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Chapter 9

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"Stop it."

"…"

"Natsu. Stop it."

"…"

"Stop glaring at my sister, Natsu!"

"She kidnapped her!"

"She didn't!"

"She did! I saw it with my own eyes! We are supposed to be at home now!"

"For Mavis' sake! She is her doctor! She needs to do a check-up on her." Lisanna exasperatedly whisper-shouted.

"A check up? Here in a café?" Natsu hissed at the woman in front of her.

The two of them are following Lucy and Mirajane since lunch when Mira, followed by Lisanna, unceremoniously intruded at Natsu's house and dragged Lucy out. Mira warned both Natsu and Lisanna to stay home, saying they will be back in no time but Natsu would have none of that.


"So, Lucy. Mind telling me the story now?" Mirajane started the conversation as soon as their food came. She focused on the blonde in front her but is still aware of the nasty glare that she's receiving from a pink-haired man, currently sitting with her sister a table away from them.

She is rather amused as to what extent Natsu will do just to keep Lucy from his line of sight. He even bought a black wig and sunglasses so he won't be spotted. Her sister, of course, did the same, wearing a long curly brown wig, a black beret and shades. She guessed they also bought coats.

Lucy fidgeted in her seat. She didn't know how to explain her situation to Mira. Is she supposed to tell the truth to her? The answer to that will obviously be yes... she basically knows her story anyways. She sighed. Better start telling the story then.

"U-uhm… I- I went to Natsu's house last week, telling him that he is the f-father of my child." Lucy started and winced when she heard herself stutter.

"And that was a lie, right?" Mira asked her. She sighed when Lucy nodded.

"But why Natsu?" she asked again after a few minutes of silence.

"I hate him... I really hate Natsu." Lucy said, eyes downcast and unable to look.

Mira tensed and turned to her sharply, ignoring her tea upon hearing her answer.

She glanced at the supposed to be pink-haired man behind Lucy. He discarded his shades a while ago, and based on his reaction, he has been listening to their conversation.

It is not new to everyone who knows Natsu that he has good hearing, with them a table away from theirs and with the silent café, she was sure that both of them could hear the conversation clearly.

"You hate him so you decided to lie to him?" Mira wanted to clarify.

"That's not really the reason. Actually, after meeting Natsu, I can't bring myself to hate him anymore. He's just so nice and trusting and I regret lying to him."

"So why?" Mira felt relieved and she is sure Natsu is too.

"Three months ago," Lucy frowned, but still continued, "Kaito left me. And I was really sad back then. My sadness grew when I discovered that I'm pregnant. The idea of lying to him was just the result of my depression. And then last week, I kind of snapped and pursued the idea."

"He left you?! You are pregnant and that spineless man left you?" Mira shouted, slamming her hands to the table while standing up.

"M-Mira-san, please calm down." Lucy nervously said. She looked around and sighed, less people means less attraction. She watched as her doctor took a couple of calming breaths before she sat down.

"Will you tell me why that bastard left you? But before that...why Natsu? Why is Natsu the center of your hate when it should be your ex-boyfriend that you are cursing to hell." She leaned forward, hands on top of the table, and now interested.

"He left me because of Natsu. And he didn't know that I'm pregnant when he left." Lucy confessed. Her eyes welled with unshed tears, but she managed to compose herself.

"Why? And wait. How'd you even know Natsu? I know you saw the picture that included him on my table in the hospital but you never mentioned that you know him."

"I met him three months ago. Uhm… Levy and I went to a birthday party of her friend." Lucy blushed hard, she felt embarrassed of telling her that she slept with a man she barely knew because she was drunk.

"And?" Mira urged her to continue, she is starting to get confused of Lucy beating around the bush when answering her.

"I met Natsu that night. We spent the night drinking and the next morning when I woke up, I found myself beside him...both of us wearing nothing." Lucy said, praying to the heavens that she got the hidden implication of what she said so she won't have to say it again.

Mira is beyond shocked. She felt her breathing and heart stopped.

Natsu and Lucy had done... that?

Oh Mavis. She can't believe it. She dared to look at the man behind Lucy again. Her blood boiled when the opportunistic man had the audacity to blush and look away? Oh, she will give him a piece of her mind later on.

"Lucy sweetie, that didn't answer my question of why Kaito left you." Mira said, her mood changing fast as she caught a glimpse of the shy Lucy in front of her.

"Well… he came back home a few days after that night and he… he saw the… m-marks on my n-neck. He accused me of cheating so he broke up with me." Her expression changed from embarrassed to being sad. Anyone could clearly tell that she was still affected from her break-up with her previous boyfriend.

"He saw it a few days after that night? Why? Did you spend a few days in Levy's house?" Mira asked. Sometimes, when Lucy goes for consultation, she often brings her petite blue-haired friend with her so that's how she knew her.

"N-no. I went home right after that." She tilted her head to the side as she recalled what happened. "I didn't even inform Levy when I left the mansion that day."

