SORRY! YOU HAVE WAITED FOR TOO LONG ! I AM A BAD PERSON!
My old PC with all my stories and finished chapters and idea died, and I couldnt recover them, and life getting in the way stopped me from re-writing them... Well you dont really care :D
I will do my best to finish this story, then I will work on the other stories I had..
For now, enjoy what I do have :)
He is not the same
Lucy kept telling herself that, but she couldn't stop feeling like he was.
She kept looking at the stars, searching for a sign that can help her decided what to do now.
He is not acting the same
She noticed he was less reckless, more thoughtful, more mature then her dream Natsu.
She glanced at him, noting he looks exactly the same, even the way he is sitting are the exact same.
But he is not the same one
Lucy sighed and looked the sky again, still trying to figure out how to approach this situation.
Natsu noticed her sigh, looked over and noticed her troubled look. He didn't like that look.
"Spill" he said as he turned to face her.
"W-what?" Lucy stuttered from being pulled away from her mind as it started to go crazy.
"Spill" Natsu repeated, giving her a look.
That look... is like dream Natsu
Lucy shook her head, sighed and turned to him as well.
"What am I supposed to spill exactly?" Lucy asked with a little smile.
"You look like you are overthinking, and that's a bad thing to do, and I am here so I can help you out if you let me" Natsu said with a small shrug at the end.
He is not the same
Lucy smiled a little more, but it was a sad smile and Natsu noticed it.
"Have you ever felt like you don't belong?" Lucy started after a few minutes. Natsu stayed quiet and waited for her to continue.
"I feel like that, always have really... I know it's a teenage thing, but... When I was in a coma, I... I had a dream..." Lucy stopped to think about her next words.
She did not want to tell him she fell in love with him in her dream and is now having the same feeling towards him even they actually kind of just met.
"I... Even in my dream, at least in the beginning of it, I felt that I don't belong... I hate that feeling..." She sighed again and looked at her feet.
Natsu listened, looked at how her spirit broke a little as she kept on talking, He hated it, so much.
All he wanted to do was to make her smile, but he really didn't know how.
So, he just kept sitting there, watching her and listening to her.
"As my dream went on, I found a special place, and I was so happy... I... I was truly fully happy there... And now I'm just... Confused..." She kept on, feeling the urge to let it out.
"I was carefree, I had fun, I was not alone... But now, I am..." She said in a quiet voice.
"Are you though?" Natsu asked, feeling hurt a little.
Lucy smiled sadly again.
"I am" she replied, feeling her throat closing up as she held her tears.
"I will ask again, and you will answer me while looking at me" Natsu said and lifted her head gently with his fingers.
"Are you lonely here? Are you really lonely?" He asked with a small smile.
"I..." Lucy tried to answer, but then it hit her.
This Natsu is here, all of his friends are waiting for her, her parents are here too, they waited for her and suffered for her and did all they could to make her feel better.
He is not the same
She remembered this, but this time it felt different.
He is not the same, because he is the real Natsu
Lucy smiled, this time a more genuine smile, as she looked at Natsu and answered.
"I'm not alone"
"Exactly, 'cus I'm here" Natsu replied with a grin.
That grin...
"Okay, since I'm here we need to have an adventure, what do you say?" Natsu said as he got up.
"Wait, what? Adventure?" Lucy asked as she got up as well.
"Yeah, let's go inside, I brought my Nintendo with me and I have some fun games we can play" Natsu said.
"I have a few that have cool storylines too, it's like going on an adventure" He added as they went back inside.
"Oh" Lucy replied as she followed him.
He is not the same, but in a weird way, he is
Lucy smiled again. Until she got to the living room and saw what as on the table.
"Yosh! Where is my bag?" Natsu asked as they got to the adults, who were still in the same exact place as they were when they went out.
"And why do you need your bag?" Grandine asked with a sigh, already knowing the reason he wants it.
"Nint-"
"Nintendo, yeah, we know, but I have a better thing for you to do" Zeref said with a smile.
"Oh, really now?" Natsu raised a brow.
"We have a few family albums here" Layla said with a grin as she looked at Lucy's baby photos.
"Baby Lucy?" Natsu interest perked at the idea as he immediately went to sit next to his brother and look.
"Told you" Grandine whispered to Layla, who giggled in reply.
Lucy just stood there, shocked.
Not the baby photos
Lucy groaned as she saw Natsu and Zeref smiling at a picture of her, at 3-years-old, with only her underwear, running from her dad, who tried to put a dress on her.
"Cute" Natsu said with a small laugh.
As if on cue, all adults looked at Lucy to see her reaction, which made her blush even more then she already did.
Lucy decided to just sit and cover herself until this all ended, while praying no one will notice those photos.
If they see them, they will surely ask
Lucy sighed quietly to herself, she did not want to think about that now.
She looked at Natsu, she noticed his small blush as he looked through the album, smiling at every picture of her, blushing harder when he glanced at her and noticed she was watching him.
Oh shit
She blushed and looked away.
