"Aahahahah!" Mirajane's laughter could be heard from every corner of that huge room.

"Miraaaa ..." Lucy whispered, covering her face because of the embarrassment. Even though she was sure that with all that mess, it was difficult for someone to stop, from doing what he was doing to listen to Mirajane which was laughing out loud.

"Ahaha! Sorry Lucy.. Ahaha! It's just...It's too funny!" Mirajane said as she wiped her tears.

"Well for me it's not funny! I'll never forgive him! For nothing in the world!" She said irritated as she rose from her chair to leave, but when she turned around she saw Natsu which was entering the guild.

Oh no! Speaking of the devil and there he is, greeting everyone as if nothing had happened yesterday! Lucy thought while crossing her arms over her chest and glaring at him. When Natsu finally noticed Lucy, he raised his hand to greet her but she passed him and left the guild ignoring him completely. Natsu ran after her and grabbed her by the wrist.

"Oi Luc-!?" But a slap in the face, cut short his words. Lucy had slapped him. With the tail of the eye Natsu saw that she was trembling in anger. She turned on her heel and ran away quickly. Natsu stood there in ecstasy touching his flushed cheek.

What the hell did I do wrong? Wondered Natsu.

"Pfff ..." Natsu heard a familiar laugh.

"Natsu has been slapped by Lucy" It was Happy laughing behind him.

"Tch ... I-It's not true...S-shut up." Natsu said embarrassed at Happy, while he surpassed him to return back into the guild. He felt that, that day would not have been lucky for him. He headed for Mirajane's bar. Without thinking he followed Lucy's smell and sat on the same chair, on which she was sitting a few seconds ago.

"Oh my! Natsu what happened to your face?" Asked Mirajane surprise.

"Natsu has been slapped by Lucy .. Pff..." Sid Happy which had followed him. Natsu said nothing, he just glared at Happy.

"Why?" Mirajane asked pretending to not know already, the story and filling the glass from where Lucy had been drinking with Natsu's favorite drink. He looked at the glass before speaking, and then he whispered:

"I ….Don't know ..." As he was massaging his cheek.

"Hmm ..." Mirajane said as she took some glasses to clean them with a rag.

"Are you sure you haven't done anything that could insult Lucy?" Mirajane asked.

"... Well ... Yesterday ...I went shopping with her ..." Natsu said slowly, choosing each word carefully. A chuckle has escaped from her mouth, but she motioned to Natsu to continue.

"After that ... Lucy found a dress that she liked it ..." Even if he liked it more.

"... And she decided to try it …"

"Hmm ... Then what happened?"

"I left the store."

"Why?"

"... I ... I remembered ... T-that... There was ... One thing ... I-I had to do …"

"Hmmmm ..." Mirajane realized that Natsu was lying about that part, but if it was so personal to lie, she decided not to ask any more questions about that fact.

"Well, maybe Lucy didn't realize that you've left the store because you had something to do, and she got upset. " Mirajane confirmed. Natsu looked at her incredulously.

"You know ... There's no need to get upset with someone who has told the truth." Mirajane said. It was as if she was reading him like an open book. Natsu knew that Mirajane had realized that he had told a lie.

"... M-maybe it's better if I apologize ..." Natsu said, returning to look at the glass.

"It won't be easy." Mirajane said seriously.

"…...C-could you help me?" Natsu asked embarrassed. It was the first time that Natsu asked for help, for such a thing. Mirajane looked at him shocked.

Natsu was asking her how to be forgiven by Lucy!? It was normal that Natsu didn't know how to say sorry, but sooner or later he would go to that person and tell him just the word Sorry. Why was is so difficult for him to apologize to Lucy? They had known each other so long. Mirajane thought.

"Natsu ... Ok .. I'll give you advice!" Mirajane said with a smile. Natsu was all ears, even though he did not look at her face.

"So ... As I've already said it, it won't be easy to apologize. So just saying Sorry won't work." Mirajane said.

"... Enough? That all?" Natsu asked confused. Mirajane nodded. What kind of advice was that?! Natsu felt hopeless.

"Oi, Flaming head!"Said a male voice. Only gray called him, in that way. In fact, it was him. Shit, he just did not want to see him of all the people, at that time.

"What's wrong? The little brat has problems with girls?" Said Gray as he approached him.

"Aye! Natsu doesn't know how to apologize to Lucy." Said Happy.

"Apologize to Lucy? Isn't it faster to go and tell her that you're sorry?" asked gray.

"Natsu, this time made it reaaaaaaaally big, and Lucy is reaaaaaally angry." continued Happy.

"Ohhh? What did he do? He burned all her panties? Ahaha" Gray asked sarcastically. Natsu glared at him. It was as if gray, would have added another of his stupid comment and he would have killed him there on the spot.

"Now, Now, Gray. Don't tease Natsu." Mirajane said to gray.

"Tch ... Well you could do something special."

"Spe...cial?" Natsu asked.

"Yes. Special means something that-"

"I know what it means, you bastard. "

" Hah? Are you challenging me? Bring it on! "

" Gray, Natsu! "Mirajane stopped the two boys.

"Tch ... Punk ... "said Gray.

"Hah? Did you say something, you exhibitionist?" Natsu asked while looking at him as if he felt pity for him.

"Y-you-!"

"Gray-samaaaa! " A female voice shouted from afar. It was Juvia.

"Oh shit! "said Gray seeing the girl getting close to him.

"Gray-samaaaa! Juvia felt so lonely without you!" Said the girl, which was now running toward him.

"Y-you never get tired? Eh?" Gray said before starting to run to get away from Juvia.

