Chapter7

Natsumi stopped laughing as she stared at him. What did he just said? More beautifier?

"A-Ah,…" Natsumi tried to say but actually didn't understand a thing. What was he talking about anyway? It felt weird though. Lucas rubbed the back of his head and looked away as he got a little embarrassed of what he did just a minute ago feeling so shy. He glanced at the pink haired girl to find that she had no reaction her face as she kept looking at him and he thanked God that she didn't understand a thing. He coughed to clear his throat and moved his head back to her. He advanced to the plates and grabbed a one plate.

"Let me wash the dishes for now." He said as he ran the water on. Natsumi quickly reacted as she grabbed the plate he carried.

"No it's alright! I will do it." she pulled it to her side. Lucas pulled it back to his side and opened his mouth to protest.

"It's alright Natsumi, I will do it." Because both of them were stubborn to do that, they kept pulling the plate to their sides until the plate fell down and broke. They both stared at it helplessly. Natsumi sighed as she sat down on her knees as she started to collect the broken pieces.

"I told you that I will be the one to do that, see what your stubbornness made us into!" she said while trying to get the very small pieces. Lucas looked at her from the top and then sat down on her knees in front of her. He grabbed her hands and stopped her from collecting these pieces. She looked at him in surprise as he stared at her.

"I'm not the only stubborn person here you know!" he said as he looked into her eyes getting silence as an answer. Lucas moved his head to look at her hands. "Stop doing that, a lady can't get hurt." He let go of her hands as he started to collect the pieces instead of her. "Just sit and watch me." She stared at him as she kept her hands hanging in the air still feeling his touch on them. He was strange for her. She shook her head pushing her feelings away from coming to the air and moved her hands back to collect instead of him.

"It's alright I won't get hurt." She said as she started to clean the place from the broken glasses but didn't realize that she touched a piece she mustn't touch. "Ita!" she said as she let go of the broken piece bringing her hand to her face. Her index and middle fingers got hurt and now, they are bleeding. Lucas panicked as he hurried to grab her hand to see what was wrong with her.

"Let me see, I told you would get hurt and you didn't listen to me!" He pulled her hand to his direction preventing her from taking it back. He looked at her two fingers and frowned. She watched his movement as she got amazed of how did he treat her. "Do you have a plaster?" he asked as he stared at her hands but she didn't answer and that what made him raise his head to look at her face. "Natsumi!"

"A-Ah, I do have one…" she took her hand from his grip and stood up curling her injured hand into a fist. "I will bring it," she started to walk away from him as he followed her. They reached to the bathroom and then Natsumi opened the first aid box bringing the plaster and antiseptic. She took two and was about to put it on her fingers but he took it from her.

"I'll put it for you," he grabbed her hand and she tried to pull her hand and protest but he didn't let her knowing how stubborn she was. "I just realized how stubborn you are…" he raised his head to look into her eyes. "I never got to know that." Natsumi didn't say anything and didn't even look at him in the eye. She kept staring at her hand which was treated by him. By him! Imagine that. The person who hurt her so badly is standing in front of her treating her fingers. She took a silent breath feeling her heart tightens a little. She let it out still feeling the pain and her eyes gleamed. She wished that he could treat her broken heart like he is doing to her hand. She raised her head to look at him seriously.

"You said you forgot about my love but why do you treat me nicely?" Lucas didn't answer her as he kept cleaning the wound with the antiseptic not even looking at her. He finished cleaning the wound and then reached the plasters and started to do her hand and he finally opened his mouth to talk.

"We agreed in becoming friends," she heard him saying as she looked at him. "Friends are nice to each others." The both of them were silent until he spoke again. She kept looking at him and he kept looking at her hand. He stayed silent for a moment and then opened his mouth to talk again.

"You and Gray had something a year ago but now, you treat him normally by calling yourself his friend and you never thought that if he still has feelings for you or not." He let go of her hand after he finished putting the plasters and kept staring at the ground like he was afraid to look at her face. "I will see the others if they were still dizzy." He started to walk away leaving the pink haired girl in her place. She raised her head to look at him slowly and then started to think.

'Yeah, he is right. He is right we are friends. We are just friends and will be always friends.' Natsumi said inside of her head staring at him until he disappeared and kept staring at the same spot he was in a second ago. She moved her head to rub her head as she looked down at the ground. She didn't know what did she just thought. How can she even imagine herself with him after breaking her heart like this? She took a deep breath a deep breath and tried to push her hear away in order to adapt with it. She started to walk back to her friends. She smiled as she saw her friends' faces and moved to the table.

"Are you alright?" Erza asked as she walked to the pink haired girl and looked down at her hands and grabbed her injured one. Natsumi raised both brows staring at the redhead who looked really worried.

"A-Ah, I'm fine." She answered nervous.

"You should be more careful, you know." The black haired guy crossed his arms as he stood in front of her looking at her hand which was held by the redhead.

"Yeah," there was a long silence afterwards. All of them staring at random places but then, Wendy broke the silence.

