Natsu POV

When we got to the guild – Lucy was in my arms with a blush stained across her cheeks – everyone had stopped what they were doing to look at us, the second we walked through the guild doors. It was so silent that you could have heard a pin drop from upstairs – which is an almost impossible thing to hear, considering it's Fairy Tail.

I didn't pay any attention to them though, because I kept staring at Lucy – with a concerned expression – as I walked to Mirajane's bar. Once I got to a bar stool, I placed Lucy in it and started conversing with her as Fairy Tail was still silent. That was really creeping me out.

"Does your ankle still hurt?" I asked her. I was seriously going to give myself a thrashing if it was hurting her – because I hadn't bothered to check earlier since me and Luce were.. 'talking'.

"A-ah! Yes, it is. It's fine, thank-you, Natsu." Lucy replied, giving me a happy smile. I exhaled in relief, and I was suddenly thankful for paying attention when Mirajane was teaching Grey and I first-aid back when we were 15, andwe were just as roudy as ever – if not worse. I sweat-dropped thinking about it. We almost destoryed the guild once back then. It's both funny and embarrassing to think about, now. Only because that by the end of it – after Gramps had calmed us down – we, Grey and I, were both stark nude since our clothes had been ripped to shreds from us attacking each other. I shook my head, clearing my thoughts of that, and focused on Lucy. She seemed to not even be bothred by her ankle anymore. I was glad.

That's when I noticed that they guild was still staring and Lucy and I silently. OK, I am starting to really get creeped out by this, now. I turned to face the guild and shouted at them. "Why in the HELL are you all CREEPING ME OUT? WHAT is with the SILENCE and STARING? MAKE SOME NOISE! BREAK STUFF! THIS IS FAIRY TAIL, IS IT NOT? IT IS! SO GET OFF YOUR ASSES AND BREAK SOMETHING WHILE WE PARTY!" I was grinning madly half-way through my outburst. It was still silent for a moment or two after it, but that quickly changed when I gave up and looked for Grey. I found him and picked up the closest barstool – Lucy wasn't on it, I made sure – and threw it at him. Grey caught onto my idea and grinned, dodging the barstool and letting it hit Elfman, who was standing behind Grey.

Elfman then looked at me and slowly stated, "Natsu.. you should know by now.. that that is NOT A MANLY WAY TO START A BAR-FIGHT! LET ME SHOW YOU HOW IT'S DONE!" Elfman shouted at me. Elfman grabbed a table and flung it at me, I dodged it and also his fist that was coming at me from behind the thrown table. I then backed away from Elfman, and went over to hide in the crowd of Fairy Tail members. The next thing I know, Elfman has barged through – making the mages that were in front of me were basically turned into bowling pins as Elfman just made a 'strike' – and I am running to Grey, punching him the second I get to him. Grey just laughed and started hitting me back.

"Face me like a MAN, Natsu!" Elfman shouted, getting closer. Grey and I grinned at each other, thinking the same thing. 3.. 2.. 1.. NOW! Grey and I both stepped towards each other – as if we were going to mirror eachother's punch – and twisted our torso's, in the direction of Elfman, as we let our fists punch him simultaeneously. Elfman went flying backwards, and in the background Grey and I could see that other Fiary Tail members had caught on and started fighting each other. I was happy to see that everyone was being rowdy again. I looked over at Grey. I smiled at him and held my fist out. Grey looked at me and gave me a smile of own, before knocking his fist against mine. We had an understanding that while we may be 'rivals in element', we are still Nakama and no one can get between that. We would be there for the other, when needed, so we were cool with each other doing that. Grey and I then continued fighting each other – avoiding any face blows on my end, so he did the same – until we got tired, roughly half-way through the party. I looked around and saw that everyone was both partying and fighting – which was funny but what can anyone say? It's Fairy Tail. No one can understand us, unless they are one of us. I looked over at the bar and saw Lucy was chatting away happily to Mirajane, and I suddenly remembered what I wanted to do tonight. I searched for Gramps with my eyes, spotting him sitting on the bar near the end – a few stools from Cana. I walked over to him, smiling once he noticed me coming, and as I got closer Gramps then gave me his full attention – putting down his mug of alcohol.

