Sorry this took a little while, I had to update my other story badly XP
And I wanted to make everything in this seem… natural I guess?
So I hope I succeeded and that no one is ooc.
This chapter has a bunch of fluffy fluff, so sorry if it's boring, but this chapter is as important as any other, plus it also shows how I got the title for the story :P
Sorry for any typos
I hope you guys enjoy the chapter
The morning rays that flowed through the open window rested on her blonde hair. It soon crawled up onto her cheek. The sun's light did not wake her until she shifted so it laid on her eyes. They groggily opened as a glowing red replaced the blackness beneath her eyelids.
Lucy shielded her eyes as the welcoming of the shining ball of light burned them. She blinked a couple times before she sat up. Lucy stretched one of her arms above her head; the other clutched the white scarf still around her neck.
For a few moments, she was in bliss. Lucy did not have a care in the world… until she turned her head to her left to see the open window. It's blinds fluttered inside with the calm wind.
For some reason, seeing the window open made everything came back to her. The embarrassing fight where Gray and Gajeel had tormented Natsu of whether he knew what romance was, and when the guild had been attacked so Gray, Natsu, and Gajeel had been infected with spells that acted as diseases. And she also remembered how she had found her window unlocked and open in the middle of the night. She recalled all of it at the sight of the window.
She still had not figured out if she had kept the window closed or not before she went to bed since she had no memory of opening it.
Lucy began to wonder as to why looking at an open window had made her remember Natsu, Gajeel, and Gray being infected. Perhaps it was because she could see the outside world?
No, it was as if her mind was trying to tell her something. With a few more minutes of thought, a sudden idea struck her.
Did Natsu sneak into her house?
Lucy unconsciously moved her left hand to her neck. It only contacted smooth skin, no teeth indentations scarred it. She found herself breathing a sigh of relief, glad that no one had harmfully touched her in her sleep.
Lucy actually felt somewhat happy that Natsu had possibly went into her house without her knowledge, for if he did, that would of meant that he would of been able to control his newfound urges. With the happy thought that Natsu was winning the fight for control of himself, she started to get up to take her usual morning bath.
She almost jumped out of her skin when her movement was stopped by something laying on her left leg.
The blonde lifted the bed sheets to look at the cause. A blue fur ball was peacefully sleeping. Half of his body was on the bed while the other half was on her limb. His paw clutched the pajama pants she was wearing like his life depended on it.
Lucy frowned and her eyes softened as she saw tear streaks even through his fur.
She rubbed his head. Happy's grip on her clothing loosened.
"Oh Natsu," her mouth whispered. She stared into space in confusion of what she said. Shouldn't she of said, "Oh Happy?"
The celestial mage shook her head. Happy had been crying because of what happened to Natsu, and she was just as sad about what happened to Natsu, plus Gray and Gajeel, as anyone else was. She had said Natsu's name because he was the one suffering the most. Well, Gajeel and Gray were in just as much agony, probably. She had only said Natsu's name since he was the first one to come to mind for her.
It was then that Happy decided to wake up. The cat's mouth opened into a big yawn. He sat up and rubbed his eyes.
When his big orbs saw Lucy, his brief moment of pleasure immediately vanished like Lucy's had earlier upon the sight of the window.
"I see you've been crying too," he said with a voice laced with sadness.
Lucy stared at him in shock, and her hand moved up to her eye as if to prove him wrong. She almost jumped when she scarcely felt dried tears, and she abruptly realized just how dry her eyes were.
Happy gave a scoff and stood up while shaking his head. He shook his paw as if scolding her.
"What, did you think I was lying? Silly Lushy."
Instead of giving the usual remark of, "shut up you stupid cat," she asked him if he wanted fish. Happy instantly brightened with a quick, "Well duh!"
He flew into the kitchen. Lucy heard the refrigerator door open, and she heard Happy scarfing and munching down fish which, unfortunately, reminded her of Natsu.
She pushed it away. "I'm going to take a bath Happy! Go ahead and head to the guild whenever you want!"
