A/N: The penultimate chapter here guys and it's full of so much fluff :3

Rogue sighed once more as Stings moaning continued as they walked through Malbus City, the city had multiple markets so he was sure to find what he wanted. Yukino was accompanying them to provide them with a women's opinion, as well as the exceeds who obviously didn't want to miss the opportunity.

"-and you drag me all the way to Malbus after kicking me out of my own house" Sting groaned.

Yukino rolled her eyes before walking into step beside him.

"He's so childish..." She muttered causing Frosch to nod in agreement.

"Rissy-Chan would never do that" Lavender commented causing Lector to frown.

"What did you have in mind Rogue?" Yukino asked with a smile.

He shrugged he was never good with buying jewelry which was the reason why Yukino was there.

"Something...nice?" He offered.

Yukino shook her head in disbelief and turned to Lavender who was sporting the same expression.

"Men" they both sighed in unison.

He turned to Sting for help but his surrogate brother merely shrugged and the group of them walked into the ring shop. As soon as they entered the store the exceeds had separated into different directions all looking at jewellery.

Lavender was staring at a large purple amethyst necklace with Lector and Frosch standing beside her.

"Ooh pretty" She cooed.

"Fro thinks so too!" It declared with a grin as it stared at its reflection in the large jewel.

Yukino glanced into the glass casing which held multiple earrings and necklaces.

"So expensive..." She muttered sadly.

Though once Sting came to stand beside her she smiled slightly, though that quickly faded once she noticed his cocky smirk.

"Perhaps someone will buy it for you" he said with a smirk as he placed a hand on her shoulder.

She frowned slightly before gently brushing his hand away, before walking towards where Rogue was stood and leaving Sting with a pout.

"See anything she would like?" She asked as she peered into the glass.

Rogue sighed before running a hand through his hair. He wanted it to be special yet he didn't want anything that Rissy wouldn't like.

"Anything you get she's going to love" Sting pointed out with a grin.

Rogue nodded before glancing down where he noticed a thin dark onyx band with red garnets dotted on the sides. The darkness of the onyx reminded him of her eyes and the garnet of his own.

Yukino noticed him glancing at the band and smiled before turning to face him; with the exceeds by her side grinning in unison.

"So that's the one" she stated with a knowing smile.

He nodded and Sting joined them, his eyes widened at the sight of the band before it was replaced by a smile.

"Your wife is going to love it"

It had been about two weeks since Rinan had left and to be honest Natsu kind of missed the presence of his quiet dark haired nephew. Though with that chairman Hoshino arrested and a new one set to be elected it meant that everything was going back to normal - or at least normal in Fairy Tail standards.

He was currently out shopping with Lucy, Rissy and Happy since his sister had insisted they joined her to shop for necessities for Rogues apartment whilst said dragon slayer was out with Sting and their exceeds.

He smiled as Rissy continued pulling Lucy towards multiple shop windows the pair practically drooling over the outfits hidden only behind glass.

"Ooh that one looks like a kitty!" His sister declared in amazement.

Lucy visibly grimaced at the outfit

"There's no way that I would wear an outfit to look like a stupid cat" She declared with an added huff.

Natsu frowned at this for he had seen Lucy were cat inspired outfits multiple times - though they tended to be against her own will.

"We should get matching ones!" Rissy declared in excitement.

Lucy shook her head once more before turning to face him for some sort of help.

"Maybe you and Juvia can get matching ones" He suggested.

Rissy nodded in agreement before suddenly pausing.

"Ooh I don't know her size," She sighed before turning to Lucy and narrowing her eyes. "She can't be bigger than you, lu" She stated before dragging her into the shop.

Both Natsu and Happy laughed as Lucy grimaced at the thought of trying on a cat like outfit.

"Ooh Natsu isn't it pretty" Rissy cooed as Lucy stepped out of the changing room, and he sighed once again as she purposely avoided his gaze.

Lucy was blushing furiously whilst Rissy was sporting a large grin and twirling around in excitement.

"Yeah it's something" He answered.

Happy laughed in agreement beside him

"I think that it's a bad something" He commented with a laugh, which only caused Lucy to turn red for an entirely different reason.

"Now that was cold..." Rissy stated with narrowed eyes. She then pushed Lucy back into the dresser with a completely new outfit, whilst ignoring her pleas.

"So omni-chan, how's the thing with you and Lulu?" She asked with a smile.

Natsu shrugged, to be honest things had been going fine with Lucy. The only thing was that they had been steadily avoiding each other since Rinan had left, neither of them wanting to take it any further.

His sister sighed at his lack of silence then suddenly she pulled on his arm.

"Riss' what are doing-" he asked before he was shoved onto the dressing room with Lucy who was only in her underwear. She blushed furiously before glancing down at her feet once more, her golden coloured locks hiding her face from view.

He turned to the door only to find that it was locked. He was going going to kill Rissy once he found a way out.

"Riss' open the door" he pleaded, though to his annoyance he was met with light giggles from both Happy and Rissy.

"Sorry Natsu you have to stop being weird with Lucy so we won't let you out!" She shouted from the other side of the door.

He sighed in annoyance before turning back to Lucy. The blonde was staring up at him with wide eyes and thought Natsu was very aware of her lack of clothing she apparently wasn't.

She suddenly cleared her throat and broke the silence between them.

"So..."

He chuckled lightly before loosening his muffler 'was it always this hot on here' and it seemed that she was following his every move with chocolate brown orbs.

