"I- I'm not sad!"

Natsu's frown deepened into a scowl. "I can smell it, dummy. Don't lie!"

"Yeah, Lucy! Don't lie!" Happy parroted, to whom Lucy delivered a swift punch in the throat.

How was Lucy supposed to explain that she wanted to talk about feelings with the most unromantically entangled guy she'd ever met? Just thinking about it had her flushing scarlet, and a voice eerily similar to Aquarius began to cackle at her in her head.

"Silly girl! To him? That dense wall of bricks? Flames for brains?"

Maybe Gray had been rubbing off on her as well.