Happy New Year minna! 2014 is over, and 2015 is here! Be sure to treasure every moment in Fairy Tail that had happened last year!

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Grand Magic Games is over already. The guild is in a mess right now. That's Fairy Tail, the rowdiest guild in Magnolia. Fighting is their hobby.

"Fire Dragon Roar!" Natsu roared at Gray.

"Ice Make: Lance!" Gray shouted.

Of course, what do you expect? The two are fighting against each other. The guild is as rowdy as ever. Everyday, they fight and fight. No one could stop this rowdyness. Well, except for one. You know who SHE is. She's the one and only, Erza Scarlet.

Luckily for the guild, she was out there completing a mission. As for now, they're unstoppable. Flying tables and chairs were scattered. The only ones who were not joining the brawl were the girls of Fairy Tail along with their Master Makarov who was on a meeting with the magic council.

On a table was Lucy, her body slumped on the seat. She was totally bored. She couldn't do anything but watch the fight that was going on. Even the girls had nothing to do. They just watched the fight. Well, except for Cana. She couldn't care less than drinking beer all day.

Suddenly, the door burst open. It was Sting from Sabertooth. Natsu and the others stopped fighting. They stared at Sting for a moment. While staring at him, there came an awkward silence.

"M-May I excuse Lucy Heartfilia for a moment?" he asked after awhile.

"M-Me?" Lucy stammered. She didn't expect this coming.

"Why so?" Natsu asked. He tried to hide the venom in his voice which he successfully did.

"I wanna tell her something."

-Natsu's POV-

What the heck does this Sting guy want from Lucy? I mean, we're cool already. But I was just super suspicious on why he was here. I mean, he barges in at our guild and calls Lucy out, you know? And also, I'm getting a super bad feeling about this.

I saw Lucy walk to Sting. Crap, I'm in a bad mood already. I don't wanna fight Gray anymore. I walked out, while Gray called out to me, "Oi, Flamebrain! Come back here!" I just ignored him.

I then looked at Sting and Lucy's way. They were now outside. I felt this sudden urge of me to go and spy at the two of them. I just realized that the guild was back to being noisy again.

I was about to hold the doorknob when I heard Lucy coming. I quickly ran away from the door as fast as my feet could go. Then the door opened, revealing Sting... holding Lucy's hand. My fists curled up, ready to punch someone. But I must control it, so I just went somewhere where I would be safe. Of course, I went past Lucy and Sting, which was unnoticeable for them.

At the lake where Happy, Lucy, and I used to fish, I thought deeply to myself. Too late. I should've told her sooner. Now look, she's with Sting now.

Suddenly, I sniffed someone named Lisanna. I looked beside me and saw her smiling at me. I gave her a confused look. Lisanna just told me, "Don't lose hope. There might be somebody meant for you. Or maybe everything will not end as a sad ending." I had temper tantrums when I heard her second statement. But I was rather confused when she told me her last sentence. Sad ending?

"I should go now. You too. Gray's waiting for you. Or if you want to stay here then fine. Ja-ne." she then walked away from me.

I decided I want to stay here. Alone. I need time to calm myself down. I need more time to think through of this. I need to accept the fact that Sting and Lucy are together now.

I suddenly thought of going home alone. Happy's not with me. Maybe he'll understand if he sees me alone in the house, sulking. There at home, I can ease my mind. I can sleep to calm me down and forget the pain, or maybe eat. Eating makes me cheerful. Maybe I should do both.

I stood up, feeling a bit lonely. Suddenly, it rained. Even the rain's pitying me. Cool.

I decided to just walk in the rain. I do not catch cold easily so I walked in the rain. I felt like Juvia when she was still our ememy, so gloomy.

When I reached our house, I saw Happy with a worried look on his face. "Are you okay, Natsu?"

"Course, buddy. I'll just eat and sleep."

"I heard the news and—"

"Shhh, you don't have to remind me. I know it." I almost hissed at him. I'm just... so gloomy. Why do I feel this? Is this what they call jealousy?

I walked past Happy and examined the refrigerator. I remembered that we haven't shopped yet for food. Great. Luck's on my side. I decided to just sleep.

When I woke up, I felt alive. I felt like everything was just a dream. Yeah, I could feel the morning.

I found a note beside me. It was from Happy:

Natsu,

I went to the guild already. I left your breakfast there. I fished it for you. So smile. My name's Happy, so you should be happy too, pal.

-Happy :)

This cat never failed to make me smile. Oh well, I think I must eat the fish now.

When I finished eating, I went to the guild as well. But boy, I did the wrong choice. Me thinking about everything as a dream was so wrong. On the counter was Lucy laughing with Sting.

When Lucy noticed me looking at them emotionless, she waved at me. "Natsu! Come over here and—"

I just ignored her and went to an empty table. I can feel her stare at me. But I can't see her face. Her expression.

Just then, a blue cat flew towards me.

"Natsu!"

"Happy! Wanna come with me on a job? JUST THE TWO OF US?" I made the last statement loud, or should I say emphasized it, which made the other members look at me. Even Lucy and Sting.

"No. I mean, I'm gonna accompany Carla and Wendy at Fairy Hills." Grr, I hate life.

"Alright then, I shall do the job ALONE and shop ALONE."

I walked out of the guild, almost every members staring at me, confused.

I did the job well. So now, I'm shopping. I'm really happy to be alone. Oh well, I would just buy everything as long as it's food and my money wouldn't be wasted.

Junk foods, check.

Ice cream, check.

Chocolate, check.

Ramen, check.

All were good to go.

I went to the nearest cashier and there I found.... Sting and Lucy. They were smiling at each other. Great, I went here to the market only to be in a bad mood again?

