I leaned my head against the window of the train as I watch the scene before me pass by absentmindedly. I hummed a gentle tune as I continue to stroke the hair of the little, six-year old boy sleeping with his head on my lap using it as a pillow. He squirmed a little and I looked at him to make sure he was still napping.

"Mama..." he mumbled. I can't help but smile upon hearing his melodic voice. As i said before he was six years old. he has spiky, golden blonde hair and fierce yet sweet onyx-black eyes.

i glanced back outside the window, once again staring absentmindedly while humming a tune. A few moments later, the train bell rang, signaling the passengers for the current stop.

"we have safely arrived at the Magnolia Station," the conductor said through the microphone," thank you for riding with us and have a nice day."

I closed my eyes and let out a sigh before I decided to wake up my son. "Hey, Ryuu, wake up. We're already here."

"huh...oh, it was just you mama.'" he said while rubbing his eyes." Where are we?"

"I'll explain later, now, get up before the train leaves. I don't want to go to another trip." I said to him. he gave me a nod of his head and helped me carry one of the bags. He acted mature for a six-year old, but he also has a childish side. We only have to bags with us so I gave him the smaller and much lighter one while I carried the bigger and heavier one. We walked out of the train and began to walk. We were walking for few minutes when Ryuu decided to continue our conversation from the train.

"Mama, what town are we in, where are we going and why are we here?" he asked in one breath.

"oh. We're at Magnolia Town, sweetie. And now, we're going to find an apartment to live at. As to why We're here, well, Mama's pay wasn't enough to sustain the both of us , so Mama is gonna join her old guild." i answered honestly.

:Oh..."he said, trailing off, "I'm sorry, mama." He apologized stopped walking and turned around to face him.

"What are you sorry for, sweetie?"I asked, shock written all over my face and heard through my voice.

"Because Mama needs to wok hard for me while I'm at home playing and having fun." He explained.

"No need to be sorry for that, I'm your mama so it's my job to keep you safe and happy so I am not angry at you for playing while I'm working."

He gave me a full grin and motioned me to come down to his size. I crouched but before I could mutter another word, he hugged me.

"Thank you, mama. I love you."

"I love you, too, Ryuu." i replied" now, let's go. It's getting dark and we haven't had dinner yet. you must be hungry." he nodded his head approvingly. I giggled at his innocence and we continued our walk.

After about twenty minutes of walking, I found out that my old apartment was still unoccupied and available so Ryuu and I ended up there. We ate our dinner and had our shower. When the clock struck eight, I told Ryuu that it was his bedtime and he need to go to sleep. He nodded and went to the bed that I prepared while he was taking his shower. I decided that it was too early for me to sleep so I finished furnishing our new house/apartment. I finished at about a quarter until ten but I was still feeling quite awake so I decided to just lie down beside Ryuu while waiting for my sleep to get me. I walked in our bedroom and saw him sleeping peacefully. I carefully moved him so I could lay in bed together with my son. i had my left arm under him while he shifted so he was now hugging me. Seeing him like this, I can't help but remember all of those times she spends with her friends an HIM.

FLASHBACK~

It was somebody's birthday at the guild, so there was ANOTHER grand party. I wasn't used to drinking so I just settled for sitting at the bar and drinking fruit juices. well, that was what i was doing until Cana, a.k.a. the Guild's Number One Drinker, forced me to drink. She promised me that she'll leave me alone after I take one shot. Well one shot turned into two, then three and ...well, let's just say that it went out of all control and I was drinking multiple shots of beer. I was starting to get a little dizzy so I decided that was the right time to excuse myself and go home.

"ugh...I..t-thinnkk..I had enough...I'll g-goo hooome ...ffoor ...tod-ay..." I said while hicupping uncontrollably.

"Oh! You're going home,Lucy?"Mira asked me and I gave her a tight nod."Would you mind bringing Natsu home? Thank You, Lucy!" She gave Natsu to me almost immediately. He was passed out so I'd gueesed that he, Gray and the others had another drinking contest. 'I guessed noone wants to take Natsu home tonight.' I thought. I just shrugged it off and have carried, half dragged Natsu's body out the guild and towards the cold streets of Magnolia. Then, half-way towards my apaartment, I remembered a very crucial thing: I can't remember the direction to Natsu's house. Damn! I tried to search my memory but I was too dizzy to think clearly. It didn't hel that Natsu's weight made it more difficult to process things. And yeah, it didn't help that I was drunk.

After afew more moments of thinking, I just let it go and made him sleep on my couch. As I was getting ready to prepare for bed and get into my much awaited sleep, I felt something hug me from behind. I tried to turn around but then everything went black.

I woke up the next morning feeling weird. I also felt a little pain all over my body but none of those can compare to the massive headache I was experiencing.

"ugh,,,," I tried so hard to remember what I was doing but everything was blank. Then, I felt a cool breee passed by and I felt a shiver go down my spine. i hugged myself but as soon as my hands and arms touched the surface of my body, I felt sticky. I looked down to see that I was naked.

"Virgo must've put me out of my clothes." i said to myself. I was going to stand up when I felt someone stir next to me on my bed. I quickly pried the blanket of the 'thing' only to find someone. and not JUST a someone, it was NATSU! AND HE WAS NAKED! My headache was forgot as the happenings of the previous night returned to me. the party, getting drunk, natsu's drunk and unconcious.I started to panic so I randomly threw on some of my clothes. I found his clothes on the floor so picked those up and put them on him. with my eyes closed, of course. When he was fully-clothed, I dragged him from the bed to my front porch, wishing that nothing REALLY happened and he just burned their clothes while we were sleeping.

ENDOFFLASHBACK

I let a lone tear to escape my eye as I drifted off to sleep.