When Natsu walked into the guild hall that morning he noticed that something was off. All of the girls had different presents and were either standing next to the guys that they hung out with the most or they were in little groups. He notices Gray and Gajeel talking in the corner and decides to go ask them what's up.
"Hey guys what's going on around here?" He asks with a cheerful grin.
"Nothing much, the girls are just enjoying their White Day presents and showing them off to each other." Gray explains.
"Their what?" Natsu asks.
Gray and Gajeel look at each other and then start laughing so hard that they have to hold their stomachs.
"Hey guys, whoever bet on Natsu remembering better pay up!" Gajeel shouts and a few of the guys in the guild grumble.
"Seriously Macao, you thought seriously thought Natsu would remember White Day?" Wakaba asks.
"Well Lucy gave him chocolates for Valentine's Day so I thought that meant he'd remember. Guess I was wrong." Macao sighs and hands some jewel over to Wakaba.
"What the heck is White Day?" Natsu asks Gray and Gajeel.
"It's the second part of Valentine's Day." Gray explains "It's when the guys give the girls that gave them chocolate presents."
"I think I really nailed my present." Gajeel says, pun intended as he watches Levy show off the bookcase that Gajeel made her out of iron.
Gray chuckles from the pun and decides to make one of his own.
"Yeah well mine's pretty chill." He says and looks at Juvia who was proudly showing off a necklace similar to his own.
"Those are some awesome gifts!" Natsu says. "So what did Lucy get?"
Gray and Gajeel snicker.
"You tell me Salamander." Gajeel says.
Natsu looks confused so Gray has to clarify.
"You were supposed to get her a gift Natsu." Gray says.
"Wait what!?" Natsu exclaims. "Why do I have to do that?"
"Because she got you chocolate on Valentine's Day dumbass!" Gajeel says. "Now she's gonna be the only girl in the guild who didn't get a gift for White Day."
Natsu looks over to where Lucy was talking to Levy and Juvia. She wasn't smiling and the girls were patting Lucy's shoulders comfortingly. She gave both girls a smile and held their hands to reassure them that she was alright but Natsu knew Lucy better than that.
"I-I'll be right back!" Natsu says and quickly runs out of the guildhall.
"Dammit I have no idea what to get Lucy." Natsu grumbles as he walks down the street. "I don't even know the right place to look! What can I get her that she doesn't already have aside from rent money?"
Natsu's original plan was to get her rent money. It was a practical gift and he was sure she'd appreciate it, but then Erza ran into him, heard about his plan and slapped him in the face and screamed "You can't just give a girl cash on White Day! That tells her that you know nothing about her and that you don't appreciate her! You know Lucy well enough by now that you should be able to give her a real present! Put in some more effort!"
So now here he was with a handprint on his cheek and at a loss for what to do. He perks his head up when he smells someone familiar. Little Asuka was just ahead of him on the side walk, skipping towards him, licking a big heart-shaped lollipop with a teddy bear under her arm with a pink present bow on it. Natsu smiles and realizes he just found the perfect person to ask for help.
"Hey there Asuka, where'd you get those?" He asks and squats so he can be at her level.
"Hey Natsu! My daddy gave them to me since I made him chocolates with mommy for Valentine's Day last month. I got a teddy bear and a lollipop and mommy got a really pretty necklace. She was so happy when daddy gave it to her! She kissed him all over his face!" Asuka giggles.
"That sounds awesome. You know I'm looking for a present for Lucy. Would you happen to know where I can get one?" Natsu asks.
"Oh I know the perfect place!" Asuka exclaims and bounces on her feet excitedly.
"Great, can you tell me where?" Natsu asks eagerly.
"I can..." Asuka says then gets a mischievous look on her face. "But it's gonna cost you!"
"Since when have you started charging for advice? What do you need money for!" Natsu exclaims angrily.
"It's not money that I want." Asuka says. "It's something else."
Natsu frowns at her, not liking this arrangement. But he was desperate so he didn't have a choice.
