Okay first of all, sorry that this update took so long. It was harder to write then I thought it would be. It didn't help that my computer decided to erase half of it before it was saved forcing me to rewrite it. But anyway I've finally got it up.
"Hey there, Natsu." Macao greeted. He walked up to Natsu's table with Wakaba.
"Yo, Macao, Wakaba!" Natsu replied, as the two men sat down at the table with him.
"So, Natsu," Macao started. "How's your relationship with Lucy?"
"Huh, what do you mean? Our friendship is great!" Natsu replied.
Both Macao and Wakaba nearly fell out of their seats at Natsu's dense statement.
"No, no. Not like that Natsu." Wakaba explained. "We were talking about relationship in the romantic way."
"Huh? I don't get it." Natsu said his face full of confusion as he scratched the top of his head.
"Natsu, surely you must have noticed that Lucy is a very attractive girl." Macao stated.
"Well, yeah, of course." Natsu stated bluntly. "Lucy's cute and all."
"Plus she's got one great rack!" Wakaba exclaimed.
"What'd you say?!" Natsu exclaimed in anger. He stood up fast slamming his hands down on the table in the process. Natsu was on the verge of attacking Wakaba when a stern voice interrupted.
"Wakaba!" Mirajane exclaimed, her face a mask of anger that hadn't been seen since her Satan Soul days. "That's not something you should say about a guild member!"
"S-sorry, Mira-san." Wakaba stuttered.
"Come on." Mira said, grabbing Wakaba's shirt collar and pulling him away. "You're going to clean the kitchen."
"But Mira-san," Wakaba protested.
"No 'buts'." Mira interrupted. "It's your punishment."
"Hahaha!" Macao laughed. "I always knew he'd get caught by Mira on of these days."
Natsu sat back down trying to calm himself after Wakaba's statement.
"But you know, Natsu, you wouldn't have got that upset if you didn't feel something more than friendship towards Lucy." Macao said. "I'll leave you to think about that." Macao finished, correctly interpreting the glare Natsu sent him.
Meanwhile at the bar Lucy was getting some unwanted attention.
"Yo, Cosplay Queen!" Bixlow called to Lucy as he approached the bar with Fried and Evergreen.
"Bixlow! How many times have I told you not to call me that? I don't do cosplay!" Lucy said in a slightly annoyed tone.
"That's not what we came to discuss." Fried explained.
"We wanted to talk to you about Natsu." Evergreen stated bluntly.
"Oh, what about Natsu?" Lucy asked.
"He liiiiiiiiiiiikes you!" Bixlow said rolling his tongue like Happy.
"Don't imitate Happy!" Lucy exclaimed.
Evergreen elbowed Bixlow in the side. "We're trying to get her and Natsu together, Bixlow." She whispered. "Don't tease her so much."
"Alright, I get it." Bixlow replied.
"All three of us think Natsu likes you, Lucy." Fried spoke for them.
"And you two would make a cute couple." Bixlow added.
"Yeah! Cute couple! Cute couple!" Bixlow's spirit dolls agreed.
"I think you guys are wrong about that." Lucy replied. "Natsu is too dense for that."
"I wouldn't be too sure of that Lucy." Fried said.
"Even though you say Natsu's dense, Lucy," Evergreen commented, sitting down on an empty seat by Lucy. "You like him don't you?"
"I-uh- that is to say…" Lucy stumbled over her words. She snuck a quick glance at Natsu, who was still sulking alone at his table. "We are nakama." She finished.
Evergreen shook her head. "You know exactly what I'm talking about, Lucy, and that's not it. I guess you're still in denial." She sighed.
"I'm not in denial!" Lucy immediately argued.
"I am I agreement with Evergreen." Fried spoke up. "I also believe Natsu shares your feelings Lucy. Even though he seems dense I can tell that there's something there. You should think about that, Lucy. We'd better leave now, I'm sure Ever wants to spend some time with Elfman." Fried teased his fellow team member.
