A/N: Hey guys! Here's the last chapter! I hope you like it! SO SORRY for the wait! ;-;
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Love Dolls

Lucy was in heaven.

The blonde mage never knew how much a backrub could feel so blissful! Or it was the fact that it was Natsu who was doing it, and she was letting him. Loke had offered several times but she had always politely refused, as the spirit could get very handsy sometimes. As she took a sip of her milkshake she focused on the tips of his calloused fingers as they grazed against exposed flesh, she suppressed a pleasant shiver. Natsu's hands were interesting, one moment they could be set on fire and pummel the enemy into a burning pulp and now this.

'Maybe he does like me afterall.' The celestial maiden thought hopefully. She was so very tempted to turn around and confront him about it but there was still a small worry of doubt. 'Just enjoy it. Try to think out feelings later.'

Noticing his hand was now trailing down to her lower back, she tensed briefly with a blush, as he nearly went too low, but relaxed when she felt his hand went back up to her shoulders. However soon enough his hand returned down lower.

And lower.

And lower.

Lucy choked on her drink, her eyes wide in shock.

'Did he just touch my-'

Glancing behind her she hesitantly looked down.

Yes. Yes he did.

"N-Natsu!?" Lucy choked out, turning around to punch his shoulder. "Where do you think you're touching!?" She hissed out in embarrassment.
The blonde mage was all too aware that they were inside the guild and she could feel more than several sets of eyes that were now trained on them. Noticing their friends were very interested at the scene in front of them, surprised but amused smirks on all of their faces. Oh sweet Mavis Levy was wiggling her eyebrows suggestively towards her. That was not helping! A wicked blush burned the blonde's face as Natsu shifted beside her with a pained groan.

"Ow. What was that for Luce!? W-what's going on?" Natsu slurred out. Still half asleep, he let out a yawn as went to rub the residue of sleep from his eyes. Instantly noticing something amiss. 'Huh?' Why can't my left arm move?' He twitched said hand's fingers experimentally, feeling something soft covered in fabric. It felt nice actually. 'Wait...what the-' Lucy let out a shriek beside him as she punched him yet again.

"Don't play dumb Natsu! That is clearly YOUR hand on my ass!" The celestial maiden accused, her chocolate eyes narrowed dangerously.

He stared at her blankly and tilted his head in confusion at her statement before slowly looking down her body. 'What is she talking about? There is no way I am groping her-'

What.

The.

Hell.

His hand was on her ass.

Natsu's face instantly went beet red as he sputtered out an apology. With a rare fluster and frenzied panic, he tried to snatch his hand away, but it seemed the appendage had other ideas...

Because his hand would not budge from its spot.

'Why the hell isn't my hand moving!?' He thought frantically as tried to move it again. Did somebody glue his hand onto Lucy while he was sleeping? Surely he would have noticed that...

"I knew it! Oh my!" Mirajane cooed out.

"Hehe, you were right sis!" Lisanna stated beside her sister.

"Now that's a man's way of getting attention!" Elfman cheered out to him. Natsu whipped his head towards the hulking man and glared, extremely tempted to throw a fireball at the take-over mage because that type of statement was not helping his predicament at all.

"Remove your hand or I will!" Lucy threatened. It was obvious that she was just as embarrassed as he was but there was no denying the dark ominous aura that radiated off her in waves. He suppressed a shudder. Hell hath no fury like an angry celestial mage.

'Trust me Luce, I would love nothing more than to remove it so you don't kill me, but-'

"I can't!" He groaned.

Obviously not believing that statement, Lucy tried to pry his hand from its position. Much to both of their chagrin his hand remained firmly in place, both of their faces getting redder by the second.

Natsu was currently fearing for his life that she was going to make good on her threat and Lucy Kick him at any given moment. Lucy really was as scary as Erza when she wanted to be.

Feeling a stare on his back, Natsu turned his head to meet the dark eyes of Gray, full of unbridled amusement. It was quite obvious to say that Gray was enjoying this immensely, his smirk was so huge it threatened to break his face at any moment. Or if Natsu could move from his spot, he could break Gray's face instead, you know, to help him out. But no, the dragon slayer could not move as his hand still remained stubbornly in place, so all Natsu could do was glare daggers at the ice mage.