The next thing he knew, he was in a toy store with Asuka.
"Wow I haven't been in here since I was the same size as you." Natsu says. "You sure Lucy would want something from here, this stuff's all for little kids." Natsu says.
"Trust me! Daddy gets mommy stuffed animals from here as presents! And you break into Lucy's house all of the time you've probably seen stuffed animals in there haven't you?" Asuka asks.
Natsu rubs his chin in thought. He did remember seeing one or two stuffed animals in there so that route was probably a safe bet.
He goes over to the shelf and his jaw drops when he sees all of the options that were there.
"Why the heck are there so many different animals and so many different colors! How am I supposed to pick one!" Natsu whines.
He arches his eyebrow when he notices a blue bunny that had a bow on it that looked just like the one Lucy wore in her hair. Then everything else came together when he remembered something that happened on their way back to the guild from their last job...
"Natsu I'm hungry." Happy whined and laid across Natsu's growling stomach.
"I know, I am too. But Lucy had to go take a leak and you know she refuses to do that anywhere near us. Pranked her by lighting her skirt on fire one time-" Natsu complained before he heard Lucy scream.
He got up so fast that Happy faceplanted into the dirt. He charged towards the sound of Lucy's scream and soon he saw her standing in a clearing overlooking a meadow and he lit up his fist, ready to burn down anything that was threatening her.
"Natsu what are you-whoa!" Lucy exclaimed as she was suddenly pulled into Natsu's chest with one of his arms while the other one was ignited and surveying the landscape for danger.
"Lucy what happened I heard you scream, did something hurt you?" Natsu asks.
Lucy was blushing furiously and stammering.
"N-no, everything's fine." She squeaked out and untangled herself from his arm.
"Then why'd you scream?" Natsu asked.
"Because I saw something cute." Lucy said and smiled.
"Cute?" Natsu asked.
Lucy nodded then pointed to the rabbit that was hopping in the field.
"Alright!" Happy exclaimed, flying next to Natsu's head. "You found lunch!"
"Yep, I'm starving and that rabbit's gonna tast really good grilled up-" Natsu said.
"No don't!" Lucy exclaimed and put her hand over his fist as she ran in front of him.
Natsu felt his chest tighten when she looked at him with those pleading eyes.
"Rabbits are precious and adorable! Why would you want to hurt one?" Lucy asked.
"Sorry Luce, I didn't know you liked rabbits so much." Natsu said softly, worried that he'd made her upset with him. "I'm just so hungry."
"Then we'll go get you some food that's not the most adorable animal to exist." Lucy said and took his hand to lead him towards a river to find some fish.
Natsu smiles and picks the bunny up off of the shelf and looks at it, trying to imagine the look of pure joy that would be on Lucy's face when he gave this to her.
"Lucy are you feeling okay?" Juvia asks as she fiddles with the pendent on her new necklace.
"I'm fine." Lucy says with a small smile.
"Don't lie to Juvia. It's clear you're upset that Natsu didn't get you anything for White Day." Juvia says.
"Well I am a little upset but to be honest I wasn't really expecting him to get me anything." Lucy admits. "He's not interested in romance. When I gave him his Valentine's Day chocolate he just assumed I was giving it to him to be nice, he didn't know what it really meant..."
"Lucy!" Asuka shouts as she runs into the guild hall.
The blonde turns around to see Asuka running towards her.
"Hey Asuka what's up?" She asks.
"Natsu's got something for you!" She says cheerfully.
Lucy blushes before looking up when she senses a shadow over her and sees Natsu blushing with both hands behind his back.
"You got me something?" Lucy asks, her heart pounding as she stands up in front of him.
"Yeah. The guys told me I'm supposed to give you a present today and I ran into Asuka and she showed me a place to get a gift for you!" Natsu explains.
"You did?" Lucy asks.
Asuka giggles and nods.
"Yeah she was a big help." Natsu says. "And here's your gift!"
Lucy held her hands up under her chin and let out a delighted gasp when Natsu presented her with a blue bunny.
