Though he was in high school, he was the leader of well known gang. Natsu Dragneel was a name and face that everyone staying in Magnolia knew. Though all the members of the gang were friendly and helpful, they were terror in the area.

This weekend all his friends were busy with their special someone as it was the Valentine week, and here he was in front of the theatre to kill time. He didn't even bother to buy a ticket cuz no one dares to ask Natsu Dragneel to buy a ticket.

He randomly went to the hall and sat at the seat P3, in 10 minutes the movie was about to start and people were just filling in, he thought to get a short nap till it began, as soon as he closed his eyes someone tapped his shoulder and said-

"Excuse me sir, this is my seat."

Who the hell dares to disturb him? He looked with such a dark glare that could kill a person but it vanished instantly seeing a blonde beauty with innocent chocolate brown eyes looking at him. She didn't seem afraid. So someone was there who didn't knew him yet it was a bad sign, he was loosing authority but why was he glad that this girl didn't know him.

"Hello! I am talking to you." She waved her hands in front of his face effectively pulling him out of his daze.

"Huh!"

"it's my seat." Few security people saw this and were coming to stop her but Natsu signalled them to stay away from this matter.

"Oh! I must have mistaken, it must be P4." He sifted to the nearby seat and offered the blonde the seat she had paid for.

All the seats were getting filled except the row they were sitting in and Natsu was enjoying this. What was this sensation? Why was he feeling relaxed around a blonde whom he had met not minutes ago?

The movie started People started shouting, hooting, whistling about whatever was going on the screen. But, Natsu's movie was the girl sitting beside her, How she was smiling widely when the movie began, how her eyes gleamed when the hero entered, how she laughed at the jokes they cracked, how her eyes moisten when the hero lost his best friend, how her eyes gleamed when the leads got together, how her nose went up slightly when there was something gross going on, how her mouth watered when they were having a lavish meal at the queen's palace. All of these were exciting him.

Generally, when the movie ended he would be glad, but this time he didn't even realise that it had ended and the girl beside him stood up to leave before he could stop her she was gone.

That night all he could think off was about that girl, however hard he tried to think something else she was all that came to his mind, all these thoughts were making his heart filled with warmth and he liked this sensation a lot.


"Natsu, A new girl has showed up in the school and rumours are she is not obedient enough."

"oh! Is it lets go have little fun."

Finally his brain could function again, being back with his gang was great. It didn't last long enough cuz the new girl was none other than the blonde girl he met yesterday.

"Fuck"

"What's it Natsu?"

"Why is she here?" he murmured to himself.

"Hi" he called out for her attention.

"oh! It's you." She simply said smilied at him. He froze not knowing what to say next.

"You two know each other." Gray asked. This idiot does have a functioning brain.

"Not exactly, we just met in the theatre."

"Ah! I see." He smirked at Natsu and slyly added.

"I am Gray Fullbuster and this is my friend Natsu Dragneel."

Slight terror crossed her eyes and Natsu wanted to punch Gray straight on the face right there if it was not for her.

"o-oh! I am L-Lucy H-Heartfi-lia, nice t-to m-meet y-you." She stuttered and left hastily.

After she was gone, he punched Gray straight to the gut as hard as he could, he fell on the ground coughing and panting

"Why the hell did you tell her that, you bastard"

"Don't act silly she was bound to know that either this way or the harder way so I thought this way was better."

This time the sensations were different, it didn't fill his heart with the warmth but with darkness. Gray was right yesterday she din't know him but his name was enough to fill her with terror she won't smile at him again, nor would she talk to him. Their story was finished tough it had not yet started.

For the following few days he tried his best to talk to her, but each time she avoided him, whenever he came close to her, her eyes were filled with fear and she would leave.

He was always proud about the fact that people were terrified by him but with Lucy it was different he wanted it to differ, he wanted her to look at him, talk with him as she did with her friends, she affected him in many ways that he himself cannot explain. But, each time she ignored him the aura around him darkened.


"Natsu-san Jackel has been stealing again."

"What? Where is he? Did he not learn his lesson last time?"

"Oh! There you are, heard you have been stealing again."

"Ah! Natsu you are here, see I have the potential to be in your gang and this is the proof."

"Filth like you don't deserve to be in my gang or any gang for that matter."

"I see, let's fight then if I win I would be in the gang as the gang leader."

"I am getting fired up"

The fight began initially it was a few kicks and punch here and there, suddenly Lucy's terrified eyes came to his mind and he temporarily stopped and ended on the ground with a severe blow to his chest, it made him so furious that he got up and went straight for Jackel's face and punched him again and again till he was unconscious but still he didn't stop and continued punching.