'I should have punched the stripper back when I had the chance.'

"Natsu..." Finally having enough of being made a spectacle, Lucy went to move out of her chair but was instantly halted by an unseen force.

Lucy's legs wouldn't move.

Her eyes grew wide as she tried to move again but was met with the same result. 'What the-!?'

"I swear I'm not doing this on purpose!" Natsu cried out, interrupting Lucy's inner panic, as he used his other hand to grip firmly onto the non-moving appendage to try and pry it off her, to no avail. For extra emphasis he raised his leg to brace against her seat to see if it gave him better leverage to pull back. It did absolutely nothing. 'Sweet Mavis could this be any more embarrassing!?'

Happy stood frozen in shock at the scene in front of him. What was Gajeel doing!? That did not look like 'helping!' He was making things worse! Recovering from his shock, the exceed tugged hard against the iron dragon slayer's arm in protest, though since Gajeel was far stronger than him so the arm did not budge. "Gajeel! Stop!" Happy whined, but the little cat was ignored.

"Gihihi." Gajeel grinned to himself, impressed by his handiwork. All he had to do now is sit back and watch the Bunny Girl beat the crap out of Salamander. Knowing full well the Flaming Idiot wouldn't fight back, since he loves the woman after all, making him completely defenseless against her onslaught. Gajeel could have used the Lucy doll to make her punch or kick him, but that wouldn't have been as fun, that and he just loved messing with Salamander.

"Well, my work here is done." Gajeel announced lowly with a smirk as he stood up, he tossed the dolls back down to Happy and made his way back to his previous seat to watch the scene. The blue exceed did not expect the sudden throw from Gajeel so Happy had caught the dolls clumsily in his paws, juggling them accidentally before he finally managed a firm grip.

The chain reaction from the dolls to their human counterparts found Lucy and Natsu bouncing around between their seats comically before crashing into each other onto the floor in a tangled heap with a loud thud.

Natsu groaned from the impact as his head hit the floor and the added weight of Lucy on top of him it was hard to focus again. Seriously what the hell was going on today? Natsu noticed there was a pressure pressed against his face, it felt soft and squishy. 'This feels oddly familiar.' He cracked his eyes open and saw...white and blue? It took a moment to register that his face was smothered into Lucy's ample chest.

"That's a very bold tactic." Erza stated approvingly with a small nod.

"What are Natsu-Nii and Lucy-Nee-san doing?" Wendy asked innocently.

"Don't look Wendy!" Carla ordered, flying up to shield Wendy's eyes with her dainty paws.

"No more love rival!" Juvia cheered happily.

"Oww..." Lucy gasped out.

The amount of times this scenario has happened to the both of them over the years should have made him immune to her voluptuous chest by now. Heck, many of his nakama would joke and laugh at them when this happened, usually saying something along the lines of 'Lucky it's just Natsu, he's too dense to realize what's going on! Am I right?'

Right?

Wrong!

'Okay, when I was younger I wouldn't bat an eye, but give me some credit, I'm eighteen years old!'

It also didn't help that he was in love with the woman on top of him.

He groaned, but quickly stopped when he heard her squeak above him. 'Luce feels really nice this close...'

Natsu mentally swore at himself for thinking that way, feeling his face heat up rapidly. Stupid hormones!

Oh Mavis, she needed to get off him now before his mind (or his out of control hands and body) wanders further into dangerous territory. 'C'mon think, say something! Be smart for once.'

"Wufy...eurr evvy!" Came his muffled 'oh-so-intelligent' remark, he mentally face-palmed. 'Smart. Real smart.'

"Shut it Natsu!" Lucy growled above him as she struggled to move.

Lucy must have been too focused on her anger to think her actions through as she start to writhe against him, because unbeknownst to her, she was pressing her chest and hips further into him.

Natsu froze, not daring to move an inch. Did she not realize what she was doing?

