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POV: Natsu
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or the idea of this story. I'm just the writer.
A story for a friend, by a friend
"If you don't hurry up you're going to be late for work," Lucy says as she slings her purse onto her shoulder, "I already made your lunch, it's on the table in the kitchen and I hope you didn't forget that I'll be having lunch with my boss and a few coworkers today," she continues while grabbing the last of her things and heading towards the front door already dressed in her pristine white scrubs.
"Remind me why we have jobs again when we are probably the wealthiest people in the whole world," I grumble as I lean on the rail of the staircase while hanging my head, "We literally have enough money to buy the whole country if we wanted to."
Lucy glowers at me from the doorway making me regret saying what I said, "For your information Mr. Dragneel, you are the one who insisted for us to find jobs in order to keep us from getting bored, or did you forget?"
Of course I didn't forget, but I had been bored at the time and didn't think that I'd eventually regret coming up with this idea.
A year after we had first moved into this house I had decided, upon a wild idea that struck me that I would open my own music shop in town. People now days hardly ever play any kind of musical instrument and more than a third of the population doesn't even know what a musical instrument even is. Thankfully a few people here and there have actually gotten into picking up the world's largest pastime and because of that I decided to open up my own music shop to teach those who were willing to learn.
I love working at the music shop, don't get me wrong, but sometimes I just wish that I had never opened the shop in the first place. First of all because hardly any people go and there are endless days when I'll just have the usual two to three customers every other day. It's the complete definition of a slow day.
Lucy, on the other hand, works as a nurse at the local hospital and seems to really enjoy her work. It's actually one of the only few jobs that hasn't been completely taken over by machines and robots. It's also a job that continues to have a high demand for.
Nodding, I sigh and wave my hand in front of my face as if swatting away a fly, "Yeah, yeah, I get your point Mrs. Dragneel," I say while emphasizing the 'Mrs.' like she had done earlier. She rolls her eyes at me as she pulls the door open to leave, "Oh, and Lucy," I call before she can close the door behind me. She stops and turns to look at me a bit annoyed that I might make her be late for work, "Love you."
Her expression turns into surprise before softening as she rolls her eyes again and her smile spreads across her face, "I love you too you idiot," and with that she's gone.
I head upstairs after I hear the only car we own make its way out of the driveway as I head towards our study to get my things. I open the door to the small room and grab my book bag and guitar case from beside the doorway and sling both things on my shoulders.
If there was one thing I could never leave home without it would be my guitar. I carry my guitar everywhere with me since I received it years ago as a gift from Lucy. It had been a Christmas gift along with the pure white scarf that wraps around my shoulders snuggly. My scarf is the second thing I would never leave home without.
After gathering all of my things from the study, I head on back downstairs where I grab my coat and house keys before I quickly walk on out to the busy street.
"Morning neighbor," a bright young voice says catching my attention as I look up to find a young woman with short purple hair and forest green eyes waving at me from across the street, "Good weather we're having today, don't you think?"
"Yeah," I answer as I walk down my driveway and stop at the curb of the street to be able to talk better with her, "It's a beautiful day," I say even though I don't really think it all that much.
Sure it's a nice day and the air is a bit clearer making it possible for us to walk around without a filter mask on, but the dark smog clouds still cover the sun and the few rays that get through the thick gas only make the streets look bleak and dead, but to the eyes of a person who has probably never seen a real blue sky in her lifetime it most likely looks like a beautiful day.
"How are you doing Kinana," I ask as I stuff my hands into the pockets of my coat, "It's been a while since the last time I saw you."
"I know right!" she exclaims brightly, "Work and school have been hectic for me to handly and Erik is finally getting released this week!" she beams at the mention of her boyfriend who is currently detained at the local prison due to his 'assistance' in an armed robbery some time back.
He's been in prison for a few years now. He was actually arrested a year before Lucy and I moved into our current home so we've never met the guy. Any information we have about him has come from Kinana who hardly ever stops talking about him. She even claims that Erik had been framed by a few thugs who hated him and wanted him out of the streets. He had previously been a member of the infamous gang named Oracion Seis before he split from the group to live a peaceful life with Kinana. I've speculated that he might have been framed by the very gang he had left, but Kinana assures us that they wouldn't do anything like that to him. They had all been very close since they were children and she said that they understood his decision wholeheartedly.