The cat's response was a muffled okay.
Lucy sighed before heading to the bathroom after gently placing Natsu's scarf onto the bed.
Lucy continued to dry her wet hair with a towel as she walked out of her bathroom.
No sound of fish being gobbled down entered her ears, so she assumed Happy went over to the guild.
If Happy had stayed a little longer, he would of noticed that this time, Lucy obviously took less time to take her bath. In fact, she had only taken a seven minute bath compared to her usual twenty. The celestial mage was just as eager to see Natsu as the blue cat.
She briskly brushed her still wet hair, sloppily put on the first outfit she laid her eyes on, a pink tank top and a blue skirt, grabbed a certain white scarf, and zoomed out of her apartment.
For once, she did not care at all what others thought of her. She wanted to see Natsu immediately to make sure he was okay.
She kept running and running… until she suddenly remembered that she forgot her house and gate keys, and her whip... And she forgot to lock her door.
Lucy groaned and began to trot back to her house. She started to wish that she hadn't run so far so quickly. The blonde was now aware of how much her legs ached from sprinting.
The fact that Natsu had made everything important to her and around her disappear was stubbornly ignored by her, and she focused on getting back to her house.
With the quick inner thought that the sooner she got this done, the faster she could see Natsu, she sped up.
Eventually, she made it back to the building. She entered the apartment and walked up to her door. Her hand reached for the doorknob, and when it made contact, she turned it. The door didn't open.
"C'mon you stupid-" She slammed her shoulder against the door. It didn't budge. She stared at it with a perplexed and angry expression. Was it jammed?
The celestial spirit mage smiled in triumph when she remembered that she did not close the window.
Her feet carried her back outside, and she stood underneath the window. She looked up at it and once again groaned.
How was she supposed to reach that? Had did Natsu even reach that? Lucy answered her own question, because he's Natsu. There was no other explanation.
She took a deep breath and jumped with all her might… to not even be close to the open window.
Lucy tried again and again but to no avail. Each time she leaped, she wasn't near it.
Just as she was about to walk back down to the guild, a familiar muffled chuckle sounded to her left.
Her head whipped to the direction of the warm sound; her blonde hair briefly flew with the action and reflected the rays of the morning sun.
A blush came on her face when her brown eyes saw Natsu doubled over in silent laughter with his hand covering his mouth. Happy floated a little above him doing the same thing.
It seemed like Natsu couldn't hold it in any more as he then clutched his stomach and outright laughed.
The blush deepened to a cherry red, and she scanned the area. No other citizen of Magnolia seemed to be up at the moment since the streets were empty.
Ignoring the pyro and cat's laughter, she smiled and sighed since no one, but Happy and Natsu of course, had seen her attempts at reaching the window. And also because it was nice to see Natsu laugh so hard. Even if it was embarrassing that she was the cause of his chuckles.
The remembrance of Natsu's condition fluttered to her, so she examined the dragon slayer. He was still on the stone street laughing. His eyes were closed, and his mouth was wide open to let out his loud (and cute) laughter.
If she had not known Natsu long, she wouldn't of noticed the smallest bit of pain that lined his face.
"What are you two doing here?" Lucy asked once they quieted down and composed themselves.
Natsu wiped a finger underneath his eye to wipe away a tear that came from laughing too hard. "Happy told me that you locked yourself out of your house."
She stared at the flying cat in question. She thought Happy had left before she had stopped her bath, and she couldn't even recall locking her door. And how would she lock herself out of her house? She would of had to lose her key outside of her apartment after locking it in order to be stuck outside.
The pieces fit together.
"You devious cat!" Lucy yelled and accusingly pointed a finger at him.
Happy merely tried to stop his giggles.
Natsu, confused by Lucy's reaction, looked at Happy. "What did you do Happy?"
The cat managed to speak through his laughter after moving his hand from his mouth. "I locked the door."
"Ha, good one Happy!" Natsu proudly said with a chortle.