And people said he was dense.

Natsu suppressed another groan. This had to be both the most wonderful and the most horrible torture he has ever had to endure. 'Okay gotta stop my thoughts there before I do something. Even though she feels really good-' Her chest pressed closer. 'Gah Lucy! Stop! Okay, don't think of her body pressed against-' She wiggled her hips slightly. 'Damn it!' He scrunched his eyes closed while trying to compose himself, hoping that certain parts of his body wouldn't react, but she was making it very difficult for the Salamander to concentrate.

'Please Luce...for the love of sweet Mavis stop wriggling around. Just wait it out until whatever this is wears off.' He silently pleaded to the woman above him.

His pleas were left unanswered.

Lucy was mad.

No, scratch that. Lucy was positively furious as she struggled to remove herself from Natsu. She was getting really tired of not being in control of her body.

This whole ordeal had been probably one of the most embarrassing things she had ever been involved in, and that's saying a lot considering her guild and its crazy shenanigans. She wanted to blame Natsu but finally thinking back on his reactions, it seemed he was just as much a victim as she was, guilt washed over her that she had hit him earlier. But she will Lucy kick whoever is behind this!

This had to be some kind of prank. They were being toyed and tossed around, like ragdolls.

Dolls...

'Wait...'

Lucy stopped moving as she suddenly thought back to Tenrou Island. The thought wheels in her mind slowly clicking together. She heard a sigh of relief coming from Natsu but she ignored it. Come to think of it, this whole situation was exactly like Kain's magic. She mentally hit herself for her slow observation.

How did she not realize until just now?! Does that mean Kain was around? Surely not as everyone would be on the offensive instead of being here and laughing at her expense. But if it wasn't Kain...

That must mean that someone else was using the dolls, and that someone was nearby. She angled her head so she could look around the guild members, trying to source the dolls. 'Where could they be...'

A blob of blue caught her attention, half hidden underneath a table.

Happy.

The small feline stood a few meters away, frozen in his spot, his eyes were wide. When their eyes met he stared at her, then back down into his hands. She followed his stare and saw the dolls laying innocently in his paws, he gave her a sheepish giggle.

'Happy had the dolls!? Why that little-' Her glare worsened. Noticing her furious gaze the feline's ears quickly flattened against his skull in fear. He was in for it now...

"You damn cat! Wait til I get my hands on you! I'm gonna pull your whiskers off!" The celestial mage threatened.

"W-what!?" Happy bulked from her threat before he tried to defend himself. "I didn't do that! Gajeel did! Uwah Lucy's scary!" The little Exceed wailed and dropped the dolls as he summoned his wings and fled to the second floor out of harm's way. The dolls did not move much from their previous position so there was less impact when Lucy and Natsu's bodies thudded against each other. Lucy however was too livid to notice as she took a deep breath.

'So Natsu's affectionate touches were involuntary!? Happy and Gajeel were the ones to make fun of my feelings?' Lucy felt so upset she did not know whether to scream her lungs out at the two or hide somewhere and cry. She had really hoped that Natsu was giving her a clue as to what he felt towards her and for them to play with her heart and feelings like that, it hurt. Refusing to let any tears fall she summoned all her fury and glared at the guild.

"Someone remove the hair from the dolls! Now!" Lucy yelled. The guild members that were previously laughing at the display now scurried across the building to locate the dolls, fearing Lucy's temper. Natsu's ears perked up at what Lucy was yelling about.

'Dolls? What is she talking about? What about Gajeel?' He mulled over, still slightly disorientated from his head hitting the ground yet again. Today was not a good day for his cranium.

Lucy did not see who picked up the dolls but felt through her magic when her hair was removed from the doll. No longer feeling a massive weight on her shoulders she instantly sprung off from Natsu as if he burnt her, he wheezed from the impact and slowly stood up as Lucy dusted herself off.

As she peered around the guild and noticed her glare must be pretty severe as no one dared approach her or make any comments. 'Good.' As she turned they practically jumped out of her way as she stomped towards the guild doors.

