Remember Me, Please

Chapter Four: Two Breaths Walking (Pt.1)

It's been about three weeks since (Name) cried in Lucy's arms; Lucy got (Name) some new clothes since her old ones were tattered and more often than not, she saw her sleeping on Natsu.

Said salamander made her promise not to say a single word about it since he sneaks in though the window to talk, one sided conversation to be exact, with her.

However today was a special [mon]day; (Name) was downstairs on the main level early in the morning, tentatively and shyly looking around the guild. Her memories slowly came back as well as the horrible nightmares, those kept her up at night. There were a few triggers that would make her freeze up and start hyperventilating; being alone in the dark for more than 3-5 minutes, having her wrist be bound made her tense up, having hands around her neck made her breathing shorten to a near stop, and the worse one of all was having her body be touched a little too close her sensitive areas. She flips out on those like a deer caught in the headlights.

Only two words that somehow brought her back to reality were You're Home. All while hugging her in an front embrace.

Back to the reality; (Name) was sitting quietly on one of the bar chairs, still dulled eyes looking around the empty place with slight fascination. She stayed quiet as she looked down at her outfit; it was a pretty pale yellow spaghetti-strap shirt with black flats and gray jean pants, something simple yet pretty. She would throw on a long sleeved jacket to cover herself up more, (Name) hated those scars that dawned on her body more than the events that actually happened.

"It's rare to see you downstairs (Name)-chan..." Gray said as he arrived a little earlier than normal, (Name) looked around with a surprised look and a little fear, "Easy, it's just me Gray."

She calmed down a little at seeing it was in fact Gray, voice still quiet as she was really afraid to talk to anyone. Furthermore, it was weird talking to her when he felt eyes drilling into the back of his head at times. Gray smiled a little as he walked closer, "Still going quiet? I would be too..."

He made an ice crown and placed it on her head, seeing her look up and touch it slightly. He patted her on the shoulder carefully, turning around just in time for a pan to smack him in the face. (Name) just stared at the slow motion action before everything went back to normal, confusion in her eyes until an arm was wrapped around her stomach, "Hands off, she's mine..."

(Name) tried to control her breathing and fight off resurfacing memories, biting her lip hard as her breathing started to get off beat. Gray jumped back up and glared, (Name) felt the person hug her closer and rest their head on hers, "And put on some clothes, you ice stripper."

Gray jumped a bit and started searching for his missing clothes, leaving (Name) with Natsu as he smirked just a bit. Today he was feeling really bold for some reason and (Name) was very appealing as well; her scent drove him insane with desire, having that sweet smell return to her although he really wanted to smother her in his own. To have her say his name right at the cli- "Okay easy there me... That's really taking it to a whole new level... not that i would mind~"

(Name) bit her lip more and [finally] spoke in a soft, tiny voice, "L-Let... me go... please..."

Natsu jumped a bit and instantly let her go, cheeks a little rosy red from getting a little too comfortable hugging her form behind. (Name) instantly relaxed her body with a small sigh, grateful that the nightmare-like memories disappeared and a little sad that the warmth did too. She wasn't very hungry anymore or really to even begin with, standing up quietly and made her way upstairs. During the whole time she was making her "escape" from the main level, Natsu and Gray were getting into their usual argument.

(Name) sat down in the little reading nook, ignoring the rumbling downstairs as she curled up just a bit. She really enjoyed the sounds of something other than silence or worse, often looking at her hand to see it shaking just a bit; she hasn't told anyone about her depression that is haunting her, the constant thoughts of what those men said to her about her being worthless and unwanted haunted her mind like a persistent ghost.

"Are you okay, (Name)?" Happy asked as he flew up the stairs to find her, seeing the girl curl up a little more before looking at Happy.

He landed down next to her and just looked, taking the opportunity to crawl into her lap and laid there. (Name) hesitantly started stroking his fur, letting the soft texture go through her fingers. He purred softly with delight at the soft strokes, tail swishing back and forth slowly with pleasure as he relaxed, "...Happy...?"

"Hmn? Yes (Name)-chan?" Happy replied as he looked up at her. (Name) looked down at him with a small broken smile, continuing to stroke his fur with a slow pace, "You're smiling (Name)-chan, I like it when you smile..."

"...I'm home, Minna."

Happy blinked at the soft words spoken from (Name), looking at her with sparkling eyes as he hugged her. Happy was so glad (Name) was back, Natsu kept worrying himself raw looking for her and sometimes he looked ready to break when he couldn't find her.

(Name) closed her eyes and let her mind drift away to that blank space, the feeling of floating aimlessly in the white void made her feel... Normal once again. It was cold and empty, away from corrupted hands and inhumanly demonic grime.

After all, she was alone from everyone and no one could hurt her anymore. She was a single breath in the monochrome void of solitude, the broken gem that's unwanted by everyone and left to rust over and disappear back to the nothingness in which it came from.

Happy looked at (Name) and saw the blank look on her face, the emotionless eyes and porcelain fragility to her already broken heart.

He knew (Name) liked Natsu, why else would she stay up very late working on the charm? Plus she blush madly whenever he was brought up...

Happy closed his eyes before he finally got up to lay more comfortably in (Name)'s lap, falling asleep on said girl as she was brought out of her escape point.

What am I suppose to do now...? Does everyone even care about me? After all...

I'm only one breath of air...