Chapter23

The girl and the cat were wandering in the street of Magnolia as they just tried to reach to the guild but felt that they way was too long to reach and suddenly when Natsumi was looking at the people around of her she saw Gray's figure as she kept staring at him.

"Natsumi, Natsumi…" Happy kept calling her name over and over again and she just spaced out. "Natsumi!" and this was the last time. She realized that he was calling her but didn't move her head as she kept staring at the black haired guy.

"Happy, go back to the guild first. I forgot to do something." The girl started walking towards the ice mage who was about to disappear in the crowd leaving the cat unable to understand a thing.

"At least, I should apologize for what I did." The blonde guy sighed as he stood off his desk feeling how heavy his body was. He did something very mean to the pink haired girl who had came just to see him nothing more nothing less and treating her like that had made him more angry at himself because he had no right to yell at her while he was angry and annoyed of something else. He didn't consider him a man when he did that.

He wore his jacket and put on his shoes as he started walking out of the house. While he was walking in the street, he felt like he was really annoyed so much. He started to think about the very first time he got these feelings. He thought like he was acting like a child because of what he did. The guy's bad thoughts started to explode inside of his head as he started to think that what if Natsumi got angry at him.

"Gray…"

The girl was walking on her broken legs as she kept following the black haired guy who was walking in the front and she was in the back until they were in a place that there weren't a lot of people there.

The black haired guy turned his back to look at the voice's source to be surprised that the pink haired girl was standing in her same state with the gypsum and looking at him. He didn't flinch and looked at him with the same cold expression.

"What is it?"

"I need to talk to you about something."

He guessed what she wanted to tell him because it was way too obvious to find out. He himself that didn't get involved with their chit chat can easily tell that they made up already. He sighed as he turned his full body to her direction waiting her to spell out what she wanted.

"Okay, I'm hearing you out."

Natsumi looked down at the ground feeling al little nervous to talk about this thing to someone like him that she had once went out with him. She gulped slowly and kept looking at the same spot that was better than looking into his eyes.

"Y-You know when I told you to break up that time… I believed that one day you'll find the perfect one and move on." The pink haired started as she didn't know what reaction the boy wore because she wasn't looking at him. "And I believe that actually happened."

"Moving on… you mean like loving someone else?"

Natsumi nodded her head slowly as she turned her hands into fists trying to ease her nervousness waiting his answer.

"Well," the black haired guy moved his head to look at the blue sky and sighed heavily. "I think that I moved on but I didn't fond the one you're talking about." Natsumi quickly snapped her head to look at him with a determined face and talked again.

"If that's the case then," she breathed. "Why were you acting all weird today?"

"Hmm?"

"Back then in the guild, you were looking at Lucas with very weird looks a-and y-you were annoyed!"

He stared at the girl that was before him so silent and acted all called as he kept watching her reaction.

"You made up with Lucas?"

The girl's face flushed as she kept looking at the ice mage before of her as she became really speechless and couldn't spell another word.

"Seeing your face like that tells me that the answer is yes." The black haired guy stated quietly as he kept looking at the flushed red face that the girl had on. He sighed silently as he started to talk again not caring about what the girl really thought about at that time.

"Have you forgotten about what he did to you in the past?"

"Huh?"

"Have you forgotten the year that he left you and how much you suffered?"

The pink haired girl moved her head to look at the ground under her as she felt tightening through her chest and felt miserable hearing his words.

That time for unfortunate reason they weren't alone in the place, there stood the blonde haired guy far away from them but actually heard what they were talking about and felt disappointed. He didn't feel this way because of Natsumi's reaction, he felt this way because Gray was right and all what he said was the truth and he couldn't blame Natsumi for having such a face while hearing it.

Even how much she tried to be simple and didn't show him how she was hurt because of him, he shouldn't forget about it and act normal. He has to remember it always because he thinks he doesn't deserve her at all.

"Do you remember how much you suffered just because of him, Natsumi?"

"G-Gray…"

"Do you remember how you hated yourself just because he was number one in your heart?" he said it with very silent reaction and very simple way but it definitely hurts. "Do you remember that?!"

"Yes!" the girl squeezed her eyes while she looked at Gray who was now silent as he waited for her to continue what she was saying. And Lucas only watched them with sad face and all. "Yes, I remember all these things but," she opened her eyes to stare at the ground with tears rolling down her face.

"I… I love him so much. I love him so much that I can't even imagine myself with another one aside from him." She continued between sobs as she raised her hands to wipe the tears away from her face. "I had forgiven him because his love is pure to me. He is neither greedy nor selfish; he just loves me as well."

Gray watched her with wide eyes. She was really something. Even after all these things that had happened she still holds a lot to him inside of her heart. What kind of person is she for real?

"I can't imagine my life without Lucas!"

Natsumi was held tight in someone's chest as she became surprised as well.

"Huh?"

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