I DO NOT OWN ANY CHARACTERS! THEY ALL BELONG TO HIRO MASHIMA!
As her eyes fluttered open she was blinded by the white light for a second. When she sat up, it took her a minute to realize just where she was and what happened to her. She had been here, in the Sabertooth guild hall, a couple of times before to see Yukino and talk about training their celestial spirits. She was in the hospital wing in the guild hall. Her ears perked up when she heard faint shouting in the distance.
"Where is she!?" She heard a male voice shouting at who she assumed to be Sting.
"She's resting! You can't go up in the hospital wing!" Yelled the guild master. Lucy heard knocking at the door not a few seconds later.
"Come in!" She yelled hoarsely to the person on the other side of the door.
Natsu peeked his salmon head inside the door and stared at Lucy for a second before bursting the door open and running towards Lucy. He wrapped his arms around Lucy and squeezed her tight.
After a couple of seconds, she reluctantly wrapped her arms around him as well. It felt like they had stayed in that position forever. Him with his arms wrapped around her, and she with her head in the crook of his neck. She breathed deeply, etching his scent into her mind, before she exhaled and unwrapped her arms. She leaned back into her pillow and stared at Natsu while he stared back at her his hands limply at his sides.
He got up off of the bed and sat onto the chair next to the bed, scratching his head awkwardly and smiling sheepishly at Lucy.
"So, how are you?" He asked hesitantly his onyx eyes burning into her chocolate brown ones.
"I'm okay. Feeling a lot better than I was earlier. That's for sure." She said staring back at his with the same intensity. "By the way, how long have I been knocked out?"
"Um, about three days?" He responded dropping his smile and getting serious before adding, "I'm so sorry."
Lucy was startled by these words. "For what!?"
"For leaving, for not being able to protect you, for-for everything!" He exclaimed, tears springing up in his eyes.
Lucy had never seen Natsu cry before, so she was startled and didn't know what to do when she saw him. She slowly got out of the bed and leaned in front of Natsu.
"It's fine. I forgive you. You're my best friend. Always will be." She whispered as she stood back up and sat on his lap. She buried her face into his hair and kissed the top of his head.
He wrapped his arms around her waist as he pulled her in closer. "You're my best friend too," He said, "And I love you." He said as he pulled back and stared into her eyes, his burning with sincerity.
She gasped loudly when she looked into his eyes and found that what he was saying was the complete and utter truth. Her face lit up with a smile as she closed her eyes and muttered, "I love you too."
Natsu smile his signature grin as he shut his own eyes and closed the distance between their lips.
There we go! They made up and they kissed! I hope this chapter was well worth the wait and I hope to write a lot more in the net ten days because I'm on thanksgiving break! I'm thankful for all of you guys, and I hope you're as excited as me for the next chapters.