"Yeah I- what!" Evergreen exclaimed finally realizing what Fried had said. "Fried!"
"Good one, Fried!" Bixlow said, laughing.
"Hey! You two get back here!" Evergreen yelled as she ran the two retreating males.
Lucy laughed at the antics of her guild members. Suddenly she felt an arm wrap around her shoulders and turned around to see Natsu standing beside her.
"Lllllluuuuucccccyyyy." He whined. "I'm bored."
"I guess without Gray here to fight with you would get bored." Lucy said.
"Do something with me." Natsu said, trying to pull Lucy out of her chair.
"I can't, Natsu," Lucy said. "I promised Erza I'd help her organize the library today."
"Natsu, if you're bored you can help Lucy and I organize the library." Erza said from behind them.
Natsu jumped and turned around to face Erza. "That's okay, Erza," Natsu slowly stared backing away from Erza. "I can find something to do."
"No. You're helping." Erza commanded as she grabbed Natsu's scarf and dragged him towards the library.
"Nnnnnnnoooooooooo!" Natsu yelled as he was dragged away. "I don't wanna!"
Lucy sweat dropped as she watched Erza disappear into the library with Natsu.
"Hurry up, Lucy!" Erza called from the doorway.
"Coming!" Lucy replied as she got up from her seat and walked towards the library doors.
"Why do I have to do this?" Natsu asked Erza as Lucy entered the room.
"Because I said so." Erza replied and hit Natsu on the head.
"Ow." Natsu complained from the floor where Erza had left him.
"You'd better not argue with Erza, Natsu." Lucy said as she helped him up. "Come help move these books over to those shelves over there." Lucy said indicating a huge stack of books in the corner.
"Okay, Lucy." Natsu replied. "Let's hurry and get this done." He picked up the whole pile and began to move them.
"Natsu! Don't try to move them all at once!" Lucy exclaimed. "You'll trip!"
"It's okay Luce! I'll be- gah!" Just as Natsu said that he tripped and fell flat on his face, books crashing to the ground.
"Natsu! Are you okay?" Lucy asked as Natsu popped up from the middle of the pile of books.
"I'm fine, Luce!" he exclaimed.
"This time move them in smaller piles, Natsu." Lucy said as she picked several books up and walked over to the shelves.
"But that's boring." Natsu complained even as he obeyed.
It took them the rest of the afternoon to finish cleaning up so it was early evening before they were finished.
"I'm beat." Lucy sighed as she sat down at the bar.
"Here you go, Lucy." Mira said as she sat a shake down in front of Lucy. "This will help."
"Thank you, Mira!" Lucy exclaimed as she began to drink the shake.
"Natsu-nii!" Romeo exclaimed as he ran in through the guild doors.
"Yo, Romeo!" Natsu replied. "What's up?"
"I found something really cool in the park!" he exclaimed. "I wanna show it to you! Come on!"
"Okay, Romeo. Happy are you coming?" Natsu asked the blue exceed who was sitting at the bar with Carla.
"No. I want to stay and talk to Carla a little longer." Happy replied. "I'll catch up later."
"Alright then. Let's go, Romeo."
Romeo nodded as he fell into step beside Natsu as they headed for the doors. Just before Romeo left through the doors he looked back over his shoulder at a certain blue-haired dragon slayer and gave her a thumb's up. Wendy smiled and nodded to show she understood. That was her signal to get Lucy. Wendy got up from her seat and approached Lucy.
"Hello, Lucy-san." Wendy greeted.
"Hello Wendy." Lucy replied cheerfully.
"I was wondering if you would like to go on a walk with me." Wendy asked.
"I'd love to Wendy." Lucy replied. "It would be nice to get some fresh air right now."
Wendy smiled brightly. "Carla, I'll be back in a little bit!" she called to the white exceed.
"Okay, Wendy. Be careful!" Carla replied.
"I will!" Wendy replied as she waved to her.
"Ahhh. It feels nice out here." Lucy exclaimed as she and Wendy walked down the street. "So Wendy, I heard you went on a mission with Romeo."