"So apparently we've been weird" He said with an awkward laugh.

She laughed slightly before brushing her bangs aside.

"Yeah something like that" she answered with a small smile.

He nodded before closing the space between them. She stepped back slightly, however that only caused her to back herself into the wall and for Natsu to place his arms either side of her.

"You're really close now" she pointed out breathily.

He nodded at the statement before cokcing his head to the side.

"Is that a problem, Luce?" He asked though it came out sounding more like a growl.

Her eyes widened and she shook her head, her eyes meeting his own.

"I've missed the closeness" She told him with a sigh.

He frowned before searching her eyes for an answer, though he knew he wasn't to find one there.

"Then why have you been avoiding me, Luce. Tell me what to do since you are the smart one here" he pleaded.

She lowered her gaze once more, and he removed one of his hands from the wall to place under her chin and to effectively force her to look up at him.

"I was scared-"

"Of what?" He asked with a frown.

She sighed once more before shaking her head.

"Things would change and what if it goes bad. I mean we were friends before..Before we you know..." She muttered

He nodded in understanding for deep down he felt the same. If things ended between him and Lucy it would make things awkward but deep down he also knew that ending anything just wasn't an option.

"Luce they won't change" he stated firmly.

She raised a brow as she stared up at him.

"How do you know?"

"I just do" he said with a shrug and a toothy smile.

She laughed whilst shaking her head in disbelief and before he could reassure her with anything else she had pressed her lips over his own. He had always loves their kisses always so full of passion and raw emotion though he loved this one more since it was her who initiated it.

"You're so sweet..."She muttered once they parted for air, though he frowned at how short their kiss was.

Though it seemed that Lucy suddenly remembered that she was only clad in underwear and jumped away from him as if he were on fire - pun intended.

"Why didn't you tell me I want decent!" She exclaimed as she attempted to cover herself with her arms whilst searching for her clothes.

Natsu shrugged innocently before taking his eyes over her body once more.

"Admiring the view" he answered with a grin. Lucy frowned before throwing her shoe at him, the offending item flew past his ear and thudded against the changing room door. Though he was certain that she missed in purpose.

Rissy smiled up at Rogue as they continued their walk through East Gate park, after watching a play in Oshibana Town they had taken a sort of detour through the park - Rogue had even bought her a bag of fudge.

The moonlight highlighted his porcelain skin and she smiled before leaning on his arm.

"So how'd you think Lavender and Fro are doing?" She asked as they continued their walk.

He wrapped arm around her shoulders, enticing a content sigh from her.

"Yukino loves them both and they're probably not giving her any trouble" he answered with a fond smile.

Over the past few weeks Rissy had found herself staying at the apartment more than she stayed at her own dorm in Fairy Hills. It eventually led Erza to convince her to move in with the twin dragon slayers and both Rogue and Sting were glad to have herself and Lavender move in with them.

A smile graced her lips as she reminisced on her ever growing family, the Sabertooth guild members were always glad to see her and she loved her conversations with Juvia back at Fairy Tail.

"But this was spontaneous..." She pointed out as they neared a large tree, she grinned inwardly at the word she used - something that Levy had taught her.

He quirked a brow at her statement before taking a seat on the ground and then he pulled her down to sit on his lap.

"Is that a bad thing?" He asked once she made herself comfortable.

She shook her head before shifting to place a soft kiss on his jawline, though her lips lingered slightly over his skin.

"No...just wondering what brought this on" She muttered with a shrug.

He grabbed hold of her free hand and started drawing invisible patterns on the inside of her wrists.

"Maybe I think you deserve this.." He stated calmly.

She smirked against him before turning to face him with her eyes sporting a mischievous glint to them.

"Well Mister Cheney I wasn't expecting this so call me surprised" She told him with a grin.

He smiled before offering her the back of fudge and she happily smiled before popping a piece into her mouth. A frown formed across her features once something hard yet smooth and metallic clanged against her teeth, causing her to spit stick out her tongue with the offending object.

Her eyes widened at the sight of the black band, red garnets dotted around the edges glinting in the moonlight.

"Vhats dis. .." She asked, though her words were somewhat distorted due to her having her tongue hanging out of her mouth.

Rogue smiled at her and the look on his face caused her spit the offending item out into her hand before wiping it down with her sleeve.

"So...Clarissa Dragneel would you do me the honor of becoming Clarissa Cheney" he asked her.

She stared up at him with all sorts of thoughts swimming through her head. She knew he loved her but enough to want to spend the rest of his life with her...

"Clarissa Cheney does have a nice ring to it..." She muttered as tears started to fall. His smile was all she needed and he started on kissing the tears away from her cheeks, which only caused her to madly giggle.

His lips had finally made their way to her mouth, and she sighed in content as he poured every emotion he could muster into their kiss.

"So that's a yes?" He asked as he finally allowed her to catch some air.

She nodded before giving him a chaste kiss on the lips.

"A thousand times..but only because of the fudge ring" She answered cheekily.

He laughed and she loved the sound of it, like music to her ears since it was only for her.

"Of course it's the fudge" He said with mock disappointment.

She smiled once more before relaxing in his hold and finally slipping on the ring. She turned to press another kiss against his jawline and sighed as he pulled her tighter against him.

"No always you"

So what did you think of that?

Rogue has proposed - who thought that would happen?

Stay tuned for the next chapter which is just an epilogue and I will give no spoilers...apart from the warning to expect lots of fluff.

JustAnotherFairy :)