Where are you?
Everything was gone. The war was over, some of them were still recovering from the final events that blew off and almost destroyed the whole country.
Everyone was tired, Levy was devastated, no one could make her smile. Not Lily, not Lucy, no one. Gajeel was gone, and with him,a part of Levy was too. And Juvia, oh poor Juvia, the rain hadn't stopped since she had gotten the news.
No one could do anything to emend what had happened. Lucy was heartbroken, shocked and above everything was bottling all to herself.
After the final fight, something had happened to Natsu and as soon as the war was considered finished he left, leaving behind everyone, including Happy. So with that, the blue cat moved in. She tried to stay strong for herself, for her guild, for Levy and Juvia, for Natsu. She did try, no one noticed her feelings of sadness and agony. She did love that boy, she had realized it way before the war even started, way before he was even gone for a year. She didn't tell anyone. Lucy was not like it, to tell people how she felt, when she meant it.
Even thought she loved him, that was not the time to be crying over him being missing. The whole guild was mourning for so many losses. Gray was not himself anymore, Erza was still in pain, and even though his help was needed Jellal had to flee, along with all of the other help.
Things seemed to be back on normal, but they weren't. Gajeel wasn't there, Natsu wasn't there, and, even though everyone was present, Fairy Tail didn't seemed Fairy Tail anymore.
6 Months passed, Lucy was about to burst, Levy was emotionless, and Juvia, even thought the rain had stopped, didn't even react to Gray anymore.
Happy was on a trip with Wendy and Carla, therefore, Lucy was going to be alone, for the first time in a year and a half, and honestly, she wasn't ready.
It was about 6 o'clock, Lucy sighed, as she watched the time slowly tick by. Mavis, who, was back in flesh and speaking with Makarov, gave a smile to Lucy who just wanted to be done. She got up and said her goodbyes, explaining that she wasn't feeling her best, and with that she went home.
Alone.
As she walked around town, she realized everything and everyone were back to normal. Only Fairy Tail was greaving.
In a matter of minutes Lucy arrived, but as she stared at the outside of the house, something told her to not come in just yet. She sat down by the river side, waving at the young man who passed by on a boat.
"Where are you Natsu?" She looked up starting to feel the tears.
How did everything came to this? How could she hold onto nothing? How could he leave like that?- all questions that flew around the young woman's brain.
"You told me to stay firm" the blonde remembered, looking down, tears already streaming down her face "to protect everyone. But I don't think I can do it." The celestial mage sobbed finally, after so long, breaking down. "I need you here, they need you here. Natsu," she whispered "come back to me."
Her heart ached in pain longing for his to return.
And then she started wishing that the day she could finally see him again would be sooner than what destiny had placed it to be. After a while, the tears dried out.
Lucy got up and turned around, unlocking the big brown door. Slowly, she went up the stairs, step by step, not wanting to be alone.
"I'm home." The blonde mage whispered as she walked into the living room, gasping a few moments when she realized a well-known pinkette was sleeping in her apartment floor. A smile escaped her lips, while the tears came back to her brown eyes. He was there, and, after long months, that house finally felt like home.