Chapter8

The pink haired girl got out from the bathroom. She used a towel that was wrapped around her neck for drying her hair. She just took a hot shower after returning from a tiring mission that made her so tired. She got out from the bathroom and started searching for the blue cat but found him nowhere. She walked to the living room and started to scan the place until her eyes fell on the paper that was put on the table. She frowned as she let go of the towel and walked to where the paper was. She held the paper and started to read.

'Natsumi, I went with Charlie and Wendy to hang out a little, sorry for leaving you behind but I thought you might be tired.'

The pink haired stared at the paper for a while and then threw it somewhere in the room and stretched her arms above her head yawning. 'Finally, I'm going to relax a little I don't remember the last time I got to rest alone like that.' she walked to her bedroom and jumped on her hammock putting both hands behind her head and closed her eyes smiling. She needed rest and she thought that staying the whole day in the house would let her get what she wants.

The girl turned off the fire as she grabbed the spoon tasting the soup. She smiled and then went to get a plate so she could put the soup in it. She was staying alone in the house and wanted to take a day off for herself. Actually, Natsumi didn't usually cook to anyone or even herself but now because she wanted to stay alone so she tried something new. She carried the plate outside the kitchen going to the living room putting it on the wooden table. She sat down on the chair and started to eat. While she was eating, she stared at the space thinking.

She was hopeless and she couldn't help being except that. She was taking a day off for herself but actually she was taking a day off for not seeing Lucas. She wanted to clear her head and wanted to take a rest from seeing him but no matter what she does she won't be able to clear her mind of him. She licked the spoon staring at the table. She wanted to be stronger than that so she can stand her pain more than that.

Later at the night, Natsumi stared out of the window realizing that the sky was raining and it seemed really heavy rain though. It seems like there's a person who made Juvia upset and it's apparently Gray. She sighed and looked back at the room. Her eyes fell on the clock to find it was already 9 o'clock and that made her worried. It was too late and Happy went out from the morning and didn't come back yet. She didn't even see him today and he didn't even think of coming back to look at her she stood up from her chair and went to the closet opening it and getting a black sweet shirt, new shorts and umbrella. She changed her clothes and looked at the window one last time sending chills down her spine.

She always hated the rain but never told anyone about that. Actually, she was afraid of it and in these rainy days, she always tries to stay together with people but today, it happened the opposite. She stayed all the day inside of the home and didn't want to see anybody and now she is going outside with her umbrella under the rain which she always hated. Natsumi shook her head and took a deep breath through her nose and grabbed the door's handle.

She was walking in the streets staring at the ground hiding under her umbrella. She was hearing the rain's drops sound hitting the flat ground and that really annoyed her. She stopped in the middle of the street listening to the people's voices.

"Oh God, I love rain so much."

"Let's play under the rain."

"This day reminds me of the first day we met."

"See how beautiful the rain is."

Natsumi's tears fell down in its own as she kept staring at the ground. Why? She asked herself this question. Why are her tears falling from her eyes? She stared helplessly at the ground not knowing what to do. Her umbrella covering her face from people's eyes who were surprised to see her frozen in her place. Yeah, that's right. She lost Igneel in a rainy day for around 8 years already. She became alone without the person that understands her. She became tough in order not to show her weak side. Natsumi's tears didn't want to stop from falling to the ground even though she tried hard to stop them. She started to take steps to the front in so she can go away from people's eyes but stopped when she realized that a pair of legs was in front of her not moving. The person's smell weren't appearing because of the strong smells the place had. She raised the umbrella and found the blonde staring at her with a single action. She opened her mouth to speak but the words didn't want to come out from her mouth.

"Natsumi…"

Again and again, her name was coming out from his mouth like a magic that could make her feel warm. She closed her mouth and hid her face under the umbrella and took a deep breath through her nose. She prayed that he couldn't see her tears.

"I was going to the guild." She said slowly walking slowly away from her. Lucas followed her and walked beside her.

"But you look unpleasant. Do you hate the rain?"

Natsumi suddenly stopped in her place as she kept hiding her face and made Lucas waiting for an answer from her. She took another deep breath through her mouth.

"I wouldn't have gone out from the home if I hated it." she answered removing the umbrella and looking at his eyes, her tears were already dried. She grabbed the umbrella's tighter as she kept staring at him while he was staring at her. Lucas was the one she was leaning on in the past. But now,… now it's different. He is not the same person and she isn't anymore.

She moved her body and started to walk again away from him as he didn't move an inch. He decided to let her go. He decided to let her walk away from him since she was trying to push him away from her.