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Lucy's Pov

I Love You.

Eight letters yet hold a lot of meaning, and one of them is expressing affection towards someone by saying it, it can be genuine but sometimes it can be fake.

You can't find love, that's true because you feel it. That's why when you find where love is, it can blind you as well.

"What is love?" Our professor asked as I hear a little snicker and chuckle from my classmates.

I raised my hand, earning the attention of my professor as he nodded and smiles slightly.

"Yes, Ms. Heartfilia?"

"Love, love is braveness." I simply answered as his eyebrows creased in confusion.

"Elaborate please," I sighed before nodding my head.

"Love is somewhat connected to the word brave. Simply because when you love someone, you have the confidence to fight for them, to fight for your love." I answered as a hand is being raised in the air,

"Yes, Mr. Namikaze?"

I rolled my eyes, getting annoyed when this cocky student is trying to debate with me again.

"For me, love can also be called as weakness," he answered, sending a wink to me which made me huff, ignoring the swirling thing in my stomach.

"And why is that?"

"Simple, all of us have weakness, even me obviously, and most of the people's weakness is love. Love can blind you, love can be false sometimes—"

"But love can also lead you to the person who can make you feel that affection," I butt in, hearing our classmates cheered loudly.

He tsked and said, "How can you know if love leads you to someone that can make you feel it? As I have said, it can blind you from reality."

"All of us hates that, Mr. Namikaze. Even me. I hate reality—"

"Exactly! That's why love is taking advantage of that to blind you all!" He argued back.

"Ok both of you, that's enough—"

"Then don't find love, don't look at it instead feel it, feel how it feels."

"Nonsense," He clicked his tongue.

"It's not!"

"Both of you!" The two of us got startled when Mr. Hatake Kakashi raised his voice.

"I told you that it's enough, please listen to me and don't start a debate." He pleaded.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Hatake."

"I apologize, sensei." Naruto and I apologized at the same time, earning a nod from him as we sat back in our chairs.

I glance at him, seeing him looking at me but when he saw that I look back, he immediately looked away with a pink tint on his cheeks and reddish ears. My right eyebrow perked up, growing confused why he's acting strange.

But I just shrugged it off, probably thinking that I am getting interested in him which will never gonna happen because he's my enemy.

Yes, that's right!

Namikaze Naruto is my freaking enemy.

~Time Skip ~

After three hours of studying, I can finally go home and lay on my comfortable bed which I truly missed, especially my dog Plue.

As I am about to go, my eyes unconsciously follow the certain boy who's heading to the rooftop with AirPods on his ears. His face remained blank, necktie is slightly loose which makes him look cool.

Until I realized that I am already following him, we finally reached the rooftop without him knowing that I followed him.

"Why are you following me, Heartfilia?" I jumped in the startled when he spoke.

I cleared my throat, looking away when I felt my face heated up in embarrassment before looking at him who have a smug smirk on his lips.

"I-I did not follow you, idiot. I just w-want to go here as well," I tried to reason out but his smirk just widen as he nodded and snickered.

"Sure, Lucy, sure."

He replied before turning around, leaning his elbows on the railings as the wind hits his face that making his hair perfectly blows in the air.

I can't take my eyes away from him so I remained to stare from behind, not realizing that I already have a little smile on my lips.

"Did you experience feeling that affection?" He questioned making me snap out in my thoughts.

"Elaborate," I replied,

"The feeling of love, did you already feel that?" He asked as I slightly hum and puckered my lips a bit.

"I don't know, why?" I asked back, hearing him slightly chuckle.

"I think I'm starting to feel those—"

"From who?" I quickly asked, feeling of uneasiness on my stomach.

"Secret, but you know her tho." He answered, making me think for a second.

"Is it a girl or—"

"Girl." He replied fastly.

"Describe her then," I challenged, he turned around, looking at me with a bright smile on his lips.

"She is gorgeous, has an angelic face, soft brown eyes, blonde locks, I'm taller than her, she love yoghurt and she has a dog, she also loves to write and read books, she's jolly and feisty sometimes but all in all, I love her—"

"Just tell me who she is," I whined in protest, making him laugh which is so good in the ears but annoyed me as well.

"As I've said, it is a secret." He replied as I pouted and sulked.

But thinking about those descriptions he said, it's similar to me. I am blonde, I have brown eyes, He's taller than me, I love yoghurt and I have a dog, I also love to write and read books, I can be feisty sometimes but I tend to be jolly—

'Wait.'

'Is it me?'

"Is it me?" I questioned, but he didn't respond which made me eager to know more.

"Is it me, Namikaze Naruto?" I repeated, he turned around with a calm expression plastered on his face.

"I'm too shy to tell you what I feel, so I hid it behind those arguments and debates because I am afraid if I ask you what do you think of me, I am afraid that your reply to me will be," He paused, exhaling sharply,

"I don't." He uttered,

"Our little, stupid conversation and debates means more to me than you think," He added, not looking at me as he continued to fidget his fingers.

"You have magic in your eyes, even the stars envied it. If you will ask me how many times you've crossed my mind, I would say once because you never really left. When I wake up in the morning, you will be in my mind even in the night, and all those hours in between, I am thinking of us," I remained silent as he paused, searching for my expression but I didn't give any and wait for him to finish.

"I thought this is just a silly thing, but when I started to fall for you, I always still. I love you, Lucy Heartfilia, I do love you. When I tell you that I love you, don't ever think that I am just saying it out of habit but I am reminding you that you are my life." He walked towards me, making my breath hitch when his thumb wiped something on my cheeks as I didn't realize that there's already a tear left my eye.

"Please, tell me what your reaction is.." He murmured as I look at him, remaining silent.

"I trust you, I trust your words," the only words I uttered, placing my hand on his cheeks as he leaned on my touch.

"If I need to define what love is, I would say your name. You're my favorite. My favorite pair of eyes to look into. My favorite way to spend my life with, you are my favorite everything. You are my sun, my moon, and all of my stars," He chuckled, holding my hand on his cheeks.

"I waited for you my entire life, you were worth every minute," He said before pulling me into his embrace, "I fell for you, and I'm still falling."

"I love you," finally...

"I love you too and I will choose you, even when you make me mad sometimes, my love for you won't fade simply because we're angry. I know we will fight, we will be frustrated, we will be human. Still, I will go to battle for you. Still, I will choose you. I will choose you. And keep choosing you, every single day of my life." He cupped my cheeks, locking our foreheads as our noses bumped to each other.

"What a plot twist you are." He whispered before locking our lips, sealing it with a passionate kiss, pouring all of our emotion.

'He's right, what a plot twist we are.'

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