Leaving to become stronger

Part Fifteen

"su..."

"atsu..."

"NATSU!" a golden haired beauty screamed on the dragon slayer's ear.

"WHAT THE HELL?! You didn't have to shout at my ears!" Natsu roared.

"Uh... Actually I do. Well, I had to. I've been calling you for straight 3 minutes now!" Lucy shrugged

Natsu grumbled in annoyance.

"I was just about to tell you that we are near the park now." Lucy says, as she points her index finger at the park.

"Oh." Natsu simply answered.

"Natsu, you're acting strange." Lucy stated, sounding concerned.

"AM NOT!" Natsu roared.

As they reached the park, Lucy noticed that Natsu's hand is still locked on hers.

She blushed at this and stopped walking, causing Natsu to stop on his track then turn to her.

"Natsu? Etto... your hand... uh...' Her blush became darker, as she try to find the right words to say.

"What's up, Lucy?" he asked, looking at her.

He noticed that she was blushing furiously.

'Your hand?' her voice echoed on his mind.

'My hand?' he thought quietly.

Natsu carefully looked from his arm to his hand, and realizes that he was still holding her hand.

Knowing this, he blushed billion shades of scarlet and raised both hands in shame.

"G-Gomen... I didn't notice that I was still holding it!' He yelled frustratingly, while blushing.

"I-It's okay..." she tried to calm him down as she noticed that, they caught the public's attention.

They blushed fiercely, looking at the ground and standing next to each other awkwardly.

After their mini moment.

They slowly walked towards their other guild mates.

Everyone was greeting them with kind smiles, as they slowly approach Erza, Gray, Wendy, Happy, and Charles.

"Yo, minna!" Natsu greeted.

"What took you guys so long?" Gray smirked and both flushed in response.

"He... uh... waited for me to... uh... change and get ready..." Lucy lied, a taint of blush still visible on her cheeks.

"Aye!" Natsu responded, awkwardly.

They looked at each other and flushed some more.

"How can they even do that?" Wendy asked innocently.

"Do what?" Charles asked, inquisitively.

"Get redder every second! How is that possible?" Wendy asked in amusement.

That comment from an innocent Wendy made all of them laugh out loud.

Blushing furiously, Lucy decided to meet with her other friends with the guild, leaving Natsu to be teased by their team.

Lucy walked slowly towards Levy, Lisanna and Mirajane.

She chatted with them merrily and caught up to the latest news to the guild.

-Next morning-

Lucy entered the guild, and everything was normal.

'Almost 6 years of my absence, and they haven't changed at all.' She thought.