Six Degrees of Separation

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1. First, You Think The Worst Is A Broken Heart

It was common knowledge that Natsu Dragneel was a hot-head, but for the past few days he had been oddly quiet. Quiet was not something that Natsu did, which worried those who came in contact with him.

"Natsu," Happy whined from beside him. The Exceed was worried about his friend. Instead of going to the guild when they woke up, the Dragon Slayer walked aimlessly around town- his head down in thought. "What's wrong?" Happy frowned when he didn't answer, feeling a twinge of hurt that his best friend was being so distant. "Natsu!"

Natsu was in his own world, his feet carrying him where ever they pleased. He just didn't care anymore. All he could think about was how much his heart hurt and how much he wanted to tell Lucy what he should have told her months ago. But, it was too late now- he had lost. Like a broken record, the conversation he had heard between Lucy and Gray played again and again.

"Lucy, I…can I ask you something?" Gray stuttered nervously. The two mages were in a local park- just finishing a job and deciding to take the long way home. When someone mentioned that the two had left the guild without him, Natsu raced after them, not wanting to feel left out. He wished he would have just stayed at the guild for a while longer.

"What is it?" Lucy questioned, brown eyes wide with concern.

"Well,I…I just…" The ice mage finally took a deep breath to collect his thoughts before saying: "Will you go on a date with me?"

Natsu blinked in confusion. Gray wanted to go on a date with Lucy? His Lucy? What possessed him to want that? Natsu strained his already sensitive hearing to catch Lucy's answer. It had to be 'no', right?

Lucy looked surprised at the questioned, mouth slightly parted in shock, before smiling at him. It was the same smile that he had become use to seeing everyday- the smile that he fell for. Much to Natu's surprised her answer was: "I would love to Gray!"

It was there in the middle of the park on a warm summer day that Natsu experienced heartbreak. He watched as Lucy walked away with his rival- unable to bring himself to call out to her and ask her to reconsider. He trudged to his house, fighting the urge to go to Lucy's apartment. He knew he could not act like he didn't hear the exchange between the two.

When Natsu finally took his eyes off the ground he found himself in the same park that caused his pain. It was a beautiful park that even he enjoyed walking through, but now it harbored a painful memory that would not leave his mind. "I wonder," He muttered to himself, catching Happy's attention. This was the first sentence he had said in a few hours. "If there's anything worse than a broken heart…"

Author's Corner:

~Welcome to my first Fairy Tail story! This has been on my mind for awhile so I finally made time to write it. The song that this series is based off is Six Degrees of Separation by The Script. There's six degrees so there will be six one-shot like chapters with possibly an epilogue. I hope all who reads this series enjoys and if you have a question or comment leave it in a review!

~I do not own the song Six Degrees of Separation nor do I own Fairy Tail