A/N: That surprise 18th birthday party though, well yeah it was my birthday last week while I was still in Japan and because my friends essentially missed out they threw a second party and scared the living shit out of me, I thought someone had broken in so my best friend like the man he is took a punch to the face for being the closest to the door when I walked in, don't judge me, it was dark and stuff, anyway on with the chapter.

If Erza could make a list of all the things she would have rather not woken up to that morning, Natsu's scent would be top of that list, all it did was bring the memories of the night before to the forefront of her mind, the blankets wrapped around her were tossed to the side of the room seconds after she regained consciousness, she stared at the wall and tried to calm the red hue of her cheeks, it wasn't working, she had actually bitten him, her mind still swam slightly and she gave her head a violent shake as she got to her feet and walked towards the door of Natsu's apartment, she prayed Natsu was still asleep that way she could just sneak out and take a few days to think, as fate would have it she was not going to have her time to think as the object of her recent affection walked in front of her, Natsu wore a pair of long baggy black tracksuit pants and had a towel draped over his neck his hair still matted from water, the still not totally her part of her brain told her to jump him right there, but her control was her own.

Natsu just smiled at her, a smile that would usually would put a warm fuzzy feeling in her chest instead filled her with an odd feeling of guilt, as well as immense embarrassment.

"Morning," Natsu said in his same everyday tone "Breakfast is on the table, if you're hungry."

"Why?" Erza asked, although she wasn't sure herself what she was asking.

"Why what?" Natsu frowned.

"Why are did you bring me here? After everything last night." Erza demanded.

"Why wouldn't I? Erza, you clearly were not yourself, it's okay." Natsu reassured.

"It's not okay!" Erza snapped, unfortunately she remembered everything she had planned to do if she had not fallen asleep and she also managed to get it into her had it was his fault because he dragged her there "This is all your fault!"

Natsu recoiled and the look of confusion on his face was apparent, he opened his mouth to speak but words failed him.

"Why did you drag me to a place like that?!" She demanded "I told you I didn't want to go and you pressured me into it!"

"I just thought you would like to do something other than beat the crap out of each other and sit on grass all day, there is more to life than that!" Natsu retorted defensively.

Erza stepped back slightly, her mind processing what Natsu had said, if she was right, was he not happy with their friendship? That was what they did, they would fight, she'd hit him, they'd argue a little more, she'd win, they'd smile and feel complete, was that only her? Was he only staying with her out of pity, because she was alone, she didn't want that not only for herself but for him either, she didn't want him to stay around her because he felt it was his duty too, she wanted to confirm it with him, to ask him if she was just blowing things out of proportion, but in rage she retorted with the first thing that entered her mind "If you don't like how I do things then just stay away from me!" She hit him in the stomach hard and stormed out of the apartment, Natsu stared at the floor where she had been standing, he heard the door slam and he winced slightly, he stayed like that for a few minutes, slowly rubbing at the place where she had hit him, that was a new kind of hit, that hurt, a lot, she had never hit him like that he could practically feel the rage emanating from the spot. He fell back against the wall and stared at the roof, a slow feeling of guilt slowly filling his body.

'Had she really been that uncomfortable? Yeah, the end of the night was a little weird…but he thought she had enjoyed at least some of the night.' He pulled the white undershirt from the closet threw it over his head picked up his shoes and chased after the red-headed Nekojin.

He caught up to her as she neared her dorm, the first time he had called out to her she had barely turned to look at him before sprinting off, he had chased after her and she finally stopped for breath allowing him to catch up, he continued to call her name, she finally turned around and glared at him "What?!"

He slid to a stop and took a breath "I'm sorry, the club was a stupid idea and I shouldn't have made you come, I'm sorry."

"You're sorry?" Erza's glare changed and softened a little "Do you know how embarrassing that was for me?!" Her ears flattened to her head and her fists clenched "Can you understand what it's like to lose all control and allow your animal instincts to…to…"She trailed into a whisper, her cheeks glowing a bright red as her tailed drooped behind her.

Natsu walked towards her and placed a hand on her shoulder, she recoiled from him like her burned her "It's okay."

"Nothing about that is okay!" She snarled shooting him a glare that told him to stop, he obliged "It's pathetic that I allowed myself to sink to that level!"

"You made a mistake, everybody does." Natsu smiled, a smile that made her heart warm and break at the same time.

