A/N: Hello, I'm newish here. I'm a huge fan of GraLu, and this isn't really story but rather a collection of everyday one-shots of the two in the Fairy Tail universe. It will strictly be in the Fairy Tail universe. If you want to make suggestions of what I should try writing next or whatever, comment or PM. Awesome, thank you :D
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or any of the characters. It was all created by the great Hiro Mashima. If I did own Fairy Tail, GraLu would've been canon.
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home is where the heart is
Purple, pinks, and oranges streaked across the open sky. The sun struggled to stay up, but it was time for it to rest. The darkness of the night slowly crawled and mixed in with the purple and orange.
Lucy sighed.
It was a beautiful sight.
The celestial mage was lounging on the roof of the guild with a hot mug of tea in hand. The wind blew her hair around her as it shined with the last light of the setting sun. She usually came up here when she felt homesick for a place she wasn't sure existed.
"Thought you'd be up here," a familiar voice spoke.
She briefly looked over her shoulder to see Gray walking up to her. He leaned against the railing beside her, a cigarette in hand.
She gave him a small smile. "Good guess."
He shrugged, looking at the setting sun. "What's up with you?"
Lucy turned her gaze to the sun as well. "It's…stupid."
"Stupid?" His eyes were on her now; she could feel it. "I doubt it."
"Well," she sighed. "I don't know. Sometimes I feel…homesick for a place that doesn't exist. Oh god, I sound weird right now, don't I?"
"No," he said sincerely. "I know what you mean. Not exactly, but I get it."
She looked at him now. "Y…eah?"
"Yeah," he paused, taking a drag on his cigarette before puffing out a cloud. "I sometimes get a feeling like none of this is real, and I'm in one big dream. Mostly because I've been lucky ever since I came to Fairy Tail."
"Dissociation."
"Huh?"
Lucy flushed, embarrassed. "That's what I call it, at least."
He turned fully to her, his eyes gleaming with something. "You get that too, huh?"
"Yeah," she breathed, taking a sip of her mango tea.
"So, tell me about this place you think doesn't exist."
She pursed her lips. "A place where…my heart can be full and my soul understood."
Gray silently nodded. "Fairy Tail can only do so much."
There was a short, comfortable silence.
"I'm glad," she whispered suddenly. "I'm glad that I'm not the only one who feels like this."
The ice mage gave her a small crooked smile. "Me too."
They briefly glanced at each other, but that was all they needed to believe that it was true. That the nonexistent place was indeed existed because home was where the heart was. Their hearts were full and their souls understood by each other. And it was all real.
A/N: Thank you! :)
