Flashback Continued...

I pushed myself through the crowds that were blocking the streets, searching frantically for my adopted little brother. It would be hard.. there was more than 6,000 visitors there, but I wouldn't give up!

Around me, there was joy everywhere. Father's hugging their beloved children, infants squeezing of laughter, love was apparent.

Usually, such a sight would be pleasurable to witness, but in my situation, it was anything but.

All I cared about was finding Natsu and apologizing for my childish outburst.

Continuing to make my way, beads of sweat began appearing on my forehead, and I stopped momentarily to wipe them off. After an hour of continuous searching, exhaustion finally catching up. As I caught my breath, I began strategizing how I would find Natsu.

Setting my mind to thinking like a child, I pondered where I would have hidden.

Some place a grownup couldn't find me. Somewhere alone.

Then, the idea came to me suddenly. I began running to where I first found him.

I felt stupid. Of course he would go back on Father's Day, he was looking for comfort. For his father.

The cave was a 20 minute walk away from the festival. That was walking; I was running.

As I continued my fast pace, my chest began to feel heavy and I became slower.

Wow. I was seriously out of shape. Since Natsu came to me, I had forgotten all about working out. I never needed to, Natsu was already enough of a workout.

Finally, I reached the all-too-familiar shape formations of the grotto from so long ago.

With my eyes adjusting to the pitch black, I searched in the darkness for any shape that remotely reassembled Natsu.

A soft whimper echoed through the cave, and I immediately recognized the voice.

"Natsu?"

A small shuffling sound grew distant as if Natsu were trying to crawl away.

The cave was naturally huge, it fit a dragon after all. Falling to my knees, I also began crawling through the cave hoping I would run into my fiery headed adoptie.

I stretched my arms out, padding my fingers along the cool ground like a blind man. The jagged surface scraping my skin, leaving cuts and broken skin.

Finally, I touched the spiky hair that I had been longing to feel.

Jerking back from my touch, I knew Natsu could see me. Yet, I couldn't see him.

Knowing that from his reaction he was still mad, I ignored it and fumbled around reaching for his waist then threw him over my back.

As he began to cry in protest I sighed and stood up, locking my arms tight so he couldn't escape.

I felt hope as I began to see a tiny speckle of light as I made my way through the cavern. Slowly I watched as it grew bigger, and bigger until I knew we were in the clear.

I began to blink furiously as my chocolate -brown eyes adjusted to the bright, stinging rays of the sunlight.

Looking behind my shoulder, I watched as Natsu looked at me with big eyes. Almost as if wondering, What are you gonna do now?

I knew it was time, time to apologize.

I reached up to take Natsu off my back, and let him down on his feet as gently as I could.

When you're an older role-model, asking forgiveness is one of the hardest things to do. You are admitting freely that you were in the wrong.

Quickly grabbing his hand so that he could not run away again, I used my free hand to cup his face gently.

His dark emerald eyes, so somber they appeared to be black, rose to meet mine. Captivating and beautiful, yet full of remorse at the same time.

When a single tear fell, I snapped out of my trance.

"Natsu." I cried, anyone could see how regretful and scared I was. Scared that he wouldn't accept, scared that he would leave me...

"I'm soooo sorry", tears were streaming down my face, and my nose was becoming runny."I never meant to say that. It's just..." I gulped before letting the truth spill out. "I love you so much, and I thought that you'd rather be with Igneel than me, and that you were going to leave me, and..." But I never did finish what I was going to say because Natsu quickly jumped on me, his little body squishing me.

"I love you too." He whispered. Then squeezed the living daylights out of me with his best bear hug.

And with that I started sobbing, relishing the moment.

End of Flashback...

"Happy. I'm truly sorry for calling you a stupid cat. I promise I didn't mean it."

After a few moments of pondering, the lynx seemed to make a final decision, and I patiently waited.

"Alright..I'll forgive you..", I clutched him with joy, twirling around while so.

" Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! " I squealed.

Then the cat had to open his mouth...

"If. You buy me a twenty pound fish."

There went the squealing.

"Twenty pounds?!" I screamed, dropping the Exceed along the way. Luckily for him, his wings appeared before he hit the ground, saving him a sore bum.

Apparently, Natsu decided it was time to cut in, and I hoped he would be on my side.

"Happy. Don't you think that's kinda weird? I mean... Why only twenty when you could ask for a hundred?!"

"Or a thousand!" Said Happy, anticipation in his eyes.

"Perfect!" Natsu exclaims back.

I rolled my eyes and sighed. GOD! I was stuck with a couple of idiots.

A/N: Hey guys! So sorry to have kept you waiting so long! Have a lot of personal issues going on right now. But that shouldn't be an excuse, so I'll update anyway! Make sure to review and favorite:)