"Oh Natsu..." she says as she takes it from his hands.
"Awww..." a few of the guild members watching say when they see Lucy hug the toy close to her chest.
"It's perfect Natsu I love it so much!" Lucy says.
"Aw it was nothing." Natsu says and scratches the back of his head.
"Alright Natsu, time to pay up!" Asuka says and tugs on his pant leg.
"Pay? For what?" Lucy asks Natsu.
"Since she showed me where the store was to get you that bunny I owe her a favor." Natsu explains. "Alright kiddo what do you want? Candy? Cake?"
"Oooo cake sounds super yummy!" Asuka exclaims and claps her hands.
Lucy giggles at how cute she was and smiles at the bunny in her arms. He remembered that she liked them...and her favorite color being blue, and the ribbon on the bunny even matched the one in her hair!...How thoughtful...
"But I want you to give Lucy a kiss on the lips!" Asuka declares.
The whole guild gasps. They all start muttering on if Natsu's really gonna do it or not. Lucy and Natsu's faces were bright red. Lucy hides hers behind her bunny and Natsu sinks into his scarf a bit.
"No no no no!" Happy shouts and flies away. "I know how this goes and I'm not letting it happen again!"
"You're asking for that again?" Natsu asks.
"Yep!" Asuka says. "The last time with Happy was cheating! I want you to kiss her for real this time."
"Alright then, sorry Luce, that bunny was supposed to be a gift but it looks like it's gonna cost ya." Natsu apologizes then gasps when he sees her standing right in front of him.
"Seems like more of a bonus gift to me." Lucy says and blushes as the whole guild gasps and Cana of all people almost chokes on her liquor when she hears what Lucy said.
"Luce..." Natsu asks softly.
"Kiss me Natsu." Lucy begs.
He was quick to grant her request and with one sharp intake as he cups her cheek and leans in, their lips met.
Cana's vodka bottle slips from her hand and shatters on the floor at the same time the entire guild gasps again as they bear witness to Natsu and Lucy's first ever kiss. Then it was quickly followed by wolf whistles from the men and applause as well as praises for Natsu and Lucy. Makarov was sniffling and crying as he watched their embrace.
"I saw him take his first job, win his first fight, and now I get to see his first kiss." Makarov broke down crying. "He's a grown man now!" he blows his nose in his cape.
"Yeah I wouldn't go so far as to say that just yet." Laxus tells his grandpa.
When they finally part they're both grinning and blushing horribly. Lucy kept herself close to Natsu, feeling slightly uncomfortable with all of this attention on her.
"Luce, can I kiss you again?" Natsu asks softly.
"Of course but Natsu everyone's staring at us." Lucy blushes and buries her face in his neck which only earned more cheers, which causes her to giggle.
"I don't care about them, the only person I'm acknowledging in this room right now is you. But if they want to watch, might as well give 'em a show." Natsu says and smirks.
Lucy gasps in surprise as Natsu suddenly dips her. One of her arms quickly wraps around his neck to hold onto him while he wraps one arm around her lower back to support her as he holds her up and the other hand is supporting her neck as he kisses her and the guild erupts into another frenzy.
"It looks like Natsu's the one who nailed the gift this year boys." Panther Lily says and Gajeel laughs heartily while Gray gives a small smile.
"Yeah Salamander sure did top me this year if he got Lucy to make out with him in front of the guild. Thankfully no one was betting on him to give the best gift so none of us lose any jewel. But I also didn't win any so that kind of pisses me off. I'll beat him up for it tomorrow though, as his friend I should let him enjoy this moment today, gihee." Gajeel says.
"Yeah, I wouldn't want to sour Natsu's mood by freezing his lips off just when he figured out what to do with them." Gray jokes.
Happy flies back inside after hearing the commotion in the guild hall.
"Hey what's going on in here? Is it safe to- WAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" Happy screams at the sight of his two best friends making out. "How long was I gone what year is it?" He stammers before floating to the ground and fainting.
A/N: Hoppy White Day!
