A/N: Pssh… According to your comments it seems you already THINK you know what's gonna happen, don't cha? Well… You probably do…

Yush, I am VERY evil. I love cliffhangers. They make me giggle.

Tenten93, thank you for your comment! It made me smile, and think: That's a pretty good idea!

So, I shall do as you request with my own modifications and thought bubbles =3=

I'm tired of sleeping… LET'S GET TYPING!

Love & Rockets,

E M I R O Z U .

Lucy jogged into the Guild once again that day and approached her friends, who were still at the table, with a tired look about her, "I couldn't find him," she shrugged. "He probably just went to get some air somewhere. Oh well."

Gray looked relieved, "So he's not with you?"

Erza nudged him irritably, "Didn't you just hear what she said? You can be so clueless sometimes."

Mirajane was back behind the bar again, assisting some drunks.

"Ah!" Erza suddenly gasped, she took out a nicely folded piece of paper and slid it across the table to Lucy. She picked it up, "It's a job. Gray and I decided about doing it once you and Natsu got back, but I seems he's still gone. Take a look."

Lucy opened the piece of paper as she was talking, "700,000 Jewels? Wow," She scanned the paper with large, focused eyes, "Just for maintaining an Inn for a week?"

Erza shook her head, "Look at the location of the Inn, it's near a town with a Dark Guild. Apparently they've been getting a lot of trouble from the guild lately."

The picture of the in intrigued Lucy. It was small, and cute – such an innocent little lodge. It was like a log cabin, just a little bit bigger. The floral garden surrounded the place which added to it's gentle aroma, "I'd love to stay there," Lucy thought out loud.

"It comes with a small hot spring in the back," Gray added.

"A hot spring? There's not two… For, y'know, girls and boys?"

"Nope. It's a mixed bath." Gray glanced over at Lucy and he was expecting a blush on her face – and he got it. He chuckled under his breath as Lucy shook any ideas she had out of her mind.

"A hot spring sounds nice," Lucy put a finger to her chin, debating, "It'll be relaxing… Plus, all we're really doing is maintaining the Inn for a little bit... Ahh, it sounds really nice…"

"Oi! He's back." Gray gestured over to the entrance. Lucy's eyes whirled in the direction with a gleam and a smile plastered onto her face. Natsu's eyes looked straight ahead – he seemed to be staggering and dragging his feet.

Lucy opened her mouth to greet him as he approached near, "G'mor-"

Natsu didn't look at her. He didn't even stop to greet her. He walked past, Lucy froze.

'What… ?' Lucy could only think as the worry and fear started to rise.

"What was that about?" Gray said.

Loud foot steps were heard outside the guild, Lisanna barged in. "Ah, Natsu- … !"

Lucy's eyes connected with Lisanna.

Lisanna looked down and then walked away casually.

"Did you and Natsu get in a fight or something?" Gray bluntly said, Erza punched his shoulder, making him wince.

Without a word, Lucy went up to Natsu with a fast, frantic motion.

"Are you okay?" She said, her voice coated in worry.

Natsu didn't look at her again. He opened his mouth to say something and Lucy's heart plunged and broke. Very quietly, he muttered. "I just need sometime to think, okay?"

"T-think… ?" tears rised.

"Yeah."

'He hates me…' Lucy covered her mouth as she stepped back, shaking her head slowly, 'It was a lie… Everything… All of that was a lie!'

She felt the tears rise, Natsu looked at her with his eyes wide, "Lu- ?"

Lucy sprinted out of the guild; she didn't even care if she barged into anyone. Everyone at the table was silent as their eyes followed Lucy out the guild door. After words, they all looked at Natsu with a gaze that said: What-the-fuck-did-you-do?

Lisanna followed her.

After a long sprint, Lucy sat on the swing in the nearest, most deserted park in Mongolia. She seemed so lifeless – like an empty shell without a soul. She felt numb, except for the stabbing sensation in her heart. Everything that she feared, everything that she didn't want to happen suddenly did. She muffled back a series of crys – Lucy examined her wet, tearful hands. She clenched them tight, letting the tears fall from her hands onto the ground where they'd dissolve and be forgotted – that's what Lucy hoped, at least. Lucy felt a sharp pain in her heart, then nothing at all…

Her eyes were lifeless – her face was blank – her heart was beating slow.

Lucy Heartphilia had finally cracked.

She heart foot steps approach in front of her, Lucy looked up with her dull eyes.

"What are you doing?" said a sweet voice softly.

Lucy didn't answer back, she stared into the eyes like an ocean – and the hair like snow.

"You look pitiful," Lisanna said, her tone the same, "dead, almost desperate."

Lucy nodded with a limp neck that flung her head down, then back up to look at the girl.

"This wouldn't happen if you didn't over think things, Y'know," Lisanna knelt down beside her, "you think of the worst situation possible, you cling to it and don't think of any other situation. You dwell on your fears and don't even think that something good will happen to you with something you don't know."

'Shut up,' Lucy wanted to growl at her, 'What do you know of it?'

"I feel it," Lisanna said quietly,"Your heart is crying out, but your mind tells you to not express it and be lifeless like this. Your heart wants to yell something out, why are you restraining it?"

Lucy slowly made a heart with her fingers, it made her smile slightly, and then she twisted her wrists to break it. Lucy's lips pressed into a hard line.

"Heartbreak is a sad thing," Lisanna said soothingly, "but it's a matter of being determined enough and loving someone enough to fight for it, Y'know?" her lips curled into a soft smile, "I've known him for a long, long time. One of the things that I like about him is that he always fights for what he wants. He doesn't give up – he also doesn't give up on people. Do you know what I'd do? I'd show him that I'm more determined than he's ever been – I'd overpower him and make him look at me in awe. I'd make him see me as someone who is worthy."

Lisanna looked at Lucy and grinned widely.

Even if it was just a spark, she saw the fire rise in Lucy's eyes.

E M I R O Z U .