"Something you need, Natsu?" Gramps asked, looking at me with a raised eyebrow.

"Yeah, actually, I do." I gave him a smile – a real one – and Gramps looked at me in a bit of shock, but mostly happiness. "Think you could make sure that everyone's looking at me and Lucy in 15 minutes, Gramps?" Gramps looked like he was going to cry when I called him 'Gramps' again. He nodded and I laughed. "Great! I will be right back, I just need to go get something. See you shortly!" I told him, backing away from the bar as I headed to the guild doors. I ran out and was met with cold, fresh air. It felt nice, as I ran as fast as I could to my place. I got there in record time, only 3 minutes and 22 seconds, and my place is just south from the middle of Magnolia. So it was a bit far from Fairy Tail. I rushed inside, once I stood outside my front door, and ran to my room. I searched my drawers frantically, looking for the thing I wanted to give to Lucy. I couldn't find it. That could only mean one thing. Happy's hidden it again. Geez, he is always so concerned that I am going to fall for a mean girl and ditch his blue butt the first chance I'd get. Man, I really gotta get a lock on my door and windows. Although, Happy always hides it in the one spot. He constantly thinks that I will forget where he hides it and then it'll be 'lost forever'.. I can't believe I am saying this, but I think Lucy's rubbing off on me. Happy is a stupid cat, if he thinks I will forget. I ran over to Happy's room, looking underneath his bed – he has cat bed. I may be slightly on the rich side, but I am not going to get him a proper bed – and found what I was looking for. It was a ring.

It was a rose-gold band, thin and delicate, with two real white diamonds on it. They were nestled on either side of a small red dragon's scale that was in the center, of it. The band had small, intricate patterns engraved on the outside of the ring, and on the inside had only two words engraved into it. It said 'Mates Forever'. Igneel had given me the materials for this ring and told me to go into town one day and have it made into a ring – with these exact details and features. Igneel told me that the scale was one of his, meaning that the girl whom I gave this to must be aware of my past – what with being raised by an actual dragon – and not be afraid of me. So basically, he wanted me to find someone that accepts me because I am me. Past, Present and Future.

Igneel had once said that if I were a dragon, then all I would need is to find a rare flower that only blooms once a year and is an almost-impossible-to-get-to spot. But since I was born human, Igneel took a peek inside the human customs of things – thus the ring. I sighed, and though of what I was going to say for a few minutes before deciding to clean myself up, as I was still covered in blood from earlier. I stripped off my clothes - putting the ring on my bed – and took a shower, just making sure that everything is cleean. After that, I threw on a t-shirt and some boxers and pants. I looked at the ring, and decided to put it in my back pocket so that I could run to the guild without any problems. After that, I took off and ran for the guild. I arrived, just in time, for me to get over to Lucy and glance over to where Gramps was sitting – still in the same spot. He saw me and quirked an eyebrow, I nodded. He nodded back and called for everyone to shut up and pay attention.

"ALRIGHT! ENOUGH, YOU BRATS! PAY ATTENTION!" The guild went quiet, and looked at Gramps. "Natsu here, is asking for everyone's attention. So listen up!"

And with that, everyone turned to look at me. I was grinning wide, and greeted them. "Ok! Hey everyone, I just wanted to make sure that everyone is going to witness what I am about to do! All I can say is, I hope I get your support and I hope things go well and I get a positive outcome!" I told them. Some nodded, for the support, and some smiled, because I'd said I wanted a positive outcome. I turned to Lucy and my grin went down to a soft smile. Lucy was looking at me curiously, and a twinkle in her eyes. Oh god, my palms just got sweaty.. I am not going to chicken out, but I am nervous as hell. I never imagined myself doing this at such a young age.. I mean, I am only 18 afterall! Oh well, I have already decided, so I am going to follow through with it. I cleared my throat and turned to Lucy.

