"Do I seriously have to explain this to you?" She mumbled as a sweat drop appeared on her forehead.
"Luuuuuucccccceeee," Natsu whined, causing said blonde to wince and prepare her explanation.
"Fine," she sighed, "you can tell if you like some one in that way by the way you feel around them." This just caused Natsu to stare at her with a look that said 'duh'. She sighed again. She was really hoping she could give the simplest explanation but he apparently wanted in depth. "Okay well when you're around a person you like you are usually happy, very happy, so happy you feel like nothing could wrong. But if you think about the possibility of them not liking you back it's the worst feeling you've ever felt. When you see them with other guys you feel jealous and the idea of them spending more time with others people makes you unreasonably angry because they should be with you the most. When you see them or if they touch you your heart will flutter or feel funny. You could stare at them for hours just taking in their expressions. When you see a look of happiness cross their face you want it to be because of you. When you see them laugh you want it to be because you made them happy. It's a very selfish feeling. But at the same time if they are hurt or sad all you want to do is fix it. You'll do anything to fix it, even if it hurts you. You want to spend every waking moment with them but at the same time you'd risk all of those moments to make them happy." Okay, so maybe she was sorta describing love and maybe she was talking from experience and maybe it was about the dense fire dragon slayer staring at her like she was a mix between a unicorn a fish and a dinosaur.
"Uh Luce. I think I have those feelings." Out of all the dumb things Lucy expected Natsu to say, that was not one of them. But thinking about it she really shouldn't be surprised. Of course he liked Lisanna. They had been close since she came back and they were childhood sweet hearts. Still the idea hurt.
Luckily for her they finally arrived at the train to take them to their job. There was no way Natsu would be talking about his new found feelings and he fought his motion sickness. But strangely enough he didn't seem to notice the looming train and he didn't complain as he usually would.
"Hey Luce, is there someone you like like that?" His question was innocent enough but it sent a heavy pang through her heart.
"Oh uh yeah I do," she said softly with a small smile. Natsu didn't like that smile and the way it didn't reach her eyes. She had to be upset about something. But before he could ask about they were taking their seats on the train. He says by the window with her right next to him. Which he found perfect because as soon as his motion sickness kicked in he planned on laying his head down in her lap and letting her play with his hair.
"Uuggghh," he groaned as the train lurched into motion and immediately his head flopped into her lap. Lucy sighed and wove her fingers into his messy pink locks. At least this kept her from having to talk about it.
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