"So I've heard," I say while giving the young girl a warm smile, "Maybe once he's settled we can all go out to dinner sometime," I suggest and she nods her head vigorously
"That would be perfect," she exclaims, her smile growing brighter by the second, "I can't wait for you and Lucy to meet him. I'm sure that you would really get to like him," she says, her eyes glistening with tears of joy.
"Well until then," I say while already turning to head down the street, "Well I've 'gotta go Kinana if not I'll miss the bus," I say while waving at her and she waves back before walking up her driveway towards her car probably already heading off towards work.
I catch the bus at the end of my street just before it was about to close its doors and I jump in making the driver shoot me a few angry glares. I ignore his ghastly facial expressions as I swipe my wristband over the nearby scanner to pay the bus fare before making my way to an empty seat near the middle of the bus.
A group of four kids, looking to be around their early teens, are seated in the two rows of seats in front of me. Judging from their uniforms I can tell that they're from one of the nearby private schools. Looking at them laugh and joke around reminds me a bit of the others in our earlier days before we decided to explore the world. Of course these kids are much younger than we ever were when our group was together, but even then I can still picture the others riding the bus with me to some new unknown destination.
I shut the children's eccentric conversation out as best as I can while I close my eyes to take a small nap before the bus reaches my stop.
Looking beside me I notice that Lucy's pace has begun to slow down, "Tired," I ask as I reach out to touch her shoulder.
She flinches slightly away from my touch as she keeps her eyes cast down to her feet as she nods and slowly sinks to sit down on the ground. Her arms are wrapped around her front looking as if she were holding some invisible fruit, but not once do her eyes try to look up at me.
Ever since we got out of the water that I forced her to jump into she hasn't said a word or even looked at me. All she will do is nod or shake her head without making so much as a noise. Whenever I try to touch her she'll flinch or just step far enough away from me so that I can't reach her.
It bothers me the way she is acting, but somehow I know that I should just let her be until she gets over it and forgives me. I mean, if I hadn't done what I did I have the feeling that we wouldn't even be here. Somehow I feel that the darkness that consumed us at night would probably take over us and we'd never see the light again. I don't completely understand it all that much, but I just know that it would have been bad if we would have stayed.
Sighing, I pass her the small sack of water that I made out of large leaves and vines. She takes my offer while finally looking up at me as she takes the pouch and tips it over her mouth so that she can drink some water.
"How far," She finally asks after remaining silent for what seemed like many sunlight's. She hands the pouch back to me as I take it and tie it around my waist with some more vines that I picked up.
"Not long," I answer after a few beats of silence. I didn't really think that she'd speak to me so soon especially since she's been avoiding me since we escaped the dangerous water that almost suffocated us.
Lucy sighs heavily before standing up again and waits for me to continue walking before following me as we walk down the tall rock we now call a mountain to get further away from the destruction of our previous home. We fear that if we don't move fast enough the orange light that oozes from the earth and the dark ominous clouds could reach us once again.
We don't walk far before I feel something tug at my hand and I look down to see that Lucy has grabbed onto my hand. She interlocks our fingers and squeezes my hand tightly while keeping her eyes looking forward. I don't try to question her; instead I tighten my hold on her very much thankful that she isn't shying away from my touch anymore. If only she knew how much it hurt me to see her avoid me in the way that she did.
As we continue down the mountain, Lucy's mood brightens considerably as she swings our arms in between us and makes these strange noises that sort of sound nice. She usually makes those noises when she's gathering food or just lying around doing nothing. She says it's called humming and hearing her hum makes me feel even better. It makes this long journey more bearable and less fearsome than it really is.
Before I know it the sun, which had been shining brightly over our heads earlier, is now close to the ground over a neighboring mountain. The sky has also changed color meaning that we'd be having to stop soon in order to find somewhere to sleep and rest. Thankfully I find a large boulder just a few ways down that looks like it might have a bit of shelter on the other side. We head towards the boulder eagerly until we hear rustling that might come from a dangerous animal.
I grab onto Lucy's arm to keep her from getting any closer to the boulder just as two figures walk out from around it. They freeze upon seeing us as new eyes scan us with what looks like both curiosity and fear.
