Memories(Nalu)

36- Alone

-Natsu-

"Will you guys please go home?"

My eyes look up from the picture to see Lucy standing above me, her head to the side, avoiding eye contact.

"I don't wanna."

"Please, Natsu."

My arms cross, the picture of her father forgotten as I stare at her, but her head stays to the side.

"Why should I?"

Her head finally turns to look at me, her eyes set in a glare.

All jokes fade away, and my eyes widen.

"Because I want to be alone right now!"

I don't dare go against her, not with that look in her eyes. There's a torment winding through them, and I fear what will happen with any word I dare to speak.

Everything I do seems to go by in a second, me getting up, going to the window, Happy flying through, and the one last look I take over my shoulder before I jump out.

When I looked back, Lucy stood still in the middle of the room, shoulders slouched, staring down at an empty picture frame.

And at that moment, there was only one word that rang through my head.

Alone.

That word alone left a bad feeling in me.

I'm not sure what it was, but I can't help but think that she's lying.

No.

I know she's lying.

For some reason, thinking of her, alone, makes me feel sick, and guilty.

But either way, for some reason I find myself heading home, with Happy right on my tail.

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I wasn't planning on continuing this scene. I had just planned to go straight to another one...but ended up changing my mind and I wrote a short little follow up while I was on break🤷🏼‍♀️