Nalu

Lucy sat at the guild enjoying a drink, courtesy of her favorite bartender Mira when she heard something that made her stomach churn.

"So, you're really going to ask Natsu out?" Mira excitedly asked her little sister. After that Lucy couldn't help but completely listen in. For a long time now Lucy had tried to deny the feelings she had for her pi-salmon haired friend. By now it was completely pointless to deny her feelings and now she was just pondering what to do with them.

"Yeah," Lisanna said with a nod. "We've hung out a lot since I got back from Edolas and I think I'm ready." The girl had a slight blush on her face that Lucy knew Natsu would find adorable. Her best friend had never said that he liked Lisanna, but he has admitted to liking someone.

Who else would it be?

As much as it pained Lucy to say it she could completely understand why Natsu would like Lisanna. The girl was the definition of perfect. Not only was she beautiful, but she was also caring and the sweetest girl in the whole kingdom.

'It's okay,' Lucy thought to herself. 'He is still going to be your best friend, right? Right!?'

"Well then, you better get to it before you change your mind," Lucy was pulled out of her thoughts by Mira.

"You're right," Lisanna got up from her seat and headed to the door. "Wish me luck," she said with a short wave to her older sister.

"Good luck!" Mira called back.

Once the doors closed behind Lisanna, Lucy had a few moments of hesitation before she bolted out the door, completely missing the smirk that Mira had on her face.

Lucy chased after Lisanna as quietly as she could. She didn't know what she was doing or why she was doing it but she had to find out what Natsu was going to say. Like it was hard to guess what he would say.

She continued to follow the girl until they found Natsu and Happy training (of course) in the forest. Lucy hid behind a tree to keep from being seen.

"Hey Natsu and Happy!" Lisanna called out, running up to the boy and cat. Upon seeing the white-haired girl, Natsu immediately perked up. He whispered something to Happy that caused the blue cat to fly off somewhere.

"Guess he wanted some privacy," Lucy mumbled dejectedly.

"Hey Lis! What's up?" He called back.

"Natsu, I was wondering if I could ask you something?" Lisanna started playing with her hands in a nervous way, even though she wasn't nervous at all. The girl was quite confident it what his answer would be.

"Sure, anything." Lucy started having a hard time controlling her breathing. Her palms were sweating and her heart was beating so hard that she thought it might explode. She wanted to jump out from behind the tree and stop it all from happening, but she knew it would only delay the inevitable. They both liked each other and she just needed to get over the feelings she had for her best friend.

"Well, I was wondering if you wanted to go out with me?" Lucy held her breath.

"What do you mean?" Natsu asked. Lucy sighed and rolled her eyes at how dense the boy could be. She was surprised he even knew what having a crush was. Lisanna however, just giggling at his denseness.

"I mean like a date Natsu. Do you want to go out on a date with me?" she asked again. Natsu's eyes widened. Out of all the questions he expected his friend to ask, this wasn't one of them. He was hoping she would ask with help on a mission since he hadn't been on one in a while. This question came as quite a shocker.

"O-oh, wow um…" Lucy shouldn't be here, she couldn't be here. She started to run away from the tree. "I'm sorry Lis, but I can't," Natsu answers.

What!?

Lucy halted her steps and went back to the tree.

"Oh. Why?" Was it just Lucy or did she not sound all that surprised or upset?

"Lisanna, you're a really sweet girl and maybe if you hadn't gone to Edolas I would feel the same way, but I just don't. I actually like someone else right now." Natsu bowed his head at the girl.

"That's okay Natsu, but can you do something for me?" Natsu looked up in surprise but answered quickly.

"Anything."

"Whoever this girl is, tell her how you feel and soon." Lucy's eyes widened in shock. She was gonna have to do this again! The thought made her want to hurl. Then she realized she wouldn't have to do it again and she shouldn't even be here right now. Oh well.

"Lis, I don't know, I mean…" Natsu rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly. "Is that gonna be hard on you because of how you feel. I don't want you to feel awkward or upset."

"Don't worry about me, I'll be okay. As long as you're happy, I'll be happy." Lucy was shocked. Why would Lisanna be encouraging her crush to ask out another girl. Lucy would never do that, but Lisanna is probably a better person that she is.

