Struggle

Natsu woke with stray tears falling from his eyes and a lump in his throat. He tried to swallow it down but his trembling lip stopped him and he lay in bed shaking. It had happened again; that same dream that kept haunting his mind and caused many sleepless nights.

"Fuck…"

He groaned as he lifted himself from the bed and rubbed his tired eyes that longed to close, but he knew better. Too many times he had tried to return to slumber and only ended up tossing and turning, struggling with the images that flashed in his mind. Natsu took in deep breathes as he tried to calm down; the sound of Lucy's breathing helping to sooth him.

He hadn't a clue why he was so terrified or why he had even dreamt of something like that happening. The tired man turned his gaze to Lucy who seemed to be sound asleep. Her blonde her shining in the moonlight that filtered through the window and her peaceful expression made him emit a heavy sigh as guilt filled him. There was no way she would ever do that to him and he thought that it was terrible that his made had even thought of that.

She stirred as he watched her and soon she was grumbling as she wormed her way over to him and rested her face on his leg. "Why are you awake," she mumbled sleepily and he ran a hand through her golden locks.

"It's nothing," he replied, "go back to sleep." A whine escaped his girlfriend and she lazily poked his side until he let out a heavy sigh. "It's just," he began before stopping and then sighing once more.

"I keep having this dream. It's always the same every time and it's just so stupid!" He brought his hands to his face to hide his watering eyes, the lump forming in his throat again. He felt a light touch on his side and when he peered down he saw Lucy staring up at him with wide brown eyes that urged him to continue.

"In the dream you… Well you're with someone else and I try to call out to you, but you don't listen. You keep laughing and talking with this guy… You look so happy," Natsu sniffed and wiped at his eyes before continuing, "I'm always trying to talk to you, try to get you to notice me but you never… You never turn around until after… Until after you've fucking kissed this guy and you look at me like you've never known me, Luce! Like none of this ever happened and it breaks me! It breaks my heart." Natsu's voice cracked as he felt the weight come down on his chest.

"Natsu," Lucy whispered, "It's okay." He breathed deeply as he felt her small hand cup his cheek and wipe the tears that had fallen away. "All of that… It's nothing more than a dream. I love you and I could never forget what we've been through," a large smile tugged at her lips as she spoke.

"There's so many adventure's we've gone on together like the time we went to the grand magic games and when you convinced me to go with on that S-class mission," they chuckled together before Lucy continued, "I could never forget any of them. Especially since I was with you, the person who brought me to FairyTail and gave me a new family, and I have so many more to go on with you!"

Natsu smiled down at his girlfriend and she smiled back at him. His heart was going a hundred miles a minute, not because he was afraid, but because he had never loved someone so much in one moment before like he loved Lucy.

"You're amazing," he whispered and he felt his heart flutter as he saw a dark blush spread across her cheeks.

"I love you."

"And I love you…"

Natsu never had a sleepless night since then and would always have Lucy protectively wrapped in his strong arms~

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