AN: Hello everyone! I am sad to say that this is the LAST chapter of Better Together! This was my first nalu story and I am incredibly proud of it! I want to say THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF YOU! Especially to those of you that reviewed this story, it made me so happy and inspired me to continue and write more! Thanks to those that favorite/follow the story too! Even those that simply read it deserve a big thank you! So again, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH! PLEASE ENJOY THE LAST CHAPTER.
Chapter 19
Lucy woke up the next morning with a bright smile on her face as she recalled the events of the prior night. She had kissed Natsu. She kissed Natsu. The girl still couldn't believe that she was able to muster all of her courage and do it. And she also couldn't believe that this whole time her feelings were reciprocated. While their new relationship was sure to take them places, she definitely wasn't going to allow it to change her. Thus…
"Natsu get out of my bed!" the blonde screeched as she pushed the sleeping boy onto the floor.
Natsu groaned in response and sat up to glare at his new girlfriend. "What's wrong, Lucy?"
"How many times do I have to tell you not to sleep in my bed!?"
The pink-haired boy shrugged. "I don't know. But we're a couple now, aren't we supposed to sleep together now?"
Lucy's cheeks flushed as she threw a pillow at her boyfriend. "We just started dating last night!"
"It's not like I had a choice anyways," Natsu replied, followed by a smirk. "You held onto me the entire time so I couldn't leave."
Lucy squealed as she punched the boy. "That's not true! Even if it was, you could've woken me up! Now get out so that I can shower!"
"Fine, I'm gonna go check on Happy and get ready to go to the guild. Later, Luce!"
With that, Natsu jumped out of the window, leaving Lucy to sigh to herself. A content smile crept to her lips. Things with Natsu were going to go slowly, but she didn't mind. She didn't want their relationship to change drastically anyways. Her friendship with the dragon slayer was great, it didn't need to change too much. However, the kisses and cuddles were definitely something she could get used to.
About an hour later, Lucy was all dressed and ready to go to the guild. The blonde studied herself in the mirror and found that she wasn't too stressed about her appearance, despite her new relationship. For that, she was glad. Things with Natsu were comfortable and she could simply be herself. Just Lucy. Hearing her window open, the mage knew her boyfriend and his trusty cat were there to walk with her.
"Lucy!" Happy shouted as he plopped into her chest. "Promise me you two will never kiss in front of me!"
Lucy blushed as she replied, "I promise I'll do my best with that. Shall we go?"
"Aye!"
While walking towards Fairy Tail, Lucy's heart fluttered as she felt Natsu's fingers intertwine with her own. This was proof that they were finally a couple. She was so glad, so happy to finally be-
"Eew, your hand is sweaty, Luce," Natsu said as he wiped his hand onto his pants.
Lucy stopped in her tracks. "Scratch that. I am so not glad to be in this relationship." After some harsh blows to the dragon slayer's head, she continued her walk in peace. Finally, they arrived just outside the grand doors to the guild. "This is it, I guess."
Natsu came up from behind her and slid his hand into hers once again. "Loosen up, you're way too tense."
"I can't help it. I'm nervous as to how they're going to react. I mean, they've been teasing us since I joined the guild. I can already imagine Mira's smile."
The dragon slayer grinned as he hastily pulled the blonde inside. Happy flew towards his own crush, leaving the two on their own. All eyes quickly locked onto their hands. Lucy fidgeted in her spot while Natsu maintained his calm aura. Just like that, everyone went back to doing their own things.
"W-What was that?" Lucy inquired, surprised that there was no reaction whatsoever.
"Told you there's no need to worry!" Natsu replied, leading her towards the bar.
"Good morning, Lucy, Natsu!" Mira happily chirped as she set two glasses of water in front of them. It was a hot day after all.
"Morning, Mira," Lucy greeted in return. There was still no reaction, which kind of irritated her for some reason. After all the teasing, now that they were finally together there was nothing?
"Erza, fight me!" Natsu said, charging towards the red-head only to be knocked to the opposite side of the guild hall instantly. There was a huge dent in the wall from the collision.
"Natsu!" Lucy cried out as she hurried towards the said boy. It was obvious that she was more worried about him now that they were actually dating.
"Don't worry, Lucy!" Natsu replied after a groan. "It's nothing your boyfriend can't handle."
And just like that…
"BOYFRIEND!?"
The two were then swarmed by every member in the guild, bombarded by multiple questions.
"When did this happen!?" Mira asked frantically. She had dropped glasses by the counter but didn't mind. Her favorite pairing was finally together.
"I want details, Lu-chan!" Levy shouted, grabbing the blonde and pulling her away. The rest of the girls in the guild followed, leaving the guys to circle around Natsu.
"So you finally did it?" Gray asked, helping the dragon slayer up to his feet. "Didn't think you had it in you."
"Whatever, stripper," Natsu replied, dusting himself off. "Now it's my turn to annoy you!"
"What are you talking about?"
"You and Juvia, duh."
Gray's face flushed instantly as he looked away. "First your girlfriend nags me about it and now you? I can't believe you beat me to it. B-But I'm working on it."
Natsu cackled as he shouted, "I won! I got a girlfriend before you!"
The two then began throwing insults, followed by punches and were soon on the ground fighting.
"So, Lu-chan, tell me everything," Levy demanded, ignoring the brawl that was happening on the opposite side of the guild hall.