"Yeah, very funny. Now I can't get into my house to get my stuff," Lucy crossed her arms and looked up at the window to try to hide the blush still on her face. She cursed to herself and wondered why her face still needed to resemble a tomato.
"Duh, that's what I'm here for." Not even a second passed before Lucy felt strong arms wrap around her waist, and her feet lifted off the ground. Lucy's arms automatically went around Natsu's neck for balance.
She blinked and in the next instant, she saw that they were inside her house. They were in the middle of the main room. Natsu swiftly placed her down on her feet.
Remembering that contact made Natsu struggle with his new condition, Lucy looked back at him to make sure he was okay. His eyes had a glaze that was already vanishing, and his nostrils were flared. Once the haze in his dark greenish black eyes was gone, he took a deep breath. The pyro met her chocolate brown eyes with his own.
He gave her smile that was full of falseness. It was an act though; he had not wanted Lucy to see that. She had seen the apprehensiveness and uneasiness in it. The fake smile was supposed to make Lucy feel okay, but it only made her feel worse.
Natsu walked past her, over to the front door. He reached a hand out to the doorknob.
A small click reached Lucy's ears, signifying that the door was now unlocked.
Natsu sent her a toothy grin, "There we go."
She ignored his newly enlarged canines and smiled back while trying to conceal another blush.
Lucy noted with a bittersweet satisfaction that the agony that had been on Natsu's face earlier was gone, both the pain he had been in when he had been outside in the sun and when she had made skin contact with him.
In such a short amount of time, Natsu had already been through so much pain. That realization compelled Lucy to finally ask a question that changed everything for her.
"Are you okay Natsu?"
Natsu stood up straight and crossed his arms. His eyes moved across the room. Lucy noted that his eyes looked everywhere but at her and, oddly, her desk. The place where she wrote new chapters for her story or letters to her mother.
Natsu was either stalling, or he was, for once, thinking on his answer. Both of which made Lucy scared.
Happy chose that moment to fly in through the window.
"What's taking you guys so long!? It shouldn't take this long to unlock a door."
Natsu chuckled and walked towards the blue cat, "Sorry buddy. Lucy said she had to grab her stuff, remember?"
"That explains everything. Lucy you should go faster you slowpoke. I'm hungry," Happy said in a blaming tone while rubbing his furry belly.
Lucy didn't have the energy to deal with him. "Stupid cat," she muttered under her breath, though she was well aware that the two males around her had heard. "You know you can go and head to the guild right now if you really are that hungry."
Natsu and Lucy noticed the sudden change in the atmosphere around Happy, and they both knew why.
Happy didn't want to leave Natsu alone, not with his new problem.
It was clear that Happy didn't want Natsu to know the reason he had not left on his own as he only looked away.
The cat was startled when a hand landed on his hand.
"If you wanna head to the guild, then go ahead. Nothing's stopping you." Happy opened his mouth to protest, but the fire dragon slayer cut him off. "Nothing is going to happen." It sounded nonchalant, but both Happy and Lucy heard it as a promise filled with determination.
Happy sent him a sad smile and nodded. Natsu's hand went back to its owner's side.
"Alright, but don't take too long." Happy flew out the window.
Two synchronized sighs came out of the mages' mouths.
Lucy realized that Natsu's scarf was still around her neck.
Natsu was staring at the last place he saw Happy. When he saw a white item approaching him out of the corner of his eye, he looked over to see Lucy holding his scarf up to him.
"Here's your scarf back."
She smiled at him; he smiled back.
"Thanks." He put it in its rightful place.
A few awkward moments of silence passed.
Natsu coughed into his hand, not wanting to let Lucy ask that question again.
"Do you wanna get you stuff? Don't want to keep Happy waiting." She nodded.
Lucy turned so her back faced Natsu. Sitting on the edge of the writing desk near the foot of her bed was her whip and gate keys. She walked over to them and picked them up.
The blonde checked to make sure that her house key was with her gate keys since she sometimes forgot to put the house key back in her key holder with the other keys. Lucy nodded with satisfaction as the house key was indeed next to her gate keys. She attached her keys and whip to her skirt.
