Thank you, Nashi

Chapter 5

FLASHBACK SOUNDS FLASHBACK SOUNDS FLASHBACK SOUNDS!

Construction stretched everywhere throughout the city of Magnolia. Very few homes had not been destroyed during the horror that had been Tartaros. It had been two weeks since the demon guild had been vanquished and two weeks since anyone in the Fairy Tail guild had seen Lucy Heartfilia. They all understood she was mourning after the destruction of one of her spirit keys and nobody wanted to disturb her, not even her best friends the pink haired dragon slayer and his exceed partner. Lucy Heartfilia believed that that day would be the same as any other day as she arose from her bed; however, she had not been expecting the recurring knock on her apartment door.

"Lu-Chan! I know you're in there. Everyone is worried sick about you." Lucy knew only one person who called her by that name and it was her fellow friend and bookworm, Levy McGarden. Unknown to all her friends, Lucy had other reasons for locking herself up in her house, and she was not ready for any of them to know those reasons. Lucy pretended to still be asleep as she heard Levy open the door to her apartment complex.

"Lu-Chan?" her tiny voice rang through the room. When she saw Lucy still in bed, she marched over and yanked the blankets off her body. Lucy scrunched her eyes.

"Levy-Chan, I'm not going to the guild today. I-I doesn't feel well." It hadn't been a total lie, she didn't feel all that fantastic, but she didn't want Levy digging around in things that did not concern her. Lucy began to feel something bubble in her stomach, but she tried to ignore it, hoping she could get Levy out of the house before she emptied the contents of her insides. However, Levy shook her little blue head.

"No way Lu-Chan. It's been two weeks and everyone misses you. Natsu and Happy won't stop complaining." Lucy could no longer hold it in. Completely ignoring her friend's presence, Lucy jumped out of her bed and bolted to the bathroom. Levy could hear as her friend regurgitate whatever she had eaten last night. Feeling sympathy for her, Levy walked into her friend's restroom and held up her blonde hair. The two of them sat there, Lucy vomiting and Levy rubbing her back, for about another two minutes. When Lucy was finally done, she wiped away anything that could be lingering on her lip and stood shakily off the ground. Levy was about to do the same when something in the wastebasket captured her eye. Her brown eyes widened at the sight of the object. Lucy had already left the room, fixing her and Levy some tea. When Lucy looked up to see Levy exiting the bathroom, her eyes caught sight of the little stick in her hands. Levy held up the object for Lucy to see.

"Lu-Chan, What is this?" Lucy could only tremble with fear, the fear of her secret being revealed. Scared it would shatter because of her constant shaking, Lucy placed the teapot on the counter.

"Please don't tell anyone," she whispered. Levy held up the little stick accusingly.

"How could you not tell anyone you're pregnant?" This was not what Levy was expecting when she had made the trek to Lucy's apartment. She expected pulling a reluctant Lucy from her bed and dragging her by her feet to the new guildhall, but no, she just found out that her best friend was pregnant. Now, only one question remained.

"Whose the father?" Lucy debated telling Levy a lie, saying it was just some random guy, however, she knew Levy would never buy something that stupid and Levy knew Lucy well enough to know she wouldn't just do it with a random guy off the street. With a jittery breath, Lucy answered.

"Natsu."

Levy had half expected this. The two of them had been inseparable since the day Natsu brought Lucy to Fairy Tail, it was only a matter of time before Lucy fell for the man. Levy drifted over to the counter where Lucy was standing and placed the little stick in her hands on top.