Fade | NaLu

3.

It's been three years and now she's your bride to be.
Her hair is as long as mine,
And she has a smile that makes your eyes shine.
As you said 'I do' I let out a tear,
This pain was too much to bare.
You walked down the aisle hand in hand,
I felt the hole in my heart expand.
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It's been three years. Three depressing, dark, lonely years. We're in our senior year of college, me and the rest of Fairytail decided to stick together and go to the same school. The only person we were missing was him. Speaking of him, we all received an invitation to his and Lisanna's wedding. I guess he really didn't forget us, huh? Thinking back on it, I would rather he did forget us than he just decided to up and leave us, it would hurt slightly less that way. Today me and the other girls are going dress shopping for the wedding, usually one would be excited to get a beautiful new dress, but I was on the verge of tears.

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The scene for the wedding looked like something out of a fairytail. The venue was surrounded by sakura trees and lush, green grass. Sakura petals flowed in the warm, summer breeze and the decorations clashed perfectly, the white and gold streamers sparkled in the sunlight. I watched as he exchanged vows with Lisanna, I saw that shine in his eyes that I used to see when he looked at me, and then I saw him smile that smile, my smile, the smile he only showed me. My heart broke, all those years of it slowly chipping away, and it finally broke. Just as he kissed his beautiful new wife, I let my tears flow like a river down my face. Along with many others mind you, but mine weren't of happiness, they were of pain.

I watched them walk down the aisle, hand in hand. They were holding on to each other like a life line, as they looked lovingly into each other's eyes. Natsu, why would you do this to me?

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The after party was uneventful for me. Everyone was dancing and enjoying themselves, even Fairytail was trying to have some fun. Sadly for me, I just wasn't in the mood. Lisanna and Natsu have been going around to all their guests and thanking them for coming, I was avoiding them as much as possible. They had already talked to Fairytail, and I was close enough to hear Natsu say something like an apology. I don't think he was forgiven, but at least they're on good terms.

Just as I was about to walk away, a small hand caught my wrist. I turned around to see a girl with mid-back pale blonde hair, and warm, blue eyes.

"Lucy! I'm so glad you could make it!" Lisanna said, catching Natsu's attention.

Oh no.

"Oh hey Lucy. Thanks for coming." Natsu said, giving me a small smile. He didn't call me Luce, nor did he give me that smile that I loved.

Holding in my tears and trying to control my emotions I replied.
"No problem, anything for my best friend."

Natsu's eyes widened and Lisanna smiled warmly before she walked off to another guest, I simply smiled at Natsu and walked away. He'll forget about me again soon, it's inevitable. That doesn't mean I don't wish he still cared.

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Natsu ran a hand through his hair, that look in Lucy's eyes when she said best friend kept popping up in his mind. She looked so sad, like she lost something important. Natsu admits he was a horrible friend, in fact he never expected Fairytail to actually come. It made him feel so guilty about what he did to them, how he abandoned them and then eventually forgot about them. Even Happy was mad at him, the cat was currently staying with Zeref. Natsu had a hunch it was because he hadn't seen Plue in years.

All he knew now was that, it was too late to fix his friendships.

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When Lucy got home at around 12:30am, she threw herself on to her bed and sobbed. Today was 2x as painful as the day she heard Natsu and Lisanna had began dating, her chest hurt like hell. By the time her tears had run out it was 2:34am, Lucy took a shower and changed into pjs before she fell into a deep, dreamless sleep.

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