"O-okay, I'll tell her soon," Natsu agreed.

"Great, I hope she says yes." She was about to walk away when Natsu pulled her into a hug.

"Thanks Lis. You're a great friend, you know." Lisanna smiled into their embrace. She pulled away and looked at her friend.

"I gotta go, but I'll see you around." She turned and walked away.

"Later!" Natsu called out.

Lucy stays frozen in her spot behind the tree, still confused about what happened. He said no. Natsu actually said no to Lisanna. She was about to smile until she remembered that he did still like someone. She didn't know who it could possibly be. He treats everyone at the guild like family, so it's pretty hard to narrow down. She wanted to believe that it could be her, but couldn't risk getting her hopes up in case it wasn't.

"You do realize that I can smell you over there, right Luce?" Lucy stiffened and she held in a breath. Her eyes widened and her heart sped up.

Crap!

She completely forgot about the fire dragon slayers heightened senses. She made her way out of the tree, awkwardly standing in front of her best friend. Natsu stood in front of her with an expression that said he was waiting for an explanation.

"H-hey, Natsu," she said awkwardly.

"H-hey, Lucy," he mocked. Lucy glared at her best friend, even if she did deserve it. "What are you doing here Luce?"

"I um…" she started. "Well, I uh… I was just um…" she couldn't find any reasonable excuse for being here. Even her actual reason for being here wasn't reasonable.

"Yeah?" he questioned. Lucy sighed. She was just going to have to tell him the truth.

"I overheard Mira and Lisanna talking about asking you out and when she left I decided to follow her," she blurted out.

"Why?" he asked.

"I uh… I wanted to know what your answer would be. You told me you liked someone and I figured it was Lisanna," she said, hoping he was done questioning her and would just drop it. Oh, how wrong she was.

"Why did your heart keep speeding up while I was talking with her? Like when she asked me out I heard your heart go super-fast." Lucy gulped. Curse his heightened senses! She was so worried by the question that she missed the mischievous glint in Natsu's eyes. He knew the answer but he was curious if she would say it.

"Well, I-it was b-because…" Lucy really didn't know how to answer this question.

"It's speeding up right now too," he pointed out. Oh, how he loved to tease her. Her face was the color of Erza's hair and he loved seeing her so flustered like this. It took everything in him not to chuckle. "You also look pretty red right now. Are you feeling okay?"

"S-shouldn't you be figuring out how to ask out that girl you like?" It may have pained her to say it but she had to change the subject somehow. Natsu was disappointed but decided to drop it. Besides, the next topic would be just as, if not more fun.

"That's actually what I'm doing right now," he said. Lucy looked like a fish caught out of water. She was tempted to look behind her to see if someone else was here, but decided against it given how Natsu was looking straight into her eyes.

"H-how?" she questioned. She didn't want to embarrass herself and make any assumptions. Natsu wasn't going to let himself do all the work though.

"Well, I told Lis I would do it soon, so I thought I might as well do it as soon as I got the chance to talk to her." He took a small step toward Lucy. Lucy started to see the game he was playing but still wasn't completely sure. She took a small step toward him as well. They were only a few inches apart now.

"Then, you should probably do it now," she said hesitantly and he smirked at her. He liked that she was playing along too. He could still feel the insecurity inside her too and it just made her all the cuter.

"Well, I would but I feel like it would be even more adorable if she told me first. It be quite the coincidence too, don't you think?" He took another step toward her. Their chests were practically touching and if she leaned up a little bit they would be kissing. She could feel the heat coming off of him, his muscles were showing from his open vest and he was still slightly sweaty from his training. All these factors made Lucy's mouth go dry.

"I-it would be," she chuckled slightly. His eyes went down to her lips at the same time that hers went to his.

Finally, Lucy couldn't take it anymore and she leaned up and captured his lips with hers. She felt him tense and was about to pull away when he relaxed and melted into it. He cupped her face with his hands to keep her hands in place. Her hands went up to his hair. The kiss was slow and sweet but also had a lot of passion. They stayed in their embrace until they had to pull apart to breathe but they remained close to each other.

