Spin

The guild bustled with a type of life that could be only found within the walls of Fairy Tail, but for a certain Pink haired dragon slayer at that specific space in time couldn't have been moving any slower. Natsu blinked hard, reaching up a hesitant hand to touch the soft skin of his partner's face.

"Lucy, you look…different." The words pushed through parted lips without his permission, but he didn't care because he spoke of the truth. She must have done something different to her hair, maybe she used a different shampoo. All he knew was that she smelled wonderful, and she looked like a new light shone over her. She smiled at him, and the effect sent his brain into a whirling mess of mushy thoughts and dizzying images.

"Really?" She looked down at herself, frowning, "I didn't do anything differently this morning.

He took a step closer, eyes growing more intense at the proximity. Despite himself, everything (the sounds, the smells, the people) fell away, leaving him alone with her. Her scent, which had always been nice, filtered in through his nostrils and gripped whatever was left of the sensible part of his mind, forcing it into submission. With a head full of clouds, a nose full of a scent that only served to draw him closer to her, and sense of vertigo like no other, Natsu leaned in, pressing his lips to hers in a firm, yet sweet kiss.

Gasps broke out around him, and like a splash of cold water to the face everything came back into focus. He pulled away, wide eyes meeting the surprised browned ones of his best friend.

"Oh my god," She whispered, her face going pale for all of two seconds before an angry blush painted its colors over her cheeks, "What?" She seemed unable to put together any further words.

Looking off to the side, he fought down the force of his own blush crawling up his neck. "Uhhh," He didn't know what to say. How could he explain himself when he didn't even know what got into him.

"Well, well, well," A feminine, slurred voice broke the tense moment, "Look who finally grew some balls!" Cana's crude remark triggered various cheers and cat calls of agreement.

A hand clamped down on his shoulder, and he looked up to see the narrow eyes of Gajeel Redfox eying him. The iron dragon slayer wore a smug smirk on his lips as he spoke. "I think we have to have a little talk. Sorry Bunny girl but I need to steal your Romeo away for a while." He snickered at Lucy's poor excuse for a flustered rebut.

"Come Salamander, we have a lot to speak about."

Out of the corner of his eye he saw Levy coming up behind Lucy. He never got to see the blue haired book worm confront her as Gajeel tugged him of the guild by the ends of his scarf.

AN: This short story originated on Tumblr as a free write. It will be continued their daily as a warm up for my actual writing. I also have other pieces of writing there so you guys should check it out! My penname is the same as on this site: Ksrjah. Also, updates for this story will be put up a day earlier than on FF!