Hello dear readers! I've got a lot of Nalu feels, and this is my way of dealing with them. There'll be a wide variety of themes here, including a bit of angst and even some AU's scattered here and there. Let me know what you think. I asky uo, if you're able, to listen to Someday When I Stop Loving You by Carrie Underwood before/durring/after reading this. It was the fabulous song that inspired my humble mind into writing again(yay!).
"Now, don't forget to get off this time," She chided softly.
"I won't." He responded, not turning. He had one foot on the train, the other lingered on the platform where she stood.
She wavered, watching him climb aboard. Her thoughts were scattered, but she knew that she wanted him to not leave. She thought about lying down on the tracks. Maybe he'd get off if I did, she thought.
This was all too much for her. Her best friend was saying goodbye and her thoughts felt scattered and frantic. Shoe couldn't help but remember a better time . . .
"Ne, Lucy?"
"Mmm?" She murmured, half asleep.
"If we had kid, what would you want to name it?" he asked, burying his face in her hair, breathing in her distinctive scent. He didn't think he would be ever be able to live without that smell again. His world smelled wrong when she wasn't in it.
"Hmmm," she mused from her position in his lap. Her head rested against his chest as he leaned against her headboard. She would have liked very much to never have to leave the circle of his warmth. "Maybe after Mama . . . Or maybe after us."
"What do you mean?"
"Na . . . shi. Nashi. What do you think?"
He shifted downwards so that they were lying down. "Beautiful. What if it's a boy?"
"I don't know."
"Igneel."
"Igneel Dragneel? No. That sounds funny."
"C'mon Lucy!"
"No."
"How about we flip for it later?"
She smiled drowsily, "Alright, hothead. It's a deal."
She turned away from the train, but couldn't find the energy to move her feet. She ended up just staring at them, waiting for the whistle and the steam; waiting for him to be gone. She figured she would either collapse or be able to move. The jury was still out.
Goodbye Natsu, Lucy's internal voice sobbed, though not a single drop of moisture left her eyes. I'll move on, idiot, when Fairy Tail crumbles to dust and Erza loses. Someday, when I stop loving you, it'll be the same day Wendy kills and Levy burns a book.
I bet everything on our love, I guess in the end it wasn't enough to stop you from this suicide mission. I've suffered through hard times, Natsu, but those times were nothing to this; watching you go. I guess I'll have to let you go somehow. She laughed humorlessly. Yeah, I'll move on when fish doesn't appeal to happy, and you grow cold.
A deafening whistle resounded, accompanied by a cloud of white steam. Lucy head flew up. NO! I can't let you go!
She spun around, preparing to hound the train on foot. She had taken the first broken step forward when the steam cleared.
Two figures stood before her, eyes trained on her face. Steady black eyes bore into her own, raising goosebumps before she was even aware of them. Something settled into her chest, filling the black hole that had begun to absorb her light. It was the fire that warmed her, her own personal lantern for the darkest times.
A breeze played across her face, chilling her cheeks. Lucy reached up to find them damp with salt tears. Once she realized she was whole again, she felt firmer. She qickly closed the gap between them, not being able to stand it. Halting a mere millimeter apart, she matched his unwavering stare.
"I thought you were leaving." It wasn't a question.
"I thought so too."
She grabbed his scarf and hauled him forward. She leaned in to whisper in his ear, a shadow falling across her eyes. "Don't ever-," she broke off, unable to finish.
He smirked, circling her clinging hand with his own and leaning his forehead against hers. "I won't."
Idiot. I'll never stop loving you.
So sorry for the shortness. I promise to try to get them longer in the future.
A BIG thank you to Lolibegle for letting me know my edits had gone horribly awry (I swear they were there originally). It's been a while since I graced FFN with my presence and things have changed considerably! ^-^ I hope this makes things clearer.
Oh-kay, so I ended it a little different, but did you really think they'd allow each other to walk away like that? No, I didn't think so.
