"Luce." Natsu said. He was squeezing Lucy's hand so hard it hurt. Juvia was leaning on Gray with her arm on his shoulder. Gray had his arm around Juvia's waist pulling her close to him. "Guess to get to her we're going to have to take him down too." Gray said. "Yeah." Juvia said.
They started walking to Natsu. Natsu was trying to figure out in his head how to get Lucy out of there. Lucy wasn't worried. She watched Natsu, he was trembling. Gray and Juvia got closer and closer. Lucy slipped her hand out of Natsu's. She reached down and grabbed the baseball bat from earlier.
Lucy pushed Natsu out of the way. She positioned herself like Natsu had taught her. Gray paused. He told Juvia to wait there. He walked towards Lucy, faster than before. He put up his fist fast, just as fast Lucy swung the bat and broke his arm. Gray shrieked in pain. Juvia nearly jumped as she ran to his side. She looked Lucy dead in the eyes. Lucy raised the bat again and Juvia stepped back.
Juvia took Gray away and whispered something to Lisana. Lisana looked at Lucy with hate. She attempted to step forward but Juvia called her to come. Lisana glared at Lucy one last time before sprinting out so Juvia wouldn't leave without her.
Lucy dropped the bat and fell to the floor. She began sobbing. "I broke his arm. I-I've never hurt anyone before. I broke his arm though, and I hurt him badly. I-I-I-." She sounded confused. "Shh. Lucy, you did what you had to do. Don't blame yourself for their wrong doing." Natsu crouched down next to her and leaned against the couch.
Natsu and Lucy sat next to each other in silence. Their shoulders were barely touching. Lucy's mind was racing. She couldn't pick on thought to focus on. Lucy was snapped out of her gaze when she felt Natsu's shoulder brush over hers while he position himself in a more comfortable way. Lucy began to stand up. "I'm tired, I'm going to go to bed." She said. "Ok." Natsu said.
Lucy began to walk away. "Uh Luce?" Natsu said. "Could I stay over?" She smiled. "Sure." She started walking upstairs then stopped. "Well are you coming?" She said, looking to Natsu. "Yeah, I'll be right there." He said. Lucy continued walking to her room. Natsu sleepily got up to go to bed. He finally reached Lucy's room.
He saw Lucy. She was sitting on her bed reading with her legs crossed and a flashlight sitting on her chest so she wouldn't be bothered by the ceiling light. Natsu walked in and crawled into bed next to her. He could barely notice but Natsu saw that Lucy was blushing furiously.
"G'night Luce." He said, turning his back to her. She looked over at him. "Oh, goodnight Natsu." She closed her book and turned off her light. She lifted the blankets over herself and fell asleep.
Lucy's neighborhood wasn't that good. There were gunshots at night. About a mile away but they echoed throughout the houses of the neighborhood. Natsu heard them and cringed. He wasn't used to this environment. One in particular sounded closer. He heard someone scream. It sounded across the street. Natsu looked around for Lucy. She was gone. "Lucy? Lucy?!"
"Natsu. Wake up." Natsu slowly opened his eyes. He adjusted his eyes and saw Lucy in the dark. She looked worried. "Lucy?" "You had a nightmare Natsu. Calm down." He took a breath out. "Go back to sleep Natsu." She closed her eyes. Natsu looked over her shoulder to see the clock. It was 2:00 am. He looked back at Lucy. The rest of the night he couldn't sleep. E second he started to doze off his eyes would shoot right open again.
The next morning, it was 6:00 am. Natsu got up early to make breakfast. He tiptoed down the stairs, making sure not to wake Lucy. About an hour later she came down. "Natsu? Oh, your down here." She said as she came down the stairs. "Oh hey Luce! I'm just making eggs and pancakes. Nothin' special."
"Smells good." Lucy said. "Yup, I'm almost done too." Lucy sat down at the table. She yawned and stretched. "I got the best sleep last night." She said. "Me too." Natsu lied. Lucy looked at him with suspicion. She opened her mouth to say something but decided to shrug it off.
"Ok, all done." Natsu said turning around and bring the food over. Lucy eyed the food. Natsu set the food on the table and sat down. "Dig in." Natsu said. Lucy almost pounced at the food. She took two pancakes and half of the eggs. She got some syrup out of the fridge. "Want some?" She asked. "Yeah." Natsu replied.
Lucy handed the syrup to Natsu. She walked back to her seat and he poured the syrup over his pancakes and handed it back to her. She put some on her pancakes and put it away. "Let's eat." Lucy said, licking her lips. It was a Saturday so they didn't have school. Lucy finished her pancakes and headed up to her room. Natsu did the same.
"Hey Luce." Natsu said, leaning on the rim of the doorway to her room. "Yeah?" She replied. "You wanna head over to the baseball field?" "Sure." Lucy said. She put down her book and left for the field with Natsu.
"Ok." Natsu said as he showed the position for pitching to Lucy. "So you just pullback, aaaaaand... throw." Lucy pitched the ball and it hit the back of the cage. "Great job Luce!" They smacked hands. "Was that good?" She said, in a kind of nervous voice. "That was great Luce! Ok, so now I'm going to swing at your pitch, ok?" Natsu said, running to home base while throwing on a helmet.
"Ok Luce, go for it." Lucy did as he showed her and pitched the ball. It went straight down the middle and Natsu swung the bat. The ball went over Lucy's head and dropped way back to where the grass was. Natsu dropped the bat and helmet and walked towards lucy. "That was great Luce!" "You really think so?" She said. "Yeah!" Natsu exclaimed. They continued to play for hours.
"Hey Natsu? I'm kinda getting tired, can we go home?" Lucy said with a worn voice. "Sure, let's go." They packed up their stuff and headed back to Lucy's house. "Hey Natsu, so your parents won't worry that you haven't been coming home?" "I don't have parents, I never met my mom. And my dad left 7 years ago." "Oh." They were both silent for the rest of the walk back.
"I'm gonna head up to bed." Lucy said as she walked in the house." "Ok." Natsu said, watching her as she ran up the stairs. Natsu plopped onto the couch. "Phew." He sighed. "I'm worn out." Natsu accidentally fell asleep on the couch. When Lucy went downstairs to brush her teeth she saw him.
"Natsu? Natsu.." She gently shook him. "Hmm? Yeah?" He slowly opened his eyes. "Come on, you don't have to sleep down here, let's get you to bed." She helped him up and into bed. She went back downstairs, brushed her teeth and slept on the couch.
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