AN: 5/6/18 - I never liked how I wrote the "First Fight" section from 5 years ago, so I added some things to revamp it. Hopefully the result is better than before.
Hello everyone! How about those new FT chapters? All I can say is that Natsu is a dork, I have major feels for Ultear, and I'm anticipating the next arc!
So, as for this oneshot, I couldn't think of just one first, so I decided to pick a lot of firsts! I really like the end result so I hope you all do too!
Disclaimer: Only Mashima has the power to make a happy-go-lucky chapter then had straight to gross sobbing territory.
First Meeting
They first meet in preschool.
"Stop pulling my hair!" five-year-old Lucy shrieked as the noisy kid with pink hair suddenly assaulted her pigtails.
"Aw, come on, Luigi, I'm just playing with ya." The boy named Natsu said as he laughed at the girl.
"It's Lucy! And playing is supposed to be fun! What you're doing is mean!" the girl retorted as she swiped her hand at him, smacking the boy in the face.
"Ow! Now you're the mean one!"
As the two bickered, they failed to notice their teacher coming up to them.
"Natsu Dragneel! Lucy Heartfilia! What on earth is the meaning of this?" their teacher demanded with her no-nonsense tone and twisted mouth.
"He pulled my pigtails first, Miss Suppai!" Lucy told her. Natsu sputtered, trying to save himself, but Miss Suppai was obviously having none of it.
"To the corner, Mr. Dragneel. No snacks or recess this afternoon, and I will be having a word with your father when he comes to pick you up. Understood?"
Despite his anger, Natsu pouted and complied, "Yes Ma'am."
At snack time, Natsu sulked in his position in "Time Out," trying to ignore the other kids' taunts as well as his growling stomach.
'Stupid, snot nosed girl,' he thought, growling, 'Getting me in trouble like that.'
So caught up in his thoughts, Natsu didn't noticed the presence behind him slowly place a few items next to him. When he realized there was something in his peripheral vision, he turned his head to see an oatmeal cookie (the snack of the day) and a juice pox. Next to the pieces of food was the girl he was fighting with earlier—Lucy.
Natsu sneered, "What do you want?"
Lucy harrumphed, ""Even though you deserved where you are now, I still feed bad about you missing snack time. So since I don't really like oatmeal cookies, I guess you could have mine."
The boy blinked at her, "Are you serious? The cookie isn't poisoned is it? I bet that snot nosed Gray put you up to this, didn't he?"
"Just shut up and eat the cookie, you idiot! Do you want it or not?"
Natsu glared at her suspiciously, before his demeanor took a one-eighty, "Well, since you're being generous." With that, he gobbled up the sweet and downed his juice box. After he was done, he grinned at Lucy.
"Thanks for the meal! You're not half bad, Luigi!"
"It's Lucy!"
First Friend
"Your mother is very sick."
Those were the words eight-year-old Lucy's father told her that morning when she scurried downstairs to eat her mother's breakfast, only to catch her mother in a terrible coughing fit while her father escorted her to the car.
It didn't seem like a big deal because people get sick all the time, however, Lucy's mama had been falling ill a lot lately. Normally, the woman would go into her and her husband's bedroom and stay all day, but today she had to go to the hospital, which Lucy knew was a very big deal.
She was so worried about her mother's possible fate that she couldn't bear to talk to any one of her friends and classmates for fear of breaking down into tears. She also skipped lunch because her worry made nothing seem appetizing. It was recess time now, and as her peers shuffled outside, Lucy stayed curled up at her desk—not feeling any desire to play with them much to her teacher's worry.
"If you need me," her teacher had told the girl as the rest of the students were heading out, "just come and get me and I'll be right with you."
Even though she was grateful for the concern, Lucy didn't want anyone to be with her right now. She just wanted to be alone and nothing more.
"Hey, Lucy!"
Or so she thought…
"Natsu, it's recess. Why are you here?" she asked, her voice more quiet than it normally was from not talking all day.
The pink haired boy grinned, "I told Mrs. Cooper that you told me to stay with you, and she believed me!"
Lucy raised an eyebrow, "I didn't tell you that."
Natsu rolled his eyes, "Duh! Of course you didn't, but she doesn't have to know that! Now, here! Look what I brought you!"
