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XOXOX

"You ready to video chat?"

"Uhh could we video chat in like an hour or so?" Lucy typed with hesitance. Of course she wanted to video chat with him, it was just that she wanted to make herself look decent for once, considering how awful she looked these past couple of days while in the hospital. Plus the tank top she was wearing was rather irritating with how it kept falling too low so she wanted to change.

Instead of typing his response, he called her. "Why can't you video chat right now?" he asked, sounding impatient. "It's not like you have anything better to do. You're stuck in a hospital bed!"

A crease formed on Lucy's forehead as her blonde brows pointed inwards, "I was released today. My dad came and brought me home before he left for work."

"EHH?" Natsu's voice echoed. "HOW EARLY DID YOU LEAVE?"

She glanced at the time on her laptop, 9:50. "Probably around 4 a.m."

"Figures your dad would make you leave at a strange hour," he murmured. "Oiii, speaking of your dad, why'd you give him my phone number? That's just weird."

"What?" she blinked.

"He called me the other day, askin' creepy stuff. I think you were in the room listening or somethin'. Anyways, why would you give him my number?! You don't see me giving your number to my—"

"What? I didn't give your number to my dad!" she explained, feeling a bit bewildered by the accusation. "I gave my dad's number to you!"

"Nahh that can't be it," he shoved away her statement. "You must have given it to him."

"Natsu," Lucy exasperated, throwing her head back with her eyes pressed closed, "how could I give my dad your number if I don't even have your number?!"

"Wait a second!"

"YOU ACTUALLY DIDN'T REALIZE THIS?!" she shrieked, slapping her hand across her mouth. He's incredible…

"Gahhh I forgot!"

"CLEARLY!"

"Quit yelling!" he chided, causing Lucy to scowl in response. "Anyways, what is your number?"

"I'm not telling you," she smirked.

"Why not?" he sounded disgruntled.

"I-I don't know!" she blushed, unsure why she didn't want to give it. "You're still sort of a stranger…I mean I don't even know your last name!"

"Don't see why that matters since I already have your dad's number and I have your address," he stated, "but it's Dragneel."

"Wh-what?"

"My last name is," his voice grew softer, "Dragneel."

"Natsu Dragneel?" she tasted his name on her tongue. It was like a trick button that made her heart want to jump out of her chest.

"That's me! Now can I have your number?"

"Hmmm," she fake-pondered. "Nahh."

"Whyyyy?" he sounded very frustrated.

"Because it's more fun this way," she giggled, liking how aggravated he was getting.

"Sometimes I forget how annoying you are," he mumbled. "Can we at least video chat now?"

"Noo," she said quickly as her body temperature increased. "Not yet!"

"Why not?"

"I'm not ready!"

"What does that even mean?"

"I don't know!" A blush crossed her cheeks as she shifted uncomfortably on her bed. "I just don't look good right now!"

"Ughhh not this again," he groaned in disgust, causing Lucy to tilt her head slightly to the right. "You always look weird so why does it matter? Don't get who you're tryin' to impress."

Look weird? A vein ticked on her forehead as anger surged through her like an active volcano, making her spew words without thinking, "MAYBE I'M TRYING TO IMPRESS YOU, YOU DUMMY!"

"HEH?" Natsu sputtered. "W-WHY WOULD YOU BE TRYING TO IMPRESS ME?"

Lucy tried to speak, she really did, but it was like her body was filled with lead; her mouth wouldn't open, her body couldn't move—everything felt heavy.

"YOU ALWAYS DO THIS!" he continued screaming. "SAYING WEIRD THINGS! ARGGG IT MAKES MY HEART DO WEIRD STUFFFF—LIKE IN THOSE DAMN SHOUJO MANGAS—THE DOKI DOKI CRAP!"

Her mouth fell open as she stupidly ogled at her laptop.

Doki doki?

Natsu's heart?

She makes Natsu's heart go doki doki?

"What?" the word slipped out without her consent.

"URGHH WHY ARE YOU SAYING WHAT?"

"I—"

"YOU MAKE MY HEART GO DOKI DOKI, ALRIGHT?!" he exclaimed.

"I—"

"YOU'RE ANNOYING!"

Another vein pulsed on her forehead, "YOU KNOW WHAT? LET'S VIDEO CHAT RIGHT NOW!"

"FINE!" he snapped.

And as the video chat loaded, neither of them were looking at the screen. Instead, they both sat there on their beds in a crisscrossed position with arms crossed over their chests. Their faces were turned slightly the right, both held a matching pout with inflamed cheeks.

Lucy, being the first daring soul, glanced sideways to see Natsu's flaming face and adorable pout. She fought against a smile and said, "Soo." His pointed eyes shifted towards the screen. A smirk playfully overcame her scowl, "Is your heart going doki doki right now?"

His features widened and his mouth gaped slightly for only a few seconds before he smoothly said, "Pshhh no way."

"Liar."

