*SPRING ARC*
Chapter 1: Stars in Her Eyes
NATSU
With both hands in pockets, I take time strolling on a wooden bridge near my home. The cold afternoon breeze joins the warm rays of the setting sun as it hit both sides of my face and gently ruffles my spiky salmon-pink hair. The verdant field around me is tinted with gold; the waters below sparkle like stars on a dark night.
A pair of brown eyes flashes across my mind.
I stop, remembering a past memory.
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Wearing my backpack on both shoulders, a sixteen-year-old me was running frantically in the crowded hallway. It was my first day of school and I was already late on my classes.
I quickly dodged the other students on my way as they annoyingly shouted at me.
I just grinned at them.
"Sorry!"
As I turned around a right corner, I bumped into a blonde-haired girl, causing her to lose her balance and fall down, along with the books she was carrying.
"Oh, I'm so sorry!" I told her. When I was about to continue my run to the classroom, I took one last glance at her.
With my conscience building up inside me, I helped her get up.
"Thank you," she softly muttered as I handed the books to her.
Scratching my head, I childishly grinned at her.
"I'm Natsu, and you are?"
"Lucy. Call me Lucy."
At a moment, I looked at her. Despite of the eyeglasses that covered her pretty, brown eyes, I could see that they were shining, like stars in a galaxy.
And, even though I had caused a problem to her, she smiled at me, almost shyly.
"Um…" her voice lingered in the air for a few confusion on her face, she continued, "Are you going to be late for your class?"
At the mention of the word "late", I was brought back to reality.
"Oh crap! I'm late!"
I was on frantic mode again.
I quickly ran to the other end of the corridor. Then, I turned to her again and shouted.
"Nice to meet you, Luigi!"
"It's Lucy, baka…" she softly said to my retreating figure.
Her face was slightly pink from anger.
At the distance, I smiled.
"I know."
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Lucy.
That name has been engraved on my mind for the past four years.
I look up at the purple-pink streaked sky, not knowing sadness and longing is evident in my eyes.
