Hey! It's finally NaLu Week! I'm so excited! Each chapter will have it's own summary. All are short and just for fun! I would enjoy reviews!

This is the shortest thing I've ever posted and it's annoying me, but I'm busy all this week so I can't sit down and write. Hopefully this will satisfy some NaLu Week needs.

Prompt #1: Wander

Summary: Natsu wanted to go back, he swears to God, but he just couldn't yet.

Natsu took a look around the place he arrived at. A dingy field in the middle of nowhere, where all the flowers are dying. Well, it was winter, so he knew why they were dying.

"Natsu. Why can't we go back?" His blue furred exceed and best friend asked. Natsu sighed before answering.

"Because I'm not strong enough to protect them yet." He droned the routine answer out, having already told Happy many times. He said this, but that was only part of the reason. The other reason was a secret. Something he would never say out loud. He wasn't prepared to see her.

Her blonde hair that shone in the sunlight and her big brown doe eyes were too much for him. And once those eyes started to gloss over with tears, he would be done for. He could already feel the urge to fall to his knees and beg for forgiveness for leaving. Forgiveness that he didn't deserve, but dearly wanted.

So, he opted to put returning off and wander about. To try to become more strong. To not feel the need to beg for her forgiveness, which he would do anyway.

Wandering. To walk or move in a leisurely, casual, or aimless way. Natsu didn't now if he would call this wandering. He wasn't exactly walking leisurely, since he was training, and he wasn't being aimless, because, once again, he was training. He guesses the word wandering came to mind because he was putting off returning. Returning to his family and friends. To his guild.

"Let's rest here, Happy!" Natsu said, sitting in the field of dying flowers. Happy nodded sleepily before taking a nosedive into Natsu's lap. Natsu softly smiled at the exceed he had raised and leaned back, himself feeling a bit sleepy. Natsu rest his head on his hands and thought, yes thought, about what he was doing.

Was it right for him to allow himself to continue to wander when his friends and family are (probably) awaiting his return impatiently? No. He knew it was wrong, but I t didn't stop him. All because he was too afraid to face her, the girl he found out he loved right after leaving her. He left her at such a bad time, too. She had lost and important friend, like he had lost his father, and yet she lost another friend because he up and left. He was such a bad friend.

Natsu figured that they all cursed him out for leaving just like that, without saying good bye. That they all felt a small amount of hatred for him. He hoped they would be able to get past that when he returned, even if he didn't deserve it. He slowly closed his eyes and an image of her popped into his mind. The reason he continued to wander.

His eyes snapped open. He wasn't able to deal with looking at her without feeling sad and depressed. He shouldn't feel this because he left her all alone, but he did. He regrets leaving her. She doesn't know this though.

"Natsu, I miss them. I miss Fairy Tail." Happy said.

"Me too, Happy. Me too." Natsu mumbled.

"Most of all, I miss Lucy." Happy continued. Happy felt Natsu tense under him when he said that. Happy winced, he had forgotten how Natsu reacted to her name.

Natsu bit his lip, looking off into the distance. He really missed her. So much that his heart felt like it was in pieces at the moment. He wanted to go back. He wanted to touch her. Feel her to make sure she's real. But he couldn't. He couldn't allow himself the pleasure of seeing Lucy once more. He needed to punish himself longer for doing this. For hurting himself, Happy, and Lucy.

"Happy, if you want to go back, you can. You don't have to stay with me." Just because I'm wandering doesn't mean I have to drag Happy along with me he thought. He ran his fingers through Happy's fur, resulting in a purr from the exceed.

"I want to stay with you, Natsu." Happy said through purrs. Natsu smiles sadly and patted him.

"If you ever want to leave me, just say so." Natsu whispered sadly, laying his head against Happy's forehead. Happy nodded, but knew he would never, and Natsu knew too.

"Natsu, do you love Lucy?" Happy asked. Natsu nodded, not caring about admitting it. Happy was his best friend and deserved to know. "Why don't you go back to her?" Natsu flinched at the anticipated question.

"Because I don't deserve her." Natsu answered. Happy's head tilted, staring at Natsu confused.

"That doesn't matter." Happy countered.

"Why not?" Natsu questioned, nor sure where Happy was going.

"Because you'll end up wandering back to Lucy at the end of each adventure." Happy yawned, right before falling asleep.

Natsu thought about what Happy said and realized he was right. No matter what happens and how many people are hurt, Natsu always ends up at Lucy's side at the end of each adventure. This was just another adventure. He's going to end up wandering right back to Lucy soon enough.

Natsu picked a dying flower from the ground to stare at it. As he twirled it in his hands, a gust of wind came and blew it out of his hands. He noticed it was in the direction of the guild. Of Magnolia. Of Lucy.

"Happy. I know where we are going next." Natsu whispered.

Because he knew he would end up wandering straight back to Lucy once this was all over.