Chapter7
"Gray, Jellal and Natsu what are you doing here?" the redhead asked trying to control her tone from bursting anger in him. She felt vein pop in her head and wanted an explain very immediately. Gray, the one who said let it be reunion for only girls and let the guys out of it, he stands in front of her together with Natsu. She wanted to trick her eyes but she simply couldn't.
"I swear I didn't know that you were here, Natsu the one who brought us here!" he said waving his hands to her trying to make himself innocent. Erza looked at the pink haired guy who was staring at her with very calm and calm face. She gulped and looked back at the blonde ignoring his stare. Lucy was staring at her food as she started to play with her chopsticks as she tried to avoid meeting the salamander's eyes as much as she was able.
"We are not welcomed here" the pink haired finally said as he gave a smiling mock. He looked at the both black haired and blue haired males and then smiled at them.
"It's been awhile since the last time I saw you Natsu" the white haired Mira said smiling making his head snap towards her. He smiled back at her and went to give the both sister a warm hug.
"Every single time we were meeting, you simply didn't come" the other sister said puffing her cheeks in annoyance.
"Sorry for that" he apologized looking down at the ground. "I was kinda busy, you know" he smiled then looked at the blonde and felt that she was really annoyed to see him here. Lucy wasn't annoyed at all. She missed him and wanted really to see him but she couldn't. What happened in the past made Lucy embarrassed to meet Natsu's eyes and talk to him. "Lucy." The girl snapped her head towards the pink haired girl after her name from his mouth. It was his voice, wasn't it? "How have you been?" asked the pink haired man as he looked at her in the eyes. She didn't believe it. He really did talk to her. Isn't he mad at her for what happened in the past? She asked herself many question but ignored them at the moment to answer his question.
"I-I'm fine" she answered gulping. Well, Lucy wasn't the only one who was astonished to see that the salamander was really talking to her. All of their friends were. They knew that they did broke up around seven years ago and never talked since then but to see him asking her how she's doing really made them unable to believe it.
"Ok, you can sit if you want" Erza said as she decided to let a place for the friends of hers to sit together with them. Jellel sat beside the redhead lady beside them Lucy and Levy. In the other side both Gray and Juvia sat in front of both Erza and Jellal, Natsu in front of Lucy and Mira and Lisanna beside each other.
"But you know it's great to know that you are the one to that own the fairy tail company" Mira said as she rested chin on her hands staring at the salamander. Natsu was looking at the menu and raised his head to look at her for a second. Then Natsu closed the menu calling for the maid.
"Ah, yeah" he said looking at the white haired. "Being a businessman is really tiring" he then looked at the woman who just came to take his order. After leaving to tell his order to the chief, the pink haired looked back at the white haired amending his broken hand to let everyone realize it by the chance.
"I totally didn't realize that your arm were broken, did something happen?" Levy asked worriedly looking at him as she hugged her hands to her chest.
"Ah, this is nothing" Natsu raised his hand to her and answered quickly, and then he stared at the table and started to remember that day and what happened that night. Maybe, if that accident didn't happen, he might didn't get to meet Lucy and know she is in the country in the moment. Natsu raised his head to glance at the blonde to realize she was staring at him. Natsu stopped breathing and kept looking at her. He found those worried eyes she always had in her whole life. When Lucy realized that, she quickly moved her eyes to look at Erza. Her cheeks were bright red. Natsu kept staring for awhile and then looked away from the window. Natsu said it to himself before, if she still has the same feeling as she had before, he will not give it a damn. He didn't want to return to that life again because he, now, doesn't believe in love anymore! Natsu got his cell phone out from his pocket to look at the clock. He then started to touch the phone as he called 'Home'
"Ah, hi Masa" Natsu said as everyone realized that he was talking. "Did Haru sleep?" asked the man as he realized everyone's eyes on him. "Ok, goodbye"
"What are you looking at the three of you?" he asked taking a plate from the black haired maid girl. She smiled while giving it to Natsu specially and that made him raise his brow. Natsu ignored it for the moment and decided to focus in his food for the moment.
"It's been a long time since the last time I saw Haru-chan, I kinda miss him" said the little white haired mage. "Is he asleep?" she asked.
"Of course he would be asleep, it's 9 o'clock already. He is still a kid not like us as well" Natsu said grabbing his chopsticks preparing for eating.
"Lucy, I heard you have a kid too" said the white haired Lisanna as she looked at the blonde girl. Lucy smiled and nodded slowly staring at the wooden table. "What is his name?" asked Lisanna as she grabbed her shoulder.