"Luce-" Natsu began, she could hear the confusion in his voice. But she chose to ignore him, she needed to get out of there.

So without another word, Lucy flung open the doors and ran out of the guild.

Natsu stood there in uncharacteristic silence, staring after her, as did the rest of the guild. Lucy ignoring him like that felt like she kicked him in the gut. Sure that was extremely embarrassing and the guild will talk all about it once Lucy calms down, but was she that repulsed by being so close to him? He had no idea what to do. Should he go after her? The look on her face clearly said she wanted to be left alone. But he didn't want what just transpired to mar and jeopardize their partnership. Natsu was brought out of his thoughts when he felt Happy fly down beside him and hug his leg like a child.

"I-I'm sorry Natsu!" Happy wailed, tears streaming down his face as he looked pitifully up to the pinkette. "I just wanted to help you guys become a couple." The feline sobbed out as he nuzzled his face further into Natsu's leg.
"What are you talking about?" Natsu asked, waiting for Happy to try and compose his crying to explain.
"The Mr. Cursey dolls, I took them back when we were figthing Kain back on Tenrou Island. But Gajeel took them saying he would help. I didn't know he'd do that! Honest!"

'Ahh those dolls...' Natsu nodded in understanding as he crouched down and placed a hand on Happy's head.

"Don't worry about it bud, okay?" Natsu tried to sound as soothing as possible as he pet Happy's head gently. "I'm gonna try and sort this out." Though he had no idea how he was going to fix this mess up. He just hoped Lucy would still talk to him now, even though it was not his fault. As he turned to make his way out of the guild he spotted a pair of red eyes and glared towards them. "And you," Natsu growled lowly, "I trust Levy to deal with you." As he stared meaningfully towards the petite mage, she nodded in understanding. Satisfied with Gajeel's impending punishment he turned and walked out of the guild towards a certain little house on Strawberry Street.

Night time had fallen not long after Lucy returned to her cozy apartment. She tried to distract herself by trying to write more of her novel to no avail. Her pen gripped tightly in her hand as it hovered over the paper, poised and ready to write but she could not concentrate. Her mind kept replaying what happened over and over like a nightmarish record that made her cheeks burn crimson in both embarrassment and in anger. Clenching her jaw she threw her pen onto her desk and covered her face with her palms. This was getting her nowhere.

"Stupid Gajeel, Stupid Happy...Stupid Natsu." The blonde muttered. What she needed right now was a distraction or something to soothe her rattled nerves. 'A bath sounds good.' She decided as she made her way to her bathroom.

'So...now what do I do?'

That question had been repeating itself in Natsu's mind as he paced outside of Lucy's apartment, feeling at a loss on how to approach her. His hands went between nervously fidgeting with his scarf and grabbing fistfuls of pink hair in indecisiveness. What do people normally do in this scenario? Should he knock? He looked towards the mahogany door. Lucy would refuse to answer let alone allow him to come inside. But if he went with his normal approach and climbed in through her window there was an extremely high chance she was going to yell at him. Though she would not be able ignore him if he was already in her room. His onyx eyes glanced up towards her bedroom.

Window it is.

Natsu jumped with practiced ease up towards her bedroom window, as he had done so many times in the past. The pinkette was surprised Lucy still had her window open as he grabbed the window's ledge and hoisted himself up, trying to be as quiet as he could. There was a faint flickering glow of a lone candle that was on her desk, but looking around the room was empty, he was relieved she was not in the room when he entered. The sound of splashing water and the scent of her soaps notified Natsu of Lucy's whereabouts as he spotted another light source that was coming out from the bottom of the bathroom door.

Natsu may not be the smartest guy around but he was not dumb enough to just barge in there...this time. So he cautiously made his way towards her bed and sat down, tapping his fingers against her pink blanket nervously as he thought over what he was going to say.

Now he had to do something he always hated to do, be patient.

