Accidental Love - Nalu

>> Chapter 8 - Accidental Love - Sickness <<

2 Weeks Later...

"NATSUUUUUUU!!"

The salamander jolted awake, screams ringing in his ears. Unnerved, Natsu scrambled hastily from under the bedcovers and sped over to the bathroom - where the scream seemed to have come from. He knocked. No answer. He knocked again. This time, faint groans echoed from inside the tiny bathroom.

"Lucy? You okay in there?" Natsu asked, concerned. Worried sick, the dragon slayer cautiously opened the door, only to witness his sobbing girlfriend curled up in the corner, grasping her stomach tightly. The tiled floor was smothered in vomit and blood. Natsu raced over to her, horrified at the scene he had discovered.

"Lucy...What's wrong? Are you sick?" He stuttered, stroking the blonde Heartfilia's delicate cheek.

"Yeah," Lucy replied as she buried her visage in Natsu's ebony robe "but...it's really bad." The salamander embraced her, he could almost feel her pain.

"It's probably just morning sickness, did ya eat something funny?" Natsu questioned, beginning to clean up the bathroom with the assistance of Happy - who was very displeased by this. There was definitely something up. The celestial wizard was immensely pale with deep purple beneath her droopy eyes, of which were bloodshot. It's as if all life had been sucked out of Lucy in one night. Trying to spark her gorgeous smile, Natsu lifted up his girlfriend's chin and kissed her shyly on the nose. There was no reaction at all. She appeared to be empty inside.

"Natsu...what if-" The blonde mage was cut off by Natsu seizing her hand and hoisting her back on her feet. The salamander refused to believe that there could potentially be something seriously wrong.

"Maybe a day at the guild will help. Wendy will help you with pain so you should be fine," he explained as he lovingly wrapped his chequered scarf around her.

30 Minutes Later...(at the Guild)

The troubled salamander was perched on one of the wooden tables at the edge of the guild hall, observing his girlfriend from a distance. What if there was something seriously wrong? Should he call for a healer? It's probably nothing...

Lucy groaned as she took a small sip from her glass. She felt like death itself.

"Don't worry Lucy, sickness only lasts 2 days! You'll be fine. How do you feel now that Wendy's healed you a little?" Mira asked sweetly, only to be greeted by several more groans.

"A little better I guess...but the pain is worse than before. What's happening to me Mira?" The blonde Heartfilia moaned as she took another sip. Twiddling her thumbs in thought, Mira pondered for a moment. Then it hit her.

"Uh...Lucy...Promise you won't kill me...okay?" She whimpered, setting her cloth down on the bar. Lucy glanced up from her glass, eyeing her suspiciously.

"Is there a chance you could be...you know..." Mirajane stuttered, her fingers crossed behind her back. Growling, the celestial wizard abruptly stood up.

"What are you getting at Mira? Just spit out already!" The blonde wizard screeched, capturing the attention of everyone in the guild - including Natsu who span around immediately.

Mira grew nervous.

"Well...uh...you might be preg-" She stopped, a gasp escaping her lungs. In agony, Lucy had suddenly collapsed onto the freezing cold floor, coughing up blood. Before she hit her head on the bar, the pink-haired dragon slayer had sped over and caught her in his heated arms.

"LUCY!!" Natsu cried, holding his girlfriend close to his chest. He was right. There was something seriously wrong. What could it be?