They're both like Lucy and I with eyes, arms, legs, and hair. They look similar to what we do only their bodies seem to be covered in what look like animal skins that are held up by vines. The man, I recognize immediately, seems to be holding a long stick with one end holding a pointy black rock and tied with vines and bird feathers. He's also tall with hair the color of the night sky and eyes a dark blue that they almost match his hair. The woman seemingly hiding behind him clutches onto the male's arm and from what I can tell she has hair as blue as the evening sun with eyes the color of crystal blue water. Her skin is also a much lighter complexion that I've ever seen and it almost resembles the pale clouds that drift above us.
Beside me, I feel Lucy squeeze my hand and I don't have to look at her to tell that she's worried. The weapon that the other male is holding looks dangerous enough and I completely regret not being able to bring any of the weapons I used to hunt animals. I feel completely at a loss and the way the male is holding his weapon only makes me feel more on edge.
I know that if either one of us moves I'm pretty sure that the other would attack in any way possible. So long as we stay motionless we'd be completely fine. That's what I thought until I felt Lucy release my hand and boldly make her way towards the new dangerous strangers.
We all tense up when we see Lucy make her way towards the other pair and I almost lose my mind when I see the man quickly point his weapon at Lucy. This causes her to freeze a few steps away from them as the male's angry expression keeps her from being able to move any further. I stare at her as she continues to look at the couple probably wondering what to do next before she moves again.
This time she doesn't take a step forward. Instead she remains standing in her spot and only lifts her hand out towards the couple. Her face is neither smiling nor frowning, but the intensity in her eyes leaves shivers running up and down my back. She stands with her hand hovering out in front of her as she stares at the man in the eye with that hard expression. He doesn't seem to know what to do and only continues to point his weapon towards Lucy seeming just about ready to attack if he needed to.
It comes to both his and my surprise when the other woman walks around her partner and makes her way towards Lucy with the same hard look on her face. The male tries to stop her by grabbing her arm to which she pulls away before he can get a good hold on her. He grunts something towards her but she only continues to walk towards Lucy whose expression hasn't changed as her brown eyes watch the new woman's movements with a wary eye.
Once the woman is only a few steps away from Lucy she stops and looks at her before looking at Lucy's hand. Without hesitation she takes her hand and smiles causing Lucy to smile as well. My eye catches that of the other male who has already put down his weapon as he stares back at me with an odd look on his face.
His eyes are wide as if he can't grasp what is going on and I don't completely blame him. I've yet to understand what the two women were doing and why they were smiling at each other as if they have known each other for a long time. In a way it kind of makes me feel bad that Lucy would smile so brightly at someone who wasn't me. I mean, why should she smile at some person who she hardly even knows? Why should her smile be brighter towards this stranger than towards me?
The tense air finally clears when both women giggle towards one another and without warning both women wrap their arms around each other in a tight embrace. After a few moments of seeing that neither one was going to attack, the other male and I finally relax a bit as we both walk closer to the girls who beckon us to go over.
Our steps are wary as our eyes stay locked onto each other as we near both girls who seem to be paying little to no mind towards us. It was more than obvious that our meeting would be a bit hard to get used to without completely fearing the other party. After all, this is the first time we have ever met anyone that resembled our appearance and wasn't an animal that roamed around, but I guess if Lucy could smile to a stranger than I suppose they couldn't be all that bad.
Looking at it now I can't help but think of how strange this place turned out to be.
{Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more}
- In my life – The Beatles
So I was sort of kind of planning on not updating this week since I have a s*** ton of homework I need to catch up on, but I updated anyway. I kind of feel like this chapter is a bit slow, since it probably is, but fear not my readers, once midterms are over I shall be writing up more exciting chapters for you all!
Shout Outs
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And to my Fantabulous Reviewers...
- Splendora Lopez = It wasn't as long of a chapter as this one but it was still lengthy. I would never ditch a fanfiction and I totally understand the long list of unfinished stories that have yet to be updated by other writers. It's actually my motto to not start a story unless I intend to finish it and so far I've been able to stay with that motto. If I ever miss an update it won't ever, hopefully, pass the three week mark so fear not when I say that I shall continue to update even if I have to squeeze every last ounce of inspiration from my mind. Also Natsu and Lucy are not the only immortals. This chapter introduced a new couple and about two more couples will be added later on. Also, I have not seen or read Haikyuu but it is on my anime list of must sees.
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- Celestialite = I'll try my best, I swear.
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