Okay guys glad you liked the side chapter! Now it is time to go back to the story! Remember this is now back to Lucy's POV! Hope you enjoy
I wake up in the morning feeling wonderful. My eyes are still shut but I roll over in my sleep towards a warm body next to me in the duvet and I instantly felt complete. I slowly open my eyes so see Natsu bare-chested and still asleep. I sigh in contentment as I drink in the wonderful sight before me and realise that this will be probably be the last time that I see him for a good few weeks since today is the last day of his own tour. I feel him roll over towards me and as he drapes his arm around me protectively, I sink into his chest, savouring the moments that I have left with him before I need to leave.
As I lay there, I run through my head the events of last night. It still has not fully hit me to think that we have a number one album and single in the charts! Also, if I am not mistaken, Erza and Jellal got back together! Well.. at least I think that they did. I saw them walking upstairs holding hands. I will definitely have to hear that from the horse's mouth as soon as possible.
Once they were upstairs, we all decided to carry on drinking and partying until the early hours of the morning. We all also decided not to disturb the newly acquainted couple so we all picked different rooms to sleep in. Gajeel and Levy got the sofas in the back on the bus, Gray and Juvia got the games room at the front of the bus and Natsu and I braved being in the same compartment area as Jellal and Erza but as far away from their covered bunk as possible.
I decided to peak open the small curtain covering our small compartment to see if anyone was up. Nope nothing. I pulled the cover back over and tried to lay as still as possible to hear if anyone was awake downstairs. Nope nothing. I sighed as I turned back over and leaned back into Natsu, accidentally stirring him.
"Someone's fidgety this morning" I hear him mutter sleepily
"Sorry. I was trying to see if anyone was awake or not since we need to probably leave soon." I look at my watch. We have an hour before we need to leave the bus to be on time.
Natsu grunts as he manoeuvres himself to hug me once more. "Well I'm awake now."
I giggle softly. "Sorry again." I say giving him a kiss "Morning"
He smiles "Morning."
"Are you ready to go home today?" I ask
"No. Not at all. It means I'm leaving you. Also our track record is not exactly great when it comes to end of tours" He's right. The last time that we were both at the end of a tour, I tried to end our relationship and Natsu pleaded outside my apartment door to give us another chance.
"Well that's not going to happen this time" I confirm giving him another kiss. "Come on. We need to get up. You're going home today and I have a tour to get back to"
He groans in defeat "Five more minutes." He tries giving me puppy eyes.
I am immediately doomed "I think I can live with that"
Half an hour later, we eventually pull ourselves out of our own world in the small bunk bed and bring ourselves downstairs to find Gajeel, Levy, Gray and Juvia sitting downstairs having a chat.
"Hey" We were greeted by Gray "How was sleeping with the love couple"
"Shut up ice-cream cone. We didn't hear anything" Natsu answers
"Whatever fire-breath." Gray answers giving Natsu a sly smile and a wink to suggest he didn't believe us.
"It was fine thanks Gray" I answer politely. "Where are the others?"
"Still upstairs I think." Gajeel answered
"Juvia's so glad that they are back together. This means that Juvia and Gray-sama's wedding can go ahead with any awkwardness!" Juvia beams hugging Gray making him chuckle.
"We don't know that for sure Juvia. Let's wait until we hear that from them first" Gray suggests. We all nod in agreement.
"Okay Gray-sama"
Gray gives her a kiss "For the last time Juvia, lose the -sama! You're going to be my wife in 4 months, you don't need to say it."
"Juvia will call Gray-sama, her Gray-sama until Juvia is Mrs Fullbuster!"
Gray groans in defeat "Fine.
I laugh "Anyway. what time are you guys leaving to be home?"
"Sometime this evening. Makarov is making sure that everything is as it was when we arrived and then he will drop us off one by one. I'll probably go straight to bed once I'm home. I don't plan on going anywhere tonight." Natsu answers
"Me too" Gajeel answers
"Same here" Gray answers
"Me too" We hear out by the stairs and we all immediately turn out heads to see Jellal and Erza looking at us. Erza has suddenly turned as bright as her hair while Jellal has a very big grin on his face.
