Chapter 7

Lucy slowly opened her eyes, her bedroom ceiling came in sight. She noticed something small and blue was in her bed, right in her breasts. She sat up, noticing that her hands were in somebody else's. Her curtains were down, making her whole room dark, but a bit dim, just enough light to see the two sleepyheads.

She looked at the clock, checking the time. It just stroke twelve with a tick. She looked back to the two sleepyheads, one crawled back into her blanket, mummering the words "fish, Charle"; one sleeping on the side of her bed, holding her hand tightly.

Lucy smoothered her hands through the pink headed boy's hair, making him to move a bit, H etunred his head towards Lucy, smuging his eyes lazily, opening his eyes slightly.

"Lucy... I'm glad you're fine." Natsu put a faint smile, he was still sleepy although it was already noon.

Their eyes met, Lucy gently slapped his head. "Get up lazy head, I need to visit my mum's grave today." She took her hand out of his, getting out of her bed; took her changing clothes and slamed the bathroom door shut in Natsu's face.

Happy was still still half asleep, crawling around Lucy's bed, dreaming about fish and Charle. Natsu sat quietly on the carpet, facing towards the bathroom door.


{Flashback}

"Hey, Natsu, don't ignore me. And where's Wendy?" Erza stepped out the river, walking towards Natsu.

"Yeah, Natsu, where's Wendy?" Happy stood up, as both Happy and Erza stared into Natsu's blank face.

"Oh shit..." Natsu started to panic, scared that Erza will rage. It was the most terrifying moment when Erza is on ''rampage''. "Uh... Um... I... um... uh... forgot... about... eh... her..." Natsu spoke softly

Slowly, Natsu could sense Erza's ''rampage'' mode's switch was going to turn on. He gently placed Lucy next to Happy, giving him an expression: Take care of her. Without hesitation, he dashed off to get Wendy.

It was silent, until Erza started to calm down a bit. It was fortunate that she didn't rage, otherwise Happy wouldn't know how will Natsu end up. "Um... Erza, don't you think Natsu... is going to get into some... lovey dovey business?" Happy spoke, breaking the silence. Erza turned back, with a serious look.

Erza nodded as a reply,"Hm... I guess we should give him some ideas when he is back." As soon Erza finished the sentence, Natsu was back, with Wendy. She turned towards Wendy, asking her about Lucy's current suituation. She replied that it won't be very much damage to her health since it was only cuts and she had already healed them. All Lucy needed was some rest.

Natsu heard what Wendy said about Lucy, he carried Lucy in a bride style, "Let's get back to the guild." Putting up a bright smile as usual.

Happy flew into the sky, their plan has started. "You lllllliiiiiikkkkkkkeeeee her." his signature phrase at the start of a gossip, rolling his tongue as he spoke.

"Natsu, you should seriously think about you and Lucy." Erza smiled in confidence, but with a serious tone, as she started with all sort of ideas for Natsu. Natsu stopped walking and started to listen to her. Even Wendy agreed with what Erza said.

Natsu blushed, he nearly dropped the girl in his arms. The three knew it was going to succeed. A small evil grin spread across their faces.

{Flachback End}


Natsu thought deeply about what the three had said, which one of them is in the same room he is in. Slowly, has he noticed Happy crawled to the edge of Lucy's bed, dropped on his head. In that sudden, Happy was fully awakened.

"Sakana!" Happy shouted as he jumped off Natsu's head. He just got out from his dreams. It was a good and sweet dream, full of Charle and fish.

The bathroom door squeaked open, Lucy came out full of black clothes. Natsu and Happy stared at her strangely. Why is she wearing all black? As this thought went through both of their minds. They couldn't remember a thing special about today's date.

"What's with those faces, you two." Lucy took her black coat and headed towards the door. She placed her hand on the door knob, she paused her movements. Her room was silent. Natsu sat quietly and stared at her. She turned her head back, slightly facing the groud. "Natsu, Happy, do you want to go with me to visit my mum?"

