Lucy sighed, not entirely ready for this. She had only recently come to grips with her feelings, and after everything that had happened, she was taxed emotionally and physically. That she was urged into making a confession now bothered her, but even so she knew she couldn't put it off.

She took a deep breath preparing to speak, when Natsu interrupted her. "Lucy." He started, his smile weakening. "I wanted to say something first, before you say anything."

Laxus raised an eyebrow at his statement, and Lucy nodded for him to continue.

"I love you. You know that." She nodded in reply. "And Laxus loves you." Another nod.

Laxus watched the smaller dragon slayer think through what he was going to say, a rare thing for him to do.

"I." He paused. "I don't know if it's the same love anymore." He looked her in the eye, "I really do feel that strongly for you. I do. But I don't know. Laxus does. He is sure about his feelings for you, but I'm not." He smiled sadly, "And I think I know who you love too. Not as a brother or a friend, but." He waved his arms, growling as he couldn't figure out what he wanted to say exactly. "You know what I mean."

Lucy nodded, laughing lightly at the dragon slayer, "I think I do." She paused, looking down.

"I'm sorry, Luce."

"Don't be." She looked up at him, smiling slightly, "Although it does feel like you're rejecting me a bit."

Laxus laughed as Natsu started apologizing, trying to keep explaining what he meant by what he was saying. "Alright flame-brain, I think she gets it."

Natsu looked up at him and back at Lucy, "Do you?" She nodded.

"Natsu, we've been together for so long, it would be strange if I didn't know how you thought by now."

"But, you didn't know I loved you." He pointed out.

"Sure I did, I just didn't know in what way at the time." She smiled at him, kissing him on the cheek. "Thank you, Natsu." She put her hands on her hips, "I was planning on doing the confessing, but you did all the talking for me once."

Laxus smacked Natsu on the back, "Why don't you go find Lisanna and tell her about today. You know, I think she'd enjoy it."

Natsu nodded, pulled Lucy into a tight hug and bolted back into the guild at top speed.

"Well?" Laxus asked, looking down at the blonde.

"Well what?" She said, glancing up at him, "Oh! Are you going to tell me about the dream you had?" She asked, turning to face him.

A light blush tinted his cheeks, "That's not what I was asking about."

"What are you asking then?" She grinned playfully. "All I know is I had to tell the princess I saved how I felt. Was there more?"

"Whose this 'princess'?" Laxus huffed, a grin playing across his face, "And as far as I could tell, only Natsu made any confession."

Lucy laughed, "Seeing you were the only person in distress, I'd say you're the princess." She reached over to him, slowly.

He grabbed her hands, firmly, but not with a lot of force, pulling her into a hug, "I guess I can play that part if it means I get to be saved by you."

She smiled up at him, hugging him back. "Is that right?"

He leaned down and kissed her on the forehead. "Well?"

She looked up at him in confusion, "I figured you know now who I've chosen?"

"Of course I do." He smiled proudly and kissed her softly on the lips before pulling out of the hug. He retrieved his headphones from where they were clipped to her shirt. Pressing a few button on the device, he turned up the volume, and clipped them to his pants.

Lucy watched him, confused at his actions. She had confessed to him in a roundabout way, but she figured he'd be happy not fiddling with his music. She heard sound come from the small speakers, and saw him pull an object out of his pants pocket. How he had stashed something in them since they had arrived back in the guild she had no idea, but she gasped in delight as he held it before her then clipped it around her neck.

"I got this from the job we went on last, and had kept it in my coat. It's a good thing I had left it behind when Crystal whisked me away to her magic castle."

Lucy brought her hand up to the charm on the necklace, a series of iridescent stars hung down off of a delicate chain, the crystals in the stars glittering in the sunset.

"I take it you like it." He smiled down at her. Taking a step back, he skipped ahead to the next song on his soundpod, the melody similar to the song from their first dance. Laxus swept his arm in front of him, bowing deeply. "Well?" He asked again, "Shall we dance?"

Lucy smiled brightly as she looked at the blonde before her. His hair was still a mess, with bits of the green liquid still scattered about in the spikes. He still wore no shirt, and looked like he could use a week's sleep. She knew she wasn't in much better shape, but right now, in that moment, she didn't care.

She took his hand, curtsying, "We shall."

(End)

Well here it is. the end of a long run. I hope you all enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it. To be frank, I had a very hard time ending this, there was much that I wanted to elaborate on or continue expressing, but I didn't want it to drag on for too long and turn it into something it wasn't meant to become. Even so, i hope you all enjoyed the story, and I will try to do some more in the near future. Not necessarily another LaLu fic to say, but just more stories in general.

Thank you all for all the reviews over the past year, and I look forward to seeing you all in the future.

Only Crystal is my character, All other named characters are property of Hiro Mashima from his series, Fairy Tail.

This is meant to be a fan fiction, written by a fan (Shey), for entertainment purposes only.