"Lucy, would you mind standing for a moment please? Lean on your good foot and hold onto the bar if you'd like." I requested of her. She just looked confused and did what I asked her to to. I sighed, running my left hand through my pink hair. Once she stood up, I began.

"Lucy, you know that I am in love with you, right?" I asked. Lucy blushed and nodded, the guild echoed a few shocked gasps. "And you love me, too, right?" I asked again. She did the same respone as before. Sighing again, I looked around at everyone. They all had masks of shock, confusion and awe on their faces. I looked back at Lucy, and decided to just get on with it. "Luce, we have been through a lot – both together, and apart – and I want you to know that I will always be your Nakama, I always have. Even when I didn't show it. I promise to never leave you like I did before, that was too painful for the both of us and I wanted you to know that I will do everything in my power to make sure that we never seperate again. I loved our adventures together, and I want a whole lot more fun times with you. I love being in your company, and I love the fact that I have your love and no one else does. Strip me down to my underwear and call me Grey," I paused there and smirked when I heard Grey shout "Hey!". Everyone gave a small laugh at that, but then I continued. "But I don't believe that what I am about to ask of you is wrong or anything. I want to know only one thing Luce, and I want you to answer with your heart, not your head. Ok?" Lucy nodded, looking at me with love in her eyes – even though she was still confused as to what I was up to. I took one last glance around the guild. They looked at us like we were the cutest things on Earthland. Creepy..

I cleared my throat again, and slid down so that I was only on one knee. I fished out the ring in my pocket. I showed it to her, and I heard most of Fairy Tail gasp – a few others faint – but I focused on Lucy. Her eyes were huge, and she took in the ring. I smiled at her again. "Lucy," I breathed her name. Her eyes snapped to mine in a matter of milliseconds. She had a mix of emotions swirling in her eyes, love being the most pronounce though. I was happy at that. It gave me the confidence to continue. "I want to be sure of what our future holds for us, and I want you to be there with me throughout the hardships in my life. I also want to be with you for yours. I won't be able to stand it if something comes between us now, and I want you to be mine and only mine. I want to be tied to you in everyway. Most importantly, I want to make sure that I won't lose you again.. Not to anyone. Lucy Heartfilia, will you please defeat my worries of you becoming someone else's one day, and become this pathetic Dragon Slayer's wife and mate?" I asked the question. I waited for her to answer, as she started to gape at me – her mouth was flapping open and closed like a cute little fish. It took everything I had to not laugh at her doing that. After a few moments of staring at each other, she starting crying and she regained her composure and smiled at me with a huge grin.

"Yes! Yes! I thousand times, YES!" She squealed, as she launched herself at me – successfully pinning me to the ground and knocking the wind outta me. She had me in a tight embrace on the floor, and – after I caught my breath – I looked at her, grinning.

"Really?" I asked, making sure that I wasn't dreaming.

"Yes!" She laughed, happily. She released me, and stood up – helping me up along the way. I slid the ring on her finger and put an arm around her waist, as my other hand came up and cupped her face. I kissed her with all I had, pouring all my love for her into it. I could hear the guild cheering and crying out 'Congratulations' but I just coudln't focus on them. My Lucy had just agreed to be mine and I was just too happy to focus on anything but kissing my Lucy. We broke apart, when we needed air, and I turned to whisper in her ear.

"I promise, I will never leave you alone again. I will always be there for you, no matter what happens. I promise." I told her, kissing her cheek. She just laughed happily and whispered back in my ear. "I know, ditto for me to you, as well." She said. I grinned wide and kissed her again, silencing anything ele she wanted to say. Her arms, which were on my chest, tightened their grip on my shirt. I smiled into our kiss.

