I'm turning myself into a nurse. Will be a qualified one after three years. Hope so! And, a bit bad news; the update will take a lot longer time than usual. Gomen!
The white-haired girl had just finish helping her sister for that day. She had been working so hard and fast. It was all because it was a special day.
It was her first official date!
And she didn't want to be late. So after finished everything so her sister won't be too busy after she left, she took off her apron and hung it carefully on the wall.
"Lisanna!"
She was about to leave through the back door. She went back to the counter. Natsu sat at the counter with his mug empty.
"More beer," he said, stared straight to her.
She sighed. "Why don't you ask Mira-nee?"
Natsu pouted his mouth toward Mirajane at the middle of the guild.
"She's busy. One more drinks, please," he said.
Lisanna half-heartedly returned into the kitchen and came back with a jug of beer. She poured it into his mug. In one breath, Natsu finished his drink. And then he asked for more. She poured it again into his mug. And again, he finished the drink in a breath.
Lisanna gritted her teeth. She glanced at the clock on the wall. She was going to be late if she didn't move now.
She refilled the jug and put it in front of Natsu.
"Here," she said. However, when she turned her back, Natsu called her again.
"What?" she asked. She tried hard to not scold him.
Natsu stared at her. His face was red and his eyes became dewy-eyed.
"Lunch. Please," he said.
"I tell Mira-nee," she said and walked toward her sister.
"No." Natsu stopped her. "Why don't you cook for me? I wonder if your cook is as good as Mira's," he said.
She sighed heavily. Natsu seemed drunk.
"Natsu, you're drunk. I'll get you some juice," she said and disappeared into the kitchen.
Not long after that, she came back with a glass of apple juice. But Natsu pushed it aside.
"Lisanna…" He put his head on the counter. "I want my lunch…and more beer!"
She leaned toward him. "Drink this apple juice, then I'll make you your lunch."
Natsu lifted his head and stared into her blue eyes. Then he pulled the juice and finished it fast. Lisanna exhaled and smiled bitterly.
'Why Natsu become so childish?'
She went back into the kitchen and started prepared his lunch. Fifteen minutes later, she brought him a plate of steak with black pepper sauce and another glass of apple juice. She sat in front of him and watched him ate.
"I'll take you home after you finish your lunch," she said.
Natsu glanced at her and started eating. He saw his bestfriend glanced to the clock many times. He knew where she was going. Still, he ate slowly.
Two hours later Natsu finished his lunch. Lisanna looked at the clock on the wall. It was four. She wondered why he took such a long time to eat lunch. He was never like that.
"Lucy, can I have your apartment's keys. Natsu's drunk," she asked Lucy.
The blonde mage peeked at the fire dragon slayer at the counter. "Or you can just come with me. You can take care of him after I leave," Lisanna suggested.
The blonde mage just received a death glare from the fire dragon slayer quickly turned it down.
"The key is under the 'welcome' mattress," she said.
"You sure you don't want to come?" Lisanna asked, before leaving.
"No." Lucy shook her head. "Actually I was planning to sleep at Levy's place."
Lisanna nodded. "Alright. Take care!" shouted Lucy while waved at her.
The white-haired girl put Natsu's arm around her neck and pulled him up. She brought her bestfriend and left the guild through the back door. She had to use extra strength since his body was heavier than she thought. At one thought, she regretted for not bringing Happy along. She had left the cat with Lucy.
As they reached Lucy's house, she had to piggy-back Natsu all the way up to the second floor. She almost stumbled onto the stairs when Natsu moved. When they reached the house, she put him down and searched for the keys under the 'welcome' mattress. Then she inhaled deeply and grabbed Natsu, put his arms around her neck and pulled him into the house. However before she could even close the door, she tripped and fell onto the floor. Natsu fell on her.
Lisanna couldn't move. She was too tired to move and Natsu was too heavy for her little energy. She remained on the floor, unmoving, and spread her hands to her sides.
"Don't…go…"
She glanced to her bestfriend. She wondered what he was mumbling. "Gosh…" She breathed deeply and carefully pushed him off her body. However, Natsu started moving against her pushes and put his arms around her neck. Made her almost shrieked. When he buried his face in her neck, her heartbeat accelerated and her breaths became irregular. She felt paralysed.
"Lisanna…"
Her heart skipped a beat. She felt like she heard Sting called her name. Quickly, she pushed Natsu away and got up to her feet and stomped out of the house. She ran down the stairs and ran as fast as she could and as far as she could. Until she couldn't bring her leg to another step, then she stopped. She fell on her knee. She clutched her chest. Her heart beat fast, filling the demand for oxygen.
