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Chapter 16

"Why do you love me?" Alica asked and looked up at Mako. They were sitting on the back of a train. They didn't know where it was going; all they knew was that it was heading away from their previous life. All they had brought with them was the clothes they were wearing.

"I told you," he said, giving her a small smile, "like a million times."

"Say it again," she begged and cuddled into his arms. He sighed and a cloud of white mist blew from his lips. Alica watched as the wind blew the mist away.

"What are you looking at?" Mako asked wondering.

"Your breath," she answered. "The wind took it away."

"You're so strange," he said and kissed her hair.

"I wonder…" she whispered while his head rested on hers, "if the whole world has a little bit of you…a little bit of your breath."

Mako burst out in laughter and hugged her tighter. "You're so silly."

"But it's true," she said and blushed. "I always have a little bit of you."

"Well, then I have a little bit of you too," he said and cupped her chin in his warm hand. She let him guide her head toward his and looked into his soft eyes.

"But I know a much easier way you can get my breath," he whispered before he pressed her lips to his and electricity filled the air.

"Do you still want to know why I love you?" he asked when they finally broke apart. Alica's cheeks reddened cutely as he looked into her eyes. "I love you because you are mine; you choose to be mine, and I choose you too."

"That's weird. A lot of girls would choose you," she whispered, still breathless from the kiss.

"But I don't want a lot of girls," he said and kissed her again.

"Are you serious?" Gray yelled, almost stumbling. He and Lucy were running back to the town and Lucy had just told him what her father had told her. Gray still carried Mako on his back, and he almost dropped him when Lucy broke the news about the bomb.

"It's true," she whispered, tears coming to her eyes. "You and everybody else will forget everything about Alica and me."

Gray thought about it for a second, then he grabbed Lucy's wrist and halted abruptly. Lucy stopped surprised and looked at Gray like he had done something completely inappropriate.

"Then we wont go there," he said, his eyes growing cold and serious. "We'll get out of the bomb's range of effect and…"

"Idiot!" Lucy snapped. "What about everyone else?"

"If we get away, I won't forget…I mean…um…Mako won't forget Alica," he corrected himself and blushed. Lucy yanked her hand out of his.

"What about everyone else?" she repeated. "I will lose all my memories with everyone in Fairy Tail; it will be like I was never been there. Like I never existed," she whispered, dropping her eyes to the cold ground.

"But I don't want to take the chance that I'll forget," Gray said and regretted the words as soon as they escaped his lips. Lucy looked at him unblinkingly.

"What is that supposed to mean?" she asked.

"Well, it's because..." Gray clenched his fists and braced himself. "Because I lo-"

"Hallo, young people," a voice suddenly interrupted. Lucy turned away from Gray and spotted an old man sitting on a brown horse. "Do you need a ride?"

"Yes," Lucy hurried to say.

"Hey!" Gray said and tried to stop her, but she had already jumped on the horse.

"Only the girl, kid," the old man said with a smirk.

"Get Mako to a hospital," Lucy said, coldly. "I'm not going to run away!"

"Hey, wait a second," Gray said, but the old man interrupted him again.

"Where to, miss?" he asked.

"Behind that hill," Lucy pointed in the direction of the town.

"Lucy, please!" Gray said desperately and tried to stop her, but it was hard with Mako on his back. The old man shook his head at Gray and turned the horse around, setting off at a light canter.

"Wait Lucy!" Gray yelled.

Alica watched in horror while the shiny green numbers kept counting down. 30, 29, 28, 27, 26…

Lucy lifted a hand and made the old man stop his horse. He groaned, annoyed, and looked impatiently at Gray who was all out of breath from running with full speed beside the horse with Mako on his back.

25, 24, 23…

"Please…just...listen to…me," Gray panted and laid Mako carefully on the ground.

22, 21, 20, 19...

Lucy crossed her arms. "You're wasting my time," she said harsh. "What do you want to tell me?"

18, 17, 16…

"This will sound very cheesy, but …"

15, 14, 13…

He took a deep breath. "I thought you should know that I…for a very long time, I have thought you were very…special," he mumbled.

12, 11, 10, 9, 8…

"Wha...What do you mean?" Lucy asked and turned her body all the way around to face Gray, her eyes huge in surprise, caught completely by surprise by these totally unexpected words.

7, 6, 5, 4...

"I–I love you Lucy!" he yelled with more power than he had ever put into his voice before.

3, 2, 1, 0.

Alica's scream echoed so loudly that all the Fairy Tail mages in the bar lifted their head in surprise.

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