A nasty smirk covered his face as he rubbed his nose and sneered, "Now I get why you said you needed to get ready..."

Despite her eye twitching, she wasn't going to let him have the upper hand. "So your heart is going doki doki after all!"

"BET YOUR HEART IS TOO!" he accused, looking like a rainbow of emotions, ranging from embarrassment with his face the color of a sunset, to anger with his raging, black eyes, and frantic with the way he pointed a shaky finger at the screen.

Her blush rivaled his as she admitted, "M-Maybe!"

"HAH!" he grinned proudly, showing off his pointed canines. "KNEW IT!"

"Whatever," she sighed, going back on Tumblr.

"That DropsOfRain chick might be even weirder than you," Natsu muttered.

"What do you—oh!" Lucy saw Natsu's like-like ask blew up a bit as DropsOfRain added, "LOVE RIVAL IS SO DARING WITH HIS DECLARATION OF LOVE! JUVIA IS CRYING!"

"OII I SAID LIKE-LIKE NOT LOVE!" Natsu had replied back and suddenly it was like all the happiness of Natsu admitting his heart goes doki doki for her had burned away like a flame on a candlewick.

Well what was she expecting? He did change his URL from HopelesslyInLoveWithLucy back to his original and now he flat out admitted he didn't love her.

So what if those extra feelings Lucy's been feeling were unrequited?

Not like she cared.

Nope.

Who was she kidding? She just wanted to curl up into a ball and cry. He would probably think she was an idiot for falling in love with him…

Was she even in love? Well with the way her heart felt like it was being split in half slowly and painfully by a small, dull, jagged sword, there was a good possibility. The pain reminded her of the day he found out she liked him when he saw her doodles of his name…

"HOW COULD LOVE RIVAL SAY THAT? GRAY-SAMA DESERVES LOVE NOT LIKE!"

"Gray-sama would prefer neither," Gray chimed.

"GRAY-SAMA IS DEFENDING LOVE RIVAL!? JUVIA IS SOBBING!"

"OI, I AIN'T DEFENDING HIM!" he wrote back. "DON'T GO MAKING THINGS UP!"

"I doubt Ice Guy would wanna date a salamander," BlackSteelGajeel added.

"Exactly," Gray agreed.

"AHH JUVIA IS HAPPY!"

"GRRR, GAJEEL!" Natsu raged to Lucy, with his teeth clenched. "I REALLY HATE THAT DUMB METAL ASS! CALLIN' ME A SALAMANDER!?"

"He called me a bunny," Lucy dully added, still not over her revelation.

"YEAH, BUT AT LEAST THAT MAKES SENSE SINCE BUNNIES ARE ALL CUTE AND STUFF! BUT A SALAMANDER? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I DON'T LOOK ANYTHING LIKE A FRIGGIN SALAMANDER!" Actually he looked like a fire breathing dragon in Lucy's eyes with the way his pupils turned into slits and he had enough anger to look like he could breathe fire.

Besides that, Natsu did it again; he made her heart go, as he phrased it, doki doki, leaving her to feel all confused. He called her cute. For the first time, not kind of cute, but actual cute. "You think I'm cute?"

"Huh?" all of his fiery anger vanished as he stared at Lucy, looking perplexed and thrown off.

"You said it makes sense that I'm a bunny since bunnies are cute, therefore I'm cute."

"That's not what I—"

"Does this mean I'm no longer only kinda cute?" she asked coyly.

Natsu gasped, realizing his mistake. "LUCY!" he smacked his head against the laptop, creating a loud smash.

Suddenly she didn't care if he didn't love her yet. What they had right now, she wouldn't trade it for the world.

"WHY DO YOU ALWAYS FOCUS ON THE WEIRD STUFF?" He jumped off his bed, leaving the webcam focused solely on the hole in his wall.

"I do not!" she huffed, pulling her loose tank top up. She hadn't realized how low it had fallen.

"LIKE DO I SERIOUSLY LOOK LIKE HAPPY?" Natsu reappeared, but this time he wasn't alone. A little salamander was standing still on his palm.

Happy's black and blue coloring definitely did not resemble Natsu in the slightest. "Well you know what they say," Lucy shrugged with a grin, "people tend to look like their pets."

Instead of freaking out, Natsu looked rather thoughtful with the way his lips pursed. "Hmm…Good point, Lu-I mean Iguana," Natsu beamed.

"NAT—"

"Anyways, Happy missed you these past couple of days. He was really mad at me for not letting him talk to you."

"Aww!" Lucy giggled. "And how does Happy show anger?"

"By being rebellious," Natsu shot daggers at him. "HE KEPT ESCAPING FROM HIS TANK TRYING TO CALL THE HOSPITAL!"

"AHH! Well I missed you too, Happy," Lucy laughed, tears dotting her eyes while the salamander started to crawl onto Natsu's bandaged arm, standing out against the white bandage.

All joking disappeared from Natsu's demeanor as he wistfully proclaimed, "I missed watching you laugh."

