Always in the dark ( NaLu ) <3

Chapter 24

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HEY GUYS, HAHA LAST WEEKS UPDATE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A BIT CONFUSING. TO CLEAR THINGS UP: BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENED WAS NATSU GOT MAD BECAUSE ALL HIS ANGER HAD BUILT UP OVER THE FIVE YEARS HE SEARCHED FOR LUCY, AND WHEN HE FOUND HER SHE DIDN'T REALLY SAY THANK YOU AND HE GOT KIND OF DEPRESSED AND THEN HE GOT ANGRY. NATSU WAS GOING TO HIT LUCY BECAUSE HE FEELS LIKE IT'S HER FAULT THAT HE HAD TO SEARCH FOR HER. SO YEAH, THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENED. ANYWAYS, HERE'S CHAPTER 24:

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NATSU* p.o.v.

Just as soon as I put my hand up I knew I'd made a terrible mistake. The look on Lucy's face was so horrible. I'd never wanted to see her like that, much less cause it myself. I didn't really know what was going through my mind. I just got so angry. I was angry at Lucy. I was angry at that asshole Levi. I was angry at Gray. I don't know what to believe anymore. As I lowered my hand I felt as though I was going to cry, I'd never been anything but in control of myself before, so this feeling was new for me, and I hated it. Lucy began walking away, but I followed her. She passed out against a tree in her old backyard, and I shook her until she woke up.

"I-" I mumbled, unable to say I was sorry. Because I wasn't.

"It's fine." Lucy said in a stunned, tired voice, I could tell she was fending off tears. I looked into her eyes and held her gaze for a while. I knew that our guild mates would come looking for us at any second. I was so torn, there were so many new feelings rushing through my head and I didn't know which ones were right and which ones were wrong anymore.

"It's not." I answered, looking away briefly, but bring myself to look at her again. I was staring at her eyes, realizing how innocent they were. They were so deep, like I was getting lost in them, I wanted to get lost in them. They were suddenly a lot closer to my face than I'd realized. And then we were kissing.

LUCY* p.o.v.

My eyes widened in surprise, when Natsu had leaned in I hadn't pulled away. I hadn't wanted to, but what was he doing? He was confusing me, that's what. So first he wants to hit me, and now he's kissing me? God damn it, why is love so confusing. Oh god I did not just say love.

I didn't know what to do. In all honesty, it was really awkward, my first kiss. Is this how a first kiss was supposed to happen? This wasn't how I imagined my first kiss. All I could think in my head was kiss, kiss, kiss. Like a bunch of school children. Were you supposed to think when you're kissing someone? I sure am thinking a lot. Natsu's hand softly rested on the back of my head. I wasn't moving, my eyes were wide with shock, and the moment I feared most was when he pulled away. What then?

"Ahem." Somebody cleared his voice behind Natsu's head. I pulled away and shifted my head a few inches to the right, and saw Levi standing behind us with a bored look, although if you looked close you could clearly see amusement in his eyes. I wasn't sure what to do, so I said something really smart, like 'Oh.'

Natsu made a weird noise that kind of sounded like a mix between pain, laughing, and a gurgling noise at the back of his throat. I just stood there, staring blankly at Levi.

"Well now that you're done." He said with an eye roll. "I think it's pretty clearly established that we're not inside any giant walls, hiding humanity away from the man eating titans." He checked his cuticles while I stared at him in confusion.

"So there's two possibilities." Levi continued, while Natsu and I stared blankly. "One, I've gone completely insane."

"Likely." Natsu answered.

"Two," Levi continued without hesitation, "I came from an alternate universe."

"Like... Edolas?" Natsu asked.