"The two of you were living together before, right? So why is it that he just discovered it a few days after? Or why did you go straight at home when you know that there is a possibility of him knowing what you did with Natsu?" Mira inquired softly.

"He changed. Kaito changed when we graduated and he started working. He became so cold to me so I asked him to live with me, thinking that he has no time for me due to work. But he did not change, he goes home whenever he wants to and rarely talks to me whenever he is at home... That's why I never thought of him coming home that time." Lucy sadly said.

Mira noticed her dejected spirit so she decided to keep quiet and chose to continue eating her sandwich. Lucy picked on what she was doing so she also went on eating her vegetable salad.


"Lucy." Mira called after they've eaten.

"If Kaito isn't doing anything, even talking to you, then why are you telling me that he is the father? Don't you think that it is Natsu?" Mira asked when she got her attention.

Lucy choked on her drink when she heard Mira. She bit her lip and turned her gaze outside the window.

"I think Kaito is really the father. A week before the party, he came home drunk and we did it." Lucy unconsciously touched her neck while telling her story. "When he discovered about the marks I have after that party, he was so mad and... kind of forced it to me... then he broke up with me."

Mira gripped the glass so hard that it shattered noisily hearing what Lucy said. She heard Lucy shriek but she paid no mind to it.

She will really break that insolent man's face if she saw him.

How dare he treat Lucy like that? She didn't deserve that! No woman who's serious in a relationship deserves that! That man will really catch a glimpse of hell soon!

And by the fuss from the table near them, she is not the only one with that train of thought.

"M-Mira-san, are you alright? Is your hand bleeding?" Mira was snapped out of her demonic thoughts when she heard how worried Lucy is.

"I'm fine. No bleeding, see?" Mira said as she showed her palm to Lucy, who sighed in relief.

"How about we leave that depressing and blood-boiling topic?" Mira suggested which made Lucy smile and nod.

"You know Lucy, Natsu could be the father of your child."

"I thought were leaving the depressing topic? And no, I don't think he is."

"Why do you seem to be so appalled of the idea of Natsu being the father of your child? Even if he looks idiotic and childish, he will become a great husband and father. He will always love you and your child."

"It's not like that… I just don't want to get my hopes up."

"Hopes? Could it be that you wanted Natsu to be the father of the child?" Mira asked, her eyes shining at the thought.

"I… I don't know. It's just that, Natsu being the father of my child is too good to be true. If Natsu's the father, then I wouldn't have to lie and feel nervous for the day that he will discover the truth. My child will feel loved by him... unlike when Kaito will be the father. Deep inside, I've always believed on what Levy is telling me; that Kaito will never acknowledge the child even if he is the father. If Natsu is the father, I think everything will be perfect and the only thing that will be missing is our love for each other."

"Then go and believe that Natsu is the father, always think of what will be the best."

Lucy shook her head. "As I said Mira-san, I don't want to get my hopes up."

Mira sighed but she won't give up on hinting Lucy about the possible life about Natsu.

She decided that very moment that she wants Natsu and Lucy to be together in the future, be it that Natsu is the father of Lucy's child or not. She feels bad for her younger sister but she knew she can also see how much Natsu loves Lucy. And by what she heard Lucy said earlier, maybe it is not impossible for her to fall in love with him too.

"Well, what if he falls in love with you? Can you give him a chance? Even if he isn't the father, if Natsu fell in love with you, I'm sure that he can accept that. And then you two can be married and make your own kids later on. Oh! I can now imagine those pink-haired babies." Mira continued and went to her dreamland full of pink-haired babies.

"I don't know that yet. I don't even know if what you are saying is possible." Lucy said passively, completely breaking Mira's dream.

"Oh Lucy, believe me. It will be." Mira said. But something about Lucy's expression made her change the topic, "Hey, look at the time. Should we go to the hospital now and get you checked up?"

"Ok. So I could go home early. Natsu reminded me before leaving to be home before dark."

"What? No, I want to go to the amusement park with you and besides, walking will be good for you too. Wait a sec and I'll call Natsu to come at the hospital. I'm sure they will be there by the time we finished the check up."

"Okay." Lucy smiled a bit and moved her hand to touch her tummy. Her eyes softened at the thought of her baby.


Author's Notes:

I want to say it again here that Lucy hated Natsu. Meaning, when she was able to know Natsu when they met, her hate for him died out. And as Lucy said, her hate for Natsu and idea of lying to him was just the result of depression.

That's what I want to emphasize, so some readers who hate/dislike Lucy in this story won't hate her more ;)

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I have a question fellow NaLu fans.,

I saw this NaLu pic on tumblr and facebook, it is a pic that has a "Did you know" located at the top of pictures of the episode 1 in Fairy Tail (when Bora used his love spell to the girls including Lucy, to be exact), below the pic states that the effect of the spell broke because Lucy spotted the person that would bind her heart and it was confirmed in the manga by a member of the guild that only the intervention of the soul mate can dissipate the spell..

My question is, which chapter did that member of the guild confirmed that?

Can you please say which FTChapter is that? I'm really curious... so I really want to know..

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