Lucy P.O.V

I slowly opened my eyes to find Natsu sleeping beside me. I smiled at the memory of last night and kissed his sleeping forehead. I love you.

I then slowly tried to move out of the bed, not wanting for him to wake him up, but in moments, I felt a pair of arms, pull me back to prevent me from leaving. "Where do you think you're going?"

I rolled over to face him. "Morning Natsu...I just wanted to get breakfast started."

He gave me a peck on the lips and began to whine like a child, "Not yet~ I wanna stay here with you for a while longer..."

He dug his face into my short blonde hair happily. "Mmm...I love you Lucy. I love you more than I've ever loved anyone before."

My face turned red as he said those sweet words. "Me too..." I whispered, finding comfort in his arms.

Never have I ever felt so happy before.

***

Juvia P.O.V

"All babies want to be born! All Babies want to be born!" yelled a protestor outside of the abortion clinic.

I'm doing this... I'm actually doing this...

I recognized the protester holding the huge sigh. It was non other than my old teacher from Phantom High: Blendy, Sherria Sensei.

"Uh...hi Blendy Sensei," I said meekly.

"Oh, hi Juvia. How are you?" she asked a little confused.

"Good...I'm good...So how's Phantom high?"

"Good..." she replied awkwardly.

The air feels so tense, ugh!

"Did you...ever finish that book you were writing?" I asked while trying to brighten the mood.

"No, not yet. I tried to work on it a little last night, but I'm having trouble concentrating."

"Uh...You should try Adderall," I said

"No thanks. I'm off pills."

"Smart move...drugs are bad."

"Yeah I know, I'm the one who told you that."

I shook at her tone, feeling guilty about my past. 

She sighed and crossed her arms. "I'm glad to know you've finally decided to stop all that drug abuse, Ame."

My heart stopped as she said my old name. Ame...I haven't heard that name in a long time...

"You still have that tattoo on your belly?" She asked casually.

"Yeah...I cover it up with layers of makeup when I go to school...since you know...I'm trying to live a new life..."

She raised an eyebrow as she looked at me, "So getting pregnant is your way of starting a new life?"

I shook at her hurtful words. "N-no...it just happened..."

"Yeah well if it just happened, shouldn't you be taking responsibility for it instead of just killing it? Tch...you're still the same murderer I use to know."

My heart stopped and my blood went cold. She's right...I'm a murderer...I'm a bad person...who am I kidding? I'm not meant to have a second chance...

I stared at the ground in shame, walking past her quickly. "Well, it was nice seeing you." I was approaching the door to the clinic when I heard her say my name.

"Juvia!"

I stopped at her call but didn't bother to turn around.

"Your baby has a beating heart, you know. It can feel pain. It's as alive as me and you."

My heart dropped with guilt and I couldn't say anything back. I then pushed open the clinic door to finally rid myself of the problem within me.

***

The receptionist sat behind a pane of bulletproof glass. The Waiting room was semi-crowded, occupied mostly by pregnant women, teens, and ill-behaved children. I took a deep breath and walked up the front desk. 

"Welcome to Women's Now, where women are trusted friends," said the receptionist indifferently as she looked at her computer screen.

"Hi. I'm here to for my appointment."

"Your name, please?"

"Juvia Lockser."

The receptionist raised her pierced eyebrow as she arranged the paperwork onto the clipboard. She then handed me the clipboard and a pen.

"I need you to fill these out, both sides. Don't skip any details. We need to know about everything." Then she reached into a condom jar and held up a fistful of purple rubbers.

"By the way, would you like some free condoms?"

"Uh no thank you...I'm off sex."

"If you say so."

I gave a weak smile and found my way to my seat.

***

When I was done filling out the form, I gave it to her and walked back to my seat. I was nervous, scared, slightly guilty, and I needed something to distract me, so I began to go through a pile of old magazines.

"Your baby has a beating heart..."

I shivered at the thought. Even though I knew that I still wanted to get rid of it, but staring at all the other mothers there and how each were crying, I genuinely felt scared. It was a fear that I had never felt in my life.

Am I doing the right thing?

Suddenly, a woman came crying out of the hallway, yelling about how she made the mistake of getting rid of her baby. It was traumatizing. Her tears, the yells, her lover's fake reassurance that it was the right thing to do, everything scared me.

I can't do this alone...!

"Excuse me, Miss Lockser?"

I zoomed out of the clinic at high speed. I can't do this...I'm keeping it...If anything, I'll have it and put it up for adoption!

***

Lucy P.O.V

As I held Natsu's hand in mine, I couldn't help but feel euphoric. I kept a great smile as we walked down the busy town square, unafraid to show the world our love.

"Lucy, we're here," he said cooly.

