A Winter Confession
I don't own Fairy Tail. All rights and everything belong to the creator, Hiro Mashima. And just in case, I don't own 'The Gallows.' How's it been everyone? I'm just enjoying a nice, well, earn break from university. But all that aside, I want to give a big thank you to all of you who favorite, followed, and reviewed my story. Thank you all so much. Sad thing though is that this story will end soon. This story only has 2 or 3 chapters left because I'm going to be very busy for the rest of this summer. But I promise they will be good chapters. Well, without further ado, enjoy.
(Normal POV)
Natsu, Lucy, and everyone else had left the theater with the guys saying, 'eh, I've seen things scarier than that,' while the women were terrified. Layla kept her eyes shut so Jude had to help her walk while Grandine was behind Igneel eyes shut and Wendy was behind Grandine while she kept saying, 'is it over, is it over, is it over?' Lucy had the worst as she was being hugged by Natsu with eyes closed and a tear forming from her eyes.
"It's ok Luce, I'm here and nothing will ever happen to you."
Lucy sniffled as she looked up to Natsu with teary eyes. "You promise?"
"I promise."
Lucy was able to smile a little from his words and was starting to feel better. She always knew that whenever she was down, Natsu would always cheer her up. And what's even better for her is that Natsu loves her and she is jumping for joy on the inside.
"Luce? Hey Luce. Are you with us?"
Lucy snapped back into reality when she saw that they were all outside of the theater.
"Yeah, sorry about that."
"What were you so deep in thought about?"
Lucy then blushed before letting go of Natsu, while being sad to be away from his warm embrace, and started to panic. "N-Nothing, don't w-worry about i-it."
"You sure because you're acting like weirdo right now."
WHAM!
Natsu couldn't see the punch to his head in time by a scary, blushing, and blond.
"I'M NOT WEIRD, YOU GOT THAT?!"
"A-aye," said a defeated and scared Natsu. This of course was noticed by the two families as they laugh at the act they witnessed.
"I thought you were stronger and braver than that Natsu. Apparently I've raised a scaredy cat here."
"SHUT UP OLD MAN. I'M WAY STRONGER THAN YOU AND A WHOLE LOT BRAVER THAN YOU AS WELL. THE ONLY ONE WHO'S A SCAREDY CAT HERE IS YOU!"
"WHAT DID YOU SAY, YOU KNUCKLEHEAD?!"
"I SAID YOU'RE OLD, SCARED, AND I COULD TAKE YOU DOWN NO SWEAT."
"THAT TEARS IT!"
And then the father son brawl was at it as usual. Everyone just sighed while Lucy and Grandine were getting ready to pound the stuffing at of the Dragneel boys. While they were doing that, Jude, Layla, and Wendy said that they would meet up with them at the restaurant.
15 minutes later, Lucy and Grandine met with the others with Natsu and Igneel behind, but Jude and the others were even more horrified when they saw the guys. Both Natsu and Igneel were limping, have at least 40 to 50 bruises, a swollen black eye on each of their faces, and almost had their limbs broken.
"Um, what in the world just happen here?" Jude asks in fear.
"Oh nothing Dad." Lucy said with a bright smile on her face.
"They look like they need to go to the hospital." Layla said with great worry.
"Trust us, those two be alright. Right dears?" Grandine said with a bright smile. As soon as she and Lucy looked at the boys with eyes glittering and scary smiles on their faces, Natsu and Igneel tensed up before vanishing to the table and acting like their better, but were still scared.
"We'll be fine, right pops?"
"Right son!"
The Heartfillias and Wendy just sweat dropped while Lucy and Grandine joined them for dinner.
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Once dinner was over, everyone adjourned back to the Dragneel residence to relax and get ready for some sleep except for Natsu, who's in the living room scrolling thru the TV channels.
"I can't believe there's barely anything good on tonight. I wish there was show about dragons, people with magic, or even flying, talking cats."
"Why cats?"
Natsu then turned to see Lucy in her night clothes and looking wide awake.
"Just because. Having trouble sleeping?"
"Yeah and you?"
"The same."
Lucy went to sit next to Natsu on the couch and just talked for a bit.
"Hey Natsu?"
"Hmm?"
"I just wanted to say thank you."
"What for?"
"Well, for being a great friend to me. You made every day a joy and I cannot thank you enough. You are just the absolute best friend I've ever have!"
With that, Lucy hugged him, which caused Natsu to blush big time while returning the hug back. "A-Anytime, L-Luce."
Lucy giggled at his nervousness. Natsu can be weird sometimes, but that's what makes him hilarious.
"By the way Natsu, there's something I want ask you about."
"Uh, sure. What's up?"
"I've heard from Gray and the others that you have a crush on someone. Is it true?"
At that point, Natsus' eyes jumped out of his face while falling off from the couch, which meant letting go of Lucy, which made both of them disappointed and started going nuts.
"W-What are you talking a-about, Luce?"
"Come on Natsu, admit it!"
"W-Why do you want to k-know about my l-love life?"
"Because I want to make sure that she's the perfect one for you and not some crazy chick that only cares about your money."
"Wow Luce, you really are weird."
SMACK!
"What did I do?" Natsu screamed while holding onto his head.
WHAM!
"LUCE?!"
BAM!
"Lu-." Lucy was preparing to strike again when Natsu just closed his mouth and turned around with a grunt.
"Fine, I'll tell you, but I'm only going to give you a hint, ok?"
"Aw, but I want to know." Lucy said with a very sad puppy dog look on her face.
"Too bad! You hit me and that's the price you get."
BAM!
"Why does this always happen to me?!"
"Quiet Natsu or you'll wake everyone up!"
"Alright, sheesh!"