"I'm over Natsu, didn't I?" she asked herself. "I'm over Natsu." She kept repeating it. As if she was reminding herself about it.
After her heartbeat and her breaths had stabled down, she climbed back on her feet and walked away. After five steps she realized where she was. She looked around. The sun was setting down. It would be dark soon. If she didn't leave soon, she trapped in this thick forest. But how?
"I came from…" She looked back to where she came. Or so she thought. "…this way…?" It looked all the same from every corner.
Couldn't decide which way to go, she walked back the way she believed she came from. Her eyes wandered all over the places, if there was anything she recognized that might bring her back to the town. She kept walking, raced the setting sun. She hoped she could reach back to the city before sun down.
At the same time, her mind occupied with her Sabertooth boyfriend. He must be waiting for her. Poor him. She imagined his fair face became red; his eyes glared at her and his mouth shut refused to say anything. She giggled herself. But she worried. What if he left, tired of waiting?
She lost in her thought when she finally arrived to a place she known very well. How nostalgic! She hadn't been there for some times. It looked the same. The place where Natsu and her took care of Happy; the place where Natsu made her a grave. She loved the sun set sighting from there. But not today. Because the sun had already settled down and the sky and the surrounding had become dark.
Lisanna quickly ran down the hill to the town. Then she went straight to the train station. She hoped that she could catch at least the last train. She was lucky enough; when she arrived at the station, the train was about to leave. Without bothered to buy the train ticket, she jumped into the train. She almost fell out of the train; luckily someone caught her hand and pulled her back in.
"Thank you," she said, and bowed down a few times while stepping into the coach. The stranger just nodded and went into the other coach.
After that, she went up toward the first coach. Actually, she was looking for the ticket conductor. She afraid that she might get thrown out of the train since she didn't have the ticket, so she decided to avoid being ticket-check. Therefore she had to find the ticket conductor first. Finally at one coach, she met the ticket conductor checking some passengers' ticket. She walked past him and went straight to the next coach. However there was no empty seat that she can occupy. Thus – with exhaustion hadn't worn off - she sat down on the floor and leaned against one of the coach's door. She pulled her knees closed to her chest and rested her forehead on them. A few minutes later, she fell asleep.
PEEEEEEPPPP! PEEEEEEPPPP!
She woke up. She quickly stood up and examined her surroundings. When she finally recognized that she had arrived at her destination, the train started to move again. She jumped out of the train.
It was already late. Without further ado, she ran toward the station's main entrance. But before she reached the entrance, she turned back.She stopped at one of the bench provided at the train station.
Sting sat on the bench quietly. His head down and his arms crossed over his chest. Lisanna sat next to him, and she carefully leaned down and peeked at him. He was sleeping. He must have exhausted. She sighed lightly.
She walked up to the station counter. She asked something from the man at the counter. Not long after that, she went back to him with a brown blanket in her hands. She wrapped his body with the blanket. However when she tried to fit in it as well, the blanket couldn't cover both of them. Therefore, she just covered his body and she carefully leaned on him and rested her head on his shoulder. She made sure that she didn't wake him up.
The sun shone again. The first train of the day had just arrived. Sting opened his eyes and lifted his head. Sleeping in such uncomfortable position made his back and his neck hurt. When he moved, the blanket fell. Also the load on his left shoulder. Lisanna woke up.
"Good morning," she greeted.
He stared at her wide-eyed. His mouth opened to say something, but no word came out. She grinned seeing him in such state.
"Sorry I was late," she said, yawning.
He touched her forehead. Hot. She stared at him confusingly.
"You're unwell," he said.
"Really?" she asked back. She touched her forehead. "Oh, it's just a little bit warmer. It was cold last night."
Then he found the blanket on him. "The blanket couldn't fit for two," she explained.
He took the blanket and covered it around her body. "Let's go," he said. He lifted her up in his arms and walked out of the train station.
"Wait! I need to return this blanket back to the counter. I borrowed it last night." She struggled in the blanket.
"No worries. They got plenty of these," he said.
She giggled.
"Sorry. I didn't mean to come late," she said, leaned her head on his chest.
"I thought you wouldn't come," he said. He glanced at her. "But you came."
She chuckled. Then she saw his little smile.
I didn't own FT! Enjoy at the mean time! I'll try to find times between my books to write and update.