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That night Lucy walked silently back to her apartment; head hung low with tears streaming down her face. Everyone in the guild had offered to

either stay with her for the night or to walk her home; but no, she wanted to be alone. Lucy finally made it home, locked the door, and ran to her

bed clutching her pillow with all her might while her face hid in another. She balled her eyes out until her eyes were so sore they felt as if they

would burst. She laid, lifelessly frozen in a trance of her own thoughts, as memories of him danced through her mind and played out times where

she thought that maybe, just maybe there was something there. Now it was all a hazy past, she knew nothing would be the same between them as

she replayed the incident in her mind. The throbbing in her heart seized until she felt nothing, becoming numb to all emotion as she fell asleep neglecting the tears still splattered on her face.

Lucy's window slid open slowly, careful not to make a sound; Natsu craftily slipped through her window as the moonlight shun upon her golden locks. He silently crept through the room, stood over her, and stared at her face in awe; he had come back with an understanding.

He had felt strange from the moment they met, as if an imaginary force were pushing him towards her, why he always felt the need to be near her, even going to the extent of breaking into her house more times than even he could count; she was a part of him.

The moon continued to shine as her tears sparkled in the darkness, he reached out to touch her but immediately stopped himself.

"I'm sorry I hurt you, Lucy."

Natsu whispered in a voice so soft it was almost lost in the night. She looked so delicate lying there, as if she would break if he laid a finger on her; but Natsu knew it was anything but true, Lucy was one of the hardest working members of the guild, she never gave up; one of the qualities he loved about her.

"Love…" Natsu thought to himself as he took in her sweet strawberry scent; his mind flooded with images of her, Lucy laughing, Lucy crying, Lucy yelling at him for eating all her food. It had always been Lucy, his dense mind came to a realization.

He continued to stare at the celestial mage in amazement, she was beautiful and he knew it. Very gently Natsu reached down, ever so gently and placed a kiss on her forehead. Lucy's eyes flung open and jolted up immediately, shocked by the warm sensation on her skin.

"N-Natsu?" the blond stuttered, making out a spiky haired figure as her eyes grew use to the dark.

He quickly looked anywhere but right at her, completely unable to meet her gaze; he could feel his face burning a deep red. Lucy noticed him avoiding her and quickly looked down at her sheets. Silence swallowed up the room as the gap between them grew wider.

"You can take your mark back if you want." Lucy's voice came out surprisingly clear even though her heart felt like something were clawing at it.

"I know you don't see me in that way." She continued, however her voice cracking this time as she tried to sound as if she didn't care; her eyes still burning from the soreness.

Natsu immediately turned to face her as if offended; their eyes met this time for the first time in a long time.

Still making eye contact, he reached out and wiped the tears from her face making her shudder at the touch and look up in surprise; she had already planned for the worst case scenario.

"Never kiss anyone else ever again, you're mine." Natsu whispered now bent over touching his forehead to hers. "And there would never be anything I would change about that." Lucy looked at him bewildered, "Bu-but you ran!"

His fiery breath on her skin as he talked sent electric shocks through her spine.

"I was… confused, an emotion has never burst out of me like that, Lucy. Love before that just meant my nakama's, I-I didn't know how to react to a new emotion like this." He admitted blushing furiously in the dark.

Her heart slammed hard against her chest ready to explode; she was sure he could hear it too.

"Lucy, I'm sorry I didn't realize sooner… realize that I loved you all this time." Before she could get a word out, he swiftly crashed his lips into hers, causing Lucy to melt. He pressed his body into hers causing them to fall back onto the bed with Natsu kneeling on top of her this time. Finally, they broke away for air after what felt like eternity, Lucy looked up at him beaming,

"I love you too, Natsu."

Natsu grinned down at her wildly; a part of him felt complete.

"Luce can I spend the night?", He asked for the first time in his life.

"Maybe just this once", Lucy smirked.


The End

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