Natsu kicked the railing, his eyes glued to the side of the building where they could easily watch the plane take off.

He'd missed her. Obviously. And now he was going to have to miss her for another whole hour. The guards had practically dragged him out of the airport like he had been some kind of criminal when all he had wanted to do was say goodbye to Lucy, and the unpleasant looks from other people in the airport made him anything but comfortable.

"Dammit!" He barked, watching as Erza began to make her way up the stairs.

"What happened?" She asked, her tone already knowing the answer as she watched Natsu force himself to settle.

"Flame brain here went mental and jumped the terminal gate. So now we're not allowed back in."

"Shut up, asshole." Natsu grumbled, ramming his back against the rail, his arms folded.

"Well, you should have known it was a dumb idea." Gray scoffed, Juvia hugging onto his arm as a gentle breeze brushed against them. Though it was Wendy who perked up rather than Erza to break up whatever argument was about to begin.

"Natsu-San, why don't you leave Lucy a voice mail on her mobile?" She gave the boy a soft smile, looking up at him with admirable eyes.

"Oh, I guess I could."

"She probably wouldn't hear it, she can't use her phone in Europe and you're supposed to turn it off before you get on the plane." Levy butted in, tugging out a cardigan from her slouch bag and tossing it over her shoulders, the fabric a dark grey as it flooded over her tiny frame.

"But she might not have her phone off yet?"

"It's possible."

"Ah, cool!" He patted down himself, his brows raising as he came to the conclusion that he didn't have his phone with him. In fact, he couldn't even remember the last time he had it.

Erza merely sighed, pulling out her own phone.

"You'd lose your own head if it weren't screwed onto your body." She stabbed her think fingers down into the numbers and then held the lacrima cell out in the palm of her hand.

"It's ringing right now, you just need to take it and speak."

Natsu nodded gently, taking the phone delicately as he took a few steps away from the group, all five of them watching him with curious eyes. He had to spin himself around to avoid being given all the pressure.

This was all good right? If her phone was on, she would pick up and he could just tell her what he was planning to say before he got knocked down onto his feet. If she didn't pick up, she wouldn't hear the message until her phone was back on and that would post likely be in a year when she finally returned back to Japan. It was a chance worth taking after all, since his only job tonight was to tell her how much he was going to miss her where she would take ont he rest for herself. It was his own fault, how could he not have realised earlier? Or maybe gotten Erza to talk to him sooneer, if only he hadn't found out about the plane ride so late. Speaking of that… why hadn't Lucy told him about the schedule changing, she had seen him that morning yet she hadn't bothered to bring it up, maybe she was worried about something herself.

He sighed somewhat, pushing the phone onto his ear, the melancholic ringing shaking his eardrums as he waited for her to pick up.

However, his hopes faltered a little, one ring, two rings, three rings. It was a while until it finally came to a stop and a lady begin to speak telling Natsu to leave a message after the beep.

Then he was met with dead silence, the only sounds around were the noise of him breathing and the breeze blowing against his ears.

here it was, the moment of truth, for him to use his words to truly tell her how he felt. But there was a problem. He had no idea how to use words. Not like Lucy, not the way she could easily explain something, or make someone feel better by just saying one sentence. He was bad with putting them in order and letting them explain how he truly felt.

Time ticked away as he thought, waiting and deciding until there was another beep and the phone line cut out.

He pulled it away from his ear, his eyes watching the device with almost utter condolence, what would he do, call again and beg that she picked up. The plane was going to leave very soon and he would need to be fast.

With a poke, he pressed down the call button and it began to redial the blonde, the ringing once again chiming into his ear. Though, as expected she did not pick up again; and that beep greeted him like an old friend.

He stood there in silence for a moment again, glancing back at the other Fairy Tail members, all of them with their eyes glued to the planes. They were watching Lucy's plane of course, as it began to start up, the lightly flickering up as the wheels protruded out. And as he spoke, he started at it as it begun his lift off.

"Hey Luce…. I know I'm… a little late. I had no idea your plane was leaving earlier, I would have been there to wave you off if I could. But.. I did some talking with Erza, and she made me realised some stuff…"

There the plane began to move, it rolling against the pavement like it was in a rally, it's speed determined.

"I'm not very good with words, so this might not make a lot of sense. I want you to see your friends, I'm so happy for you that you're going away on this trip to go visit them all. But there's something I never got chance to say to you; and I think you ought to know that I'll be waiting here at home for you. I really like you Lucy, like as in… I l-"

Though he was cut short as that loud, condescending beep blurted out from the speakers and he pulled it back from his ear, looking up at the plane that had finally lifted from the ground.

There she went, and here he stood, small as anything on this pavement, that plane heading for a bigger, wider adventure. One that was all Lucy's. As long as she was happy, he couldn't think of anything better, and whether or not his message got to her, he loved her nevertheless.

He glanced down at the pavement.

"I'll wait for you…" He whispered, tugging the scarf around his neck. Even with the other's here, it was going to feel a little lonely.

"Why would you do that?"

"Because I love you, Lucy."

"But how can you wait for someone who hasn't left?"

He paused slightly, his whole body tensing up as he realised he wasn't talking to himself. That voice. Her voice. Coming from right behind him…

He spun around immediately, his eyes falling on exactly what he had been envisioning, her blonde locks fallen down on her shoulders as her cheeks were a soft pink.

"Lucy!?"

"Hey." She smiled, running a hand through her hair.

"What the hell?! Your plane just left!"

"I know."

"But- w-what about your trip?!" His eyes were wide, what on earth was she doing? This was her trip to see her friends, she just missed it, what did she think she was doing?"

"I couldn't leave knowing that I never got to say goodbye to you."

"But Lucy…"

"Come with me."

"What?"

"Come with me. To Europe."

"What?! Why would you ask that…"

"Because, I love you too. I don't want to say goodbye."

He smiled back at her now, something in his heart lightening at her true confession. How did she know to even come out? Had she heard his message? Even with that…

Though she pulled him quickly into a hug, his heart skipping a beat at the fact that she had managed to shock him with such a gesture.

"Okay."

Lucy laughed, "Okay."

And even with all this, he had a new concern on his mind now.

The motion sickness to Europe would surely kill him. But at least he wouldn't have to see Lucy leave his side.