Hi all! So I thought because you guys liked the first one-shot so much, that I'd make another one! I'd also like to thank all who reviewed, So here are your replies!

Nnatsuki: Thanks so much! I plan on it :)

Sanders-sama: Thanks :D

Tawny: Thanks! I think so too ;)

This one-shot has nothing to do with the first one I wrote, this is just more fluff.

It's also not funny like the second-most half of the first. I don't really know why, I just felt like writing something that could kinda be considered 'some serious fluff' so I did.

This chapter is inspired by the song 'Bronte' by Gotye. (More so in the first and last sections than anything else, but you get the drift.)


It was hopeless.

There was just no way she could hope to pull through this time. She'd already used up all of her magic energy, and made the mistake of underestimating her opponent yet again. A seemingly reappearing flaw the blonde Celestial Mage had already made on more than one occasion. The black dots that previously swam into her line of vision started to grow larger and spread as the inevitable darkness began to entirely encompass her intellectual being. She then did the only thing she could think to do, her last glimmer of hope.

"Natsu," she whispered, barely even audible, the only thought able to course through her mind as she felt her consciousness slowly slip away from her.

Darkness washed over her, and the last thing she remembered were the warm, strong, yet gentle arms that circled around her.


"She's late. Something has to have happened,"Natsu paced nervously. "You know how Lucy is about being on time."

The dragon slayer and his small blue companion had been expecting the blonde when she had said she'd "be back in a minute, I just have to go to the bathroom."

That, however, was twenty minutes ago, and being as impatient as he is, Natsu ultimately decided his plan of action.

"I'm going to look for her. I know they're pretty slow and ...built..differently...but it doesn't take girls THAT long to pee."

After walking some five short minutes and following a sweet scent that seemed to be getting closer, he stumbled upon a rather frightening scene played out before him.

Lucy was (well, trying to,) battle with what looked like another wizard, and he was starting beating the life out of her, quite literally.

From what he could tell, she had little to no magic energy left, and was (for lack of a better description) worse than defeated.

Natsu began to run as fast as his feet would take him to the woman he had come to care for, come to love, and

understand. He could see her kees visibly wobbling, as it was taking all her remaining strength to simply keep her standing, and she looked as if she'd pass out any second.

He'd be damned if he didn't hear her whisper his name as her knees finally gave way, and she began to tumble to the ground, but not before Natsu finally reached her and was able to set her down gently before going on a murderous rampage directed in the offending wizards current standing point.

Needless to say, it was no contest.


Light.

As the darkness began faded away, all she could see was the light.

Slowly but surely all of her senses leaked back into her conscious, and she felt the immense soreness next. She then took into account the soft bedding below her and the soft and comforting blanket atop her person. Fourth, and certainly best, she felt the warmth radiating from her right hand and the fingers that gripped it for dear life. She was almost sad to feel the warmth, the touch, lessening on her hand shortly before feeling soft lips being placed directly on top of her lips, though feather light in touch. They lingered for a couple of seconds, before finally pulling away. This was when Lucy finally gained control of her body and fluttered open her eyelids. It took a second or two to get used to the light in the room, but when they did, she was happy to see the sight.

Natsu was staring down at her with nervous yet loving eyes while softly squeezing her hand, assuring her of his presence.

"Luce, you're awake," he smiled, and she'd be damned if she didn't feel her heart break a little at the small tears pricking his eyes.

"Natsu," she rasped in return, still rather weak from her extreme defeat, and tried to sit up, of course, not without help from the dragon slayer.

"Don't push it," he warned, helping her up. "You're still recovering. What the hell were you thinking, taking that mage on all by yourself? You damn near got yourself killed! Jeez, and they call me reckless."

"I wanted...to prove.. that I can do some things alone,"she reasoned.

"Idiot." He scoffed, looking down.

This kind of shocked Lucy, so, unsure of what to make of that last statement, (not to mention being to weak to protest) she let him continue.

"That's why we're a team, stupid. So we never have to do things by ourselves. We never have to be alone."

If that didn't make Lucy cry, she would have to have been a Heartless.

She would've brought Natsu to the ground had they not been sitting down. He immediately returned the embrace, being mindful of her weakened state.

"Thank you," she whispered, so softly she wasn't sure he heard, but her doubts were forgotten when he only gripped her tighter.

They stayed like this for quite some time, until Lucy remembered what she had felt upon her lips, and blushed a light pink. She pulled away to look Natsu in the face so she could search for a truth in the question she was about to ask.

"Natsu," she began quietly and averted her gaze before continuing. "Why did you kiss me just now?"

"Well, people kiss the ones we love, right?"

This was clearly not the response Lucy had been expecting.

"You… love me?"

"Course I do," he stated simply, as if it were household word.

"Plus I was pretty worried…" he trailed off, looking down.

"Natsu, I…"

"Just think about it, yeah? You need to focus on recovering right now."

"No, I…" she tried to think of the right words. "I'm just shocked to hear that coming from you, of all people, you know?"

This seemed to confuse Natsu. So, he asked with his head tilted in confusion, "What do you mean?"

"Well, what do you mean when you say you love me? Do you mean like part of your family, your guild? Or do you mean…"

"Like you're the person I want to always be by my side, to spend the rest of my life with?"

Lucy took a shaky breath and answered, "Yeah. That."

"Does this answer your question?" he asked as he leaned forward and captured her lips with his, though this kiss held much more emotion, much more passion that was just begging to be released.

When they finally broke apart for lack of air, they were both smiling.

"Does that answer your question?" he asked her.

"I don't know, maybe you could be a bit more clear."

They kissed again, again, with more passion and heat than the last. This kiss, however, was short-lived due to the camera flash and the excited squeal they heard from the infirmary door, and quickly broke apart to whip their heads to the source of their disruption. Upon finding a smiling Mirajane and an excited Levy holding a camera, their faces blushed a feverent scarlet color, like two children whose hands had been caught in the cookie jar.

"Well," Mirajane broke the silence, "I'm glad to see you're feeling better Lucy, so we'll just leave you two alone now then."

The pair left the room giggling, not before snapping another picture, of course.

The two in question looked shyly back at each other, still blushing. Natsu stood up to leave, but was stopped when Lucy's hand and her plead of "Please, Natsu, stay" brought him into the infirmary bed with Lucy between his legs and a blanket covering the both of them.

"Thank you," she whispered once again as they both fell into a dream of their bright future that awaits them.


So there's my next one-shot! Thanks everyone for reading!