I don't own fairytail only a Pc but FairyTail blongs to master mashima...

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It was one of the wonderful day in Magnolia. And most importantly they did not have to worry about jobs or work. Makarov was gone with Erza, he had substituted Gildart as temporary Guild caretaker in his absence.

And Gildart has given the permission to have fun. Even though they are bound to be scold by master. But they didn't missed the opportunity to relax.

Lucy was with Levy at Fairy Hills. Juvia still gave her 'Love-Rival' stink eyes. But she was used to it. So the girls decided to go on camping around moumountains in southern Fiore. It was only girls. They were building fire.

"Damn I'm missing Natsu." Lucy pouted.

"You are so much dependent on him. You forget we still have another ways." as Levy used her script magic and wrote 'Fire' burning the woods.

"Sorry Levy chan, I'm just used to his fire and burning everything up. I forgot." she apologized sheepishly.

"It's ok. So how you guys doing?" Levy said as she rosted some marshmallows in fire.

Lucy shrugged, "He is idiot and keep causing troubles. He eats weird things and keep having stomach problems. He always sneak into my bed and apparently my apartment is his personal playground."

Levy broke down in smile as Lucy kept ranting about Natsu.

"You really care about Natsu."

Lucy paused, Levy was looking so gentle and shining brightly in the glow of fire.

"I care about my friends. You don't have to ask Levy chan."

"No Lu chan! I mean you admire Natsu. Only you can see what nobody in him. His strength, enthusiasm, anger, joy. You are like a mirror reflection of his soul."

"Hold your imagination. We are not like that." Lucy just laughed it off. She suddenly felt suffocating and weird. Maybe the air is a bit different here.

"I need to check if there is anything suspicious around here. I'll be back." Lucy stood as she dusted grass of her skirt. Sun was setting. It was winter night. So days were short. Nights were long.

Levy looked behind Wendy, Juvia and Charla was putting a tent. She looked at the direction Lucy left. She just wanted her happiness. But Natsu and Lucy were dense and stubborn to realize the spark flying between them.

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Lucy was going to tell Levy where she was going so that she wouldn't worry, but she decided her best friend is asking some weird questions so she didn't want her this moment to be bothered, and just went off into the woods.

Lucy walked around aimlessly for an hour or so, and did a good job of getting herself lost. It wasn't entirely her fault; she had things occupying her thoughts, such as Natsu, Happy. She was worried for them.

But her mind wandering to the conversation between her and Levy. Did she find Natsu attractive? Sure, he was built and had one of finest body. Even he was dense but she had noticed the look girls and women gave him whenever they were out on the road or missions. She felt irritating and frustrated.

He was to dense to ignore those girls who offered him free food. He was idiot to join them and leaving her behind. She was in her thoughts. When she paused in the unknown deep dark forest.

Now, she's lost.

"Ah, well," she sighed, "Worse comes to worse, It would take hell of time to find out the correct path." She giggled a bit, but then her smile faded as she glanced the slowly-but-surely setting sun through the trees.

What if there was some dangerous demon or dark guild members around here. She needs to get out.

Lucy turned around and tried to retrace her steps through the woods. This was a very difficult thing, as all the trees looked very similar—tall, straight, and green. Try as she might, the girl couldn't tell one from the next and only succeeded in asserting the fact that she was indeed lost.

Another hour passed, and for all she knew she was running in circles. Nothing Lucy came across a rainbow sakura tree which looked familiar to her, and she was getting a bit worried about running out of daylight. Stopping to rest for a moment, she sat down and tried to calm herself.

As she caught her breath, she heard the faint sound of running water. She hadn't heard it before; her breathing must have been louder than she thought!

She walked towards the sound of it, though she wasn't entirely sure what good it would do her, but she figured a stream was better then the endless trees she'd been stuck in before.

She thought about washing her face and hands. She despised the dirt and dust. She spotted the stream, a smile gracing her lips but she halted when she saw something and stopped, hiding behind the trunk of a thick evergreen. It was a figure walking towards her! She decided to wait and see if it was a friend or enemy, though, before she asked them if they'd seen her campsite anywhere nearby.

She took out the key of Aquarius. Stream was nearby she would flush the enemy in seconds but maybe she would flush Lucy along with them probably disturbing her date with her boyfriend.

Lucy looked closely at the figure. She made it out to be a boy… Suddenly mop of pink hairs caught her eyes.

Natsu..

Shit! She has reached the stream where he and happy always go for fishing. She wanted to call him but suddenly she remembered Levy's words.

'Are you attracted to Natsu?'

Lucy didn't know if it was an odd effect from the setting sun's light or what, but something looked odd about his body. He looked more muscular and perfectly fine and adorable.