Lucy was about to turn around to tell Natsu she was ready to go, but she remembered the letter she wrote to her mother yesterday.
Chestnut colored eyes looked at the center of the desk where the letter sat. The blonde picked it up and started to put it away when she recalled how she had woken up during the middle of the night. Her window had been open.
She remembered thinking that Natsu had snuck in, so if he had, that probably meant he had read the letter with how nosy he was. Invading her stuff seemed to always be at the top of his priorities whenever he barged inside her home.
Lucy peered over her shoulder to gaze at Natsu.
His thumbs sat at the top of his pants, barely entering the piece of clothing.
The celestial spirit mage became perplexed and worried at the sight of him staring at the ground. It shocked her how quiet and still he was and how he looked to be in deep thought.
It was so unlike his normal behavior that she couldn't help but wonder as to why he would let one thing change him so drastically. He was Natsu for crying out loud!
Lucy mentally punched herself for even thinking that. Natsu was being strong, just like he always had been. If she had been the one to get infected, she probably would have succumbed to the disease the moment she had awoken.
...Why couldn't it of been her to be infected instead of Natsu? It was her fault after all. If it had been her, Natsu wouldn't have to go through all of this pain…
"Lucy?"
The girl broke out of her thoughts and looked at the pink haired boy who had a face full of concern. Despite the worried look on his face, Lucy couldn't help but feel embarrassed as all of her previous regrets were replaced as the the possibility that Natsu had seen her letter resurfaced.
A cherry red blush covered her face.
"Are you okay?" Lucy's flush diminished slightly as she looked at Natsu.
She huffed. Why should she answer him when he didn't answer her?
With that thought, she bit the inside of her cheek in an attempt to make the flush on her face disappear, and Lucy only continued to ignore him.
Natsu continued to stare at her, waiting for a response, but when her cheek puffed out, his concerned and intense expression was replaced with a confused one.
This succeeded in making Lucy's blush even redder.
Damn it, she thought, make-up will probably help. She ignored the dragon slayer and crossed the room to reach the white table and dresser that was next to the head of the bed that held all of her makeup.
Lucy didn't spare a glance at Natsu since she knew he was the cause of her flush, and she didn't want it to grow. She was also still slightly mad at him for the question.
Natsu blinked in shock at her peculiar behavior. He turned around and saw her dabbing makeup on her cheeks making the red on her cheeks disappear a little.
"You don't need it," he found himself saying.
The blonde looked at him, halting in her actions.
"What?" This was one of those times where she heard him clearly, but she wanted to be sure he said what she thought he said. If he did say what she had heard, she didn't know whether to embarrassed or happy. He either meant it as a compliment that she didn't need make-up because she was pretty, or he meant it as he had already seen her blush so covering it was pointless.
She didn't get an answer.
"Come on, we don't want Happy to wait."
The celestial mage bit her cheek again, but this time it was out of annoyance. Why was he being so secretive and refusing to answer questions?
He then walked out the door.
Now she knew for sure that the disease was affecting him greatly.
Lucy quickly put her make-up away and jogged after him.
The fire dragon slayer waited by the door that led to the streets of Magnolia.
He looked tense. Lucy guessed it was because he knew of the discomfort he would feel when he entered the sun's light.
She was on the final step of the stairs when a voice boomed behind her.
"LUCY!"
Said girl stopped in her tracks, and her hair stood on end.
She slowly turned around to see her creepy landlord standing at the top of the steps… and she was wearing the outfit Lucy always used to wear before the seven year gap.
How Lucy wished she could tell her landlord how blue and white did not look good on her.
"Your rent is due by the end of this week. Remember I expect all 80,000 jewel."
Lucy's heart officially stopped.
Throughout most of the walk to the Fairy Tail guild hall, Lucy had sulked and was slouched over while she muttered curses about her landlord, and she cried about being homeless. Because of this, she had failed to notice how Natsu was deep in thought.
