"I love you, Lucy Heartfilia"

I turned to face Natsu on my side and smiled at him while blushing. "I love you too, Natsu Dragneel"

This said he leaned over me and kissed me.

We had spent the night together. It had been the most beautiful night of my entire night. Finally I had said to Natsu what I felt for him and I found out he felt the same way. Of course it hadn't been exactly how happens in movies, there have been no dates, no bouquet of flower nor some chocolates, even if he would have probably eat them all before I could have seen them. Everything had been very fast, happened in one night. But did I really care about a traditional relationship? No, not really, because there was nothing about us that can be defined as "traditional". Plus, the most important thing was that now I could actually be with Natsu, without hide my feelings nor be worried about the fact that maybe he wasn't interested in me in that way.

Despite all, he had been absolutely perfect, he had made me smile after a long time and I knew that together we would be able to overcome every adversity.

After we broke the kiss, I got closer to him on the bed. I noticed that he was smiling and I started to stroke his chest. "What are you thinking?"

He looked me and his smile got wider. "That I'm happy you haven't push me down the window last night"

I laughed at his answer and kissed him again "I don't have any intention in kicking you out ever again"

"Really? Finally!" He sighed and looked at me. He had something strange in his eyes.

I was terrified he had changed his mind about what happened between the two of us. Of course if he didn't want to start a relationship I wouldn't have forced him to, but I would have feel bad, really bad. It was useless denying it. I sat up and looked him right into his eyes. "Natsu… do you regret what happened last night?"

He stared at me for a few seconds elaborating what I just said, than his eyes got wider and he sat up too with a worried look into his eyes. "Of course not, Luce. Come here to tell you that I love you has been one of the best decisions that I have ever made in my entire life!" He scratched nervously the back of his head and smiled. "Actually, seeing how you react I should had done it a lot time ago… Why, Luce? Are you having second thoughts?" He was staring at me with eyes full of fear, exactly how my own eyes should have looked like a few moments ago.

"No! Of course not, Natsu! It has been amazing and I love you." I smiled and hugged him. "It's just that you look a little weird, that's all."

"You're weird" he mumbled. After a few moments of silence, he continued talking "Maybe I look weird 'cause you have never seen me without clothes on in this kind of situation" He burst out laughing when he saw my face turning red.

"Go on, laugh, I was just worried" I stuck out my tongue and got up wrapping around myself the sheets.

He snorted loudly and grabbed my waist. "Where are you going? And why are you wearing that? I already saw you naked" He looked like a little baby who was complaining about school.

"Natsu, even if I would love to remain here with you for the rest of my life, I'm afraid that's not possible" I sighed saddened by the fact that I had to leave.

"Why?" he asked trying to strip me.

"Because I have promised Wendy that I would have help her fixing her hair with Cancer's help and because I want to give a hand rebuilding the guild and the city." Since he was still trying to strip me, I continued talking "And I put this on" and I pointed at the sheets he was trying to tear off "Because if someone like Happy or Gray would come here uninvited, I would prefer not to let them see me naked."

He immediately stopped realizing it was possible since they always sneak into my apartment (even if Natsu did it more than anyone else). He pouted, but nodded "Alright, understood" He got up too and turn around to stare at the bed with melancholy in his eyes.

I hugged him from behind and tightened my grip on him "Don't act like this, there will be a lot of others chances in front of us" I kissed his shoulders and went to the bathroom leaving him standing in front of the bed

After half an hour we had take a shower, we had put clothes on and now we were having breakfast. I had cook pancakes and two big cup of hot chocolate with cream.

Obviously Natsu immediately started devouring them, he loved eating. I watched him as he continued stuffing himself while drinking my cup of hot chocolate. I still couldn't believe what happened, but it was true. Natsu loved me.

But there still was a strange sensation that didn't want to leave me alone. I was worried, I wasn't sure of what. There was this strange feeling that was teasing me, but I was trying to ignore it. Natsu had said everything was alright, so I had nothing to worry about. I trusted him.

After he finished eating all his pancakes, he looked up and smiled at me. "They were delicious!"

I giggled at his compliment and clean his face from all the crumbs with a handkerchief. Than I got up and washed the dishes while Natsu was observing me silently. It wasn't too bad, but it was strange he wasn't saying anything. Generally he would make a lot of noises.

When I was satisfied with my work, I leaned on the kitchen counter and watched the clock. "It's time to go, Natsu."

A grunt was his only answer, but it made me smile. I grab my keys and left my home with Natsu. "So I'll see you later at guild, in that way we'll see if they need help. After all we have already did it once, we can do it again." I smiled at him decided to do my best.

"Yeah, sure" He smiled back at me, but he looked sad again.

I didn't understand why that feeling became stronger, but I ignored it and put my arms around his neck. "I love you, Natsu"

"I love you too, Luce" That said, he gave me a passionate kiss, almost more demanding than the ones from the night before. When we break the kiss, we continued hugging each other for a while. After that I went to the park and Natsu went to his house to meet with Happy.

A moment before he let me go, I would swear I heard a whisper, but maybe I just imagined it "I will protect you"

I got to my appointment with Wendy in time and with her there were also Charle, Lily, Levy and Gajeel. Me and Cancer helped Wendy's hair to grow back after what happened with Face. After a while, we all decided to go to the guild. There I discovered that Gray went to visit his father's grave and Juvia followed him. Plus it seems Erza had decided to spend some time by herself and no one had heard of her lately. Also Laxus and the Raijinshuu had completely recovered from their injuries and that cheered everyone up. After giving us this good news, the Master gave us a terrible one. I immediately froze. "It can't be possible, it can't be" was all I could think about. When the objections started, the Master silenced us and repeated what shocked us. "I decided to dissolve Fairy Tail"

After he said that I didn't know what to do. Fairy Tail was gone. I absolutely needed to tell Natsu what the Master had decided. So I run to my house, I was sure to find him there. Considering that Natsu didn't come to the guild, I thought that he probably didn't notice it was getting late playing with Happy or maybe they fell asleep. Before I got into the house I tried to calm myself so I wouldn't scare them once they saw me. When I thought I was ready to deal with them, I got up the stairs, opened the door and… no one. There was no one waiting for me. No blue cat was going through my clothes and no guy with salmon hair was reading my book. No one was waiting for me on the couch like the night before, nor on the bed, nor anywhere else. I worried even more when I saw a letter with an "N" made in seal wax on top placed on the table. I opened it with trembling hands and two piece of paper fell on the floor. I read the bigger one and the feeling I had from that morning exploded. I reread it several times.

- I'm going off on a journey to train with Happy. I'll be back after about a year. Give everyone else the heads up, okay? Se ya on the flip side, Lucy! Natsu and Happy -

Then I took the other sheet of paper, the smaller one, which had just one sentence: I love you and I will protect you, Luce.

I let both of them fall on the ground and began to run as fast as I could to stop them. They were leaving me alone. Natsu was leaving me alone. I kept running while tears rolled down my cheeks.