Happy Belated Valentine's Day! I hope you all had a lovely day, no matter what your relationship status. This is my little gift to you! 3

Lucy stood with a hand placed on her hip, looking at the calendar in annoyance. It was February 20th, but yet she received no gift from her boyfriend. She supposed that maybe he forgot, or that he just didn't care. Only one of those things was unlike Natsu, and it wasn't the uncaring one. He cared so much for her, that she knew full and well.

But why the hell was he so late on her gift?

Sighing, she decided to go grab one of the many bath bombs she had underneath her sink and drop one into the bath to relax. She chose a lavender one to relax her body and mind, and she was just sinking into the tub when she heard the bathroom door open. Out of instinct, she screamed.

Natsu pushed away the shower curtain with his ears covered. "Hey Luce!"

She continued to scream while wrapping her naked body rapidly with the shower curtain, and Natsu's ears rang with the noise even with his ears covered. "Stop screaming! I was just gonna ask if you wanted your Valentine's day gift now or later."

Lucy stood in irritation, fists balled at her sides. "It's already late, Natsu! Do you know what day it is?"

"Uh, the… 20th?"

"Yes. And Valentine's day is the 14th," she said, her eyes glaring into his.

"Oh. Well, I can still give you your gift!" he said, excited despite Lucy's terrifying gaze. He seriously didn't see a problem with this? How dense was he, exactly?

He pulled out a heart shaped box out of his book bag he always carried with him. With a sheepish grin, he handed it to her.

"What's this?" she asked, her brows furrowing in confusion.

"It's chocolate," he replied, and then the corners of his mouth upturned, making him look rather smug and goofy. "I guess you could say it's…choco-late!"

Lucy was too stunned to answer as she wrapped a towel around her body. She sighed softly, carefully stepping over to her idiotic boyfriend, avoiding the puddles of water she left.

"Get out of my house!" she yelled, kicking him in the face. Natsu swore he could die happy with what he saw in that moment before he fell to the floor with a bump on his head.

"Idiot!' she said indignantly, tipping her nose in the air. How could he be so stupid?

"B-But Luce! At least I gave it to you right? And I have something else for you!" he said, rubbing the bump on his head. Lucy scoffed, which only motivated him further to rummage through his bag to find his other gift.

"Are you going to make another pun?" Lucy asked with another glare, and he stepped away in fear.

"N-No," he said, his eyes not looking into hers. He was lying.

"Natsu!" she growled, ripping open the gift.

It was a small box made of velvet.

"W-What?" she said, and he carefully plucked the box from her hand as Lucy stood in shock.

"This wasn't my plan, Luce. I meant to take you out to a nice restaurant, and I couldn't remember what day Valentine's Day was. Uh, better late than never?" Natsu said with a chuckle, and he popped open the box. Lucy gasped, a hand flying to her lips.

It was a beautiful diamond ring with sapphires encircling it in a vine pattern, and she realized it was the ring that she had complimented when they were shopping together. She had rushed to a window and pointed to the ring with a enchanted sigh, hoping that he would give her that exact ring when he proposed.

"Lucy Anna Heartfilia, will you marry me?" he asked, gazing into her eyes with the most sincere and loving look she had ever seen on a man.

Lucy noted his bright smile and his twinkling eyes as she said yes, flying into his arms to kiss him. She was thankful that her towel stayed on as she kissed him fervently, thankful that he remembered the ring.

It didn't matter now if he was late for Valentine's Day, or if he wasn't sure exactly what to say when he proposed. It was late, but it was at just the right time that she was surprised. It was real, and it was perfect.

This was a Valentine's Day Lucy would never forget.

I felt like this ending was a little cheesy, but I enjoyed writing this! I hope you had a great day. I'll start posting fics for different holidays. I might even do a Scottish!Lucy and Irish!Natsu for St Patrick's Day lol

I'm both Scottish and Irish, but no one in my family wants to talk about it lol

Anyway, hope you enjoyed! Stay tuned, my dears!

~unashamed-shipper