"Hey Natsu stop it" Gray said

"Natsu" Erza came to interfere but failed.

All the other gang members were terrified, if those two failed to stop him nobody can and at this rate Jackel would die.

"NATSU NO.." He froze, Lucy was standing in front of him with eyes full of tears, fear evident in them and then she ran away just like always, but this time he followed her.

"Lucy stop." But she continued running and even glancing back at him.

"Lucy Please." She did not listen to him and suddenly she fell.

"LUUCCYYYY." She shouted, this time before she could run again he caught her and hugged her tightly while she was still crying.

"I am sorry Lucy don't run away from me."

They had never talked before much still he felt he needed to apologise to her, his friends would be surprised to see him apologise like that but this girl affected him so much that this felt natural to him.


After she calmed down, they went and sat in the park.

"Why are you avoiding me so badly Luce?

"Cuz you are the Natsu Dragneel, and I don't want to do anything with a gang leader."

"But Luce.."

"No Natsu, I have seen these people, they are the reason why I don't have my mother anymore. I heard a lot about you when I came here and at the theatre I knew it was you but the way you reacted made me think you were different. But the next day this girl tried to bully me, when I opposed she said she would call Natsu Dragneel and I would have to obey, and ofcourse you came to get your prey, I just don't understand why you didn't just do something? Was it because you achieved what you came there to get? Fear in my eyes? Then why were you trying to talk to me? Was it for bullying? And now why you beat that boy so much? It made me think of my mother's state and I am still shaken. Why are you with me now?"

He was a little stunned with all the information she had just provided him. Did she hate him? Care for him? Did she consider him as a friend like he did after meeting her for the first time? Did she get the same sensation he did after meeting her?

Nothing came to his mind to say but his body acted on his own. His left hand went up to her check and wiped off the tears, while his right hand set few of her blonde locks behind her ear and he looked at her tenderly.

"You know so much about me, then you would be knowing that we started as a good gang helping others, but some people made our image bad so that we would be out of action but it just made us more popular and people were terrified for no reason and we let it be as it gave us the authority. I loved this until I saw the terror in your eyes. I wanted to clear this all out so I tried talking to her. You ignoring me had made me mad Jackel was just a medium to release my frustration, I never wanted to beat him like that, it was him who initiated it."

She was looking in his eyes but still didn't say anything.

"If you tell me to stop all this then I would." He declared.

"Stop being a part of the gang Natsu, please."

He had never imagined that such a day would come in his life, but there he was sitting in the park with Lucy and kissing her. When he leaned in to kiss her, he half expected her backing out or slapping him, but was in for a surprise when her arms were around his neck and she was kissing him back. This was the best feeling.


The next day he declared that he was leaving the gang, everybody was surprised by this decision but then asked no more when Lucy came up to him and kissed his cheek. But, he got himself into a through interrogation later.

Things were all fine by now but one day when Natsu asked her out on a date she hesitated and refused. It didn't sit well with him, but the girls told him that It was ok and he should give her some space, whatever they were saying he didn't like it.

So, his friends decided to take him on a shopping trip to buy matching clothes for the couple for the next date.

After the shopping was done they were going to the nearby restaurant to have lunch when Natsu suddenly saw Lucy "Hey Lu-" he stopped when he noticed she was not alone but with a blonde man, she was holding lots of shopping bags maybe that man purchased it for her, she was also smiling brightly to him, he felt numb completely, but when he saw him kiss her forehead he lost it. What was this sensation? Jealousy? Betrayal?

He rushed forward and hit him on the face panting hard, more from his anger than his short run up.

"Stay away from her."

"Natsu stop, he is my brother."

"Eh!" He realised his mistake, all his friends were there too and were laughing, while her brother was caressing his now bruised cheek and laughing along with the others.

"So this is your hot head lover. I am Sting Eucliffe, Lucy's cousin brother, nice to meet you."

"Natsu Dragneel" they shook hands and started talking and instantly hit it off.


That night Natsu was in Lucy's room, having a candlelight dinner.

"Why did you say no for the date?"

"Hey! Are you still pissed at me for that?" His silenced answered her question.

"Well I had this shopping pre-planned with Sting. And I wanted you two to meet on our next date but sadly it didn't work out" she sighed.

"Well it worked out somehow."

"How?"

"Since I have met him today, I have our next date with you alone."

He looked how she was blushing with that same gleam when he first met her.

"I love you Luce."

"I love you too Natsu."