"So this woman, what's she like?" Lucy asked with such curiosity, but on the inside, she couldn't wait to hear what Natsu thought of her.
Natsu, on the other hand, was extremely nervous of telling her about her. He really hopes in the end, if something goes wrong, he'll at least still be best friends with her.
"Well first off, she's very fun and outgoing, I've known her since we both began at the university, and she's one of the bests friends I've ever have."
Lucy was smiling big after what Natsu had said to her. She had to at least turn her face around so he wouldn't see the smile or the big blush on her face.
"Another about her is that she's very weird and scary sometimes." Natsu shivered at the thought of it and he thought Erza was scary.
But when Lucy heard that, she had a tick mark on her head and started to get angry, but still kept a smile on her face.
"Why do you say she's weird and scary? I haven't seen anyone except for Erza like that to you."
"Because she is and scarier than Erza."
Lucy lost it and was about to hurt Natsu again until he spoke again. "But you know what; I think it's what makes her mazing."
Lucy stopped and was shocked to hear that. "Really!?"
"Yeah! She's not like a lot of women here, in fact, she's way better than any woman I've ever met! She's nice, kind, funny, crazy like me sometimes, knows how to have fun, and she's very beautiful. And you want to know the best thing about it all?"
Lucy nodded.
"She makes every day, the best day I've ever have. She makes me so happy that I can't stop smiling every day."
Lucy blushed like crazy when hearing all of this. Does he really think this much about her?
"And it's because of her that I've felt something that I've never felt before. For the first time ever, I truly feel like I've fallen in love."
Lucy was so happy to hear all of this that she started crying. When Natsu turned to see her crying, he started to freak out.
"Oh my gosh, was it too much? I'm so sorry if I made you cry Luce. I didn't mean to make you cry. You can hurt me as much as you want."
What Natsu didn't expect next was being hugged by her. This of course made Natsu really confused.
"Do you really mean all that, Natsu?" Lucy asked while keeping her face on Natsus' shoulder.
"Uh, yeah, but what's wrong Luce?"
"Does she have long blond hair and likes to say your line, 'I'm all fired up' sometimes?"
This made Natsu tense up and starts to worry. Does she know that it's her? Natsu had never confessed his feelings to a woman before, so maybe he may have messed up the hint.
Lucy then got back up and wiped away her tears.
"Well, since you told me all of this, I guess I should tell you something too Natsu."
"Hmm?"
"You see, I've also fallen truly in love with someone for first time myself."
This made a blow Natsus' heart. 'Oh man, don't tell me I mess up or she really is in love with someone else?'
"He's silly, hilarious, loves to fight, eat, sleep, is obsessed with fire and dragons, and knows how to make my days filled with joy, happiness, and love."
When Natsu heard the fire and dragons in the description, he then realized who she was talking about and started smiling at this.
"He maybe an idiot sometimes and doesn't think as well,"
This made Natsu sad to hear her say that.
"But I wouldn't love him any other way."
This made Natsu perk up again.
"And what's best of all about him? He has salmon hair and it's one of my favorite colors of all time."
When Natsu heard salmon hair, he truly knew who she was talking about. He decided to risk it by grabbing the back of her head, pushed her head to him, and kissed her.
At first, Natsu was nervous that she might hurt him for doing this, but was at ease when he felt Lucy returning the kiss. Both of them felt their hearts like they were soaring in the sky enjoying the breeze of the air. The kiss also felt like fireworks going off and it felt amazing to them. The two of them then parted after a couple of minutes later while resting on each other's forehead with smiles on their faces.
"Would this awesome salmon haired man be me?"
"Only if your beautiful blond hair woman is me."
Both of them laugh before nodding to each other.
"I love you Lucy."
"I love you Natsu."
And with that, they kissed again and this kiss had more sparks than the last one. The two of them felt so happy now that they finally confessed and were enjoying this beautiful moment. Of course like most moments, this one didn't last though.
The two of them heard giggling and such, after they parted, at the door way and saw different colored hair there. Natsu was irritated while Lucy was feeling embarrassed.
"Alright, would you guys stopping spying on me and Luce? We know you're there." With that, both of the families came out with happy and teasing faces on them.
"Congratulations, my idiot son. You've finally caught a lady here."
This of course, made Natsu really ticked off.
"Natsu, please take good care of my daughter or I'll beat you to a pulp." Jude said with a very dark look on his face, which made Natsu a little nervous.
"Y-Yes sir."
"Oh," both fathers said. "And no grandchildren for a few more years please?"
This finally put Natsu and Lucy at their boiling point.
"Hey Luce, permission to beat them up?" Natsu said with a fierce look on his face.
"Permission Granted and make them pay." Lucy said with an evil look on her face.
"WITH PLEASURE!" And with that, Natsu took on both of the fathers while everyone just laughs at this. Grandine then walks up to Lucy.
"Lucy dear?"
"Yes Grandine?"
"Please take good care of Natsu. He needs someone like you in his life."
Lucy smile at Grandine's words. "Of course. I promise."
"Thank you dear."
Lucy then looked back at Natsu, who's winning so far, and had a thought in her head.
'After all, I'm in love with this crazy pyromaniac.'
How was that everyone? Sorry it took a bit. I was under the weather and was visiting family for the weekend. But here it is. Also Flygone125, remember what I said back then. Patience and remember, it takes time to write these, so don't rush. And I considered missyplatina to a great and wonderful writer and yes her work like, 'Texting Fire' and 'Virtual Flames,' are both amazing. I've even asked for her help in the beginning of this story and I was happy to receive some help with this. The next update will probably be next Monday or Tuesday but until then, I hope you all enjoy this and I hope I did well. Please review and tell me what you think. Until next time, later.