For "Love"

Hiking ghost

Trailing along the hike, Natsu attempted everything from buying food from town to banging his head on a tree, to try and forget about the moments he's spent the last few hours of the day tearing up because of.

5 minutes

10 minutes

15...

20....

20 minutes had he'd not been thinking.

At all.

Of anything.

Passing by time by mindlessly trekking along the forest, no guide, no trail, no equipment, just subconsciously walking around.

Suddenly...

A voice?
A.. giggle?

Natsu, stopping in his tracks, slowly, but cautiously, turned around to find the face of whom the voice belonged to.

...

.....

".......Lucy?"

His shaking voice only managed to protrude the one name he'd been trying to erase from his mind for the longest. Spacing out, his mind in a spiral of questions.

"Uhm.. Sir?"

After suddenly popping out of the trees behind natsu, this supposed "Lucy" girl turns around, looks side to side in an attempt to find out who he was calling out to. No one else to be found.

"Stop looking around Lucy. It's you. And w-what the hell were you laughing about?!" Natsu stepped back as his eyes widened from a cold sweat.

"But sir,... my name isn't Lucy.."
She stated in a questionable tone.

"Wh-, w- what the hell..." he stammered.

"LUCY"
"STOP TORMENTING ME! YOURE NOT REAL! IS THAT SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND?!?"

As Natsu shouted with all his front teeth, head in hands, the mysterious girl shuddered in fear in the middle of the sudden outburst, quickly stammering her statement.

"M-my name really isn't Lucy sir! It's Shira.."

....

A few seconds go by, an awkward silence, getting louder, bigger, almost as if it's growing the distance between the disturbed pair.

"Oh."

"...Yeah.."

"Oops.." After the abnormally loud quarrel, Natsu quietly, but quickly turning back around and continuing along with his "hike".

"Wait! Let me come with you!"

(Sorry these parts are coming out slow guys! I know there's like 2 people who will see this but school is really kicking my butt :/.. )