Prompt #5: Need

Summary: Whatever she needed, he gave gave it to her.

At first, Lucy thought he was just trying to make for losing more than half the reward on the last mission because he burnt the town down. She had gone to the guild in shorts and a tank top because of the high temperature, which resulted in her complaining a lot about it.

"It's too hot!" Lucy complained, throwing herself onto the table she was sitting at with Natsu. "I need a strawberry milkshake." She declared.

"I'll get it." Natsu said, standing up quickly. He walked over to the bar and asked Mira for what she wanted. Once Mira was done, she handed Natsu the shake, saying "I didn't think you liked strawberry milkshakes, Natsu."

"Oh, I don't. This is for Lucy." Natsu said, turning and walking back to their table. He missed the huge smile Mira had on when she heard and the big thumbs up she gave to Lucy, who was very confused at it.

Natsu set the milkshake down, and settled back down in his seat. Lucy gave him a confused look but shrugged and went on to enjoy her milkshake.

It started to get weird after a week. Every so often, Lucy would mention she needed something, like lunch, for which Natsu got her pasta, or to take a bath, which Natsu actually carried her over his shoulder to her apartment and started the bath for her. The lunch she didn't mind, it was her favorite, but what got her thinking was when Natsu tried to give her the bath she said she needed. She shivered at the memory. He finally allowed her to do it herself when she Lucy-kicked him out of the bathroom.

That's when Lucy came to her theory. Natsu was giving her whatever she said she needed. She wasn't sure if it was exactly that, but she knew she just had to test it out, and test it out she did.

It was a great day in Magnolia and Lucy knew she would enjoy it even more later on. Why? Because she planned to test out her theory in the guild that day.

As she walked to the guild, she went over her plan in her head. Well, she actually didn't have a plan. She decided on winging it after giving herself a headache trying to think of what she should say she needed. It couldn't be too easy for him to get or something predictable because then he would willingly do it straight away (she thinks). It had to be surprising.

Lucy opened the guild doors lost in thought, absentmindedly waving to everyone who gave her a warm welcome.

"Hey Lucy!" Mira said as she was wiping the bar down. Lucy smiled at her but said nothing, still deep in thought.

"You okay, Lucy?" Mira asked. This brought Lucy out of her thoughts.

"Oh! Sorry Mira! Yeah, I'm fine. Just thinking." Lucy said.

"What are you thinking about? Can I help?" Mira asked this, getting the feeling it had to do with her favorite ship or Natsu and Lucy. Lucy gave her a calculating look, before deeming it was alright to talk to Mira about it.

"Well, I've been noticing that every time I needed something when Natsu was around, he would get me it. I wanted to see if this was true or not." Lucy told her in a whisper.

Mira gasped excitedly. "I know what you should say you need!" Mira said excitedly, before leaning to Lucy and whispering her plan in Lucy's ear.

"I don't know if I can do that, Mira." Lucy said, biting her lip. That would be kind of embarrassing. Scratch that, not kind of. Definitely embarrassing. Plus, the guild she was in would never let her live it down.

"Come on Lucy! It would show you the truth to your theory and also maybe get him jealous." Mira said, trying to pressure Lucy into doing it.

"But..." Lucy trailed off, not sure.

"We could always get someone to try to do it, just to get him to if it looks like he's hesitating." Mira added to the plan.

"Okay, but who would we get to help?" Lucy asked.

Mira scanned the guild before her eyes lit up. Who better to use than Natsu's biggest rival in the guild? "Gray! Get over her!" Mira ordered, knowing he wouldn't argue if she ordered it.

"Gray?" Lucy squeaked. "I couldn't ask him to do that." Lucy mumbled.

"Come on! It's perfect!" Mira told her.

Gray jogged over, making sure not to keep Mira waiting. "What's up, Mira? Hey Lucy!" He said.

"We need your help. Before we tell you what, we need you to agree." Mira said. Gray thought about it, but shrugged. What harm could it do?

"Alright." He said.

Mira smirked evily, scaring both of them, before telling Gray the plan.

"I'm back!" Natsu shouted. He kicked the guild doors in and quickly found Lucy in the guild. "Hey Lucy!" He said happily.

"Hi Natsu." She said, trying not to blush because of what she was about to do.

"Do you need something?" Natsu asked. Lucy had been staring at him in what seemed like shock. Lucy took a deep breath, preparing herself for what she was about to say, and nodded.

"Natsu." Lucy paused, taking a deep breath. "I need a kiss." Lucy said.

Silence filled the shocked guild

Natsu stared in shock. This was not what he was expecting. He didn't know what to do.

Gray saw that he was hesitating and snickered. Looked like he was going to be able to annoy his rival. "If Flame Brain is too scared to do it, I'll do it!" He offered, hoping Natsu would step up.

"I'm not scared, Ice Princess!" Natsu shouted.

"Are you sure?" Gray asked. He stood up and walked over to Lucy, pulling her into a hug, and earning a deep growl from Natsu. The growl sent shivers down his spine but he continued. "I seriously wouldn't mind doing it." He said, pulling her tighter.

"I'm sure!" Natsu shouted, before pulling Lucy to him and smashing his lips against hers. The guild cheered for them, happy that they finally kissed. Natsu pulled away and turned a glare toward Gray. "And stay away from Lucy!" Natsu yelled, pulling Lucy tighter to him. Gray held his hands up in surrender, and walked away.

"Good job, Gray!" Mira whispered to him as he passed.

"We're just lucky Juvia wasn't here." Gray muttered back, gaining a serious nod from her.

Natsu turned back to Lucy with a smile. "Hey... Natsu?" Lucy called his name.

"Hmmm?" He hummed, almost losing himself in Lucy's scent.

"Thanks for always getting me what I need." She said, putting her head against his chest.

"Your welcome." Natsu muttered, tucking her head under his chin.

She loved how he would get her what she needed.