"Good morning" Gray said slyly eyeing the couple infront of us. We know what went down, but the girls and I are not stupid enough to taunt Erza about it. There will be hell to pay later on. Erza's blush immediately turns brighter but her face turns immediately into a scowl. Sorry Juvia I think Gray may be dead in the next few minutes if he carries on the comments.
"You two have fun last night?" Gajeel piped in with a snigger. The scowl has now moved onto Gajeel.
"It was nice thank you" Erza answers through gritted teeth. The answer we have all been waiting for was immediately answered as Jellal linked his arm around her waist and kissed her on the top of her head. My face lit up with joy as did Erza's who immediately calmed down.
"Wait so you two…?" Natsu asked. I inwardly face-palmed. Did you really have to ask Natsu?
"Yes we are officially back together, but we are going to keep it a secret from the media this time. Nothing public at all." Jellal states
"That's understandable." I answer standing up and hugging Erza "Congratulations" After that, everyone else congratulated them and we sat down to a wonderful breakfast which for the first time in months was calm!
Half an hour later, the girls and I were ready to leave the bus so we could carry on our tour. Juvia was in floods of tears and crushing Gray's waist tightly shouting that she refuses to leave, while Gray was trying to calm her down and Levy and Gajeel were just talking casually in the corner. To any onlookers it would look like friends talking, but public displays of affection was never really their style, but if you look carefully you could see the odd caress or look here and there that would indicate how much they love each other. To my left I could see Jellal and Erza saying goodbye with a very firm handshake. I sweatdrop. Erza never really was the hugging type when it came to goodbyes.
That leaves myself and Natsu. We are currently standing at the entrance of the boy's bus, while our one was next to it waiting for us to board. I am holding Natsu's hands for dear life not wanting to let them go.
"I don't want to say goodbye" I say softly to him
"Then don't. Let's then say that we will see each other soon. I will be calling or texting you every night anyway" Natsu joked making me giggle.
"I really will miss you."
Natsu smiles "Just think that in 3 more months, we will be living together. That's the goal."
I grin back "I can't wait."
Natsu grabbed hold of me and hugged me tight. "I love you Luce."
I feel a tear start to roll down my cheek as I nuzzle into Natsu's neck trying to hide the lump forming in my throat. "I love you too. So much."
"Call me when you are your next stop okay?" I nod.
"Come on guys. We have to go now!" I heard MiraJane shout out to us all and my grip on Natsu tightens even more.
Natsu winces "Too…tight… Luce"
I loosen my hold a little on a giggle "Sorry"
Natsu manoeuvres me so that I am now away from his neck and facing him, my tears that have decided to roll down my face on show now. Natsu gives me his classic grin and wipes away the tears with his thumbs while caressing my face with the rest of his hand. "Go on, they need you."
"I'm really going to miss you" I say, fresh tears now rolling down my face.
"Not long now Luce and this tour will be over. I promise." He kisses me "I love you" He says grabbing the dragon charm I have on my necklace "As long as you have this, I am not very far away."
I smile, my heart filling up to the brim as I grab him again for one last kiss. It's now or I won't be able to leave, so I kiss him once more grabbing as much as I can from him and I turn sharply and walk onto the bus, noting that I am the last one to get on it.
Juvia is still crying, Levy and Erza are silent but seem to be having private conversations with Gajeel and Jellal and as the bus moves away, I notice Natsu is waving us goodbye while holding on the key charm on his necklace, his lucky charm as he called it last night, so I grab my dragon charm and kiss it, knowing that no matter where I am, Natsu will always be with me.
Here is chapter 20! Sorry this is a bit of a filler chapter but this will lead onto the last few months of the tour! There will be a bit of a time skip for the next chapter to keep the story running! Hope you like the Nalu moments in this!
Disclaimer: I have no connection to Fairy Tail (I wish I did!)