After that, we were sperated from each other – thanks to our 'friends' who wanted to congratulate us. I knew they were happy for us, but I didn't want to stop kissing my Lucy. I growled when they tried to keep me from her, thus ending up with the guys laughing at me. They let me go and I rushed to Lucy, kissing her again. The girls around us just laughed.

After the party ended, I carried Lucy to her apartment – not forgetting about her ankle – and put her onto her bed after jumping in through the window. My Lucy's laugh echoed into my heart and it swelled with joy. I loved making her laugh, I always had. I kissed her goodnight, and was about to leave when I felt her hand grip them hem of my shirt, as I sat on her window-sill and was facing outside. I looked over to her, and saw a mischevous glint in her eyes. I cocked my head to the side, and smiled slightly. I was confused as to what she was thinking, but I didn't say anything. She pulled on my shirt's hem again and this time I went back into her room and sat on the side of her bed, questioning what she was doing. The next thing I know, she has literally thrown my shirt off and over my head, making it land somwhere on the floor. I just looked at her in shock.

"Lucy, what are yo-" I was about to ask her what she was doing, but she cut me off by pressing her lips to mine. I effectivly lost all train of thought, and kissed her back. I felt her shifting around slightly, so I pulled back and looked at her. I gaped, and my face went red. I averted my eyes. Lucy had pulled off ther clothing, leaving her in nothing but her.. 'sexy underwear'. I was seriously confused right now. What is she trying to – OH.. MY.. GOD.. realisation hit me like Gajeels' iron pipe arm punching me in the head. She.. She's.. Lucy wants.. Oh dear.. I was a complete virgin at everything that revolved around 'sex'. I had absolutely no experience with anything, and I was sure that I would mess up if I even tried. I looked back at Lucy. She looked like she was about to cry, as she looked down at her bed sheets. Wait, why is she crying? Girls didn't cry before.. that, did they? Oh my..

"L-Luce.. Umm.. Wha-what's wr-wr-wrong?" I stuttered out. Lucy looked at me, with teary eyes.

"You don't.. you don't want me, do you..?" She whimpered. Wait, she thinks that I don't want her? What the hell.. Oh.. Because I pulled away.. she probably.. OH.. She's feeling rejected, I bet.. I gave myself a mental punch to the head. My left hand came up and ran through my pink hair, again. I sighed and looked away. "Lucy.. I do want you, of course I do, but.. it's just.. well, for one thing I.. How do I say this in the least embarrassing way possible?" I muttered the last part to myself. Lucy looked at me confused. I sighed again. "Lucy, when it comes to being.. erm.. intimate.. I.." I gulped, my face felt like it was on fire – even though it wasn't. "W-well.. I.. I'm a.. vi-virgin.. at stuff.. like this.." I muttered. I looked at her.

Realisation dawned on her face, and she went a bit red and giggled. I groaned. "You're laughing at me.. great.." I mumbled, hiding my face in my hands. Just what I wanted, my own fiancée laughing at my inexperience.. that's just awesome.. not.

"Oh..! Natsu, it's not that.. I am a.. erm.. virgin, too.. so.. don't worry, okay?" She giggled out. I looked up from my hands. I looked at her and saw honesty on her face. She was a virgin, but she knows I am same and she still wants me to.. Okay, I am officially the happiest guy in all of Magnolia. She wanted me, despite my position in this stuff.

"I see.. Are you sure, though?" I asked in concern. I have heard from passer-by's in the past – despite me not wanting to listen to them – that their 'first had hurt alot'. I didn't want to cause My Lucy any pain.

