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Fairy Tail is property of Hiro Mashima. These chapters that I'm thinking up are how I would've liked the ending for the couples of Fairy Tail to have gone. If you have never read this manga, I greatly recommend it, and warn against spoilers that may come about. Read at your own risk. And if you're new, I wish you well in reading this, if you choose to.

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Chapter 1 : Natsu and Lucy

As I stared up at the sky, I couldn't take my eyes off the thousands of stars that spread out above me. They were breathtaking, but did little to take my mind off the thoughts I was having. My eyes drifted over to were Natsu lie, sleeping without a care in the world. Happy was curled up not too far. Our group drifted along like always, taking everything in stride as the time passed…but the past year and a half has changed things…at least for me, things have changed.

I was blushing as I looked at Natsu's bare chest, rising and falling in time with his breathing. I felt myself quiver with desire for him, not really sure how to process these feelings. For so long, I had only looked at him with friendship, but recently it had developed into something more.

I'm not even really sure how, or when this happened, but all the sudden, I felt this need to be something more. I wanted to be held in his arms, and to have everything more with him, that I've never wanted with anyone else before.

The happiness he made me feel, this bubbliness that pops in the pit of my stomach whenever I'm near him…it's almost too much for me sometimes, but I love how he makes me feel. I love everything about him, even his denseness. I swallowed thickly as I felt these feelings rise up so strong, a knot in my throat forming from the rush of emotion that I felt.

Why did I feel so strongly for him?

Because he knows you, he knows all about you, and still have stuck with you through it all. He's saved you, been there for you, and have done more things for you than anyone else ever has, and has never asked for anything in return. You've always loved him, you just never realized how strongly until now. Dumbass. I thought to myself. I felt my face blush scarlet as I continued to watch him sleep, creeping myself out to the point where I suddenly flipped over to wallow in my own self misery about my one sided love.

I pinched my eyes shut, silently berating myself for ever falling in love with my best friend.

It would never work out, I know that…that's why I'm never going to tell him, because I don't want to ruin the friendship that we have.

I woke before everyone, being silent as I packed up my things to head back the guild for some time alone…time to think about what was swirling around in my head. It was all so confusing…too much for me to be around him and to act normal. Everything that was happening, I felt the need to break down and cry from it all. But I'm stronger than that, I didn't need any weaknesses right now. My eyes burned with my own stupidity, the tears threatening to fall as I stepped through the foliage covering the trail back to Magnolia. I stiffened my back, and walked on with my head held high, determined to make myself forget about the mistake in feelings that I had for my best friend.

The town was no different than it had been six months ago before setting out on the 100-year quest that our group had taken up. It feels strange being back, but I don't notice anything that's changed as I walk through the crowded streets, listless with wondering what to do with myself before I go back to the groups.

I walked through, looking at all the familiar sights: the magic shop, my old apartment…the dorms…I stopped, smiling to myself as I walked through the doors, making no noise as I snuck through the halls to my dorm room. One that I had brought everything to after joining on the century long quest. Everything was exactly the same as I had left it so long ago.

Something gold on my bed caught my bed, suddenly appearing with a soft flash of light while I perused around the room. My breath caught as I picked up the golden key that I had lost so long ago. The gate to the spirit realm opened, and I stepped through it without a second thought.

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3rd POV

Natsu stirred when something felt wrong. Erza, Gray, Happy, and the ever creeping Juvia weren't far behind as Natsu started walking about sniffing to find where Lucy had disappeared to. Something bothered him, in the back of his mind as he searched for a sign of her.

"Find anything?" Gray asked, coming from the north.

Natsu growled to himself, scowling as he sank down on his heels, looking around with anger burning in the pit of his gut. It wasn't like Lucy to up and disappear like this. He didn't like it; things just didn't feel right with her absent.

"Do you think we should be worried?" Juvia asked, appearing from where Gray had just a moment ago.

Natsu rolled his eyes at the sight of the two near one another, the chemistry had been crackling between them for the past several months, and he was surprised that they weren't jumping each other's bones yet.

"It's not like Lucy to just up and vanish like this." Erza interjected, appearing out of nowhere while Happy came from above.

"I can't find her from the air either!" Happy said, sharing a sad, concerned look with Natsu when they caught each other's gazes.

"What should we do?" Gray asked, crossing his arms over his bare chest. Juvia's face was pink from staring, while the others just berated him for his stripping…but something was missing, Lucy. She wasn't there to laugh through it all, or to join in on making fun of Gray for his stripping.

Natsu huffed angrily, flames snorting out of his nose as he caught a fresher scent that belonged to Lucy…

Correction.

His Lucy.

His best friend.

His partner.

He promised that they would be together forever, and yet, she was gone. Why had she left?

