Hi guys! I'm back again with this small side story of my story Proven! I hope you enjoy this important moment of the lives of Natsu and Lucy.

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Also I would like to inform you that this snippet was originally part of the chapter "Consequences chapter 1: Bitches and Beaches" which unfortunately I was unable to complete. (Consequences is the sequel to Proven! which currently is in progress.)

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How It All Began

11:59 pm

Recipient: KeysOfMyHeartLock

Subject: Memories

Message: I stumbled upon our high school yearbook just now. Damn you looked just as hot in glasses as you do now. If it hadn't been for your shyness, we'd have dated a long time back, Ms. Girlfriend. Maybe then we wouldn't have spent all those days in the library just studying.

Even then, it doesn't make my love any less for you. I love you.

Break…(A few years back.)

Lucy looked at the spiky pink haired boy walk back to his desk as he brooded over his test paper that lay in his hands.

Did he fail? Don't jocks like him never worry about their test scores? Then why is he worried?

Lucy shook her head out of the thoughts. They weren't even friends. Why should she even worry about someone she didn't know?

She saw him sit down on the desk beside her, the crease of worry on his forehead. Suddenly he sighed loudly making Lucy jump up in surprise. She had been staring at him so intently that his sudden movement surprised her.

"-cy"

She blushed a crimson red and faced forward to her desk, concluding that this had certainly been embarrassing.

"-ucy!"

Huh? Did someone say 'ucy'?

"Lucy Heartfilia!" The professor shouted for the fifth time, snapping Lucy out of her thoughts.

Lucy stood up immediately, shocked she'd miss the first name call out.

"Here! Sorry Mest-sensei!"

Natsu Dragneel saw the flustered blonde hair nerd go towards the professor muttering 'sorrys' every now and then.

Did she forget her name? Even I heard Professor Gryder. Tch. What a weirdo.

She received her paper and bowed gracefully, then returning to her desk her face still flustered.

Natsu peered into her paper secretly and saw a 'A+' on it.

She's smart. Man, I could use some smartness on my paper too! I got a 'D' again! Wait what if she-

And just like that, a brilliant idea popped into Natsu's head. Brilliant and him, surprising enough.

Break...

Lucy placed a few books inside her bag and pulled out her lunch box, preparing to go to Juvia Lockser's class during Lunch Break when a folded paper landed itself on her desk.

Curiously eyeing the paper, she opened it only to see a few words scrambled in a very bad bushy handwriting.

Wi-l -ou be -y l...? And the rest is pretty much unreadable. Who sent this? And what does it mean?

Lucy looked around to check who must have dropped it and saw Natsu Dragneel smirking from the other side of the room, his hand pointing to the opened paper on her desk, the letter.

Lucy blushed and looked down at her desk.

He sent it?! W-what d-did it even mean again?

On the other side of the room, Natsu knitted his brows in confusion. Just then, Lucy grabbed her lunch and left the class at a fast pace leaving the note on her table, crushed.

Is she angry? Does she hate me now? Man, now I've gone and done it!

Break...

The next day, Lucy avoided Natsu the entire time, too embarrassed to say anything. Her imagination had brought her to the conclusion that the first part of the sentence on that note meant 'Will you be my...' but was unable to think of the last word.

Juvia was no help at all. Why is 'lover' the only word she could think of that started with L? How can I face him if he asks me anything related to the note yesterday? Oh what am I even going to do?!

Just as lunch dawned over, Lucy made her way out of the class only to see the infamous Natsu Dragneel standing right in front of her, in the hallway, blocking her path.

"So what do you think Luce?"

Luce? Is that me?

"T-think a-about w-what?" Lucy countered, stuttering in her words.

"You know, about the note yesterday. Will you?"

Will I -what? What do I reply? I don't even know what it meant! Will he laugh at me if I asked what that note meant?

"W-what n-note?"

"Oh come on. I didn't want to make you angry." He said running his hair through his pink locks.

"I-i'm not angry. B-but what was written in the note?" Lucy asked, finally managing to let her thoughts out.

"Are you really going to make me say it?" Natsu said sheepishly, his cheeks slightly red.

Is he blushing? E-eh? W-why?

He then went and stood on his knees, making Lucy surprised, her cheeks turning red.

Why is he on his knees? Could it be, Juvia was r-right? N-no.

Natsu then took Lucy's hand in his, her soft palm sitting well on his hard hand. It felt oddly right to the both of them.

I-is this a confession? Natsu and Me? What will I reply?

Clearing his throat, Natsu spoke in clear loud words,

"Lucy Heartfilia, will you be my-"

"Wait! I don't know what to say! And this is all so sudde-" Lucy spoke hastily, flustered and confused.

"Luce please hear me out first. If you hate me after this, it's fine." The Dragneel hottie said in a calm voice snapping her out of her rant.

Lucy thought about it for a minute and answered in a small voice, "Okay."

Satisfied, Natsu smiled brightly and said, "Lucy Heartfilia, will you be my-"

Lucy held her breath and closed her eyes.

This is it. I don't know what to do from here. I've never been confessed to before. But I guess this is it.

"-tutor? I know I'm du-"

"Wait what?! Tutor?" Lucy's eyes snapped open in surprise as she tried to take in his words.

"-mb and not good with words but I really would appreciate if you could help me pass with good grades! Please. Please. Please"

"You want me to tutor you?" Lucy asked trying to confirm her ears.

"Yes of course. Is it okay with you?" Natsu answered sincerity on his face.

Lucy mentally face palmed right there.

What was I even thinking? There's no way me and Natsu were happening. He isn't even my friend...

"Get up, Dragneel." Lucy commanded, her voice awfully annoyed.

Gulping at the sudden change if atmosphere, Natsu obeyed and stood up.

"Now, what kind of idiot mixes up a 'T' with a 'L'?!" Lucy spoke, her voice low.

She looks mad. Did I do something?

Natsu gulped trying to understand how he'd encountered a demon instead of a cute nerd.

"Did I? Hehe sorry." Natsu said trying to brush it off with a small laugh that obviously didn't seem to work.

However, to Natsu's surprise she sighed and let her tensed shoulders loose.

"Dragneel, you have horrible handwriting. We'll start with that tomorrow in the city library after school. Don't be late." She said in a stern voice as she began walking away.

Playboy instincts on the play, Natsu grabbed her hand not allowing her to pass him a smirk plastered on his face. She looked at him in shock when Natsu whispered,

"L huh? I wonder. Is that why you were blushing earlier?"

Doki Doki

"Tch. You're only amusing yourself, Playboy." Lucy whispered her face contradicting her words as it burned a bright red all the way to her ears.

And with that Lucy had freed her hand and walked away.

"Is that a yes?" Natsu shouted from behind.

"We'll see, Dragneel. We'll see." Lucy shouted back.

Feisty huh? That's new in a nerd. I guess this one's not so bad after all.

Break…

12:00 am

Recipient: TheFlamesOfMySoul

Subject: Memories

Reply: How can I forget? You still mix 'T' and 'L', you idiot. My shyness? You bet it was that. It's because of your dense nature, Mr. Boyfriend. Get yourself a mirror and try to remember the handsome boy back from those years.

But even if I say all that, I still can't stop loving you. And probably never will. I love you too.

And that ends this side story, my friends! Hope you enjoyed it!

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