The fear | Natsu Dragneel

The first time it happened, you were so shocked, you hardly did anything to comfort him.

The second, you didn't come fast enough to be with him from the start. Yet at the every time you rushed to where you knew he would be and snuggled with him until the terror ended.

Today was no different, when after entering his house, you found Natsu whimpering in the corner.

Quickly, you ran up to the dragon slayer and crouched before him with reassuring smile on your lips. He looked up at you, his eyes wide and glistened form the fear but also pleading.

You reached your hands to his face and pulled him in embrace, covering his ears with your small palms.

There was a flash of light illuminating on the walls before a growl of a thunder followed, causing Natsu to whimper.

You sighed. Since you learned of his greatest fear, you've wondered how was it he wanted to fight Laxus every time the older dragon slayer came back to the guild, if he was so afraid of storm. But you also expected it to be a way of fighting his own fears for the pink-haired boy, so the mystery wasn't this mysterious to you in fact.

Yet another lightning crossed the sky, pulling you out of your thoughts and making you look down at the whimpering boy.

It pained you to see him like this. Vulnerable and so scared, he couldn't even stand. It was weird too, since he was so strong normally, you've always looked up to him even thought your magic wasn't destined to fight.

But there was also small aspect of such a situation that made you happy and it didn't matter if you were proud of this fact or not. This matter was that other than Happy, you were the only person that knew about this fear and you were the actual only one that could make it better for him.

You were always there when the storm started, ready to comfort him whenever you had something to take care of or not.

And it made him happy to know that the person he loved wished to be at his side at those times and stayed there every time, the thunders tired him to sleep to let him wake up to her beautiful smile.