Lucy was surprised to see the boy pull out an abundance of food from his backpack: a bologna and cheese sandwich, a bag of chips, a pudding cup, an apple, and a few airheads. When all the pieces of the food were displayed on the blonde's desk, she gave the boy another quizzical look.
"What's all this?"
"It's food, duh! Gosh Luce, you're supposed to be the smart one!" he said.
Lucy glared, "I can see that, doofus! But why are you giving me food?"
Now it was Natsu's turn to blink as he simply said, "You didn't eat lunch today, so I decided to keep some of the stuff I hadn't ate yet to give to you. Except the bologna sandwich—that's actually Gray's, so don't tell him I stole if from him, okay?"
Lucy still didn't know what to say but she didn't have to as Natsu gave her another face-splitting grin. "Consider it me paying you back from that time you fed me in pre-school!"
For the first time today, Lucy smiled a real genuine smile. She picked up the (stolen) bologna sandwich and bit into it enthusiastically, giggling when Natsu cheered at his accomplishment of getting her to finally eat something.
She's never had a better best friend than Natsu Dragneel.
First Kiss
"Alright, you two know the rules! Now kiss," Cana guffawed as the two thirteen-year-olds blushed furiously at each other.
Natsu glared at the brunette, "This game is stupid! Why do we have to do this again?"
Lucy silently agreed, but couldn't help but feel a pang of disappointment. Did Natsu not want to kiss her?
'Well, we're just friends so it makes sense. Don't be so stupid, Lucy!' she mentally chided herself.
"It's Spin the Bottle, Natsu." Cana replied to the pink haired boy, "Of course you have to kiss! Otherwise we'd be spinning a bottle randomly! Now, do it before I get Mira to help me convince you two!"
The two teens visibly shuddered at the threat. It was one thing to refuse to do something Cana told you to do, but if you were dealing against Mirajane Strauss then things were definitely not in your favor.
Natsu huffed and tried to act nonchalant despite his pounding (And excited?) heart, "Fine, we'll kiss."
Lucy blushed again. This was it? She and Natsu were actually going to…kiss? Despite herself, she couldn't help but let her mind wonder more as her best friend approached her. Would this change their relationship? Would it actually end their friendship? Holy crap, she'd never kissed a boy before! What if she was bad at it?
He thoughts ceased when she raised her head to look at Natsu, who was now mere centimeters in from of her. From the look in his hazel eyes, he was nervous too. This made the blonde feel better.
Closing their eyes, the two leaned their faces to each other and smacked their lips together. It was awkward and really weird, and it didn't help that everyone around them was yelling and cheering embarrassing things at them. Yet, the kiss almost seemed…right? Like they should always do this kind of thing.
After what seemed like hours, the two departed and simply stared at the other with red faces, unable to speak…. So Cana did it for them.
"Wanna try Seven Minutes in Heaven now?"
Lucy gasped and sputtered at the suggestion while Natsu just grabbed her hand and dragged her away, muttering about getting snacks and playing darts or something akin to that. They never speak of the kiss again.
But they never forget either.
First Date
"You're not going to get motion sick, are you?"
Sixteen-year-old Natsu scowled at his girlfriend, "For the last time, Lucy, I only get sick if someone else drives. I'm perfectly fine if I'm behind the wheel."
"The bumper car incident." Lucy deadpanned.
"That was one time! In my defense, I had a faulty gas pedal and everyone else kept hitting my car and moving me around the ramp! Of course I was going to get sick!"
"You should have figured since that is the whole reason they're called bumper cars."
"Do you want to get this date started or not?"
Lucy giggled at her boyfriend's pout, "Yes, of course! Let's go."
As far as first dates go, this was pretty typical—dinner, a movie, and ending the night stargazing at a secluded lookout point. It was cliché and not at all different than what the two did before they became an official couple, but Lucy didn't mind it al all. This was she and Natsu; they were completely comfortable doing whatever they thought was best. And it works.
"You know," Natsu said, turning his gaze from the sky to Lucy, "I'm really glad you said yes."
Lucy smiled and turned her own gaze to him, linking their fingers together, "I'm glad, too. This was fun."
Natsu nodded in agreement and leaned over to her side to steal a kiss. It wasn't awkward or weird like their first all those years ago, but they still felt the same spark. Like they were always meant to do this.
