"H-huh?..." Lucy stuttered, surprised by the words her bestfriend had just said. "natsu...p-please.. say that again."
"I said," the dragon slayer's signature grin was plastered on his face, "that I'm in love with you."
The blonde's heart skipped a beat hearing him say that, after all, she'd wanted to hear them from him for so long. She stood there unsure what to do.
Natsu stood there facing Lucy, holding both her shoulders and staring deep into her eyes, trying to find a reaction to his confession. 'Shit... does she love me back? I mean... I just felt really happy she waited here with me so they just fell out without thinking about it.'
The celestial mage surprised Natsu by slinging her body into his, knocking them both to the ground. He opened his eyes to find her laying on top of him, tears brimming her eyes. "I love you too, ya big idiot." she whispered to him.
A mix of emotions flew through his body; joy, relief, excitement, too many to count. She grabbed his face, holding it in both her hands, while he had wrapped his arms around her waist, and brought each other into a kiss.
They both felt butterflys explode in their stomach, as they lay there in each other's embrace. The kiss was sweet and gentle, but filled with raw emotion as they both poured all their feelings into it.
The two were laying in a pasture on the way back towards Magnolia.
Lucy was the first to break the contact as she sat up, "we should get back to walking" she giggled. The pinkette reached up and caressed her back, pulling her back into him, "I wanna stay like this for awhile." He whispered as he initiated another heated kiss. Lucy smiled into his lips as she couldn't reject his request.
They had just left Primrose and still had a few days walk to return to Magnolia.
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The sun had just reached it's pinnacle of the harbor city as the couple was nearing it's outskirts. Lucy's feet hurt and Natsu was getting hungry so they decided to break apart and head for their respective homes.
"U-um... I'll see ya later... I guess" Natsu said, not sure what to do. "Hehe.. stop by my apartment before you go to the guild and we can make the announcement together" she winked. 'Fuck she's gorgeous' the dragon slayer watched as she turned her back and walked away.
Lucy arrived at her apartment a short time later and walked inside the dark residence. She closed the door and immediately called her bluenette bestfriend who picked up after a short wait.
"LEVY... WE'RE TOGETHER!" The blonde squealed "Wait... who? You and Nats-""YES!" Levy smiled hearing the excitement in her bestfriends voice. "Awww Lu, I'm so glad for you two... Now when's the marriage" "Haha so funny Levy...I'll tell you the details later... I'm gonna rest for awhile so I'll see you at the guild.. bye!" "Bye Lucy, congrats!"
The script mage hung up and set the phone down as she dove back into her book, happy for her bestfriend. 'Now I just need to get Gajeel'
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Natsu jumped up to the second story window and dropped into the apartment with a soft thud. "Oi Lucy! Where are you?" He called. "In here... and don't you think about coming in!" the response came from her bathroom.
He pouted and laid down on her bed. I can't believe we're actually... together. A couple weeks ago he wasn't sure how he felt about her, but now that he realized he was in love with her, his feelings couldn't stop gushing forward.
She creaked the door open and peaked out at her ~boyfriend~ and teammate laying on the bed. 'God he's so cute when he's asleep' she cooed.
The blonde silently tiptoed over to him and jumped ontop of him, waking the snoozing dragon slayer. "Oi! What was that fo-" He was saying as she landed a kiss on his lips. His surprised blush slowly faded away as he pushed back into her lips. "Alright let's go" she giggled. He attempted to pull her back in but the sneaky girl evaded his grasp.
"Not now... we have news to tell." she smiled as she grabbed her keys.
"You look pretty" The pinkette whispered in her ear as he grabbed her hips from behind and pulled her close. She felt his hot breathe bathe her neck, making her shiver in excitement, "this is what I almost always wear." "Yeah but it's different now, since you're mine." A blush appeared on her face as the word rolled off his tongue.
"Anyways... it's really time to go" She countered.
They left the apartment hand in hand, heading towards the guild.
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Fairy Tail was in good spirits ever since returning, knowing their beloved guildmate was alive and well. It was evening now, and the noise inside was at a tolerable level.
The entrance doors swung open as a pair of bodies walked through.
The glass Mira was busy cleaning suddenly dropped to the ground as her eyes wandered onto the newly arrived couple. "OH MY GOD" The white-haired beauty squealed.
The startling noised of the glass shattering and then Mira's exclamation caught everyone's attention as their gaze went from her to Natsu and Lucy walking in, hands woven together.
An embarrassed blush covered the blonde's face as she noticed the not-so-subtle attention on them. "Um... natsu.." He looked down at her, when he saw she had her head down. The pinkette raised an eyebrow and looked up, meeting the whole guild's gaze. "Whats everyone lookin' at?"
His question was muffled out as the whole guild erupted into cheers, applause, and whistles. "What the-" Gray ran over and bent over, looking at the couple's hands, then looking up at Lucy, "what did he do to you?" "WHAAAA? I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING ICICLE." Natsu retorted.
"There's no way you two are together" Gray chuckled. The dragon slayer was going toing to respond, but instead grabbed the blonde's waist with one hand, and laid his other on the back of her head, pulling her close. He leaned down and planted a big kiss on Lucy's lips, "this proof enough?" He questioned after breaking away. Fairy Tail went wild.
The men grabbed Natsu and lifted him up the air shouting "HOORAY! HOORAY!" while some slapped his back.
The girls grabbed Lucy's wrist and encircled her, "How?""When?" They asked for details pertaining to the couple's debut. Lucy couldn't help but giggle with a flushed face as she retold them all of the events leading up to them coming to the guild... well not all of them.
The night was filled with drinking and celebrating as two of them finally realized their love for each other.