You're Warm (Fairy Tail)

Options

You're Warm

Chapter 29: Options

He didn't know what to do as he roamed the night with a blank face. The nights duller than what they used to, he shivered slightly as a gust of wind brushed against his cold skin like a ghost mocking him during the chilly nights.

For how long had he roamed the streets?

   Truth to be told, he wasn't too sure about it himself as he found himself standing in front  of Takuto's home.

Did he have the right to ask where everyone was?
   He didn't want to seem suspicious so he continued to walk aimless through the empty streets.

Natsu adjusted his scarf as he walked into a poorly illuminated park not too far away from Takuto's home. His hands deep within his pockets, he stood under the light post and gazed out to the night sky where he couldn't find that one bright star that he would always marvel about.

To be honest, he really didn't know where or what that star was - Each night he would look out, it would always be there as if it was trying to give him some support in place of his father. A father who would be shaking his head in disappointment to his foolish son.

"I should just be alone forever..." he muttered as he kicked a pebble in front of him into the shadows.

Grumbling to himself for a bit, he felt a pair of eyes watching him where slowly Rogue walked out and stood in front of him. "You should," he said bluntly as he narrowed his eyes at the pinkette.

"If you become single and never get your mate, then you can leave this place and Sakura altogether," he continued as he then stared up to the night sky which didn't seem as bright and beautiful like before.

Rogue looking back to Natsu, he placed on a neutral expression and slid a hand into his pocket. His body straight as he wanted to punch the boy in front of him, he held his anger back since he knew that Sakura wouldn't be pleased if she saw them fighting over something like this. "Because of you, you made her restless and on edge. You dragged everyone into this mess, and now look at them - You should just leave this place so Sakura doesn't have to deal with this anymore," he spat before turning around where he looked over his shoulder.

"I don't see the point of Sakura trying to keep a relationship with you. You're just bringing trouble onto her plate as if she didn't have her own in the first place," he said once more before walking out of the circle of light and into the shadows.

Natsu balling his fists, he squatted where he angrily ran his hands through his pink hair. Rogue was right. He was right. Everyone was right when they told him that he was causing more trouble to the people around him.

Muttering some incoherent words, he looked up to the stars again and frowned when he noted how dark the sky was. The stars were dull, just like his life, and all he wanted was his mate to be in his arms.

 Does he really deserve her?
   That question made him stand up abruptly to stare down to his feet in shock. All he could thinking right now was that question which was starting to make his head spin in conflict.

Watching over him in the trees, the crimson watched him with her glowing eyes while chewing her gum slowly. Indeed her friend down there was a stubborn man. What made her even more annoyed was the fact that he was taking his sweet ass time to decide on his emotions when the answer was clearly obvious to the heart.

"Did Rogue not make him realise?" she whispered under her breath as she narrowed her eyes.

Loke, Knight and Drancer forced her to watch over Natsu when she woke up. They told her that time was running out and honestly, she really didn't care at this point.
If Natsu wanted his life to fall into the depths of the dark and lonely void, then she would indeed welcome him into it - She was already in that dark world so she really didn't mind the free company if he continued his little... Decision.

Blowing a bubble where its pop was carried along with the wind, she kicked her legs over to one side and leaned back slightly to stare up to the moon. It's been a while since she looked up to the night sky, and honestly she hated it.

Like the night sky reflecting the heart belonging to a certain someone, she gritted her teeth and moved her eyes back to her fellow Dragon Slayer. Resting her back against the trunk, she had no other choice but to push him away from this lonely world that she was living in. "Mates are essential for dragons like us, you know?" she quietly stated since she knew that he could hear it during this cold and biting night.

"You actually hold the lives of many innocent yet involved people within the palms of your hands. Did you honestly believe that pushing your mate away from you would save her and many other people?" she questioned as she glanced down to him.

He stood there still as he processed her words. Indeed she was right, but should he really risk Lucy's life when Lisanna's out there?

  She took away Igneel's life, and he didn't want another person close to him to lose their life because of him.

"You don't understand Sakura."

She hummed to his statement before staring the back of his head. Her eyes remaining still and narrowed as he met her glowing orbs, she flashed him her toothy smile. "No Natsu. You're the one who's not understanding the situation," she retorted as she popped her bubble of gum.

Pushing her body forward where she went on all fours on the branch, she stretched her back like a cat and yawned. Dropping her her body onto the wooden thing, she rested herself on her stomach and played with a strand of her hair. 
Humming to no particular tune as she focused her sole attention on her hair, she suddenly snapped her attention back onto Natsu where he felt his body tense. 

Her eyes piercing through his body she chuckled. "It's either you accept your mate and make Lisanna confess her sins, or allow many people to die thanks to the wrath of Lucy's beast and be miserable while she finds a replacement of you in her life. You'll be left with nothing other than Lisanna," she said, presenting his options in an amused tone.

"I'm just here to ask you this... Just what do you want Natsu? A good ending where you get the girl and have a chance to fix all of your mistakes, or a bad ending where you lose everything with Lucy killing everyone without her even knowing where also, you'll be stuck with a delusional woman known as Lisanna who killed our father Igneel?" she questioned once more but this time in a deadly tone that left no space for interruptions.