NaLu Week Bonus Day 1: Shine
Summary:Even in the gloomy light of life, they would shine a new light for each other
A/N: I put all my multi-chapter stories on hiatus for now, due to bad Writer's Block and other reasons. I will continue them eventually, I'm just on a little break. I'll be working on NaLu week to try and get back to writing though. :)
None of these prompts I'm writing for NaLu week are connected, they are all in different settings unless stated otherwise.
It was after hours in the city of Magnolia, the dark obsidian color of the night engulfed the sky into a calm embrace. Bright luminous stars were strewn across adding a bright flare to the atmosphere. The lustrous moon gave out a vivid color, to light the night for many to gaze upon.
Soft steps echoed the streets, as many pedestrians made their way to and fro through the small town. However, the majority of the population was asleep soundly at home, or just resting within their domiciles.
Lucy Heartfilia was included in the percentage that was in their solemn houses at such a time. She was peacefully laying upon her comfy bed, picking at one of her most prized possessions, a shiny golden locket. Her thin fingernails picked in between the groove that ran along the circular edge.
With a few attempts at pushing the two sides apart, it finally separated opening it up to a lovely picture of a woman. To be more specific, it was Lucy's mother.
Within the picture, the woman had long golden locks, much like Lucy's, and bright brown eyes. A smile adorned her beautiful face, causing the two to appear like almost exact twins.
The young girl had always had possession of the so called object, but she only chose to open it whenever she felt depressed or just any form of negative emotions.
Recently, her father's servants had been commanded to lock her in her room. He had wanted such, because she hadn't been attending to any meals or events that he was holding. She had isolated herself in hopes that he would attempt to visit the young woman himself, but of course, he just his servants punish her instead.
The many workers of the mansion believed that she hadn't eaten a meal in 5 days, but they couldn't help that fact. They weren't allowed to even converse with the blonde, so she unfortunately kept to herself.
If it were a usual day during the fall, she would have had to eventually came out to go to school, but it just happened to be summer break.
She just continued to listen to the rustle of branches outside of her window, but not taking notice of the many sounds, until she strangely heard a voice call out, "Lucy?" Upon hearing her name, the girl had looked up to gaze at a young man upon the other side.
He had spiky pink locks, and a grin that you could site from anywhere. She knew without a doubt who he was, and his arrival caused an immediate smile to consume her features.
"Natsu!" She called out, becoming very jovial. She leaped up from her bed, closing the locket quickly, and running over to open the window for her friend. "What are you doing here?" Lucy inquired, while she lifted the glass screen for the boy.
He quickly jumped through the window and plopped down beside the girl, pulling a gray duffel bag in beside him. "I haven't heard from you in awhile, so I came to see how you are doing." He remarked bearing his signature grin still.
The pinkette took a good look at the teen girl, taking in her image. He noticed that she was wearing a short nightgown that reached her mid thigh, and her golden hair was pulled up into a ponytail, her normal night attire. Her cheeks broke into a bright, heated blush as she felt his gaze upon her body. However, he wasn't checking her out in a perverted way. He was taking notice of how thinner she looked, and how pale her skin seemed.
His smirk dissipated from his face in concern. Without another word, he flung the duffel bag upon her bag and swiftly unzipped it. Inside were many colorful candy bars, soda bottles, bags of chips, packages of cookies, and so much more junk food.
"Eat up!" He commanded, gesturing to the food. "Sorry there's no real meals in there, but there are lunchables if you want." He chuckled.
Without hesitation, the girl reached for a bag of chips and dumped the contents in her mouth. She didn't even care how she appeared to Natsu, she was literally starving.
"Jeez, Lucy. If I would have known, I would have brought real food. You've always eaten a lot, but now you finally have a reason." He told her, sitting down upon her bed.
"Shut up! Can't a girl eat in a peace!?" She muttered, with food in her mouth. He just laughed at her in response.
She quickly went through sodas and snacks like it was nobody's business. Not until she was satisfied, did she fall back on her bed.
"So why haven't you been eating?" He asked her, after she was finally full.
"I was hoping if I'd stay hidden in my room, maybe Papa would have actually tried to get me to eat and come and see me myself. Yet, he just had the maids lock me up here for disobeying." She sighed, slowly turning her head to gaze into his onyx green eyes.
"Ugh, I hate your father. You should have snuck out then, you know you could have stayed at my house. I wouldn't mind." He stated, slightly furrowing his eyebrows in concern.
"Yah I know... I just felt like I could do this on my own, I'm sorry." She mumbled, sitting up to talk more properly to the boy.
"Well if you want to be on your own, I'll just have to bring you food and spend time with you until things clear up." He told her, causing her to smile in appreciation. And with that said, Natsu had stood up and walked over to the window slowly, and looked out into the night.
"The seventh is coming up soon, huh?" He calmly inquired, leaning against the window sill.
Lucy stood up and followed over to where he was, to look into the sky as well. Her eyes watched the bright white stars shine in the night, and let out a sigh.
"Yah it is..." she muttered.
July 7th was the one day that they would both always remember. It was the day that Natsu's foster father had abandoned him, and the day her mother had passed. Around the time of the seventh is when they'd both spend the entire day together alone to remember all of what had happened that day.
It was a day of despair, so they spent it together so they could cheer each other up. It was once a day they despised, but they actually looked forward to it sometimes, just to be alone with each other.
"It will be fine though, because we've got each other." The blonde said with a bright smile, while grabbing onto his hand, and holding it within hers.
He looked down at their hands linked, and his eyes lit up, and met hers.
"Thank you for everything." She told him, laying her head against his shoulder. With the simple action, he quickly smiled in happiness.
In response, he gave the girl a quick, meaningful kiss on top of her golden hair causing a blush to spread across her cheeks for the second time that day.
"No...Thank you, Lucy." He said in complete gratitude. At the same time, they both ironically looked up at the stars admiring them.
Even if they were lost in the darkness of their past, they'd always shine a light for each other to lead them to happiness. For their love for each other was all they needed.