A little before they were halfway to Fairy Tail, Lucy had managed to calm herself through deep breaths. Only when she was somewhat relaxed did she realize how quiet her companion was. She didn't say anything though.
Her brown eyes kept sparing glances at the dragon slayer next to her, who once again had the same lines of pain on his face from earlier when he was last in the sun like he was now.
Lucy needed to distract him from his current pain, but she didn't know how to.
She hated how such an avoidable thing in life would give him so much pain. It was not even noon; the day was barely starting. The time of day was even even further proved with the lack of people outside.
The morning rays were not strong or as warm as the sun would be later in the day. She couldn't even imagine the pain he would feel later in the day.
The celestial mage wanted to start a conversation, but the only thing she could think of was to ask question that the pyro did not answer before.
She took a breath; it was better than nothing.
"You know," she started slowly. "You..um.. never really answered my question from earlier."
"Yeah.." He responded with just as much nervousness as her.
"So… Are you okay?"
Natsu didn't reply vocally. He instead just gave an unsettling shrug of his shoulders.
Lucy sighed with frustration. This was nothing like Natsu.
What was he so afraid of?
The boy next to her has faced so many enemies, and the same went for her, sort of. Why did this one stupid thing have to change so much?
"Okay," she tried again and decided to ask multiple questions. "How do feel right now?"
Natsu didn't look at her. He only turned his face further away from her view.
"I feel like I'm being pinched all over."
Lucy's eyes softened.
"How did it feel when you… touched me?"
He still didn't look at her. "...I just lost my breath. That's all."
The blonde sighed. Why was Natsu choosing to be so vague in the details of how he was feeling? Didn't she have a right to know? She only wanted to help him after all.
The sound of a door closing grabbed her attention. She looked at the source to see a person walking down the cobbled street.
Lucy suddenly opened up to her surroundings and noticed how many people were walking along the streets now.
The blonde spared another glance at the dragon slayer to see that he looked just as uncomfortable as before.
She had to finish this conversation; she need answers. But she did not want people to overhear. People could not figure out Natsu's condition.
She almost grabbed his hand, but she quickly grabbed his scarf instead to pull him into an alley.
"Lucy?"
Once they were in between the walls of the alleyway, she turned to face him with a certain fierceness in her caramel colored eyes.
"Listen buster!"
Natsu's eyes widened, and he gulped from fear and shock at Lucy's sudden ferocity.
Lucy's just as scary as Erza.
A few moments passed.
He felt his fear diminish instantly when her angry demeanor vanished and was replaced with tears. They welled up in her eyes and immediately poured down her face.
Both of her hands clenched his white scarf, and her head bowed down.
Her blonde hair covered her face. The only indication that she was sad was the tears that splattered on the ground by her shoes.
"W-Why?"
"Why what?" He asked feigning denseness even though he had a feeling that the female mage was crying because of him.
Lucy's head shot up, and her eyes bore into his.
"Why won't you let me help you?!"
Natsu didn't respond; he couldn't. Not when he himself didn't know.
Yes, part of it was because he couldn't tell her that he was scared of himself, and what he might do. And that because he was scared of himself, he didn't want his friends to be involved. Natsu initially had not told Lucy how he was feeling because he had thought it would protect her.
And look at where that brought him. The first time he had thought that it would keep her safe, it had made perfect sense, and he had thought it had been okay with not telling his friends his problems, specifically Lucy, to protect them and because he was scared.
But that were the only things that could make even a little sense. Things just got weird after that. He had found himself thinking that it would have been better for them to say out of his business, and he had started to rapidly think as to why he had ever needed their support.
He didn't understand how he could ever think horrible thoughts.
That hadn't been him. He normally would have told them right away, or if not, he would have at least not of given them the cold shoulder.
Natsu would not let this change him; he would not let it take him over.
Lucy, meanwhile, had enough waiting.
"Fine," she let go of his scarf and started to walk out of the dark alley.
If he didn't want her help, she would let him handle this on his own, as much as the thought hurt her.
