Natsu swallowed down his cake with much trouble. His eyes were still wide as he stared at his naked teammate who was so casually eating her own slice of the strawberry cake. He had caught more than a few glimpses of her body before, she was worse than Gray sometimes when it came to keeping her clothes on, but this was a different ballgame. The fire dragonslayer was not, by any means, use to sitting so comfortably with someone who was in their birthday suit.
Gathering up courage, Natsu tried to act as normal as possible. "Um… Luce?" he questioned, trying to keep a straight face while his friend looked up at him. She gave a sort of questioning grunt since her mouth was full of the cake she was consuming. "Are you going to get dressed?"
The blonde girl looked down at her body and sighed heavily. She ate the last bite that was left on her plate before standing, not noticing how her friend had his eyes glued to her bare chest. "I guess I should, huh?" she managed to get a little chuckle in. She looked around the room and then headed towards her dresser.
Throwing on an oversized shirt that Natsu had left, she turned back to him. "I'm probably just gonna head to bed. Are you staying?" she asked him tiredly as she went to turn the kitchen light off.
The pink-haired teenager was still in some state of shock. His best friend had just been naked this whole time and she didn't even smack him for seeing her body! For some reason, he was feeling very warm inside and he felt a twitch in his lower abdomen. Natsu just shrugged it off, knowing he had to keep his composure, "Sure!"
Lucy walked past him, grabbing his hand and guiding him into the bedroom almost lazily. Man, she must really be tired, Natsu thought to himself as he followed behind her. He shut the bedroom door closed behind him and watched as the celestial wizard crawled into her bed with nothing on but one of his t-shirts. Watching her seemed to spark a fire within that he had never felt before.
Natsu flicked the light switch off and then stripped down to his boxers before climbing into the bed along side of his friend. He watched her turn towards him as he got under the blankets, her eyes closed and her mouth slightly parted. The fire wizard's eyes traced over her resting face and couldn't help but furrow his brows. Has she always been this beautiful?
He brought his rough hands up to her face, cupping her cheek. Lucy's eyes opened weakly, and she took notice to the way her best friend was looking at her as if he had never seen her before. She simply smiled; she knew how Natsu's mind worked, regardless of how crazy he was. "You finally figured it out," she muttered, "took you long enough."
Natsu was shocked. How had she known? Had she felt the same butterflies that he was feeling? How long had she felt this? He didn't know what to say, the only thing he could think about was how soft her lips looked. I wonder what they taste like… And with that thought, the pink-haired man brought his lips down on her own.
She smiled into the kiss, she wanted this for so long but she never imagined she would have to have eaten a piece of cake naked in order to get him in this position. She broke away from the kiss as a tear slid down her cheek.
Worry spread across the dragonslayer's face. "Lucy, I'm sorry," he started babbling, "I just thought… well I wasn't thinking… oh, don't cry!"
A weak laugh slipped through her lips. She was too exhausted to fully explain her feelings like she should, maybe tomorrow. "Natsu, you idiot," she smiled at him, slowly closing her eyes shut as she draped an arm around her best friend and snuggled into him.