Lucy P.O.V.

Well, we are here at Natsu's house. We were playing on the wii. Of course after playing Super Smash Bros Brawl, the place was disorganized and messy. The wii broke thanks to Natsu, Gray, Erza, and Gajeel. The rest of us didn't get to play.

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK

Natsu opened the door.

"Thanks and here is a tip," Natsu said.

He hands the pizza delivery guy the money.

"Pizza is here. The sodas are in the fridge. The utensils are already on the table. Dig in!"

We all went to the table and grabbed a slice of pizza or two and put it on our plates.

'Mmm… this tastes so good! I love pizza.' I thought.

"Hey Erza. Would you pass me the soda?" Gray asked.

"Sure," she answered back.

As she was going to give the bottle to Gray, Erza's arm knocked over my cup of soda and it got all over my blouse.

"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry Lucy. I insist on you to punch me," Erza apologized.

"No, no, it's okay. And no; why would I punch you?" I asked.

Mira started helping me clean my blouse by getting napkins.

"Luce, come with me. I have a t-shirt you can borrow," Natsu informed.

I went over to Natsu and followed him. We went through the hallway and turned to go in to his room. His room wasn't as messy as I thought, since I have been in here previous of times before.

"Sorry about what happened," Natsu muttered as he goes through his drawers. He finally found a shirt after rummaging through his other clothes.

"Here you go."

"Thank you so much, Natsu." I took the shirt that Natsu handed out to me. I turned it over so I can see the front of the shirt.

*Gasp* "Natsu… but i-it's your favorite band… y-you can give me another shirt." I tried handing it back to him but he stopped me and insisted.

"No, it's okay Luce. It's your favorite band too… plus it was the cleanest shirt out of the others in my drawer."

"Oh alright. I will change then." I head to the bathroom.

'That was so sweet of him. He is a great friend, but sometimes I feel weird around him. Is it normal to feel different around friends?' I looked in the mirror. I really like this shirt. Besides it having The Smiths on it, I really like how the shirt is black and the picture of the band is white on some parts, but the shirt helps make up the graphic as well. I stepped out of the bathroom and went inside his room.

"Thank you so much Natsu." I went over to give him a hug.


Natsu P.O.V.

I thought she looked cute wearing my shirt, even though it was baggy on her. I thought the bagginess looks cute on her anyways. Wait. What was I thinking? She's my best friend; but I can think she looks cute, right? Girls tell each other that they look cute in an outfit or something. So I can-

"Natsu, are you alright?" worried Lucy.

I shook my thoughts away and looked down and noticed we were hugging.

"I'm okay. Sorry Luce, I was just thinking. Oh, and you're welcome. I'm glad you like the shirt, you're borrowing," I told her.

She ended the hug.

"Yeah, I'm glad you're fine," she murmured

"Thanks." I scratched my neck.

Lucy P.O.V.

I saw him nervously scratched the back of his neck.

"We should go back out, to the others," I suggested.

"Yeah, we should," Natsu agreed.

Natsu and I went to the noisy family room.

I saw Jellal look up at us.


I woke up to the sun peeking through the blinds of my window. I sat up in my bed, reliving the events that happened last night: the boys' small argument about the sandwich, the soda accident, and borrowing Natsu's shirt. I looked over to the spot on my desk where I placed his shirt.

'That was really kind of him to let me borrow his shirt with his favorite band on it. I should get him a thank you gift…'

I finally got up from bed, and then I made my way to the kitchen to eat breakfast. I opened the pantry and grabbed the Cheerios cereal box, took the milk out of the fridge, and got my bowl and spoon. I sat down and ate my breakfast on the table. I looked over some ads for the stores. An idea popped into my head, for what I should get for Natsu.

Meanwhile…

Natsu P.O.V.

'"Hey Natsu, I think you and Lucy would make a cute couple." "You guys would be cute together."' I let out a grunt. 'This is still bothering me and I'm confused on why it is.' I opened my eyes and looked over to the clock, which displayed that it is ten thirty-seven. I got up from bed and went to my dresser to find clothes to wear, since I was only in my boxers. My The Story So Far t-shirt was the first shirt I grabbed, and then I found my jeans; I quickly put my clothes on.

'If Lucy and I got to be a couple, would we even last long?' I felt myself blush at the thought.

'I normally don't blush. But it seems when I think about Lucy or things that involve Lucy, I find myself blushing. Is this normal to blush around my best friend? My partner? My buddy?'

Suddenly, I got a text from Gray. I wonder what Ice Princess wants. It says: 'Hey Natsu, I've forgotten my notebooks at your house by mistake. Is it okay if I come over soon?'

I replied back: 'Sure, you can come over now.'

'Maybe I should ask him for advice. Ugh… but I don't want to because I'll look weak. Whatever, I guess it's worth a shot.'

A few minutes later, Gray knocked on the door. I went to open the door. "Hey, and thanks for letting me over." He immediately went inside.

"No problem. Um… can I talk to you… about something?" I nervously asked.

"Uh, okay," Gray answered.

"Well, something Mira and Levy said a couple of days ago is still bothering me-" I started.

"Okay, what did they say?" interrupted Gray.

"I was going to tell you, until you interrupted me, stripper," I taunted.

"I guess I will leave then, since you are being rude, candle stick," he retorted.

"No, no, stay. Ugh. I apologize for my rudeness," I apologized sarcastically.

"Thank you. Much better," Gray teased as he smirked.

"Alright, as I was saying, Mira and Levy said that me and Lucy would make a cute couple and stuff like that. I really do care a lot about her, but I care about all my friends. I feel so different with her, though," I confided.

Gray stared at me for a while, and then he laughed.

"What the hell are you laughing at, damn it!" I yelled.

"Ha, ha, ha, huh. I'm sorry Natsu, but you really are an idiot," Gray mentioned.

"Argh… why do you say that!?"

"Because you like her! You don't even realize it," he pointed out.

"No, I don't," i denied as I hid my face behind my scarf.

"Natsu, I can see you blushing. I could tell that you two like each other. Everyone else thinks the same. Now grow some balls and do something about it," he shouted.

I stood there, stunned. 'I like her? I… I do like her!' I snapped out of it.

"Thanks Gray! Sometimes you really aren't that useless. What should I do, then?" I said.

"You're welc—hey! I'm not useless, you asshole!" Gray interjected. I heard him sigh.

"You should do something thoughtful and sweet. Get her a gift or something. Tell her how you feel. Look man, I have to go home and help my mom with something. Just don't be stupid."

And with that he left.


a/n: sorry i haven't updated in awhile. i went to a funeral on monday and i sort of been withdrawing from doing stuff. but don't worry, i am still writing the story and trying to finish it. i love you all.