Part 2: The Convincing

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"Shut the fuck up."

"No I'm serious," Natsu said, reaching out to grab the beer from her. "Let's have sex, casual, meaningless sex."

Lucy gave him a squinty eyed look before she scoffed at him and fell back into her seat. "You're being ridiculous."

"Why not? It's perfect!"

"Well first of all," Lucy sipped her drink, "I don't like you like that."

"And I don't like you like that either, that's why it's perfect!" Natsu set down his beer so he could talk with his hands. "It would just be completely casual between us. Two buddies, having sex. No feelings, no complications, just sex."

Lucy gave him a hard stare as she took a swig and she carefully swallowed. "You're being serious."

"Damn straight I am."

Lucy paused and Natsu held on to the hope that she was giving it some real thought. "Okay but how would that even work? How do you be friends that just have sex? Haven't you seen movies? I mean, it never works."

"Ohh pffftt movies shmovies," Natsu scoffed, "Those aren't real! Movies have all that drama and plot and we're not like that! We could totally make this work. This is real life yanno?"

"I don't know Natsu…" Lucy looked at him skeptically, "Friends with benefits isn't exactly a normal thing to do…"

"Look," Natsu moved to scoot closer to her and grab her hands, "We need this, okay? I like sex, but I can't have it because the girls that I have sex with want what I can't give. You like sex, but you can't have it because guys suck and none of them are good enough for you." He gave her an earnest look and Lucy raised an eyebrow. "Don't you see? This is perfect for us! We're best friends so you know we get along, we don't have feelings for each other, and I don't suck! I'm nice and attractive."

Lucy rolled her eyes and heaved a sigh. She bit her lip and furrowed her eyebrows in deep concentration.

Friends with benefits…with Natsu? Would that even work?

"And you promise it's just sex? No emotions?" she asked, giving him a hard stare.

"Promise."

Finally she sighed and nodded.

"Alright, let's do it. But I'm gonna need a lot more beer."


don't try this at home kiddos, fwb relationships do NOT work out...but they are fun. eh, what can you do.