Fairy Tail - Fanfiction: Chapter 51; "Sleeping Beauty"


Natsu opened his eyes and jolted upright. Looking around the room, he realized he was back in the present and relaxed his shoulders, which had tensed up. He looked down at the sleeping blonde. That was just a memory. I'm here with Lucy now, and those two guys won't be a problem anymore. They won't separate us again. They can't. I won't let them if they tried!

The pinkette tilted his head and stared at the clock. He had been asleep for four hours. He got up and started walking towards the door, only to stop when he heard his name.

He quickly turned around, making eye contact with Lucy. Her chocolate pools met with his onyx ones. They didn't say anything to each other for several minutes, until Lucy finally broke the silence.

"Natsu... Where am I?" Her voice almost didn't reach the dragon slayer's ears; he was too focused on her eyes. The same set of brown that he fell in love with. The same set that was almost gone forever, multiple times.

When he was able to speak, he replied, "You're at the Nurse's Office at school, Lucy." Her name echoed in his head, getting fainter and fainter. Lucy... Lucy... Lucy... "What do you remember?"

The celestial wizard brought her right hand up to her forehead, closing her eyes. Natsu wanted to grab her shoulders and make her open them back up. He wanted to keep staring into the milky depths, to never look away. To never have to. With great effort, he held himself back from doing so.

"The last thing I remember," she told him. "Was the assassin, who intended to finish his job... But right before I lost consciousness, I saw your flames."

"My flames..." the fire mage repeated her words. "You saw them?"

Without opening her eyes, the girl nodded. "Yes."

Natsu thought for a moment before heading out of the room. "Well, I'll tell everyone you're awake."

Though it pained him to leave her side, he knew he had to find Porlyusica. I can be alone with Lucy later... he reminded himself, thinking of his plans.


Later on that night, after everyone came and visited Lucy, Natsu walked in. He tried to be quiet, seeing that she was asleep again. He sat down next to his friend, watching her. Now and then, her lips twitched. The pinkette smiled, gazing down at her sleeping form.

He heard the door creak open and, out of the corner of his eye, he saw the person who walked in. "Porlyusica."

"The girl's perfectly fine now. She doesn't need me anymore," the woman said. "Take her home."

The dragon slayer nodded. "Thanks for taking care of her."

Porlyusica paused at her desk in the opposite corner. She whipped around and glared at him. "What are you still doing here? GET OUT!"

The male wizard laughed, picking up his sleeping beauty bridal-style and hurrying toward the open window.

"And where do you think you're going, young man?" the woman asked.

Natsu looked at her in confusion. "I'm taking her home, of course." With that, he gave the nurse a grin and jumped out the window, landing on the ground below. He followed the city sidewalks that led to the blonde's house.

Back in the Nurse's Office, Porlyusica sighed and facepalmed. When she looked up, she let out an amused chuckle. "Poor girl. She has to deal with that when she wakes up!"


Natsu set Lucy down on the bed, covering her up and tucking her in. He went over to the window and shut it, wiping the dirt left by his sandals off the bottom. The pinkette looked over at Lucy, smiling and making his way over to her. He watched as her shoulders rose and fell slowly.

Then he bent down and, kissing her cheek gently, Natsu whispered, "I love you."

The mage soon fell asleep next to Lucy.