Don't you hate it when you're typing, the chapter's almost done, and then you hit backspace, the computer takes you back to the last page you were on, and you lose all your typed whatever? I do.
Lucy sighed as the final note swelled throughout the room. Opening her eyes she realised she had assembled quite the crowd, staff and patients alike crowding her small room. She smiled at the sheepishly and took note as a new voice entered her ears.
"Move it, move it, god damnit I said move it!" When the person the voice belonged to entered her line of sight she smiled. "Natsu!" She exclaimed ecstaticaly. "Over here. Follow the sound of my, oh, no Natsu, don't go over that way!"
Eventually Natsu found his way over there and the crowd was dispersed. "So, Natsu?" Lucy said. "What's the big hoot and hollar?"
"Lucy, you sound funny." He said. "Are you alright?"
"Of course I'm alright, Natsu." She said with a laugh in her voice. "Especially now that you're here."
"Oh, uh." His face began to match his hair as he shifted his eyes downward.
"You're throat sounds like you're feeling better." She said with a hint of mischief in her voice.
"Yeah," he said, dragging his eyes back up to sort-of meet her's as they filled with cconfusion. "How'd you know that?"
Giggling impishly she leaned into his eear and whispered, "I. Can. Hear. You." She giggled as he freaked from her clseness and then again from her revelation.
"Really Lucy?" He said. "Reall, really?"
Giggling at his antics she nodded. "Yes, Natsu. Really, really. Isn't it great. I can hear you! Oh, your voice is so much better than I had imagined."
Natsu smiled and then frowned as a thought entered his head. "But Lucy," He said, voicing the thought. "Doesn't that mean you'll be leaving. I mean if you can hear there's no need for you to be here."
Realization flashed across the blonde's features as she let the words sink in. "Y-you're right, Natsu." She said finally. "If I'm not deaf, then I shouldn't be here. But Natsu," She leaned forward to bury her face in his chest and fisted his shirt in her hands. "I don't want to leave you."
Footsteps sounded as Makarov entered the room, observing the pair before drawing their attention. "Is something wrong?" He asked, true concern etched across his aging features. Natsu lifted his head from the blonde as his arms found their place along her back, pulling her to him tighter. "Just because Lucy isn't deaf anymore doesn't mean she has to leave, does it?" His voice cracked as he spoke. "Right, Gramps?"
Makarov thought this over a moment before grinning towards the boy. "Of course not, Natsu. Lucy is welcome to stay as long as she wants. She is family, after all. I could never just watch my family leave, nor would I kick her out. Besides, her piano skills would be greatly missed. Mira often praises the things it does to help the others, so even if she did decide to leave this place as a patient she would be readily welcomed back as a live-in musician if she would accept."
Lucy lifted her head from Natsu's chest and affixed the man with an overjoyed grin. "I can really stay, Master?" The elder man nodded and the blond choked back a sob. Tears of joy, as it were.
She slowly unfolded herself from Natsu's embrace and stumbled over to him. Falling on her knees before him so as to be nearer his height she enveloped him in a giant hug. "Thank you, Master." She said. "Thank you."
"Chocolate for the ears."
Gray blinked. "What now?"
"Yep, definitely chocolate." The blonde repeated. "A nice baritone with a tenor-baritone gravel. I like it."
I really think Gray's voice is like chocolate for the ears. If you've read Angels & Demons you know where I got that from. ANyway, Jellal has a nice voice too. In the subbed, of course. Their dubbed voices SUCK!
ANyways, thanks for everything you guys! I love you all! Mwuah! Mwuah! 201 reviews, 96 favorites, and 124 follows. HELL YES! Digicookies for everyone!
Was anyone else a little terrified of chapter... 341? I think? When the girls are all in the bath? I was friggin terrified.