"For the last time Natsu, no." Lucy and Natsu were walking back from the mission after getting payed and were now headed towards her apartment.
"Come on Lucy!~ Don't be like that" Natsu whined.
"Natsu, do you even know what a date is?" Lucy asked as she blushed towards him.
"Well- Mirajane said it-"
"Mirajane?" Lucy said, rather surprised.
"Yeah, she told me that if I asked you on a date, then it would make you less mad at me" he told her with a smile.
"O-Oh.." Lucy looked away, seeming a bit disappointed by the fact that he merely did it for that purpose. "So then... You don't-"
"Hm?" Natsu could see the expression she had and seemed confused.
"N-No, nothing" Lucy started to walk ahead.
"Hey wait! What about our date?" Natsu asked as he ran after her.
"I'm not in the mood now Natsu" Lucy said, turning her head behind her shoulder as she spoke. "I'll see you tomorrow" she said, walking inside her house.
"Whats with her?" Natsu frowned, watching her disappear.
"Natsu!~" Natsu turned around to see Happy flying down towards him.
"Happy!" He shouted. "Whats up?" He asked his comrade.
"That guy that was at the forest is at the guild" He told him.
"You mean the guy who caught Lucy?" Natsu asked.
"Yeah" Happy replied.
"Whats he doing there?"
"I don't know, I came to get you and Lucy though" Happy told him. "Wheres Lucy?" Happy asked, a bit concerned.
Natsu looked up towards Lucys window with a worried look.
"I don't think she wants to be bugged." He said to Happy. "Come on Happy! Lets go see what that guy wants!"
"Aye" Happy shouted as they ran towards the guild. Lucy heard and peeked out from her curtain.
"Haru? At the guild?" she said aloud to herself. "I wonder if he's okay" she started as she walked towards her bed to relax. Lucy then took a large sigh of relief and lied down on the bed. "Natsu..."
"Oy! What are you doing here?!" Natsu shouted, bursting through the guild door, shouting at Haru who was surprised to see him.
"Oh. Well I came to see Lucy, do you know where-"
"What do ya' want with Lucy?!" Natsu interrupted as he got closer to him, as if he was wanting to fight already.
"Let him speak at least Natsu" Happy told the flame headed idiot.
"Well, as I was saying; I wanted to see Lucy because she dropped these keys back at the woods. I came to return them to her" Haru explained, scooting away from Natsu.
"I'll take them to her" Natsu said as he reached for her keys.
"I don't know" Haru said as he quickly moved the keys away from Natsus reach before he could get them. "Can I trust you?" he told Natsu, looking at him with a serious look. This got Natsu mad.
"This guy"Natsu tsked. "Who does he think I am?"
"It's not like I'll be stealing them." Natsu looked up at him with the same type of face. "They belong to Lucy, my comrade. Of course I can be trusted to return her keys"
The guild suddenly felt the intense atmosphere coming from them two and all turned heads. Their was of course an awkward silence as everyone waited for the next action.
... "Okay then. I can tell you care about her, so I'll entrust you with them" Haru said as he looked down at Natsu and handing him the keys. Natsu kept a stern look at him while he took them from him.
"I do" Natsu replied while he walked away from him. Their eyes still locked on each other as if they were somewhat having a battle with their eyes.
"Whats going on here?" Erza asked Mirajane who was watching the whole thing go down.
"Its a love war between rivals" Mirajane replied with a glow in her eyes as she hummed the words out. "Their arguing over Lucys keys~"
"I don't think that's exactly the point Mira-nee" Lisanna added.
"Natsu?" a familiar voice broke out suddenly. Everyone in the guild all turned their heads towards the entrance to see Lucy standing there.
"L-Lucy!" Natsu was surprised to see her and the only thing that suddenly came up to his mind was - "So you do wanna go on a date then!"
Everyone in the guild froze at his response.
"Date?!" the whole guild simultaneously shouted before they all bursted into laughter. "Natsu on a date?! He's not serious is he?! That's hilarious!"Lucy started to blush in embarrassment as she lowered her face. She couldn't even think of what to do in this situation. She has never felt so humiliated.
"Natsu..." Lucy began as she kept her face lowered. "I thought I said I'm not in the mood right now..." Natsu looked at her in confusion.
