NaLu-Home
Lucy tapped her foot nervously. Every few moments, she would pause to fidget and twizzle a rough piece of hair from her fringe. Mirajane would frown upon her, her blue eyes contorted with worry and sadness, grief over her friend's depressive state. Levy sighed heavily and stared at Lucy, taking a break from the novel she was reading.
The entire guild was immensely quiet. They dared not speak a word, dared not shatter the building intensity of the silence that reigned over the guild.
Six months he had been gone. Six months since he'd left. It was six months ago, Natsu had left his girlfriend behind for a job that would challenge him to be great. To be remembered. No one had heard from him. No one knew if he was even alive. But before he left, Natsu had spoken of his deep and hidden feelings for Lucy. He whispered three bitter-sweet words into her ear, ones that would have been better kept a secret. "I love you."
And just like his hasty disappearance, his words were lost in the wind; lost in the back of her mind, to remain a hazy memory.
But Lucy never really lost hope. One day, Natsu would return. He would come back for her. Just like he would for Happy. And for Gray, and Erza, and Wendy. For everyone. Because he was a member of Fairy Tail, and that was his promise.
More days passed, a cloaked man entered the hall. All eyes rested on him. It was the most action that had occurred all day. It sparked a little curiosity and life in the guild. The forlorn atmosphere had temporarily dissolved.
Lucy felt her heart palpitate. Was it him? She didn't want to make a fool of herself and mistake the figures identity, so she stayed in her place. She gaped at the hooded figure, waiting on him to reveal himself.
The strange figure charged at Lucy. The celestial mage still stayed in her place. His hood fell off, a flow of salmon hair caressed his shoulders as fell into her arms.
"Hey Luce," he mumbled into her shirt.
Lucy merely sat there. She was all mixed emotion. Happiness, anger, shock, pain, love.
She sat there in silence, tears absentmindedly clawing down her face.
"Its funny," Natsu laughed weakly, "coming home, I mean. Something's changed. Everything looks the same, feels the same, even smells the same. And now I finally realise that what's changed, is me."
Hey guys, just letting you know that this chapter has been altered as of 30/09/16. Sentences have been re-written but the general idea of the chapter remains the same. Thanks,
Mackenzie.