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Chapter Two – Back In The Guild

I was pacing nervously in front of the guild hall and it has never been this hard for me to enter my own home. It has been almost three damn years and it feels like forever to be away from these guys.

Though I usually had the guts to do everything, this time I needed someone else's guts as well, 'cause I fucked up. BIG TIME.

"Come on, Natsu, it's just the guild. You always love being here," Happy murmured from above me and continued making his small circles over my head.

Only if you knew buddy. Only if you knew…

I shook my head to get some common sense back and just pushed the doors open. I somewhat didn't feel like announcing me being home and I just walked in.

The yelling and screams came back on its own as my guild mates jumped in sync from the places they were standing and ran in my direction. Everyone had changed so much.

Romeo was now far manlier than I could remember, and Wendy had gone on full model mode. The old men were getting older, Mira, Erza and Lisanna were all the same. But I didn't care how everyone else was doing, I cared how she was doing.

"Hey Erza, where is Lucy?" I managed to squeeze myself in the crowd and get to talk to her.

"Ah, well, she was somewhere here. Maybe she's helping Mira in the back," Erza quickly blew me off and went somewhere.

I sighed and continued saying my "Hi"s and "Missed you all" and so on.

As everything settled down I realized I hadn't seen Gray as well and even though the iced freak was not my favorite person on a daily basis, he was my best friend and I had missed him.

When I finally saw him standing next to the Request Board, I grinned widely and ran to him.

"Hey Gray," I said cheerfully and patted him on the shoulder.

"Oh, hey man, nice to see you," he said without looking much at me and it was more cool than he usually talked to me.

"Um, that was a warm welcoming."

"What am I supposed to say, huh?" He now had his eyes glued to mine and I saw somewhat rage in them. "Hey, I missed you so much. Thanks for leaving all of a sudden. Life hasn't been the same without you. Thank god you are here and alive and everything can go back to normal."

Gray huffed as he finished and turned his attention back to the Request Board.

I was speechless…until I heard her voice.

"Come on, babe, let's go home," Lucy said in my direction but she was not looking at me, just searching in her purse.

"Luce..." I murmured to capture her attention.

And I did, but she frowned, still not looking at me! "Ugh, how many times did I tell you not to call me that," she snapped and quickly added. "He is the only one that calls me that and I don't want it to be…"

She was looking at me. Now she really was looking and it was not anywhere near amazing as I wanted it to be.

She made a strange noise, almost like she was going to cry and then took a breath. I wanted her to come and hug me, so I smiled softly and mumbled, "Hey Luce, nice to see you."

Well she did come. Close enough to punch me.

I almost didn't feel a thing, but it was surely out of the blue. She cradled her hand in her chest and lead out a painful moan.

"Why did you do that, Lucy?" I frowned and yelled in disbelief.

At that point Gray had emerged from his Request Board and was not standing firmly next to Lucy. He iced the tips of his fingers and gently placed them on Lucy's reddish knuckles.

"Let's just go," he said stiffly, on which Lucy nodded.

I was damn confused.

First everyone in the guild is so happy to see me and I feel just like it was before me leaving on that S-class mission. And then Gray acts all cool and strange on me, plus Lucy punching me.

What is going on, Luce? Why are you so fucking mad at me, you tried braking your own hand, not my face.

Three years ago I had to leave. Please Lucy, understand. I was scared and didn't know how to handle this. I was just a kid back then. I promise I am different. Luce, please listen to me. Help me in this situation, buddy. This is hard for me. I missed you so much. I love you Luce, I really do.

But a mental excuse wasn't going to help me at all. So I just grabbed her upper arm and swiftly turned her around.

"Come on, Luce. Answer me. What is going on here?"

Her eyes were starting to water and it was excruciating to watch how her expression was changing for the worst.

"What is going on? What is going on?! You tell me Natsu!" She made a few steps towards me and I did a few steps back to keep her from hurting herself again. "You leave and come back all of a sudden wanting to be all friendly and thoughtful and nostalgic. Well you don't simply get that."

Gray pressed his hand in Lucy's lower back and she backed down.

I wanted to scream for him to stop touching her, but someone cut me. Someone just a little under the meter ran by my side, screaming and giggling.

"Daddy, daddy," a kid yelled and nudged Gray on the leg.

He led go of Lucy and picked the little boy up, pressing him to his chest firmly. The kid tangled his chubby hands in Gray's hair and giggled a few more of the only word he could say, I guess.

"Oh, who's missing daddy all of a sudden," and in that moment, Gray changed radically, like flipping a coin. A smile grew on his face, his eyes filled with joy and his body temperature went up high.

I was confused all of a sudden, again. Since when were Gray and Lucy so close? Why was this kid calling him dad and why did it look like Lucy?

"Andy, wanna go home?" Lucy grinned on her behalf and nudged the side of the baby's chubby body.

The little boy, Andy, laughed and as he did so, the whole guild was filled with a bell jingle like laughter. Each head was looking at him with the same awe as Lucy and Gray.

"Y-you have a kid?" I managed to say something, still in complete shock.

They both turned to me and the rage was back, full speed.

"Yes, we do, at lot has changed, hot head. You better start getting used to being back in the real world," Gray growled at me and shook his head at Lucy. "Let's go."

And they just turned around and left. The last thing I saw before leaving was the little blonde head of Andy and how the sun, shining upon him, turned it pinkish. The same shade as mine.

But it couldn't have been. I was just seeing things, imagining.

Gray was right, I had to be back in the real world and it was as hard to do as it has never been before.

My thoughts were instantly filled with memories - me and Lucy in each of one of them. Me and her going on a mission, me and her fighting the bad guys, me and Lucy laughing, and lastly, me and Lucy having sex just before I left.

I fucked up. I fucked up. I fucked up.

I am sorry for the short chapter, but it felt best to leave it like this.

Oh mah gawd! Is this really happening? Damn Natsu, you really fucked up!

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~Bria