I was boycotting this fic because someone really pissed me off in the comments. Saying they "understand" that this story is natsu x Lucy x Gray. Like I had no idea. Are you telling me you know more about the story than the actual author? Wow you must be a real intellectual! I swear, I run into complete dumbasses on this website that I've never ran into on ao3. Let's make this clear. This is a Natsu x Lucy fanfiction. And that's why I tagged it as Natsu and Lucy. If it was a three way relationship, I would have fucking tagged it that way! I'm originally from ao3. I'm good at tagging. It's true I don't mind graylu because I ship Lucy with everyone. But I would never even read a graylu story, much less write one! People are fucking stupid I swear. Anyways, I'll fix mistakes tomorrow. I'm tired and wanna go to bed. So yeah, have fun!

Lucy doesn't know how she kept finding herself in these situations. There she was, mourning with Levy and Mira over her broken heart. Lunch time was often spent gushing over their otp, but Lucy didn't have a strong enough heart to still be so invested in a ship that was bound to sink. She couldn't do it. She had to wake up and face the facts. And maybe she could find another ship to obsess over. One from a manga that she knew would be endgame so she can ship in peace.

But it seems Natsu was very adamant on pulling her away from her friends because it happened again today. She stared at their connected hands and pouted. She wished this was Gray's hand instead of her own. Natsu hand looked so large compared to hers when she always pictured Natsu's hands to be smaller than Gray's. Why was he so muscular? Why was his grip so strong?

"What are you thinking?" Natsu asked her as he turned his head back to look at her. "You're daydreaming about me and Gray again, right?"

"… Maybe…"

"Stop that." He tugged her into the classroom he always seemed to take her to, and pinned her against the wall. He looked very serious, his eyes dark and lips in a firm line. "We'll never be like that Luce. I don't like you dreaming about me as some submissive bottom who blushes all the damn time and needs to be taken care of by that bastard." He leaned down closer. "I want you dreamin about me dominating you, Luce. I want you dreamin of me holding you when you're crying and sad. I want you dreamin of our future together. I want you to dream me as a man who can take care of you for the rest of our lives. Do you get it, Luce? I don't just have some fleeting crush on you. I love you and I promise to do everything for you. I promise. No matter what it is, I'll do it as long as it's not me hooking up with anyone but you."

Lucy doesn't know why, but she felt her eyes water and lips tremble. She reached out to hold Natsu by the shirt and leaned into his shoulder. "Will you really accept all of me?"

"Everything. Anything. I'll accept you Luce. No matter what."

"Okay." She slightly pulled her head back to look him in the eyes. "Then I'll be honest. There's something I've been hiding from you. It's not just you and Gray. I ship many guys in reality, on tv shows and in manga or anime. I'm a fujoshi. It means I love homosexual boys, especially if their attractive. But I don't want them myself. I want them to date other attractive boys. I fangirl over guys touching his best friends shoulder. I fangirl about those kpop stars who can't hide how in love they are, despite how much their management tries to hide it. If I see two attractive boyfriends, I immediately stop what I'm doing and secretly take photos of them and droll and cry over them when I'm alone."

Lucy suddenly glanced away from him, her cheeks warm because she's always embarrassed about this side of her. She didn't know what to expect from Natsu. Would he laugh at her? Call her an otaku or pervert for fantasizing about two boys like that? Or would he maybe accept her like he did at the beach? Tell her that it's okay and that she has nothing to be ashamed of. And that he still loves her. Will he continue to tell her he wants her to look at him as a man? Will he ask her out? Or maybe he won't use words, but will kiss her instead. She didn't know when it happened, but Lucy has started to enjoy when he kissed her. Feeling his body towering over her as he pinned her to the wall and held her cheek. She really hopes he doesn't talk and just kisses her instead. That would be a lot easier.

"So you think I'm attractive, huh?"

Lucy blinked in bewilderment, not expecting him to answer that way at all. She didn't think up this possibility and she has to say, this is the worst one! She doesn't want him to know what she's secretly been thinking about him since he kissed her. About how she's second guessed his position and thought he was very demanding and confident. And how attracted she was to that confidence.

"D-don't put words in my mouth!"

"But you just said it." A smirk was beginning to split his lips, his eyes glinting playfully. "You said you ship attractive guys the most. And I was in your favorite ship. So that must mean you think I'm real attractive."

Lucy stayed silent and refused to look at him. Though the silence was practically admitting it.

"What did you find so attractive about me, Luce? I'd love to know. If you tell me one thing, I'll tell you somethin I like about you. An even trade, yeah?"

That was a good deal. Though it's embarrassing to tell him those things! It was worth it though because she wanted to know what he liked about her. Lucy always thought nobody liked her like that but Natsu just admitted to loving her. She wonders what he sees in her.

"F-fine. You go first."

"I'll give you a few things right off the bat. I love how caring you are. Even though I know how sad you were about Gray and I not being a thing, you were only concerned about us and how you hurt us. You can be selfish, but you're also real caring. You don't like hurting people." After his first reason, he went straight into the next without stopping to breathe, much less think. "I love your feisty side and how sassy you get. I love your cute reactions when I tease you and how you pout by yourself. I love how good you are at talkin. You're such a good writer and when you get serious, your words are so damn real and make me question everything. I love how you make me a better person and I love when you get angry at me. I love messing with you and I love when you mess with me too. I love your laugh and how gorgeous you look while smiling. I love the color of your hair, the way your eyes shimmer in the light. And of course I love other things about you. Like that hot body of yours and how much I want to touch you all over. And I'm sure they'll be more things I love about your body, I just haven't explored them. Not yet at least." His eyes turned sensual as they lidded. He smirked as his hand somehow came around her body without her knowledge, and tugged her right against him, her hands on his chest and clutching at the fabric of his shirt. "That's all I'm sayin for now. You've got a lot of things to catch up on. But I'll add a rule for ya. If you can't come up with the number of things I said, I get tah kiss you double the amount."