"It's Ryu"
"What a beautiful name" said Levy feeling a wonderful feeling "I never had the time to ask you what his name was" she continued slowly beginning to feel a little disappointed because she was the only one that was in touch with the blonde and was asked to be quite and never tell a person. Lucy told her that she got married and had a child but never sent her messages after that to be surprised after 4 year or though she called her and told her that she was going to come back to Japan, again.
"That's pretty amazing, Natsu and Lucy both have children and Levy is pregnant" Mira said as everyone saw that star on her eyes' balls.
"I bet that Gajeel is so careful and takes good care of you" Lucy said making the short blue haired girl blushed and whined making everyone laughs. It seemed like old days and the past that has come back again. It felt like their old days and felt so much fun with friends. But, everyone was acting the same except for the two of them. That's right they were laughing and tearing from laughing but no one knew what their heart carries and how will they will overcome the sorrow they are holding inside of their heart and never told anyone about. From a side, Natsu is acting like nothing happens at all. He acts like he is a normal guy that hasn't seen the pain. In the other side, Lucy is acting like she never left the country to go with her mother and leave her past behind but in the inside she is deeply hurt and having much regret because if she will return to the past she will never get to do a thing like that.
Lucy put down her drink down and opened her mobile to see the clock. It was eleven and they didn't feel the time passes. She put her mobile in back in her bag and looked back at her friends.
"I will be going now"
"I will be going now"
Both Lucy and Natsu stared at each other and kept their eyes on each other's eyes. As everyone's mouth turned into a O shape. "So the both of you will go" Erza said teasing them. Natsu looked at his mobile and raised it to her face.
"It's eleven and tomorrow is not the Sunday, you know" he said as stood up. "You have to go back to your homes early cause I won't be getting any excuses for the coming late."
"You are evil, Natsu-san" said the blue haired beautiful girl as she pouted looking at her manager with puppy eyes.
"I like being evil" he smirked as he forced them to stood up in order to get out because he was sitting in the inside. Lucy didn't stand but kept staring at the bag she owned feeling her heart beats so fast but didn't know why. She just wanted to go home safely without remembering the past, that's all she wanted!
"Natsu, why can't you take Lucy with you" said Erza as she shocked them all. They have been acting like teens lately and wanted to get rid of them so quickly. She looked at the salamander and rose both brows "you know her house, don't you?"
"I-It's alright Erza! I will be taking a taxi" Lucy stood up as she held her bag on her shoulder and decided to walk away. She didn't take many footsteps when the pink haired guy grabbed her hand and stopped her from taking another step.
"It's nothing; I will be taking you in my way." He said looking into her eyes. Lucy felt strange feelings when he looked at her in the eyes. Neither happiness nor loved. It was nothing. He let off his hand and took off his cell phone from his pocket to call the driver. Lucy looked back at her friends to find that they were all shocked by his sudden demand. She glanced at Erza to see her raising a thump whispering 'Good luck'.
"Ok guys, goodbye for now" Natsu waved his hand to them and walked being followed by the blonde girl who looked a little depressed to be in a situation like that. The titania followed them by her eyes until they disappeared from her eyesight and then returned back to her cheese cake to find that her all friends were staring at her with surprise.
The whole way to the door they didn't talk. Even when were waiting for the driver in the street, they never glanced at each other. Lucy was looking at the cars that was going and coming praying for God to get out from a situation like that. She wished to look at him, no. stare at him. She wanted to stare at him for awhile. She missed him so much and wanted to look at him in the eyes but she simply can't be doing though. She was the one to be guilty, the one to be blamed, the one to be hated and in her opinion he was right to do that to her. Lucy wasn't able to describe her feelings right now but she was confused. So confused that made her become like a teen that had fought with her boyfriend yesterday. Lucy took a silent breath exhaling it with a sigh. She still loves him but, she won't be able to look at him in the eyes. And that's all because of her idiocy. Lucy knew that the day will come and they will meet again but wasn't prepared at all.
"Ryu… was your son's name, right?" Natsu finally broke the silence as he looked at the blonde haired girl. Lucy quickly snapped her eyes towards him breathing heavily and sweating too. He was talking to her about her son.
"Y-Yeah, Ryu"
Natsu stared at the ground for a moment and then opened his mouth to talk. "You were in love with that name" he stated slowly as he felt her face heats up. She tried to avoid looking into his eyes by keep looking at the ground and tried to spell the words she has to say.
