Hey everyone! NaLu week has started! Woohoo! Plus, today is Lucy Heartfilia's birthday too! So Happy Birthday Lucy! This is my entry for NaLu week birthday prompt. I hope you will enjoy this.:D Have fun reading it. Even though it's short. My other stories will be on break until the end of october so please wait patiently. Thank you. Now then enjoy!

Disclaimer: Fairy Tail and it's characters don't belong to me. It belongs to the wonderful Hiro Mashima-sensei. If it does NaLu would've been together and already have kids since the 200th chapter^_^

Today is the day where bad memories of my father surfaces. My birthday. My birthday has always reminded me of the time where my father always cared about work and ignored me leaving me all alone. I would always be thinking about my lonely life in the wide and large Heartfilia mansion during my birthday even after I joined Fairy Tail. However, one incident or rather one person gave me a new meaning to my birthday. That person is known as Natsu Dragneel. Fairy Tail's very own fire dragon slayer. When we met, my first impression of this guy was immature, pig, unrefined and messy. But, after he saved me from that ship and invited me to Fairy Tail, my impression of him changed. He became a friendly, strong and warm guy. I will eternally be thankful to him for inviting me to Fairy Tail. He was the kind soul who brought me to my new family. He was the warm and funny guy who asked me to be his partner. Thus, I entered Fairy Tail, my dream guild, thanks to him. After spending a few weeks in the guild, my impression of Natsu changed again. Instead of him being only friendly and warm, I also found out that he was loyal and heartwarming towards everyone in his guild. This made me admire him for his loyalty. Of course, Natsu is still immature, messy and a pig but Natsu was always by my side. He was always barging into my house unannounced. At first, I felt annoyed that my private space was breached but, after awhile, I began to appreciate their visits. I realized that I actually look forward to them visiting my home. Why I look forward to it is something I couldn't understand at first. But, I realized, one day, that I had fallen in love with the immature fire dragon slayer. That's why I was glad to find out that he returns my feelings towards him. Since then, we have been dating for almost two years already. During the time when we're dating, Natsu has always surprised me on my birthday. That's why, today when I woke up and found out that Natsu's not at our home, I could only come up with the theory that he had planned some surprise for my birthday. Indeed I was right. I had not seen Natsu for the entire day so when I returned home and found Natsu waiting for me at the door without Happy, I was mildly surprised and curious. I was about to ask Natsu where he had been the whole day when he grasped my hand.

"Lucy, come with me. There's something I want to tell you."

With that, I was dragged back to the guild by Natsu. The guild was still sort of crowded when we arrived. Natsu pulled me to the stage of the guild. This attracted the attention of everyone in the guild.

"Natsu, what are you-" I opened my mouth to voice my question when Natsu suddenly knelt in front of me.

Bewildered, I wanted to get off the stage because of the attention we are receiving when Natsu spoke.

"Lucy Heartfilia, in my eyes, you are the most beautiful, kind and strong person I've ever met. I was really happy that you felt the same way about me. I want to thank your parents for bringing you to this world so that I can meet you. Your birthday is a day that I'm thankful for because it's the day where you were born. I may not be strong enough to protect you from all evil in the world but I promise you that I will always be there for you and protect you whenever you need it. I will always be there for you when you're sad, depressed or angry. I will always be your support and make you happy. I want to be the one to make you smile because I fell in love with your smile too. I will punch anyone who makes you cry or hurt you. I have never loved anyone more than you. That's why, w-will you m-marry me?" Natsu produced a simple white gold ring with tiny jewels encrusted in it as he proposed.

To say I was shocked was an understatement. I was instead flabbergasted. I wasn't expecting a proposal on my birthday. I had expected Natsu to make me perform something since we were on stage but it seems I was wrong. Even though the ring is simple, I don't mind because I know that Natsu must have gone through lots of difficulty finding a ring like this. Jewelry is not his forte after all. With tears welling up in my eyes, I accepted the ring and jumped onto Natsu to give him a hug and to bury my face into his chest. Laughing, Natsu caught me easily and hugged me to him tight.

"Thank you." He whispered into my ear.

"No Natsu, thank you for giving me the best birthday ever." I replied with a smile.

The guild that had gone strangely silent during the whole incident erupted into cheers and cries of happiness. Congratulations meant for the both of us echoed throughout the guild. With this one incident, Natsu has managed to give my birthday a new meaning. My birthday became a special day for both me and my fiancé, Natsu Dragneel.

I hope that you've enjoyed this story. Please leave a review! Thanks for reading!^^ Have fun during NaLu week NaLu fans! Let's celebrate this wonderful week together!