Sting saw me and waved at me. Lucy also saw me and was about to wave and smile at me but then I turned my back on them. I pretended I did not saw them and went to a farther cashier. Farther from them.

I went back to our house all gloomy once again. The clouds are forming a heart shape. It's about to be noon time. I should get ready to eat ramen.

I ate and ate and ate ramen. Oh, ramen, you're the one who makes me happy once again.

Suddenly, I felt all dizzy. I feel like I'm having cough and cold. I think this is the effect when I let myself be soaked in the rain yesterday. Whatever. I went to sleep right after I finished eating ramen.

When I woke up, I still felt a little bit woozy. It's evening already? Well that was fast.

It's like I had a hangover. Suddenly, I felt something wet and cold on my head. Huh? Happy was here?

I looked to my side and saw a note. Again. It was a long one. But now it wasn't from Happy. It was from Lucy. Huh? How did she knew our place? I gulped and read the letter with shaking hands.

You take care of yourself. Don't come to the guild until you're feeling well.

Anyway, I can see you're distancing yourself from me. Are you okay? What happened to you? Did I do something wrong? If you don't want to tell the reason to me... it's okay. I will try to understand. If you wanna tell me then do it. I'll be waiting at the lake we used to fish at. And please, talk to me. I can't bear a treatment like this.

-Lucy

I put down the paper and slept again. I want to ignore her.

But in the end, I can't help it. I stood up. I went to the lake. But man, what a wrong choice.

There I saw Sting proposing to Lucy. What, are they gonna get engaged to each other?

I ran away as fast as my toes could take me. I'm not feeling well, and I can still run? What a coincidence.

On the deepest part of the forest, I sulked. I want to stay here until tomorrow. I mean, I haven't went to the guild again after I went to the market. Here at the forest I decided to sleep...

"Wake up, you little fire monster! Wake up! I said, wake uuuuuup!!!!" What the—!? So loud!

I recognized it was Gray's voice.

I punched him in the guts. How dare he? Waking me up in the morning? So not cool!

"Aww! What was that for, you fire freak?!"

"Oh, so you wanna start a fight early in the morning? I'm on, ice pervert."

And our brawl started once again.

When we've had enough, I collapsed on the ground. Yeah, now I'm feeling better.

"Everybody in the guild are looking for you." Gray said after awhile.

Really? I hope Lucy too. But I kept those words to myself.

"What are you doing?! Everybody's looking for you!" he scolded at me when I didn't answer.

"Never mind. I'm going home." There I go again, my gloomy aura.

He let me be. But I can still feel that he's following me. I walked faster. But he didn't stop.

Grr, persistent ice popsicle!

"Would you quit following me?!"

"Not until you tell me why are you like that. I mean, the last, last time we fought, you ditched me! I even called you out, but you continued walking out. I waited for you—no, we waited for you at the guild. Everyone's so worried about you. Specially Lucy. She told us she'd been receiving cold treatment from you. She was so sad. She was so worried-sick. She always wondered: Did she do something wrong to you? Every single thing, she have thought of it." Gray explained.

When I heard about Lucy, my ears perked up. She was worried. I thought she was never worried about me. I smiled to myself which made Gray frown.

"Why are you smiling like an idiot?"

"Never mind. Anyway, are Sting and Lucy engaged?" I tried to ask calmly.

"Huh? What are you talking about?" Gray inquired, clearly confused. Huh? He doesn't know yet he's in the guild? What the heck?

"I mean, Sting proposed at Lucy, right?"

"Hahahahahahaha!" was the reply I heard from Gray. I gave him my perplexed look. Why is he laughing? I'm not telling a joke!

"Hey, what's so funny?"

"S-sorry." he catched his breath and wiped a tear from his eye. "You walked out so you don't know, huh? Lucy and Sting aren't dating at all. Well, technically, yes. But to clear things up, it was all just a practice. Sting wants to court Yukino, and he asked Lucy for help on how to court a girl." So I assumed? Why didn't Happy tell me about this? That cat. I want to strangle him right now.

Ok, so now I'm so stupid. So stupid to know that all along I was just assuming things. So am I the only one who don't know anything about this?

I ran towards the guild as fast as I could. When I reached the guild, somebody pulled my scarf. As a result, I suffocated.

"Aw! What was that fo—" I saw Lucy looking at me straight in the eye. I think I'm gonna melt at her stare.

"Quit staring. We need to talk." she said with a straight face and pulled me by my scarf.

"Aw! Aw! Aw! Don't pull my scarf! You're gonna suffocate me to death!" She stopped pulling me. Until I realized that we were in the lake.

"So tell me... why are you distancing yourself away from me?" her voice sounded strong, but her eyes told me otherwise. In those chocolate orbs you can see sadness.

"Nothing." I replied nervously. I mean, why would I tell her that I assumed? I must refuse to tell her everything. It would be so freaking embarrassing.

"Tell me the truth." Okay, her voice is scary. She can be like Erza # 2.

And because I still wanna live, I told her the truth. Everything. From the top to bottom. All the time she just listened to me. I am really quite scared, nervous, and shy. This is the first. Why? As I was speaking, I couldn't see what her expression is. Everytime I look at her, her face is blank. It's like her mind is also blank. And that's why I was quite scared. But I tried my best to tell her everything with a straight face.

"So in other words, you were jealous? Is that it?" I'm not sure, but I could sense a bit of amazement in her voice. Is she teasing me?

In reply, I looked away, blushing madly.

Suddenly, I felt a hug. So... warm. I saw it was Happy. Just kidding. It's Lucy.

"Don't worry, you're my one and only." I felt my blush get redder if that was possible.