Firework

F I R E W O R K 6

"He's gone already?"

On Sunday morning [Name] sighed as she saw the empty bed in the guest room. She pulled out her phone and surely enough there was a text from Natsu.

Natsu
I'm gonna go buy flowers and head home, I put the money for the DVD on the table. Thanks for everything [Name].

With a sigh [Name] shut her phone and sat on the bed he slept it not to long ago. She laid down and smelled his scent that had still present in the sheets. She engulfed herself in his scent as she wished for an alternative life, one where she was his girlfriend.

"Luce!" He called, opening the door with her favorite flowers in his hand. "Babe we need to talk about this!" He shut the door as his girlfriend emerged, a pink robe around her body and blue towel around hair.

"I was exfoliating, I've been feeling so dirty recently." She smiled and gave a hug to her boyfriend. "Life hasn't been right without you."

When they parted he handed her the flowers and she beamed. She immediately scampered into the kitchen to put them in water and Natsu followed her. He averted his eyes to the floor. "If you want, [Name] won't come over anymore.."

He rubbed the back of his neck, it was hard for him to say that. It was obvious her and his friend wasn't going to get along so he felt this was the only way to keep both of them.

She placed the red vase on the table and smiled at Natsu. "Did I get a new boyfriend or something?"

He laughed and they embraced, her head rested upon his chest as he thought of [Name]. Internally he apologized to his best friend, she was certainly going to be hurt if she ever found out.

"Well you stopped coming home drunk, it's a start." She sighed, bruises along her leg from where Gajeel dragged her.

He continued to apologize, he never knew what was happening until it was over. He didn't go as far to repeatedly hit her, only knocking her to the ground and dragging her before seeing what he's done. "You know I love you right?"

That was all the confirmation that Levy needed, Gray suggested reporting him but that's something she wouldn't even think of doing. It was another issue that happened to be taken out on her, she felt he was genuine when he said he loved her. All she needed was that and she'd never leave.

"Are the sessions working? You're going to all of them right?" She questioned, trying to get Gray's words from her head. He nodded, his head in his hands.

"Almost all their wives left them, the ones that didn't was told to have self esteem issues." He frowned she pouted and crossed her arms.

"I don't have self esteem issues!"

"It's not directed towards you." He rolled his eyes and rubbed the top of her head, Once her blue hair was all messed up he smiled and stood to go the kitchen.

"Juvia is back from shopping!" The wife called, placing her keys on the table. She shut the door and locked it as she placed down her purse. She called out her husband's name once again as he ran in to hug her.

He had explained to her her about the piles of work he had to finish which was why he couldn't pick her up from the shopping center. She only told him it was fine and asked if he wanted to see the clothes she bought. Once he nodded, he walked towards his office with her trailing behind him. He sat down at his desk and looked at the computer. Juvia placing the black and white Express bag on the empty space of the desk. She took a glance at the screen with her eyebrows raised.

"Domestic abuse..?" She questioned reading the headline that was in bold on the screen. He just sighed and scratched his head.

"I think someone at my job is getting abused." He partly lied, her only frowning.

"What are you going to do?" She asked, pulling out the first article of clothing to show.

He shrugged and placed a hand under his chin. "Don't know yet."