Natsu's eyes glanced towards the clock, thanks to his heightened eyesight he could make out a few minutes had already passed. The sound of the bathwater draining and a towel being picked up drew his eyes towards the bathroom door, he sucked in a deep breath to clam his nerves. The bathroom door opened and he straightened up from his position. Lucy was clad in her purple pajamas as she stepped onto the wooden floor, a towel covering most of her head as it looked as if she was towel drying her hair. She hadn't spotted him yet he noticed, he could quickly escape if he wanted but quickly shook his head at the thought. He was not going to be a coward about this.

'Okay this is it, you're going to explain to her that you l-'

Natsu watched as she removed the towel from her face and turned on the light. She screamed instinctively, clearly not expecting someone else to be in her room as she grasped her shirt, looking as if she had a mini heart attack. "Natsu!?" She wheezed out. Her shock soon became a glare as she pointed an accusatory finger at him. "What have I told you about breaking in here!?" The celestial mage yelled.

"I didn't break anything this time I swear!" Natsu defended. Lucy deadpanned at him, clearly not amused by that answer and let out an aggravated sigh.

"You are missing the point...go away or I'll call Erza." She threatened. He paled slightly.

Sensing he was messing up he held up his hands trying to calm her down.

"N-no! Luce please... about before-" Natsu began but was interrupted when she raised one of her own hands to silence him as she leaned against a wall, letting out another sigh. He noticed her anger was starting to dissipate so that was a start.

"Can we just forget about it okay? It was really embarrassing and I never want to speak of it again." The blonde pleaded as she crossed her arms though he could just faintly make out a blush across her face.

Natsu nervously rubbed the back of his neck, feeling warmth spread to his face as well. He nervously let out a shaky laugh. "Well yeah it was pretty embarrassing, but-"

"Besides...I know you don't see me that way." Lucy muttered, her chocolate orbs were glued to the ground beside her feet. She said it softly but his hearing picked it up. She sounded sad about that. 'Did she mean?'

"What?" He stared at her incredulously. A tiny part of him sparked up with hope. He wanted her to look at him but her eyes remained on the floor. She played with the hem of her shirt, clearly embarrassed again.

"You know..." She began, trying to find the right words. "Being that close to me...touching me that way."

"I liked touching you though." Natsu blurted out without thinking. His brain only registering too late he just admitted that aloud. Lucy's eyes snapped up to his.

"You perv!"

"What? No!" The pinkette backpedaled. "That's not what I meant!" He tried as he grabbed handfuls of his hair in frustration."Urgh!" He truly regretted not learning more words from Levy to use to try and soothe this situation, because obviously he is just digging himself further into a grave. That or Lucy could summon Virgo to do it.

Yes, Natsu was not one to rely on words, he was better at taking action. So with as much courage as he could muster he stood up and walked straight up to her, she stared at him like a deer in headlights, but she did not move away.

"Natsu?" Lucy squeaked out when he gently grasped her shoulders and drew him against his chest, enveloping her in a hug. She stood stiffly in place for a few moments and he feared that he had gotten the wrong impression afterall and was about to mentally beat himself up when he felt her arms tentatively wrap around his torso. Natsu felt her lift her head up and he looked down into her chocolate orbs. He could not help but find her expression adorable, her face was a pretty red and her eyes shone with so much emotion but none he deemed were negative. She looked...hopeful. His throat became dry and he quickly swallowed.

It was now or never.

"I like you Luce." Natsu confessed, her eyes grew wider until he shook his head seconds later. "No wait, that sounds wrong."

"What-!" She snapped.

"I love you Luce!" Natsu grinned at her and before she said anything else he bent down and pressed his lips down onto hers. Inwardly Natsu was scared as hell as he did not know what he was doing as he never kissed a girl before (and Happy does not count!), but it didn't take long for Lucy to relax further in his embrace and kiss him back. Her lips were extremely soft he observed as they finally drew apart for air. "Yup, love sounds better." He nodded smugly to himself. The blonde was silent for a few moments before she spoke again.

"I-I love you too Natsu." When he looked down towards the blonde in his arms he was in awe at the loving smile she was giving him, her eyes reflected so much warmth he swore it was tangible. Lucy felt the same way he did and he could not be anymore happier than he was right now even if he tried.