Natsu laughed at that and went back to looking at the pictures.
"Next time, when you come to our home for dinner, I will show you all the baby Natsu pictures we have" Grandine told Lucy with a grin.
"I-I would like that" Lucy replied quietly with a small nod and a smile.
"I have some on my phone" Zeref said as he pulled up his phone to show Lucy.
She looked at Natsu, thinking he would stop Zeref or look horrified that his baby pictured will be shown.
But he was fine with it.
Maybe even too fine.
"You don't care?" Lucy had to ask him.
"Why would I care? That's just me as a baby" Natsu replied with a shrug.
He is not the same
Lucy nodded and moved to Zeref's other side to look.
What Lucy missed, but Zeref didn't, was how petrified Natsu actually was.
"It's totally fine and understandable if you laugh Lucy" Zeref said as he pulled the picture up on his phone.
It was a picture on a 5-year-old Natsu, butt naked, standing proud with his back to the camera as he looked at what he considered a master piece, but it was actually just a pile of dirty cloths he gathered and called a dragon that he had defeated, as explained by Zeref.
"Why would I laugh?" Lucy asked as she examined the picture, sure, it was funny, but it was cuter than anything else.
"You don't think it's funny?" Natsu asked with wide eyes, and Lucy caught the hopeful spark that was in them.
"It's not funny, You looks adorable" Lucy blurred out, not even registering what she said, as she shrugged and resumed her examination of the picture with a smile.
And again, on cue, all adults looked at Natsu, who just stared at Lucy with a blush that matched his hair.
"T-thanks" Natsu said a few seconds later and looked away.
Lucy nodded without looking at him, mostly to hide her own blush from everyone after she realized what she said.
"I have a photo of Lucy as a bride, she and her friend decided to get married when they were 7" Layla said and showed the photo she had just found.
"Oh my god, that annoying dress" Lucy recalled and shuddered.
Everyone laughed and looked at the cute couple, all but Natsu.
He looked away, looking bored, and Lucy noticed.
"Married? He doesn't fit her at all" Grandine said as she looked at the photo.
"I know, but he was her best friend at the time and she thought best friends are supposed to get married to stay best friend forever" Jude explained with a sigh and a smile.
"I don't think it was a good idea now that I see the picture" Lucy said.
"He really doesn't fit me" She added with a laugh. She loved Loke, but he was just a friend.
"There are far better men for you" Layla agreed.
"I know" Lucy replied with a smile.
"Oh, you have someone in mind?" Grandine raised a brow at her.
"I do, actually" Lucy said as she looked at the picture, picturing Natsu being there instead.
When she said that, Natsu turned to look at her, and Grandine noticed his interest in the subject.
"And who might be a better pick then?" She asked Lucy.
"Na- Ahh.. Umm.. Nicer guys" Lucy stumbled on her words
I almost said his name
Natsu blushed, he had a feeling she was going to say something else.
"Nicer guys like who?" Grandine asked with a smile.
"Like Natsu" Lucy replied without thinking this time.
Shit
"Oh! How lovely!" Grandine chimed with a grin as she hugged Layla.
Lucy blushed with wide eyes as she tried her best to avoid Natsu's stare.
And boy, Natsu was Happy, even though he didn't show it, Lucy saying that made him feel all bubbly inside.
"Mother, it's pretty late" Zeref said as he noticed the teens, he felt bad for them and decided to stop torturing them.
"Oh my, it is! We must go, they need to rest, especially Lucy" Grandine nodded and got up, Natsu and Zeref following her moves.
"It was a pleasure, we must meet again soon" Grandine said as the Heartfillia's showed them to the front door.
"Hopefully, next time Igneel will be there too" Jude added with a smile.
"Hopefully" Zeref agreed with his own nod.
"Well then, good night" Grandine said as they left the house. The Heartfillia's waving at them with their own goodbyes.
"rest well Lucy" Zeref added before exiting.
"I will, thank you" Lucy nodded.
"So, umm... Talk to you later?" Natsu said as he scratched his head.
"Of course, Good night Natsu" Lucy replied with a smile.
"Good night Lucy" Natsu replied with a smile.
As they got in the car, Lucy remembered she did not get his phone number.
"Natsu wait!" She yelled and ran outside to them.
"What?" Natsu asked as he turned to her.
"Here" she said and gave him her phone.
"your phone?" Natsu asked as he looked at it.
"Type in your number" Lucy clarified with a blush.
"I want to keep in touch, you know... Until I actually go back to school" She added and looked to the side.
Natsu laughed and typed his phone number on her phone, he called his phone to have her number and saved it.
"Now I know I will talk to you later" Natsu said as he gave her the phone back.
"Y-yeah, good night Natsu" Lucy nodded blushing.
"Good night, rest well Luce" Natsu said and got in the car.
As the car drove, Lucy stood outside and looked at it
He called me Luce
"Sweetie, come in" Layla yelled to her.
"C-coming!" Lucy replied with a jump.
He is not the same, but at the same time, He is
