him, and closed her eyes, liking the way his body heat spread through her whole body.
The next time she woke up, her brown eyes clashed Natsu's black eyes, his eyes keeping her hostage. He gave her, in her opinion, a cute closed eyed smile which she had come to love. He tightened his grip around her waist, bringing her closer to his chest.
"Moring Lucy!" He told her happily. Lucy blinked her eyes, trying to get rid of the last strands of sleep. She could feel Natsu's warmth, both of his arms wrapped around her petite form, his left around her waist, and his right going under her ribcage his hand splayed out on her back.
"Natsu, how... why... are w.. we in this position?" She mentally berated herself for stuttering. The blonde haired girl could feel a blush beginning to settle on her cheeks.
"Hmm? Oh, I woke up in the night and saw you were shivering, so I thought you could share my body heat. I hope you don't mind..." Natsu trailed off, looking unsure of himself. Lucy giggled lightly, thinking he was too sweet for his own good. She kissed him on the cheeks and whispered a 'thank you'. Natsu's face turned a bright red, making Lucy laugh out loud. Natsu, beginning to turn a normal shade, felt proud that he had got her to laugh.
"Alright we better get up, we've still got to get to the village!" Lucy told him, uncurling herself from him. She instantly missed his warmth, but stood up anyway. Walking to her bag, she brought out the left over food she had brought. It was an unofficial rule, that Natsu never carried the food for any mission, as he would eat it all within an hour.
Nudging Happy awake, she grabbed her belt and put it on, making sure her keys were secure. Picking up her right boot she began to pull it on. However, Lucy's balance had never been good, and she began to hop around, trying to not to fall over. Just as she thought she was about to fall over, Natsu's hand shot out, and steadied her. He kept his hand on her forearm as she put on her other boot. Once they were both on, she gave him a smile, which the butterflies in his stomach go into a frenzy.
"Where's the food?" Happy asked, rubbing his eyes. Lucy began to roll up her stuff, folding the blankets neatly. She handed Natsu's his, beaming at him.
"Thanks for the blanket!" She told him. He reached out and took it, his hand closing over hers, causing his heart to stop. They both laughed, and Natsu took the blanket. Once everything was packed up, they walked out of the cottage to a waterfall nearby.
Sitting by the water edge, they ate the left over food, their feet in the cool water. Natsu hadn't said a word, staring off into the distance, and she was being to get worried.
"Hey Lucy, can I ask you a question?" Natsu asked, just as she was about to ask if he was okay.
"Yeah sure," She told him, intrigued. Natsu blushed and looked at her, his eyes darting away seconds later.
"W.. Well I w...was wondering... that's if you want... I mean you don't have to..." Natsu became flustered, wringing his hands in his lap. Lucy became concerned, and placed her hands over his. Her brown eyes searched him, trying to find what was wrong with him.
"Natsu are you okay?" She asked, concern swimming in her eyes. Natsu felt his breath catch. He looked at the blonde female in front of him. He couldn't even begin to describe her, no words would do justice to her beauty. She was a princess, intelligent, majestic and so lovely. He could think of a thousand words to describe her, but non of them would be enough. Gulping, he started again.
"Look, Lucy," He stared in to her eyes. Lucy swallowed, suddenly afraid he was going to say he didn't like her like she liked him, that he was in love with Lisana. "I really like you. I like you more than friends should. When I'm near you, my heart beats like crazy, I go bright red and I can't breathe properly. I get butterflies in my stomach every time you smile at me. And every time you speak to me, I forget everything, who I am, where I am. Everything I know, which isn't much, just goes out of my head the moment you start talking to me.
"And all I think about is you, the first thing I think of when I wake up is you, how well did you sleep? And the last thing I think of at night is you. I wish that you have a good night sleep, with no nightmares. At night I wait till I see the first star and I make a wish on it. Every night, since the moment I met you, I've wished that you would be my girlfriend.
"But I've always known, I'm no good for you. I'm not like Loke, all romantic, and I'm not like Hibiki, very clever. You're from a rich family, you deserve someone who will buy you anything you want, you'll take you out to theatres and restaurants.I can't give those things. I'm an orphan, raised by a dragon. You're father wouldn't want you to be in a relationship with scum like me. You deserve someone who'll be there for you, who knows that your favourite animal is a rabbit, and that your favourite food is yoghurt. I know you don't like hard missions, and seeing anything suffer, and you hate seeing a Celestial Mage use their Celestial Spirits as shields.
"I don't know much about many things. But I do know that I would love you with all my heart, I would never cheat on you, because seeing you cry is the worst thing ever, and it breaks my heart to see you suffer. So Lucy, even though I know you're going to reject me, would you be my girlfriend?"
The speech made Lucy cry. It was filled with love. She was so very happy that Natsu felt the same way.
"You idiot," She yelled, flinging her arms around him. She sobbed into his shoulder. Natsu just looked shocked, his eyes twice their normal size. Still sobbing, Lucy continued. "Natsu, I don't care if I'm from a wealthy family, I don't care if you can't take me out to fancy places, or buy me expensive things. And I really don't care what people will think if I went out with someone like you.
"Natsu, you're not scum. You stick up for your friends, no matter what, you'll be there for them. Love is love, no matter what. What I want is to have someone I can rely on to be there for. Someone who's sweet and knows the little things about me. Someone who'll make me happy.
"Natsu, I really really really like you. I love your personality, I love the way you'll doing anything to protect your friends. I've tried to hide it, hide the fact that I feel sad if I don't talk to you. But I guess, no matter what, love will find a way of showing itself. And to answer your question, yes, I would love to be your girlfriend!"
"Really!?" Natsu yelled, picking her up and spinning her around. Lucy laughed, tears falling from her eyes, and nodded. Natsu stopped spinning her and put her on the ground. He placed his forehead on hers, and smiled at her.
"Today's the best day of my life!" He whispered to her. He slowly leant in, his eyes searching Lucy's. Lucy nodded, and tilted her head up, closing her eyes. The moment their lips touched, fireworks exploded. Lucy's hands crept up, one tangling itself in her new boyfriend's salmon coloured hair, the other placed on his chest. Natsu's arms wrapped around Lucy's waist. Breaking away, he was glad to see a blush on her cheeks. Leaning down he gave her a quick peck.
"Mine." He whispered against her lips.
