I am finally back with chapter 14! Please R&R and I shall see you at the bottom of the page.
POV: Natsu
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or the idea of this story, I am only the writer.
A story for a friend by a friend
"Will you please hurry up? I'm starving over here," Lucy whines from beside the doorway of the shop, "You were supposed to be done hours ago," she complains with a small huff.
"I had a customer that needed help with repairs and it took longer to work on than I had thought," I say as I lock up the front door before stuffing my key into my pocket and moving over to where she's waiting for me, "Besides, you won't die if you don't get food right this second."
"You don't know that," she mutters before falling in step next to me as I lead the way towards the center of the somewhat empty park.
"I'm pretty sure we went days without eating when we were living in Bosco, and somehow we managed to survive," I retort while earning a shooting glare from the blonde who starts to walk faster in order to get away from me.
I swear, she doesn't change.
Chuckling at her childish antics, I pick up my pace in order to catch up to her as I snatch her cool hands into my own warm ones. She gives me a pointed look but doesn't try to pull away as I lace our fingers together and slow down our walk a bit. From the corner of my eye I can see the light blush forming on her cheeks through the dim light of the nearby street lamps.
Being my wife for more than a millennium still has her getting embarrassed when I do small things like this. I do have to admit, however, that even I get a bit flustered when holding her hand in public. One thing that has never changed is the lingering eyes of the people around us making it seem as if we are some kind of museum exhibit.
Continuing our slow walk I look up at the dark sky feeling a cool breeze blow against us. Lucy shivers and moves closer to me as I welcome the proximity of my beautiful partner. She starts to hum a tune that I can't quite recognize. It sounds beautiful and I'm more than curious to know if it's something that she's working on or if she heard it somewhere.
"Where's that from," I ask while tugging on her hand so that she knows I'm talking to her and not myself.
She pauses thinking over my question, "I'm not sure," she admits while swinging our hands between us, "It's just something that popped in my head and has been stuck there since this morning," she says while tucking a piece of hair behind her ear.
"You should work on it," I say earnestly, "You haven't worked on a song in almost ten years now. I'm pretty sure the pictures miss your voice." Leaning my head down near hers I whisper, "And I miss it too," making her giggle.
"I'll… I'll think about it," She says while placing a light kiss on my cheek, "But for now you should think about what you want for me to cook tonight."
Scanning my eyes along the various shops and restaurants lining a street further down away from us I look down at her and ask, "What about we go out tonight?" Her eyes show her surprise because like I've mentioned before we haven't gone out to eat in a really long time, "It'll be your pick tonight."
"I could really go for some fish right now," she says without much thought as a smile spreads across her face, "I hear that they sell real fish down at Café 8 just around the block."
"You sure you want fish," I ask and she nods vigorously like a hyperactive child.
"Aye," she says happily while continuing to swing our hands between us with much more zeal.
I let her drag me down the road towards the restaurant of her choice all the while enjoying this simple little moment. We aren't fighting and Lucy is smiling much more than usual with that springy bounce in her step that she used to have. Plus, Lucy wants to eat fish when we both know that fish is one of her least favorite foods to eat.
Perhaps things will get better with the changes of the season coming upon us.
The sound of the children laughing fills the cool air as I watch them run around from where I'm sitting near the lake. They race around each other chasing the falling leaves of the nearby trees trying to catch them before they hit the ground. The whole world looks almost like its on fire with reds, oranges, yellows, and browns scattering across the ground and air like sparks.
For some time now we've all noticed that the air has gotten colder and colder with blowing winds that turn our noses and ears red. Rain even pelts down on us in icy torrents making it near impossible to walk outside from how cold it gets. Gray so far has been the only person to not mind the cold weather and the children love the colors the trees have turned.
"Natsu, come help us out," Gajeel calls over from down the shore while carrying a few baskets of what I presume to be more food. I quickly get up and head over towards where everyone else is already helping out.
Levy had the idea of gathering as much food as we could and store it in one of the tents just so that the birds and animals passing by don't continue to peck at the food we have yet to pick. It's been going on a lot recently with birds flying overhead seeming to be going in the same direction. Some of see this as a sign to move on, but others don't think it's something we need to worry about.
"It's almost like that time," Lucy whispers to me looking up at the sky following a group of geese with her eyes.
By 'that time' she means the time the mountain exploded. When the animals had disappeared and the world had turned quiet before the destruction of our old home began. I can clearly remember the way the ground shook and how the mountain roared like a furious animal. The smell of smoke and liquid fire still stings my nose from time to time and the sight of grey clouds still leaves me on edge.
