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"She's here again." Lisanna, Natsu's friend and fellow dancer whispers to him as they stand off to the side of the stage, waiting for their cue. Natsu glances out into the large crowd. He covers his eyes to fight of the lights and sees her sitting front row. Her blonde hair up in a high bun with pieces falling out onto her tan shoulders, her long silky black dress has a cut running up the side that shows her thigh, her legs are crossed, and she fiddles with a rolled up ballet program in her hands. She's been here for every opening night of Natsu's shows since his first main role (the Nutcracker). However he has no clue about her name or who she is. He just knows that she's beautiful and that after every show, when they bow, he sees her crying as she claps enthusiastically.

"She has to be rich to be able to afford coming here so often." Natsu responds to Lisanna. Lisanna laughs

"Of course that's what you have to say. I think it's obvious that she's here for you. She's always watching for you." Natsu just shrugs as the lights dim, the signal for him and Lisanna to go on stage.

The show ends in an intense last dance number. Natsu twirls his way to the front of the stage to bow gracefully. He looks up from his bow to see the the girl. She stands clapping so hard Natsu believes he can hear her over the rest of the crowd. For a second their eyes meet. Her beautiful brown eyes shine with tears. In one glance he can feel her overwhelming happiness in this moment. It's so infectious that he smiles brightly. He keeps smiling even after he leaves the stage.

An hour later, Natsu leaves the dance studio. He changed out of his tights and is now wearing a pair of loose dark jeans, a red v-neck, and his sneakers. As the door to the back of the theater shuts, he looks up to notice the beautiful, blonde girl sitting on the bottom of the concrete stairs outside the studio. She has her elbows back on the stair behind her. More hair has fallen out of her bun and she still wears the fancy dress from earlier. He approaches her slowly.

"Uhhh whatcha doing?" Natsu asks. She looks up at him slightly startled. A slight blush forms on her uncovered shoulders.

"Oh uh, hi!" She says, "Sorry, I'm just waiting for my ride." She looks back down at the ground. Natsu looks up at the sky, realizing how dark it is.

"I'll wait with you" he says chivalrously before blushing and grabbing the back of his flaming neck. "I mean since it's so dark." She doesn't say anything but scoots over. He sits next to her his long legs reaching on the step below where her legs stop.

"I'm Lucy." He looks over at her. Her voice sounds so kind to him. And Lucy is a gorgeous name. A gorgeous name for a gorgeous girl. He turns his eyes to look straight forward

"Natsu." He bows his head slightly at her. He sees her smile from the corner of his eye. "So, why's your ride so late?" he asks.

"My father had a work emergency he had to leave for." She shrugs.

"But he just left you hear?" Natsu thinks that's very ridiculous.

"His work is very important to him." She sounds like she's used that excuse before, but Natsu knows enough to drop it. He searches his mind for a different topic, but luckily she finds one first.

"I've seen you dance so many times. Every time more beautiful than the last. Today was amazing." Lucy says her big brown eyes grow even bigger with her excitement. Natsu turned his body so he could look at her better.

"Thank you." His hands begin to sweat.

"I know you probably get that all the time, but I just wanted to let you know that watching you is like watching a painter. It's like seeing a real life piece of art develop in front of you. The way your body moves like a paintbrush and how you leave your mark wherever you go. It's beautiful." She finishes with her head tilted up so she can look at the stars. Natsu's face feels like it's on fire and his heart feels like it's beating too fast.

"I've never heard someone describe something so beautifully. You have to be an artist too." He tells her. She laughs slightly.

"No, no, not me." He stares at her for a second growing his confidence.

"I've seen you here before many times. I started to wonder about the gorgeous girl in the front row and who she is. I always would see you with tears in your eyes after every performance and it made me think, 'if I can give at least one person in the crowd such a reaction that they tear up, then I am dancing like I wanted to as a child.' So I think I need to thank you for allowing me to reach my childhood dream, and for letting my dancing impact you in such a way." Natsu finishes his short speech and is surprised that something so intelligent and so filled with feeling came out of his mouth. If she could make him do that then she must be dangerous. Instead of fearing her though he looks straight at her and she stares back. The top of her cheeks red with blush. For a moment Natsu thinks they might kiss, but the sound of a car pulling up shakes them from their trance. Lucy stands up quickly. Natsu wobbles to meet her.

"Until I see you next." She leans onto her tiptoes to lightly kiss his cheek. Natsu feels her soft lips brush him. She turns and stumbles quickly to the fancy car. Opening the door fast and falling in. Natsu laughs heartily and she turns to glare at him. She shuts her door while still looking at him.

"Goodbye weirdo!" he shouts. The car drives away, but Lucy's window rolls down and her slim hand flies out to wave at him. He waves back at her and whispers to himself, "until next time indeed."


Hey guys! I hoped you liked this latest addition. I hope to be able to upload more consistently from now on! Leave comments and if you want me to do a specific AU let me know! Also you should read my other story Broken Down. It is another AU about Natsu and Lucy, but will be a continued piece. Thank you for reading!

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