Bonus Prompt: Bare

I do not own Fairy Tail.

Over the years, Natsu's house had taken quite a beating. He had never been the greatest at taking care of it in the first place. The only time it got cleaned was when Lisanna came over when he was younger, when Lucy came over when he was older, or when Erza forced him to clean it.

Then it fell into even more disarray when he started spending all of his time at Lucy's apartment, neglecting his own home.

It's best to not even mention what state it was in after disappearing on Tenroujima for seven years.

Natsu had spent a lot of time attempting to fix it after that.

Well, a good chunk of time.

Ok, next to no time. After all, why should he when Lucy's apartment was so much better? He at least fixed the door though, that was something.

But, as could be expected for Fairy Tail, one thing led to another and more battles took place, and Natsu ended up leaving. He had to. After watching Igneel die, he couldn't stay. So he left to go train, taking only Happy with him.

He was gone for a year. When he finally got back, it was a long time before he was able to approach his house again.

The place was a shambles and barely standing. Even he had to cringe at the sight.

At the time, he had just turned away, making his way towards Lucy's comfy bed.

He didn't even think about the place for over a year after that, having unofficially moved in with Lucy. (It was really just him invading her apartment and her not kicking him out completely, but Natsu didn't care about that.)

It was when Lucy was receiving praises for her newly published book that Natsu finally realized something.

Something that spurred him into action once they got home to Magnolia.

He ran right to his house and tore it down, tearing every last bit of it to shreds and getting rid of it.

Then, he slowly began to rebuild.

Helping to rebuild the guild building so often had taught him a surprising amount about construction.

The only help he accepted was Happy's, whom he had sworn to secrecy, even from Carla.

Slowly, the house began to take shape. He had completely rearranged the layout. The kitchen was bigger, along with the living room. There was now a second floor with two more bedrooms and another bathroom then compared to before. Natsu not only made a porch, but also a balcony that led to the master bedroom on the upper floor.

Natsu did some light furnishing. Appliances, a few pictures, and a nice oak table with matching chairs. Mostly, he left the decorating for her to do.

But, at least the house was complete. The outside walls were a charcoal gray stone at the bottom, but the walls themselves were painted a light pink, with a shingled roof that matched the stone. He had even gone the extra mile and put in a little yard and garden around the place, clearing a few trees to really give it that 'cottage-in-the-woods' feel.

It had taken him a while, but finally the house was done. There was only one more thing he needed.

"Natsu, where are we going? We've been walking forever!" Lucy whined, trying to get her blindfold off.

Natsu slapped her hand away, "Relax, we're almost there."

"You've been saying that for 20 minutes."

"Well this time it's true." he said, rounding the last corner of the path before they got to his house.

Slowly, he guided her to stand right in front of it, making sure it was the perfect spot before lifting the cloth off of her eyes.

"Natsu…" she whispered, looking at it in wonder, "This...it's amazing."

"Do you like it?" he asked nervously.

Lucy nodded enthusiastically, "It's perfect. But, why show me your house? Why change it?"

She looked at him curiously. He cleared his throat, still as nervous as before. After all, the two of them weren't actually together, so she had no reason to accept it.

"Because...it's yours." he said.

Lucy was silent for a moment.

"What?"

Natsu took a deep breath, grabbing both her hands in his, "Luce, it's yours. I tore down my house and rebuild it with my bare hands, for you."

"Why?"

"I'm giving you a home Lucy. Whether you like it or not, I'm giving you a home." Natsu quickly shook his head, "No, I'm giving you a house. But I want to make it into a home with you. What do you say?"

Lucy was silent for another moment, letting it sink in, before she started laughing.

"You idiot," she said between giggles, "You already gave me a home. You brought me to Fairy Tail."

"Yeah, I guess so." he smiled at her, "But that's not what I meant."

Lucy tilted her head, "What did you mean then?"

Natsu took another deep breath.

Then, he sunk down to one knee.

"Lucy Heartfilia," he said, ignoring her jaw dropping expression, "I don't know when I fell in love with you, all I know is that I did. I can't bear the thought of you with anyone else and I don't want to waste another moment. With how often we get into guild wars, there's a chance we could lose each other at any moment. And I refuse to let that happen without first asking you this: Will you marry me?"

By the time he finished speaking, Lucy had tears rolling down her cheeks, making no move to wipe them away.

"Yes!" she cried, "Yes!"

Natsu burst out into a relieved chuckle, a smile spreading over his face. Standing back up, he brought her in for their first kiss.

They both felt plenty of fireworks.

"Bout time!" Cana burst out, slinging an arm around both of them, breaking both the kiss and the moment, "Can we celebrate now?!"

"What are you…" Lucy's question trailed off as she looked around and saw the entire guild emerging from various hiding places in the forest.

Natsu shrugged, still smiling, "I thought you'd like a housewarming party."

Lucy started laughing again before leading them all into her new home.

There, they definitely had a housewarming party, Fairy Tail style.

Lucy bemoaned her new broken windows.

Gramps could only pat her back understandingly.

Professor: So, I originally wasn't planning on doing the bonus prompts. Then this idea popped into my head and here we are. So I guess I am! Well, it ended with a cute Nalu drabble, so I'm happy lol.

Update 12/8/2019: Hello everyone. I know that when I updated this, I said I would be posting Crossover as well, but there were some issues that came up so I am sorry to say I will not be posting the last bonus prompt for Nalu Week 2019. Sorry if you were looking forward to it. However, in the future I will be taking my Nalu Treasure prompt and expanding it into a multi-chapter story so keep an eye out for it!