Hey guys! No, I'm not dead. It might've seemed like it though. I feel really terrible for not updating this is in forever, and I really don't have any good excuses. I've been working on the next chapter on and off for a while feeling completely defeated. It really is the worst case of writer's block I've encountered in all my years of living. I will work my very very best to get the next chapter to you soon and make sure its the best it can be. I've been trying to go back and edit my previous chapters so they're a bit more detailed and have fewer errors. You can go back and read them, but its really not necessary cause all the major details are the same.

In addition to writer's block, I started another Fairy Tail fanfic, which probably wasn't the best idea, but I just really couldn't help myself. The first chapter is the longest chapter I've ever written and it took me ages to finish, but I'm really proud of it so far, so I'd appreciate if you'd check it out. :) I'm also currently working on the next chapter of that, which I've equally excited about.

I've also have been beta-ing hoping to get a little inspo and motivation.

And I've considered doing a fanfic for another anime besides Fairy Tail, but its bit daunting to me. I might put it off until I'm in a good place with my current fanfics. (It'd probably be Boku No Hero Acadamia. Season three is soo good! Todoroki is my crush. Midoriya is my fave cause he's so cute. And I relate to Ururaka the most. Twice is my favorite villain. And I really dislike Grape head, but pretty much everyone does, so I feel kinda bad for him.)

Anyway, I wrote this as a little treat for you guys while you're waiting patiently. Its actually pretty depressing and I didn't expect it to turn out that way. I was originally gonna do something stupid and silly, but we got this instead.

Please be patient with me. I know it sucks to be kept waiting. I hate waiting so I know how it feels. (So does Layla Heartfilia)TuT


A signal of the End

Four months before Layla and Igneel's Parting

In Layla Heartfilia's Perspective

o-o-o-o-o-o

He's snoring so loud. How am I'm going to fall asleep with him making so much noise? I'm going insane, I'm really going insane. This is why I go to sleep before him. But the stupid idiot had to go and drink the town out of house and home. I glare at him. He's on his back, the blanket half off of him, his bare chest exposed, mouth hanging open with drool dripping down the side of his mouth, and his limbs sprawled out in ways that they shouldn't be able to.

I swear he's part animal. But I guess I love him anyway because, despite the struggles he puts me through on a daily basis, I can't help but smile and laugh along with him. I think that loving him is probably dangerous. I think that maybe I shouldn't. I really can't help it though. Not when he smiles at me the way he does. Not when I see him fight anything that gets in his way. Not when I see that fire in his eyes when he's determined.

I pull my feet to my chest and rest my head on my knees. I try to look at him from a different angle. One that isn't hung up onto hope for a happy ending. I've never loved anyone before. The first time almost always fails, doesn't it? So I should probably not get so hung up on it. I wouldn't call you dense, you just seem uninterested. You've been alone all your life, and you don't really have a desire to seek out company. I feel like I'm always chasing after you. I feel like you're stringing me along.

What if I told you that I met someone else that I thought I could come to love? Maybe even more than you? What would you do? Would you jump into action or would you just let me go? Because I think I know that answer. And it isn't the one I would want. Somehow, I know that if you lost me, you'd be okay. Somehow, I know, that it wouldn't be that hard for you to let me go.

"If you let me go, I'll really leave. I'll really give up. And hopefully, I'll love someone else more than I would think possible." I find myself saying into my knees, partly just to myself, but mostly in hopes that somehow he'd hear me. But I know he doesn't. He usually doesn't listen when I talk.

"I met a man named Jude while purchasing keys from a merchant guild called Love and Lucky about a month ago. He was sweet to me. He was very different from you. He really knew how to smile in a way that I've never seen anyone else smile. And when he looked at me, he looked right into me, and it sent shivers down my spine. That's never happened with you before."

I think I'm probably crying now, but I don't bother to wipe my tears. I let them run down my cheeks, because if I didn't I know I'd end up feeling heavy; crushed up the weight. See what happens when you don't let me sleep? I start to think too much and I start to feel too much. I might as well get it all out, because then maybe it will be easier when the time comes for us to part ways. I can feel it. I know you feel it do. Our time is running out.

"I really do wish our adventures could last forever, but I don't think I can keep going much longer. I can't do this forever. I can't. I want something solid. I want, I want a family. I want a happily ever after. I don't want to defeat rooms till I can't walk anymore. I don't want my life to end that way. I don't want to die in a room alone with no one but ourselves to remember us. I fear that's how you'll go if you keep insisting on going on like this."

I bite my lip. I can't help it, I reach out and grab his hand. I hold it tightly. Even so, I know he won't wake up.

"I keep waiting for you. But I can only wait so much."

Fin


I will work my ass off to get the next chapter done before summer's over. For my sake and yours!

(Oh and Earthland Mages. I'm so consumed with this story I forget it exists. So so so sorry for anyone that reads that.)

Always remember to have a lovely day. :)