Sorry it took me a while to update this chapter. I've been stressed lately, and exhausted, so writing was not really on my mind, but I knew that you guys didn't at all like the cliff hanger, so here you go.

Chapter Sixteen

Third p.o.v

Natsu's eyes opened widely while Lucy just stared down at him, frozen. They stayed in those positions for a while, both parties not knowing what to do. Finally, Lucy broke apart the sort-of kiss, apologies following instantly after. Natsu, on the other hand, just sat there looking at Lucy with wide eyes before shaking his head.

"So, you like me, I'm guessing," Natsu said, smiling, and if you listened closely, there was a hint of smugness in his voice. Lucy in return just blushed.

"Yes I like you, but guessing from your reaction, the feelings are not returned," Lucy said, voice filled with hurt. Natsu was quick to start shaking his head in the no motion.

"I like you too, don't worry," he said reassuring her. Lucy, of course, blushed and looked down. The news had surprised her of course. She was bracing herself for rejection, so him returning her feelings was a surprise, to say the least.

"You do," Lucy questioned, still wary and thinking Natsu was joking with her. Natsu, in return, nodded and blushed a bit. Knowing that his actions problem wouldn't convince her, Natsu grabbed Lucy's face before smashing her lips against his.

Lucy looked at Natsu with wide eyes frozen before she closed her eyes, leaning into the kiss. Natsu realized Lucy was into the kiss so he put his hands on her sides, steading them. Lucy started running her hands through his hair in return, loving the feeling of that the hair had between her fingers.

Natsu broke the kiss after a while, panting from the lack of air. "Did that show you," he said smirking. Lucy blushed and nodded.

"Yes, that showed me, but I might need to be shown a little more," she said, smirking slightly. And if Natsu was drinking something at that moment, he would've chocked on it. (Perfect time to make a 'that's what she said' joke).

Natsu looked at Lucy wide eyed before complying to her wish and kissed her once again, this time the kiss was less calm and more savage-like. This time, Natsu flipped Lucy over on the bed, pinning her down, Lucy of course didn't care that Natsu was a little rough, choosing to focus on once again running her fingers through his hair.

They continued like this for a while, stopping to catch a breath then continuing again. Of course, that probably wasn't the best way to start whatever they had, but due to unresolved sexual tension, it worked for them. Lucy, being the responsible one, finally put a stop to their make out session, deciding that they needed to talk.

"Natsu, we need to discuss things," Lucy said in her most serious tone, slightly panting because they only stopped kissing a couple seconds ago.

"Discuss what," Natsu questioned, still in a haze slightly. Of course, Natsu knew they had to discuss certain things, but he didn't know what those certain things were.

"Well, to start off, we need to discuss what we are right now, what we want to be, and how this is all going to play out," Lucy said, looking him in the eyes, trying to show seriousness.

"Well, I'm your boyfriend, to start off," Natsu said in an exhausted tone playfully, clearly not wanting to discuss anything.

"You can't be my boyfriend if you haven't taken me on a date yet," Lucy said in an obvious tone playfully.

"Well, didn't we basically have dates? So doesn't that count," Natsu said, earning a disappointed look from Lucy.

"No, it doesn't count Natsu, you didn't tell me your feelings then," Lucy said, glaring slightly at Natsu, trying to act mad, which seemed to be convincing him.

Natsu put his hands up in mock surrender, laughing at her softly. "Okay then, when do you want to go on this date," Natsu asked in a questioning tone.

"Whenever you want to," Lucy responded, smiling bashfully at him, still shy about this whole thing. A miracle had happened and gave her he confidence from before about the whole situation.

"Well, how about we have one now? We have the time, it could be a movie date," Natsu said seriously, already planning the date out in his head and what the outcome would be.

Lucy looked at him with a mixture of shock and confusion. "Now that's a bit sudden, isn't it," Lucy said, confusion clearly in her voice.

"Isn't everything that's happened a bit sudden, and plus spontaneous is a good way to start a relationship," Natsu said, looking at Lucy fondly, making Lucy blush even more.

"Well, I guess we could do that, it does sound like a good start," she said, clearly putting some thought into the possible situation, and of course thinking of every possible outcome. Natsu of course smiled at her, knowing that Lucy always thought of every possible thing that could go wrong in any situation.

After a little thought, Lucy finally agreed, deciding really what could go wrong. This earned an excited shout from Natsu, this time causing a fond smile to go on Lucy's face. Lucy, for once, decided that if something bad happens, then so be it, she was going to be happy for once, no matter what.

I'm sorry, once again it took me like a week to update, and I never want to deny you guys that long again, like I said, I've been stressed, there's been some problems in my life which delayed the chapter even more, so I'm sorry for the wait. Just know, I would never abandon a story, I know how mad or sad us readers get when someone does that to a story, so even though you guys might think I abandoned a story, I would never.