A/N: This story starts off pretty dark... but bear with me here, it'll get lighter and happier. I promise things will work out for this story.
Natsu's POV:
"Bye, guys!" I said to my fellow guild members. Happy was going to meet me at home, I wanted to go visit Lucy to see if she was okay, since she didn't come in today. I hope she's okay, I mean she just said she had a cold and wanted to stay in bed when I asked her, but I feel like there's something more... I got to her house and climbed the tree, to see that her window is closed. Oh well, I thought. I opened it and her saw that her room was dark except for the sunlight coming in through her window. I sat on her bed and looked around, wondering if maybe she was in the bath..?
I didn't hear any water or see any light coming from her bathroom, so I pushed that thought away. I heard crying.. Lucy's crying, obviously... but from where? I walked around her small apartment, knowing that it was either from the bathroom or her closet... I walked to the bathroom and put my ear up to the door, but it wasn't coming from there. Her closet then? I slowly walked towards her closet and put my ear gently against the door. It was definitely coming from there.
"Luce? It's me, Natsu." I said gently as I opened the door to reveal the beautiful girl crying. I felt my heart break when I saw her face and the hurt, horrified expression on it. I slowly reached out to touch her shaking shoulder, and I barely touched her when she flinched and moved into the corner, not even looking up. "Luce... What happened?"
Her small cries now turned into heartbreaking sobs. I leaned down and picked her up bridal style and held her close. I had never seen her like this, and honestly, I never want to see her like this again. I'll kill whoever did this to her. I sat down on her bed, leaning against the headboard, with her still in my lap. I held her and stroked her hair saying, "It'll be okay, Luce. It will be okay." We sat like that for a good half hour before she fell asleep on me, and I gently laid her down on the bed, pulled the blankets over her and I laid down next to her. I pulled her into my chest and wrapped my arms around her in hopes to make her feel safe.
I woke up with Lucy clinging to me around 2 in the morning. I pulled her closer to me and held her tightly, then kissed the top of her head. It'll be okay, Lucy. I'm here. And I... Well I really care about you. I promise, you'll be okay. All of a sudden, Lucy sat up, looking very disheveled and tears formed in her eyes.
"N-Natsu..?" She asked.
"Yeah, Luce, I'm here." I said gently, putting my hand on her shoulder. Again, she flinched. "Lucy... what happened?"
"...Nothing. It's nothing." Lucy said, with a weak, teary smile.
I frowned. Her breath smelled of alcohol... "I know it isn't "nothing", Lucy. Please tell me... I just want to help." I pleaded.
Lucy just leaned into my shoulder and I wrapped my arms around her, slowly stroking her back. "Please, I want to help, Lucy." She looked up at me and fainted. I checked her temperature and she was burning up. I decided I need to take her to a doctor... Or Mira. But would she be there at this time of night? Maybe, I mean it's Friday night. Cana is probably still there. I decided it's best to take her there, so I put a sweater on her and scooped her up, then walked out the door to Fairy Tail.
"Mira!" I yelled as I busted through the door. To my surprise, she was still there, serving drinks. A lot of people were still there. Was there some kind of party I didn't know about? Never mind that, I need help.
"What happened?" Mira gasped.
"I don't know. I went to check on her and she was sobbing in her closet, and she wouldn't say anything. Then she just passed out in my arms. I think she has a fever, please, Mira, help." I begged.
"Bring her up to the infirmary, I'll grab some supplies." Mira instructed seriously. I did as she said and rushed up the stairs, straight to the infirmary and I put Lucy in one of the beds. Mirajane came up a few minutes after Lucy and I.
"I need you to step outside, go downstairs so I can check on her." Mira said. I tried to protest but she gave me a dead serious look that I know not to mess with. "Oh, Mira? I think she's been drinking..." I said as I walked downstairs and joined Cana and Gray at the bar.
"Is Lucy okay?" Gray asked. He sounded genuinely concerned.
"Honestly... I don't know.." I sighed. It kills me that something awful must have happened to her and I wasn't there to protect her... I wasn't there for her.
"I bet she'll be okay. She's a tough bagel." Cana said with a bit of a slur.
"...Um, I think you mean cookie?" Gray said. When Cana gave a look of confusion, Gray said, "I think you meant she's a tough cookie... not a tough bagel.."
"It doesn't matter!" I yelled. Gray and Cana just kind of backed off and went back to their drinking. Please, please, be okay, Lucy, I need you to be okay... Please...
I must've been waiting for an hour before Mira walked out and told me to come talk to her. This doesn't look good... Oh, I hope she's okay.
"Well? How is she?" I asked eagerly.
"She woke up.. for a few minutes. Just long enough to tell me what happened.." Mira said hesitantly.
"What happened!?" I yelled. Mira looked towards the floor. "Mirajane! Tell me!"
So... good.. bad? Please review. I know it's kind of really slow right now, but it'll pick up later. Obviously, I'm a huge NaLu shipper, but there'll be other ships later in the story. Review, please. I would like to know what you guys think.