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-Let there be midnight

ME NO OWNS FAIRY TAIL!


Chapter Eleven- Tears of the Helpless

It was night when the bus had made it the beach the school had reserved for the week. Natsu had made it his top priority that he was the first on off of the bus, meaning he pushed everyone out of the way and jumped out of the vehicle kissing the ground while crying happily. Lucy and Erza looked at Natsu strangely as they got off after Loke and Juvia, wondering if their friend actually had anything sane in him.

"Natsu stop kissing the ground, birds poop on that." Lucy commented as she stood in front of him. Instantly after hearing that, Natsu jumped up wiping his lips on his white long sleeves shirt trying in a desperate attempt to clean the filth off of them.

"Natsu, Lucy!" Loke shouted from where he was walking with the rest of the class to their resort. "You're going to be left behind!" He turned back around to start a conversation with the grumpy Gray and the strangely hyper Erza.

"Coming!" Lucy shouted back to him as she and Natsu ran up to catch their friends.

"I can't wait for tomorrow!" Erza happily chattered with a strange sparkle in her eyes. "I can finally try out my bikini!"

"Is that all girls think about?" Gray grumbled earning a harsh glare from Erza.

"Gray, eat a snickers." Loke suddenly said, holding out a snickers bar for Gray.

"Why should I?" he growled giving Loke his death glare.

"You turn anti-social when you're hungry." Loke shoved the snickers bar into Gray's face making him shove it down his throat. "Better?"

"No, I still feel like I should kill you all in the most brutal manner I can, then turn into a Mutant Ninja Turtle and roll away in a dark cave where no one can ever talk to me again." Gray grumbled making Loke shiver at the image he was given.

"Loke, you should know by now that Gray is tired, not hungry." Natsu told the ginger, Gray giving him a pointed glare. "Plus, Gray hates snickers and the only time he would eat them is when he is exhausted." Natsu explained as he put his hands behind his head. Loke slumped in defeat as he cried fake tears.

"I'm sorry I failed you my friend!" Loke shouted as he hugged Gray, bawling.

"Get off me you freak! Don't make me turn all ninja on you!" Gray screamed as he tried to pry the stubborn teen away from him feeling very agitated.

"Did Loke just copy a commercial?" Lucy asked as she stared at the three boys with a blank look.

"Yeah, I think he's carrying around a bunch of snickers just for that reason alone." Lucy looked at Erza wondering why her boyfriend decided to become one with the snickers commercial.

"Juvia thinks Loke is strange." Juvia commented. Juvia's aura suddenly turned dark as her eyes turned red like a demon. "How dare Loke give Gray-sama something he dislikes?! Juvia will kill Loke!"

The rest of the way to the resort was spent with Erza and Lucy holding down Juvia who was trying to kill Loke, who was bear hugging Gray bawling, who was trying to pry the ginger away while pleading for help from Natsu, who just walked beside him ignoring Gray as he thought about how to get to the North Pole without being noticed.


~Natsu, Gray, and Loke's Shared Room~

Natsu sighed as he laid down on the bed closest to the window, looking up at the white ceiling feeling very exhausted.

"Oi Gray," Natsu shouted as he turned his head to look at the bed beside him where the raven haired teen had already fallen asleep on. Natsu rolled his eyes as he looked up at Loke who was putting his clothes away in the big dresser they shared. "Loke," Loke looked up at him but said nothing as he continued folding and putting away clothes. "What's the point in this trip? I've been wondering that the whole time on the bus." Natsu looked back up at the ceiling with a slight frown. Loke shrugged as he closed the drawers finished with his work as he sat down on the bed beside Gray.

"I think it's to just relax, something like that. Either that or Mr. Elfman wanted some time off with Ms. Evergreen. I don't know, either way, Mr. Elfman is probably going to spend the whole time trying to 'woo' Ms. Evergreen." Loke explained as he turned off the light encasing the room in darkness. Natsu shivered once the light glow of the lamp on Loke's bedside turned off, feeling opened for anything that dared come his way. Natsu pulled the sheets over himself as he tried to find warmth and comfort in them as he looked out of the window and at the starlight night.

"Then what's the need to bring students with him if his intentions are solely on Ms. Evergreen?" Natsu asked. Silence cascaded down on the them as Loke was obviously trying to find the words to answer Natsu with.

"Maybe because he thought it would be a good learning experience? I don't know. The teachers are crazy and would take a whole lot to figure out." Loke replied as there was a shuffle of blankets as he got under them. "Why do you seem so keen on not enjoying this trip Natsu?" Natsu tensed up at the question, shutting his eyes briefly as he started to play with a piece of thread lingering on his blankets, never turning around to what he knew was going to be Loke's eyes from the other side of the room.

"I can't swim." he muttered silently after a few good minutes. Natsu knew it wasn't a good excuse, but it was the only he could think of at the moment.

"We can teach you." came Loke's short reply. He shifted around in his bed as he tried to find another excuse.

"I don't like water."

"Then you can play in the sand."

"There are crabs in the sand."

"Then get a tan."

"I'm allergic to the sun and burn easily."

"Stop making stupid excuses." Loke sighed finally fed up with excuse after excuse. "You always make these outrageous excuses on why you can't do things Natsu. It's like you are trying to hide something you don't want people to find out." There was a short pause before Loke continued. "We're your friend's right?"

"Yes…"Natsu silently replied, tears stinging the corners of his eyes as he tried to blink them away.

"Then why don't you act like we are? Why can't you tell us this thing you're trying to hide? We can help Natsu, no matter what! We will always be there for you. That's the meaning of friends, people who have your back." Tears streamed down Natsu's face at hearing the words he always wanted to hear, but he knew he couldn't tell Loke, he always knew. He couldn't tell anyone which what made the pain unbearable. He knew they couldn't help and it would only hurt them in the end, and he didn't want them to get hurt. He wanted them to stay away from his pain so they can remain happy. He was only protecting them… right?

"No matter what," Natsu spoke silently, trying to keep the tears out of his voice as best he could. "there are some things that can never be helped."