Of Burning Hearts & Metallic Roses

Natza Week: Day Two: Dessert

Author’s Note: I’ll first finish up the Natza Week prompts before starting the requests so just be patient until then. Okay, let’s start the next chapter.

It was Erza’s birthday today and Natsu had no idea what on earth to give to her.

Normally, she would always ask the Guild not to make too much fuss about her birthday, nor did she not want any surprise birthday parties after that certain incident that happened 3 years ago where she almost slashed down the majority of the Guild’s members who hid in her home for the surprise party planned for her.

In short, she doesn’t really get much besides presents from her fellow Guild members or a simple Happy Birthday followed by either a friendly hug or handshake.

But this time, this was different: the pinkette Fire Dragon Slayer and the Titania were a couple, a simple Happy Birthday or a cliché present wasn’t enough for Natsu.

He and Happy were in the Guild, sitting down on one of the tables near a window. A few, including Erza, were gone, taking on a mission that sent them for a few hours.

“Alright Happy, any good ideas as to what to do for Erza?” Natsu asked his fellow Exceed.

“Surprise party?” Happy suggested.

“We tried doing that,” Natsu facepalmed at the idea, remembering what had happened 3 years ago. “It didn’t go so well.”

“Oh right, sorry.” Embarrassed that Happy suggested that, the Exceed faintly smile, followed by a meek laugh.

“What to do… what to do…” Natsu looked down on the table, thinking as to what to do for Erza. He gently slapped the upside of his head, hoping that’ll jumpstart his brain to think more than usual. “Come on brain! Help me out here!”

“Just hitting your head isn’t going to help Natsu.” Happy held the pinkette’s arm and hand, trying to stop the mage from giving himself a concussion with each swing.

“Come on Happy, give me more ideas than one that went badly the other time!” Natsu stopped hitting himself.

“Uhm…” Happy, now walking around the wooden table, thought for a few seconds before finally coming up with an idea. “How about you make her something?”

“One problem: each time I end up making something, I end up accidentally destroying it in the process.” This was true. It was practically in Natsu’s nature to basically destroy most things, after all, his Salamander alter ego was the embodiment of destruction.

“Or cook her something?” Happy suggested.

“I don’t know how to cook.” Natsu blatantly told the cat.

“Sure you can, maybe if we ask Levy for a cooking book, you can probably do it.” Happy persuaded him, hoping at least giving him that advice would pump the pinkette to at least do something for his girlfriend.

“Okay, even if we get the book, what exactly am I suppose to cook her?” Natsu asked him.

“What about you bake her a Strawberry Cheesecake? She’ll definitely love that.” Happy told him.

Erza loved Strawberry Cheesecake. It wasn’t farfetched to say the least that Natsu can bake the cake.

“Hmm, alright, let’s go ask Levy for a cooking, baking book, whatever the hell they are called.” And with that, Natsu and Happy finally stopped slouching around the table and headed toward the other side of the building where Levy and the other Dragon Slayer, Gajeel and his Exceed, Pantherlily were.