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Imperfect Lover - Chapter 21 - Hey, Luce

Natsu eyed the coffee shop door like a hawk; he wasn't sure whether he was nervous or scared and whether he just wanted to disappear from the face of the planet - but it was too late for that. He saw a blob of blonde hair bob along gently and open the door to the coffee shop; he stood trying to see her better and his breath was taken away when he saw Lucy turn and look at him with her big, brown doe eyes. He could feel himself flushing in the face and his heart rate elevate sky high - Lucy felt the same way. She slowly walked towards him and the booth in the corner where he was.

She waved a little and stood in front of him, only a few centimetre's away from him. "Hey, its been awhile."

Natsu couldn't help himself - he drove his hand to her wrist and pulled her in close to him; he held onto her tightly and buried his face into her neck. Even if they'd only known each other for a few months nothing could beat how he felt when he was next to her, holding her or talking to her. Lucy stood motionless for a moment, not sure what to do, but her instincts told her to hold on and not let go for awhile until she was sure that he was staying.

"I'm sorry." Natsu whimpered. "I should have fought back; I should have found a way to you sooner. I'm sorry."

"I should have found a way to you too." Lucy sighed into his ear, she only now realised how tall he'd become as her feet ached from standing on her tiptoes. "Could we sit? You're like way taller than me."

"Yeah, sorry. I didn't mean to grow this much." Natsu listened to the tune of Lucy's light giggle and his heart clenched because he'd missed it too much. He slid into the booth across from Lucy and slid her favourite coffee her way. "How have you been?"

"Do you want the honest answer or the answer that I tell every?" Natsu put up one finger while sipping on his coffee. "They've made me go on dates to stop missing you and move on, but it doesn't feel right if it's not you. So I've been pretty bad. And you?"

"I haven't gone on any dates and I managed to get top of the class in business because studying reminded me of you, so thanks for that. But honestly, I've wanted to get on a plane and come down here to see you and hear your voice but my every movement was being watched." Natsu scratched the back of his head. "So dates? How many we talking about here, it's been seven years."

Lucy smiled and laughed lightly. "At least one a month."

Natsu tossed his head back and put a hand over his heart. "You wound me with your words, you could have at least lied to me." He sat forward and put his hand out on the table. "If I were to look through your phone would I see recent messages with one of your dates?"

"No, but you'd see my proofreader flirting with me and asking me to go out for coffee with him today. I said I would." Natsu placed his head on the table and then slapped himself lightly in the face.

"Get Levy to proofread for you, you don't need that guy anymore." Natsu scoffed. "I'll proofread for you."

"How many chapters of my book have you read so far?" Natsu motioned with his fingers that he'd only read two. "He reads about eight chapters a day for me and then corrects my grammar and spelling."

Natsu watched as Lucy rested her head on her cheek and then copied her while giving her a dazzling smile. "I missed you like hell, Luce." His dazzling smile dropped to a slightly smaller smile with sad eyes. "I only ever wanted to come back and be with you. You don't know how many times I've just wanted to be disowned by my dad just to come back to you. I'd rather be an outcast than not be with you - I was willing to just be in the background of your life just to watch you and be near you."

"I feel the same way, but there's nothing we can do about it now." Luce smiled sadly at Natsu. "You can be in my life, but I couldn't bare going through what we went through seven years ago again when I just got you back."

"You wouldn't go through it again." Natsu bluntly said. "I'm the CEO now, my father is ill and he said he doesn't want to run the company so it's mine now. The first thing I've done as CEO is branch out into your fathers area for business, so he either works with me or we crush him as competition. I'm hoping he'll agree to my merger offer, it benefits us both."

"Wait, what the hell are you talking about?" Lucy said sitting up straight in the booth. "You're coming after my father and his business? Are you crazy? He'll reject your offer and rather see his company drown in debt before letting you run it."

"I wouldn't be running it, he would be." Lucy tilted her head to the side. "You're father needs actors and directors for his movie business to work. I hired all the popular ones under me and the new business - these are the ones he uses. His only choice to save money is to merge with me so he gets usage of the actors and directors under a discounted price or else he can't keep his business up."

"It took me awhile to get the board of directors on my side and secure the votes need to start the business but they agreed. Now all I'm waiting for is your father's phone call. If his business goes under he has no power over you and who you marry anymore, if he merges he doesn't have a reason not to accept me." Natsu stared absentmindedly at the table before sipping his coffee and looking at Lucy. "I'm doing this for you and for me."

"You must love me like crazy even though you said it was too early to love me back then." Lucy laughed a little, but she was overwhelmed with happiness that he'd go that far for her.

"Yeah, I love you like crazy." Natsu looked at her with a determined and serious look on his face.

"We can't just go back to how we were though, a lot has changed - I've changed a lot." Lucy argued back, wanting to make sure he was serious. "You can't just act like you used to in college; once were together I don't want to be played around."

"I've changed a lot too and once were together I need your word that you won't date anyone else, because I'll kill them. I'm rich enough to hire a hit man now, you know?" Natsu joked a little but grabbed her hand. "Once your father tells me his answer then we can be together - I just need you to wait."

A man around Natsu's and Lucy's age entered the shop. He had brown hair that was slicked softly into a comb over and had a baby face with pale green eyes. He was smiling happily knowing that Lucy had agreed to meet him for coffee and was feeling like he was on a cloud. His heart fluttered at hearing her voice and beat quickly whenever he saw her. He was in love with her and wanted her to know today about how he felt. He looked around and saw her blonde hair peeking out from a booth; he looked at how her slender arm extended and then met another's hand. Wait, another person's hand, he thought to himself.

He marched over to the booth and looked at Natsu with a mean and enraged look. "Is this the proofreader you're meeting?"

Lucy nodded slightly. "Rogan this is Natsu; Natsu this is Rogan."

Natsu stood up and patted the man on the shoulder. "Nice to meet you. I have to dash now, but could you take care of my fiancee for me? Thanks."

Lucy blushed hysterically as Natsu grabbed his coffee and kissed her forehead before heading out the coffee shop as happy as he could be.