chapter26

"It's huge fire, over here guys!" The ice mage waved his hands to his mates as they ran towards him. Natsumi was one to enter inside the building in order eat that fire and get rid of it. And of course she was able to do so and eat it. She stood staring at the inside of the building as she started to think about who could be the one that did all of that. She realized Gray, Erza, Wendy and both cats runs to the inside of the building.

"We will be searching for the people inside, stay here both of you!" She heard Erza talks telling her to stay in her place. Natsumi looked at her back to find the blond stands in his place and looking at her. She looked back to where her eyes fell at and completely ignored him. But not so fast when the both of them saw some strange person from the crowd runs from his place and escapes.

"H-hey! Wait!" The dragon slayer female screamed stretching her arm to call over the guy but he didn't answer and did stop. The both of them decided to run after him. "Who is that guy?" Natsumi asked while trying to keep up with the speed the strange guy ran with and got no answer. She looked at Lucas to find that he was focused in the man that ran in front of him. Soon, they found themselves inside a cave and find no one inside of it. "It's... a trap?" When Natsumi found an obstacle she said that before she moved her head 180 degree to the other side to find the stranger they were running after stands and smirking.

"Fairy tail... good bye" that was what he said before a lot of stones were dammed the exit for them.

The impact made a lot of dust and made them coughs the whole time. "What the hell is he?" Lucas finally spoke putting his palm on his mouth trying to keep his eyes opened in order to keep looking at the direction of the strange man who had just escaped. But unfortunately, he wasn't able to do a single thing because he already disappeared behind the rocks.

"Shit!" Natsumi said hitting the rocks with fire in her hands trying to break free from the hard rocks. Unfortunately, nothing happened because the rocks were very hard and thick to break. She looked back at Lucas who was glaring at their previous exit angry. "What will we do?" She asked as she amended her standing position to look straightly at him. "Lucas" she called over his name when she got silence from him.

"The last thing I wanted to be stuck here with you in the same place" he gave the pink haired a glare and she didn't know what was his point to give her that.

"Excuse me!" She said as she raised her voice that made her seemed angry.

"What? Did I say something wrong?"

"You just-" but before she could say anything he cut her off.

"I didn't do anything... just stay silent, will you?" Lucas sat down on the ground resting his back on the wall behind him and crossing his legs.

"Lucas, you..." she said but stopped as she started staring at the blond thinking of how he treated her right now and god, he don't even have the right to do that. "You're such a jerk!" Lucas looked at her immediately after he was staring at the ground. He looked up at her with astonished face.

"What..?"

"You heard me! You are worse than a jerk" she said angry. "You have no right to treat me like that." She looked at him as tears started to form in her eyes "I'm not your toy, you stupid!" Natsumi stated forcing her hands into a fist and glaring at his face in anger.

"What's really wrong with you?!" He stood up again.

"There's nothing wrong with me, it's all wrong with you" Natsumi tried to be calm and avoid anything could expose her feelings. Lucas didn't say anything but instead of that he stared at her. He then looked down at the ground putting both his hands on his waist while trying to find the perfect word to spell.

"I'm... I'm amazed" he looked up at her "I'm amazed of how good actress are you?" the dragon slayer's eyes widened as she froze in her place. "You act like... you know nothing about the world and exploits people" he paused looking into her eyes. "I... I fell in love with you but... I was completely wrong, you weren't the right one for me" he twisted his body to look away from her. "I don't know what kind of person are you? And how did you make me so weak like that? But all I know that you are not the right person to me... I was wrong, you are... you are so cocky!" Natsumi stayed silent shocked of what she just heard. She never knew that the blond fell in love with her but what was worse that, he hated it and insulted her. She looked at his back as she suddenly felt tears wets her cheeks, she didn't know why. "What can I do with this heart and with this heartless, annoying girl?!"

Lucas breathed hard "did you even love Gray?" He asked the last part twisting his body to look at her and was shocked of the sudden face he saw. He was treating Natsumi harshly but he didn't blieve that was actually making her pained. The blond narrowed his eyes staring at the pink haired girl. He stayed silent because her tears forbid him from talking. Natsumi lowered her head down while her bangs covered her eyes. She was hurt, so hurt that she couldn't even speak or say anything. She didn't want to be like that, she was weak and she hated being.

"Y-you are idiot! You know nothing, nothing!" Natsumi said between tears trying to keep her voice down but enough to make him hear her.

"What..?"

"I'm not neither heartless nor annoying" she looked at him "not actress or even stupid" she said nearing the distance between them and holding his shirt between her strong hands.

"Huh..?"

"You believed that I was one to never love but you were wrong, you are idiot, stupid and jerk I hate you Lucas, I hate you, I hate you... I love you!" Natsumi was rubbing her eyes as she was sobbing so hard after leaving his shirt. Lucas's eyes widened at hearing the word love comes out from her mouth. She was meaning him, right?

"N-Natsumi..." he tried touching her shoulder but she moved away throwing his hand away from her.

"Stay away!"she screamed at him. "Stay away, I'm not going to forgive you for what you did to me" she glared at him with hateful eyes. The dragon slayer backed while she was still looking at him.

"How can I know that you were in love with me?!" He shouted at her trying to free himself from the blame. "Answer me!"

"At least you could have treated me more nicely" she said with a calmer voice as she hugged her hands to her chest while the tears kept streaming down from her eyes. Natsumi sat down on her knees as she kept staring at the ground. "You are not... the right one too" she said surprising the blond who were standing unable to do a single thing. "I was wrong... you deceived me" the salamander wiped away her tears as she heard some noises out of the cave. She then stood up twisting her body to look at the rocks. And finally her friends removed the rocks and got them out.

"Natsumi-san, Lucas-san!" The small young lady said while a large smile drew on her face. Both the blond and pink haired got out from where but they stayed and forced smiles that curled on their lips in order not to make their friend suspect anything.

The day went and everything became fine except for those two who never exchanged a single glance. Lucas was surprised of the sudden talk. He didn't know that Natsumi really did love him and lucky them, he loved her back but unfortunately what he did and said won't make her his no matter what happened. He regrets everything and wishes that the past could repeat itself so he would change everything. He wanted to apologize and tell her he is so, so sorry and he didn't mean all that but she said it... she is not going to forgive him not today nor then…