Pink 3

(Ps. The file did something weird with copy paste but it's 4 am and I need to upload this so I tried to quickly fix it okay? XD)

Natsu didn't know what to do. Frankly, he had a headache and his fists hurt from punching the hotel wall which he was not looking forward to paying for... but, he didn't really care. He couldn't bring himself to think about breaking a wall when he'd just broken something much, much more important than a wall he could easily pay for.

It took him a while to figure out just what had bothered her. Sure, it seemed like she was mad about him not telling her about him being Salmon, but Lucy never exploded at him in pure rage. She knew how that affected him, how it made memories of countless nights spent hiding from his foster 'Parent' Acnologia resurface. He was better now, he didn't think of that as often with Lucy in his life but it was still possible to affect him so negatively.

He couldn't bring himself to truly think to deeply into it this time though. Lucy seeped through every crack in his mind and took over. Natsu could barely think about the scar on his neck or dark closets with Lucy to worry about. He had to, had to make up with her. How? Well, he wasn't really too sure. First, he needed her to come to the show. Could be make up to her as Salmon? Would that mean anything to her?

He wasn't good with this sappy romance stuff. Loving Lucy was as easy as breathing, and he made a point to just do what his heart said. He was never one to seriously think actions through.

His heart wasn't telling him jack this time, and he'd never felt more betrayed by himself to be honest. Was there even anything he could do?

The singer just sighed. He couldn't give up so easily, not with something as precious as Lucy involved.

Especially when Lucy was more than precious. Lucy was a level of special nothing could really compare too. If Lucy knew just how special she was, she wouldn't have doubted him like that, wouldn't have accused him of enjoying seeing her make a fool of herself. How was she making a fool of herself? He would be lying if he said he didn't enjoy listening to her praise him so highly but how does one just say they're some famous singer. "Yo. I'm salmon. You think it's pink but it's salmon. Wassup?" He didn't think so.

So when he finally deducted it was more betrayal than just anger for being 'left outta the loop', he felt like sobbing. He had hurt her, the single most important thing to him. In a way, he didn't want her to forgive him so easily. He didn't mean to be like that creep from Celestial Impact- Virgo?- and ask for punishment or whatever it was she rambled about. It's just that he would feel terrible if she forgave him just by a simple sorry, because she deserved better, she deserved to be shown how much she mattered. That can't be shown with just I'm sorry. It needed to be from his heart. Or at least, that's what Google said about making up with people. Nevermind Google, though.

"Natsu?" Natsu looked up to see the youngest band member, Wendy. She looked concerned.

"Wendy? Do you need something or-" Natsu tried to offer his help for whatever it was she needed. Lucy or not, he had a band and family here to take care of.

"Gajeel!" She burst out. "Gajeel left and hasn't been back since yesterday! I'm really worried for him... Cobra said not to worry but I can't help worrying!" She cried out, her hands waving in the air.

"But we have to go set up the stage..." Natsu said. Wendy nodded quickly through watering eyes. "I'm worried for the concert and for Gajeel."

"Well... I know where Gajeel probably is. He went out on a date with Levy yesterday." Natsu recalled. "Levy is Lucy's- the girl I told you about?- best friend. I was at Lucy's house yesterday and he came and picked up Levy, who was over at Lucy's house." He clarified for the young teen.

"Oh, that makes sense. Why did he stay the night if it's just a date? Wait, actally, nevermind. Eep!" Wendy blushed profusely. Natsu really doubted that happened. Gajeel probably just loafed around or something and fell asleep in his car outside Levy's house. He was one to do that.

"So he'll be here soon. Now that that's cleared up, did Gajeel give away your identity? He was there and saw you right?"

Natsu shrugged. "Kinda. We recognized each other and after he left with Levy, Lucy kind of persuaded me to tell her..."

"She knows? I think that's good, though. Less secrets in the relationship, right?" She giggled.

Natsu shook his head dejectedly. "She didn't handle it very well, you could say. She freaked and kicked me out of her apartment. I dunno why I didn't tell her earlier. I just didn't?" The salmonette smiled. "I'm gonna fix it though! She'll be falling into my arms and fawning and then I'll lean down and she'll lean up and-"

"Okay, okay. I getcha. How?" Wendy interrupted.

"Well, that's the problem..." He began.

"You have no idea, do you?" Wendy deadpanned. "You're so helpless, bubba." Natsu smiled at the old nickname that hadn't been used in forever.

"You should help me, then!" He exclaimed.

"You're asking a 15 year old for romance help?" Wendy laughed. "Well, I doooo read a lot of romance novels. Fine, fine." She leaned forward secretively, her brain already working fast.

"So, here's the plan."

"Lu, you have to go."

"But I can't! I hate him!" Lucy complained to Levy. She knew she had no right to tell her petite friend about Natsu being pink, salmon, whatever it was... but she did anyways.

"Lu, seriously. Your relationship with your best friend is at stake." Levy attempted to persuade her to go.

"My 'relationship with my best friend' is Capitol O over." Lucy stated adamantly, making quotation marks in the air.

