Chapter 3
The blonde giggled at the sight of the sleeping dragon slayer that was putting down his head on her one leg while she was touching his cheek. She removed his hair from his eyes and smiled softly. "Natsu" called Lucy as she stroking his cheek lightly with her finger looking at his face. "Natsu, come on" she said again as she removed her hand putting it on her waist. "I have been sitting alone this whole time, come on wake up" she said again puffing her cheeks in annoyance. He held her hand yawning as he put on his cheek.
"Keep touching, it's a wonderful drug" he stated making her giggle and laugh. He sat up next to her as he kept her hand on his cheek. "I slept while I was lying down on your leg" he said rubbing his eyes yawning again. "That's true" he looked at her eyes that was shining. "You are my drug" they were having a picnic in their secret place in between the trees and the flowers that Natsu found suddenly when they were young. That place was there secret place from around 10 years that no one knows where is it except for Natsu, Lucy, Erza and Gray. Erza and Gray were Natsu and Lucy's childhood friends and they lived their whole life together that's why they treat each other like siblings and more except for Natsu and Lucy. They were a couple.
"It was a wonderful idea to come to our secret place after the graduation party" Lucy said grabbing a plate as she started to put some random foods in her plate and Natsu's one. Natsu rested his weight on his hands as he put it behind his back as he stretched his legs to the front inhaling a long breath throwing his head to the back.
"Yeah, it's amazing" he then lied down on his right side as he rested his head on his hand looking at Lucy while she was preparing their food. "And what's the awesome thing that you are here with me" he smiled making her smile and blush in the same time. Natsu closed the distance between them and they were about to kiss when Natsu's mobile started ringing. Lucy backed off and looked away. Natsu frowned at hearing his phone ringing while he was in the middle of something. He sighed taking it off his pocket. He looked at his telephone to find the name was 'Old man' he threw his back and put the phone down beside him.
"What? You are not answering?" asked the blonde licking her fingers from the cheese that she put down on the sandwich.
"The old man" he said putting the back of his hand on his eyes.
"You have to answer it" she said looking down at him while he was lying on the ground. "He is your father" she said trying to convince him to answer the telephone.
"He is so annoying, I hate annoying people" Lucy stared at him trying to find a suggestion that might convince the dragon slayer to answer the phone and remembered that how much was the pink haired concealing everything inside of his heart and never told anyone about the pain he feels inside of his heart. Lucy sighed feeling defeated and grabbed the plate stretching her hand to the dragon slayer to hand him his plate.
"Take" she said making him glance at her. "Eat.. to calm down" he then sat up taking the plate as he started to eat what she put down on it.
"Dad, you are going now" said the blonde looking at the person who stood in front of her. It was her father, the blonde haired that had a large moustache. He smiled as he looked at his daughter. She had that sad look on her face.
"Don't worry guys, I will be coming soon"
"It's six months, Jude" said the blonde mother that the same face as her daughter while she crossed her arms. He looked at the ground holding back the sadness and then he raised his head to look at his wife and his daughter.
"I will keep in touch with you, I promise that I finish this thing as fast as I can so I can see you" he then grabbed his little bag giving farewells to his beloved family and heading to the door's direction opening it and reaching his car to drive it. Jude was an engineer and he was traveling along with people to build buildings that were so far from their city.
Three months passed and they were still waiting for his coming but everything totally changed when they heard a shocking news about Lucy's father. He died because he was protecting child that was about to be hit with a large metal that was falling down from a high floor. They asked themselves that how come the child was inside of this area and it appeared that he was searching for his father between those people who was working in the area. Jude couldn't stand seeing the child get hurt or die in this young age and he became the victim.
His family couldn't bear hearing this news from someone as they became shocked and couldn't help but cry over his death. Well, Lucy's mother Layla was stronger than her and was able to go to the consolation but Lucy couldn't. She had locked herself inside of her room and didn't get out from it and she didn't even want to see her friends nor her boyfriend and she didn't even want to put a single thing inside of her mouth. Days have passed and everyone were still dead worried about Lucy's state.
"I can't bear it" Natsu said while he was sitting on his own car while looking at his friends who gathered around him. Next to him was Levy the blue haired girl was hugging her legs chest looking down at the hard ground feeling her heart aches at seeing her friend like that.
"We have to do something" she said tighten her grip.
"We tried but nothing came out" stated the redhead crossing her arms.
"I'm going to explode" stated Natsu as he came down from his car kicking the tire with his all might trying to get rid of this inability. The group looked at him and ignored his state because they know that everyone will be doing the same and more. All of them became silent and wide eyed when they heard the blonde's voice behind their backs.
"Lucy"
"Lu-chan"
"Bunny girl"
Everyone called looking at the blonde that came standing in front of them. They were happy seeing her that she was fine. Her face was so pale and crying for a long time affected it so her eyes were half closed and had circles under it. In one word, her face showed that how depressed she was. After the hugs and the tears that was falling down on her shoulders, the smiles that she received and the desire of missing her, she looked at everyone's face. Natsu, Levy, Erza, Juvia, Gray, and Gajeel.
"My mother had decided to travel to America" she finally said after a while of silence. They were silent looking at her to continue her talk. "And I will be going with her". Everyone's eyes widened because they were shocked about hearing something like that. Natsu closed the distance between them and looked at her.
"What do you mean you are going with your mother?"
Instead of answering, Lucy looked back at her friends. "So, guys I told you because I didn't want to surprise you when you don't find me in my home". Natsu was about to talk about something but was surprised when Lucy grabbed his hand to drag him with her as they walked away from the group.
"What does that mean? We won't be seeing Lucy-san again" stated Juvia looking at everyone's face. Everyone were silent thinking about the blue haired question.
"I don't really know she seemed a little... changed" Gray said.
"Yes Natsu, I'm going to America"
"Is that all you have? I know already, say something else" Lucy took a deep breath then she looked at his eyes.
"I will be going and I don't know if I'm going to be back or not, you can say it will be forever"
"Forever, huh? What about me? What about us?!" asked the salamander looking at the blonde's eyes.
"I can't make any suggestion but the only thing I can do is to break up with you"
"You could to be kidding! You are out of your mind, wake up! We are we, no one can take you away from me!" yelled the pink haired as he felt tears prepared to fall down on his cheeks.
"Natsu, grow up! We aren't the young ones anymore! We graduated from the college" she said as she felt that her tears start to gather in her eyes too. Natsu didn't believe that he was hearing those things from his girlfriend. The one he had known since childhood, since they were six.
"That mean we are done for?" asked the salamander holding back those tears that wanted to betray him.
"Yes, we are done. I'm not your girlfriend anymore"
Flashback ends.
Natsu rubbed his eyes preventing more tears to fall down to his cheeks at remembering that flashback that hurt him so much and made him suffer his life. He looked down at the frame he held in his hands. It was a picture of him and Lucy as he remembered again how cruel she was in their last meeting. 'Grow up' he remembered the last order she ordered him to do and he really grew up and changed from the person that was living his life simply and doing everything he wanted to the person that became a businessman, boring and doing everything wisely. And all of that means, he lost the fun in the life.
"I grew up Lucy, I wonder how much you grew up?"
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It's nice to be back again with another chapter, I hope you enjoyed it :3
Sayonara
