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It hadn't taken Lucy long to figure out she had feelings for someone. She had figured it out one morning while doing yoga believe it or not. She didn't know why, but her thoughts kept going to a certain pink haired dork who always liked to run into her house and scare her. However, she didn't want to admit these feelings. So, she would write letters with hidden messages. Since she knew that he knew about the letters she had written to her mom and liked to read through them to know what she was thinking.
Today was no different. While Lucy was out shopping after a job, Natsu wanted to figure out why she was acting so strange. She wouldn't look him in the eye for the past month now. It was like torture for him because he loved her eyes. He sometimes got lost looking into them. He broke in and opened the box full of letters. As he pulled out the only one that was closed, he got the sudden feeling that he shouldn't be doing this and he should just go straight to her. However, that is not how he did things. He opened the letter:
Dear Mom and Dad,
I figured something out recently. I don't know if you guys knew this, but I think I'm in love with someone. He makes me feel so special and I don't know. I guess what I'm trying to say is that, whenever I think about him, it's always his hair, or his eyes, or even his personality. I don't understand how someone so... childish can make me feel so weak inside. I honestly think I love him and I wish I didn't because who wants to accidentally spill that news to someone. I don't exactly know how you two got together, but I wish you were still around to help me.
Anyways, on a brighter note, I finally got rent paid. I know I've been ranting about that in my other letters. My best friend, Natsu, helped me out with that.
I love you two.
I miss you.
Your daughter,
Lucy Heartfilia.
Ps. I'm planning on taking a solo vacation in a few days just to relax and try to figure things out.
Natsu looked at the last line and reread the letter. She was in love with someone, but who? He panicked because he had feelings for her. He knew he should've came out and told her and now he was too late. She was in love with another person and claimed that he was her "best friend". What a nightmare. He put the letter back and tried to figure out a way that he could talk this through with Lucy. How he could tell her his feelings. Then it hit him.
A few minutes later, Natsu was gone and the letters were back in place. Lucy had entered her home to sit at her desk and write a little bit. An hour or so later, he comes in and is looking over her shoulder, "Hey, Luce!" He said in a cheerful voice. It didn't go unnoticed how she jumped up and almost chucked a pencil at him.
She clutched her chest, "Jeez, don't you have your own house to party at? I'm busy!" She muttered and looked back at her work.
"Yeah, but my place isn't your place, so it's not cool." Natsu said in a nonchalant manner, leaving Lucy to wonder if how he could say things like that and not get all flustered, "So, what are you doing that you are too busy to hang out with your best friend?"
Lucy knew he had been reading her letters, but that one was plain private, "Fine, I'll make an exception for now."
"Is it because I'm special to you?~" Natsu said in a teasing tone which made Lucy's eyebrow twitch.
"N-no. Just because I want you to leave." Lucy said blushing and looking back down at her book. She sighed and got up and walked to her bathroom, "I'll be back. Don't... touch anything." She warned, pointing a finger at him, but not looking him in the eye.
Natsu sighed and just relaxed on her bed, he longed for her to look him in the eye and maybe a confession would be what it took. However, that would take literally all his strength to say it to her and have her reject him. So, he prepared himself, both mentally and physically, to proclaim his love for his best friend. When Lucy came back Natsu spoke up, "Well, you are special to me..." He said looking down.
"Everyone is special to you. So, it's not-" Lucy was interrupted.
"No, everyone is important to me. I know what I'm saying. You are special.. to me.." He said eagerly, getting closer to her and looking at her face.
The blush on her cheeks only grew as she looked a little shocked and finally made eye contact with him. She needed to know if he was joking around with her. She had dreams about the day where someone would confess something, but this wasn't exactly what she was expecting, "Natsu... I..." She was feeling a little speechless and on edge.
"Lucy, it's okay if you don't feel the same way. I just thought you should at least know that I had feelings for you." Natsu said, looking slightly defeated like he had been rejected by her not saying anything.
"No, Natsu... That's not it.. I..." Lucy looked off to the side and then she sighed, "This is just really hard for me to admit because we've been friends for so long, but you... you are the one I was writing about. I didn't want to tell you because I don't want things to get weird between us. I guess it was only a matter of time before I had to say something." She smiled and looked him in the eye with a certain longing.
Natsu didn't know what to think. He thought she was in love with someone else, but she just admitted to being in love with him. She saw the look in her eyes and leaned in slightly, "Nothing will be weird between us. I've been waiting for this for a long time." He smiled and waited for her to close the distance between them before kissing her softly and losing himself on her lips. His hand cupping her cheek.
Lucy had never kissed a guy before, but this was as good a place to start the relationship she had been wanting for at least a month. She tangled her fingers in his hair. Her heart was racing and she had finally felt the feelings she had been dying to feel. The heat the kiss sent through her. It was like touching flames themselves. It didn't take long for him to pull away and say the words she had been longing to hear, "I love you, Luce."
Lucy kissed his cheek and whispered in his ear, "I love you, too."