Epilogue: New Beginnings

Natsu's POV:

She came down running.

She looked absolutely and utterly beautiful. Her golden blond stands of hair flew with the tempo of the wind - along with keeping a gorgeous smile, without even trying. She held the fake rose in her right hand, with the the letter I wrote for her in the other. Her grin became wider as she approached me, smiling happily in delight. She was just stunning, her curves shaped nice, and her whole personality a perfect, bilateral heart.

I could hear the sweet, sweet voice escape her mouth, screaming my name in absolute optimism, her expression completely consumed by how smitten she was. As she approached me closer, I could smell her compelling aroma, the scent of pink cotton candy.

On my side, I stared completely into her hazel eyes, my onyx pupils looking right back at her's. Simply amazing, is all I could say.

Immediately, in a mere split second, I could feel her arms surrounding my neck, cuffing me with her tanned, warm feelings of commitment and simple love. Her legs were thrown around, since I twirled her in mid-air. I could hear her laugh, she laughed so happily.

I finally put her down after what seemed like forever. She looked at me, holding my cheek with her tender palm. She didn't say one word, except the mumbles coming out of her as she kissed me.

Shocked, I was, we've only kissed once - where we weren't dating, but we weren't dating now! I didn't question her actions, except pull her closer to me with passion and content; I wasn't going to let her go.

I hugged her waist, clasping my hands together so nobody would dare to break our moment apart. She went deeper into the embrace, coming closer to my clothed chest - she kept one hand on my shoulder that held the rose and the other pulling my face closer.

I grinned into the kiss, a smile formed on my lips as I kissed her maroon pink ones with tender and care, not going too hard or rough on her.

We hesitantly pulled away from each other, breaking the kiss for a single breath. I looked into her eyes, already knowing of her discovery. "I like you, a lot. This may be so so twisted, we've only known each other for this single year, and I can't even believe that this is real. This isn't real, though, it isn't some love story. That's why I need to believe, I need to know if you're truly in love with me. I need to know the truth."

"Lucy. I'm in love with you. My eyes fell onto your's way long ago, before school even started. That's when I knew, I knew we were made to be together. I... I love you, Lucy." My voice broke down at that final statement, but I needed to let it out. I needed to say that declaration of love. I had to.

"N-Natsu..." She began to tear up, but I didn't care. Those were tears of happiness, I already knew.

"Would you go out with me?"

She simply nodded. That's all it took for me to take her to her empty complex and ravish her.

We laid in bed - I kept her warm by holding her, cuddled with her like she was the most precious and fragile entity alive. "Luce?" I looked at her, she looked perfect.

She was sleeping, moving closer to me. I simply smiled, we skipped school so I could just be with her. I kissed her forehead, and I could hear her whisper my name, quietly so it was hard to be heard.

I thought about a lot of things.

So much things happened this year.

For example, I got the girl.. And there were actually many couples who got together this year. Me and Lucy, for starters. Gray and Juvia, Ever and Elfman, Erza and Jellal, Levy and Gajeel, Wendy and Romeo, Lisanna and Bixlow, even Mira and Mr. Laxus!

I'm just happy.

10 Years Later

It was our high school reunion. All of us are so old now, some of us are 27, some are 28. I still kept in contact with some people here, like Ever, Gray and Juvia, and Cana. I haven't talked to Lucy for a long time now...

It was mutual, our break-up. We broke up when we went to collage. Her dad liked me, but he wanted Lucy to use her potential. He wanted her to go to a better collage, not in Magnolia, but somewhere in Fiore. So I basically went to a nearby collage so I wouldn't separate from the people I've been with since day 1 - Lucy went to some fancy school.

We talked through technology, she would message me or text me or call me. We'd talk. Not for long though. We managed to keep it connected until we both just stopped trying. She went to collage a month after we got together, so we were only together for about 2 years.

Our break-up was our second year of collage, we were sophomores looking for love, not some high school puppy love. She came for a weekend break, I remember when she came and hugged me at the train station.

I booked a hotel, so we went there for a night, and fucked. We spent the whole night just simply being happy that we got to see each other, and I remember waking up in the morning next to no one. She was sitting down next to a table, fully clothed with her luggage packed near the door. I stood up and wrapped my arms around her, but she pushed me away.

