She just got there. She was alone, even though she was surrounded by children her age. Her father abandoned her in this orphanage just today. It was getting late. All she wanted now was to hear her mother's sweet voice. She wanted to smile, to have a reason to be happy again...
"You stay here! You don't do what you want here young man!", she heard a man yell as a boy was kicked in the room with the other kids.
Nobody seemed to care.
The room was pretty dark. It was the playroom, though it was very messy. It wasn't what her home was. It wasn't like anything she knew. But what would she know? She was only 12.
The boy who has recently 'entered' the room ended up next to her. She looked at him, noticing his pink hair that somehow suited him. He wore a white scaly scarf, covering his neck. He was quite cute. He was the same age as her, although he seemed used to this kind of places. He looked strong... something she wasn't right now.
She then remembered how many friends she had back home. How her father treated her before. How her mother loved her... And she started to cry.
"Oi, why are you crying?", the boy asked her, a quizzical look playing in his onyx eyes.
"My father... he abandoned me here... he... he..."
She gasped as he wiped off her tears.
"Don't cry", he said, looking into her eyes. "You're not alone here ya' know...".
She smiled at the boy who was still looking at her.
"What's your name?", she asked, looking at his unusual scar on the neck as his scarf fell a little.
"Natsu. Natsu Dragneel!", he said, grinning widely, adjusting his scarf. "What's yours?"
"I'm Lucy Heartfilia", she smiled.
"Can I ask you something, Luce?"
"Y-Yes...", she said, suprised by the sudden nickname.
"Can I ask you not to be sad anymore? I'll be with you too, don't forget that!", he smiled, as she looked at him with soft eyes.
"Hey, are ya' two new here?", a shirtless black-haired boy looked at them from above (they were sitting against a wall).
Natsu put his hands over his mouth, trying to stiffle his giggles.
''Oi, what's so funny?'', the boy asked annoyed.
"I didn't know this orphanage had strippers!", Natsu burst in laughter, making Lucy giggle as well.
"I-It doesn't! Why would you think that?", the boy said, embarrassed.
''Then where's your shirt?"
The boy just noticed he didn't have a shirt on.
"DAMN!", he yelled, running to look for his shirt.
Natsu and Lucy kept laughing. Lucy wiped a tear off her eye.
"I haven't laughed in a while, that was HILARIOUS!'', she smiled.
Natsu raised an eyebrow, confused.
''What do you mean? In your old house you didn't have fun?''
Lucy sighed, looking at the ground.
''I used to, before my mother...died, a week ago. Then my father abandoned me here...''
Lucy felt like she wanted to cry, but she kept the tears for herself. She gasped as a hand touched her hair.
''Don't worry Luce, I'll make you laugh again!'', he grinned widely, and she smiled at his kindness.
They weren't realizing the whole PLAYROOM was now looking at them since they started laughing at the black-haired stripper. Most of them awwed, while some of them just couldn't believe his words. How can he be that kind with some unknown girl he just met a few minutes ago?