My eyes fluttered up, revealing the pink haired boy trying to wake me up. My eyes closed again.

"No mom, five more minutes," I groaned, only imagining his reaction. I could almost feel him smirking.

"Honey, you have to wake up! You'll be late!" he tried to impersonate an old lady, his voice cracking when he went to high. I laughed.

"But I don't wanna.." I whined, my eyes peeking a glance, he was smirking.

"Young lady, get up this instant!" he nagged. Finally I opened my eyes, the pink haired boy smiling his famous toothy grin. I looked over to the side table next to my bed and checked my phone. In bright bold letters the phone read, '6:30'. I wanted to punch him.

"You lied! We are sooooo early," I whined again, and he was laughing.

"School starts at 8 right," he asked. I nodded, "Well, I didn't know how long you would take, and I don't know how far school is from here, so, I picked 6:30," he explained, his insight flawless. I nodded again, lazily getting out of bed, dragging myself over to the dresser. I pulled out a random t-shirt and paired it with jeans and my black hoodie. I brought the clothes with me to the bathroom.

Time skip cuz, I'm bored

I walked back into the room, finding a fully dressed Natsu sitting on the bed, staring at something. I walk into the room, my eyes landing on his focus, a set of pictures of me, and my ever-evolving family. One had me when I was five with my mom and dad side by side, me in the middle in front of them. The next of me when I was 7, and it was just one of me, alone. Amy took that when we were about to move. My eyes moved their gaze slightly, focusing on the next picture. It was me and Amy when I was 13, hugging, we were about to move to Magnolia. Then following it, was on of me when I was about to finish my freshman year. I had taken it myself, and I was just standing there, emotionless. I shifted a bit, allowing Natsu to recognize my presence.

"Hey, you took long enough," he broke the silence. I snapped myself out of my thoughts and looked at him. His outfit consisted of a black and orange t-shirt paired with white pants.

"I took five minutes," I countered.

"I took three, and it was more like seven minutes," he was hung on proving me wrong. Me flustered face caused him to smirk.

"Shut up, let's go," I nearly commanded. He nodded and we both walked down the stairs to the front door.

"Hey, what about breakfast?" the mention of food caused my stomach to growl. I hadn't had food for a few days. Natsu seemed to notice this and grabbed my wrist, dragging me to the kitchen. He looked around the cupboards for the pantry eventually finding it. "Do you want anything in particular," the ending of the sentence speaking for itself. He wasn't gonna let me leave without eating. But still I tried to avoid it,

"I'm fine, you can eat though," I pushed. He sent me a glance which said, You aren't leaving without food. Stern yet caring. I sighed, "Just get me some cereal," his face changed from a frown to a smile in an instant, pulling out a box of Cheerios. He found two bowls and poured an equal amount into each of them, setting them on the table at which I was sitting. He took as seat next to me and started to dig in. He ate like he wasn't going to get the chance to eat ever again. I smiled at the goofy look on his face, as he swallowed all of his food. I looked at my bowl, and hesitantly took one bite. Once the taste of the food hit my taste buds, I was reminded of how good food tasted. I had to stop myself from eating like a dog, or a Natsu. I took in three more bites, until declaring myself full. I discarded the rest of the bowl while Natsu had finished the entire thing within a matter of minutes. We both had finally decided to go outside.

Processes are boring and hard to write so, Yeah

Natsu's POV

We both had made are way outside, she clutching her jacket trying to bare through the harsh cold. It was pretty cold for the second day of school, fall didn't even last long, winter just wanting it's presence.

"It's not that cold," I commented. She looked annoyed.

"Of course you're not cold, you have such a high body temperature," she retorted. I laughed. She was right. Then I heard a voice split through the strong winds.

"Natsu!" the voice called. I looked over to the place the voice was coming from. My eyes found a Gray, walking alone to school, walking a few paces behind us. He sped up his pace to try to keep up with us, and respectively Lucy slowed her pace. I guess she was trying to avoid him. "I told you not to hang out with her, she's trouble, especially for your reputation," he advised. This made me angry. Everyone in the school made fun of her, so much so that they drove her near the point of death. Everyone who made her want to die is my enemy. I guess that means the entire school is my enemy.

"You don't know her," I scoffed.

"And you do?" he questioned. My head hesitantly nodded, his eyes widening. "How?"

"Research and we met on a walk," I'm not lying right? I don't really think Lucy would appreciate me telling Gray that she tried to kill herself, and then I saved her.

"Look dude, you don't know what she's done," he gossiped.

"And you don't know what she's been through!" and with that, I slowed my pace, leaving him ahead of me, Lucy, evening her steps with mine. She looked, like she was about to cry.

"Hey, what's wrong?" I asked her. Her eyes met mine, tears now flowing down her cheeks. But she was smiling. She clumsily wrapped me in a surprise hug as fast as she could. She looked like a little shy kid, seeking shelter by clinging to her dad. At first I was shocked by the forward gesture, but eased into it, stopping in our tracks. After a while of hugging, she broke the intense silence,

"Thank you." She was smiling like a little kid that just a candy bar from their best friend.

"No problem, any time," I stated. She pulled away from the hug, is she blushing? "We should keep going, we're gonna be late," I urged. She looked disappointed for some odd reason, but inevitably nodded. "Hey," I grabbed her wrist as she was about to keep walking. "It'll be fine, I'll protect you," I vowed. She smiled and we continued walking along the sidewalk. Gray was nowhere in sight.

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