"I can't do it anymore, Natsu, I can't." I pulled away as she walked over to the patio, staring out the glass windows. "I love you. I've been in love with you since we met in high school. But now? It's fading. I need someone in my life, not a voice coming from my phone. It's hard without you at collage. That's why I want you to come to my collage. I want you to come with me so we could be together. I don't want to face the other decision."

I shook my head as she turned around to face me. "I can't. You already know how important Lisanna, Mira, and Elfman are to me. I can't leave them! Besides... I'm not as smart as you. I didn't get A+'s or A's, I got C's and D's. I wouldn't be able to fit in with the school you go to."

She began to cry. I hated seeing her cry. It wasn't like when she cried when I told her I loved her. This was a trail of depressing tears. "Luce..." I came to her and hugged her as she cried into my bare chest.

"I love you, though, Natsu. It's either you come with me, or we... We have to break up." She pushed me away again, as if trying to lock away anything she felt for me.

"Things aren't supposed to be like this, Luce. I thought we would last." I told her, I wouldn't cry, but I admit that I was on the verge of tears.

"Someday, maybe. But not now. We have to break up, Natsu. We can't be together. It isn't forbidden, but it's painful. Even though I know you love me, I can't help but wonder. My mind wanders to thoughts that I don't want to hear, or even think of. I can't help but think if you're out there kissing another girl, or lusting after someone else. Even though I trust that you won't, I can't help but believe."

"Lucy, you know I wouldn't cheat on you." I responded, but I never said anything back about lusting after someone else.

She simply shook her head, I knew she made her decision. "I'm sorry... I'm sorry, Natsu, but we have to break up." I didn't argue with her. I didn't say anything in response. I just silently sighed.

"One last kiss. That's all I want." I stated. She looked back at me, and, on her tippy-toes, kissed me. It wasn't a real one. It had no feelings, no emotion. Just neutral. She let go after a few seconds, and put on her hat. I just looked towards the window, hearing the clicking noises of the door.

She didn't know that a single tear fell down my eye.

I'm over it now. I mean, I'll always love Lucy, a part of me still does. But now? I'm in a loving relationship with Kinana, a girl I met attending Lisanna's graduation. When I told a white lie to Lucy about not lusting after anyone, she was the one I was lusting after.

She looked like Lucy kinda, that's the main reason I dated her after Lucy and I broke up. She had the same figure, and her eyes and lips were similar to Lucy's. The only difference were her emerald eyes and violet hair.

We've been together since my third-year of collage, which is a year after Lucy and I broke up. We bonded, and she helped me get over her. So I basically fell for her because of my broken heart which suffered from my high school sweetheart.

That's just my only fear, seeing Lucy again. I'll always love her, so I don't want to fall for her a second time. So I prayed nothing bad would happen, and I entered the doors of our gym, which reminded me of our time when we had prom, and I was with Lucy. I cursed silently at myself for coming here, I should've just rejected. But Gray's dumb ass had to drag me here, which aggravated me. A lot.

So for the first half of the entire reunion, I talked to Gray, Juvia, Ever, and Cana and Bacchus. No one else but them. That was only until I felt a tap on my shoulder, and I look back. I saw the one girl I dreaded to see. And I hated myself for thinking that she looked so sexy in her black dress that dropped to her feet.

Her glossed lips opened to speak, and the blonde's smile just turned me on. "Natsu!"

Hello everyone~ Yes, sadly this is the end of the story. But don't worry! A sequel is coming out! I really enjoyed writing this, and I'm sorry for not updating. I've been busy with school, so I haven't had the time to write. Well, I kinda did, but I was writing other stories. In the past three months, I wrote 2 stories (both 2,000-3,000), and 4 chapters of an upcoming story (not FT related) which were also 2,000-3,000 words. I've wrote a Nalu one-shot, based on work of a wonderful friend!

I really hope that you liked the series! If it's a bit rushed, I'm sorryyyyy. I just needed an intro to the next story.

Anyways, thanks so much for reading, and if you have any questions, just comment down below! I'll be sure to help!

Your's truly,

KurisuteInn