"My family doesn't," she informed him "It's shameful."

"I am sorry, I swear I didn't mean to put you into a position that would embarrass or upset you, I just wanted to help you." Natsu owed his head slightly.

"Help me? You wanted to help me?" Erza's rage seemed to return in full force and Natsu backed away slightly "I don't need your help! I can take care of myself!" She spun on her heel and stormed into her dorm, she stopped and turned around shooting him another glare "I don't need your pity!"

Natsu was more confused than when he started, how had he managed to screw everything up so royally?

For three days Erza locked herself in her room, she would look out her window at the end of class and watch the boy she loved stare up at her window for almost an hour after school, he would move around out the front seemingly trying to think, the thought made her smile and made her feel guilty, did he really think he had to save her? He was the guy most girls would kill to be with, despite his awkwardness, he was kind, he wasn't that funny, but he was too good for her, well that is what she thought, but she loved him anyway and she knew he didn't feel the same way, she curled her knee's close to her chest and cried.

Natsu walked home on the afternoon of the third day, he booted a can along with him and his trademark scowl plastered his face with a simple warning to those around him 'stay the fuck away'. She thought he pitied her? He only wanted her to stay around him, they way she smiled when only he was around, the way she laughed, even the way she always, kind of, won their arguments, it was an almost nostalgic smile that came to his face, sitting around on the grass laughing and fighting, that was them, he had dragged her to a club, that neither wanted to go to and all it did was break something he wanted more than anything else to stay together and knowing that he had screwed it up made him angrier than anything ever had.

"Oh, look at that," The voice of a man he recognized "What happened to your Nekobitch? She find a better plaything?"

Natsu glared at the black haired head of Gajeel, before a wide evil grin spread across his face "You know what? I was just thinking about how fun it would be to paint the sidewalk red."

The boy charged him, Natsu sidestepped the haymaker and tripped the black haired man over, before stomping on the back of his head, there was a sickening crack as the man's nose hit the concrete,
Natsu shoved his hands in his pockets and stalked off.

It was only seconds after he had closed the door, that he heard a knock, he opened the door slowly, the white haired Nekojin in front of him glared and he shouldered it with an unimpressed look, she threw a punch at him and he caught the woman's wrist and spun her around.

"What do you want?!" Natsu demanded angrily.

"What did you do?!" Mirajane demanded.

"Yeah, I fucked up!" Natsu growled "I broke something I cared about because I was too worried about what everyone else thought, I don't need you here to remind me!" He released her arm, she rubbed her forearms and looked him up and down.

"I don't care what you did to break it, but it's your responsibility to fix it if you did." Mirajane said flatly

"Great, as soon as I figure out how, other than getting a time machine and changing something, you will be the first I inform." Natsu growled, he kicked the door closed and stomped back into his lounge room, flopping onto the couch with a loud thud, he placed his forearm over his eyes and permitted himself to cry.

Erza stood at the door of Natsu's apartment, dressed in a heavy black raincoat and shivering slightly against the cold as it pelted down around her, she held a small black plastic bag that contained the Hoodie Natsu had lent to her the day she had stayed here, she took a steadying breath and lifted her hand, knocking on the door three times, 'Just hand him the bag and leave.' She nodded to herself.

The door opened, Natsu's hair was disheveled and his clothing was equally as messed up, it looked like he had worn that same thing for days, his eyes were slightly red and puffy and a sheen on moisture covered his eyelashes, he looked at her as if he wasn't actually looking at her.

Erza staggered back, what this because of her? There wasn't anything else that could have done it, she dropped the bag, she didn't know what to do, so she ran, she turned and took off down the stairs.

Natsu shook his head, ripped his coat from the hanger and ran after her shouting her name as he pulled the clothing over his arms.

Erza heard him but ignored it as she ran, she didn't know if she even turned the right way, the image of Natsu kept replaying in her head, it was her fault, the rain pelted at her shoulders and froze her as she ran as fast as her legs would carry her, another sound caught her attention, one she recognized the horn of a truck?

She turned and the bright headlights of a large delivery truck caused her to lift her hand in front of her eyes, she wanted to move, dive, get out of the way, but her legs wouldn't do what she wanted them too, it was too late…

A/N: And so he was evil XD, gotta hit you with some cliffhangers in this one, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and I will see you in the next one!