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~Lucy's P.O.V.~

I made my decision one day at the guild when I was cleaning the archives (again) with Natsu (again) and Lisanna. It wasn't the best job ever but it was a sort of punishment so I guess that's why we were performing the wretched task. Well I didn't think it was that bad because it meant I could look through all the files and read all the books. I thought it was great! But Natsu was grumbling the whole time even though I kept reminding him it was his fault.

You see we were on a job in a town just east of Hargeon, helping the residents with a little vulcan problem. We were supposed to get rid of them in the forest but Natsu accidentally drew them closer to the town and, by going on a rampage to destroy them, also ended up destroying the farm on the edge of the village, the resident's main source of food. So then we ended up sorting books back at the guild. Of course Lisanna wasn't being punished, she was just bored so she offered to help out.

It seemed Natsu wasn't really doing anything, it was just me and Lisanna and then he had the nerve to say he was so exhausted and hungry, then he told me to go get some food. Well obviously I wasn't so impressed so I kind of lost my temper, a lot faster than I usually do and started yelling at him. I think I lost my temper quicker than normal because I had been having weird dreams and hadn't slept much in about a week, so I was pretty tired. Eventually I gave in and went to grab some snacks. When I came back Lisanna and Natsu were looking at pictures that Reedus had drawn and were deep in conversation. I didn't want to interrupt so I stood by the door and listened for a bit. I knew I probably shouldn't have but I did anyway. What I heard next got me thinking about leaving the guild.

Natsu was holding a picture of me and him, he had his arm slung over my shoulder and I was leaning into him a bit, it was drawn after the whole Zentopia incident, right after Natsu had, once again, saved my life. As he was looking at it he had an adorable smile on his face.

Lisanna glanced at the picture and then at Natsu and said, "You like her don't you?"

Natsu flung his head around to look at her, his cheeks flaming, "Wha- what do you mean, she's my friend and team mate, what else could we po-possibly b-be."

His words came out in a rush. Lisanna giggled at how embarrassed he was and I was having a hard time suppressing a laugh.

She looked up at him smiling and simply said, "She's very pretty, it's no surprise she came second in the Miss Fairytail contest seven years ago."

Natsu turned back to the painting and smiled again.

Without looking up he said, "Yeah she is."

I smiled at that, a blush creeping onto my own cheeks. Then he continued,

"But she can pretty scary, like Erza. But then that's always outshone by how nice she is. She can get pretty annoying on jobs and even though she's much stronger now, I'm pretty sure she'd be stronger than you, she's not as strong as me and that makes me worry. Celestial wizards always seem lazy to me because they just summon spirits to fight for them, although Lucy's a bit different, she fights alongside her spirits because they use ability type magic and she doesn't. Sometimes I think we'd be better off if we didn't take her on some jobs, that way she wouldn't get hurt, if Happy and I needed another team mate there's always you but…"

When he said that I gasped and dropped the tray I was holding, then turned and ran, crying, all the way back to my apartment. I didn't stop to hear the "but", it didn't matter, I had heard enough.

~Natsu's P.O.V.~

"but she's Lucy."

I turned around as the tray hit the floor, I sniffed the air and I could smell Lucy and tears, two things I don't like to be in the air at the same time. I growled and was about to run after her when Lisanna grabbed my hand. I didn't mean to but I snapped at her,

"What? I need to go after Lucy!"

She scowled at me and said, "And I need to hear what you meant, what do you mean when you say sometime you think you'd be better off without her?"

I gulped, "That didn't sound very good huh? That's not what I meant what I wanted to say was sometimes I think the guild would be better off without her sometimes because of all the trouble she goes through, what with Phantom and the Zentopia thing, which are not her fault at all, she's just really unlucky. But then maybe she would just be better off without the guild, I don't know, I don't want her to leave but maybe, never mind. Well, it's just, maybe if she hadn't have joined the guild she wouldn't get hurt so much. Then again if she hadn't have joined the guild and those things did happen to her, she could have gotten hurt a lot worse than what she did. Ugh! I don't know! And what I meant when I said she's Lucy is that she is really smart and has tonnes of magic power, she just hasn't unlocked it yet even if she does have second origin, she's also really good with that whip. And also, I'm sorry Lisanna, but I would never trade Lucy's spot on our team for you, it was made for her. I'm sorry"

I looked down as I finished afraid to see Lisanna upset but to my huge surprise Lisanna didn't look sad at all, in fact she grinned and started laughing.

"What's so funny?" I asked, I was very confused.

"Nothing, it's just you're so cute!"

Not another one. "Ugh, Lisanna, we don't need another Mira!"

Lisanna giggled again before sobering up. "Well I think you should tell her."

Now I was really confused. "Tell her what?"

At that Lisanna sighed and face-palmed. "Tell her you love her, because it's pretty damn obvious you do."

Oh that. Well maybe I do, I dunno, I don't really know what love is, all I know is that when I'm with Lucy I tend to feel warmer than usual, I don't tell her everything that's on my mind because if I did she would either Lucy Kick me or run away, when I see her she always looks pretty. No not pretty, gorgeous, and she has the brightest smile that always makes me happy. I hate it when other guys flirt with her and use tacky pick-up lines that make her blush. I especially hate it when she feels she needs to call out that stupid lion. I don't have anything against the guy it's just he's always flirting with my Lucy. Wait, what? Lucy isn't mine. It'd be cool if she was though, mmm, definitely. Hmm, maybe I do love her, it would explain why I always want to be near her, I can't stand when she isn't at least in the room with me and why I feel like I can't lose her, why I want to kill anyone who so much as touches her.

"Thanks Lisanna!" I yelled as I ran out the door.

"For what?" I heard her ask but I just keep running.