"W-Well, there's not much to tell," Lucy replied, nervous as all the pairs of eyes were glued to her.
"Oh hush now! There has to be some juicy stuff that happened!" Mira chimed in.
"Hurry, Lucy," Erza added.
With a sigh, Lucy nodded and explained. "Well, Natsu came over to my place like always and I guess I just lost patience and told myself to grow a pair basically. So I kissed him."
"You what!?" Levy cried out. "You kissed first!?"
"Didn't think you had it in you," Cana simply said. Lucy didn't know whether to feel offended or flattered.
"Juvia wishes she was as brave!" the water mage shouted, covering her blushing face with her hands.
"How was it!?" Mira asked. She looked as if she was about to explode.
"Well, it was good but… kind of awkward at first? Natsu didn't really do anything so then I got discouraged and ended it. B-But then he kissed me and he was actually into that one," the blonde answered.
All of the girls squealed in excitement and brought Lucy into a group hug. When they pulled away, things got awkward as Cana spoke.
"Sorry, Lisanna," the drunk simply said.
The silver-haired mage gaped as she slapped the brunette on the arm. "C-Cana, hush!"
"What's going on?" Lucy questioned.
Cana burped. It was early in the morning yet she was wasted. "Lisanna likes Natsu."
"Wait, Lucy! Before you go feeling bad and apologizing, I liked Natsu! As in when we were kids! I got over that forever ago, especially after coming here from Edolas and seeing you two together!" Lisanna said defensively.
"A-Are you sure?" the blonde asked, guilt sprouting inside of her. She definitely did not want to hurt her friend.
Lisanna smiled and nodded. "I promise I don't like Natsu anymore. Besides, you two are better together."
The two girls hugged, glad to have gotten that out of the way.
"So, when's the wedding?" Mira chirped.
"W-Wedding!?" Lucy screeched.
"Yeah! You and Natsu are getting married right?"
"A-As if! It's bad enough I have to date him! Judging from how long it took us just to start dating, I'll be fifty by the time Natsu decides he wants marriage!" Lucy replied.
"But you want to marry Natsu?" Levy asked, wiggling her eyebrows.
"Agh, shouldn't you and Gajeel be flirting somewhere!?" Lucy retorted.
Finally, the attention had been focused on Levy's relationship with Gajeel. They were just like Lucy and Natsu just the day before, dancing around each other. While they all laughed at the petite mage's embarrassment, Lucy began to think of their conversation from before.
"Marriage, huh? Before it used to be such a scary concept for me considering I've had it arranged countless times. I suppose it doesn't sound too bad with Natsu. But that can wait for another day. We've got all the time in the world."
And with that, Lucy headed towards the job board and plucked the most appealing one. Grabbing Natsu's hand, she pulled him up and declared they were going on a mission together.
"How about a kiss for good luck before we go?" Natsu asked, already leaning towards the blonde.
"I guess that would be smart," Lucy replied.
They shared a tender kiss, their lips locking in content. That is, until Happy came and pulled them away.
"You said you two wouldn't kiss in front of me!" the blue feline pouted.
"Sorry, Happy!" Lucy replied, though she wasn't sorry at all. "Shall we go now?"
"Aye!"
With that, the three were off, the dragon slayer and the celestial mage hand in hand while the exceed floated above. Lucy chuckled to herself. It was as if the three were a family, her and Natsu the parents while Happy was their child. With a small smile on her face, she sighed peacefully.
"I wouldn't mind a family either."
And with that, they continued their journey together with no cares in the world and the most eager smiles plastered on their faces. They truly were better together.
AN: I know for the final chapter of a nalu story there isn't much fluffy nalu in it, but I wanted to show that the two could still be their goofy selves in the relationship so that's what they were! And the epilogue was going to have more nalu anyways! Anyways... HOW SAD THAT IT'S OVER. BUT WAIT! THERE IS AN EPILOGUE COMING SO MAKE SURE YOU STICK AROUND FOR THAT ALRIGHT!? THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH AGAIN I LOVE YOU GUYS!
Aoutre: I KNOW HOW EXCITING FOR THEM TO FINALLY STOP BEING DENSE!
MirrorFlame: Omg yes absolute perfect logic haha! AND YESSS EVERYONE JUST LOVES NALU KISSES YAY.
12Rayne: I'M GLAD YOU'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT AS I AM HAHA! THANK YOU SO MUCH!
CelestialLunaPanda-Senpai: Your review made me so happy you have no idea! But yes, I will definitely make more nalu stories so keep an eye out! Once I post the epilogue for this chapter I'm posting another story that I've been working on! ALSO, I have another nalu story already out if you want to read that one as well! Thank you very much for the review!
Alexa60765: I hope the guild's reaction was to your expectation! :D Thank you so much for your support throughout this entire story!
FireShifter: Chapter 16: Haha yes had to add some Makarov awesomeness you know? :D Chapter 17: I did too I love whenever Natsu consoles Lucy and I just had to put it in my story! And I was so proud of how it turned out :') And you're right she's never shown any interest in Nab but he's just too dense! :D And it's true that he doesn't have any experience or anything with love! Chapter 18: Yes they are now a couple! :'D And as you can see being that this is the last chapter, Zeref did not make an appearance :( I'm keeping the epilogue light and fun and if I add Zeref it definitely would not be either of those things, though I do love Zeref haha! Thank you for all of the reviews! :)