She smiled at me and nodded. "Yes, Natsu, I'm sure." She told me, grabbing my face in her hands and bringing our lips together. I moaned, loving the kiss . I am now preferring her kissing me, it gave me a weird sense of pleasure at her taking control. Her kisses began to go from slow and passionate, to hot and heavy. I felt her hands tug at my pants and I froze for a moment. Did I want to do this now..? Lucy wanted it, but did I? I vaguely heard Lucy moaning in the background of my thinking. I felt my heart stutter at the sound. I felt more pleased by this than anything, so I knew my answer. Yes, I did. I wanted this, and I wanted her. I always would.

She tugged at my pants again, and this time I responded by getting off the bed – still kissing Lucy – and undoing my pants and I let them fall to the floor. One arm held some of my weight as it held me up next to Lucy's arm. My other arm went around to Lucy's back and grasped the back of her bra. After a moment, I undid it and the bra fell off. I grabbed it and threw it away – marvelling for a quick second at how warm it was – and brought my hand to her back, running my hand up and down it. I pulled away and looked at her face. She was blushing and she looked please enough.

"Are you absolutely sure? I don't want to hurt you.." I asked her, I needed to know that she wasn't going to regret this later.

"I am sure, Natsu. Please, don't make me wait anymore.." She told me. I had a feeling that there was a double meaning in her last words. I shrugged it off for later investigation, and continued. I brought our lips together, and made the hand on her back go to her front. I held one of her breasts in my hand and fondled with it. It felt weird, a good weird, as it felt both soft and squishy but firm and perky. I heard Lucy gasp in pleasure and it please me greatly. The more I fondled, however the more I wondered something. What would it feel like if I.. hmm.. I should test it out.. I laid Lucy down on the bed, and I stopped kissing her, instead going for her other breast and captured her nipple in my mouth. I flicked my tongue across it, experimenting. I heard Lucy gasp again, only this time she bucked her hips in the air. Ahh, this must be as pleasing to her as it is to me.. that is good. Very good. I thoroughly enjoyed hr reacting this way, so I kept licking her nipple a few times before sucking on it. Lucy thrashed widly underneath me. This was both fun and exciting.. I released the nipple from my mouth, hearing her goan, and switched. So now, her other nipple was in my mouth while the breat I was previously sucking was getting fondled by the hand closest to it. Lucy started up again and I forced down a chuckle. I loved it, seeing her like this. It made me feel like I was doing this right. After sucking and licking the nipple that was in my mouth, I moved so that I was now kissing Lucy. My hand, the one on her breast, moved down and trailed down her flat stomach. She shivered at my touch and I groaned. I licked Lucy's bottom lip, asking for entrance. Without so much as a second thought, Lucy opened up her mouth and excitedly thrusted her tongue into my mouth. Our tongue battled for dominance as they simultaneously explored each other's mouths. Lucy and I both moaned. My hand stopped at her panties and I wrapped a finger around the material and yanked down, successfully throwing them off. They landed just below her feet.I reached down and picked them up, I threw them across the room. I broke apart from Lucy, and took in her naked form with my eyes. She was.. Beautiful.. that's only word that entered my mind. Lucy was red in the face, making her even more attractive.

"God, you're beautiful.. Lucy.." I breathed out. I could tell that she knew I loved seeing her like this, because her eyes had trailed down to my boxers. It was kind of embarrassing but since it was Lucy, I didn't care. She could look all she wants.

Lucy groaned. "Natsu.. you're not fair." I raised an eyebrow. How was I not being fair..? "I am the only one not wearing anything.. Take it off, Natsu.." Lucy growled, forcefully shoving my boxers off. My eyes widened and my face went red. I looked at her, taking her expressions in at seeing me. She looked taken aback at first, then nervous. Was she nervous because she's never seen me before, or nervouse because of what we are going to do?

"Why are you nervous Lucy?" I asked her. She looked at my eyes and whispered sheepishly.

"I don't know if you'll.. umm.. fit in me.. I might be.. umm.. too small.."

