I'm so glad you guys all loved that chapter! XD
I usually make kisses really detailed, but it didn't just sit right for Natsu, so I went with cute and simple.
Good decision, right?
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Lucy was smiling so widely that she was sure her cheeks would be split in half. Speaking of cheeks, she was also a hundred percent sure they were as red as tomatoes.
She watched as Natsu dragged her over to the buffet table, his mouth practically drooling as he started to gulp down some chicken.
Lucy sat down in a random seat, before suddenly she caught the sight of a wheelchair.
"Wendy!" Lucy cried out, her eyes wide with adoration as her younger sister came.
It broke her heart a little since Wendy was so injured, but at the same time she was proud that her sister was healing.
"Lucy-nee!" Wendy said, her voice a lot quieter than her usual one. It was expected, her vocal cords were almost shattered and after getting surgery on them, they were extremely fragile and wouldn't be fully functional until a year later.
"I can't believe my big sis is already married," Wendy whispered, a small smile playing at her lips. The smaller girl didn't want to admit it, but it hurt to even move, and it cost her a lot of energy just to smile. But she was so happy. She couldn't help it.
"Me neither, Wendy," Lucy breathed, tears welling up slightly. Oh, she couldn't believe that Wendy had volunteered to be the flower girl. It touched her heart.
"And it's good to see you too, Yukino!" Lucy said, greeting Wendy's nurse.
She smiled and bowed her head politely. "The pleasure is all mine, Lucy-sama."
Even after hours of begging, Lucy had not been able to coax Yukino into just calling her Lucy, not Lucy-sama.
"What are you doing?" Lucy asked, eyeing the nurse's firm grip on Wendy's wheelchair handles. "You should be having fun!"
Yukino only smiled. "It's my duty to watch over Wendy-san; I don't mind."
"No, it's fine, Yukino-chan." Wendy's broken voice caught their attention. It amazed Lucy how even over the loud noise, she could hear Wendy clearly. "Please go have fun. I can find someone else to push me."
"I can do it."
All eyes went to a smaller boy the age of probably only thirteen or fourteen.
Lucy broke into a smile. "Romeo-kun! Are you sure?"
The raven-haired boy nodded and rubbed the back of his neck. "I don't have anything else to do, really. Plus, it's your wedding night, Lucy-san. It wouldn't be fair for you not to have fun at your own wedding."
Yukino bit her lip. "But..."
"It's fine," Romeo assured her, sending her a huge grin while gently grasping the handles from her. "I got it."
"O-Okay." Yukino finally gave in. "Thank you, Lucy-sama, Romeo-kun!" And she had disappeared inside the crowd of dancing people.
There was a moment of silence, until Romeo sat down beside Wendy's wheelchair and smiled at her brightly. "I'm Romeo."
She smiled gently, her head tipping to the side unwillingly. Her neck did that at times, and Rogue assured her that it was normal and nothing to be alarmed about. "W... Wendy."
Lucy smiled softly at the two, watching as they chatted easily together, as if they've known each other for years. Actually, it was more like Romeo doing the talking and Wendy listening, but Lucy appreciated the boy's sweet gesture.
"Lucy,"
The blond turned at her name to see a grinning Natsu. She took notice of how he was hiding something behind his back.
"Yes?"
"Close your eyes."
Lucy scrunched her nose. "What if I don't want to?"
"Just do it!" He pouted, causing her to laugh before gently closing her eyes as he told her to.
She could hear the small clink of something being placed in front of her, and she jolted when a hot breath spoeek next to her ear. "You can open them, now."
She did so, and they immediately widened at what she saw. A beautiful slice of chocolate cake was in front of her, a single rose-pink candle in the middle. Beautiful cursive in red frosting said, 'Happy Birthday Luce!'
"You... You remembered?" Lucy whispered. She couldn't believe it. He had remembered that it was her birthday today, and that her favorite was chocolate.
Natsu rubbed the back of his neck like he always did when he was nervous. "W-Well, yeah, but you don't have to eat it if you don't want to, because I wasn't sure if you liked chocolate but then I remembered that one time and you told me to choose the chocolate cake, so I-I thought that you might like it but if you don't then - I mean," he took a deep breath. "You don't have to take it."
There was a pause, and for a moment, Natsu's scarlet blush crept up from his neck to his cheeks, and finally to the tips of his ears.
And then he heard it.
The soft tinkle of laughter that he instantly recognized as Lucy's.
"Natsu," she said, her brown eyes sparkling with amusment and something else he couldn't name. Her voice was filled with small giggles. "I love it. Thank you."
Her words of endearment made him soften, and Natsu grinned. "No problem, Luce!"
As he turned to go see if Gray needed a good punch to the nuts, he was stopped when a small hand curled around his wrist.
"Wait, where are you going?"
Natsu turned his head over his shoulder to stare at Lucy. "To find the stripper. Duh."
"Stay." She commanded firmly, tugging him lightly.
He didn't know why, but he obeyed without hesitation, sitting down in the seat beside her.
"Share with me," Lucy said. She motioned to her slice of cake.
"Oh..." Natsu could feel the tips of his ears go red once more. "Okay."
As he started to reach out, Lucy's voice made him pause. "Wait! We don't have any forks!"
Natsu shot her a grin. "I know a way we can still eat it."
Lucy's brows furrowed slightly. "How?"
Natsu continued to reach for the cake, until his finger scooped out a small chunk of moist cake and some vanilla buttercream. He held it out in front of Lucy's face. "Say 'aahh'."
Lucy's face went pink. "Natsu! What are you - "
"Just do it!" He whined.
Lucy sighed through her nose, and very slowly, she parted her lips.
Natsu placed the piece of cake in her mouth, breifly brushing her bottom lip while doing so.
By now Lucy's face was entirely red.
"T-Thanks," she muttered, chewing on the cake.
"Now do it for me!" He yelled.
"What?! No way!"
"Pleeeaaaaase, Luce? Please, please, please, please, pleeeaaaase?"
"Fine!" Lucy caved, grumbling under her breath.
She hesitated, before dainty fingers scooped out a small piece of cake.
"I can't believe I'm doing this" she muttered to herself. "Uh, open your mouth," she said awkwardly.
Natsu grinned and did so. Lucy watched in fascination at his sharp canines. Were they normal?
Acting quickly with an embarrassed blush, Lucy shoved the cake into his mouth before pulling away quickly.
"Oi, Lucy! Give me cake, too!" Gray shouted, running up to them from out of no where.
"FUCK YOURSELF, STRIPPER!" Natsu screamed, jumping to his feet and crashing his head against Gray's.
"WHAT'D YOU CALL ME, SQUINTY EYES?!"
"I SAID STRIPPED, DROOPY EYES!"
Lucy sighed as a brawl broke out between the two young men. But she smiled.
She wouldn't have her wedding any other way.
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