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It was late, Natsu was bored and depressed, what else was he supposed to do? He was tired of trying to choose one or the other. There was Lisanna, an old friend who he could always rely on and then there was Lucy. Gosh Lucy, where does he begin. Well she's weird that's a start. She's also really girly and fun to make fun of. GUH! Why was it so hard to choose?!

He took another swig of whiskey. He pictured Lisanna's face. Her pure white hair, her blue eyes, her gracefulness.

He heard the lock on the door click and heard it open.

"Natsu?"

He pictured Lucy's face, her blonde hair, her chocolate brown eyes, her clumsiness, her perfection.

"Natsu, what are you doing?"

He was so done! Why couldn't he just choose? It was only two people! Why was it so hard? It was a fifty fifty chance that he would get it right so why couldn't he just come right out and say that he liked one of them? UGH!

"Natsu, put the whiskey bottle down right now."

He liked the feeling of the cool burn of the whiskey going down his throat, It made him feel like he was flying, like he had wings that could take him anywhere. Right now it felt like he was flying so high that he would never touch the ground.

"Natsu! I told you NOW!"

He didn't want to stop, he couldn't. Every time he told himself that everything was okay, that everything would even itself out, he would just break down, like someone hit a switch inside of him that turned him off. When that happened he wouldn't turn back on for days. He would isolate himself from everyone, trying to hide the inner demons that he was fighting.

"Natsu, I need you to listen to me."

But he didn't want to listen, he just wanted to fly away.

"You have to focus on my voice, are you listening?"

He was listening but the voice in his head kept telling him to just sleep. He didn't need anyone, he could do what he wanted, but some part of him told him to keep listening.

"Natsu, do you remember where you are?"

He was at Lucy's house, one of his favorite places. He didn't know why he chose this place to get wasted, he just wandered here without thought.

"Do you remember what you were doing before this?"

What he had been doing before this? Thinking. Thinking was dangerous for Natsu. His mind would just keep going back to the same people, and the voice would keep telling him to get the whiskey. It told him the whiskey would help. It never did.

"Natsu, I'm going to call somebody, is that okay?"

He didn't care what happened, he just wanted to sleep for now. He was just so tired.

"Natsu. Stay with me. You can't sleep."

Why?! Why couldn't he sleep? God it was hard to stay awake now. Darkness clouded his vision for a moment.

"Natsu, I need you to count to 1000. Can you do that?"

Why did he need to count to 1000? God this was dumb! The darkness threatened to take over.

"Natsu, count."

UGH. Fine. One, two, three, four...

He had gotten to 20 when there was a knock at the door. Natsu ignored it and kept heard a conversation between two girls. One of them sounded very stern. The other sounded panicked.

Twenty-two, twenty -three, twenty-four, twenty-five…

He was getting tired again. GOSH he was tired. He had a pounding headache and just wanted to drift into a dreamless sleep. He couldn't take anymore nightmares. He'd had enough of those lately.

Forty-seven, forty-eight, forty-nine…

He felt himself being raised off the ground by two strong arms. The darkness was at the corners of his eyes, reaching out to him in a lullaby of shadows. He felt someone slap him. He didn't care. It's not like it mattered. If he couldn't decide between two girls then he should be able to take a slap or two.

Seventy, seventy-one, seventy-two, seventy-three…

"Lucy I think we should let him sleep. He's… he's been through enough today…"

One hundred, one hundred -one…

"Natsu, you can stop counting now. You can sleep."

No, he didn't want to sleep now. He was afraid of the darkness, its lullaby didn't seem welcoming anymore. It's shadows didn't seem happy. They had sharp corners and terrifying faces. He wanted to run away from them. He needed to fly away. Where was the whiskey?! DANG IT!

Two Hundred ten, two hundred eleven…

He heard someone murmur a goodnight and a door close. He flinched at the click. Gosh his head hurt.

"Natsu...you should stop counting...you can sleep now..the darkness isn't going to hurt you."

NO! It DID want to hurt him! He had to get away!

He felt two warm arms wrap around him. Lucy? What was she doing? She had to get away from the darkness too! She couldn't get hurt because of him! She had to run! Why didn't she see the danger she was in?!

Five hundred fifty, five hundred fifty-one…

Natsu started to sob and tried to tell Lucy to leave, to get away but it came out as a choked cry as he sat there helpless. He didn't want her to get hurt….

"Natsu, please, just sleep. I'll scared the monsters away. They can't get to you, not when I'm here."

He didn't understand. His head hurt so bad. He wanted to sleep, but the shadows, they wanted to hurt him, they wanted to hurt Lucy…

"It's okay Natsu, it's okay…"

They shadows began to fall back and were replaced by a light. They were gone. The light was so welcoming, so warm. It wasn't blinding, but it wasn't small.

"Ssshhhh…"

Seven hundred eighty, seven hundred eighty-one….

His eyes started to droop as he felt himself relax.

Nine hundred twenty…

The shadows weren't going to hurt him anymore.

Nine hundred ninety-eight, nine hundred ninety-nine…

He was safe.

Lucy saved him.

Hoped you enjoyed! ~Lanybug135