Smiling, I take Lucy's hand and squeeze it gently to assure her that it's not like that. There are no large mountains around us, just endless fields of forest, a small lake and river, and our home tucked safely in between. I made sure that we were safe from the fiery monster, but that doesn't mean that we don't check the skies in case it might one day show up again.
"We're safe," I tell her before kissing her forehead and standing up to take the baskets in front of us towards camp.
Up the path that leads into our camp I spot Amel and Fae talking with Erza. The stern woman has a worried glint in her eyes but as Fae continues to speak to her she starts to look a bit understanding.
It's been a few days now since Amel and Fae became partners. They've mostly kept quiet about their wanting to leave and explore beyond where we've ever traveled towards. It seems that after many talks with their parents their dream might actually come true. I'm happy for them, but that doesn't mean I don't worry about them like I have been worrying about Snow and her children after all of this time. I just wish for them to be safe and happy.
Hoisting the baskets up under my arms I continue up the path past the talking group making sure to smile at them all before heading towards our storage area. The crunching of dry leaves under my cold bare feet is the only noise around the empty campsite. It's kind of soothing and fun to kick around the colorful leaves but the cold weather hasn't stopped and only seems to be getting worse with the passing of the days.
Just as the trees have changed color the sky doesn't seem to be as blue as it used to be. I can't really describe the color, but it just isn't BLUE. There are also a lot of more grey clouds that tend to give us such cold rain that will leave our teeth hitting each other painfully. Many of the women worry that something is wrong, especially with the animals moving around more than usual, and recently I've been starting to get a bit wary as well.
"Natsu!" I look down to find Juvia waving at me from the tent that we're going to use to store our food. Beside her are two black haired children that seem to just be starting to walk and who can only say a few words that we can understand.
Both children were born on the same day and look very identical that it's sometimes hard to tell who is who. How Juvia knows which child is which is beyond my comprehension because even Gray has trouble telling the two apart. It must be a mother's intuition I suppose.
"How are you doing," I ask as I put the heavy baskets down a few feet away from the blue haired female, and what are those two wearing?"
Juvia looks down at the small babies who seem to be covered with sewn together animal hide around most of their body. Usually the males will be covered only around the waist along with the females who sometimes cover their chest, but these children are covered from their chest, their arms, legs, and even feet.
"Clothing," Juvia says while looking at me as if I were dumb, "They were cold so I made them something that would keep them warm. I have actually started to make bigger clothing for the others in case they also get cold."
"I don't think we're going to need that," I tell her as I drag the baskets into the tent as both children laugh and follow after me by crawling on the floor.
"You don't know that," she huffs while picking up both children with a bit of difficulty, "Besides, Erza and Lucy both thought of this idea along with me so if you reject it you're rejecting your partner's idea," And with that she walks away with her nose up in the air.
Rolling my eyes I try not to say anything else for fear that the fired up woman would go on telling Lucy to only have her yell at me again. I mean it's not a bad idea, I just don't think that she should waste her time doing something that might not even be necessary later on. Although those feet things do sound like a good idea since my feet are pretty cold.
I guess I'll ask some from her when she cools down.
{Do you ever wonder if the stars shine out for you?
Float down
Like autumn leaves
And hush now
Close your eyes before the sleep
And you're miles away
And yesterday you were here with me}
- Autumn Leaves – Ed Sheeran
So my month has been poop how about you guys? Sorry I took long again, family problems and then getting sick makes it hard for me to concentrate, but I'm finally back. How was your guys's valentines day? I watched Deadpool while having a fever, but it was totally worth it. Also I've had my first exams and things at my house just tend to keep on getting crazier.
Shout Outs
Great thanks to my Fantastic Favorite...
- shamwoohoo52
To my Fabulous Followers...
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- InfinityZero1
And to my Fantabulous Reviewers...
- Kawaii-Turtles = There will be a child soon that will have a deeper connection with Natsu, but I'm not sure on whether making it a girl or a boy yet, any suggestions?
- Guest = Them dying wasn't my idea but my friend's idea. This is his story after all that I'm writing, but I've got to agree that it adds to the story.
- Splendora Faye = Sol died of old age. Since the characters don't know how to tell time yet other than the passing of the sun and moon they don't understand how age works, especially since the main characters don't age which is why they learn aging through their children. Also I tend to speed read through a bunch of stuff too and have to re-read some things in order to understand what I was reading.
Well that's all the shout outs for today.
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Until next time my lovelies.