"Oh... right... It's her anniversary today..." Natsu just remembered, when Lucy already told him a few minutes ago before she got changed. He stood up lazily, walking towards her. Happy laid on his head, still a bit sleepy, and dozed off to sleep again. Lucy turned the door knob and headed out, Natsu followed her silently, placing his hands behind his head.

On the trip to the cemetry, it was silent. Dead silent. None of them talked. Happy was awake but found it was an awkard atmosphere, so he chose to stay quiet.

Lucy, her hands was holding a bouquet of white roses, walking towards her mother's grave without a sound. Natsu stood hehind her, dead silent. There was only the three of them in the whole cemetry. The tall trees and white flowers surrounded the cemetry, making look like a garden from the outside. Small green bushes separated every grave, giving enough space for the grave's owner's relatives to stand.

Lucy walked through rows and rosw of grey concrete pathway. Natsu followed behind her, step by step, looking at all the names carved on the cold stones.

Lucy stopped causing Natsu nearly falling onto her. She knelt down, placed the bouquet of white roses in front of a stone, carved the name "Layla Heartfilia". Her fingers scanned through the name, her face was blank. A tear rolled own her cheeks, although it has been a long time since her mother died, but she still cannot forget about the pain. She will never forget about the pain once it has made a scar in her heart.

She was pulled into a warm hug as soon her tear was visible in Natsu's vision. He tucked his head under Lucy's soulder-length blonde hair. Lucy could feel his breathing touching her skin. "Lucy..." He tightened his arms around her waist, kneeling with her. He breathed into Lucy's neck, although he didn't finish his sentence, but the thought was already sent to Lucy.

"Natsu... but... I just can't stop... I-" Lucy looked into Natsu's black eyes, she didn't even had a chance to finish her sentence, her lips were blocked.

"I'm sorry.. I'll never leave you again... Never... So, will you be with me?" Natsu wasn't the romantic type, it took ages for Erza, Wendy and Happy to make his brain know what they were saying. And it's only one sentence. Happy's smile grew wider, but no one noticed. Since the two where focusing on each other so much.

"Natsu... promise me, that you will be with me... I can't... I can't..." Lucy didn't spoke the last words, her eyes glistened under the sun because of her tears. It was too weird for Natsu to say such thing like that.

"I promise, in front of your mother's grave, that I, Natsu Dragneel, will never leave you." Natsu gave Lucy a bright smile, that made him got out the romantic atmosphere, to be the actual him.

Lucy held onto his hand, faced to her mother's grave."Mum, there's a lot of thing I wanted to tell you... I will write them in the letters. Excuse me this time for staying this short. I love you." Lucy stood up with Natsu, she smiled to her mother's grave, looked up into the sky. There were a few clouds hovering up high, with some bird flying past. The sun shined into their eyes.

Natsu let go of his hand from Lucy. He wrapped his right arm around Lucy and placed it gently on her right shoulder. "Lucy, let's go back to the guild now!" his cheerful tone pulled Lucy out of the sadness.

"Hai!" She walked down the path to the exist of the cemetry with him. Happy stepped down the path behind them with his small feet. He didn't want to break that lovable atmosphere, he and Erza and Wendy planned so much about it. Why would he even break it? He decided to drift off his thought all to Charle, the adorable white exceed.

The lovey dovey couple suddenly to slow down their pace, Happy noticed, he started to slow down also, trying not to make them feel his existence. Happy looked up.

A scene.

Natsu blushing.

Lucy invaded his lips as she wrapped her arms around his neck.

Natsu wrapped his arms around her hip.

Lucy let her lips stay a distance from his, making their eyes meet.

Without a word, they could hear the other half saying,

"I love you, forever. No matter what."

Please, Be with Me.

END


This is the last chapter of my first fanfic ^.^

Feel so relaxed, since it was hard time due to the crappy internet.

I guess my next fanfic will be Bleach, always wanted to try out HitsuKarin (If you are a shipper, please support if you like it ^.^)

I hoped all of you liked this fanfic!