Lucy's POV
I find myself alone.
I stand up and walk into the kitchen.
"Natsu? Where are you?" I yell, my shout echoes through the house.
I walk back into the living room to find Gray and Juvia standing before me.
"Natsu left you," Gray says in a menacing voice.
I cringe, "n-no! He would d-do that to me!"
"He is right," Juvia says an evil glint in her eyes.
I shake my head and step back. I run out the front door.
I run into Shibukji.
He grabs my neck, lifting me off the ground.
"You disrespectful slut! You know how much trouble you could get into?" He hisses.
Shibukji throws me onto the ground and ties a rope around my hands.
He pulls me along the street just to stop at the town square.
There is a huge crowd and smoke rising from the middle of the gathered civilians.
I'm dragged to the middle.
There is a huge pile of burning wood and a bloody Natsu tied to a cross in the middle.
I gasp and tears fill my eyes.
"Natsu!!!" I scream and wake up.
I sit upright as tears stream down my cheek.
My hands find their way to my face as my whole body shakes.
"Lucy! What's wrong?!" Natsu asks, concerned.
He grabs my shoulders and looks me straight in the eyes.
"I-it was a h-horrible d-d-dream!" I stutter as he pulls me into his chest.
He strokes the top of my head and calms me down.
"Will you tell me about it?" He asks pulling himself away from me.
My hands fall from my face and I look into his eyes.
"You left me..." I say.
His frown turns into a smile and he pulls me close again.
"Lucy~ I promise on my life that I will never ever leave you," he pulls my chin up so I'm looking at him.
Is he about to kiss me?
He leans in, just inches away from my face.
A loud knock on the door interrupted the moment.
Natsu backs away and stands up. He walks over to the door and looks through the small window.
He opens it to find a guard standing there.
"Is Lucy Heartfilia here at the moment?" The man asks.
"I don't know... Why are you asking?" Natsu says.
"We are here to bring her with us. Turns out her original owner is still alive."
"She is in my ownership now. You can't take her."
"May I see your certificate?"
"I will get it."
Natsu turns around and runs into the living room.
He rummages through his things and pulls out a slip of paper.
He runs back to the door and hands the paper to the guard.
"This is from just yesterday? Shibukji reported her missing 2 weeks ago," the guard says with a confused look on his face.
"I bought her yesterday," Natsu says.
"Alright sir, sorry to bother you," the guard hands back the piece of paper and walks back down the street.
Natsu sighs and turns around.
There was awkward silence as we both look down at the ground.
I stand up and walk towards him.
"Is this how it's gonna be between us?" I ask.
"What do you mean?"
"You know... It's just awkward! I feel like we need to say what we feel about each other!" I blurted out.
"Okay? You go first or me?"
"I will. I have already tried to tell you this before but... I really l-love you Natsu..."
"You do?!" His face was clearly surprised.
"Well I mean why would I lie about that?"
"How is that not important?"
"I mean... It wasn't really important at the time...."
"Well then I should just let you know that I love you too." He smirked and wrapped his arm around my waist, pulling me closer to his body.
I put my arms on his bare chest.
This is an awkward position and I'm touching his abs....
My face turns red and I look away.
"That's adorable," Natsu says and tilts his head.
"I'm not a-adorable!" I yell pushing myself away from him.
"Fine... Your sexy."
My eyes widen and I look back up at him.
"I don't want us to just be friends anymore..." He says as a hint of pink rushes to his cheeks.
"Me neither..."
"Does this make us boyfriend, girlfriend or...?"
"Only if you want it to..."
"Well obviously I do... But do you want-"
"Oh mah Lord just kiss already!" Gray says cutting Natsu off.
"Butt out ice-princess!" Natsu yells.
Juvia and I giggle at the two.
I shake my head. I step away from him and turn towards them.
Juvia gestures for me to come by her.
She probably wants to pick out an outfit for me...
I walk up the steps as Gray walks down.
Me and Juvia walk into the bedroom and she walks into the closet.
"So you two are a thing now?" She asks from the closet.
"Yeah..." I say with a blush.
She walks out with a blue sundress.
It's light blue at the top and fades into a dark blue with a white lacy rim.
"It's so pretty!" I say.
"You can keep it, I never wear it..."
I grab the dress and walk into the bathroom.
I take a quick shower and put the beautiful dress on.
"You look soooo pretty!" Juvia squeals.
"Thank you!"
"Natsu will lllllllllloooove it!" She says as she wiggles her eyebrows.
"Is it too much?"
"Not for a date!"
"I'm g-going on a d-date?!"
"Yep! Gray and I need some alone time so you and Natsu shall go on a date!" She claps her hands together and jumps up and down.
I shake my head and giggle.
"Oh I almost forgot!" She ran back into the closet and brings out a pair of sandals.
I put them on, thank her and walk down the steps into the living room.
"Wow," I hear Natsu say.
"Thanks..." I say and blush.
"So let's go!" He grabs my hand and we run out the door.
We walk down the street and take a turn towards what I assume is a marketplace.
"Wow..." I say astonished by all of the people there.
"Isn't it cool?" He asks.
"Way beyond cool..."
We walk towards a jewelry stand.
There are beautiful necklaces and earrings and bracelets.
But what catches my eye is a beautiful silver ring with a bright green jewel.
"It's so beautiful..." I say.
"It really is..."
I turn towards Natsu who is looking at the ring.
"Let's go to the park!" Natsu yells out of nowhere making me jump.
"Sure!" I say as he runs making me follow after him.