Natsu was sitting at a table at a local outdoor cafe close to the sidewalk in Magnolia, where he and his trusty Exceed partner Happy were stopping for a quick bite to eat after their mission.

"Oh man, this really hits the spot after a long day, eh Happy?" Happy was munching on a fish while Natsu was currently picking up his steak with his hands and dipping it in steak sauce before munching on it.

"Aye sir!"

Just then, the two noticed a familiar blue-haired water mage approaching them. "Juvia?"

"Hello Natsu, Happy. Do you mind if Juvia joins you for dinner?"

Natsu sat there for a few seconds with a blank expression on his face before he answered her. "S-sure Juvia."

Juvia took a seat across from him at the table, running her hands across the front of her coat in order to straighten it.

The waitress approached her and asked what she would like to eat. "Just a salad and a glass of water is fine with Juvia." The waitress nodded and walked away. Juvia then looked at Natsu with a smile. "You sure have an interesting way of eating your steak."

"Well it saves the time of cutting it up and everything." He looked at his half eaten steak, then back to Juvia with a look like he had done something wrong. "It doesn't bother you, d-does it?"

"No not at all. When you say it like that it actually makes sense."

"R-really? T-thanks." Natsu looked shocked. Erza usually smacked him when he ate like this and Lucy would use her patented 'LUCY KICK' on him. 'This girl really is amazing' he thought.

The blue Exceed decided to pipe up. "Why are you blushing and stuttering so much Natsu?"

Natsu's head snapped toward him. "Shut up and eat your fish cat." Happy did as he was told and Juvia giggled at the exchange.

The water mage then spoke again. "Anyway, Juvia is glad that she found you. I've been waiting for you to get back all day."

"Huh? Why?" Natsu asked between mouthfuls of steak.

"Well I wanted to talk to you." Natsu dropped his steak. Juvia froze when Natsu did this, but continued when it became apparent that he wasn't going to say anything. "Juvia was just wondering if she did something to upset you. You hardly talk to Juvia at the guild anymore."

"No it's not like that Juvia, I swear."

"Well why don't you ever say anything to me anymore?"

Natsu froze again. He didn't know what to say. How was he supposed to say that she made him nervous? "Why do you constantly chase after Gray?" He covered his mouth with his hand as soon as he blurted the words out. "I'm sorry Juvia!" He then stood up and bolted from the cafe.

'What the hell was that about? Was he nervous?' the water mage mused.

Just then, the waitress came back out with Juvia's water and salad, as well as Natsu's bill.

"Really Natsu!" she yelled to herself as the waitress looked at her confused. "Don't worry, Juvia will cover it I suppose."

...

Natsu ran to the guild hall. After all, where else was he going to go. He opened the doors as calmly as he possibly could and stepped inside. He was greeted by several of his guildmates, which he waved back to. He walked to the bar that was currently being ran by Lisanna, who greeted him with her usual cheery smile. "Hi Natsu. What's up?"

"I need a drink. Something strong." He said this very quietly to her, and he gave her a shocked expression.

"Natsu, you almost never drink. And you look really shaken up. What's wrong?"

"Nothing" he replied quickly. Lisanna decided not to press the issue as she poured a dark liquid into a mug and set it on the counter in front of him before walking away.

Natsu started to drink as Mira walked over to him. "Hey Natsu. Did Juvia find you?"

"Yeah. Why?"

Mira noted the shakiness in his voice. "Well she was looking for you earlier. I was just curious what was going on."

"Oh" was all the dragonslayer said.

"Well aren't you gonna tell me? By the looks of it it wasn't anything good."

Natsu decided to duck her question. But before she walked away, he asked one of his own. "Mirajane, why do I feel so nervous around her?"

Mira looked shocked at what Natsu just said to her. "Well Natsu, maybe, you might like her?"

"Well of course I do. She's part of our family here!" he said it as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. Mira just facepalmed at his remark.

"That's not really what I meant."

Natsu sat at the bar for about five more minutes before he spotted Gajeel at a table sitting by himself as well. Figuring that maybe he could help with his predicament, Natsu approached his fellow dragonslayer.

"What do you want Salamander?" Gajeel asked while chomping on bits of iron.

Natsu looked at him for a moment before turning away. "Nevermind. Forget I even came over here." He tryed to walk away but Gajeel grabbed his arm.

"Now this is a sight I never thought I would see. The great Salamander of Fairy Tail nervous. Gihihi. Now sit down and tell me what's going on."