"Lucy!"
A hand grabbed her wrist and twisted her around to face the owner.
She was forced to stare into the charcoal-green eyes that greeted her with a familiar warmth. A warmth that made all tension and anger inside of her dissipate.
Lucy could help but think, Natsu is back.
"Lucy, I-I'm sorry."
The celestial mage blinked. A tear drifted down her cheek from the action.
She didn't notice Natsu was still holding her hand until he let go of it.
Lucy smiled at him when he wasn't breathless or dazed from the contact of skin like usual.
"So you'll open up to me and let me ask questions that you'll answer?"
He nodded and grinned at her. She sauntered up to him.
"No lies?"
"No lies. Ask away."
"Is the potion the master gave you working?"
Natsu looked to the side in thought. He turned back to her and shrugged. "I guess so."
Lucy smiled, happy that she had at least gotten an answer.
She put a finger to her chin and hummed in thought. "Okay how about this, does it hurt as much as it did yesterday when you went into the sun?"
The fire dragon slayer shook his head side to side when he realized that the pain really had lessened greatly. She didn't look satisfied with his answer so he decided to give her a verbal answer as well. "No. Yesterday that pain was much worse."
"And touching?"
She reached her hand out, so it was half-way between her and the pink haired boy. His own hand lifted to close the gap. Lucy was enveloped in a soothing coziness at the touch of his much hotter fingers.
The celestial mage looked up at him, "Are you okay with this?"
He nodded, but since Lucy had known him for so long, plus the tiny fact she really liked him, she knew he was lying. The way his body was stiff, and the way his eyes were somewhat squinted as if he was bracing for impact told her that.
"Remember, you have to be open and honest."
Natsu smiled apologetically at her, realizing that he had already made the mistake of keeping her in the dark.
"Okay, yeah I'm sort of okay with it. I just have to make sure I concentrate on not…"
Lucy nodded; he didn't need to say anymore to let her know what he was speaking of.
Another tear went down her face at the thought of what the horrible spell on Natsu made him want.
Lucy was looking away, so she didn't realize that Natsu had further closed the distance between them.
"You know the same goes for you Luce."
"Huh?"
Natsu chuckled, "You have to be open and honest, and since you asked me a question, it's only fair that I get to ask one too."
Lucy grinned at his childishness, but did not say anything. He continued.
"What's up with all the tears?"
Her heart fluttered and sped up a million times a minute when his free hand wiped the tear off of her cheek.
The blonde was thankful for the small amount of makeup she had managed to put on because of the blush she felt rushing to her face.
Wait, was it just her or was he moving closer to her?
She ignored that possibly false observation and started to talk.
"You're my f-friend Natsu. Of course I would be sad."
"No, it's something else."
Lucy couldn't help but be hurt by his words. Natsu had just confirmed that they were only friends. She didn't have much time to dwell on the saddening thought of forever remaining only friends as he quickly continued.
"Lucy, I don't know what it is, but I just know that there is more to it than that. There's something else bothering you."
Lucy clutched the hand that was still holding hers. You have to be open and honest.
Her eyes met his.
"It's just-"
"Natsu!"
They both jolted at the sound of a certain blue cat's voice. Their hands left each other's touch, and they jumped away from one another.
Lucy felt cold.
"Lushy!"
The cat then appeared at the entrance of the alleyway.
Normally, Happy would of teased since he found only the two of them in a dark place, but because of Natsu's new condition, he couldn't help but feel cautious and a bit scared.
"What're you guys doing?"
"Did you hit your head or something Happy? Isn't it obvious?"
Happy shook his head in response to the dragon slayer. On the outside he looked nonchalant, but on the inside, some fear still remained but he was happy to hear that his buddy sounded okay. As in that he wasn't possessed by the disease infecting him, but he was also slightly anxious of what Natsu would say.
"We're standing in an alley."
Lucy and Happy both facepalmed.
"Well c'mon then and hurry up! Let's go to the guild! I want to see my precious fish, oh and Carla. Onward my loyal companions!"