"Pff ...Stupid." Natsu said as he turned towards Mirajane, waiting for her to finish saying her advice.

"I've finished giving my advice." Mirajane said.

"B-but you didn't say anything!" Natsu protested. Mirajane smiled.

"I wasn't the only one to give you advice." She was right. Gray also gave him some advice.

To do something special. But what? As he thought, he examined the glass he had under his nose. He could see the prints left by Lucy's lipstick on the edge of the glass. He thought with all his strength until an idea came out. Mirajane noticed how, Natsu from depressed, he slowly became Happy.

"Did you get it?" Mirajane asked.

"Yes." And with this answer Natsu took the glass and drank from it pressing his lips against Lucy's lips prints, left by her lipstick.

Oh my! An indirect kiss ... Mirajane thought.


Lucy was pissed. That man was able to anger her in an abnormal way. She did not want to go home. Or at least not in that moment, so she decided to go to the town.

Perhaps a library? She thought. Once she got there she began to search among her favorite genre a title, which would have attracted her interest. But she did not find a single one. While her body was there looking for something, her mind was wandering into another world. When she got to her sense she realized that she was holding a book:

"The features of Dragons"

What the hell?! H-how did I got to this book!? And why am I holding it!? Lucy thought surprise. She put it back annoyed, and returned to search for another book. But it did not work. Her mind was always thinking of that book. Curiosity was slowly growing inside her. After examining the entire library, she gave up and decided to take a look at that book.

Giving a small glance, doesn't hurt anyone, right? Lucy thought as she sat at a table. Flipping through that book she realized a lot of things, such as: dragons tend to react before thinking or that they snore and fight even in sleep, that they have a huge appetite and so on … It was as if she had found a book that was describing Natsu in every single detail.

"Chapter 759: Behaviors and feelings." Lucy read.

Friendship: Dragons are not very affectionate creatures towards everyone. They classify them according to their smell. Over time, they become more open.

"Heh ..." Lucy said smiling.

Intelligence: Dragons may seem stupid but they are not. They are able to decide a matter of life or death even in the most drastic moments.

"Luckily there is one aspect that makes Natsu, more of a human being ..." Lucy said. Looking among other words, she found one that stole her attention.

Love: Dragons are not able to feel love up to a certain point.

"When they become mature..." Thought Lucy while she was sure it had nothing to do with Natsu.

Dragons are not very affectionate creatures, but they are very loyal. They open their hearts to many people but only a few can also be very special. They lose control when their soul mate is hurt or someone tries to touch it. They tend to wait before dominating their loved one, because they are very insecure about this fact. The bad fact is that, the more they lose time to resist that temptation, the more is difficult for them to control themselves, and at the end it can cause an explosion of feelings and loss of control and personality.

Loss of control ... And ... Personality ... Lucy thought feeling a little worried.

Nah, Natsu isn't like that ... That time he was only playing! She said to herself. Even if she would not mind if Natsu had felt something more for her. Without realizing three hours had already passed and it was getting dark outside.

S-sunset? How much time have I lost here reading this book? Better return home now. Lucy thought. While walking down the street, she could see reflected on the river the color of the sunset.

So beautiful ... it makes me think of my mother, my father …..and Natsu... Natsu!? No! Lucy tough as she shook her head and rubbed her fingers through her hair. Lucy was angry with him, yet she did nothing but thinking of him unintentionally. She wanted to know the reason for his actions. Why did he run away without saying anything? And why this morning he pretended like nothing had happened? Once she got home she wanted to wash away that stupid feeling of heaviness off her shoulders.

"If only it were that easy ..." Lucy said as she stretched out in the bathtub.

"Why … Are you doing all of this to me..." Lucy was tired of experiencing all the possible emotions in the presence of that person every single day. She felt the desire to take another break.

Another week of missions might improve things... Lucy thought. She came out of the bath and changed as usual in a T-shirt and some white shorts. She was gathering her hair in a tail, when she suddenly heard some thuds coming from her window. As if someone was throwing stones at it. Who was the rascal that was doing this at that time of the night. She opened the window and found Natsu and Happy down on the street with stones in their hands.

"Sigh ... Go home Natsu! It's late and I want to sleep." Lucy said in a bored voice before closing the window.

"Wait!" Natsu said quickly.

"Look!" He said that as he set fire to something. Artifices flew into the sky and burst with a loud noise. She had never seen fireworks like that. They were the color of rainbows and each of them had a different shape. Still Natsu has not finished. Suddenly a huge figure of a girl made of fire appeared in front of her eyes. It was Lucy, and she was wearing the dress that she liked so much.

"Lucy look!" Natsu shouted. Lucy looked at him and after seeing Natsu covered in flames, she burst into an unstoppable laugh. Natsu was wearing that dress. Then some words of the book she had read appeared in her brain.

Dragons would be able to make huge sacrifices to be forgiven. Especially if the person from whom they must be forgiven, is a special person. Seriously. That guy taking these things too seriously. If it was not for that book Lucy would not have forgiven him even in 2 years. Al of a sudden, some words of fire appeared above Natsu's head.

"Please forgive me Lucy" they said.

How can I be angry with you for more than 5 hours? Stupid ... She thought. Lucy smiled and said:

"Okay okay, I'm no longer angry with you, now go home otherwise the landlady will scold me for the mess you're doing!" Natsu smiled and ran away with Happy toward his house. It was as if his smile said "victory!". Lucy could still see the multicolored sparks, of the fireworks falling to the ground.

"So beautiful ..." She said before closing the window. She went to sleep with a smile on her lips. The weight she had on her shoulders now was gone.

The magic of a moment can disappear quickly, yet the memory of the meeting with a special person...Will last... Forever...