Chapter 15

"Oh wow, I hope that someday a special guy would propose to me as sweetly." Lucy wished, as she saw the beautiful ending of the couple.

"Lucy... " he called her, "Listen.." he said much to the girl's surprise. She blushed. It's almost like he will reply to the girl's wish!

"I ate so much food you'll have to roll me home!" he continued while patting his stomach and with that he ruined the mood.

Lucy only replied, "Oh, that's really great!", she continued, "Uhm, this is so nice, can we just stay here for a while or longer?" she went to him and hold both of his hands enthusiastically, aiming to dance with the boy.

"W-wait! Stop!" the dragon slayer was surprised when the floor around them, floated.

Lucy with a smile, danced him, "One, two, three...One, two, thre--Aww!" she pouted, "You stepped on my feet!"

"W-well, my troia spell is wearing out." Natsu, who is clearly suffering from motion-sickness, reasoned while trying to prevent himself from vomitting.

"Not my dress!" the blonde celestial spirit only yelled in fear for her unfortunate dress.

"Are you okay?." Vincent's voice brought Lucy out of her reverie.

"Hmm? Oh, I'm okay." she smiled at him. She looked at the insignia on her hand. Remembering that she left her guild, made her tug unconsciously on the ribbon of her dress.

She is currently sitting at the front table, with Vincent on her side. The dark-haired Nero is near the buffet table, talking with the guests. People would come and greet her and Vincent. She would always smile at them, but she felt a pang of guilt on her chest whenever she say, "Thank you." to them.

Lucy is feeling tired of what she's feeling. She is guilty, knowing that despite of all this engagement- thingy, her heart only belongs to a certain person. She is frustrated because no matter how she dismisses her thoughts of him, it won't just leave her. She is sad for she knows that no matter how much she loves that certain person, he won't ever realize it. Because people, let's face it. Natsu Dragneel is as dense as a rock, and Lucy Heartfillia knows it better than anyone. She's tired of all these feelings.

"Let's dance." Vincent's gentle voice brought her back to reality. She nodded as she and Vincent put on their masks.

The celestial spirit wizard curtsied as she gave her hand to the lad. Vincent went her to the dancefloor along with other couples who wanted to dance.

They started dancing. Slow music filled her ears. As they were dancing, Vincent would always whisper to her some jokes and she would only giggle a little silently at him. He is smiling ever kindly at her. "This man..." she thought, but something--rather someone was caught in Lucy's peripheral vision.

Lucy saw a masked, salmon-haired guy wearing a tuxedo near the buffet table, eating like there's no tomorrow. At first, she can't believe it. But then, she saw his white scarf, hanging on his shoulders.

"He.." she muttered unconsciously as she excused herself from Vincent. The guy only stared at her with a sad face as she left to go to the pink-haired person.

Amidst the dancing crowd,she tried to move and go across the room. If she's not mistaken, then maybe...just maybe, she can talk to him.

"Natsu!" she whispered loudly as she strived to force her way out of the dancefloor, despite all the hindrances her long gown gave her.

Finally, she got out. She wandered her eyes around, only to find nothing. The pink-haired guy, vanished. In a blink of an eye, he vanished.

"Maybe it's just my hallucination." she thought sadly, as she swallowed back her tears. "I mean, he won't even care."

She's going back to Vincent when suddenly, someone held her hand tightly, causing her to face the person. It is the pink-haired guy. He grinned at her and at that moment, she recognized him.

Natsu Dragneel held her hand as they ran outside the halls.