Why had she left him?

He couldn't think of a possible reason why she had disappeared, especially on him and Happy. They had been together for so long, that it felt absolutely wrong that she wasn't here to go through the shenanigans with them.

He stood up and looked at his group, "I'll bring Lucy back to us, I promise."

Because he knew exactly where to find her.

Lucy POV

"Aquarius!" I cried, embracing the mermaid with tears flowing down my face. Aquarius embraced me with a laugh, but she had tears in her eyes as well. I held the key in her grasp, unable to believe that she was back .
"It's good to see you, Lucy."

"I can't believe it's you!" I cupped her face, laughing as I looked her over…but my eyes were drawn down to her stomach, it was round…and very pregnant. "Oh my god…you and Scorpio?!"

Aquarius laughed, the sound husky, "Yeah, almost due too!"

"Congratulations!" I laughed, my eyes glued to her protruding belly.

"Thank you, I'm glad to see you again…I felt that you were uneasy about something, and I brought my key back here to see if you needed me."

"You can do that?" I asked incrediously.

Her faced darkened, "I can do as I please, girl."

I jumped back, laughing with unease, "O-of course you can, ma'am."

She was suddenly smiling brightly again, her face glowing with her pregnancy.

"So what's going on that's gotten you feeling so bad?" she asked.

I sighed from her question, but felt a sudden sense of relief from someone finally asking me about how I was doing. I found myself spilling all of it out, since someone was actually willing to listen, and not caring that it seemed like a stupid problem. As each word flowed past my lips, I felt the weight becoming lighter with each confession.

I loved Natsu.

More than I had thought before as I admitted it to not only Aquarius, but to myself too.

I was scared of telling him, I was so scared of ruining everything between us by telling him how I felt. I fear that he didn't feel the same way, I feared that he wouldn't feel the same way.

There were so many things that could go wrong.

And yet, there were so many things that could go right too.

I had thoughts on both possibilities, thoughts of him accepting my feelings, and returning them.

Although, I also had mirrored thoughts of him in turn rejecting me, and not returning them.

Multiple possibilities from either outcome could come about.

And as Aquarius sat there, and actually listened to me voice my fears and my thoughts, I couldn't help but feel tears finally start spilling down my face when I finally finished. I was so fearful, yet so hopeful. It was all too much, but I enjoyed the feelings—all the while hating them the entire time.

Aquarius was silent until I finished saying all that I wanted to say, all the words that I had found to actually convey accurately what I was feeling about all of this.

"You know…you're an idiot sometimes right?"

I looked at her shell shocked, "What do you mean?!"

"You're scared for nothing, Lucy. Natsu feels the same way as you."

"How do you know?" I demanded.

"He told you that you two would be together forever, idiot! If that's not a confession, I don't know what is." She snapped sharply.

I stared at her dumbfounded…Natsu had said that to me, but I hadn't taken it seriously…

"Are you sure?" I asked numbly.

She smiled, "Lucy, even though he may be extremely dense, I don't think he would lie about something like that…think about it."

I did…long and hard, and realized that maybe…maybe, it was a possibility that Natsu actually had said those words with more meaning than I had originally thought.

"You need to tell him your feelings, Lucy."

"What if he doesn't feel the same way?" I asked sadly.

Aquarius smiled sadly, and stroked my head with a gentle hand, "Lucy, that's the way love works sometimes. Sometimes, you get hurt…and sometimes you get happiness. The worst Natsu can do, is tell you that he doesn't love you back…and I know that the thought of that hurts a lot—but the world will keep moving, even after rejection. And you've lived without Natsu in your life before you met him, and you were just fine! Life will still go on, darling, because the worst thing he can possibly do, is say no, even with different words. You'll be okay, with or without him."

I nodded, understanding her words, even if they hurt with the reality of them. It's true, I lived a life before Natsu, and though I did love him, he didn't have to love me back. There were two possibilities that could come out of telling him: either we would be happy together, or we wouldn't be together like I wanted to be.

But both of them was better than not knowing. I would rather be rejected, so I could move on, instead of going on yearning for something that I would never have the guts to pursue.

I looked at Aquarius, nodding in understanding with her advice, "I'll talk to him, thank you, Aquarius."

She nodded, smiling brightly, "You're welcome…and I'm glad you hold my key once more, Lucy."

"I am too."

3rd POV

Lucy stepped through the gate from the spirit world back into her dorm room, waving goodbye to Aquarius as she finally decided what to do. She was going to confess to Natsu, and take everything in stride if he was going to reject me. However, she wasn't really sure about how to do this. She had to find him, and then figure out the words to make sure that her feelings make it across to him. After all, Natsu Dragneel isn't the brightest one out there.

