I'm Falling (NaLu)

I'm Breaking (Lucy POV)

Natsu is quite annoyed with me over it, and isn't looking me in the eye like he usually does, but I accepted Laxus's offer. I guess that means that we're dating now. I'm still not exactly used to it yet. Every time he calls me babe I don't respond and he keeps on repeating and then I'll finally look at him and say,

"Oh, wait. Do you mean me?" At least that makes Natsu feel a little bit better. I don't really know if I made the right decision about this though. And Natsu being upset with me doesn't shine any light on the situation at all.

Band practices have been getting annoying. Every time my solo part comes up, Laxus yells at the top of his lungs and whistles. And then he gets all offended when me and Natsu sing our duet, due to it being a love song. Laxus never leaves me alone anymore. I mean, it hasn't even been a week and I'm already hiding from him when possible!

Life hasn't been giving me any breaks lately. I get out of the hospital only to be surprised with the news that Laxus likes me. I take an entire day to respond, and then when I accept, Natsu is upset, and Laxus is too clingy! My dad is still being a huge jerk, and now won't even let me in the house to get some of my stuff from my room! I wish my mom was still around to slap some sense into him. Doesn't he see what he's doing to our relationship? Does he even care, or want a relationship with me? We haven't figured out how we are doing the song yet and our first gig outside of school is in three days, and Gajeel got the flu! Everything is just coming down, and it's coming down hard.

"Take my hand. We'll be fine. Nothing can hurt us here alone tonight." I jump at the sudden singing of our new song. I sin the next line hoping to maybe find who the voice was. It sounded so familiar.

"Hold me close. Close your eyes. This couldn't feel anymore right!" I heard the voice again. I ran around the corner and down the hallway. It was just after and practice so Laxus had gone home and so had everyone else. Well, almost everyone else, apparently.

"Stay! Stay with me! Stay. Stay and see. Say. Say you'll be. Say! Say you'll love me!"

And then the duet.

"I have come so far to hold you tight! I never want to lose you. Stay tonight. I will! I will always want you. All I'm asking is you say, you'll want me too. So please! Don't take your eyes off of me! I love you with all my heart so don't leave me! Stay by my side..."

I turned the last corner so fast I almost hit the wall. And what I saw was so heartbreaking, I didn't know what I was going to do. I stared for a little while longer.

"But you left anyway..." I quietly sang the last line of the song down the empty hallway. I turned and started for the door one last time. Re only sound I heard as I left through those doors, was a single tear splash against the cold, tiled floors.

(TIMESKIP)

It was the night of the gig. We had finally decided that we were just going to sing the one song. I don't know why, but I didn't want to sing that song. I think it had something to do with what happened three days before. When I heard the voice, to the bodiless figure. If I had to sing that song that night, I hoped I would find that voice, and be able to give it a face.

We stepped on stage in the quiet darkness. A single spotlight, with a purple tint, flickered onto my spot.

And I sang.

And I cried.

"I woke up. And smiled where, you had been last night. Then I saw, what I didn't expect. No one was there next to me."

"Last night. You yelled and screamed at me. I know you didn't mean it, but I left anyway." Natsu sang. His voice sounded even more familiar than usual.

More tears streaming down my cheeks, I continued. We went through the whole song. Through the duet and then it was the last few lines. Almost choking on tears I finished the song.

"I didn't really mean it! I wanted you to stay!" I slowed down.

"But you left anyway..."

Everything went silent. I could sense the tears forming in people's eyes. And then...

...A standing ovation! We did it! We had successfully gotten through the whole song without fail and the crowd loved it!

I ran to my band mates and held them all so closely one by one, but when I got to Natsu, he seemed like he wanted to cry just as much as I did. He seemed like it even more when Laxus ran on stage and suddenly kissed me on my lips. I was so caught off guard that I froze up and didn't do anything. Natsu walked away silently. When Laxus pulled away, it was too late for me to talk to him, he had been swept away by his many teenage girl fans. And once again, my heart broke into a million pieces. I had lost him again. So close, but so far. I just wanted to sleep for a million years until I died at that moment. As I watched him kissing girls on the cheek. Hugging them the way he was. I think I started crying again because Laxus asked me why I was so upset, and I just shook my head in response and ran to the bathrooms.

When someone came bursting into the bathroom that I had retreated to, I had expected it to be Levi, but when I looked towards the door, I saw Gray.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN HERE!?!?! THIS IS THE GIR-" He cut me off with such a gentle yet firm hug. He rubbed the back of my head and whispered something into my ear. What he had just said had completely broken me. I wrapped my arms around his neck and cried on his shoulder for what felt like hours. I was so glad to have home there with me in that moment, he gave me the shoulder I had been needing all week. That night, I had gained a newfound respect for Gray. He was a lot more kind hearted than people thought, and I liked it that way.

A/N: I apologize for any typos, I really didn't feel like editing it this late at night and I hadn't updated in so long on either of my books. I needed to work fast, so yeah, sorry if there are! I type too fast sometimes. I hope you enjoyed!