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❝ You're ugly and unattractive. ❞

"Oh. My. Gosh! You're so beautiful!" Levy squealed, giving her best friend a thumbs up. "I told you that dress will perfectly suit you," she playfully winked at her.

Lucy could only giggle, "you look beautiful yourself, too." Then she turned to Erza and Juvia who gave her approving looks too, both wearing their red gown for Erza and blue gown for Juvia. "Wow, all of you are just breathtaking."

Erza let out a chortle. "Why are we attending a ball again?" Erza asked, a little sulkily as she refused to dress up- probably because she's still eating her strawberry cake.

Juvia shrugged as she combed her hair, "because all of the guilds were invited to celebrate what happened a year ago-" when Future Lucy appeared, Future Rogue, the dragons... well the like. "-to celebrate that all of us are alive and kicking."

They nodded, as they gave themselves a final look, "ready to party, guys?" Lucy excitedly asked as all of them confidently walked inside the ball room of the palace, everyone was obviously wearing gowns and tuxedos as some were dancing and some were on the table designated for them whether eating or talking to each other. The whole place was warm, smiling and laughing with everyone.

"There they are," Juvia told them as they saw their dates waiting for them on one table, with the Strauss Siblings laughing with them. "Hello, sorry we're late."

"Are girls really that slow in changing?" Natsu commented, earning glares from the girls who heard him ask something like that. "Okay sorry," he immediately backed down as his hands were held up in surrender.

"You girls look beautiful," Jellal told them in such a gentle manner that the girls, especially Erza, couldn't help but blush at his compliment.

Just then, the music turned into a slow, romantic song that urged the boys to ask the girls they like... love. Elfman went to ask Evergreen, Mirajane was asked by Laxus, Lisanna was asked by someone she knows from another guild, soon Erza was asked by Jellal too. Then Gajeel mumbled to Levy asking her if she wants to dance, and Juvia forced Gray to dance with her- well actually, Gray secretly loved to dance with her but is too shy and stubborn to ask her himself so instead Juvia asked him. Well anyway, our favorite couple just sat there, watching their friends.

Finally having the guts to ask his girlfriend, Natsu stood up and like a prince, asked for Lucy's hand. He led them towards the middle as they danced with the others, but it felt like they were the only ones there as they held each other, so romantically some couples who watch them were jealous of the way they look each other so lovingly, how they gently held on to each other, and oh the obvious romantic tension they have. "Does this tuxedo suit me at all?" He joked.

Lucy looked at him, from head to toe. "You're ugly and unattractive," she bluntly told him. Oh but God knows how much of a bad liar she is, and the fact that her sweet smile was still on her face that is more than obvious that she's only trying to not show how deep her feelings to him are.

Natsu leaned closer to her ear as he whispered, "then you have a very bad taste for men, love." He chuckled as he kissed her cheek and they focused on dancing- or actually looking deep into each others' eyes.

They danced one more song until they decided it's time to eat- because both feet were tired and their stomachs grumbled. "Natsu?" She hesitantly asked for him as he looked at her direction. She bit her lip and mumbled, "I lied when I said you were ugly and unattractive."

Natsu let out a chuckle, "I know."