Meanwhile, at the bar, Lisanna was asking her older sister if she knew what was going on with Natsu while the two of them were cleaning glasses. "Well Lisanna, I think our little Natsu is finally realising that he has a crush on a certain someone in our guild." Mira explained to the younger takeover mage.

Lisanna looked at the table that Natsu was sitting at and noticed he still wore the same rattled expression he had when he came into the guild. "A crush?" Mira nodded. Lisanna looked back at Natsu. "Is it Gajeel?"

Mira laughed so hard she dropped the glass she was wiping, still laughing as it shattered.

"Well Gajeel," Natsu started "it's about Juvia."

Gajeel looked at the pink-haired man before a look of realization came over his face, before it turned into an earsplitting smile. "Ah, I get it now. You have a little thing for Fairy Tail's resident pneumonia."

Natsu blushed a deeper shade of red than his flames. "You know I'm swallowing my pride and asking you of all people for help. The least you could do is take me seriously!" he said with his voice rising.

"Chill out flame-brain. I am taking you seriously. But there really isn't anything more to it then that. Now I see why she's been saying that you've been acting weird lately."

"She was talking about me?" he asked quickly.

"I knew you liked her" Gajeel smirked. "But like I said, there really isn't anything more to it then that. Now all you have to do is be a man and ask her out."

"Natsu!" Gray, Lucy, and Erza all yelled when they spotted him, quickly running over to him.

"Where have you been?" Lucy asked.

Natsu scratched his head. "Well I went and ate dinner after we got back and then I came here."

It was Gray's turn to speak. "We have another job request. Lucy is still a little short on her rent so we were looking for you."

"We're leaving in a half hour. Meet us at the train station." Erza said to him.

Natsu shook his head. "Actually I have something else that I need to take care of. You can take care of this without me right." He stood up and flashed his trademark grin to his teammates.

"I suppose. But what's up with you all of a sudden?" Gray asked. "Usually you're all about fighting and food, and this job has both."

"Another time streaker. I have to go."

"Natsu you are not leaving until you tell us what's going on." Erza commanded.

"Sorry guys. I can't really explain right now. I just have something-"

"NATSU DRAGNEEL!" Juvia shouted through the guild hall as she slammed the front doors open. This drew the entire guild's attention on her. "What the hell is wrong with you?"

Natsu stared at her with a dumbstruck look on her face. He had never seen her this angry before, and honestly, she looked kind of cute. "Great job Salamander. You pissed her off big time" Gajeel mocked him from where he was sitting.

"Um, what's wrong Juvia?" the fire dragon asked meekly.

"What's wrong? Oh nothing much Natsu. Other then the fact that Juvia was stuck to pay your outrageous dinner bill because you were in too much of a hurry to get away from Juvia!"

Gray moved to take a step in between the two, figuring that the sight of him would be able to calm her down, but she shoved him out of the way. "What the hell Juvia?"

She ignored the ice wizard and continued to approach Natsu.

'Did she just shove Gray?' Lucy and Erza thought to each other as they exchanged a glance.

"I'm sorry Juvia." Natsu wore an ashamed look on his face. "I'll give you the money for the meal, okay?"

"Yeah, that's great and all but why did you run away from Juvia?"

'Wait, she isn't mad about being stuck with his dinner bill?' almost every member of the guild thought.

Natsu struggled to come up with an answer to her question, but a voice behind him broke him out of his trance. "Oh relax you big puddle." The voice was Gajeel's. "He just had to get here to tell me how nervous he gets around you. Gihihi."

Juvia looked stunned for a moment before returning her attention to Natsu. "But Natsu, why do you get nervous around Juvia?" the water mage asked him.

"Because I like you okay!" he blurted out, stunning all the onlookers.

"Nat-" she began to say, but was stopped when the salmon haired mage cupped her face and began to kiss her. It didn't last very long, only for a couple of seconds, but it was long enough to make Juvia melt on the spot. 'His lips are so warm' was the only thought that ran through her mind. She started to move back toward Natsu, so slowly that nobody even noticed.

"I'm sorry Juvia! Here's the money I owe you!" His voice snapped her out of her trance. He threw his wallet at the bluenette and proceeded to run out the guild doors.

"Heh. So much for being a man." Gajeel snorted under his breath.

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A/N: I originally planned for this to be a one-shot but this ended up being a lot longer than I thought so I decided to make it a couple of chapters long. I know a lot of people consider NaVia a crack pairing but it is definitely one of my favorites.

Anyway, I really hope you all enjoy this story. Please leave a review for anything you liked or anything that you think needs some work.

Disclaimer: Unfortunately, I do not own Fairy Tail. Although if I did it probably wouldn't be half as good as it is, so maybe that's a good thing.