I snapped back into reality to see us standing in front of an Arcade. "An arcade?"

He looked at me concerned. "You don't like arcades?"

"No, I love them! It's just, I never imagined you to be a gaming type."

He chuckled and bent down to kiss my cheek. "Well, now you know something about me."

My face flushed pink from his affection, causing me to smile. He then grabbed my hand and walked me over to the inside of the building.

"Woah!" I gasped as I looked at all the gaming machines. "I haven't been here since middle school," I blurted without thinking.

While I looked around at the many games, I didn't notice Natsu had left. "Eh? Natsu? ...Oh crap...I lost him..."

I stood there, wondering what to do. Should I try and look for him...or stay where I'm at...?

I began to fidget and twiddle my thumbs until I felt a  sudden pat on my shoulder. "Onee-san! Would you like to participate in a special masked gaming tournament?!"

"I-"

"You do?! GREAT!"

"Huh?"

"Just walk down that way, you can't miss it; it's got a lot of people around it. When you find the person named Hibiki, tell him Eve sent you."

"Huh? What?"

"Do well, onee-san~" He then walked off with a wink.

***

I finally reached the place I was sent to and looked for the guy named Hibiki. I saw a man with that name on his name tag and walked up to him. "Ex-excuse me...umm, a guy named Eve sent me."

"Oooh, so you're a gamer, huh? I never would have guessed a pretty thing like you would game."

I felt my cheeks turn pink from his words.

"Umm...what am I supposed to do?"

"Oh! My apologies nee-san~ Just walk right onto the stage and take a seat."

I nodded and started to make my way to the stage. Then I heard a yell, "Wait!"

I stopped and turned back. "You need a costume."

"Eh?"

"A costume! Go to the back and quickly change into what's back there."

"Bu-"

"Just go!" he yelled while pushing me to the back.

***

I finished putting on the costume, which was a baggy cow onesie and a mask to hide my face. Then I heard a knock. "Come in," I yelled at the door.

Hibiki then came in, holding a clipboard while asking me questions: "What's your name?"

"Lu-"

"Your game name I mean."

Game name...?

"Uh...my game name is...uh..." I then thought of the perfect name.

***

(KEY: Bold means the speaker/announcer/game event conductor/spokesman/ etc.!)

Ladies and Gentlemen! Boys and Girls! Gamers of Magnolia Town! Get ready to see a great Streetfighter battle!

I felt my heart stop. STREET FIGHTER?! I haven't played that since 5th grade!

On the left, we have the newcomer, N.A.S.H.I!

The crowd cheered as I took my seat in front of the gaming console.

On the right, we have our Undefeated and Champion, ZOD_LEO!

The whole crowd went wild when they mentioned his name. He must be really popular here...

The guy name Zod_Leo wore a tuxedo suit and a mask for his outfit. He then took his seat in front of the console right in front of me. I began to feel my hands shake out of nervousness. We chose our characters, him as Ryu and me as Chun-Li. Then he chose the stage.

Get ready...

As the speaker took a moment of pause to intensify the mood, I felt my hands become sweaty. I'm gonna regret this...

FIGHT!

***

Natsu P.O.V

Where is she?!

While holding our gaming tokens in my hand, I ran around the spacious arcade, looking everywhere for Lucy. I then came across a special masked gaming tournament happening. There was a crowd of people and a giant screen project the two masked gamers' fight.

I stared at the gamer in the cow onesie and gasped. "LUCY?!" I yelled while looking at a big screen. I ran up to the crowd of people and saw her struggling with street fighter 4. As I watched her battle, it was over in a matter of seconds.

We have a winner! Our undefeated and Champion, for the past 4 years, ZOD_LEO! Let's give a round of applause for this brave newcomer, N.A.S.H.I!

N.A.S.H.I? That spells Nashi...?

I then saw her walking down the stage, to the back. I quickly followed her, shouting her name to get her attention, "Lucy!"

She then looked back at me in shock, "Natsu?!"

"Lucy, I wa-"

"Where were you! I was dragged into this because you went missing!" she yelled angrily.

Huh?! Why is she so mad at me?!

"I said I was going to go buy the tokens!" I yelled back, irritated by her tone of voice.

"I could have gone with you!" she yelled back louder.

"Well...You weren't paying attention to me!" I yelled back.

We stared at each other, both angry and bothered by one another.

I don't get why she's so upset! Women will be women no matter how old they are, huh?!

"Woah...calm down you two love birds."

We both turned around to see that guy called ZOD_LEO.

"Stay out of this!" we yelled in unison.

"Well aren't you guys something..." His sly smile then dropped when he saw our faces. He removed his mask, sending fear into my heart as my blood went cold.

"Dragneel sensei...? Blonde goddess...? Why're you guys together?"