AN: I need a little help with this one. I'm kinda on the fence about continuing it :/ I have like 5 other stories to finish and I'll get to them soon, I just had a burst of inspiration for this.

Reviews on whether to continue this or not would be very much appreciated

I remember the way he looked at me; it was like he was undressing me with his eyes. He took a step towards me, I took a step back. He stepped again, and I retreated yet again. We continued like this until my back hit against the wall of my bedroom.

"N-Natsu?" I said my voice shaking.

His deep dark green eyes penetrating my brown. He was staring into my soul projecting his wants and desires "What-What are you doing?" I asked timidly as he closed the gap between us.

His hands reached up, palms slamming into the wall either side of my head. A muffled yelp escaping my lips. His face drew closer to mine. His eyes looking over my face as if he were studying it. He leaned in and sniffed. Sniffing all over my head, shoulders and torso. A bead of sweat ran from my brow down my face. I was frozen stiff.

He took on final sniff before his eyes were back staring into my own, mere centimetres between us. Why was he doing this? What had gotten into him? His eye contact was so intense, it was like trying to stare into the sun but I could'nt tear my eyes from his.

"Lucy" He finally spoke through gritted teeth. "Lucy" He sounded like he was in pain "Please. Go"

"Wait! This it my house, Nats"-

"I don't know if I can fight it"

Never before had I heard him be unsure of himself. He always knew his strengths and acknoledged his weeknesses. I wasnt sure what he was talking about, but hearing that he was unsure was unsettling.

"Natsu" I raised my hand and cupped the side of his face.

This made his body spazm and shake "Please, Lucy. I don't want to hurt you" He clenched his eyes closed
Hurt me? He was unsure if he could stop himself hurting me? Why would he hurt me?

"I never want to hurt you, Lucy." Despite the fact that he seemed in pain, these words came out calm and collected. Finally a bit of the sure Natsu returned.

"I trust you" I smiled softly

"But I don't trust myself... You just"- his eyes still closed tight with pain, his jaw clamped shut -"smell... so... good"

"Whaaa?" I was kind of shocked "You want to eat me?"

He began to sniff again, this time his nose going lower than I expected. His hands removed themselves from the wall at eather side of my head only to be placed at either side of my hips as he squatted in front of me.

"Here. The smell... here" he had to fight to get those words out. I blushed slightly. Was he talking about what I think he's talking about?
He slid back up my body. His eyes meeting mine once more.

"You're blushing" he stated. A small bit of his pain being replaced by confusion. I was even more frozen than before "Lucy... This isn't good... I... grrr" he truly was fighting a beast within himself "I want you... grrraaagh" He looked to the floor and begn muttering to himself "Igneel never explained this... why didn't he? He warned me but he never explained"-

"Nat"- his eyes shot back up to mine before I even finished his name.

"Lucy. Each second that you're here is making it harder for me to fight it. Please just g"-

"I'm not going" The words escaped my lips before I even knew what he would say "Igneel never explained this to you?" my face turned bright red, I looked at the floor "B-but maybe I can" It was embarrassing to say.

"What?" His teeth still gritted.

"Before I met you. I read a lot of books on dragon slayers" My eyes still focused on the floor "Y-you're in heat, right?" My face felt even hotter.

"Uh"

"Dragon slayers only go into heat once in their life, once they've found their true mate" I couldnt believe it, was I his? "You have to claim your mate or else you never really go out of heat" my voice trailed off.

I felt his knuckle under my chin. He pushed it up so that our eyes met once more. His hand dropped "Lucy... does that mean...?"

"Mm" I nodded

"Lucy, I'm sorry. I"-

"No, don't be. You can't help it"

"I know but, we're friends... just friends" he seemed defeated as his eyes averted to the left of me.
Me and Natsu? Me... and Natsu. I'm his true mate...

My mind was going a mile a minute.

Us. Together. A thing.

I thought about all the times we've had. All the laughs, the arguments, the smiles, the Lucy kicks, all the times he's saved me, all the times I've woken up with him in my bed next to me... Who was I kidding, I liked him. I was lonely without him. I don't know where I'd be without him. We're together constantly...