"I love you, Lucy," he whispered when they parte for air.
"I love you too, Natsu."
First Fight
"What the hell is your problem?!" Lucy yelled at her boyfriend of one year as he dragged her out of the house party.
"My problem? What the hell is your problem?!" Natsu yelled back, looking absolutely livid.
"My problem is that you've been pissy all night, and haven't even so much as said a word to me since we got here!" she fired back. Honestly, she knew Natsu could have his own moments of moodiness, but it was never directed at her.
"Well, maybe I wouldn't be 'pissy' if you haven't been ignoring me all night and flirting with that meathead football player!"
Lucy stared at him in shock, "I wasn't flirting with him! We were just talking, Natsu! His parents knew mine, so we were getting to know one another."
Natsu didn't look convinced, "Yeah, it seemed liked he really wanted to 'get to know' you. Honestly, Lucy, it looked like flirting. Even Gray and Erza thought it was suspicious."
Now Lucy was the livid one, "Oh, so I'm not allowed to have a conversation with someone who is the opposite sex and not a part of our circle of friends, but you can?"
"What are you talking about?"
"You like to show off, Natsu, especially when there is a crowd—and believe me when I say that crown contains mostly women. I see you trying to talk yourself up to them." When she saw that he was about to protest, she cut him off to continue her rant, "Yes, it is the same thing! You most certainly don't see me huffing off in a jealous rage and accusing you to be a cheater because of it."
This was awful. She just wanted a night to be a stupid teenager and be with all her friends, but instead she's spending it fighting with her boyfriend. They've had their spats before, but nothing like this. This fight was the worst one they've ever had. If Lucy weren't so enraged by Natsu's behavior, she'd be concerned this would lead to something both of them would regret…
"I'm not accusing you of cheating—"
"Then what are you doing, Natsu? Because frankly, we're just arguing and screaming over nothing and you're wasting my time!"
"I'm just scared okay!"
Lucky blinked at the confession. Natsu, scared? The idea would have made her laugh if he didn't look so honest and vulnerable right now. He took a deep breath and explained this new revelation.
"Lucy, you're too good for me. You could have any guy you wanted and they'd be able to give you anything you'd ask for, no problem. I'm just some punk who can barely afford the things your dad could get with the snap of his fingers. Football guy in there is able to do that—Gray told me he's got the money. Who's to say you wouldn't leave me in a heartbeat once you realized how worthless I really am?"
Lucy stared at him in complete surprise. Up until this point, she never even knew Natsu had insecurities like that. There were times he would pout ad make off-handed comments about not having any money to buy her nice things like other boyfriends would, but Lucy never really cared about that. She had told him time and time again—even before they started dating—that she cared more about spending time with him and the rest of her friends than superficial things like material possessions.
When she snapped out of her thoughts, she set a determined frown on her face. Then, much to Natsu's surprise, she slapped him.
He held his reddening cheek, shocked speechless. This was good because Lucy needed him to be quiet so she could speak. "Listen, Natsu, and listen good. I have not and will never care about whether you buy me things or not. The gesture is nice—it really is—but it isn't everything I care about. I care about you, and nothing else. I thought you of all people would know that."
She turned her back on him and was about to leave to go back inside the house when she felt him pull her back into his embrace.
"I'm sorry. Please forgive me. Don't leave, please."
She smiled and held his arms as they stood in place.
"Idiot, like I'd ever leave you."
First Time
'This is so embarrassing!'
Lucy hid her face in her hands as Natsu shed her prom dress to the floor, leaving her in nothing but her strapless bra and frilly panties.
"Lucy?" Natsu questioned her, asking her without words if she really wanted to do this.
"Sorry, sorry!" she apologized, removing her hands to reveal her brilliant red face, "It-It's just that I've…never done this before…"
He let out a nervous chuckle, "And you think I have? We don't have to do this if you don't want to. I've waited two years, I can wait some more."
Her heart melted at his words, remembering why she decided to give herself to him in the first place. He'd do anything for her just like she'd do anything for him.
Leaning up to wrap her arms around him and kiss him, Lucy whispered, "I'm ready now. I love you, Natsu."
He gave her a tender smile as he brushed her blonde locks from her face, "I love you too, Lucy."
They shared a passionate kiss, leading to a passionate night between the two lovers.
