A/N: ureshi! Here you go! The 2nd chapter of APUTCBT. Thanks for reviewing the chapter 1 guys! It helped quite a lot on how I should play the plot of my story. \(w)/
I'll try my best in updating every week? O.o
Hmmmm. Maybe but my school work is interjecting my schedule.\( ~)/
Enjoy~
The sun was finally up and Natsu was waiting outside the gate. He was listening to his music player and kept tapping his foot to the beat of the music. The gate creaked open and Lucy came out wearing her school uniform.
"Yo! Morning."
Lucy glanced at Natsu and tackled him for a hug.
"Good morning, idiot." She slipped her hand onto his.
"Am I really an idiot?" he raised an eyebrow.
"An idiot who is head over heels with a heiress."
They shared a passionate gaze. Orbs to orbs. He held her hand tightly.
"Let's go to school. We're gonna be late."
She nodded and they marched to school.
When they arrived at school, they met up with two of their friends, a scarlet hair girl, Erza Scarlet and a pointy eyed guy, Gray Fullbuster.
"Hey. Here come the lovebirds." Erza hissed.
"Shut up Erza or else they'll lose focus on holding each other's hands on a cold spring morning. Gray retorted back.
"Shut your freakin' mouth up, Gray." Natsu furrowed his brows.
Lucy nudged his arm and stared at him with straight serious eyes. He stared back at her then sighed. He understood her don't-fight-on-a-early-morning look.
"Communicating through eyes, eh? How sweet." Erza folded her arms in her amusement.
Lucy laughed. "Yeah, right" she looked at her watch, it was five minutes before 8:00AM. "We should go to the room right now." Everyone nodded.
"The last one is a lifeless bird!" Gray went ahead.
"You can't beat me, jerk!" Erza rocketed off.
"Me too!" Natsu also rushed off.
Lucy was left behind. "I didn't asked for a race idiots!" she got irritated then stormed out of the crowd.
When she was almost at her room, she snatched up her phone and tapped the screen.
Guys, meet me up at the rooftop by lunch. I have something to tell you.
P.S.
Please don't tell Natsu about this.
-Lucy
Then she tapped the send button and walked towards the classroom.
The bell rang at 11:50AM, signaling that it was time for lunch. Lucy went out first and took the stairway to the rooftop. She reared in to the magnificent view of the city.
It surely is breathtaking to see and smell the city where I was born and raised. Too bad that my life is counted. She hesitasted.
The door crept open and Gray appeared followed by Erza, Mirajane and Levy.
"Lucy? Is something wrong?" Mirajane asked.
Lucy took a deep breath and turned around with an ingenuous expression on her face.
"I don't want Natsu to be involved in this." She noticed the dead serious yet sad faces of her friends. "I have a serious heart disease that could even cause my death. The doctor said that I have at most 6 months left. I know…I know. Life can be cruel at times but what else can I do? All I have is to just sit there and accept death as a friend." She forced a smile but it didn't work. She was shrugging and her eyes are sparkling with sadness.
Levy quickly held Lucy's shoulders. "Don't cry, Lucy-chan. We know how you exactly feel. Remember, one person's feelings are everybody's feeling. We all share the same feeling."
"Why can't you tell Natsu then?" Erza interjected.
Lucy sobbed and coughed. "B-because I don't w-w-want him to s-suffer because of me." She coughed again.
Gray gave her his blue handkerchief. She thanked him.
"You really do care for him, do ya? No wonder that the two of you are still a couple for 3 years." Said Gray.
"Hmmm…I think so." She smiled, for real this time. Seeing her that way, everyone had their high spirits back. They all hugged Lucy and went to the cafeteria together, arm-to-arm.
Lucy jumped onto her obnoxiously queen sized bed.
One day down and I-don't-know-how-many-days-are-remaining days left.
There was a knock on the door and Maria came in.
"Please take your medicine, Miss Lucy."
Lucy stood up and took the medicine.
"The doctor advised that you shouldn't be depressed and have an emotional breakdown and also keep an eye on your heart. If you feel some odd feeling, call him as soon as possible."
Lucy nodded and thanked Maria then the maid left. She changed her uniform to a purple shirt and black slacks then curled on her bed and hugged the teddy bear that Natsu gave to her on their first anniversary.
Emotional breakdown? I think I can live with that.
On the 17th day of the following month, Natsu and Lucy met up again under the cherry blossom tree.
Lucy rested her head on Natsu's broad shoulder. Natsu held her hand smelled her gorgeous blonde crown.
"You smell like strawberries that are splashing on water."
"Quite a weird imagination but thanks." Lucy replied.
"Did you change your perfume?"
"No."
"Shampoo?"
"No."
"Condi…" His lips were sealed by Lucy's finger.
"Stop it. You're acting like a pervert already."
"So, I'm a pervert now?"
"A pervert that has luscious lips that taste like strawberries." They laughed hysterically but was cut off by Lucy's cough.
"Cold again?"
"No." she coughed again.
"What is it then?"
"It's nothing." She coughed for the third time and was tugging her jacket. I can't tell him.
"Lucy." Natsu straightened his eyebrows.
"It's nothing. Really." She smiled. Damn it! He's so serious.
Natsu sighed and hugged her with both arms. Lucy felt his warmth transporting to her body and squeezed him.
"Why don't we make our letters now." Natsu whispered to her ear.
"That's cool enough. I'll be on the other side of the tree. I brought snacks."
Then they broke off and Lucy offered Natsu his favorite snack, double cheeseburger with hot chili pepper sauce. She hoped off to her post and sat down.
Not in this letter. Not yet. She started jotting down words.
After a few minutes, Lucy went to Natsu's post and plopped down beside him.
"You done?" she asked.
"Yeah." He grabbed a container that has a shape of an egg. The chocolate brown eyes are having a puzzled stare as if clueless of what that thing is.
"What's that?"
"A time capsule." He managed to flash a wide grin. "This is where we're gonna place our letters and bury it here." He pointed at an "x" mark.
"Your idea?"
"Uh, no. I grabbed this idea from a movie."
Lucy pinched his cheek. "Cute and sweet."
Natsu's cheeks were glowing red. "Let's just put the letters inside. Don't forget to put the name."
Lucy folded it and wrote "Natsu" on it, same goes on Natsu's letter. They placed their letters and closed the container. Natsu dug a hole and placed the container inside and placed the dirt and some pebbles. They stood up.
"I want to read the letter already." Lucy commented.
"Well, you can't." Natsu held her soft tender hand. "Let's go?"
Lucy nodded and they went off.
By the time Lucy arrived at her house, she immediately went to the kitchen and grabbed a glass of water. She was about to finish half of the glass until she felt a painful sensation in her heart. She accidently dropped the glass, leaned her back at the kitchen counter and placed her hand on her chest. She was moaning and luckily, Maria heard her and found her on the kitchen floor, shaking and didn't have any second thoughts in calling the doctor.
A/N: So? How was it? Good? Bad? what? I wanna hear you out. Please review, review, and review. It'll help me a lot for the next chapters to come. I managed to write this story just last week though. -.-"
Have you read the new chapter of FT? what was your reaction? can you share it with me? I'm just curious. (-w-)
*sigh* I think that's all. I'm off. Don't forget to review, kay? love ya! ;*