When they were together, everything was perfect.
The dates, the weather, the conversations—everything. Everything was perfect, like a fairy tale.
Lucy anticipated each and every moment she spent with Natsu, whether they were lounging around in her apartment all day or strolling through the streets of Magnolia all night. Not only was the time they spent together perfect; Natsu was, too.
So when Lucy received a call by Natsu one morning, her heart naturally leaped into her throat with excitement. She smiled as she connected the call, loving the sound of his voice over the phone.
"Where do you want to go today?" she asked.
"Anywhere you want!" he replied easily.
She paused, thinking about how many options there were. How long had it been since they'd been on a date? She wanted to make this one special.
"Let's go out for breakfast," she suggested. "Then, we can go see if there's anything going on in Magnolia today!"
"Sounds good to me. I'm already outside your apartment, so hurry up or I'm barging in again!" he proclaimed. Before she had the chance to respond, he disconnected the call.
Knowing fairly well that Natsu was serious, Lucy hurriedly became dressed. Skipping down the stairs three at a time, she greeted him with a large grin at the front of her apartment.
"You got lucky this time," he teased as they made their way to their favorite diner.
She giggled in response. "It's all about the timing!"
It didn't take long for them to reach the diner and order their breakfast. As always, Lucy couldn't keep her laughs to herself as Natsu spoke through his full mouth. He was always making her laugh, no matter what mood she was in.
After breakfast, the couple lazily went around Magnolia without any destination in mind. With their hands interlocked, they allowed the sun to guide them without getting bored once. As long as they were together, everything was fine.
Which was what Lucy thought until she realized—something was off. She couldn't quite put her finger on it until she noticed Natsu's movements.
Had he always walked with such a bounce in his step? Had his scarf always been draped to the left? Had his guild mark always been so low on his arm?
It was then when Lucy's world became dull, all of the warmth inside of her vanishing in an instant. The hand that was wrapped around hers was no longer comforting. She felt nauseous from breakfast.
How had she forgotten so easily? All of this wasn't real.
Natsu paused, hearing a subtle skip of heartbeats. He gazed up at the small screen in front of him, noting the jagged line of the heart monitor. His heart leaped into his throat.
"What are you thinking about, Luce?" he asked softly, reaching over and rubbing small circles into the back of her hand. It was cold as always; nothing new.
"How long has it been since I've heard your voice?" he whispered, his voice barely audible over the constant beeping of machines that surrounded her.
It had been three months since the day Lucy fell into a coma. Three months ago, she was Natsu's fairy tale. All Natsu wanted was to resume his fairy tale with her as soon as he could, so until then, he had no intention to leave the spot beside her.
Though he had to admit, he was getting slightly impatient. He just wanted some sort of communication, like her thoughts.
Whatever she was thinking, Natsu secretly hoped he may be the reason why her heart jumped every once in a while. If not, that was okay, too.
"You have a delicious breakfast waiting for you, so wake up soon or I'm going to eat it," he said. He smiled to himself as her heart rate eventually returned to its normal pace.
It wasn't that his fairy tale with her had ended; it was on a short hiatus. And once his fairy tale resumed, Natsu was going to make sure that it lasted long enough that it wouldn't even need an epilogue.
And that concludes my submissions for FT Angst Week! This is personally one of my favorite prompts and it was actually the first one I wrote.
I'd just like to thank you all again for reading! It seriously means a lot to me, and I had a lot of fun updating every day for you guys. ~
I'm hoping to update DWTD in a couple of weeks (this coming week is going to be crazy ahh) but after this week, I'll definitely start writing it again! It's almost been one year since I've started it omg. And can you guys believe two days ago made two years since I started SL? Seriously, time flies.
Well, that's enough for me. Hope you guys enjoyed this angst fest and hope to see you again soon someday! :-)
