So, here we are folks with the new chapter of "Be my wife"
Previously on Be my wife….
Natsu is pushy on getting married to Lucy. Lucy and he go on a supposed 'date' according to him and he ends up upsetting her. While trying to search for her, he finds her hugging someone… To be more precise and unknown to him yet, it is Sting Eucliffe. What turn is this story going to take from now?
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So, without further ado, let me present you the revealing and concealing fifth chapter of "Be my wife"! Keep your fingers crossed!
Be my wife
Chapter-5
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"I'm leaving now. I've got work," the blonde stood up. Her companion's eyes widened a bit.
"Luce, could you not wait for a sec?" he asked, desperately.
"If all you want to be is silent, it's better we're away right?" she said in a low voice, "Besides, I'll have to go to my job. My boss is strict"
"I can understand," his face lost the glow if it had any earlier. The ends of his lips tried to lift up assuring her that everything is fine but she could see through it. She had known him too well for him to keep up his act. "Could you not consider staying for a few minutes more?"
"I'm afraid I can't ," she replied, turning her back on him and took a two steps towards the door.
"However, since tomorrow is a Saturday you may expect to meet me here at the same time" Having said that, she made her way to the door.
Once she was out of the café they were sitting in, her feet didn't stop but leapt to her apartment. She banged the door close and fell to the ground. She hugged her legs and released the tears she had been holding for a long time.
"I'm really sorry Natsu. I couldn't stay a minute more. If I had, I would've broken down and didn't want you to comfort me or shower more love on me. Gomen ne," she said between her sobs.
How she wished they could be together like old days… She knew better though. It's dangerous to be together…
"That's acceptable, Lucy. You have any idea how much pain you gave me. Everyone was searching for you like mad. They were worried about you and they still are. How can you leave us all like that?! Rogue might be lenient but I'm completely mad!" the Eucliffe heir shouted at the blonde. She avoided his gaze finding the ground more interesting.
"Speak up, Lucy! You cannot stand silent when I'm going all insane here" he shouted again receiving no response from his companion. Silence fell upon the two people who were currently in her apartment.
"Sting-kun, I-I- I…" the blonde decided to speak up at last. However, the other blonde figured as much.
"Don't tell me…." He muttered. His eyes were wide at the realisation.
Figuring out the other blonde has realised her reasons, she merely nodded her head in approval of his thoughts.
"That's right, Sting-kun," she replied.
~0~
The phone was ringing yet he paid no heed to it. He was so taken aback by what he saw at the plains that nothing was ringing in his mind. Why was he so affected? He just needed her help and that's all. He can't get possessive of her. If she doesn't want him, he would be more than glad to give her to the guy she likes but why did he want to beat the crap out of that blonde guy who was hugging her at that time?
He stopped in his tracks, gritting his teeth and clenching his fist tighter. Why was he so annoyed?
"Are you done with your stuff, hothead?" a familiar voice snapped him out of his thoughts.
"Ice freak, what are you doing here?" he gritted his teeth tighter. He clearly was in no mood to talk to his Deputy CEO.
"What were you thinking not lifting the calls? It is a big city you know? Anyways, It's an emergency. Get in quick. We have very less time," Gray's tone caught him off guard. His voice held a hidden sadness which caused great fear in the Dragneel heir.
"Is he alright?" he asked, worried and walking to the car.
"For now, he is but can't say what will happen later," Gray replied, asking the driver to take them as soon as possible to their destination.
Natsu sat with his fingers crossed, hoping everything would turn out to be good.
~0~
"Lucy, you can't be punishing yourself for something you have not done!" Sting cried out in disbelief.
"But it was my fault, Sting-kun? Who would help her then? She has no one left now. Who would take care of her?" she reasoned with him.
"First thing, it was not your fault. So, stop blaming yourself. Second, She not your sole responsibility Lucy. They've never done a single thing for you. Just came to you guys when your family was prospering… They were only being friendly with you for your money," Sting said in a fierce tone.
"No… that's not true… you're wrong Sting-kun… She loved me from the depths of her heart. Maybe her family was but she was still like my sister. She was my Michelle. I have to take care of her because I'm her big sister," she cried. Unknown to her, tears rolled down her cheeks, making the blonde male to embrace her. He knew said some wrong things in all his frustration of not being able to find the blonde girl he knew for a long time. He shouldn't have said them, knowing it would hurt her but he spat the very thought in his mind, letting anger get the better of him.
"Gomen ne, Lucy," he whispered as he stroked her hair. "Don't worry I'll help you from now on,"
~0~
"Hurry up, Natsu," Gray said, running ahead of the pinkette.
"Where did they take him to?" Natsu asked, clearly remembering the room to be on the first floor when he last visited the day before.
"To the ICU. His condition worsened ever since the phone call this morning," Gray replied, trying to maintain the stoic expression on his face.
"Why didn't you give me this news earlier, baka?!" Natsu gave an exasperated shout.
"Says the guy who didn't answer my phone calls!" Gray mocked. This really wasn't any time for teasing.