My eyes widened again. "Oh.. Don't worry about it, Luce.. I promise that if you feel any pain, it will go away shortly.. right?" I asked her. Who the hell was I to say it wasn't going to hurt for long and mean it? I wouldn't know. Lucy just nodded, like I had reminded her of something. Oh well, I gotta ask her..

"Did you want me to.. now?" I asked her, shy. Yeah, I'm shy. I've never done this before. I'm a freaking virgin. Lucy blushed, her eyes glazing over with lust and she sat up to kiss me. After a moment of kissing, she pulled away and whispered in my ear.

"Please don't keep me waiting, I need you.. now." She said, seductively. I gulped. Lucy then laid down, pulling me on top of her. I was red in the face, but loving her being in control. I had my arms on either side of her, putting my weight on them so that I didn't crush Lucy. I looked into her eyes, and it felt like she with speaking to me with them. 'I'm ready, and so are you..' they seemed to say. So, I leaned down and kissed her, as I lined up. I slowly entered her, groaning in pleasure and making sure that I was fully sheathed before I stopped. I pulled away from our kiss and studied Lucy's face. She looked like she was going to cry from pain. That's the last thing I wanted. I whispered in her ear, sweet things and telling her that she would have to tell me when I can move, because I didn't want to hurt her any more than I already was. It pained me to see her like this. After what seemed like forever, she looked at me with a calm expression and nodded. After giving me the go-ahead, I kissed her and started to rock us gently. What this felt like, I couldn't even begin to explain. It was.. nothing short of the most amazing thing I have ever experienced. Even saying that doesn't cut it – it was too good. It felt better than being in heaven. It was like Lucy was made just for me, and I was made for her. She was tight, wet and oh so freaking good. Our moans were caught in our kiss. We only ever broke our kiss for air, in which we were both panting and moaning at the sensations our love-making was giving us.

After what seemed like an eternity, I felt something building up in the pit of my stomach. I knew what that sensation meant. I've heard from Makao, Guildarts and a few other grown men talk about it – but that was when I was still about 7 years old. Nonetheless, I knew what was going to happen. I pulled back from Lucy and mine's kiss and leaned to whisper in her ear. "Lucy," I moaned. "I'm going to explode.." I told her. Hopefully she knew what I meant. I pulled back and looked at her in the eyes. She knew what I meant. I could see it in her eyes.

"I am, too.. ride it out with me, Natsu..?" she asked. I scoffed. She looked at me in confusion.

"Like you need to ask?" I groaned, thrusting in harder and deeper. She moaned out loud. I kissed her again, thrusting my tongue in her mouth. After a little while, the building up feeling in my gut felt like it had reached its limit. I was gonna let loose any second now, I could tell.

"Lucy..!" I growled her name, my voice was really husky-sounding.

"Natsu..!" She replied, moaning my name. I could tell that we were going to explode at the same time, from the looks of her face. At that, and with one final deep thrust, I felt like I exploded. I groaned, kissing Lucy. She groaned, too. I shuddered, feeling the pleasure ripple through me like an unstoppable force of nature. With my last bit of strength, after I exploded, I rolled meand Lucy over so that she was on top and I was underneath. I didn't want to crush her under my weight, and I knew I had no problem with hers, so this was the only solution in my mind. I broke the kiss we were still locked in, and looked into her eyes. God, I loved this woman. She was everything to me, and what we just did was too amazing to describe. I smiled brightly at her.

"Was that as amazing to you, as it was for me?" I asked my Lucy, breathless.

"Yeah, it was.." She smiled at me. "I feel so tired, wiped out.." she commented.

"Go to sleep then, my Lucy. I will be here when you wake up." I told her. She blushed when I called her mine. I chuckled, wrapping my arms around her waist, and petted her long blonde hair with one hand. I hummed a melody and soon she was drifting to sleep, as was I. "I love you, Lucy.." I mumbled, before closing my eyes, and kissed my Lucy's forehead. I heard her say only one thing before we both lost consciousness.

"I love you, too, Natsu.. I always have."