My body acted before my mind had reached a conclusion as I leaned forward and kissed his cheek.

"Huh?" His head darted back to face me.

"I told you. I'm not leaving" I smiled through the red-faced embarrassment.

He was slow to reply "But... you know"-

"I know... You have to claim me"

"And that means...?"

"You don't know?" I asked a little dumbfounded

He became a little embarrassed as he began to scratch the back of his neck "All I know is that, for the past few months, whenever I see you, or smell you, dammit, even hear you, something weird happens in my pants..." his face grew red "It goes all... pointy and I get the urge to jump on you"

This was the Natsu I knew, not that frustrated animal that pinned me against the wall. This was the Natsu that took my hand and lead me to Fairy Tail, the same guy who (even though he didn't admit to it) sent a tree down the river just so I would see it blossom, the guy who'd saved me on so many occasions. My Natsu.

"It's pointy right now" he admitted. I wanted to look down but I kept my eyes focussed on his face.

We were both embarrassed "Oh" I simply said unsure of how to reply

"Yeah"

"Well then... we'll have to do something about that" I tried to be seductive but it came out like an embarrassed mummble. I knew what I was getting into... kinda.

"Y'mean..." he suddenly realised what we were about to do

I nodded

The beast that had pinned me to this was had nearly totally disapeared, but I knew if we didn't do something now it would come back even stronger in the future. I was the cause of torture for him over the past few months and if I'm honest, I'm surprised he let it go on this long; He's usually the guy who'll say whatever's on his mind no matter what but that was usually because he would never think before he spoke, this landed him in trouble quite a lot.. usually with me.

I came out of my thoughts and looked at his face. His eyes were settled a little lower on my face. I bit my bottom lip automatically and his eyes sparked.

"Natsu?"

"Hm?" He didnt remove his eyes from my lips

"K-kiss me"

His eyes shot up to my own as if to ask me if i was sure. I replied by snaking my arms up his toned and slightly tanned ones before holding my hands behind his neck. His hands timidly wrapped around my waist, pulling me closer to him.

His breath hitched before he leaned his face down to my own. My heart was going ninty miles a minute as he got closer.

Finally our lips touched. His mouth slanting over my own. His lips were coarse and dry but so gentle. I felt his hands leave my waist and work there way up my body until he was holding my face. His kiss grew more heated. My hands let go of each other before one clutched at a tuffed of his pink hair while the other settled at the back of his neck. He pressed his body into my own and i let out a little gasp. I felt him smile against my mouth before his tongue darted in. I let out a muffled squeek in surprise as I felt his tongue slide orver the top of my mouth. I tried my best to mimic his actions and felt him groan into my mouth.

His hands left my face, slowly sliding down the parts of my body that werent pressed against his toned figure before finally resting on my bottom. I kept one hand firmly gripping his hair while the other moved down and pressed against his chest.

He began to knead my rear end and grind against me. I could feel his erection pressing against the lower part of my stomach.

His mouth left my own. I was about let out a rejected whimper but his mouth met with my neck sending a shiver down my spine; instead of a whimper of reject, I squeeked with pleasure. He sucked and nibbled on my skin before licking over the bruises he was causing. I tried to be rational, thinking of how to cover them up and how the guild would react if they saw them, but all logical was wiped from my mind as I felt him pick me up. Almost my instinct my legs wrapped around his waist.

He removed his mouth from my shoulder and looked into my eyes once more. "You have no clue what you've been doing to me over the past few months" he kissed me softly and withdrew before carrying me away from the wall and setting down on the bed, our bodies still wrapped around one another. He rested on his elbows over me, one of his hands removing a stray strand of hair from my face. I turned bright red; no one had ever looked at me like he was right now. It melted my heart.

"Lucy" he whispered

I raised an eyebrow

"I... I think I'm in love with you"

As if my heart wasn't already a melted puddle, it evaporated. I smiled and stoked the side of his face with my thumb "Idiot" I turned bright pink before pulling his face down towards mine and kissing him again.