Chapter Four

Say Goodnight and Go

Lucy opened her eyes to find Natsu staring at her warmly.

"Good morning princess."

Lucy blushed faintly.

"Good morning."

"Did you have good dreams?"

Lucy nodded, remembering how close they had been in her dream last night.

Then she noticed that he was still holding her.

"Were... Were you carrying me all night?"

She stared at him, and blushed when he nodded.

"It didn't bother you at all?" she asked.

"Nahh.." he said.

"Besides.." he looked down at her, smiling.

"You're really cute when you sleep."

Lucy buried her face into his shoulder, embarrassed.

"Natsu, you're going to make me blush!"

He laughed quietly.

"Should I put you down then?" he asked.

"Only if you want to.." Lucy mumbled, peeking up.

Natsu peered at her.

"Well your leg's better now, right?"

Lucy nodded.

"Maybe you should put me down.." she started, grinning.

"You're probably too tired to carry me further anyway."

Natsu's eyes narrowed.

"Is that a challenge?" he asked, a small grin on his face.

"Depends.. How far are we from the guild?" she asked.

"We're here." he said.

"Huh?"

Lucy looked up, and sure enough, they were back at the guild.

"Now would you like me to carry you in, or do you think you can walk now?" he asked, grinning.

Lucy huffed.

"I can walk.." she grumbled.

'So much for my plan..' she thought.

Suddenly the doors opened, and several familiar faces peered at them.

"Natsu?? Lucy??"

Gray practically choked with laughter, while Erza and Mirajane merely stared.

The color drained from Lucy's face.

"Quick put me down, put me down!!!" she squealed, squirming quickly out of Natsu's arms.

"Aww, you're no fun.." complained Natsu, although he started laughing.

Lucy went red, becoming irritated with all of the people laughing at her.

She stormed away, towards her apartment.

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Lucy's face was buried into her pillow in frustration.

It was just. so. embarrassing!!!!!!

She felt something soft around her neck, and reached up to find Natsu's scarf she'd borrowed.

'Natsu..'

Suddenly she heard a voice outside her door.

"Hey Lucy?" it was Natsu.

"I just wanted to check on you and make sure you were okay. I'm sorry about what happened at the guild."

There was a pause.

Outside the door, Natsu was feeling extremely apprehensive.

"Look, Lucy, I.."

He paused again.

Lucy slowly brought her face up, gazing towards her bedroom door.

"I wanted to tell you something.."

Natsu took a deep breath.

"Well anyway, you forgot your book. I thought I should bring it back... So I guess I'll see you later then.." he said, dropping her book gently to the floor in front of her bedroom door.

Lucy heard a gentle thud outside her bedroom door, and then Natsu was gone.

She threw open the door, and ran right past her book, down the stairs and out the door.

. . .

Natsu walked slowly down the street.

What if Lucy was mad at him for embarrassing her in front of the guild?

He'd been so close to telling her how he felt..

And he'd let it slip.

Had he been any angrier at himself he would have smashed holes in the ground where his feet landed.

Her voice was still haunting him.

He could hear it as clearly as if she were right behind him.

"Natsu!"

Natsu growled, irritated at his mind playing tricks on him.

"Natsu!"

'Would you just cut that out already!?!?!?!?!?' he screamed in his head.

'I'm not doing anything.' the voice in his head replied.

"NATSU!"

Natsu whipped around.

Lucy was right behind him.

"Lucy?" he asked, shocked.

Lucy fell short of breath and practically collapsed once she reached him.

"Natsu. You. Are. Too. Fast.." she panted.

She gazed up at him.

"Natsu.." she started.

"What was it you were going to say back there?"

So she had heard him.

"Oh, it- it was nothing just-"

"Natsu." she repeated.

Natsu swallowed hard and dug up what courage he had left inside of him.

"Lucy, do you like me?" he asked.

Lucy froze up.

"Well of course I do," she said, trying to act normal.

"I mean you're my friend!"

Natsu blinked, staring at her like he was waiting for her real answer.

Lucy reached out towards him.

"Natsu-"

She tripped on an uneven stone in the road, tumbling forward.

Her hands caught on Natsu's vest, yanking him towards her.

Their faces were an inch apart.

They stared at each other in silence for a brief moment.

Lucy brought her hands to his face, and eased in, closing her eyes.

Natsu went red, regardless of how he pulled her closer, returning her kiss.

That was when everything else seemed to fade.

The dozens of people staring at them bewilderedly.

The fact that they were in the middle of the street causing traffic to back up.

Even the fact that Gray had actually followed them, and was staring at them among the rest of the people in the streets.

All of it just seemed to fade away.

Like the key to a flame.

Lucy had unlocked his heart.

. . .

Gray snickered to himself as he pushed back through the crowd of people.

'Wait until everyone at Fairy Tail hears this..' he thought to himself.

THE END..

Sort of..

(A.N.) Awwwwwww...

So cute. X3

But Gray's going to go and be a Gossip Girl boy now. xDDDD

Now I have to think about the next fic I'm going to write bwahahahaha.

Maybe I'll go for extra drama.

Or no wait!

BIG EXPLOSIONS!

Yeah, yeah that's it..

Explosions..

..

I like explosions.. :3

WTF? Big letters. lol

Ha ha, randomness..

It's great, no?

- Anni Mae15