"Do you really want that?" Levy asked.

"...No... how could I? But can I trust him?" She sighed.

"Everybody keeps secrets, Lu. Not to mention, maybe he just didn't want to tell anybody. To keep the secret a, you know, secret?" She guessed weakly.

"Couldn't he trust me to keep it?" the blonde sulked.

"Maybe you should ask him. Go to the concert!" Levy urged. "Gajeel said it after this they're touring Europe. Do you know how long that will be and how far away it is? Fiore and Europe are on different sides of the Earthland! It'll be ages before he's back."

When Lucy didn't answer, Levy took a more serious approach.

"Lucy."

Said blonde was caught off guard - Levy never called her Lucy, only Lu."

"Wasn't it Natsu who helped you through that terrible break up with Dan? It was him who beat up Jet and Droy. He's always been there for you and me. He had to have wanted to make up with you, that's why he left the ticket. Please, Lucy. If not for you, then for me." Levy pleaded hopefully.

Lucy sighed painfully. "Fiiine. I'll go." She crossed her arms and ignored Levy's cheers.

"So," Levy began, "what do you wear to make a boy regret all his life choices?"

Natsu wasn't nervous.

He wasn't one to get nervous. He never had been. Other than maybe the time he finally ran away from his foster dad, but that was an exception.

He was slightly worried, yes. Nervous? No. So what if he wasn't overly confident about the plan? After all, the plan was less of a plan and more of a single action... but he was putting a lot at stake, especially since he didn't even know if she'd be there.

He really hoped she was there.

He should have gone and broken her door down and apologized to her last night; that's what he would have done in high school. Instead he was taking romance advice from a 15-year old who he knew hadn't so much as experienced an ounce of romantic love, much less the amount that pulsed through him.

God, he was becoming a sap, wasn't he?

The plan would be put into motion in just twenty minutes. He could hear the roar of the crowd and the usual adrenaline pumped him up, despite the overlying fear of utter rejection and hate.

In a last ditch effort, he pulled out his Galaxy Phone and found Levy's contact. He sent her a quick, "she coming or no?". Knowing Lucy, she would have gone to Levy about the situation quickly. He didn't really care if Levy knew about him, at this point. After all, it wouldn't matter anymore if he put the plan into motion.

After a few minutes, he almost jumped and cheered in joy and relief when he received a "Yes. Fix this or else."

He just hoped Wendy knew what she was talking about.

The room suddenly shushed as a voice rang put over the speakers in the large concert hall, followed by large cheers. The whole band ran onto stage, spouting their usual arguments and the likes clarifying their names and Dragon titles even though everyone already knew them. Soon enough, music was playing, and Natsu took a deep breath from inside his smoldering hoodie and lost himself to the cheer of the crowd.

"Fairy, where are you going?"

Lucy looked up at her boyfriend... ex-boyfriend? She didn't really know anymore. She looked up at him, nonetheless. Like everyone else in the room, she lost herself for the first bit, she forgot herself, she forgot the romance, and she was her normal, Fire Dragon Slayer self.

The band played all her favorites. She wasn't sure how they had all of them lined up but they did, and she was ecstatic to hear them live.

Before she even knew it, two hours had passed and the band was saying their goodbyes to the crowd, thanking ecstatic to hear them live.

Lucy's heart pulsed wildly when she saw Natsu. She didn't expect him to do anything on stage, of course. Be had an identity to maintain. The whole secret identity act kept him from saying anything too personal up there. Lucy would hand around for a while and see if he came to her after the show, she decided. She wanted to hang onto the hope that he cared.

"Wait." A voice said, just as people started to leave, but before anybody could actually empty out.

"So, you all probably know I'm an idiot." It was Natsu. "You might not know much about me. For instance, I'm not Pink, I'm Salmon." He urged the crowd, causing a laugh to roar through the room. "But you probably don't know that I screwed up big time." The laughing quieted.

Lucy was conflicted. Should she dare to hope? There was no way he would apologize on stage like that.

"By keeping my identity a secret, I caused someone I care about a lot of pain." Her heart stopped. "So, I'm gonna not keep my identity a secret anymore. Cause I'm not sure what else I can do."

The screams that erupted from the room during the concert and songs themselves didn't nearly compare to the nose resonating through the room now. If Lucy wasn't so dazed, she would be worried about her hearing. She couldn't think straight and she thought her eyes might cross and she just might faint. He wasn't really going to give up his identity, was he? She thought she saw his head tilt towards her. She was in a designated seat, since she was a lucky one and got a chair from her ticket. Natsu would know where she was but... was this all for her? Who else could it be for?

The only thing that could drag Lucy out of her thoughts was the screeching and squeals and shouts which intensified. She looked more directly at Natsu, whose pink hair was an absolute mess.

Wait, his hair?

He actually did it. Lucy's brain nearly stopped functioning. "Natsu..." she whispered with wide eyes. She hadn't expected him to actually reveal himself.