"Stay strong…" Natsu thought as he fastened his pace, "Igneel…"
~0~
"Accept my offer, Lucy. It will be great. We both can be together again," the blonde haired heir smiled at his companion.
"No, Sting-kun," she denied his offer. "That is not right"
"What is not right, Lucy?! She is my responsibility too," he retorted, returning to his mad self again.
"She maybe. But it was my fault that she ended up in this condition. So, I'll be the one to repay and make up for it…" she replied in a stern voice.
"After all you've done, they still don't appreciate your efforts Lucy. Why do you keep trying?" he asked his eyes livid with sorrow.
"I love her, Sting-kun. She was the only one who believed in me and supported me. She was the only sibling figure I had. How can I leave her when she needs me now? That's not right! That's so not right!" she yelled back. The neighbours would come anytime shouting into her apartment to tell them to lower their voices.
"As if I don't! But I love you and care about you too, Lucy. You don't have to overwork yourself. Come to me. I'll solve all your problems…."he offered his hand which the blonde smacked away.
"I told you Sting-kun. I'm going to handle this all by myself. I don't need your help…" she said, her forehead forming wrinkles.
"And how would you do that without a job?" sarcasm was evident in his tone. Lucy's eyes widened. How was she supposed to answer him? She definitely needs a job to meet the bill of the hospital. Defying Natsu, she can't get any job. Natsu wouldn't give her any job unless she marries him. What kind of fix she fell into?
Sting figured out as much that the blonde didn't have a job. He just wants to help her. He can do that to. If only she can accept his offer….
"I can't Sting-kun…" she replied, much to Sting's dismay, "I don't want to take advantage of you"
"You're a stubborn one," He let out a sigh. Shoving his hands in his pockets, he reached for the door.
"I'm going to stay in this city for three days," he said, giving her an annoyed look, "I'm giving you three days. If you find a job in these three days, I'll pardon you and not get in your way"
She cheered a little.
"However…" he paused, glaring at her, "if you fail, I'll be taking you with me and that's final! I'm not going to listen to any silly reason of yours. You know well of how much stubborn I can get"
Without her consent, her head nodded in approval.
"That's good," he said, going out of the apartment.
"Wait! I didn't- Oh, how did I agree to this?! Natsu, you idiot!" she cursed. This wasn't turning out as she hoped it would.
As if on cue, her phone began ringing. She looked at the caller id but it was a new number. She mumbled a "hello", annoyance still lingering in her voice.
"Lucy" She knew this voice. It was-
"Gray?" her eyes widened at why the deputy CEO would call her at this time of the night. She just hoped it was not to beg for his CEO's proposal to her.
"Lucy, Where are you?… Please come to the Magnolia City hospital. Come soon!" he said in an alarming tone.
"I'm at home. What's the matter? Is Natsu alright?" she asked worried. She completely forgot about the pinkette with whom she spent the evening. She hoped he didn't meet with any accident,
"N-Natsu…" Gray stuttered, worrying her even more. "Never mind, I'm sending a car so get into it and come as fast as possible"
"I'm coming right away," she ended the call with this, her hands folded in prayer. "Please see that nothing happens to Natsu"
With her fingers crossed, she went downstairs and waited for the car Gray sent to pick her up.
~0~
"Gray!" a sweet voice snapped the Deputy CEO out of his thoughts. A smile spread across his face as soon as he got a glimpse of her.
"You're on time. Come, Lucy. Hurry up!" he said, a kind of happiness was evident in his tone.
"How is Natsu? Is he fine? Did anything happen to him? I shouldn't have left him alone. Why don't you answer me, Gray?" she kept on popping questions to the poor guy who was running in front.
"Well.. Natsu is…" he muttered. He didn't quite know how to reveal the situation to her.
"Natsu is what?!" The blonde stopped in her tracks. Her eyes became wet as the fear that something might have happened to the pinkette hit her.
"Natsu… He is al-" he came to a halt too. To say his frenemy was fine was wrong. He was anything but fine. To say he was worse would only worry the blonde more.
"I am what ice freak?" a deep voice cut his sentence before completion. A sigh escaped the blonde's mouth and a smile graced her lips.
"I was just saying that you were fine, flamebrain," Gray retorted, "Isn't that right Lucy?"
He shot a look to her, bringing her some attention from the Dragneel heir.
"Oh, Lucy… what are you doing here? It's so late in the night. Did this idiot do anything?" Lucy's sweat-dropped at his comment. She must say she was surprised by the tone Natsu used more than the comment itself. He was using a formal tone and had never spoken as mature as of now. Was something really wrong? But he seemed perfectly alright. Then what was it?
"Pardon me," Natsu gave a sheepish grin which Lucy spotted as not the one he usually gives. His usual ones are whole hearted not like this fake one he posed now. "I have some bills to attend to. I'll just make a call and come back to attend to you,"
With his said, Natsu left out for some fresh air. Lucy watched with her jaw dropped. Was it really Natsu she heard talking or was it his elder twin brother?
"Don't worry. It is Natsu…" Gray replied. Lucy wondered how he read her mind.
"What the heck, Gray? You gave me a heart attack! I thought something happened to that idiot. I would've never forgiven myself if it did," she looked away, trying to hide the tint of pink that appeared on her cheeks.
