Save Us [Nalu][Short Story]✔️

Chapter 4: Hysteria

Natsu smiled as he felt the morning sun warm his face through the window.

He had forgotten all about the curtains the night before.

All his focus had been on Lucy.

He stretched and felt the cold sheets next to him.

He opened his eyes and sat up.

"Lucy?" He called.

Her clothes was gone from the floor.

He put on his boxers, and started searching his house.

"Batgirl? Are you still here?" He called.

He knew she was gone before he found the note in the kitchen.

It was placed on the countertop with his phone on top of it, so it wouldn't accidently fall to the ground and be left unseen.

He picked it up and read it.

"Sorry, had to run. Have a nice day."

He sighed first, and then crumpled it in anger.

'Have a nice day.'

That was really all she had to say.

Like them sleeping together hadn't meant anything.

Like he hadn't meant anything.

He walked back to the bedroom, got dressed, and drove back to the apartment.

No way was he gonna accept it.

He almost ran into her boyfriend as he turned the corner to get to his apartment.

That fucker.

How could he hit someone as beautiful as her?

He would never know.

All he knew was that he wanted to break the man in half.

"Watch where you're going!" The man growled.

"Or what?" Natsu stopped and stared him down.

The short stare down only lasted for a second or two before the man turned his eyes down and started walking away.

"Yeah, that's what I thought, not so fucking tough against another man, but women you have no problem hitting. You son of a bitch!" Natsu mocked/yelled.

He actually wanted the man to stop and hit him.

It would give him a reason to hit back.

The man didn't though.

Like a coward he was he rounded the corner and disappeared out of his sight.

Natsu turned around and walked straight to their apartment.

He banged on the door until she opened.

"What?" She asked.

He wanted to push his way inside, but he forced himself to stay on the spot.

He didn't wanna scare her in any way.

"Why did you leave?" He asked.

"I had to get home before he did," she answered.

"You're supposed to leave him," he said.

"And go where exactly?" She asked. "Will you take me?"

"I... Ehm... I... Your mom?" He asked.

She had put him on the spot, and he had no idea what to answer.

In his mind it had all seemed so simple.

She would leave him and go somewhere else.

He had never stopped and thought about that somewhere else might not exist for her.

"My moms dead." She said.

".....Your father?" He asked.

"Also dead, And I don't have any siblings either." She responded leaning on the door frame.

"Your friends?" He asked.

"If I had any left, He made me cut them out of my life one by one. I thought you knew how an abuser works. You've been so sure about everything up until now." She responded with a eye roll.

"I... I..." He stuttered.

He had no idea what to say.

Everything seemed to fall apart around him.

All his plans.

Suddenly he wanted to crawl back inside his apartment and avoid everyone.

His breathing took up, and he started hyperventilating.

He felt her hands on his cheeks, and she forced him to look at her.

"Hey, hey! Natsu! Look at me!" She spoke calmly.

"Breathe!"

He took a deep breath, forcing himself to breathe normally.

"That's it." she smiled.

"Breathe, Batman. You can't save the city if you drop dead."

Tears filled his eyes.

He felt so lost and pathetic.

In his eyes she had it way worse than him, yet she was the one calming him down and trying to make his life better.

He couldn't hold the tears within.

He let them run down his cheeks and over her fingers.

"Easy, Natsu. Everything is alright," she said.

"How can you say that?" He asked.

"Look, I'm not sorry last night happened. It was amazing, and I don't regret it. Not one bit," she said.

"But?" He asked.

"But nothing really, I had to get home before he did. And you slept so peacefully. I helped you see that your home isn't scary. And I also noticed the alarm system you got going there, mister. You're safe."

"Yeah, mom had someone install it the next day. She thought I'd move back," he smiled through his tears.

"And you will, Go inside and pack your things. Get out of this place. Move back home, go back to work, and start living again."

She dried his cheeks and eyes.

Her smile stayed on her face, but it seemed hollow and unreal.

"What about you? When will you start living again?" He asked.

"This isn't about me. It's about you, goodbye, Batman."

She turned around, and stepped back inside her apartment.

"No!" He said.

"Natsu," she sighed.

"I said no! We made a deal. I'm not leaving this place until you do."

"Then you'll be here for a long time," she closed the door.

AN: y'all wanna guess who her boyfriend is?