Chapter 1
Twenty-two-year-old Lucy Heartfilia obviously has no shame with the decision she made less than half an hour ago. After all, she is an adult fully capable of making adult choices. So what if she is craving a stuffed crust pizza topped off with cheese, pepperoni, and mushrooms before bed?
When there is a knock on her apartment door, she practically jumps off the couch from watching her television show to race over to it. She even skids along the hardwood floor in her fuzzy pink socks, careful not to slip and fall. Since Lucy paid for her order online with a credit card, all she has to do is take her pizza and hand the delivery person a cash tip. Then she will devour as much pizza goodness as she can before she is full!
Her jaw nearly drops to the ground when she sees the person on the other side. He seems to be around her age and has pink hair under his black baseball cap. The guy is wearing a bright maroon shirt while the collar and short sleeves are black. The rest of his uniform consists of rather tight black pants and black boots. With a broad chest and fit build, the guy has tan skin and mesmerizing dark green eyes.
Now Lucy wishes she looks more presentable. After all, she is in her tank top and shorts that have pink and black stars on them. Her long golden blonde hair is pulled into low twintails while her bangs fall above her eyes.
"Hiya," the delivery guy greets with an ear to ear grin, undoing the Velcro of the cover. "I got your order."
"Thanks," she says after regaining her composure.
He passes her the warm cardboard box, fingers brushing against hers. After not dropping the box, she hands him his tip.
The delivery guy then tips his hat down. "Enjoy!"
"You, too." Then Lucy blushes in embarrassment, mortification washing over her. "Uh, I meant, thanks. So thanks! Bye!" Then she quickly shuts the door before she can humiliate herself even more. She leans against the door and inhales deeply, her face feeling as hot as the box in her hands. Then she exhales and shuffles over to her couch. "Smooth move, Lucy."
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Not long after Lucy has finishes her first piece, her phone goes off because of a new email. It is from Makarov's Pizzeria, the place she ordered her food from, about some survey. Even though she has never filled one out from them before, she does this time all because of the cute delivery guy.
Lucy presses the link and checks it out. Each question can be rated with stars. How was your inline ordering experience? Was your delivery driver Natsu both punctual and polite? Did Gray make your order accurately and make it to perfection? How likely are you to recommend us? Finally, there is a box below to write comments.
So she presses stars and types "Natsu was cute af" before sending it. As if they will bother to look at her review.
x-X-x
Towards eleven o'clock, Lucy is nearly ready for bed. Now all she has to do is grab her phone that she left on the couch and slip under her blankets. She notices a tiny blue light is flashing that lets her know she has notifications. When she checks her phone, she discovers that she has two new text messages from a sender not in her contact list. She opens them and practically gawks.
Unknown: Hey! This is Natsu from Makarov's Pizzeria. My manger showed me the comment and I thought it was funny.
Unknown: Lol
Her face heats up and she nearly throws her phone across the room. Instead, she stands frozen in place as her chocolate brown eyes never leave the screen. He texted her. The delivery guy texted her. The one she left a comment saying he was cute af texted her. She swallows hard before typing a reply.
Lucy: That was totally a joke! I didn't think anyone would read it!
Is she hyperventilating? Does her apartment seem warmer? Is she breaking a sweat?
Unknown: Whelp, my manager totally did! And then he showed me XD
He doesn't need to remind her of that!
Unknown: I totally forgot to say this early, but nice jammies by the way :P
Lucy: Hey, I rocked them better than you ever could!
Unknown: Doubt it :P
While Lucy debates what to text next, she adds his number to his phone. Still not sure what to say, her fingers type on their own accord.
Lucy: Sooo…
Natsu: Soooooo…
She isn't sure how to continue their conversation. In fact, she is still surprised he even texted her in the first place.
Natsu: Btw, you're pretty cute af yourself ;)
Natsu: You know, since I feel like I should return the compliment~
She blinks a few times, just to make sure she is reading things correctly. Then a blush tints her cheeks.
Lucy: Thank you o/o
Natsu: Would you wanna go out tomorrow? I don't have work or anything.
She just so happens to be free as well. Lucy does plan on using most of the day to work on her novel, but she can take a break from writing at some point she supposes.
Lucy: Do you have anything in mind?
Natsu: Hey, why do I hafta decide? D:
Lucy: Because you suggested it :P
Natsu: Oh…
Natsu: Well then…
Lucy: We could get some food. I'd be up for some lunch!
Natsu: You had me at food :D
She laughs. Maybe the way to this guy's heart is through his stomach.
Natsu: I know an amazing place that has some awesome pizza…
She rolls her eyes at his sense of humor before typing.
Lucy: Really? Because I was thinking something along the lines of burgers and fries.
Natsu: I KNOW OF A GREAT PLACE THEN
Natsu: It's a bowling alley/arcade, but trust me, their burgers and fries are great! You can't knock it until you try it though!
She is pretty sure she that knows where he is talking about.
Lucy: Do you mean Fairy Tail?
Natsu: WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL OF MY LIFE?
Natsu: YOU BRING UP FOOD AS A DATE IDEA AND YOU KNOW ABOUT FAIRY TAIL!
She can't help but smile at his last two texts. He certainly is a funny one. The word "date" slightly catches her off guard though. Only now she supposes that their outing can be considered a date if they both consider it to be one.
Natsu: Meet there at 12?
Lucy: It's a date then!
Natsu: I'm all fired up now! :D
A/N Part 1: Whelp, my hands slipped and totally turned a post into a Fairy Tail NaLu thing... This was totally inspired by on-novacaine from Tumblr! I thought it was totally cute/adorable and wanted to make something of it!
A/N Part 2: Due to popular demand, I added onto this work! This was supposed to be a one-shot, but that isn't the case now…
Edited as of 1/1/2017