Celestial Queen {A NaLu Story}

2: It's Time to Go Home

"You feeling better, sweetie?"

Three soft pats on my back sooth be down just a little bit more. It was hard and I honestly didn't think it was possible but I cried for ten minutes straight without stopping. My entire body was so numb I didn't feel the pain in my knees until a few seconds ago.

I need to be more careful.

"I'm sorry, Mavis." I wiped my puffy eyes once more. "But I seriously needed that."

A warm smile spread her cheeks. "Anytime, Lucy."

"Damn." A deep voice came from my kitchen. We both glanced over to see her husband opening a cabinet. "How long have you been holding that all in?"

"Six months?" I shrugged. "I honestly couldn't tell you."

If I were going to tell the truth, I'd say it was when I told Natsu I'm leaving the country. But they were there when I left him on his knees and ran out crying.

Then I turned and looked at my third visitor; a senior now in high school with the same innocent smile I remember so fondly. It's just odd though...

"Why are you with them, Wendy?" I blinked.

Zeref came back into the living room with three glasses of wine. "Because we are watching her while her older cousin is off on a pre-honeymoon trip with his girlfriend."

"And because they said they were coming to see you." Wendy added, rolling her eyes. "I miss you Lucy so why not?"

I opened my arms and my old teammate ran straight into them. It's nice to have at least one person who really wants to see me. If I were me, I wouldn't want to see me either. What I did to the team is unforgivable. I had hope they understood I left for myself to evolve.

But it's one of the biggest mistakes of my life.

My pride kept me glued to where I am. I couldn't just turn around and tell them I miss all of them after turning my back on them. They were family.

And I walked away.

"Sit." Mavis jumped onto one of my couches and patted the seat next to her. I followed her command. Wendy sat across from me and moment later, Zeref appeared with a three glasses of red wine and one glass of soda for Wendy before taking his seat beside the little center mid.

"So." The owner of Fairy Tail took a sip of her drink. "I know you must be wanting to know about all the happenings in the club. Go ahead."

The very first question popped in my head and I almost let it slipped immediately.

Is Natsu okay?

But instead of sounding so desperate, I asked a different one. "How are all of you?"

"We're doing pretty good." Mavis sighed. "Ever since the announced hiatus of the infamous Fairy Tail club, everybody just left to do their own things. Wendy is about to graduate high school this coming Spring, Coach Makarov took off with his grandson on a fishing expedition around the world with Mira."

"Wait." I blinked. "Mirajane and Laxus?"

How much did I miss?

Mavis winked at me. "Thanks to me, they're gonna be one very happy couple."

"H-how?"

"Let's just say my wife." Zeref sipped on his wine. "Has a way of bribing people to get together. She offered to buy Laxus a new car if he took his crush out to dinner."

She truly is...a weird one.

I laughed nervously. "What else is going on?"

"Well: Gajeel, Levy, Gray, Juvia, and a couple others started college. They play for the school team just for fun now."