"Yes, and yours… Haru-chan… isn't it?" asked the blonde as she raised her head to look at him. Natsu nodded smiling softly as the image of his son the pink haired little boy came to his mind.
"He was so cheerful and cute and anyone could for him if they saw him" Lucy sounded as she gave a warm smile. "I'm amazed of how the both of them became that close" she continued looking at the blue sky. "They are really good friends.
Natsu paused looking at the same blue sky that was filled with stars "they are like their parents." Lucy didn't answer immediately but kept looking at the beautiful stars.
"Yeah"
"But you didn't have to do that, Erza-san" said the blue haired woman Juvia Lockser who sat next to her boyfriend the black haired guy Gray Fulbaster (I don't have any idea how I ended up writing this sentence -_-) looking at her while eating her cheesecake. Erza closed her eyes and kept her the fork inside of her mouth and wanted to ignore anyone because she already did everything and wanted no one to butt in and blame her.
"They acted like teens and I really hated them while acting like that" the redhead said opening her mouth to take another bite.
"For you to know Erza, Natsu will never return to Lucy by putting them together like that, they are not teens, though" Gray finally spoke earning everyone's attention even the redhead did so.
"How is that, Gray?" asked the white haired older woman feeling attracted to the topic.
"What I mean is that whatever you do will not make them together, cause Natsu have really changed since 7 years ago, when Lucy left" he said forcing Erza's eyes to be on in its own. "Lucy also… did change" he looked at Levy who was the closest one to Lucy's heart feeling that the depression visited her.
"Y-Yeah, Lucy has lost her mother recently" everyone's eyes widened at what they heard from Levy's mouth and their sweat dropped. She has lost both mother and father now. She also is breeding her son by herself without a father and that made them really sad to hear.
"Gray" Erza called as the black haired suddenly felt he was pulled by the collar of his shirt. He gasped and tried to avoid her eyes and try not to be embarrassed by the people that was watching him in the restaurant after all. "What do you know about Natsu we don't know?" Gray felt vein pop in his head but tried to keep his balance and relax because she was the mighty Titania after all. While Juvia tried to calm the redhead down.
"I know nothing Erza, everything is just obvious." He spoke making her stare at his eyes with deep doubt about what he just said. "Natsu don't want Lucy anymore." Their eyes went wide as they kept looking at the black haired who freed now from the might woman's grip. "Maybe Natsu talked to her, smiled and laughed for her but, he simply using the method 'she is nothing to me maybe except a girl he took her to her home'."
"I don't understand, he took her and looked at her in the eyes how he can be heartless." Lisanna said then paused looking at the table. "Lucy might be convinced that he might still love her!"
"That's the point. He is showing her that he is fine and don't need whatever feelings she give to him." He said looking at everyone's face.
"That Natsu! I'm going to punch him in the face if he ever tried to do a bad thing to Lu-chan" Levy stood up curling her hands into fists as fire glow from her eyes. Mira and Lisanna grabbed her from her shoulder forcing her down on her chair.
"Punch him after you give birth, you are pregnant and it's unhealthy in the right moment"
"He was the one that got hurt in the past not her" Gray looked down at the wooden table "and if he became like that, the heartless guy, it was all thanks to Lucy" he then stood up and telling Juvia to stand up in order to leave together. After taking one step forward he stopped to look back at his friends.
"You might be right about what you said, Levy" he looked at the blue haired woman. "But Natsu is not a bad guy to hurt Lucy. I understand that you are worried about your friend but I'm worried about my friend too and I'm not going to let him be hurt from Lucy to the second time" he then walked together holding the blue haired girl.
"L-Lucy was his friend too, wasn't she?"
Gray and Juvia just got in the car and was going to move the car but Gray suddenly froze in his place. 'That's a problem' Gray's cheeks were bright red while he was feeling his heart beats so fast. Every time the memory of telling them that Natsu was his friend flash in his head, his cheeks gets heating up. It was something he embarrassed to say but, the blue haired fiancé realized it and decided to tease him for a while.
"That's cute, Gray-sama" Juvia said sticking her tongue out for him
What's cute?!" he snapped his head to her to find her was smirking."
"Your blush, Gray-sama" Juvia teased. . It was strange for him to be called –sama over these years. He remembered now, Juvia uses it whenever she wanted to tease him.
"Shut up"
Gray moved the car ignoring his bright red blush.
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Oh, it's so amazing to be back to you with 3000 words xD
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