She nearly jumped when she realized that she was stalking her best friend and he doesn't know about her. She yelped in surprise that he was coming right towards her.

Did he see me? , she worried.

Oh, gods, don't let him have seen me!

She was almost ready to turn around and run when she saw him do the oddest thing… he had taken off his vest! Even she had saw him shirtless before but today was something different. Like an unknown realization of hidden truth.

Lucy couldn't help but look at him; she'd never seen him without happy. He was alone. But she could not see any fishing rod. So why was he here?

However , when he pulled off his pants she blushed and turned away so fast her neck cracked. What on earth was he doing!

She heard a splash behind her and immediately felt stupid. He was obviously taking a bath, and she was spying on him.

She wanted to leave the way she came, but couldn't help but let her eyes wander out to where he was half-submerged in the water.

This is so wrong, she thought, but I don't think I can stop looking…

Lucy stood watching him from behind the tree for a while, until the sun was setting below the tree line. It was amazing to her, she had assumed because he was a Fire mage dragon slayer that he wasn't good with water, but to watch his strong, graceful strokes as he swam in the stream she could have sworn he would make Juvia look rookie.

It was like water was dancing around him in mysterious rhythm. She watched him go under the water and come up again, his hair flat from the water. Her heartbeat racing. Moon came out behind the clouds as moonlight pelting on him. It was mesmerizing.

She was broken from her trance as he walked to the shallow end and out of the stream, and quickly looked away, not wanting to see anything she shouldn't. With his back to her, she turned and ran back into the forest.

Her breathing was growing unsteady as she ran through the forest again, and she was still thinking about what she saw at the stream.

Natsu is my best friend. He is idiot who keeps causing me trouble. But she paused.

She looked at the moon and took a deep breath as she felt the cool air brushing around her burning cheeks.

"But he is my idiot and my troublemaker." she accepted the truth. As she ran to the direction Levy, Juvia and Wendy was putting tent.

She was running so fast. All at once she slammed into Juvia and the both of them fell to the ground.

"Watch where you are going live Rival."

"Sorry Juvia." she was still recovering from her trauma.

"You okay! Lu chan?"

"Levy !" Lucy exclaimed. "I'm sorry, I just got lost in the woods. I was walking and thinking when I realized that I was off the road"

Juvia stood up and brushed himself off, "Juvia bet love rival was thinking about my beloved darling Gray"

"I was not." she answered.

"But you were thinking about Natsu?" Levy teasing her best friend.

"Oh, I was just thinking about stuff" she muttered, and avoided Levy's eyes.

"But you didn't denied this time." Levy wasn't showing mercy to the Celestial wizard.

"I - I no. I mean. Natsu and water. No." Lucy was unable to form a decent sentence as she felt steam coming out of her ears and Levy rolled down laughing.

"Why your cheeks are red Lucy San? Are you having fever. You want me to heal you?" Wendy asked innocently as she noticed Lucy was red as tomato.

"No need to worry. She is just having love fever and the fire can be only extinguish by a certain expert." Levy winked at Lucy.

"Fire? Levy San something is burning?" Wendy asked panicked looking around for sigh of fire.

"Yes Wendy a burning flame of love. The flames are very dangerous and hot." Levy nearly died when she saw Lucy was struggling to maintain a calm posture.

"We can call Natsu San to eat those flames." Wendy suggested. He can eat anything related to fire.

"Lucy! I think you should call Natsu to get relief from that fire."

"LEVYYY" she said as she threw a packet of rosted sweet potato at her.

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Natsu looked back at the tree where the certain golden hair girl had been "hiding."

She was gone, now, but he was surprised by how long she had stayed there watching him. Shrugging, he toweled off and dressed, heading back to camp with a sly grin on his face.

He can still feel her sweet scent in the air. He was dense but not blind. He knew she was beautiful and amazing. But did not dare to make it clear that he cares about her more than anything.

"Natsu you are back?" happy said as he was flying to his way.

"Yeah buddy" he said.

"Why are you smiling." Happy asked as Natsu took out dinner for them. Of course fish for Happy and roasted rabbit for himself.

"I had been longing for something for a long time and I guess it was best idea to make a wish upon shooting star."

"Aye Sir! Now we will have millions of fish."

Natsu nodded along but didn't tell his little friend. He didn't aksed for fish that night but he wanted to feel the warmth of her body in his arms.

"She was his to torture. She was his to love. She was his to cause troubles."

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A/n: can't get enough of Nalu.. Hope you are having a good time. I enjoyed writing this post and I hope you are having a great time reading this one. Read and review.. xoxo