Secrets and Sacrifices(NaLu Fanfiction)

Chapter 15

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He stood motionless beside the bed ,where the woman he was so caught up with lay in a sleep that anyone would deem peaceful, which was practically a stark contrast to what she was experiencing.

A single tear escaped his lowered eyes. A morose expression clearly etched on his features. More or less, he blamed himself.

He dropped to his knees beside her and took hold of her cold hand. His breathing turned ragged as sobs wracked his form in an attempt to conceal the emotions within him.

"...Lucy..."It was spoken with such reverence and pained adoration. He couldn't believe what they said a while ago. He couldn't. He wouldn't.

Their words rang through his head. Like a broken record and he does not have strength to find an off or mute button to stop their voices.

-------flashback-------------

"WHAT?!" Natsu exclaimed, pure disbelief and horror plastered on his face.

The others stood their ground, all with forlorn expressions. A few shed tears while those who were "manly" comforted those who cried.

"We're sorry Natsu. She is in a deep sleep. You may see her if you want.."Erza replied in a soothing tone. It wasn't her usual hard and intimidating stature everyone had come to know and this received slightly shocked reviews.

'Of course I want to see her!' The pinkette exclaimed in his thoughts.

Unexpectedly, it was not Mira, master or Wendy who initiated a physical contact with him to ease his pain but his rival, who pounded him to a bloody pulp during their pointless brawls, his bestfriend, whom he could always rely on. It was no other than Gray Fullbuster.

The same man had his wintery arms around his tanned and warm shoulders in a loose embrace.

"Tsk. Stupid idiot. She's not dead so don't cry your eyes out like you just attended a funeral..."The raven tried to console him and emphasize his point by wrapping the proud Salamander in a tighter embrace.

Only did Natsu realize that he was indeed crying when Gray obviously pointed it out . Instead of feeling revolted by showing weakness in front of the raven, he, instead, returned the hug. He buried his face in the crook of Gray's neck, letting silent tears roll down his cheek only for them to land on Gray's exposed shoulder.

'Stupid stripper..'

No matter how many fights they get themselves into due to their stupid pettiness, deep down, both cared. They were equals. They were brothers. They knew the others' strength and weakness and both were ready to give the other a shoulder to lean on.

Fire and ice. Elements that would clash when one meets the other. But both won't be known if the other was missing.

"A-arigato....Gray.."Natsu's voice was hoarse and not a tone higher than a whisper. He tried locating who was the the owner of such pitiful voice when he realized it was his.