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Natsu laid unconcious in the guilds infirmary with Lucy and Gray sitting beside him. The dragon slayer had once again made the foolish mistake of challenging Erza to a fight. Though he had managed to put up a decent fight, Erza's fighting capability proved too much for Natsu to handle. His body twitched in pain his two friends waited for his recovery.
Gray sat with his arms crossed and a smug look took over his face. "I swear, he's never gonna learn how to give up."
Lucy let out a small laugh. "Yeah, no kidding. I'm glad about that though. Natsu's refusal to throw in the towel has been the thing that carried us all through a lot of battles."
Gray reluctantly agreed. "Yeah, I guess. He's the only person I know that truly embodies what it means to be a member of Fairy Tail."
Suddenly, Natsu coughed. "Careful there, Gray. That almost sounded like a compliment."
"Oh good, you're alive." Gray said. "Now I can ask why you're so stupid that you'd challenge Erza again."
"Cause I'm gonna beat her!" Natsu sat up quickly with a fist enveloped in flames rising above his head.
Porlyusica walked into the room. "Good, you're alive. Now I can ask why you thought it'd be a good idea to fight that girl again."
Lucy snickered at how close Porlyusica and Gray had sounded in that moment.
"Cause I'm gonna-"
"Shut up. I heard you the first time." She interuppted.
"Then why'd you ask?!" Natsu asked defensively.
"Quiet. Natsu, you hit your head very hard this time around. I don't see any signs of a concussion, but I recommend you take things easy for awhile. Also, if anything strange happens such as dizzyness or halucinations, don't come to me."
"Uhh why not?"
"Cause I don't want to deal with you." With that, Porlyusica left.
Natsu hopped out of bed and stretched his arm. "I feel great! I'm gonna go find Erza and challenge her to another duel!" Lucy and Gray both facepalmed at the dragonslayers reckless stupidity.
Natsu strolled over to the mainhall to find Erza chatting with Mira at the bar, but before he could even approach her, his entire body erupted in flames. Natsu lookedat himself and wondered what was wrong. He looked up again to see Erza once more with a smile spreading across her lips. The flames suddenly grew at the sight of Titannia, but the sudden activation of his magic no longer captured his attention. Instead, Erza was his focus. He couldn't help but stare at her beautiful face and captivating figure.
Natsu's sudden fire show had begun catching attention. It wasn't long before Erza even looked his way, but as soon as she did Natsu's legs grew a mind of their own and ran outside the guild. He ran for several minutes until deciding to rest. He leaned against a wall with a hand on his chest. "What the heck is wrong with me? My heart's going a mile a minute!" Natsu searched for answers in his mind but could find nothing. "Wait a second… Could this be...Fear?" Natsu, like most time when trying to answer a question, was wrong. He knew he was wrong since he felt fear during his fight with gildarts on Tenrou Island.
He returned to the guild, hoping whatever was wrong with him would vanish soon. Before he entered, he saw Gajeel about to open the door to the guild, but stopped before he could do so.
"What do you want, Salamander?" The Iron Dragon Slayer asked.
"I've got to ask you something! Come over here!"
Without Gajeel's consent, Natsu dragged the wizard to the side of the guild where he hoped they wouldn't be seen. "What the heck is going on with you, you moron!" Gajeel yelled in anger.
"Gajeel, I think something's wrong with my magic!"
"What are you talking about, smoke breath?"
"You know how Erza and I had a duel recently?"
"You mean when she mopped the floor with you?"
"Shut it, Gajeel! This is serious!"
"Fine, fine, what's wrong?"
"I was feeling pretty good after I recovered from the fight."
"You mean your beating." Gajeel corrected.
"So I went to go challenge Erza again." Natsu ignored Gajeel's comment. "But when I looked at her, fire suddenly shot out of my body and covered me."
Gajeel looked shocked. "No way!"
"What is it?! Is something wrong with me?!" Natsu asked in a panic. Gajeel suddenly began laughing harder than he ever had before. "Hey! This is serious, man!"
Gajeel continued laughing for a moment, eventually calming down. He placed a hand on Natsu's shoulder. "I don't know how else to tell you this, Salamander, soI'll just come out and say it."
"Just tell me already!"
"Alright, alright." Gajeel gave off an evil grin. "You're in love, man."
"Say what?!"
"You heard me. You're in love with Erza. I gotta say, you are one crazy bastard if you think that you can tame her heart." Gajeel proceeded to explain how dragon slayer's often give off a sudden display of power when they see the person that they love. Natsu ended up fainting at the news. When Gajeel witnessed this, he merely shrugged and walked into the guild, not saying a word to anyone.
Natsu had awoken several minutes later only to faint once more after recqalling his previous conversation with Gajeel. He finally had managed to stay up on his second awakening. He strolled into the guild, taking whatever measures he could to not look at Erza. He approached the bar where the Master sat, drinking from a full tankard.
"Master…" Natsu began.
Makarov noticed Natsu's more serious tone and decided it'd be best to listen. It wasn't often that Natsu was anything but violent or stupid. "What is it, my boy? Something seems to be troubling you."
"Master, what do you do when you love a woman?"
Makarov nearly fell of the bar at Natsu's question. "Well I-you see-I mean…" Clearing his throat and gathering his thoughts, the Master spoke again. "Natsu, I'd recommend that whoever this fine woman is, you go to her and tell her your feelings."
"Master…"
"Yes Natsu?"
"When two people love each other, they get married don't they?"
"Well yes, typically that is what happens."
"Thank you, Master."
With that, Natsu walked away to where he last saw Erza. Refusing to look at her just yet, he followed his ears and nose, stopping only a few feet from the warrior mage. "Erza, I need to ask you something." He said, still refusing to look at her.
Erza turned around with curiosity in her eyes as she looked at the dragon slayer. "Very well, Natsu. What is it?"
Suddenly, Natsu dropped to one knee and gazed upon Erza once more, uncontrollably summoning flames to envelop his body once more. "Will you marry me?!"
The question echoed through Fairy Tail, everyone thinking something different.
"Did I hear that right?"
"He's actually into chicks?!"
"Oh God! Not another Juvia!"
Erza, however, was the most stunned person in the guild. Mira who was behind the counter, snapped a picture before the moment was ruined.
"N-Natsu, how long have you had these feelings for me?" The redhead asked.
"Ever since I hit my head in our last duel." He answered plainly.
Suddenly and without warning, Erza planted her fist into Natsu's face, sending him across the guild. "Ow! What was that for?!"
Erza's face was as red as her hair. Her voice had raised several pitches to the point where other men in the guild found it adorable. "I don't know! I thought that if you hit your head again, it may make you change back!"
"Gee thanks a lot!"
"Did it work?!" She frantically asked.
Natsu stopped talking for a moment and looked straight at Erza, focusing on her beautiful features. Suddenly, the flames that first broke free from Natsu's body before had done so again, but now they burned even brighter, blinding some of the guild members. "Doesn't look like it!" Natsu said.
Erza just paniced and suddenly left the guild much like Gildarts would, blasting a hole through the wall and ignoring all complaints from the Master about how expensive it was to repair the guild.
Yeah I know this isn't exactly romantic as it is comedic, but I hope you all enjoyed nonetheless. As always, message me with any requests you have. Until next time.