Gray didn't retort or answer her. He grabbed her hand and took her with him.
"I know you noticed it. Don't you think something happened to him?" he gave her a weird smile. She nodded before asking her next question.
"Where are we going?"
"You'll see" he said before stopping before the glass doors with the letters "ICU" written in red paint and a font size of about 90.
"Who is there?" Her heart began beating fast. She wouldn't want to know but her curiosity got the better of her. She peeped through the glass doors to find a man with red hair lying on the white hospital bed. He had an oxygen mask over his mouth and nose. His body had so many wires running over him. A pin injected the glucose into his body through a vein on his hand. The doctors scurried here and there, nearly 5 of them working, walking in and out.
"Who is he?" Lucy asked, wondering who the celebrity might be.
"I'm surprised you still couldn't make out. I thought you were smarter than this, Lucy," she blinked her eyes taking in his insult. Didn't bother scorning or showing her anger in any manner because she had more important things on her hand at the moment.
"That's right!" she exclaimed, fitting all pieces of the imaginary jigsaw puzzle, "Could he be…?"
"Yes, he's Natsu's father. Igneel Dragneel, the owner of the Dragneel Corps." He replied. "And it was also because of him that Natsu was so pushy on marrying you. That was what we can call his last wish so far… to see his son happy and married. This marriage is really important"
Lucy was dumbstruck. She had never tried to see the other side of the coin. How was Natsu so strong and smiling all this time?
~0~
"I'm really sorry you had to know about the circumstances in this situation but-" Gray apologised after answering some of her questions.
"Natsu" she said with a sad yet angry face, "Where is he?"
~0~
The Salamander, as he was known, was sitting in a park nearby the hospital. He never thought he could see a day like this. His father has asked him only one small wish and he couldn't even fulfil that for him. He was brought back from his train of thoughts by a sweet and sad voice which he hoped wouldn't hear from, not at least now.
"Natsu…" she chirped, her skin was shining the same way as before under the full moon.
"Lucy, I'm sorry, I just finished it and was about to come back-" he said in a panicky tone but calmed down once he saw the blonde sit beside him and placed her hand over his.
"You can stop it." She said; her voice seemed pained. "You know you need not to wear your mask even in front of me. Gray told me everything,"
"What?! That cheat! I'm so gonna fire him tomorrow," he knitted his eyebrows and tightened his fist.
"You're not going to divert the topic here. We're talking about something important" she snapped. The 23 year old CEO stopped his words from trying to transform the mood. When Lucy could clearly see through it, there was no point.
"How can you be so strong? How can you not cry? Did you never feel like tearing up?!" she was yelling at him. She didn't know the precise reason why she was so pissed at him. She just was. He didn't tell her such an important piece of information.
She was still busy with her irked expression when the warm hands of her companion pulled her into him. Nuzzling his head into her blonde hair, he held her tight in his arms.
The blonde was beyond taken aback. How should she react? What was he doing? She told him to cry not hug her. Should she smack him? No, but that wasn't right again. Lucy was so in a dilemma when her arms wrapped around him and gently began stroking his hair on instinct.
"I'm sorry" These were the first words he's spoken after a few minutes of the embrace. Lucy was sure getting surprises. Why was he sorry now?
"People say 'It takes a strong heart to cry but it takes a stronger heart to tell why'. I wasn't strong enough, neither to cry nor to tell you why. I'm just a weakling here," he said. Lucy could sense the sorrow in his tone and found a ball forming in her own throat. However, she still didn't feel her hair wet. Maybe, he wasn't crying on the outside. On the inside, he was doing nothing but that.
"May be I should have told you earlier," he pulled a little away from her, gazing into her eyes and still close to her. "Then this would have saved me some time. I'm sorry to trouble you. I really am. I didn't want to drag you but I had no choice,"
He sounded so sincere that Lucy was beginning to tear up in his stead.
"Lucy," he called her. She swallowed the tears and responded to his call.
"Will you marry me? I'm begging you," he asked, his eyes desperate for an answer. She just found herself gaze into his onyx orbs for a good time. She didn't know how to answer his question.
"Forget it!" he said, turning his eyes away from her and sitting straight. He bent down and rested his face in his palms while his elbows used his lap as the table.
"I don't want to force you" He smiled a sad one.
"But seriously I thought getting a little senty would help," he mumbled, winking at her and hoping to lighten up the mood between them. He was sure he didn't want the answer as much as he wanted one.
"I will," she replied, determination crossing her face.
His ears perked up, hoping not to pick up something wrong.
"What did you say?" he asked in confirmation.
"I will be your wife until you get everything you deserve," she replied, looking at him with determined eyes.
Some things are revealed while more questions are popped. What does fate have in store for Natsu and Lucy? To know, Stay tuned for further updates on "Be my wife"
Well, the last lines were giving the effect of a mysterious ending of some detective program. I like it that way. Oops! Before I forget, there was a small line that I used from Winx club, i.e. when Natsu quotes to Lucy, that belongs to the Ignio Straffi, not me.
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