Weeks passed and Lucy was released, though still restricted to a wheelchair. Natsu insisted on pushing her around, and Lucy wouldn't mind so much if she weren't able to do it herself. The worry of Phantom's retaliation was still present, but faded with every passing day.

Levy and Gajeel's curiousity however, grew with every passing second. They'd deduced theories by this point. Gajeel was certain Lucy was the victim of a rabid alien attack and the probes they put in her brain accidentally affected her ears, ergo the scars and deafness. Levy hit him in the head every time he brought it up, her theory was much more... well it was just as crazy. In Levy's mind, Lucy was once a secret agent and the gunfire eventually wore at her ear drums.

There were more, but those seemed to them the most logical.

Desciding that their questions had been left unanswered for too long, the pair crept their way to Gray's room. The door was open and so they walked right in, deciding then and there that the action was truly a bad idea. Gray appeared to have been possessed by the vilest of evil demons spawned straight from the firey flames of hell. He was... in the vaguest sense of the word, dancing.

Obviously unaware to the pair's arrival he continued in this and Gajeel's hand rose to cover Levy's eyes for she was too frozen in shock to do it herself. His other hand rose to cover his own eyes, not trusting theem to close on their own.

"I'm sexy and I- Oh my god!" Gray shouted as he turned to see the pair in the doorway, Gajeel opened his fingers at the outburst ans seeing the coast was clear removed his hand from infront of Levy and himself. Pulling the earbuds from his ears, Gray shifted nervously on his feet, his face slightly mortified but mostly embaressed.

"H-How long have you guys been there?" His breathing was heavy from the physical exhurtion and stuttery. Gajeel's mouth was sautered shut with tension and the air soon became thick with the feeling.

Levy was the first to shake the freezing terror away, signing for them to do the same. Once everyone was in a somewhat more comfotable frame of mind, Levy and Gajeel got down to business. "You know what happened to Lu-chan." Levy signed out. It wasn't a question, she was stating a fact.

Gray's eyebrow raised slightly. "Yea, and I assume you want me to tell you?"

Levy and Gajeel nodded eagerly and Gray sighed, opening his mouth to speak.

Natsu laughed heartily as Lucy continued to grip the arm of the wheelchair. "Natsu!" She screamed. "Stop this!"

Natsu continued to laugh as they rolled down the hill full force. His feet were positioned on the base of the wheel chair and his arms were wrapped around Lucy's torso, his head leaned against hers.

The hill evened out and they slowly lost momentum, Lucy's screams dying out. His laughter held though, the blonde's panicked tone and labored breathing adding to his humour. Eventually he was forced to hang his hand on his knees to support himself, gasping for air. "Okay, okay," He said. "I'm good." Lucy scoffed, swatting him lightly on the arm.

"That may be," She said. "But if you do that again I swear on the life of my unborn child I'll," Her words were cut off by the pink haired boy's lips on hers. Her eyes widened for a moment before sliding closed, her lips responding to his slowly. She smiled against his lips and moved a little to the left, he had missed her lips by just a little.

Natsu's eyes slid closed shortly after hers, the blonde's slow breathing tickling his skin. He drew back slowly, planting a soft kiss on her nose before tilting his forehead against hers. Her cheeks radiated warmth and he lifted his face from hers, returning to his spot behind the wheelchair.

"Now how about we go get those groceries Mira wanted, hm?" He said merrily, pushing her down to the store as Lucy guided him, giggling as she did so.

They soon entered and Natsu strayed from Lucy, letting her get the small list. He traversed the aisleway with his walking stick, bouncing it lightly across the lenolium flooring. The dark shades over his eyes slipped at one point and he was forced to slide them back up his nose. Growling when they slid down again he flipped them closed and shoved them into his front pocket.

A small faminine gasp from infront of him drew his attention. "Oh my god." The woman said, the voice eerily familiar to him. "Is that you Natsu?" She continued. He nodded, albeit hesitantly and his mind flashed through the possible options.

"Yea, I'm Natsu." He said. "But may I ask who you are?" He stepped nearer to the voice. The woman sighed sadly and came up closer, getting a better look.

"Oh, Natsu." She said. "You can't see me, can you?" He shook his head and her throat hitched. "Oh, Natsu." She said, grasping him in a hug. "It's okay, I'm here now. Lisanna's here."

Natsu's blood froze. "Lisanna?"

Lucy rolled the wheel chair down another aisle, grabbing random items Mira had written on the list. Turning into the next aisle she spotted Natsu's back, she was about to call out to him before noticing the paler arms wrapped around his torso, definitely female.

Before she could hold her tongue his name slipped from her mouth, "Natsu?" She said softly.

Natsu turned his body to her, his face befuddled and streaked with varying emotions. The woman latched to his chest turned her way. Her smile loosened at the sight of the blonde woman, she was pretty.

"Lucy?" Natsu said, his arms beginning to slide the white haired woman's arms away. Stepping out towards the blonde's general direction, he smiled. "Are you done shopping?" He asked once the woman's grasp was loosened.

Lucy shook her head and then stopped herself, almost facepalming. "Not yet, I still have a few more items," She corrected. "But my arms are starting to hurt and balancing the basket is becoming difficult. Could you help me?"

Before Natsu could reply, Lisanna's arm had raised to point accusingly at the blonde, an epiphany clear on her face. "Lucy?" She asked. "Lucy Heartphilia? Lucy from Chemistry, Lucy?"

Lucy's blood froze. This girl knew her. This could be bad.

Natsu's face scrunched. "What's she talking about, Lucy?" The blonde remained silent.

"Oh, come on, Natsu!" Lisanna said, swatting at his arm playfully. "You don't remember Lucy? She was in chemistry with us remember? All A's?" She paused. "Now that I think of it, haven't seen you in class since the accident."

Lucy felt her eyes begin to water as Natsu's face distorted. Confusion, anger, sadness, regret, and then realization flashed over his features. He looked her way, his milky onyx eyes stationed just a bit above her ear, but she felt the heat of his eyes as though they were trained right on her eyes.

"Lucy?"

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