She inhaled, halting all of her laughs as her heart melted by the flames that accompanied his words.

But then the teasing look returned as he went on, "You shoulda seen him the night you were taken to the hospital," Natsu said, "he was a mess."

"I'll bet," she longingly sighed.

"I was a mess…" he coughed. His words made her heart officially turn to mush. "But enough about Happy. The point is, is that I don't look like him! BlackSteelGajeel!" he said the URL like it were the most disgusting, vile thing he had ever heard. "Never thought I would find someone I hate more than Gray. If I ever meet the bastard…" he trailed off, letting his fist do the rest of the talking.

"Well you're going to meet him at Comic Con," Lucy pointed out.

"What?"

"He's the one who got Levy a ticket," she explained.

"WHATTT? I GET TO MEET HIM BEFORE I GET TO MEET YOU?!" and then he smacked his head again on his keyboard, revealing the hole. "I HATE EVERYTHING."

"Me too," she gloomed, not wanting to think about it.

Natsu's head popped back up, "I'm gonna get you a ticket for it! I swear!"

"Don't even bother," she waved off, shifting a bit as she gestured, "What's with the hole in your wall?"

"Huh?" he looked behind him and then turned back, sheepishly grinning, "I punched it!"

"Of course you did," she shook her head while touching her eyebrow. "Why did you do that?"

He tugged on the rim of his green t-shirt, "Ehh I was angry at myself for somethin'."

It was clear he wasn't going to elaborate any further so Lucy only nodded in response.

"I promise I'll visit you or something, Lucy," Natsu said with sincerity, his dark eyes looked deep with unknown passion.

"Alright," she swallowed, allowing his deep eyes to suck her in.

"So whatcha wanna do today, Iguana?"

"I think I like it better when you call me Weirdo," she grumbled, placing a strand of hair behind her ear. "I want to eat. I haven't had breakfast," she gently rubbed her hollow tummy.

"Eat?" Natsu blinked before excitement surged through him. "YOSH! LET'S EAT BREAKFAST TOGETHER AND WATCH ANIME!"

"Alright," she smiled as her heart expanded. Eating breakfast together while watching anime? It sounded like a…date.

Though the smile fell quickly the second she tried to get up, "OWW!"

"LUCY?!" he looked panicked, with his eyes extra round.

"I'm…fine…" she painfully breathed. Her eyes snapped shut as she tried to pull herself up again. "Just feels like…a knife…is digging…into me…"

"Lucy…"

She let out a dry laugh, "I wish I was back in the hospital… Go get your food."

"Errr…alright…"

XOXOX

Lucy returned with a bowl of instant oatmeal and a cup of tea. She set them down on her bedside table and glanced at the laptop screen.

Her eyes bugged out.

Natsu was already scarfing down a mountain of pancakes with a huge smile on his face. It was like mountain after mountain after mountain being shoveled into his mouth.

When he said he eats a lot, he really wasn't exaggerating…

"HOW ARE YOU ABLE TO EAT ALL OF THAT?! ACTUALLY HOW DID YOU MAKE THAT MANY PANCAKES IN LIKE LESS THAN 5 MINUTES?"

"They were already made!" he answered cheerfully, chomping down on another stack.

"How were they already made?" she inquired. Did he make them? Did someone else? Who did Natsu live with? So many questions…

Natsu glanced up at her, about to answer, but then his mouth fell completely open and his cheeks turned a deep scarlet color.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" she frowned as she tried to mentally prepare herself to sit back down on her bed.

He didn't answer, instead he continued to gawk blankly.

"What?" her frown deepened, not liking the strange feeling her chest as she followed his stare.

A scream rippled from her throat; her washing machine-stretched tank top had fallen so low that her entire orange, lacy bra showed proudly—her boobs showed proudly. "PERVERT!"

"YOU'RE-YOU'RE THE PERVERT FOR WEARING THAT!"

"NOO I WANTED TO CHANGE! REMEMBER? I SAID I NEEDED TO GET READY! BUT YOU KEPT INSISTING WE VIDEO CHAT RIGHT NOW!" she cried, turning away to pull her tank top back up.

"Yeah, yeah," he waved his hand, his cheeks were still a flaming red. "Try and blame this on me, pervert."

"I hate youuu!" she sobbed, with her arms crossing her chest. Though surprisingly, the event was able to distract Lucy from the pain as she sat back down on her bed.

"I hate you too," he grumbled, looking very uncomfortable as he shifted on his bed.

Despite all humiliation of exposing her chest to him, she managed to speak calmly, "Say, Natsu?"

"Yeah?"

"I bet your heart is going doki doki right now."

"LUCY!"

XOXOX


For those who don't know, Doki doki is just the sound for heart beating in Japanese.

Hehe hope you all liked this chapter!

Lucy finally learned Natsu's last name.

And who does Natsu live with? :0

See you all next time!

And thank you for reading!

Have a great rest of the day!