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POV: Lucy
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail
"Are you sure you want to walk around before you leave Lucy?" Mirajane asks as I head out the door with her right behind me, "If you want I can get you a wheelchair in case you get tired," she insists sounding way too worried that it touches my heart. She reminds me of my mom in that way.
"I'm fine," I say waving off her offer, "It's just a small stroll around the hospital before my grandfather arrives for me," I turn to look back at her and she still seems worried, "Besides it helps me get a bit acquainted with it seeming as I doubt that this will be my actual last visit to the hospital, and I am not talking about my regular checkups," this comment makes her crack a smile breaking away her paranoid expression.
"Alright then, but don't take too long or go too far off. I don't want to go send a search party in case you get lost," she says before turning to leave.
I giggle knowing that with my luck that might actually happen, "I'll be sure to be extra careful," I say while waving and then heading down the hall in the opposite direction as Mira wondering where I should go and adventure first.
Some people are so afraid of hospitals and I fail to understand why. I mean yes it is a place filled with sickness and sadness, but it's also filled with love and hope if you really look for it. It is a place where some miracles can actually come true, and although I myself am not afraid of hospitals, seeming as I spend most of my time in one, I can't help but feel an ominous vibe radiate all around me like a thick fog. Usually when I'm in a hospital it's filled with noise with doctors and nurses running up and down the halls, but here it's all so desolate and eerily quiet.
The ivory walls and small decorative filigree makes this feel like a hotel trying to seem warm and welcoming, but people don't pay much attention to it, and the smell of cleaning detergent fills the entire building like a silent gas. The feeling of a hospital always feels so welcoming when I am in one, seeming as I am a bit anemic and get checkups every once in a while plus the fact that I'm always finding a way to getting myself hurt, and in truth it's like a second home to me.
As I continue walking down the hall I hear whispering in the silence of the halls and I tense up looking around the empty halls wondering who was there, but I am completely and utterly alone. Please don't tell me that I'm becoming schizophrenic because that would be incredibly annoying.
Hearing even more whispering, coming from someone else this time, I head toward the corner and slightly peer over to find two people in the hall. One is a girl around my height with short wavy cornflower blue hair and skin so white it seems as if it's made from porcelain. Her dark navy eyes seem emotionless and somewhat sad as she looks across from her to the boy she's talking to with her arms crossed across her chest in defiance. It takes me only seconds to recognize that it's Natsu, hard to miss with him being the only person I've ever met with pink hair. His expression seems a bit irritated and his Amber eyes look like they're burning with annoyance. His hands are clenched into fists at his sides knuckles almost a ghostly white in contrast to his fairly tan skin.
"How do you think she'll react when she finds out the truth," the girl asks and like her expression her voice sounds a bit poignant and low.
"That's if she finds out," Natsu harshly whispers moving a bit menacingly toward the bluenet, "And by the way things are going I doubt she ever will," he says stepping away from the girl looking very well over confident even when the girl still seems skeptical.
She turns to walk away glaring at him and shrugs, "Fine, if you say so, but don't come crying to me when your little plan shatters and they all find out," she says and without another word she's gone. I wonder what they were discussing.
Stepping back a little I take in a deep breath and then walk around the corner crashing into something hard and warm. I scream a bit as I feel myself fall but before I even touch the ground I feel someone grab a hold of my shoulders making me wince in pain and when I look up I find Natsu looking down at me questioningly, "N-Natsu," I stutter righting myself up with his help as he keeps a hold on my arms until I'm back on my feet, "What are you doing here?" I ask before he can ask me the same question.
Blinking he smiles down at me finally releasing my arms, "Oh hey Luce, I just came by to check out my dad," he says scratching the back of his head seeming so cheerful and lively, a total change from what I had seen earlier where he looked so feral and infuriated, "What are you doing here?"
"Ah um, just taking a stroll while I wait for my grandfather to pick me up," I say sheepishly. Wow Lucy, could you be more obvious? He doesn't seem to notice as he nods still smiling down at me.
"That's good," he says looking down the hall from whence I came, "Would you like me to walk you back?" he asks looking back at me and I'm about to deny wanting to look on further through the hospital, but something in his question screams that I should probably go with him. Strange.
"Um, sure, why not," I say turning and walking beside him as we head back to my room. I look over at him as I keep my hands in front of me and he only walks beside me with his hands resting behind his head as he does and I can't help but ask, "I saw you talking to a girl," I say and I watch him tense up as his smile quickly disappears, but only for a second.
"Yeah that was Juvia Lockster, she's also a schoolmate but she's in a different class. You'll probably meet her when you enter school," he says cheerily but it sounds almost strained.
Nodding I ask, "What were you two talking about?" I ask and he completely stops walking losing his cheerful expression completely.
His gaze is transfixed in front of him and as I look up at him I can see his Amber eyes ablaze like melting gold. It's beautiful and yet so menacing at the same time that I feel a chill run up and down my body and the warning bells have started to go off again within my head. What is up with this guy?
"There are a few rules here in Magnolia that we all have to follow," he says while holding up his index finger as if trying to emphasize what he is saying, "Rule number one is, don't ask questions no matter what the cost," he says before placing his hands back behind his head still seeming a bit irritated as he does so and even though his annoyance annoys me I can't help but feel a bit drawn to him.
"Some rules are meant to be broken," I whisper and his eyes harden even more as he shakes his head.
"Not these ones. If you break them you could probably get hurt far worse than what you already are," he says sounding a bit threatening, "You'd be best off listening to that advice. It'll keep you out of trouble," I look at him confused not understanding at all what he means by that but nod either way showing him that I understood as we begin to walk again.
Before I know it we're by my room and he's just about to leave when I ask, "What's Fairy Tail Academy like," and he smiles wide showing me a row of perfectly white teeth seeming to be pumped up and more cheerful Natsu than the heated Natsu.
"You're in for a ride Luce," he simply says before waving and heading down the hall opposite from where we came from and before he's too far I hear him say, "Stay safe Luce," before rounding the next corner and disappearing from sight.
What a strange boy.
OOH, such mystery. I wonder what Natsu is hiding. All will be revealed in due time.
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