Old, New, Borrowed and Blue

Something Old

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It was a well known tradition that every bride should wear 'something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue.' Lucy Heartfilia was not the sort of girl that liked to break tradition. It was partially due to her upbringing, and also in part due to the number of romance novels she'd read over the years. Either way, Lucy was determined to make sure she followed tradition, and made her wedding perfect, the way she had always planned.

The first thing that Lucy managed to obtain was something old. It had all started when her long term boyfriend decided to propose...

Natsu's POV

I'd been considering the idea for a while now. In my mind, the idea of marrying Lucy was becoming increasingly appealing. We'd been together for almost a year, and I was at least 60% certain she'd say yes. The problem was that I didn't exactly know how to go about proposing to someone. Igneel had never really gone into that kind of stuff, he mainly focused on teaching me how to punch better rather than how to propose to a girl.

I knew I would have to ask someone for advice on the matter, the problem was who. Mira would a good candidate, but I knew she'd be likely to let something slip to Luce, and I would rather keep it a surprise for now. I also had a strong suspicion that Mira would overdo things. Erza and Ice-Brain were out of the question. Ice-Brain would just laugh at me, and Erza would either hit me, or actually be helpful. But, it didn't seem worth the risk. Levy could be a good choice, but she was away on a mission with Shadow Gear. There was no point asking Happy, he'd only recommend giving her a fish or something.

I frowned, and slouched my way over to the bar. Then a head of orange hair caught my eye. Loke. I knew that Loke was popular with girls, so he'd definitely know what to do. I'd also asked him for advice in the past when I tried to ask Lucy out in the first place, so I knew he'd help me and keep quiet.

Since I couldn't think of a better idea, I made my way over to Loke, where he had a few girls draped over him as usual. He sometimes used his own magic to come to Fairy Tail and spend time here, as he's still a guild member. Luckily, Lucy wasn't here today. She had gone on a mission with Wendy, Carla and Romeo, to make sure they were all ok. Happy had tagged along too, so he could spend more time with Carla.

'Uh, Loke?' I reached behind my head, scratching it awkwardly.

'Hey Natsu, what is it?' The girls draped over him were glaring at me.

'Could I ask you about something quickly?' He seemed to understand it wasn't something I  wanted to discuss in front of the entire guild.

'Ladies, I will be right back.' He said, giving them his signature smirk.

We made out way out of the guild, and walked to the side of it, so that we were completely out of earshot.

'So what is it Natsu?' Loke asked.

'Well....uh....I was wondering....how would you go about....say for example....proposing?' I felt more awkward then I had before. It just felt kind of weird saying it out loud.

Loke did a double take.

'Well. That was unexpected, I must say.' He quickly regained his composure. 'So, you want to propose to Lucy then.' He said with another irritating smirk.

'Well duh, who else would I be proposing to.' His confidence just made me feel more stupid.

'Well you'll need a ring, obviously. You should also pick a good occasion to propose.' He said, looking down on me. He was quite tall.