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A Year Later - Natsu Dragneel

Word Count: 3168

Paring: Natsu Dragneel x gn! Reader

Warnings: Possibly Ooc Natsu and Lucy, Canon typical violence

Summary: see above request from my tumblr

A/n: Hello thank you so much for requesting this. I had a lot of fun writing this so I hope you enjoy it and that it reaches your expectations. Anyway, have a great day and remember to hydrate or diedrate.

After the fight against Tartaros I had spent a few days in the hospital to recover from the few injuries I had received during the fight. Natsu visited me on the first day checking in on me to see if I was okay, but before I could make sure he was okay he said he had something he needed to do before leaving. On day two Lucy told me that Master Makarov had decided to disband Fairy Tail. It also felt like she was hiding something else but I didn't push it.

When I was finally free to leave on day three, I was shocked that Natsu and Happy hadn't shown up to walk me home. I brushed it off as they were busy trying to figure out what we were going to do now that Fairy tail was no more, I made my way to our shared home. Reaching the small house on the edge of Magnolia, I was stunned by how quiet it was.

"Natsu, Happy, I'm home." I called out, opening the front door expecting to be greeted by one of them. "Hello, Natsu, are you guys home?" I said looking around the space. It was weirdly clean considering Natsu and Happy were known to be bad at cleaning up after themselves. Looking around some more I noticed that there was a small envelope laying on the counter. I cautiously picked up the envelope, taking note of the wax seal that was pressed with N in holding it closed. Gently breaking the seal, I pulled out the contents.

Dear Y/n,

Happy and I are going on a training mission. We'll be back in a year or so. I would have asked you to come along but I know how much you like being around our friends at Fairy Tail, so I figured you would want to stay behind. Plus you're still recovering from the fight and I need to start training soon if I want to beat Zeref. Anyway stay safe and don't forget that I love you. Also Happy wants you to know that he left some fish for you so you don't have to worry about getting back to work right away. Well we should be off, again stay safe, I love you and I'll see you in a year.

Sincerely,

Natsu and Happy

P.s. there's also a stash of jewel in the small box on our nightstand. Feel free to use it however you want.

By the time I finished reading the short letter, I had tears streaming down my cheeks. Not only had the Guild I called home for most of my life just up and disbanded, but the one person who promised to be by my side no matter what, left. Not only did he leave, but he felt that a note was better than telling me to my face that he planned on leaving. I probably sat on the floor in the small makeshift kitchen for a couple hours before I decided to get up.

As I was making my way to what used to be mine and Natsu's shared room, there was a knock at the door. Hoping that maybe they had decided to come back for me, I wiped my eyes reaching for the door. Before I could welcome them home, I made eye contact with Lucy. Realizing it was in fact not Natsu but our close friend, I broke down in tears once again. Not being able to hold myself up, I slumped against Lucy crying into her shirt.

"Hey it's going to be okay." She said softly while patting my back. "Let's get you sitting down and then you can talk about it if you want." The blonde said gently moving me off her chest and ushering me to sit on the small couch in my living room.

After another hour of me crying into Lucy's shoulder, I finally stopped and just looked forward to the empty room. "It feels wrong not having those two causing mayhem." I whispered out as if talking any louder would break something.