I know this chapter might be a bit boring and short but it was all I could write today and I wanted to get something up because sadly I got a detention. My first detention in High School... Ugh... and for a stupid reason too. Anyways, enjoy!

~Fairy Tail Until The End

Chapter #4 - Confessions

Lucy's POV

I heard Natsu's growl when I got out of the shower. I flinched at his growl. The truth was I was terrified staying with Natsu. I loved him but everytime I see him I remember what happened. I want to trust him but I'm always scared that he'll do something to me.

"Lucy come out here!" He yelled and I shaked in fear. What if he tried to hurt me?

"Na… Natsu, w-what is it?" I tried to ask calmly but it came out in a terrified stutter.

"Lucy?" his voice softened when he heard the fear in my voice, "What's wrong?"

"Natsu…" I started crying. He came into the room and saw me with only my towel on. I jumped up on fear and tried to hide from him.

"Lucy… What's wrong?" He asked confused.

"St… Stay away… Natsu don't hurt me." I cried scared of him. Ever since he kissed me and bit me on the neck I've been terrified. 'What if he just wanted to hurt me like that man did?' I thought to myself. Natsu looked at me and saw the terror in my eyes. That's when it suddenly hit him.

"You're scared of me aren't you?" He asked finally understanding why I had been crying, "I didn't mean to yell…" He said apologizing for scaring me earlier. After a few minutes he spoke again, "I'm not going to hurt you Lucy… I understand that you're terrified of me right now but I am not going to hurt you like Akuma did."

"A-Akuma?" I asked confused then I saw Natsu look me in the eyes.

"Oh yeah… I wanted to tell you something…" He pulled out the ripped clothing that I had worn that night. The sight of it made me start crying, "I know who did this. His smell was all over your clothes."

"Natsu… Who exactly is this… Akuma?" I asked not knowing who the man he was talking about was, "and why would he rape me!?" I added at the end.

"Lucy… He was a childhood friend of mine that uses Demon Magic. He snapped one day and I had to stop him from killing a little girl in the woods. I attacked him and he swore to get revenge. I didn't think he would ever do it not to mention using you to get to me." He said telling me about his ex-friend Akuma.

"Natsu…" I started crying and he tried to pull me into a hug but I pushed him back but in doing so my towel fell, "Shit!" I yelled starting to cry as I picked up and wrapped myself in the towel realizing that Natsu had just seen me naked.

"Lucy… Sorry I…" He started but knew he was making things worse so he just stood there looking away from me. I walked past him and went to put on some clothes quietly crying.

Natsu's POV

I really didn't mean to knock her towel off. I felt horrible, she may have thought I couldn't hear he crying but I could and I knew that it was my fault. I knew she was scared of me because she thought I was going to rape her just like Akuma did and I just made it worse by going and doing that.

"Lucy… I'm so sorry." I said walking into the living room where she was sitting on the couch sobbing.

"I know Natsu… I just… I love you but I'm terrified of you at the same time." As she told me how she felt I sat down next to her but kept my hands to myself not wanting to make things worse.

"I understand Lucy but I want to help you get better. You're going to have to trust me." She nodded and I slowly wrapped my arms around her going slowly incase she wanted me not to touch her but she hugged me back.

"Natsu… I love you but I need you not to force me into anything. The truth is that when you kissed me the other day I was terrified that you were going to hurt me." When she told me this I felt like a complete idiot and a jerk. I should've realized that she was scared of me and then I went and kissed her.

"Sorry Lucy... " I said holding her tightly. When we were done hugging we pulled away from each other and I saw tears falling from her eyes. "Lucy… Shit! I scared you again didn't I?"

"No Natsu… I-I'm just happy that I have someone here for me." When she said that I smiled and wiped the tears from her face.

"Is there anything else you want to tell me?" I asked wondering if something else was wrong and if I could help her.

"Well... " She started but seemed scared to continue.

"Come on Luce, you can tell me." I told her trying to get her to tell me what was bothering her.

"I'm scared that he's gonna hurt me again." When I heard this I frowned mad at Akuma for causing her to worry and be in pain.

"I won't let him touch you again. If he tries or I ever see him again I am going to kill him for hurting you." I growled causing Lucy to back up in fear. 'Fuck! I scared her again I really need to work on that.' I thought to myself as I calmed down, "Sorry Lucy I didn't mean to scare you I'll try to work on that." She smiled at me when I apologized and got up.

"Um… Not to be mean Natsu but is there somewhere I could sleep that wasn't next to you in bed?" I mentally face palmed realizing that having to sleep in a bed next to a guy after being raped was probably not the most comfortable thing.

"Yeah. You can have the bed and I'll sleep in my hammock. Ok?" I asked offering her a solution.

"Thanks… But don't you want the bed?" She was still trying to be thoughtful even though she was the one that needed help.

"No you need a goodnight's sleep and I like my hammock anyways." I said. Making sure that she was comfortable was my highest priority at the moment. Next was finding Akuma and making him pay.

As Lucy again went to take a nap because the Demon Magic Akuma used was making her tired and dizzy I went to the kitchen to make myself a cup of coffee. When I was done I looked at Lucy, sleeping soundly. I was going to make sure from now on not to push her into anything or scare her in any way. I felt horrible that I didn't realize that she was scared of me. Of course she would be she was scared at all the guys in the guild. That's why she begged me to bring her home, she didn't want to feel vulnerable. As I went to sit down I realized that protecting Lucy from Akuma would be hard. He was always stronger than me unless I caught him off guard and he was super stealthy. I made a mental promise to never leave her alone for longer than was absolutely necessary.

Btw I want to thank msc22645 for giving me some tips and stuff. I also want you all to know that I am in a community with Always NaruIno called Fake Smilers. We are here to talk to you if you have any problems. If you want to join ask Always NaruIno. You can join if you want to give help or receive it. Also check out her story Fake Smile. It's where she started writing and then saw all those that needed help. Anyways, thanks for reading!

~Fairy Tail Until The End