To Mend A Broken Heart
Chapter 5
Lucy hurried down to the river bank where her and Natsu had agreed to meet yesterday. It had been almost 3 weeks since she had met him. She took the risk to consider him as a friend and even found herself developing feelings for him, although, she knew not to make her feelings to real.
As Lucy ran through the tall grasses of the lands, a smile danced across her face. She couldn't wait to see Natsu! He was so much fun. She moved a few twigs and bushes out the way as she ran through the deep forest, making careful not to trip.
As she neared, her eyes sparkled with delight. She saw her favorite pink-haired friend a few feet ahead skipping rocks in the river.
Natsu heard rusting and he turned to see his favorite blonde haired buddy. "Hey,Lucy!" He said smiling a huge grin and waving at her.
Lucy smiled a sweet smile. "Hey,Natsu." She noticed she had been smiling and laughing a lot recently. It was how she used to be before her life got ruined. She loved being the happy person she was now. Not some small, depressed peasant that lived by herself in a cottage.
"How's my blonde headed friend doing?" Natsu asked slinging his arm around Lucy's shoulder. "Need more social lessons?"
Lucy shook her head and blushed at their close contact. "No anything but that!"
Natsu chuckled. "Ok, I guess I'll let you off the hook this time."
They walked down the bank and stared at the scenery and animals passing by them. "So, Natsu." Lucy looked up at him
He lifted a eyebrow. "Hmm?"
"I've been wondering this for a while,but why do you hang out with me so much? I mean I'm nothing special. At least. Not compared to you.." Lucy sighed and looked at the ground.
Natsu grinned. "What are you talking about,Lucy? Your super fun,funny,nice, and you can be a real demon at times!"
Lucy let out a laugh,and a small smile appeared on her face. "Was that supposed to be a compliment?"
She looked up at him and he smiled. Now that she looked at him closely,she saw he had bags under his eyes. Maybe from lack of sleep? She didn't know.
"What you staring at?" Natsu asked waving his hands in front of Lucy's face.
"O-Oh, nothing. Sorry!"
Natsu laughed. "Your really weird."
Lucy huffed and pouted. "Am not!"
"Am too."
"Am not!"
"Am too."
"Whatever", Lucy said looking away from him. They walked in silence for a few more minutes.
"Hey,you know I was just kidding right?" Natsu said playfully thumping her on the nose.
Lucy's cheeks turned a light pink and she rubbed her nose. "Yeah,I know."
They walked for a few hours and chatted away. Deciding to take a break, Lucy sat on the edge of the river bank and patted the spot next to her.
"Come on. Sit down."
Natsu obeyed and sat down beside her. They both stared at the rippling waves and clear blue water in a comfortable silence.
Lucy took a side glance at Natsu and noticed his face was a bit paler than usual. Something she had noticed more than once today.
"Natsu,has something been bothering you,lately? Lucy asked staring at him with her head rested in her hands.
Natsu let out a light laugh. "Why would you say that? I'm perfectly fine!" He grinned and placed his right hand on his left bicep in a triumphant pose.
There it goes again. That same forced smile... Lucy thought as she stared at Natsu. He had been forcing his smile a lot today, and she knew it all to well.
She knew it was something he was hiding from her but decided to keep it in the back of her mind.
Lucy smiled at Natsu. "Yeah, I guess your right."
"Hey, wanna have a leaf race?" Natsu asked
Lucy looked at him weirdly. "A leaf race? What's that?"
Its when we both pick out a leaf and we put it in the river. We'll see whose leaf can make it past that rock first." He said pointing ahead."You have to keep an eye on your leaf though,and no cheating! And whoever wins get to tell the other one thing that they want them to do.
"Alright!" Lucy scurried off to find herself a leaf. She figured a small one would be the best one to choose, since the smaller the faster right?
She walked over to Natsu who had a leaf as big as both of his hands combined. She gaped at it. "Dang Natsu! Your leaf is huge! Didn't you say whoever gets there first wins?"
Natsu nodded his head. "Yep!"
Lucy smirked to herself. This was gonna be an easy win for her.
They got up closer to the edge and held their leafs directly above the water. "On your marks...get set...GO!
They both dropped their leaves in at the same time and watched as they sailed down the river. So far, Lucy's was in front.
She fist pumped the air. "Yayy! This is my win!"
Natsu's was at least 3 feet behind hers and he cheered it on. "Come on leafy,leafy,leafy! You can do it!
They both stared in anticipation as their leaves got closer to the finish line. Lucy's was still in front so far.
As she cheered her leaf on, she noticed it start steering closer to the edge of the bank instead of going straight.
"No,leaf! Turn around. Your going the wrong way!" She fell to her knees as she watched her leaf veer off straight into a small patch of grass in the water. The leaf getting entangled in it. She bought her hands up to her face and watched as Natsu's leaf slowly sailed past hers and up to the finish line.
"Woohoo! I won!" Natsu exclaimed. He grabbed his chin and looked up. "Mmm, I wonder what I want you to do?" He looked at her and smirked.
Lucy huffed. "That wasn't fair! My leaf got stuck. I call for a rematch."
Natsu shrugged his shoulders. "There were no rules specifying; "If something happens to your leaf,you get a rematch." You should have clarified those things earlier."
Lucy glared at him. "Whatever. It's getting late. Guess we'll meet up here again tomorrow?
Natsu grinned. "Yeah,tomorrow."
...
Lucy pulled the covers off her bed and crawled out from beneath them. She stretched her arms and yawned smiling for the day to come. She decided she would apologize to Natsu since they didn't really end up on a very good note yesterday.
She put on her clothes, made herself a piece of toast and ran out the cottage.
She took her usual route: running through,the trees,and bushes. They had met up so much that a path had been cleared for her.
She saw a head of pink as she neared the river bank. "Natsu! Natsu!" Lucy called waving. When she got no response she sped up her pace.
"Natsu!" she called out one last time. When she got close enough she could see he was lying on the ground.
She ran and nelt beside him. His face was pale and sweaty, and he had even deeper bags under his eyes.
Lucy started to shake him. I knew something was wrong with him!
"Natsu,wake up!" Natsu please wake up!" She shook him as hard as she could and even gave him a few light slaps in the face.
"Natsu,snap out of it!" Lucy started crying furiously now seeing he was not waking up. She laid her head on his chest and let out all her tears on it,hugging him closely.
She felt Natsu looked up at him as he slowly opened one eye. A wide smile spread across her face. "Natsu!"
"L-Lucy?" His voice was hoarse and dry.
Lucy hugged him tighter crying. "Oh,Natsu! I thought I had lost you... What happened?"
Natsu let out a small smile as a tear slipped out his eye. He coughed hoarsely.
"I don't have much time left, Lucy... I'm dying."
A/N :Okay,so I'm like super duper sorry that this is kinda moving quickly,but this story was really only intended to be 5 chapters long. Turns out it's gonna be 7 or 8! Sooo,yeah, a lot of things happened and I planned out a part in my head and I just had to add it to the story!
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