It had been years really since these two last saw each other. They had been in touch since they decided to follow different paths, but they were never in the same town at the same time. It wasn't until the team decided to have a reunion that Lucy realized that she would be seeing all her friends again. She was especially excited to see Natsu, but was Natsu excited to see her?

The answer was simple really. Yes, he was ecstatic. When he got a letter from Erza to meet up he wanted to scream. He already knew Lucy would go because she had been dying to see her friends again. That and if he knew anything about Lucy it was her value of promises and she had promised if the team ever met up she would be there.

It took a while by train with Happy, but they eventually made it back to Magnolia. However when he got there he was trying to keep his insides exactly where they were. Inside. He dragged himself from the train and laid out on the ground. What he wasn't expected was the teasing of Gray, "Dude, it's been years and you still aren't over your motion sickness? How lame." He smirked, but Natsu just groaned. If he had his wits about him a fight would've broken out right there.

After a while, Natsu was back to normal and Erza had arrived at the station with Wendy and Carla. She was covered in her armor and Wendy looked older, "Natsu, Gray, hello!" Wendy said as Erza kept a smile on her face. Gray and Natsu shared hugs with the girls and then they waited and waited.

Lucy was in the capital, so they knew it would take her a while to get to Magnolia. When she saw her friends the worlds biggest grin spread across her face. The others all ran to her and gave her a hug. All except Natsu who seemed to just stare. She hadn't changed in the last few years. She looked young and healthy and it made his heart jump. He smile was radiant as the sun it's self and her eyes looked like stars. Her keys were around her hip and that caused him to smirk. However, when she looked at him his heart seemed to stop dead. She said something, but he couldn't hear.

People started waving their hands in front of his face and that caused him to jump a little bit as his hearing came back, "Earth to Natsu. Lucy asked you a question." Gray said, whacking his arm. Then there was Happy with his usual, "He liiiiikes her~" That caused his face to flame up and he looked away.

"I do not and what did she say? I wasn't paying attention." Natsu composed himself and gave a heart-melting smile. After he had just seen an angel. She looked so bright and happy and it reminded him of when they first met.

"I asked if you were going to welcome me or just stare from your corner all day, you dork." Lucy chuckled and covered her mouth, she really hadn't changed in the time they had been apart and Natsu found it to be cute. He walked up and gave her a warm hug, "I missed you, Natsu." Lucy whispered in his ear and then smiled and let him go.

"I missed you, Lucy." He said back with a teasing smirk. Their hug lasted a little longer than expected and the others decided to give them some time to catch up especially knowing that Lucy liked Natsu and they were closer to each other than with everyone else.

"I know." She responded and unwrapped his arms from her shoulders so that the others didn't feel like they were third wheeling, "So, lets go have a fun day."

Everyone nodded and walked off to go have a good time around the city. They went to the shopping districts and then around town saying hello to people who recognized them. The guild was still running and they walked in to be recognized immediately. They ended up throwing a party in honor of their return.

Lucy didn't know what to think when they all separated, but Natsu stuck by her side. She smiled at him. Music had begun to play and Natsu offered his hand, "Want to dance?"

She took his hand and nodded, "I would love to." She took the moment to take him in. He was a little taller than her and he looked happy. There was something in his eye though. Something she hadn't notice there when they were together all the time. It was an unknown emotion that she didn't know that he had and it made her feel warm inside.

Though Natsu also was taking in Lucy. Her blonde hair was cut to it's original length and was tied up in a pony tail. He was so attracted to her and he didn't want to leave her side again. The strange feeling of possessiveness took over him. He wanted her to himself, but wasn't sure about going about it. His hands tightened around her and pulled her close. He just needed to feel like old times, so he spoke, "You know. I was thinking about coming back to Fairy Tail."

His sudden statement made her eyes go wide. She wanted to come back as soon as she left the place, but it just wasn't home without Natsu there. She smiled, "Oh, yeah? Why?" She asked calmly.

"I don't know. I guess because it's home. It's the place where I met you and everyone else and I miss it and all the fun adventures we've had." Natsu sounded cheezy, but that's what Lucy missed to. All her friend that were still here.

She looked at Natsu, "I want to just be home, I wanted to come back sooner, but it just didn't feel the same without everyone else here. Mostly you. You'd always break into my apartment and I don't know. I missed it." She smirked, "If you come back I'm going to have to." She chuckled.

"Well, then I guess you'll just have to spend the rest of your life by my side then, won't you?" He asked with a teasing smirk when he saw Lucy's. He was surprised when she blushed.

"I guess I will and I'll love every second of it, Natsu. Just like I... I love you." She whispered.

Natsu had to do a double take to make sure he heard what he just heard, but Lucy's face said it all. She was blushing and her face turned away to hide it, "You want to know something, Lucy?" he hooked her chin and lifted her head up, "I love you." He said softly and pushed his lips against hers.

The experience was odd, both of their hearts were racing and everything seemed to stop as Lucy kissed him back, closing her eyes. They stayed like that for a while. They had barely realized that the music had stopped and everything had gone silent. When they pulled away they were both blushing as they realized that everyone was starring at them.

Everyone seemed to cheer and yell, "Finally! They finally said it!" There was a bunch of whooping as Natsu and Lucy started laugh and pecked each others lips.


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