First Love
"How's my dress? It isn't ripped or dirty is it?" twenty-five-year old Lucy Heartfilia (soon to be Dragneel much to her pleasure) asked her closest friends as she twirled around in the pristine white gown.
"No, Lu, it's just fine." Levy reassured her.
"What about my hair? Should I have gone with an up-do instead?" she asked next, looking in the mirror as her hands fiddled with her long, blonde tresses.
"Juvia thinks Lucy's hair is beautiful," Juvia replied as she tried to keep Lucy from messing up hair. It took them over an hour to make sure the curls were just right, dammit!
"What if I get out there and he isn't at the altar? What if he got cold feet and escaped through the window? He probably thinks getting married to his high school sweetheart is a mistake—"
"Lucy!" Erza abruptly cut her off, grabbing a hold of her shoulders—not hard enough to bruise, but enough to stop the bride's anxious ramblings. Once she saw that she had Lucy's attention, she confidently told her, "Stop it. You shouldn't be having doubts like these. Natsu loves you and only you. He would do everything in his power for you and you know it. So please do not fret and be happy. After all, you're getting married to the man you love."
She smiled at Erza's words, feeling teary-eyed. "Thank you, Erza. I'm sorry, it was just my nerves getting the better of me."
"We understand." Erza replied, returning the smile as she and her best girl friend exchange a hug, which was followed by a massive group hug by every other girl in the bride's changing room.
There was a knock on the door. Mirajane (who offered to be Lucy's wedding planner) came into the room. "It's almost time. Are you ready?"
The blonde nodded in confidence. Cana bellowed out, "Let's get this party started already! We've been waiting for this moment for twenty years!"
All the bridesmaids shuffled in line at the front doors of the church. Lucy took up the rear, linking arms with her guardian and bodyguard, Capricorn.
"Miss Layla and Master Jude would have been very pleased if they saw you now, my lady," he told her, giving her a proud smile. Lucy returned it.
"Thank you, Capricorn. That means a lot."
The doors opened and each of Lucy's bridesmaids walked down the aisle until it was just she and her escort. She heard the tune of the traditional wedding march and walked into the church. While she recognized all the faces staring at her in awe, she found her eyes staring into the man at the front of the altar. He was her first and best friend as well as her first and real love. He was Natsu Dragneel and she was more than happy to finally be with him forever.
She and Capricorn made it to the front of the altar where Capricorn gladly gave Lucy away to Natsu. As they linked arms, the couple stared into each other's eyes, barely paying attention to the priest's words as he spoke of love and the symbolism of marriage.
"Wow," Natsu whispered to her so only she could hear, "you look amazing."
Lucy blushed and grinned even wider at him, "You're not so bad yourself, handsome."
As the ceremony went on, they exchanged their vows. Soon it was time for the moment everyone was waiting for.
"Natsu," the priest began, "do you take Lucy as your lawfully wedded wife? To have and to hold, for better and for worse, in sickness and in health, until death do you part?"
Natsu looked the priest dead in the eye and said, "Of course I do! What do you think I am, an idiot?"
While there were chuckles among the crowd, Erza and Mira gave the groom a glare for his gruff choice of words; Gray rolled his eyes and swat the boy on the head; and even Lucy's smile became a little tight. Well, at least he was being himself…
"Okay then." The priest said, a little baffled by the groom's words but turned to the bride next, "Do you, Lucy, take Natsu as your lawfully wedded husband? To have and to hold, for better and for worse, in sickness and in health, until death do you part?"
"I do." She said, still looking into her lover's eyes.
"Then by the power bested in me, I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride."
He didn't have to tell them twice, for the two quickly embraced and molded their lips together.
"Save it for the honeymoon!" Cana yelled as everybody else cheered and laughed at their favorite pair.
The bride and groom finally parted from each other, sharing adoring grins as they gazed at the other.
"You're mine forever, Mrs. Dragneel." He said, giving his new wife an affectionate peck on the lips.
"Always, Mr. Dragneel." She giggled.
They were each other's first in many things.
And now they can go through many more firsts as husband and wife.
AN: Forgot to mention: thanks guys for over 50 reviews! It means a lot to me how much you all love reading these silly stories of mine! Hopefully I can continue to deliver!
See you guys later!
Revised 5/1/18