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"So...what now?" Lucy asked as she reluctantly pushed herself out from his embrace to look into his face.
"What do you mean?" Natsu asked, obviously confused.
"Well…" Lucy began as she again examined the fascinating fringe on her blanked. "what now? We know we both have feelings for each other. We don't want to share each other. So what do you want to do?" Lucy didn't really know why she was being so shy, it was Natsu for cripes sake, but she was still a little unsure of herself. This was all so new, to the both of them really, that she didn't know how to act anymore.
"Well I don't know about you, but I want some breakfast and then maybe go out on a mission."
"But what about us?" Lucy whispered. What is wrong with me?! She screamed in her head. Why am I acting like this?!
"What about us?" Natsu asked confused again. He looked into her face and was struck again by how beautiful she was. How had he not truly appreciated that until now. He really wished he understood what she seemed so worried about.
"Natsu you idiot!" She pushed him out of her bed, frustrated that he didn't understand what she was trying to get at, annoyed that she had to spell it out for him.
"Hey!" He yelped as he hit the floor.
"Don't you get it? Usually when people express their feeling like we did, they become a couple." She had been angry at him but as she said that last word she seemed to deflate, all the anger going out of her to be replaced again by embarrassment. Why did he have to be so dense.
"A couple?" He said as he rubbed a sore spot on his hip that had landed hard on the floor.
"Yeah you know like boyfriend and girlfriend." she felt like she was explaining thinks to a child. This was so frustrating and embarrassing. How did someone grow up not knowing any of this stuff? She knew he was raised by a dragon, but he had been at the guild long enough to know this stuff. Hadn't he?
"Oh." He said, apparently he finally understood what she was talking about. "I don't see what the big deal is."
"What?!"
"Well I thought that was a given." Lucy just stared at him. "Well I mean, unless you...you know...don't want to be." He mumbled as he looked the floor.
"Oh. Yeah, I...I ah...would like that. I mean if you do of course." Natsu looked up at her with a wide grin on his face.
"Of course I do." He jumped up and wrapped his arms around her again, planting a kiss on the top of her head. She looked up into his adorably grinning face and he leaned down and kissed her.
They decided to go to the guild for breakfast. Lucy didn't really have that much in her house, well she had enough to feed herself for about a week, but Natsu would still be hungry after eating it all, so the guild hall seemed like a better idea. Unfortunately they were not prepared for what awaited them there.
As soon as they pushed through the doors it got really quiet. Everyone seemed to be looking at them. Mira was crying with a big grin on her face and everyone else seemed to be smiling too. Natsu and Lucy were a little nervous, they didn't think walking into the guild together would cause this reaction, they came in together all the time. Everything became clear when a little blue cat began to sing as he rocked back and forth on the chandelier above their heads.
"Natus and Lucy sitting in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G, first comes love, then comes marriage, then comes Lucy with a baby carraige." He laughed as the entire guild began to cheer and clap and offer the congratulations. There were a lot of "about times" too.
"I'm gonna kill that cat!" Lucy said to Natsu as they were descended upon by their friends.
Levy grabbed Lucy and dragged her over to a table where they were quickly joined by Erza, Cana and Juvia. Does no one go on missions anymore? Lucy wondered to herself.
"Ok Lu-chan Spill it." Levy demanded as she leaned forward eager for the scoop. Lucy took a deep breath, she knew this was going to happen, and she didn't mind really, these were her girls, but she needed to know what happened here first.
"Ok, I'll tell you, but first you need to tell me how you all knew."
"Ok fair deal Lucy." Erza laughed as she leaned back in her chair. "Happy came in here this morning with one of his evil little smiles on his face. You know the one that means he knows something juicy." Lucy nodded "So I asked him what was up and he told me he'd tell me if I bought him a fish. I wasn't willing but Gray, the old gossip, was more than willing to shell out the price." Juvia gave Erza a dirty look, she really got bent out of shape if anyone spoke badly about her 'Gray-sama'. "Chill out Juvia" Erza snapped at her when she saw the scowl on her face. "Jeez, anyways. So happy tells us about he and Natsu seeing you in your birthday suit in the morning, you kissing him last night and Natsu going missing while happy was sleeping. Then he tells us that he peeked in on you two and you were curled up in bed together sleeping like babies. So then when you two walked in together and blushed when Happy sang his little song, it was obvious that what he said was at least partly true, and well...we assumed the rest. Now spill!" Erza demanded as she finished her story and leaned forward for Lucy's. Lucy was a little shocked, they seemed to know most of it. Other than her conversation with Natsu there wasn't a whole lot they didn't all ready know. They are probably going to think I'm holding out, but oh well.
