Fairy Tail belongs to Hiro Mashima

Natsu POV

"Now I'm going to tell you why I was crying..."

Flashback

"Hey Dad," I said. I was outside playing soccer to practice for a game when Dad was rushing out of the house with a look on his face. I had a bad feeling about this.

"Oh, hey Natsu," Dad said looking at me startled.

"Where ya going?" I asked curiously.

"Uh, I'm just going out for a while..." he said scratching his head while looking down, averting my eyes.

"For how long? What time are you going to be back? Does Mom know? Wh-"

"Dang it Natsu, stop asking so many questions!" yelled Dad.

I was faced with fear. My dad had never yelled at me before. I held my head low thinking I had done something wrong.

Dad sighed. "I'm sorry Natsu. I promise I'll be back soon."

I looked up. Dad's face was covered by his hand, looking back for no reason.

It was silent between him and I. I started to kick the soccer ball into the goal. Having my back facing him.

"I love you," was all he said before he left. I looked back. He was gone. Never coming back.

Flashback ends

"Wow," was all she could say. "If you don't mind me asking, when was all of this?"

"It was three years ago. When I was 12. Today was the day that... he left my mom. He left me," I said choking up.

I put my head down. Sniffling, replaying that memory in my head. Until I felt something warm, soft, around me. My eyes widened. I looked up. Lucy was hugging me, and she was crying too.

"I'm sorry," she said while sniffling.

"Hey," I said lifting up her chin with my finger so I could see her face. Her chocolate brown eyes were so big and beautiful. But full of sadness. She really cares about others.

"It's alright," I said with a reassuring smile.

She smiled. "Okay, but can I just say something?"

"Sure. What is it?" I said still facing her.

She started to shift and lean on me, putting her head on my shoulder. Facing the school parking lot.

"Today's also my birthday."

I know Lucy's birthday was during a different time but this makes things more interesting. Also since I have school, I pretty much only have time on the weekends to write a new chapter. And I learned how to use the line thingy! Please review!