Lucy listened with fascination as Erza described her plans for tomorrow with a certain blue haired mage. The stellar mage was happy seeing her red haired friend take an initiative, after all the two had been struggling with their feelings for years now. And they needed to get together already! Erza deserved to be happy, she might act all tough in front of everyone and not express how she felt inside but deep down Lucy as well as everyone knew how much the redhead longed for her chilhood best friend.
But there was an issue. Erza was very concerned about her dress, doubting Jellal might not like it. The blonde assured her, "don't worry. He'll love the outfit!" Wendy nodded, "Erza-san you've to be confident." Erza smiled and finally reached for the strawberry cheesecake in front of her, for some unknown reasons Erza didn't like to eat anything when she was stressed. Not even sweets or cakes!
"You both are right. I shouldn't worry so much," Titania popped another piece of cake into her mouth, "by the way Lucy, what are your plans?"
"M-My plans...?" The blonde mage laughed awkwardly as she answered, "I don't have any plans this time..." And Lucy honestly didn't have plans for Valentines day, not that she didn't want to go out with someone. A cute blush crept up on her face when she recalled a certain pinkette, Fairy Tail's Salamander Natsu Dragneel, to be precise. The stellar mage internally slapped herself, how could she even assume for a second that she had a chance with a bonehead like Natsu. All he knew was to fight, eat and sleep!
"What plans are you talking about Luce?" Natsu asked as he bent down a bit, wrapping his arms around her shapely waist from behind, making Lucy yelp in surprise. "Na-Natsu!" Her face resembled a tomato and she gripped his forearms to pry him away but the dragon slayer simply ignored her attempts and instead pulled her against his chest. The blonde flushed further when Natsu buried his face in the crook of her neck, inhaling deeply and totally ignoring Erza, a red faced Wendy and the snickering exceed flying above them.
"Don't resist, you smell fucking good Luce," he mumbled against her pale skin. The titania eyed them curiously while finishing her beloved cake as opposed to the bluenette who simply couldn't convince herself to watch the intimate scene anymore as she stood up and practically ran away from there, "I'm s-sorry, I'll meet y-you guys later!" Lucy covered her face in mortification. She couldn't have been more embarassed by someone.
Natsu Dragneel was sure to die at her hands. Did he really not know the simple difference between friends and lovers? That his actions can be interpreted in the wrong way by people?
"You two are in looove!" Happy teased the pair as usual and received a glare from the stellar mage, "shut up!" It had no effect on the feline, though, he kept snickering for a good few minutes before flying to where Wendy was. Much to Lucy's delight. Since Carla had gone to visit her mother, the lonely exceed had none else to go to.
"It's enough, Natsu," Lucy squirmed in her position on the bench as the fire mage clung to her like she was his lifeline, at some point the blonde had even tilted her head without noticing herself, to give him better access. But it seemed like he was far from done as he pressed himself on her back more and tightened his grip on her slim waist. Perhaps he had forgotten that they had an audience of one person, a requip mage to be precise. "Natsu," Erza warned from across the other side of the table. Natsu stilled, recalling Titania's presence. He slowly let go of his partner and swallowed hard, Lucy could almost laugh.
"Please leave us for some time Lucy," Erza said, not wanting to cause any more embarassment to the already embarassed stellar mage. Lucy was glad to leave. She wouldn't be able to handle any more mortification than she already had, due to Natsu. And considering his habits, he was likely to start sniffing her again in the middle of whatever conversation Erza wanted to have with him. That idiot!
"Sure I'll see you guys later," Natsu watched as Lucy got up and walked away from the table with a sigh of relief.
"What do you think you were doing?" Natsu could feel the dangerous aura surrounding the redhead, "sit down Natsu," Erza ordered pointing to the empty seat where Lucy had been a moment ago. The fire mage obliged quickly. "She j-just smells n-nice..." he stammered in a pathetic way. Erza crossed her arms and glared at him, "and that gave you the permission to touch her innapropriately?"
"W-What do you mean? She's my best friend," he reasoned as though Erza was being the ridiculous one and received an incredulous look from her, the dragon slayer probably didn't get why. "What would you do if Gray touches her like that? Lucy is his best friend also," the requip mage watched as Natsu's face gave away his inner turmoil. It was to be expected from a knucklehead!
"What's wrong Natsu?" Erza asked as the slayer groaned in frustration, "you aren't answering me."
"No," he finally spoke up, although still conflicted, "I don't like the idea of that stripper touching Lucy at all."
"Why is that?" Erza quirked a brow, "you aren't exactly clear with your words Natsu."
"Yeah I'm not good with words okay," he mumbled and pouted.The requip mage felt bad for questening him like this but she had had enough of the 'more than friends, less than lovers' situation between Lucy and Natsu.
"That stripper better not touch Lucy like that," Natsu almost growled without even knowing. "Natsu," Erza walked over to him and patted him on the head. "I'm s-sorry," he apologized and the girl smiled, "I know you're conflicted about your feelings for Lucy but you should figure them out soon." Natsu didn't say anything, he stared down at his feet blankly, "don't run away from them because you have never felt that way before."
Erza Scarlet was the scariest person to the slayer, no doubt but she was also the older sibling he had always wanted. In fact not just to him, she was the same to the other members of the team as well. She managed to help everyone through their inner turmoils, always.
"I hope you get what I said," and with that the requip mage left him to ponder about the constricting feeling in his chest. Actually what was the relationship between him and Lucy? They were friends- no, best friends but was that enough? Natsu wanted to have something more with Lucy. He wanted to be with her all day, he wanted to drown himself in her scent, he wanted to touch her and hold her to his chest. Wasn't it just normal for them to do? Natsu's chest again tightened when the sheer thought of another man getting that close to Lucy invaded his mind.
No, Erza was right. Natsu definitely needed to do something about these damn feelings!