Sometimes Natsu just couldn't understand how she could be so bright. It was almost like light just radiated out of her. Every smile was like a ray of sun, her laugh could brighten a room, and Natsu wanted to know how she did what she did. Lucy seemed to light up his entire life ever since the moment he met her.
The best way to describe her was shining, she was like the sun and Natsu was more than happy to revolve around her. He didn't know how she had come to be this radiant, after her childhood that weighed her down, after everything that had happened to her over these years. Getting kidnapped and tortured by Phantom Lord, confronting her father, Kain, losing Aquarius, then him leaving her with nothing but a letter and Fairy Tail disbanding the next day.
He didn't know how she could be this shining. But he noticed how sometimes it was like she was feigning this brightness, sometimes it wasn't as bright, wasn't practically gushing out of her. And he didn't like it one bit. He liked radiant and shining Lucy that made everyone smile.
He couldn't help but curse himself for being the main reason to darken that light. She hadn't deserved him leaving her with nothing but note. He had tried to calm his guilt by telling himself it was all he could manage. But shouldn't he have tried harder? It was Lucy, his best friend, the person he was closest to. He was so stupid sometimes, but he was going to do his best to make up for it.
Fairy Tail was now back and he saw just how brighter she seemed now that everyone was back together. She was practically shining, not as bright as she used to, but she was healing. After a year of being alone she needed her time to become her old self. And Natsu knew he wouldn't stop until he had his shining sun back in his life. He vowed to never let that light be extinguished again, and definitely not by his hand.
Zeref himself couldn't stop him.
A/N: Since it looks like I won't be able to update Fairy High on time I decided to finally put my Nalu week entries in. So yeah this is my attempt to make up for the fact it might not be up until Monday.