Betrayal

Chap 2

Natsu's pov:

"Will you never learn to use the door?!" Lucy yells at me.

Sighing I just look at her while smirking. 'I'm going to miss this. She looks so cute agitated.' I get distracted tho by the fact she's waving her arms around while she's just wearing a tank top and panties. 'Man I'm lucky everyone thinks I'm a dense idiot, of she really knew the things that pass through my head in moments like this she'd probably kick me till I was a dense idiot.'

"Natzuuuuu...why you had to make Lushie mad, I was having a nice nap." Happy complains, interrupting Lucy's rant.

We both turn to the sleepy cat rubbing his eyes on top of her pillow. "Sorry Hap, couldn't help it." I say while grining at him.

"Anyways...did you pick a mission? Where are we going?" Lucy asks.

'Right I told her I was going to go do that when I left this morning...huh, I'm here almost every morning, when's the last time I slept at my house?' Lucy starts waving a hand in front of my face snapping me out of my thoughts.

"I forgot about that, Gramps gave me a mission I'm requested for." I tell her, she nods going to say something, but before she can I continue. "I'm going to be gone for a few months."

"Oh." The emotions running through her face are so many I can't really decipher how I should respond. I don't want to get Lucy kicked, but I'd rather that then see her cry.

Yet her response is somehow worse than her actually crying. At first she just looked down trying to hide her eyes from me before looking back up at me with the fakest smile and watery eyes. She's trying not to cry because she knows I don't like it when she does.

"Ok, when are you leaving?" She asks trying to act as normal as possible.

I just shake my head and pull her into a hug. She's shocked for a few seconds, but hugs me back burning her face in my chest trying to hide it from me but I don't really need to see the shaking of her shoulders or feel the wetness on my shirt to know she's crying.

Lucy's pov:

"I'm going to be gone for a few months."

Those words shatter my thoughts even if I know it's absurd. "Oh." He's just going to be gone for a few months, he was requested on this mission. It's not like he can't go, he's not my boyfriend nor anything and even if he was it's just a job.

He'll be back. "Ok, when are you leaving?" I ask looking back up at him trying not to cry, I don't want him to feel guilty for going on a job.

My plans for not crying are ruined because the idiot pulled me into a hug. 'Natsu you dummy! You don't hug people who are trying not to cry! That just makes them cry!'

Natsu's pov:

Moving a bit, I pick her up and sit on the bed with her on my lap. Happy looks at Lucy concern before flying into her lap trying to comfort her too.

'I'm the shitiest person in the world right now, I know she has abandonment issues and I keep leaving her. I have to tho if I want to keep her safe, I can't keep losing control only for her to snap me out of it. Last time Erza got really hurt, but what if Lucy gets hurt next time.'

Leaning back against the wall I start running my fingers through her hair, trying to calm her down. 'Both Erza and Gray have gone on long missions before and she's never had such a bad reaction. It was just for a few weeks, but maybe it's more than that?...Mavis please let it be more than that.'

I look down cupping her cheek and making her look back up to me. She looks at me sad, confused and a bit scared.

I wipe her tears away and do probably the dumbest thing I could possibly do. I kiss her. 'If she likes me it'll cheer her up and let her know I'll come back to her, if she doesn't she won't miss me anymore since she would probably try to avoid me if I stayed.'

She's shocked for a few seconds, but then she kisses me back. 'She likes me?!' It takes so much restraint in me to not stand up and jump around to celebrate. Well kinda, part of me just wants to lose the day away against her lips. 'She tastes like strawberries.'

Sadly I completely forgot about Happy. "You looovvvveeee her!" Happy teases while snickering and flying above us with a camera.

"Damn cat" I say under my breath, but Lucy heard and started laughing. Both Happy and I look at her like she grew a second head. "Weirdo." Instead of a slap in the head she just laughs more. 'Why is she so bubbly?'

Once she calms down she wipes the bit of tears left in her eyes before sitting up straight, well as best as she can while on my lap. "When are you leaving?" She asks serious again.

"I should leave today, the sooner I can finish the sooner I'll be back. Part of my mission is near Magnolia so I'll be by to visit in a month or two."

She nods before hugging my torso and nuzzling my chest. "Can you stay here for a bit?" She asks barely above a whisper.

Moving her a bit I lay down on her bed hugging her to my chest. Happy finally put away the camera a flew over to us, laying down on the smal of Lucy's back.

After a few minutes both of them were sound asleep, making it impossible for me to move without waking them up. Checking the clock I notice it's already almost dinner time so my train is leaving soon if I want to start today.

Shrugging I close my eyes and go to sleep, one day won't make much of a difference.

-The next morning-

I wake up to the feeling of someone tracing lines on my chest. Looking down I see Lucy deep in thought, not even noticing I'm awake yet. "Best way to wake up." I say startling her while I hug her to me and nuzzle her head.

"Can't breathe." She exaggerates, I know she is because she hugs me back even tighter.

It's nice, but I also know she's mostly doing it because I'm leaving. "I'll be back, I promise." I reassure her.

Looking around I notice my scarf fell in the middle of the night over the side of the bed. Picking it up, I put it around Lucy neck shocking her. Leaning down I kiss her before straightening back up. "I always come back for what's mine, that includes my mate." She just stares at me shocked and confused so I take the chance to jump out the window and run to my house.

Happy wasn't in her apartment so he probably went ahead to pack and based on the fact he didn't have much of a reaction yesterday he probably thinks he's also going with me.