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Natsu climbed through Lucy's bedroom window, like he normally did, determined to talk to her and tell her how he felt. However, Natsu wasn't ready for the sight he witnessed. There Lucy was curled up in a ball on her bed crying her eyes out.
"Hey Lucy I- woah hey why are you crying?" Natsu quickly rushed over to Lucy, about to make an attempt to comfort the crying girl.
"Go away Natsu." Lucy said sadly while scooting away from the worried boy.
Natsu moved to sit next to Lucy anyways. He awkwardly placed a hand on her back in another attempt to comfort her. Natsu, the all mighty dragon slayer who never backed down to a challenge, was not a match for a crying girl; and especially not a crying Lucy.
Lucy flinched away from Natsu's hand and scooted as far away from him as possible to a corner on her bed. Natsu sighed and moved even closer.
"If you're still upset about that book, I'm really sorry. You can always write it agai-"
Lucy pushed Natsu and stood so that she was now right in front of him. "I can't just write it again!" Lucy glared. "I can't just replicate chapters and chapters from memory! It doesn't work that way! I spent years working on this book Natsu! TWO YEARS! And you destroyed it all in a matter of seconds." Lucy sobbed, starting to get emotional all over again.
Natsu panicked and pulled Lucy down onto his lap in another embrace trying to hug her again. "I'm so sorry Luce! Please stop crying. I didn't mean to. I'll help you with a new one or whatever to make you feel better." Natsu desperately rambled trying to get her to stop crying.
Lucy pushed at Natsu's chest in attempt to loosen his grip on her. However this only caused him to squeeze her tighter. Lucy began to thrash and squirm, trying her best to get free but Natsu wasn't budging in the slightest. Lucy began to get frustrated.
"UGHHH! Why are you doing this?! Just Let me GO!"
"No! I'm doing this because I want you to feel better Luce. I hate it when you're upset."
At this lucy froze. "Natsu… Do you realize YOU CAUSED ALL THIS SHIT IN THE FIRST PLACE?!" Lucy took a deep breath to calm herself down. "Why did you do it Natsu? What possessed you to do all this? Did you just wake up this morning and go Hey! I'm gonna steal Lucy's book, insult it, burn it, then burn her clothes off in front of the ENTIRE GUILD HALL TODAY?!" Lucy looked at Natsu expectantly waiting for his response.
Natsu sighed. "No Luce, it's not like that at all. I wasn't expecting things to get so bad. I took the book because I knew it'd get your attention to be honest. I was just trying to tease you. You know, like I normally do."
"What does that have to do with you burning it and my clothes? That's going way too far… even for you."
There was a long awkward silence. Natsu was trying to choose his next words wisely. "Well ya see Luce… That wasn't on purpose either. Honestly I don't really know what happened. When you got close to me like you did, my temperature just spiked. The same thing happened when I tried to hug you." Natsu smiled sheepishly.
Lucy sat for a minute processing Natsu's words. "Then… Why aren't you on fire now? I'm literally on your lap. Better yet, you hugged me at least 3 times since you've been here and no flames. So what are you talking about?" Lucy questioned the logic of Natsu's reasoning.
"Well" Natsu finally loosened his grip on Lucy so that he could look at her. "It's because… since I know what's going on now… well um… I can control it cause I know now that um… well" Natsu rambled.
"Spit it out Natsu! What's the matter with you?" Lucy cut off his babbling
"I like you Lucy!" Natsu blurted stunning Lucy into silence. "I like you a lot. Well… I guess I have some time now. I never thought that much into it cause ya know I'm not the best with those types of things, but when Mira even suggested it as an idea, it all made sense. All I ever thought about was fighting and finding Igneel… But when I met you that all changed. I now think about fighting, Igneel, and … You. I know that means something."
Lucy sat in silence contemplating all that Natsu had just said. It was honestly all too good to be true. Lucy had developed feelings for Natsu very long ago; however, she never did anything about it because she knew that Natsu was a little… dense to say the least.
"You like me…" Lucy repeated out loud disbelievingly. "Is this another one of your jokes Natsu? If so it's not funny." Lucy crossed her arms and looked at Natsu sternly.
Natsu put his arms around Lucy's slim waist. "This isn't a joke Luce. I like you. I… really like you. And um if you like me to… I'd like to be with you Luce. And not just like on missions and stuff but all the time. As your boyfriend." Natsu smiled at Lucy's shocked expression.
Lucy smiled at Natsu subconsciously leaning towards his face. Before the two knew it they were locked in a passionate kiss. Neither one of them knew who initiated the kiss and neither of them cared. Natsu gripped Lucy's waist bringing her in closer and deepening the kiss. Who knew Natsu knew how to do that? Lucy thought to herself.
Lucy shifted on Natsu's lap to get more comfortable causing Natsu to groan. Natsu only had the slightest clue of what was going on, but he didn't care. It all felt so right. Natsu subconsciously ground his hips up into Lucy's causing her heart to race. Suddenly the couple noticed the position they were in and quickly broke apart.
Natsu cleared his throat standing from Lucy's bed. "So um… What do ya say Luce? Will you give me a chance?"
Lucy smiled "Sure Natsu. So I guess this makes you my boyfriend."
Natsu scratched the back of his head and smiled, not sure else what to do. "Ha yeah… I guess so. So now what?"
"Now you take me on a date. Come back in about three hours and I'll be ready to go." Lucy pushed Natsu towards her front door. "And don't think all this means I forgot about what you did to my book. You're still going to pay." Lucy gave Natsu a quick peck on the lips and pushed him out the front door.
Man that was crazy. Lucy thought to herself. Although her day had started off horribly, she couldn't have been happier. With that Lucy ran off to her closet to search for the perfect outfit to wear.
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