Despite this however, Lucy still loved her dense Dragon Slayer, even given his flaws. She smiled to herself with her wandering thoughts of Natsu. She sighed from the fluttering feelings in the pit of her stomach. It made her feel sick, and bubbly all at once.

Lucy walked through her room, sitting on the bed that had fresh sheets that smelled of detergent, instead of stale dust like she expected them to smell like.

"I can always go out to find them tomorrow…" She giggled at herself. Even though she knew that she should just say it to get it over with, actually finding the nerve to tell Natsu such things were still frightening.

She laid back on her bed, sighing in comfort as she gazed out the window at the midday sun. Everything was rushing through her mind so fast, that she soon found herself falling asleep

Lucy POV

I woke up from my nap with a start, the feeling of another person being in my room causing me to feel like I was being watched. I blinked away the sleepiness, looking around for a possible intruder.

"Eh!" I squealed when I saw Natsu's sleeping face next to mine when I turned over to investigate. He was snuggled up under the blankets with me, snoring away without a care in the world. I was shaking from suddenly seeing him lying in my bed, and my mind went utterly blank from suddenly seeing him.

Right. There.

In my bed.

Next to me.

My face flushed a deep red from him being so close to me. I was excited to see him, even if we hadn't been apart for that long. I couldn't keep the smile from my lips as I watched him snooze away serenely.

I held back the need to touch his face, to move his hair out of his face, and instead I just lay there next to him watching him breathe.

It's kind of creepy to do, I know.

"I love you so much, but I don't know how to say it." I mumbled softly, sighing and turning back over, my back now to him.

"You just did! Silly!"

I jumped out of the bed so fast, I got so dizzy from it. I gasped as my world started to tilt, but Natsu was suddenly beside me and kept me from falling. He pulled me against his bare chest, even his vest missing and the inner me squealed in delight while on the outside I was entirely petrified of what I had just done.

My breasts were squished against his chest, making me feel trapped as I was gasping to breathe, my fear overtaking me. I tried to push him away, so I could escape, but he held me fast and I was unable to get away. He wrapped his arms around me in a way that caged me against his body. The heat coming off his body made me shiver from the warmth.

"Natsu, let me go!"

"Not until you tell me what's goin' on with you!" he snapped.

I gasped, but he suddenly took my hands and held them above my head with his own to stare down at me with his piercing gaze.

"Why did you leave without telling anyone, Lucy?"

"Why does it matter?"

He stared down at me incredously, "We were worried about you! You could've at least told me!"

I shook my head, "I had to think about things."

"Things that you couldn't even tell me about?"

"No, you idiot it was about you! I love you and I didn't know what the hell to do!" I snarled, stomping against the ground since he was holding immobile.

"What are you talking about? I already know that." He said softly, ducking down to meet my gaze.

I stared at him in shock, how could he know? He never notices anything. "How long have you known then?"

"For a while."

Tears leaked out of my eyes, I was losing it. "Why didn't you say anything?"

"I have, Lucy."

I growled, head-butting him hard in the chin. My own head stung, but I was so angry I didn't care. "You dumbass, you knew how I felt, but you didn't say a damn— "

Natsu suddenly shut me up by swooping in quick, and putting his lips on mine. I froze, but soon melted into the kiss that I had been fantasizing about for so long. His lips were warm and full against mine. His hold slackened against my wrists, and soon my arms were wrapped around his neck, and his were wrapped around my hips; pulling me closer to him. Our tongues melded together when our lips parted.

My heart was thundering n my chest as he kissed me. He pulled away after a moment and stared down at me, "I did say that we would be together forever, didn't I?"

My mind flashed back to that day, six months ago, right after the award ceremony for my novel. I had tears rolling down my cheeks when Natsu started laughing at me. He leaned down again, pressing his lips to mine—giving me kisses that curled my toes.

Months later Lucy POV

I groaned in pain as I rolled over in bed, into Natsu's waiting arms. He put a gentle hand on my swollen belly as the baby kicked around with life, and they got more energetic every day. Soon we would be able to see if we were having a boy or a girl, we wanted it to be a surprise.

Natsu sleepily cuddled toward me as his hand rubbed my stomach. The warmth of his hand was comforting, and caused the baby the finally clam down with the kicking.

I sighed in relief, and kissed Natsu's lips, smiling when he woke up enough to kiss me back.

"I love you." I whispered.

"I love you too." He mumbled.

I fell asleep in his arms with a smile on my lips.

AN

I hope you enjoyed this chapter! There are more to come, though they will be about other couples from the world of Fairy Tail. If there are any specific ones that you would like to see first, let me know! Otherwise I'll update with random sparks of inspiration!

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