I'm sorry for the mistakes, English is not my mother tongue. I hope you like it.

Disclaimer : Fairy Tail belongs to Hiro Mashima.

Dance With Me

Natsu was in the forest where he knew no one could find him. Even Happy did not know where he was. He was too ashamed to tell anyone what he was going to do.

In a week, Magnolia city hall will organize a party and the Guild of Fairy Tail will be the guest of honor. And as expected, in this kind of event there is always dancing. Even if he would never admit it to anyone, Natsu was tired of everyone making fun of him because he can not dance. So he decided to train in secret.

He took a deep breath, closed his eyes and concentrated. He got into position and even if there was no music, he imagined one. He took one step, then another, trying to dance, but it was hard to tell if he was doing the moves correctly without anyone to correct him. He could have asked Lucy to help him, but he was afraid she would laugh at him. He stopped moving when he heard someone arriving behind him. He never thought somebody would found him here. He turned around and found himself face to face with Juvia. She looked at him in astonishment.

'What... what are you doing here ?' Natsu stammered.

'There is a river not far from here where Juvia likes to train,' she answered.

She looked at him curiously and asked :

'Was Natsu-san dancing ?'

Natsu looked away, embarrassed.

'Are you training for the party ?'

He sighed and nodded. She had found him out, so there was no point in hiding anymore. Julia smiled. She was going to make fun of him, Natsu thought.

'Juvia does the same,' she said. 'She asked Mirajane to teach her some steps and since then she has been training every night.'

Natsu opened his eyes wide. So he was not the only one worried about the party. This reassured him a little.

'You can't dance either ?' He asked.

'Juvia hasn't been to many parties. And when she did, she didn't dance, she was afraid of being ridiculous. But this time, she hopes to dance with Gray-sama.'

Juvia's eyes lit up as she imagined herself spending the evening dancing in Gray's arms. Natsu wanted to laugh. He should have known that she wanted to learn to dance for Gray. Did she know he hated dancing even more than he did ? Suddenly, an idea crossed Natsu's mind and he grinned from ear to ear.

'How about we practice dancing together ?'

Juvia opened her eyes wide. She did not expect such a request from the dragon slayer. She frowned, thinking about what he had said.

'Juvia doesn't know. She hoped to dance only with Gray-sama.'

'And you think you can do it if you train with no one.'

She grimaced slightly and did not answer, still undecided.

'You and I are in the same situation,' Natsu said. 'So we can help each other.'

He held out his hand, hoping she would say yes. Juvia looked at his hand and took it. They shook hands, sealing their agreement.

'Let's improve together,' Natsu said.

Juvia nodded and could not help laughing at his enthusiasm.

'Let's start now !' She said with the same enthusiasm.

Natsu agreed. He was finally going to be able to improve thanks to Juvia. On top of that, with the steps Mirajane had taught her, it was going to be easier.

They trained all the evening and part of the night. They were exhausted, but happy to see the little progress they were beginning to make. They decided to meet again each evening until the party.

Natsu thought the week had gone by extremely quickly. Thanks to Juvia, he felt like he had improved. He had not become an expert, but he was able to get by. For the party, he had chosen to wear a tuxedo. Even Happy wanted to make a good impression and wore a nice jacket and bow tie. He confessed to Natsu that he hoped Carla would like him by being well dressed.

The great hall of the city hall was decorated for the party and everyone was having fun. Natsu danced with Lucy, who congratulated him on his progress. He danced with Lisanna and he had even begun a dance battle with Gajeel. From time to time, he looked at Juvia. She looked like she was having a good time too. It seemed that she did not to want to stop dancing. Natsu smiled every time he looked at her. He lost his smile when he saw her dancing with Gray. He should be happy for her. After all, that was what she wanted. But when he saw her dancing with Gray, Natsu felt a pang in his heart. And yet, it did not matter to him when she had danced with Gajeel. So why did seeing her dancing with Gray bother him ?

His hands clenched and he left the room. He did not want to see them together. He arrived on the balcony. The air was nice and he could see the stars studding the sky. After a few minutes, he heard someone arriving. He took a deep breath, smelling the scent that filled the air. It was Juvia's. He looked at her.

'Natsu-san ! Juvia wondered where you had been.'

She walked over to Natsu.

'Are you having a good evening ?' He asked.

A huge smile lit up Juvia's face and she nodded.

'Juvia is having a lot of fun. But there is someone she would like to dance with.'

Natsu frowned, not understanding.

'But, I saw you dancing with Gray.'

Juvia blushed and looked away.

'She did, but Juvia would have liked to dance with Natsu-san.'

He opened his eyes wide.

'Juvia was happy to dance with Gray-sama, but she realized that she preferred dancing with Natsu-san.'

The dragon slayer grinned from ear to ear.

'I'd rather dance with you too,' he said.

There was the sound of a new music. It was the last dance. Natsu held out his hand to Juvia.

'Could I have the last dance ?'

Juvia smiled and nodded. She took his hand and they both danced slowly to the rhythm of the music. They realized they did not want to dance with anyone else.

The end