"My name," he grumbled out, with that deep voice she swoons over, "is Natsu Dragneel."

"I originally hid my identity cause I was embarrased. Yeah, me, embarassed. I blame puberty. But then it just became a thing between me and all of you guys, you know? Plus, I got to walk around like a normal human and not worry about stuff like getting mobbed by someone who wants to worship my socks, no offense to y'all." The crowd laughed. "But I also kept the secret from that special person," the crowd gasped and Lucy bit her lip, "for no real reason. I should'a told her, but I just never did. And she found out and kinda erm... I think she felt betrayed. And I dunno what else to do, 'cause I got no excuses." She could see people in the crowd gasping or shooting him disapproving looks.

"Wendy told me publicly apologizing like this would be best. Don't judge me for getting advice from a 15 year old. You know how I am with thinking and stuff." A roar emitted from the crowd. "But I'm really, really sorry, Lucy. I'll never keep secrets again, just... please, I'm sorry.'

That's when her heart stopped. That's when she nearly fainted and screamed at the same time. That's when she realized he was looking at her, silently begging her.

She just nodded. She returned a a silent "I forgive you."

The look of relief that crossed his features nearly made her melt.

Natsu let out a cheerful laugh, filled with pure joy.

The crowd cheered, unknowing of the communication between the two. They were wishing him good luck.

Later that night, Natsu showed up at her front door.

Lucy had gone home after the show. Not directly home, as she'd stopped at the store for something, but home nonetheless. She knew he'd show up later, and that she didn't have to wait to see him after the concert.

She felt her phone buzz with tons of emails from things about Pink she'd subscribed to, but ignored them.

It was exactly 3 hours and 9 minutes after the concert (not that she was keeping track or anything... pshh!) When she heard a knock on the door. She answered it, but before she could get a word out she felt a stuffed animal collide with her face.

"Hey!" She shouted accusingly.

"Oops. Umm, didn't mean to shove it. Erm. Sorry? I got you this stuffed... dog? It says dog but I'm pretty sure it's a snowman. Aah... Are you okay, Luce? Did I do something stupid again?" Lucy gaped at him wordlessly as he held the stuffed dog out to her.

The blonde looked up at Natsu. She grabbed it and held it to her chest tightly. "Plue." Was all she said.

"Plue?" Natsu asked quizzically.

"Name." Lucy said simply. Tears were welling up in her eyes and she was biting her lip and her body shook with sobs. Natsu's eyes widened as he shook his hands around her frantically. "Plue? That's a perfect name! Ahh! Stop crying!" Lucy cried even more at seeing how he was concerned for her.

It was at bit before she calmed down. Natsu's eyes were wide and she giggled, still sniffling a bit.

"I got you something too." She squeaked out. Hand in hand, she led him to her bedroom. She picked a small, blue stuffed cat off of her flaming bed. It had wide eyes, a small green backpack that you could actually open, and soft, magical looking wings. Definitely an oddity. She knew Natsu had a weakness for cats, and a weakness for things she gave him, too.

She handed the cat to him and looked at him hopefully. Would he like it?

"Happy." At her confused face, he just grinned. "Name."

Lucy let out a giggle, which became a snort, which became a laugh. Natsu smiled pridefully at his ability to be the one to make her laugh like that, and soon laughed along.

After a while they calmed down. Both of them held their stuffed animals close to them. They were already prized family members.

"Just to clarify," Natsu said, "did you forgive me? I don't know if there's something more I need to do, but I'll do it! It looked like you were saying it's okay at the concert but I wasn't sure and now you're being like this with me and all..."

Lucy smiled brightly and sat Plue on the bed. She pulled Natsu in by his scarf and violently smashed his lips onto hers.

"Does that answer your question?" She asked after they pulled away for air.

Natsu just grinned. "I dunno Luce, I might need a little more clarification."

Lucy rolled her eyes and pulled him in for a kiss, this time slower, with more gentle love than passion.

International superstar or not, Natsu would always just be a cheesy dork... but Lucy wouldn't have him any other way.

I FINISHED IT EEEEEEP! My first fanfiction is done :D I dunno what I'm going to write next. I could write more for this since someone said It could be a full story, but I dunno. Think I should? xD.

And guys. Ahcidnxosnsodndisnd. I screamed at every review okay :0 like, I'm glad nobody was home when I saw most of them because I flipped and kind of rolled aroun and squealed and... thank you so much :0

So, just to kind of quickly reply... cause why not xD yep, very heated indeed :0, I'm really glad you think it's interesting!, I'm glad you like it! I tried to make it uniqueish so I'm glad I actually achieved that xD, yep just a threeshot! Do you really think it would make a good full fledged story?, SCREAMS I'M GLAD YOU LIKE IT /A/, and yes poor natsu ;^;

But really, thank you ;;;A;;;;

this is only my first fanfiction and I'm not sure how I feel about the ending... or my awkward kissing scenes... but overall I'm pretty happy with finally having finished something on here!

Anyways, I hope you enjoyed the final chapter to pink!