Characters: Lucy Heartfilia, Natsu Dragneel, Rogue Cheney

Genre: Modern AU, Fluff, Timelapse

Rating: K

Summary: Where reminiscing about their pasts together opens new possibilities for their future.

Request: 'Childhood memories bring a confess NaLu'

Notes: Yooo double update! The requests for angst and fluff were pretty much even (not including two requests for flangst that really got me thinking), so why not?

Also hype because we've hit 50+ reviews and favourites! You guys are awesome! :D

Shoes off and now comfortably reclined on the wooden roof, Lucy gazed upon the stars a content smile on her face. What a perfect end to her day.

The reunion was every bit funny and wild as their college days had been - just as loud, just as colourful. Then again it had only been five years. Five years that had seen her friends all go their separate ways, making a name for themselves, slowly but surely. They had promised to keep in touch every day, but somehow everybody managed to fail to do so. Okay, not everybody.

"Hey there."

'Think of the devil,' Lucy mused, turning to the one constant in her turbulent life.

Natsu Dragneel made himself comfortable, lying down next to her and Lucy couldn't help the barrage of flashbacks the action induced.

How many countless nights had they spent on the roof of her old treehouse gazing at the stars like this? More than she could count. Starting at the age of seven and doing so all the way up to college did allow for that figure to blur.

"Hi," she sighed redirecting her eyes back to the glistening jewels in the sky.

They stayed that way in comfortable silence for a while.

"Hey Natsu?" Lucy perked up.

"Yeah?"

"What happened to Fire Lollipops?" Lucy sulked.

Natsu burst out laughing. "I don't know," he chortled, amused, "I think they stopped makin' 'em."

"Well that sucks."

"Yeah," he turned to look at Lucy his gaze clouded with nostalgia. "It does."

Seven year old Lucy ran around her yard, keeping her Fire Lolly safe from the new kid next door who was chasing her, claiming rights over the spicy-sweet treat.

"Natsu," came Igneel's voice from the kitchen window, "stop bothering Lucy. I gave that one to her, and you've already had two today."

"But Daaaaaad," he whined even as he stopped chasing her.

"No buts Natsu." Igneel's voice faded as he walked further indoors.

Natsu kicked at the ground, crossing his arms sourly with a huff and a wearing a nice, big pout.

Lucy stepped closer to him, watching for a moment, before moving even closer and placing a dainty peck on Natsu's pouting lips.

"What was that?" Natsu asked curiously when she pulled back, petulance all gone.

"A kiss," Lucy replied simply.

"What'd ya do that for?"

"Mama does that when Papa makes that face so that he smiles," Lucy shrugged before offering the treat. "You can have it. Just don't ruin your appetite."

"That's impossible," Natsu grinned, candy in hand and kiss forgotten.

"Remember when you kissed me Luce," Natsu teased, a big boy of ten years now.

Lucy turned bright red ignoring the boy. She had been seven. Seven. How would she have known?

Thank goodness her Mom told her that very night what kisses are for.

"Sooo, can I get one now," Natsu teased.

"No. You only kiss the one you love. You know that Natsu," Lucy responded, not meeting his eye.

Natsu chuckled. Kisses didn't matter. Bothering her was so much fun.

By the time they were fourteen, it had long since turned into a running gag, but not something Natsu used too often either.

Usually it was to cheer her up. Sometimes it was to make him feel better.

They had both had an extremely rough year before, after all. Losing Igneel and Layla had left its mark on both of them.

Natsu now had old man Makarov move in with him to take care of him, so things weren't all bad, even if he wasn't as warm as Igneel had been.

Lucy's father on the other hand, coped by becoming ultra-focused on his job leading to both father and daughter sharing a very rocky relationship since the accident.

So it really was a good thing Natsu and Lucy had each other, and neither of them was ever ungrateful for it.

One such bad night, she snuck into his room, needing a shoulder to cry on.

He held her, not able to hold back his own tears seeing her in such pain. They cried together till they could no more, and decided to watch some late night movie to help their moods before she had to return.

Natsu noticed that the movie wasn't really helping.

"Lucy.." he called, mischief lacing his voice. "Can I get a kiss?"

Lucy snorted. "No Natsu," she replied in the same sing-song way. "You only kiss the one you love."

"How about I tickle you then?"

"That's oka- what?"

Lucy's protest never came. Natsu had already leaped onto her and begun tickling her sadness away.

Sixteen year old Natsu stood dazed, not fully comprehending what he saw.

There outside the park stood Lucy, dressed cute in a green knee length dress, her hair not bound by any pin or ribbon, swaying gently in the breeze.

She was beautiful.

But she was not alone.

With her was a boy, slightly taller than her, with dark hair pulled back into a ponytail. His hands were cupping her pink face, his crimson eyes softly sealing shut, as his lips descended upon hers.

And they didn't part for a while.

'You only kiss the one you love.'

Natsu turned around, finally recognising his own feelings though far too late.

He never asked for a kiss again.

And here they were - supposed adults now - right back at square one.

"Hey Luce," Natsu said propping himself on an elbow to see her face, grinning lopsidedly. "Can I get a kiss?"

Lucy simply blinked at first. Then she giggled and finally laughed happily, before making a show of rolling her eyes, smirk still in place. "Natsu, you only kiss the one you love."

"I know."

Brown eyes snapped to his onyx ones, wide and searching.

Only to find them absolutely sincere, their dark depths promising everything words could do no justice to at that moment.

Still looking rather lost, Lucy let her gaze drop to his mouth. As though being pulled by a magnet, she lifted her head so her lips could meet his.

The kiss was soft, sweet. Natsu cradled her head with his palm, gently guiding it to rest comfortably back on the roof, the whole time moving his lips lovingly over hers.

When they parted, they painted matching images of flushed joy.

Lucy curled her fingers in his hair and pulled him back down for a hug.

"It's about damn time," she breathed softly into his ear.

Natsu grinned before wrapping her arms around her, nuzzling his face into her neck.

Fifteen years, and he finally got to return his first kiss.

And he couldn't wait for the many more to come.

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