"Stupid cat."
While they walked towards Fairy Tail, Lucy felt Natsu's eyes burning her back the entire time.
She knew he was probably waiting for her to continue to answer his question.
This was probably how he felt when I was bothering him… Well, that's karma for you.
The blonde didn't understand why he wasn't asking the question again. Did he expect her to continue because it was her turn or something?
Lucy sighed. He could be so childish.
"Hey… uh, Luigi?"
"It's Lucy!" She whirled around to face him.
Natsu laughed. Lucy smiled as she realized that Natsu had purposefully called her that to grab her attention.
"It's good to see those tears are gone Lucy! So… What was the point of those tears?"
She turned around again so her back face him. Happy was still flying ahead.
I guess he got tired of waiting for me to answer the question. If only we had made it to the guild faster, than it wouldn't of had to come to this, she thought agitatedly.
This was it. Natsu would finally see what a selfish person she was.
"Well, I'm obviously sad because you're my f-friend Natsu. But it's also because I feel like… all of this is my fault. If I hadn't of stood there in that spot when we were attacked, then you probably wouldn't of been the one to get the disease. I'm such a horrible person I know, but I can't help but wish it was someone, ANYONE other than you to get the disease. But most of all, I wish it was me who got it instead of you. I wish so much that I had been the one to get infected… then you wouldn't have to go through so much pain."
By the end of her confession, she was bawling into her hands. She didn't care that she was out in the open street that was growing in the number of people.
Hands gently grasped her trembling shoulders. They turned her around to face the owner of them. Her glistening brown eyes peeked over her hands that still hid the rest of her face.
"Lucy. Don't ever call yourself a horrible person." Lucy felt her eyes widen as she was shocked at the anger she had heard in his words and voice. It was a command, not a question, but she nodded nonetheless.
The fire dragon slayer sighed.
"Look Lucy." He removed a hand from her shoulder and pointed it to his grinning mouth. "I'm still smiling. I got you and everyone else at the guild to help me through it. I'm not taking on the pain alone. Everyone is carrying it with me. The tears you shed for me is enough proof of that."
He let that sit in the air for a few seconds before continuing. "And… I'm glad I was one of the people to get attacked. If it had been you or anyone else, I probably would of felt ten times worse than you're feeling right now."
Lucy fully uncovered and face and smiled up at him. Her tears didn't seem as bad anymore, and they were already disappearing. "Are you saying that you care more than me?"
"Yep cause it's the truth."
"Wha-"
"And Lucy, don't beat yourself over a dumb reason like that." The words she had been about to say died in her throat. "Man and I thought you were the smart one."
"I am!"
"You guys!" They turned around to face a flying Happy. "I had to go back for you slowpokes again! C'mon hurry it up!"
Natsu grabbed her hand, and she met his eyes. Nothing was possessing him. There was absolutely no hesitation or emotion on his face to show that he was fighting the disease that had infiltrated him. "Well, you heard the man-er-cat!"
The pyro pulled the celestial mage forward with him, and they eased into a steady pace after the blue cat.
They were still holding hands, and smiles still covered their faces.
A comfortable silence hovered above them. Lucy had come to peace with her inner turmoils, and Natsu had somewhat gained control over the spell infecting him.
Lucy suddenly remembered her letter, and, feeling confident, she asked about it.
"So Natsu, did you read the letter I wrote to my mom?"
"...No.."
"You have to be open and honest."
"Hey man that's cheating!"
"I'm a girl."
"Urgh! I know that!"
"Answer the question."
"...I did."
"The rule of not lying still applies."
"...What?"
"You're hopeless. That means you have to be truthful with your answer just like any other one."
"...Aw, is the big tough dragon slayer pouting?"
"I AM NOT!"
So, did Natsu read Lucy's letter?
Guess we'll never know XD
If you were writing this story, would you make Gray, Gajeel, and Natsu the same monsters as I did, if not, what would you make them?
Or would you even choose the same people as I did?
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Until next time! ;P