You are my Strength
Chapter 1: Natsu
Natsu woke in a cold sweat, his throat raw and his mind a mess. Although this wasn't an unusual occurrence, the dreams were more constant now. They were always the same, he'd see her face, her beautiful face cold and lifeless. Blood pooling around her head, staining her blonde locks and her wide hazelnut eyes open... Open but empty. The recurring scene from after the Grand Magic Games still plaguing him. The lack of sleep was driving him crazy but he couldn't get away from it. All Natsu could think of... Was her. Seeing her everyday at the guildhall was a massive relief, a daily reminder that she was still alive, that she was okay. He couldn't imagine a world without out her, without Lucy Heartfilia.
Happy stirred slightly as the salmon haired wizard got up and padded to the door, he needed to get out. He silently apologised to his little blue exceed but had to see her. Throwing on a T-shirt and his sandals he was out the door and heading for strawberry street. Lucy's apartment had almost become a second home to him, it was full of her scent to which he had become so accustomed to. Walking at a fast pace, it didn't take long to get there at all. He stood still outside her window, worry continuing to fill his distressed mind. 'She'll be fine' he told himself, 'she's always fine whenever I come here' and with that he jumped up to perch on the sill. Low and behold, there she was sleeping soundly, and safe. His fear vanished instantaneously (as much as he disliked to admit it - he rarely feared much at all). Lucy carried on sleeping completely unaware of her usual late night visitor. Thankfully the ledge was quite large so Natsu could sit and watch her from outside, he wouldn't go in in fear of waking her. He was content to just watch. It put him at ease and eventually found himself finally drifting off, telling himself he'd leave before morning.
Unfortunately he didn't have the nicest of wake up calls. "Arrrrgghhhhhhhh" her shocked cry woke him immediately with a jolt, his body momentarily unaware that he was still perched on a 1st floor window ledge. Natsu learnt very quickly that nothing really gets you up in the mornings quite like falling from a window 10ft high onto the concrete ground beneath. "Omg Natsu are you okay" Lucy shouted, sticking her head out the window "hang on I'm coming down". A minute later she was at his side frantically milling around. He began to laugh but stopped as soon as a sharp pain flashed down his side. "Don't move Natsu. You idiot, what were you thinking?!" It made him smile to see how much she cared "Don't worry Luce, I'm fine honestly". He tried to sit himself up resulting in another burst of pain. "No you're not" was the blondes response "come on Nat" ever so gently she wrapped one arm behind his back and one on his waist pulling him to his feet. He leant some of his weight on her taking advantage of the close proximity between them as she slowly walked him up to her apartment.
"So are you going to tell me why you were sleeping on my windowsill?" Natsu looked at Lucy amused, his left arm and side bandaged nicely, "Nope" he smiled. The blonde scowled in frustration and swatted him in the side. "Ouch!" "Sorry I keep forgetting, is the pain alright? I mean do you want any painkillers or anything?" He loved how concerned she was about his wellbeing "I should be fine, you did a pretty good job patching me up though" he responded "sorry it's the best I can do and I don't think Wendy will be back from her mission for another few days or so". She packed up the first aid box in front of her and pushed it aside. She sat cross legged on the floor in front of him, still in her vest and pyjama bottoms, shaking her head disapprovingly. "What?" Natsu asked after a while of her silent staring "I really wish you wouldn't do stupid stuff like this all the time, I don't like seeing you get hurt..." He looked at quizzically as she got up and turned away, "I'm just going to have a shower, give me 20 minutes" and with that she walked out of the room.
AN: Hopefully this is going to be a long continuous story so bear with me. This is going to be my first long fanfic so I apologise if the updates are slow. Hope you all enjoy :3
Amaya-Mae x
