A/N Someone requested some Nalu, so here it is! There will also be a dash of some other ships!
The night of June 31, Lucy was excited. Why? Because tomorrow was her birthday! She would be eighteen years old, an adult.
"I wonder if anyone will remember," she muttered, to herself.
Lucy thought and remembered that there were times when Natsu couldn't even remember her own name.
"I doubt it."
She sighed, before curling up under the covers and going to sleep.
The next morning, Lucy woke up, more cheerful than usual. She got ready as fast as she could and ate a small breakfast before running down to the guild. On the way there, she saw Gray.
"Hi, Gray!" she greeted.
"Hi, Lucy!"
"So, do you realize anything special about today?"
"Nothing other than it's the first day of July, why?" Gray questioned.
"Never mind," Lucy grumbled, disappointed. "So, do you want to walk with me down to the guild?"
"Sure!"
They didn't really speak much and before she knew it, they arrived at the guild's doorstep.
"Hey, Gray?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you care for me?"
"Of course I do! Why would you even ask that?" he stated, alarmed.
"I-It's nothing! Come on, let's go in."
He grabbed her wrist, preventing her from opening the door.
"Listen, I don't know what brought that on, but we care for you, no matter what time of year it is. That's why I said that today was a normal day, ok?"
Lucy looked at him, speechless. Why did she even begin to doubt him, or any of Fairy Tail? Even if they didn't remember it was her birthday, they still cared about her.
"Yup!" she said, with a bright smile.
Then, she opened the door.
"Surprise!"
A bunch of balloons and other party decorations were thrown up in the air, and some were tossed in her direction. There was a mixture of glitter and magic in the air.
"Happy birthday, Lucy!" Natsu said, holding up the cake.
The cake was coated in pink frosting and it had a chocolate Fairy Tail symbol on it and there were eighteen candles on the rim of the cake. Red licorice that spelled out the words 'Happy Birthday Lucy' was above the symbol. Some presents with various types of wrapping paper were resting on the tables.
"Don't you want to make a wish?" Natsu questioned.
"Everyone," Lucy said, trying her best not to cry.
"Make a wish, Lucy!" Naruto exclaimed, wrapping his arm around Natsu.
She nodded and blew out the candles.
"What did you with for?"
"Naruto, don't make her tell us, or it won't come true!" Gajeel spat, knocking Naruto in the head.
Naruto started yelling at Gajeel and tried to punch him, only for Gajeel to avoid the attack.
"Hey, be careful around the cake!" Erza warned, with a death glare.
"Yes, ma'am!" they both said.
"Sorry about them," Erza apologized.
"It's ok. Erza, this is amazing!"
"It was Natsu's idea. Naruto helped a lot as well. I got the cake and Gray was tasked with bringing you here. We stayed up all night making sure everything would be perfect."
"Thank you so much, Natsu!" Lucy stated, hugging him.
Good thing he set the cake down, or else it would've fallen on the floor.
"Anytime! Happy birthday!"
"Come on and open your presents, Lucy!" Cana exclaimed.
"Come and give her your present, teme!" Naruto yelled, at Sasuke.
"N-Naruto!"
"Are you scared, chicken?"
"No!"
"Here's your present, Lucy!" Natsu said, handing her a small box.
She opened it and gasped. Inside was a charm bracelet. The pictures varied from fish, too cake, and to dragons of multiple colors. One of the charms was orange and it had the word 'Salamander' on it.
"It's beautiful, Natsu!"
"I picked out the bracelet!" Happy pointed out.
"He did. And we both helped pick out the charms."
"Thank, you. Both of you."
"Lucy, come and try your cake!" Erza called, with a slice ready.
"Coming!"
Before Lucy ran over to Mira, she pecked Natsu on the cheek and his cheeks flamed red like the licorice on the cake.
"He liiiiiiiiikes her!" Happy teased, while trying hard not to laugh.
"H-Happy!"
"He likes her! He likes her! He really really likes her!"
Happy said this while he flew around the guild with the red-faced Natsu chasing him. Natsu started throwing some small fireballs, yet Happy avoided them with ease. Then, he ran into Erza, which caused her cake to fall onto the floor.
"E-Erza! I'm so sorry!" Natsu apologized. "H-Here, let me clean that up for you!"
Natsu got out a cloth and tried to wipe of some of the cake that dripped onto Erza's armor, but only caused it to smear.
"Natsu, Happy?"
"Y-Yes?" both of them squeaked.
"You both have ten seconds to run."
Happy flew towards the door at full speed and Natsu stumbled after him.
"Happy, wait for me!" Natsu called.
However, Happy was already zooming out the door.
"I'm sorry, Natsu!" Happy yelled.
"Traitor!"
Natsu felt something sinister and turned around to see Erza with her fist in her other palm. His face turned a ghostly shade of pale when the redheaded she-devil approached him.
"Aaaaaaaa!"
"What's going on in there?" a random citizen asked.
"I don't know. Let's get out of here."
Meanwhile, Naruto was standing in the corner with a wide grin on his face, while Lucy talked to Mira. Sasuke tapped Lucy's back and she spun around, almost knocking into him.
"Someone, help me!" Natsu pleaded, while a dozen floating swords pointed in his direction.
"Looks like this party was a success!" Naruto said, with a big smile.
"Yup!" Hinata agreed.
"Let's get out the booze!" Cana hollered, causing a lot of people to cheer.
They all partied till the next morning.
A/N And, there it is! Even though Nalu was supposed to be the main focus, there was a dash of Graylu, and Salu (that's what I'm calling Sasuke x Lucy). I guess there was some Natza, but if you didn't really see their interactions as ship worthy, that's fine.
As for the charm bracelet, I was to lazy to describe all of the charms, so just imagine one for each guild member and the spirits.
Next Chapter: Team NNGHS
