The Lost Brother {Nalu Fanfiction} - semi-hiatus

Chapter 16: Decisions and nightmares

Hey, guys!

A little bad news, I'm probably gonna put this story on semi-hiatus, meaning that I will still update some times, but not that often (lol like it's any different than this) but 1. I need to take care of my mental health. 2. I want to look this story through and make the characters less OOC. 3. I'm gonna work on another story, which will be posted on fanfiction.net (but don't worry you'll get a link, ye sorry)

Don't worry I'm not abandoning this story. Just need to take care of some of things!

Also sorry if this chapter isn't that good, but please tell me what you think!

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"So Nose is threatening to torture Luke even more, huh?" Erza concluded, resting her head on the back of her hands, her face deep in thought.

After Lucy's sudden outburst, she of course had had to explain. The whole mind-to-mind conversation with Nose had freaked her out. The threats themselves seemed to be real, and they scared not only Lucy but also her friends.

"And she also threatened to make Lucy's condition worse!" Natsu joined in, his arm around Lucy. Without noticing it she had actually begun to shake a little, which caused Natsu to put an arm around Lucy.

It didn't really make any sense. She wasn't as scared as she could be, but her body still reacted as if she was terrified.

Most of her worry rotated around Luke. Sure, she had only seen him in dreams since the day he had been kidnapped, but she still missed and loved him. Just the sound of his screams would haunt her for a long time.

It was hard to explain, but after all of her memories were retrieved she regained the love she'd had for Luke since they were small.

He was always happy and energetic. Shy at times - a lot of times - but always happy.

When Lucy had seen him, in the dream, he was happy despite him being in a bad condition. In many ways Lucy saw herself in him, and it made her happy to think about having family again.

"But we can't let Lucy surrender to them," Erza sated, lifting her head slightly to look out at her friends.

Gray cleared his throat. "Agreed," he began stripping, making his friends shake their head . "We simply can't take the risk, and we don't even know what they need Lucy for!"

"But Luke!" Lucy protested, nearly rising in her seat if it wasn't for Natsu, who held her down. "Also, Gray, you're stripping."

Looking down, Gray realized that his shirt was off. "Huh? WHA-?!"

"Sorry, Luce, but we simply can't allow it," Natsu replied sympathetic, rubbing her back. It caused a faint blush in Lucy's cheeks, but she knew it wasn't the time to explore those feelings.

It was weird. Usually, relationships would start up shy and awkward - maybe even uncomfortable, but Lucy didn't feel that way. Maybe it was because they were best friends. Maybe it was because they had been through so much. Or maybe it would be an aftereffect that would hit them later once they wouldn't expect it.

"Uhm, I m-may have a suggestion," Wendy shyly said, raising her hand.

"Then speak up, for heavens sake," Charle scolded, crossing her arms. "You don't have to ask for permission to speak."

Erza nodded in agreement, smiling gently. "What's your suggestion, Wendy?"

As the attention turned to Wendy she pulled a little away, looking down with a blush.