'How is this suppose to be romantic?' The pinkette questioned himself reclining his head back onto the wooden door wrinkling the pair of black slacks and button up shirt he wore. He let a heavy sigh escape his lips switching his gaze away from the opposite door to the pink heart shaped box in his hands that was wrapped neatly with a red bow. 'Or was Gray just trynna make me look stupid?'

He pondered the though for a moment. A day after Gajeel spoke to him, Gray kept pestering the pinkette about making up with the 'missus' as he liked to call Lucy. The raven boy had suggested sending her flowers or chocolates or even some cute text message in an effort to recoil with one another. Natsu shock his head at all those suggestions and carried on with his day with the school girl in mind. The next day Gray shoved the same heart shaped box he held and told him 'You'll think me later for this.' then instructed him to go to the blonde and make up leading him to where he was now.

Natsu clenched his teeth almost gritting them from all the nerves eating at him. He wasn't one of those guys to be so nerves over a girl. He was use to women he messed with being putty to every touch of his but she did the opposite. His girl made him weak.

"N-Natsu? What are you doing here?"

The pinkette whipped his head up and saw her standing in a white button up shirt and black pencil skirt with black heels. Her hair was pulled up into a messy bun with pieces of hair framing her brown doe eyes and plump gloss pink lips. She had her bag thrown on her shoulder with her hands keeping the strap from burying into her shoulder. The blush on her cheeks made him want to stand up, grab her waist and pull her close enough to kiss her.

"Here let me help you." Natsu rose to his feet reaching toward her to grab hold of her bag. Lucy let him take the bag without saying a word with her eyes trained on the wooden floors of her apartment complex hallway.

"What are you doing here?"

"I came to talk."

Lucy nodded at him and then wordlessly went to her door unlocking it with the keys in her hands. She stepped inside leaving the door wide enough for Natsu to walk in. The pinkette closed the door behind him and walked toward the couch the blonde was straighten up. He looked through the windows that were open and felt relived to see no enemy ouside it. He set her bag on the coffee table and sat down next to Lucy who still refused to look him in the eyes.

"You been ignoring my messages for a while." He stated blandly even if the statement alone made his anger build. He wanted to say it harsher and colder so that she'd at least say something. 'Their delicate.' Gajeel's words invaded his thoughts. Natsu sighed to himself and reached for one of Lucy's hands that were placed on her lap like a princess would have done. His thumb stroked her hand softly taking in the feel of her soft skin. "Lucy, I missed you and I'm sorry about whatever I said to have upset you."

The blonde raised a brow and looked up at him but turned her face back down to her hands. They both sat there in silence neither one ready to speak. Natsu fidgeted with the box Gray gave him and Lucy's eyes stayed trained on her hands.

"Here." Natsu said with a sigh shoving the box to her lap. He was at the end of his rope. Normally they'll joke happily and wrap themselves in each other's arms. That was the only side he wanted her to see.

Lucy worldlessly took the box and grimaced but pulled the ribbon with little force. "Natsu?"

The pinkette turned his head slightly to see what she needed but his eyes nearly budged out his head.

There in the box he suspected was a box of chocolates wasn't it. Along the edge of the box was chocolate but in the center was a smaller heart that must have been glued to keep in place. In the smaller box was a key he didn't know to where it belonged to but along with the key was a note written in pretty cursive- I love you, Luce.

"What's this?"

'What the heck Gray? Your so dead.' Natsu thought resisting the urge to bare his teeth. He kept his cool feeling Lucy's curious gaze on him. The pinkette could only say what was true to his heart. "I- I love you Luce, please I beg you to forgive me."

He let a sigh of relief pass his lips but sucked it back in instantly when she shook beside him sniffling little by little. "Oh Natsu."

"What is it?" He asked turning toward her. Natsu collected her into his arms resting his head on top of hers. The young man noticed her grasp on the box tighten.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." She weeped letting one hand trail up to the collar of his scarlet shirt. "I-I care deeply for you Natsu but this is all going too fast. I can't say the same words you tell me. I can't move in with you. I'm just scared."

Natsu stayed silent rubbing her back gently while thinking how stupid he was. He never took account her feeling in anything.

"Your older than me so you asking me all that the other day was you moving on with your life." She continued sucking in large amounts of air during each pause she took. "I'm still trying to do mine."

"Oh Lucy." He said sighing in relief once again. "You worried me."

Lucy pulled away from his hold to look him square in the face. Her eyes were bloodshot in such short time. Dried tears stain her pink cheeks. She had a questioning look for him to continue.

"You should have said all this Looney." Natsu said raising a hand up to crease her cheek, giving her a long look to admire her face. "I won't care if you said no. I just- I just want you to know anything I have is yours. Heck even Happy is yours. I love you Lucy. You made me go crazy this past week. I only purposed all that junk because having you by my side made me complete. Where ever you are is home to me."

After he finished talking the school girl broke down in tears clutching to his shirt even tighter. Worried he said something wrong, Natsu bent his neck further down to examine her face -he saw a smile.

"Natsu you idiot."

"I could say the same to you Luce." The pinkette said kissed the top of her head when she calmed herself down enough for him to do so.