Lucy's arms were wrapped around Natsu's neck and his arms went down to her waist. They just stared into each other's eyes for a few minutes as they caught their breath. Neither daring to speak. That was until Natsu decided to break the silence.

"So, can I guess this means that you like me back?" he laughed.

"If I recall correctly, you never said you liked me," she playfully glared.

"I think it was pretty obvious," he retorted.

"Well, then I think it's pretty obvious that I like you too." They both laughed and Natsu gave her a chaste kiss. "How about we go back to the guild and tell everyone. I know Levy's gonna be telling me I told you so's for at least an hour, so we might as well get it over with."

"You sound so excited about it," He said sarcastically.

"Yeah, yeah. C'mon, let's go." So, the new couple walked back hand in hand to Fairy Tail. Even though they were excited to tell everyone they were both a little nervous too. They knew most of their friends would be happy for them but there were two in particular that they were worried about. Lisanna had already said she was okay and even encouraged Natsu, but they still didn't want her to feel uncomfortable around them. And from what Lucy heard, Mira as rooting for Natsu and Lisanna and Lucy didn't want her friend mad at her for getting in the way. Still, the couple pushed on to tell their friends at the guild.

They walked in the guild together and caused everyone to look at them. The room went silent and everyone was looking at their joined hands, slowly connecting the dots. Grey, Juvia, Levy, Gajeel and Erza were at a table with shocked expressions on their faces. Erza even dropped her strawberry cake. Many of the other tables had similar expressions. Mira and Lisanna were at the bar with expressions that matched most of the others.

Lucy and Natsu were about to break the silence when they hear a loud squeal coming from the bar.

"Yes! Yes! Yes! Our plan worked Lis!" Mira jumped up and down by the bar. Her and her younger sister then proceeded to high-five. This caused everyone else to break out of their shock and express their happiness for the couple. Levy, like Mira had also squealed and ran up to Lucy and gave her a big hug.

"Finally! I knew this would happen! Congrats Lucy and Natsu! It took you guys long enough though," Lucy's friend jumped around. She was so happy she went and jumped on Gajeel. The iron dragon slayer blushed but didn't shake the girl off.

"Yeah, we're happy too…" Lucy started, then remembered something. "Wait, Mira what do you mean? What plan?"

"Oh, that. Well, I figured you needed a little so help so me and Lis came up with this plan to get you two together. It started in here and after our conversation I figured Lucy would get jealous and run after Lis. We just had to talk loud enough to make sure you heard us but not be suspicious about it," Mira explained.

"Wait, so Lisanna you never had a crush on me?" Natsu asked.

"Well, when we were little I did, but after coming back from Edolas I realized you were in love with someone else," Lisanna clarified.

"But what would have happened if Natsu had said yes?" Lucy questioned.

"It was obvious to everyone but you Lucy that he was in love with you and only you. We both knew he would only say yes if it was you asking him out," Mira finished. Natsu blushed a little bit.

"Hey, I wasn't that obvious, right?" he wined.

"Please, Flame Brain everyone knew you had the hots for her," Grey came up to the bar, shirtless.

"You want to go, Ice Princess!?" Nastu got in a battle stance.

"Natsu," Lucy warned. Natsu immediately sat down grumbling something that no one heard. Grey made a whipped motion that Natsu, luckily, didn't see. Lucy sat down beside Natsu and he wrapped his arm around her. Mira squealed.

"Oh, my Mavis, they are so cute!" she looked at her new favorite couple at Fairy Tale who began talking with the other guild members. She looked around the guild, when two members caught her attention. A blue-haired girl sitting next to a long black haired dragon slayer who still had the faintest of a blush on his face. She leaned over to whisper in her sister's ear. "Lis, I just found two more targets."

Hello, everyone who read my first story on fanfiction. I want to thank you for checking this out and I would really appreciate it if you left me a review. Good or bad because I know that I still need to work on my writing. I may continue this story to include other couples in Fairy Tail that I like but we'll see. I just started my freshmen year in high school so I may not have the time. Again, I thank you all for checking out my story.

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