Her Protector ~NaLu~

~Chapter twenty seven~

You will face many defeats in life, but never let yourself be defeated.
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~Lucy's POV

"Luce, please wake up," I heard a voice beg. I tried to open my eyes, but I was too tired. I need my sleep. My eyelids felt too heavy to lift them up.

"Please, I know you can hear me. I saw your fingers move. Wake up, Luce, I need you."

I felt waterdrops falling on me. The person tried to shake me awake.

Were those tears?

"Natsu?" I asked.

"Yes, Luce, it's me."

I opened my eyes and sat up, despite all my body's protest. I turned on a nightlamp and saw Natsu sitting on the edge of my bed. "What's wrong. Why would you wake me up at," I paused to look at the clock, "AT FOUR AM IN THE MORNING?"

This m-

I was ready to kick him out of the door, but then I remembered the tears. I couldn't. I hate it when I see Natsu cry. It wasn't often, so when he does, something really bad must have happened.

"Why did you come?"

I heard him mumbling something, but I didn't catch it. I tried to get him to speak louder, but he didn't.

I stood up and walked to him, where he was with his arms blocking his face. I heard sniffles coming out of his mouth and my cheet tightened. I slowly pushed away his arms to get a look of his face.

"I... don't want this anymore."

What was he talking about? I felt restless by his behaviour.

I positioned my arms around him and made him cry on my shoulders. "Lucy... I'm done being a spirit. I-I... want to be human again. The celestial world is not my home."

His cries became worse and I wonder what triggered this. I knew he always wanted to be normal again, but he never cried about it.

"What happened? And I never heard about a spirit becoming human." I slapped myself once I said it. Why can't I think over eveything I am saying? Stupid brain and mouth not working together.

Way to go, Lucy.

"But I was human before! Doesn't that count?"

Now that I study him good, I notice some bruises on him. I touched them as he hissed. He shook my hand away.

"What did you do?"

He looked hurt by my question, as if I accused him of something wrong. "I tried getting the Celestial King to make me human... and when he didn't cooperate I tried forcing him..." by the tone he is using he isn't very proud of what he did.

"You did what?!" I yelled, letting go of the hug. I had no right to be angry, but I was. "And what are you going to do once you were, if he cooperated with you at all? You can't force people to do something. There was a reason he made you a spirit."

Natsu wiped away his tears and stood up angrily. He kicked some of my books away, but surprisingy, at the moment I didn't care. "But he took away my humanity? He... just took it away, without my consent." Then it became silent. It looked like he was thinking about something. A frown placed on his face. "I was wrong. You're just like everyone else. You have already taken their side without knowing my story."

I also stood up and tried to calm him down. I tried to calm him down before he says something he would regret. He didn't let me.

He laughed, no humor though, and ran his fingers through his hair.