Summary: Mira uses Natsu's habit of taking sayings literally to her matchmaking advantage….

Pairings: Levy/Lucy friendship, Natsu/Lucy, and brief, implied, Gajeel/Levy if you squint.

YouTube Prompt: Natsu/Lucy video to 'Forevermore' by White Snake.

When Natsu came into the guild he had spotted Lucy and Levy in a far corner by the bar whispering amongst themselves. By the time had approached them they were only giggling at some secret joke.

Which of course meant Natsu had to know it instantly because maybe, just maybe, it was something he could tease Gajeel with!

"Hey guys," he grinned, "whatcha talking about?"

Lucy and Levy exchanged glances before they turned away and covered their mouths to smother their giggles. "Nothing!" they chorused in unison.

"Obviously," Natsu pointed out, "it's something."

Lucy and Levy ignored him though as they exchanged annoying mysterious smiles at one another. "I best be going Lu-Chan," Levy said as she gave Lucy a side-hug, "I'll tell you more later."

"Tell you more what?!" Natsu demanded over Lucy's goodbyes. "What is Levy going to tell you?"

Lucy smiled another weird, irritating, mysterious smile. "It's a se-cr-et!" she drawled out teasingly.

"I can keep secrets!" Natsu insisted. "C'mon Luce!" he whined. "Tell me!"

"No way!" Lucy shook her head. "Levy is my best friend. I promised not to tell!"

"I'm your best friend!" Natsu spouted. "Aren't I your best friend?"

"Well," Lucy shifted uncomfortably, "you're my best guy friend."

"And best friends don't keep secrets from each other, right?" Natsu said persuasively. Lucy reluctantly nodded in agreement which caused Natsu to light up with a dazzling, mischievous, grin. "So you can tell me!"

"Nope!" Lucy said immediately. "My lips are sealed."

At that she mimed locking her lips up and throwing away the key. Natsu wasn't getting another word out of her.

"What?!" Natsu yelped, panicked. "Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!" he cried out melodramatically. "You can't keep your lips sealed Luce! You could die of starvation!" he grabbed hold of Lucy's shoulders firmly and began to shake her. "Lucy open your mouth!" he ordered. "Open your mouth, Lucy!"

Lucy was on the verge of doing so in order to shout at Natsu as she slapped him for shaking her so hard. It did, after all, feel like her teeth were rattling inside her head. However before Lucy got the chance to even open her mouth, Mira appeared beside them with a deceptively innocent expression on her face.

"Ara! Ara!" Mira cried out in concern. "What's the matter, Natsu?"

"Lucy's lips are sealed!" Natsu shouted. "I need to unlock them somehow, how do I unlock them?!"

A rather evil, cunning, smirk flickered on Mira's face but before it registered to either Natsu or Lucy it vanished as quickly as it appeared. "Oh that's easy!" Mira chirped cheerfully with false sweetness. "You use the key that is your tongue."

Lucy flushed a deep, bright, pink that almost bordered on red at that. "MIRA!" she squawked. "Don't e-hmmph!"

Mira silently gave herself a pat on the back for a job well done as Natsu proceeded to learn exactly how to keep Lucy's lips unlocked with his tongue.

Now if only all her other matchmaking endeavours were that easy…