Wendy's face immediately flushed red at Lucy's statement. "I-uh-It is true that I went on a mission with Romeo-kun…"
"Oh so it's Romeo-kun, is it?" Lucy remarked with a sly look on her face.
Wendy's face deepened to a deeper shade of red and she hurried to change the subject. "Ah, Lucy-san, let's head to the park. It's really pretty there at this time of the day."
"You're right, Wendy, it is." Lucy replied. "Good idea."
Wendy quickly turned down the path that led to the park with Lucy beside her. They had only been in the park for a few moments before Wendy cried out an exclamation.
"Oh no!" She exclaimed.
"What's wrong, Wendy?" Lucy asked concerned for the girl. She stopped walking under a large tree and turned back to look at the young girl.
"I lost my bracelet!" she replied. "It must have fallen off on the way here."
"Well let's go back and look for it." Lucy suggested.
"No, I couldn't ask you to do that, Lucy-san." Wendy quickly responded. "You wait right here. I'll go find it." Wendy quickly ran off after that not leaving any time for Lucy could protest.
Lucy sighed as she leaned against a tree but decided to listen to Wendy and just wait for her to come back.
"Okay, Romeo, where is this 'really cool' thing you wanted to show me?" Natsu asked. They had already been searching around the park for twenty minutes but hadn't found any trace of whatever it was that Romeo had found.
I know it was around here somewhere." Romeo responded. "Natsu-nii, why don't you look over there by that big tree?" he suggested. "I'll check behind these bushes over here."
"Alright." Natsu agreed, walking towards the tree. As Natsu approached the tree he smelled a familiar sweet scent. Curious he looked around to the other side of the tree and saw Lucy standing there. "Lucy!" he exclaimed as he tackled her in a big hug.
"Kyaa!" Lucy screeched, surprised by the sudden embrace. "Natsu?" she said, suddenly realizing who it was. "You startled me!"
"Sorry, Luce." Natsu said as he scratched the back of his head. "What are you doing here? I thought you were still at the guild."
"Wendy asked if I wanted to go on a walk with her and then she suggested we come to the park." Lucy explained.
"That's strange." Natsu replied. "Romeo said he had something to show me but we haven't found anything."
"You know, Natsu," Lucy said with a thoughtful look on her face. "I think this was a setup."
"I think you're right, Luce." Natsu said. "Especially since I can smell Romeo and Wendy hiding in those bushes over there." Natsu indicated the direction with a slight movement of his head.
"Well," Lucy started with a smile at Natsu. "Since those two put in all this effort, what do you say we give them a little something to take back to the guild?"
"Okay." Natsu replied as he smiled as well. He put his arm around Lucy's shoulders and she leaned her head against his. "Let's go home, Luce."
Behind the bush Romeo and Wendy high fived each other; happy that they had been able to get even a small reaction out of the two dense mages.
"Come on, Wendy, we've got to tell Mira-nee and everyone else what happened!" Romeo exclaimed once Natsu and Lucy had left.
"Okay, Romeo-kun." Wendy replied just as excited as him as they ran off to tell the guild together.
The walk to Lucy's apartment was a quiet one, Natsu and Lucy just content to be near each other. Soon enough they reached her apartment and Lucy had to leave Natsu's side to unlock her apartment door. Once she did she walked into her apartment followed by Natsu who closed the door behind him. Before Lucy could take another step into her apartment she felt a pair of strong arms wrap around her waist and warm lips pressed against her neck.
"So, Luce," Natsu said his breath flowing across her neck. "Do you think it's about time to tell everyone at the guild that we've been dating for three months already?"
"Hmmm." Lucy sighed as she leaned back into Natsu's chest. "I suppose so. But," she added turning around in his arms to face him. "Let's do that tomorrow."
Lucy cupped Natsu's face in her hands before leaning forward and kissing him.
This was originally going to be my last chapter, but I have decided that I will write a fourth epilogue chapter for this story.