"Let's remove the plates already," she said as she looked at the older ones. They looked at her and then to the table and the things they prepared for the barbecue. They started to walk towards the table being followed by the dragon slayer. "Natsumi-san, you just rest and we will remove them." The blue haired told her and she let it out a small laugh.

"Guys it's a small injury, don't inflate the issue!" she walked towards the table and grabbed a plate but because the edge of the plate touched her covered injury, she couldn't bear the pain and let it go. "Ouch!" Before it touches the ground, the blonde grabbed it and protected the situation. She looked at him in surprise.

"Stop being stubborn!" he yelled at her and she stayed silent looking at him. He let out a sigh and then started to go deliver it to the kitchen. She stared at the ground as he left. He wasn't mean to her but her stubbornness is something unlimited and always makes others angry of her. She has a strange character after all. She moved to one chair of the table' s chairs and sat on it as she started to bite her nails as everyone left to the kitchen. She didn't like it, she never liked to be treated like a weaker. She never liked to be a weaker. Now, she is being like a baby. She said that it was a small injury but no one listened to her and kept telling her to rest. She has been living alone for years and was injured for worst injuries and never complained and now, for a small injury… they made her rest!

She let out a sigh raising her legs on the chair and hugging them to her chest. She looked down at the ground as her hair was folded around her shoulders. She tried to push his image away from her mind but it keeps popping out. Natsumi squeezed her eyes shut as she tried to think about another thing. She gave up and brought her head back at the chair's back feeling defeated. She opened her eyes to stare at the view in front of her upside down. She let out another sigh and kept looking at the view.

"Natsumi…"

"What is it, Happy?"

"Are you alright?" Natsumi amended her position to look at him but kept silent waiting him to talk. "Are you in pain or something?" he leaned his head to the left looking at her face and she kept staring at him. She inhaled and then let it out looking at the ground.

"Ne, Happy…"

"Ha?" The dragon slayer raised her head to look at him and opened her mouth to him.

"Do you still love Charlie?"

"Uh-" his face reddened as he panicked not knowing what to answer. "W-What are you asking?!" he yelled at her.

"It's a normal question, we are friends and we are living in the same house." She answered simply as she kept staring at him.

"If we are really that close then you never told me about what changed you!" Happy frowned looking at her. Natsumi didn't react for that but kept looking at him and thinking about what he said. She then moved her head to the ground still thinking of it.

"About that… it wasn't a special thing to say though."

"Everything has its specialty in something." he looked very calm this time saying this sentence.

"I think… I had to change after all." Natsumi looked down at her lap thinking. She didn't mind telling Happy about what happened. She actually didn't mind to tell the world but, it hurts so much. It hurts to speak. It hurts to say. It hurts to face the situation.

"What happened?"

"I was… broken heart." She smiled painfully and looked at the blue cat as he met her with wide eyes. "He broke me and broke my heart."

"W-What?! You were in love with someone." Natsumi nodded slowly feeling her heart tightens after speaking. How much did it hurt after speaking again?!

"I was in love… but I couldn't get what I want." Natsumi looked at her lap again still smiling. "I never knew that love hurts that much." She stared at the ground for awhile as Happy became speechless from the shock. The pink haired dragon slayer was in love! Can you imagine that?! She raised her head to look at him with the same smile. "So, what about you? Do you love Charlie?" Happy's reddened as he looked at the other direction as he opened his mouth to talk.

"A-Ah, Y-Yeah…" he buried his face in his small hands hiding his blush and that made Natsumi grins of how cute this little thing was. She stood up from her place and stretched her arm to rub his head while smiling. When he felt her hand on his head, he let go of his face and looked at her face instead.

"Good luck, partner!"

Happy was really speechless in that moment. How could be such a girl this pure? She was smiling even she carried the whole world in her shoulders. She was smiling even she was broken to million pieces. She was smiling even when she wasn't living! Happy opened his mouth to talk and ask for the name of the mysterious person but they were interrupted by the black haired who suddenly came out from the house.

"What are you talking about both of you?" he asked as he looked at them. He didn't get an answer as he kept staring at them. Natsumi raised her head and moved it to where the black haired guy's stood and grinned.

"It's a secret…"

She grinned making Gray's sweat drops. Happy was watching Natsumi with accuracy trying to figure out what was happening to her. The Natsumi he knew back then wasn't acting like that and she changed into this. He wouldn't believe what Natsumi said because he knew her very well but this time was different. Natsumi was telling him that she was heartbroken but she is still smiling and that's the only thing he knew about her. She smiles when she is sad and never shows it. Happy moved his head to look at the black haired guy and gulped.

Is it Gray? Is he the one Natsumi loves? But then why did they break up? Maybe it would be right if Gray was the one who break up with her because he doesn't have the same feelings for her. But a year ago, Gray appeared that he was so in love with her and was going to sacrifice the life for her. So it's not Gray, it should be another person but who is it?

It was hard to forget and hard to focus in another thing.