"D-double?"

"Yep." He grinned as he bit his lip. "The deal was a compliment for a compliment. I gave you 16. If you can't do all 16, then that's your penalty. You're getting off easy if you ask me."

"F-fine! I'll just give you 16 back!" She made her resolve and opened her mouth, but as soon as her words reached the tip of her tongue, her voice died down. Her cheeks turned as red as a raspberry and she suddenly realized how hard it was to say these embarrassing things out loud. Natsu admitted to loving her and he's such a confident person. He has no problem saying embarrassing things. But Lucy is not the same way. She doesn't even want to tell him one thing she finds attractive about him so how will she make 16?!

"I-I— I like… I like your tan skin and olive eyes. Umm… I l-like when you chuckle and the way you smile when you're cocky." She squeezed her eyes shut and leaned into his chest to hide her face from him. "I-I like when you're confident. A-and— and I like how you always come right when I need you."

"Ten more."

Ten?! She still has ten?! She already feels like she's going to die. Can she really make it? If she forfeit he would kiss her 20 time. 20 kisses… where would they be? How long would each kiss last? Would it really be so bad to kiss him? Should she pretend to be too embarrassed to say anymore and forfeit?

Lucy shook her head. No, she can still do this. She doesn't want to kiss him! It's just Natsu. Just her best friend and that's it!

"I-I like h-how mmmm…." She closed her lips, trying to force the words out. "I like how mmmm— mmmmm mmm!"

Her face was so dark she was practically burning Natsu's chest. She heard Natsu chuckle in amusement, and found her self slamming her hands on his shoulders and gripping his shirt. She finally forced herself to look up at him, her lips trembling and eyes teary. "Just kiss me goddamnit!"

Soon as she said it, Natsu grinned mischievously. She was about to hide in his chest again, but he suddenly held her by the cheek and ducked his head down. "20 kisses. I think I'll take ten for now and get the other ten another day."

"W-what? That wasn't part of the rules!"

"You never set a rule like that, sweetheart. You can't change things in the middle of the game, right? That would be cheating."

"B-but—"

"Ah ah—" Natsu pressed his thumb to her lower lip, and followed Lucy's tongue as he opened her lips. Her tongue popped out, and Natsu did the same with his, wanting to lick her so bad and eat that tongue like candy. "You didn't say I couldn't do this and since the game already started, you can't change the rules, sweetheart. That's not how games work. The rules don't change to benefit you halfway through."

Lucy pouted, looking so cute when she was upset and angry at him like this. "Well why did you compliment me so much! You were supposed to do one at a time!"

"Once again, that was never in the rules." He traced her plump lip, and followed the movement with his tongue, licking the inside of his lip, then biting it. "And besides, I wasn't complimenting you, Luce. I was telling you why I love you. And by the way…" he suddenly smirked, giving Lucy a very bad feeling. "What's this about saying what you like about me? Finding someone attractive is very different than liking them. I told you, Luce. You only had to tell me why I was attractive. Why you thought I was attractive with Gray. What you found attractive about me in your ship. But what did you say? You like my tan skin? You like my confidence? But according to you, I was the blushing bottom character. Was I ever confident in your ship? Didn't you like Gray being the confident one in control? But you like my confidence? Is that a personal reason why you're attracted to me, Lucy? Hmm?"

Natsu held her face in place so she couldn't run away. All she could do was avert her eyes with her cheeks so hot you could fry an egg on them. "Just kiss me so I can run away."

"Gladly." His lips lowered to hers, his breath warm against her mouth and making her shiver. He finally brushed their lips together ever so slightly. "One." He mumbled as Lucy released a shaky exhale. The room was so quiet that every breath she took felt like a scream and every movement of their lips could be heard loud and clear. Lucy swallowed hard then parted her lips, Natsu still breathing against her.

He finally placed another kiss on her lips, but it was much firmer. His tongue brushed against her mouth, but quickly retreated. "Two." Another kiss came that was identical to the one before. On the fourth kiss, Lucy parted her lips for him. Once he swiped his tongue across, it darted inside her mouth, slightly dragging across her tongue. But once again he pulled away, causing Lucy to whine. "Four." The smirk in his voice was obvious, though he didn't keep her waiting. This time, Lucy's mouth was wide open for him. He locked his lips with hers and Lucy snaked her hands up to play with his spiky hair as they toyed with each other's tongue. Lucy sucked on him a few times, and stuck her tongue out for him to play with. He licked and lapped her up. Then pulled away after several minutes. "Five." He was out of breath As he gazed down at Lucy's hazy expression, hair falling over her eyes and lips rosy. He tucked the strands back and smiled at her. "How the hell am I supposed to top that?"

"I don't know." She whispered quietly, and lowered head down a bit as she spoke even softer. "But we can always try."

"Hmm?" He grinned, quickly tilting her face back up as he dove in closer. "If ya keep talking like that, I might think of asking ya on a date."

"Then kiss me."

"Gladly." This time, it was a lot slower and sensual. It felt so smooth and emotional, their lips parting many times just dive back again. "Six. I'm still counting for some reason." Lucy suddenly leaned up to kiss him again, causing Natsu to chuckle. "Seven… mmm eight." She nibbled on his lip and slightly pulled back with it held between her teeth. "Fuckk nine." Her hair bunched up in his hand as he held her near the ear, his thumb brushing under her eye. Lucy brushed her lips with his, then sighed while their mouths were still together.

"Ten."

Those ten kisses were all it took to make Lucy realize she wanted him. She wanted him as more than her best friend.