Comfort of a Princess
Chapter 1: Pain
I know I said I wouldn't do any hurt/comfort stories, but I have had this idea for a while, what if Natsu for the first time ever needed to be comforted, and who better to comfort than the girl whom he's always stayed strong for. I hope it doesn't suck but here we go.
Also this takes place after the Tartaros battle, this is a timeline where Natsu decides not to leave the guild to get stronger.
Warning: Mentions of Alcohol Abuse, mentions of self harm, and Adult themes
OOC Natsu
Just to be clear I am not trying to make fun of self harm, it is a very serious issue, so please understand that this is a story.
The battle was over, Zeref and Acnolgia had been defeated, but Natsu had lost Igneel, it was something that he couldn't bear, just as soon as they were reunited, his father had been taken from him. The dragon slayer had spiraled into a deep depression.
At the guild:
The guild was rowdy as usual, Lucy had been sitting at the bar area talking with Mira, and Levy about everything that happened. It was a somewhat sweet moment, until Lucy noticed that a certain dragon slayer had not shown up at all.
"Hey, has anyone seen Natsu at all?" the blonde asked worrying about her teammate. Mira looked at Lucy and explained that she hadn't seen him, except maybe a few times to come in for alcohol.
"He only ever comes to the guild when he's low on supplies." Mira explained with a sad tone.
"In all honesty, he hasn't been the same after the battle with Tartaros, and losing Igneel, had been really tough for him. " she told the blonde. Lucy knew how he felt, losing Aquarius had been tough for her too, she had regretted the fact that she couldn't comfort him, but her thoughts had been interrupted, by a weeping exceed.
"LUUUUUSHHHHHEEEE." The exceed cried flying straight into her chest.
"Happy, what's wrong?" she asked as the exceed wept into her chest.
"It's N..Natsu he's bleeding." Lucy's eyes widened as the exceed explained that when he went to check on his friend he could that he was surrounded by his own blood.
"Where's Wendy?" Happy asked tears falling from his face.
Lucy felt tears sting her own eyes before explaining, that the sky dragon slayer was on a mission with Erza and Gray, and they wouldn't be back until 3 days later.
"Mira, I need a first aid kit NOW!" she exclaimed as the barmaid handed her a box, not knowing what was going on.
Natsu's house
Natsu didn't know how long he had been sitting on the floors surrounded by empty bottles of alcohol and his own blood, but he knew that he was bleeding out and fast. He didn't know why Igneel's death affected him so much, maybe it was the fact that they were reunited after so long only to have him be ripped away again. It wasn't just Igneel's death but the haunting memory of seeing Future Lucy die, the guilt that he felt when he wasn't able to save her, it crushed him Natsu always tried to put on a strong face for the guild and especially Lucy, and that was why he decided to keep living, but the pain he felt, it was too much to bear
'I'm s…sorry Igneel…I'm sorry Lucy' he said to himself, before grabbing a piece of glass and sliding it across his arm, he had almost made the cut when he heard a voice call out his name.
"NATSU!" the dragon slayer looked up with teary eyes to see Lucy stand at the front door tears streaming down her own face as she rushed to his side, first aid kit in hand. Natsu looked over to see Happy in the doorway with tears running down his own cheeks, and then back to Lucy who was cleaning the wounds on his arm as tears still fell down her face, once his wounds were wrapped up she turned to face him.
"I…Id…iot." She stuttered while trying her best to keep her own tears from falling. "What the hell do you think you're doing?"
Natsu winced at the tone of her voice, it was filled with pain, but she was also worried about him, relieved. "I…I'm sorry" his voice came out as a whimper. Lucy's expression softened at his state, tears were falling from his eyes. He was hurting and she knew that, she wanted to help him in any way she could, he was always there for her, now it was her turn to comfort him.
"Natsu?" she said this time with a much softer tone. "Please, let me help you, I…I hate seeing you like this." She pleaded as her tears fell from her face onto Natsu's hand.
The pain was too much for the dragon slayer to bear as he grabbed her and sobbed into her chest, while Lucy wrapped her arms around him similar to how he hugs her.
"Natsu, what happened?" she asked lifting the pinkettes head up meet her gaze, wiping a tear from his cheeks.
"I…I'm s….sorry Lucy, I don't know why but I just felt like I couldn't take the pain of losing him. It's like one minute we're reunited, and the next he was taken from me, and I just felt so helpless. I didn't know what e…else to d..do." he said choking back sobs as he wrapped up his arms around her waist pulling her towards him so that she was sitting in his lap facing him.
Lucy understood completely, not saying anything and just him release all of his anguish and tears. After what seemed like hours Natsu's tears had finally stopped falling. Lucy tried getting up only for Natsu to tighten his grip on her.
"No, d…don't get up. Can we stay like this please I….I f…feel cold." He begged.
Lucy's eyed widened, Natsu was never one to admit he was cold, his fire always keeping him warm. The celestial mage had an opportunity to comfort her friend in his time of need, and she wasn't going to let this opportunity go to waste.
"Yeah, we can stay like this for how ever long you want to Natsu, ok?"
The room fell into silence for what seemed to be 20 minutes, before Lucy heard Natsu mumble into her chest.
"Thank you, Lucy…. for being here for me." He said, before letting sleep overtake him.
A smile crept across Lucy's face as she hugged the dragon slayer tighter not wanting to ever let him go.
"I'll always be here for you Natsu." She whispered before letting sleep overcome her.
Ok so the ending was kind of rushed and I really don't have any excuse for that. I hope you enjoy this considering it's been almost 2 ½ months since I have uploaded, but this is Chapter 1 of Comfort of a Princess. Yes, I made it so Lucy is the one helping Natsu recover in this time of despair. I hope I did ok with this first chapter. I hate writer's block, and school. Don't worry I still have other stories as well. I have also uploaded a part two of New Story Ideas, so if you guys see a story you want me to write let me know I really appreciate. Also, any positive feedback on how I can improve this would be greatly appreciated. I love you all so much and I cannot wait to hear from you guys, also I am excited for 100 Years Quest to finish even though there is still more story to go, my OTP is coming to life Nalu 4ever.
