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February Heartbreak

Lucy Heartfilia arrived at Fairy Tail's guildhall with a happy smile on her face, feeling quite delighted that she would get to handle another job with her best friends, and this was also the day where Lucy was going to say something special to Natsu Dragneel. The pink-haired dragon slayer who could exhale fire was always ready to rescue her on missions, never having trouble with taking down any enemies who would injure Lucy or kidnap her, and Lucy's cheeks blushed a light shade of pink as she thought about how Natsu was always kind to her. He would even buy her food from restaurants when she complained about him eating too much food from her fridge, and Natsu was a good friend.

Lucy was also happy that she'd get to go on another adventure with Gray Fullbuster and Erza Scarlet, as they were wizards who could fight really well, and Lucy would always recall the day where Erza surprised everyone by slicing a giant monster in half with one of her powerful steel swords that was part of her Heaven's Wheel Armor. She also thought about how Gray's Ice-Make Magic was strong enough to make enemies be frozen, and his icy attacks were very powerful. Erza and Gray always fought hard against opponents on missions, and they even blocked attacks that would go towards Lucy.

Her cocoa brown eyes looked straight ahead to see the other members of the team sitting down at a table, watching Erza give Gray and Natsu a death glare to make them stop arguing, and Lucy merely giggled cheerfully while she walked over to them. She focused her attention on Natsu as she felt some nervousness about admitting her feelings for him, really hoping he would understand that she wanted their friendship to escalate into being a relationship, and Lucy's heart started to softly palpitate as she sat down in a brown chair that was close to the table.

Natsu was quick to notice her presence, looking at Lucy with the comical grin that was always on his face, and Lucy smiled back at him while her eyes slightly twinkled. Gray and Erza also noticed that the blonde-haired mage was here, but they simply said nothing because of how the argument that just ended was about what Natsu would do today. The silence among the four mages caused Lucy to open her mouth. She was preparing to confess her love for Natsu, and Lucy desired to become his girlfriend. She placed her hands on her heart while feeling like Natsu would enjoy hearing her confession, and Lucy thought things would go well.

Lucy blurted out in Natsu's face with nervousness in her voice, blushing as she closed her eyes, "Natsu, I.. I love you! I love being around you, and I want to always be by your side!"

Natsu responded in a calm manner, misinterpreting Lucy's confession for a casual conversation, "I love you, too. You're a really good friend, Lucy. Hey, you can be by my side right now to help me tell a girl in this guild that I like her."

From hearing Natsu's last words in that response, the smile of happiness that had been on Lucy's change slowly shifted to being a frown. She confessed her feelings for Natsu, only to have him tell her that he was interested in dating someone else, and they would only continue to be friends. Erza gave Lucy an apologetic look while thinking about how the argument earlier was about if Natsu should tell Lucy about who he wanted to date, and she was against the idea of telling Lucy because she didn't want her feelings to get hurt. Gray, however, wanted Natsu to be honest about it with Lucy. From his perspective, she deserved the decency of knowing that.

Gray told Natsu in a stern manner as he saw Lucy's frown show her disappointment, not liking how the fire dragon slayer was still grinning, "That wasn't a casual conversation, Flame-brain! Tell her how you and Lisanna have been bonding for the past five months! Even after the Grand Magic Games ended, you two have been talking."

Lucy asked Natsu in a disappointed tone while her eyes showed feelings of sadness, "Natsu, you two have been talking? Why didn't you at least tell me...?"

Lucy began to think about how the past five months were now a complete waste, as she loved being around Natsu, and the Celestial Spirit Wizard felt like her heart would shatter into many pieces. Getting rejected by Natsu was one thing, but Lucy looked back on how they spent the last Christmas together in her apartment. She even baked gingerbread cookies for him during a cold evening, and he only saw her as a friend. Their friendship wouldn't go any further than that, and even helping Natsu on small jobs proved to be useless for making a relationship possibly bloom.

Many people in life experienced heartbreak, but Lucy just didn't see it coming. She did not think it would happen to her, especially after all the hugs she shared with Natsu on missions. Lucy could've done the simple thing of asking Natsu if he liked anyone else, but she just never chose to do that. Not only did Lucy feel pretty sad about Natsu turning her down, but she also felt very disappointed with herself for not doing more to prevent Natsu from having feelings for another girl. She proceeded to get up from table, and Lucy wasn't interested in doing any jobs with Team Natsu today.

She remembered that her rent of 70,000 jewels was due soon, and Lucy currently had 67,000 jewels saved up. Lucy only needed one more small job to be able to pay her rent, and she walked over to the request board that was nearby. Natsu watched Lucy unpin a flyer from the board while he could see that it was chosen at random, as Lucy didn't mind that the job actually paid 77,000 jewels, and the flyer was red. Lucy didn't even think about going over to Mirajane for her to stamp it, and she proceeded to run out of the Fairy Tail guild.

Gray asked Lucy with a concerned look on his face, wondering about that job's details, "Lucy, where are you going? Wouldn't it be good for the rest of us to go with you?"

Lucy simply replied to him in a saddened tone while having her blonde hair cover her eyes, "I'm going home, Gray. I can handle this job later, but please don't follow me."

She didn't want any members of Team Natsu to know about this job because of how she was very upset over the fact that Natsu wanted to date someone else, and Lucy walked down the left side of the staircase while sniffling about the situation. She didn't want Natsu or Erza to see that tears were starting to run down her face, simply because of how she didn't want Natsu to feel bad about his decision to date Lisanna, and Lucy would just have to accept that the fire dragon slayer wanted to date someone who had been his childhood friend.

She ignored the sight of Lisanna walking up the right side of guild's stairs in a cheerful manner, and Lucy felt like this was the worst day ever. She told Natsu about how she felt, only for him to inform her that his feelings were directed elsewhere, and the bond they shared during and before the Grand Magic Games was only a casual friendship. Lucy began running home to her apartment while thinking about how good it would be to take a hot shower in an attempt to calm her mind, and she hated how the happiness in heart had now changed to feelings of sorrow.

A/N: How was Chapter 1? Did you like it? My other StiCy story got removed from the site for some reason, but I won't be too upset. This new story will be pretty interesting, however, and I'm pretty excited to see where it goes. Don't forget to follow, favorite, and review!