"Ok, well, actually, you know most of it all ready. I guess what you don't know is that Natsu told me that when he saw me...naked," She knew she was blushing when she said this, but come on how can you not. "which was totally by accident, he said I was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen." Lucy looked around at her friends and they all looked like romantic fools with big sappy grins on their faces. She couldn't blame them really, it was pretty sweet, especially when you consider the source. "Anyways then he kissed me and Happy found us and I took off. Then this morning I woke up with Natsu in my bed with his arms around me. Now normally I kick him out, but… " All the girls were staring at her, and not in the 'this is the most romantic story ever' sort of way, but more of a 'what the heck are you talking about?' sort of way.
"This has happened before?" Levy asked shocked. Cana just took a gulp from her barrel, nothing seemed to shock her.
"Well yeah, he always sneaks into my apartment. He eats all my food, messes everything up, uses all the hot water, and sleeps in my bed." They were all looking at her like she was crazy. "What it's no big deal, usually I kick him out, but…"
"Wait!" Erza demanded with her had up in the international sign for 'Stop right there and shut the front door!' "What do you mean it's no big deal? It is a big deal if a guy is sneaking into your bed at night. With you in it."
"Oh, I see, I mean you see..." Lucy stumbled, it was never a good idea to upset Erza. "I'm not usually in it. What I mean is that I come home and Natsu and Happy are sometimes in my bed. Well, to be honest, they have snuck in with me before but only once or twice." Erza looked like she was going to blow. Luckily Levy put her hand on her arm.
"It's okay Erza, I can see why your upset, it isn't a thing you usually hear, but I would really like to hear the rest of the story." She had heard about them coming in to her apartment before, although not about them sneaking into her bed, so she seemed to be the first to recover.
"Juvia too, so please stop interrupting." Juvia piped in too. She was mostly happy that she didn't have to worry about Lucy trying to steal Gray anymore. Who cares if the pink haired one sleeps in her bed. If Gray ever snuck into Juvia's bed she wouldn't kick him out. Although he had kicked her out a few times.
Erza backed down, but the look she gave Lucy let her know in no uncertain terms that they would be discussing this again.
"Ok where was I? Oh yeah, so I didn't kick him out. I wasn't sure how I felt about everything after the kiss, but seeing him there like that. He looks so...I don't know how to explain, he just looks really sweet when he sleeps. And when he woke up we talked and realized that we both had feelings for each other and so now...we're a couple." The girls continued to talk about girl things, but at the boys table it was a little more boisterous, as always.
Natsu had been dragged by Elfman to a table with the guys. Gray, Gajeel, Lilly, Happy, and Elfman looked at him expectantly.
"What?" Natsu asked, feeling a little uncomfortable under the scrutiny of so many eyes.
"What do you mean what?" Demanded Gray. "Tell us what happened!"
"Yeah, salamander." Gajeel pitched in. "Your cat told us what he saw, but it seems hard to believe that Lucy would ever pick you."
"Stuff it metal brain, she did pick me." They all looked at him in surprise.
"What do you mean she picked you? You saw the goods then kissed her then snuck into her bed. Exactly what of those things did she choose?" Natsu thought about it for a minute, an Gray was right, he had done all those things, but Lucy wanted to be his girlfriend. Oh My God! That was the first time he had even thought the word and it felt strange. Lucy was his girlfriend. Girlfriend. Lucy. Girlfriend. He decided he liked it.
"Listen up popsicle boy. She's my girlfriend and I don't have to explain any of it to you!" Natsu didn't feel like telling them about walking in on her naked, she wouldn't like it and he didn't want them to think about her like that anymore than they already were. They didn't need all the details.
"You guys already heard everything from Happy," He said giving his loud mouth friend a dirty look. "There isn't much more to tell. We're a couple now, that's it."
Natsu had had enough of the questions, he wanted some breakfast and to eat with Lucy, but she was surrounded by her girls so he went up to the bar and ordered his usual from Mira. She took his order and went to get his dozen fried eggs, pound of bacon, six sausages, and a stack of pancakes. While she was gone he looked around the hall he noticed that Lisanna wasn't there. That was strange usually she was always there helping Mira. He'd have to ask when she came back.