"Does this mean we're boyfriend and girlfriend?" Natsu asked hopefully, she smiled.

"Obviously yes you dope." Lucy laughed lightly then kissed him on the cheek. When she yawned moments after he realized it was getting pretty late. They broke apart and she made her way to her bed and crawled under the covers.

"So..." Natsu began as he looked between Lucy and her very comfortable bed, "does that mean I can sleep in bed with you every night?"

"Don't you try and do that anyway?" She mused as she pulled back the blankets to offer Natsu the empty space. He practically jumped into it, making them both bounce slightly, earning a giggle from the blonde. He couldn't help fight his grin from spreading further as he got comfortable. She placed the blankets over him while he turned to face her with a raised eyebrow.

"True. But now that we're together you can't freak out in the mornings and Lucy kick me."

"I'll try not too." She teased.

"Good!" He chirped, wrapping his arms around her to draw her closer. "Night Luce." Giving Lucy a goodnight kiss which she was more than happy to reciprocate. After breaking apart she sighed happily and nuzzled against him. He was content.

They were finally together and Lucy loved him! Guess Happy and Gajeel really did help. But Natsu wasn't a perv! Honest! He squeezed her tighter against him.

"N-Natsu!" She squeaked when she felt his hand. He smirked into her shoulder.

Okay, maybe he was just a little.

The following day when Natsu and Lucy walked inside the guild holding hands, they were met with knowing smiles and cheerful shouts of congratulations.

"They liiiiiike each other~!" Lisanna trilled.

"Good job Natsu-Nii!" Romeo and Wendy called out.

"I congratulate you both on your relationship."

"Thanks guys!" Natsu grinned widely, snaking his hand around Lucy's waist to bring her against his side. Lucy felt something poking her leg so she looked down to see a very apologetic blue exceed holding out a raw fish to her.

"I'm sorry Lucy..." Happy apologized. Lucy smiled down towards the feline and scratched under his ears.

"You silly cat, I forgive you. Though I'm not hungry so can you eat that fish for me?" Lucy asked.

"Aye!" Happy chirped.

"Lu-Chan I'm so happy for you!" Levy squealed as she hugged her friend. A gruff looking Gajeel closely behind her, looking over at the new Fairy Tail couple.

"Guess messing with those dolls did give you guys the push you needed. Gihihi." He smirked, but one look from the solid script mage wiped the smirk from his face. It was amusing how much power such a petite woman had on such an intimidating guy.

"Come to think of it...where did the dolls disappear to? I haven't seen them since-" Lucy wondered aloud.

"What the-!"

"Kyaa! G-Gray-Sama!?" Juvia squealed ecstatically.

All heads turned towards the water mage to find her pressed up against Gray's naked torso, with his arms tightly wrapped around her. It would have been romantic if it wasn't for Grays shocked and confused expression, however that did not cover up the fact that his face was red. Juvia looked like she was going to melt into a puddle at any second.

Natsu on the other hand burst out laughing, clenching his sides as tears of mirth ran down his face. "Serves you right Stripper!"

Raising her hands to her hips Lucy turned towards a certain blue feline. "Happy..." She trailed off in a accusing tone.

"Aye? Not me! I'm eating a fish." Happy stated, and true to his words his paws were wrapped around a half-eaten fish. He took another bite, chewing with his mouth open. Carla turned her nose up at Happy's lack of table manners.

"Gajeel?"

"Don't look at me Bunny Girl, I ain't got them." He stated as he crossed his arms.

"Then who..." Levy trailed off.

Overhearing the two previous miscreants weren't the cause for his current predicament, Gray quickly glared around the room trying to source the culprit. He found her within seconds standing behind the bar, smiling innocently at him with the dolls in her hands.

"MIRA!"

Fin.

A/N: Just had to add a little of meddling Mira.

So what did you think? I hope I went in the right direction :'D I might go back and edit as I feel I've made quite a few mistakes and my writing is quite rusty so need to redo some parts. First fic I've finished wah I need to work on the others.