"Well you came back so I just thought that-" Lucy walked up towards Natsu as she grabbed his hand, interrupting his sentence. "Lucy?" he asked, confused by her sudden action. Everyone else in the guild just watched as an awkward silence started to rise again. Lucy kept her face lowered as she held Natsus hand. Haru stood there between them as he watched the two stand there in utter silence. Finally Lucy walked out with Natsu as she kept her face hidden and not muttering one word to him. Gajeel suddenly barged up from the bar and shouted "Shoo-bee-doo-bop anyone?" Everyone groaned and muttered, feeling somewhat exhausted by the little drama that has just happened. Haru on the other hand looked towards the guild entrance wondering about Natsu and Lucy.
"Oi, Lucy? Where are you taking me?" Natsu asked, being pulled by Lucy. Her back was turned towards him and he could only see her blonde hair in the dusk. She gave him no response so he gave up. He wanted to know what was on her mind. So he stopped and pulled her hand towards him that way she could turn around and face him. "Lucy whats with you? Why are you acting so weird? Why aren't you talking to me?" Lucy kept her head down in shame. She didn't understand why she grabbed him either. She just wanted to get out of the guild because of how humiliated she felt.
"Natsu... You only asked me on a date because Mirajane told you to right?" Lucy finally spoke as she kept her face down.
"Well, yea but-"
"So then you didn't actually have the thought of ever going on a date with me then huh?" Lucy blushed, not even looking up at him. She felt so alone for some reason. From the first time that Natsu had taken Lisanna with him to go fishing, she felt abandoned. Yet he made her feel better at the beach right? They had a good time didn't they? Yet why does she have this feeling like its not enough? Does she actually have feelings for this bafoon? I mean of course they're comrades but... Why does she feel so lonely when he's not around? She wanted to scream at him for making her feel this way. Of all the times that he had embarrassed her and made fun of her, she just wanted to smack the crap out of him. "Geez Lucy... What are you thinking? Why are we here? What am I even doing?" Lucy thought to herself, she seriously didn't understand these feelings and she was for sure Natsu wasn't going to either. Her thought was suddenly interrupted by Natsu who had embraced her close to him. "N-Natsu?" Lucy finally said out of embarrassment. "What are you doing Natsu?" She blushed as his tall figure towered over her as he hugged her tight.
"I don't know." He shrugged. "I just felt like hugging you." He said casually with his chin lied gently down on her head. Lucy just stood there, not knowing what to think right now. Natsu suddenly started to sniff her hair, remembering of the night before. "Lucy, why is it that you smell so nice?" Lucy was caught of guard and suddenly pushed him off of her because of this question.
"W-What do you? Are you smelling my hair?!" She shouted, feeling embarrassed now more than ever. "Natsu?!" She crossed her arms as she glared at him with a stern look. "First you come into my room while I'm changing and touch me when you shouldn't be touching me; and then now you smell my hair? What's wrong with you?"
"What do you mean? Gray told me it would be a good idea since lately I've been getting some strange feelings around you" Lucy got pissed. Was he doing everything people told him to do now or something?
"Since when have you ever listened to Gray, Natsu?" she glared.
"Well uh… Just this once I think" he said dumbfounded. Lucy sighed; and sighed again. She just couldn't understand the way he thinks.
"Natsu…" she started thinking about what he just said. "Wait… Did you say you were having 'strange feelings'?" she asked him, looking up at him with a curios look.
"Yea... It's uh- Kind of embarrassing though" he said, starting to blush and looking away. I mean it wasn't like he was going to tell her that he gets turned on by her. That's just way out of character.
"What... feelings, Natsu?" Lucy asked again, wondering if maybe, just maybe there's a chance that it's the same as her feelings.
"Uh- well. Just like… Feelings…" He said. He looked up at her with a nervous face. Lucy just raised an eyebrow at him as she crossed her arms. "What?" Natsu finally asked, trying to act innocent. Lucy took his arm again and started to walk ahead with him. "Wha- where are we going now?" He asked her as her gentle hands dragged him. Lucy turned her head towards him and made a decision. She wasn't going to run away from him anymore. If this is how she feels then so be it. Because now she has a small feeling that maybe Natsu has the same feelings as hers.
"He's just confused like I am right?" Lucy thought. If he does have these feelings then she was gonna make him realize it. "Let's go on that date now Natsu!" she said as she gave him a big smile, the same smile she gave him at the beach party. Natsu blushed slightly at this and smiled back.
"Yosh!"
