I agree that Lucy and Natsu should've had more closure over his leaving her for a year to go train, but I'm not sure Lucy would've held onto her anger for this long though. One of Lucy's best characteristics, imo, is her ability to forgive. She's shown it over and over again with those who've hurt her. I can't see her wanting to go off on her own for months to get back at Natsu, especially knowing how sad that made her feel when he was gone. She's not that vindictive, nor is she that shallow, imo. But it was an interesting and well-written read, regardless.

This is cute
I like it

Thank you for this! I feel like this was perfect and should be canon. Your work is amazing as always

Wow. What a rollercoaster of emotions.
At least they are trying to sort through them

too cute omg:'( I'm not American, British or anything, so reading your beautiful stories I can have fun (sometimes I cry but that's a good sign Lol) and I can learn! Love you, hope 2020 Been treating you well3

That was really good. Nuff said.

I think I have been looking for a fic like this since Natsu returned from the year away and nothing really 'scratched the itch' so to speak and then you write this and WOW you really delivered! I really loved how you have Natsu just as upset as Lucy, not only cuz he's scared she'll leave him to go off on this mission but he's finally addressing all those feelings he keeps pushing down. Lucy finally got to let all that frustration and sadness out and ugh you hit me so hard in the feels. As far as I am concerned, this is canon. Fantastic job!

you are the jesus of the fairy tail fanfics and this fic made that a FACTTT

Loved, loved, loved! Great job Mira!

I loved everything about this story!

Hi love, sorry I'm late! I got swamped yesterday with stuff before I got a chance to read it. I've gotten some gist just from our conversation a few days ago in the discord so I'm curious to see where you went with this!

Hmm, how cold Lucy is acting in the beginning surprised me. I never expected her to talk to Natsu that way. We always see if she goes off on him, it's from his shenanigans meant usually for comedic effect. This is different. She seems LIVID. I'm wondering what the hell he did too to make her so mad. I can feel the hurt in such a snappy response.

Wow, even though it hasn't fully been explained yet, that was definitely not the right response for Natsu to say. His "I don't get why you think you can leave me alone" BS just completely undermined and belittled the fact that Aquarius, one of Lucy's most loved spirits, might be found. He turned the whole situation about him without thinking about what this means to Lucy. He's not good with words so I don't think he meant it maliciously, but still it was a very thoughtless comment. I thought you did a great job description Lucy's utter shock at his ignorant comment. I could picture the look on her face.

The minor things I would say is that you used a lot of dashes in places where it didn't seem necessary or an ellipsis would have helped the pause better. I think the bold words in the story also kept pulling me out of the flow of reading. I thought when you just used italics, that worked well enough. There are a few punctuation errors throughout, mostly with dialogue, and some grammar but nothing too crazy.

And. There. It. Is. The reason why she's so pissed. He left without even consulting her first for a damn year and then has a problem with her leaving to work a job by herself? Please! How inconsiderate and honestly, very Natsu-like. Erza stepping in I felt was very in character of her. I literally read her words in her voice. That's a great ability, love! I also thought Gray trying to goad Natsu into a fight to blow off some steam was sweet even if I agree with Erza that the timing wasn't right. His heart was in a good place. 3

Okay, so I have no idea what that other reviewer was talking about. Your story is very clear and it has a happy ending so what the hell is the problem?! You did a great job with this. The emotion is palpable and the story flows well from the confrontations to comfort. Keep up the good work. We told you your good reviews would outnumber the bad because you deserve it, love.

Great one-shot ! It was full of emotions. You should absolutely make a sequel, with Lucy, Natsu and Happy going on their trip to retrieve Aquarius key. And while searching, they'd realize their feelings, and become an item...finally...but this one-shot is already cute, with Natsu embracing Lucy from behind in a loving way and falling asleep with her in his arms...it'd be great to see it in anime, and manga ;D

Great chapter

Your writing always makes me feel so many emotions
i loved how you gave Natsu's side of things too because people always blame him without realizing how much he suffered too since he saw his father die right in front of his eyes
i wish there could've been a talk like this in the manga!
but this was brilliant!i loved it

Awesome! Emotionally charged yet sweet. I love fics that address the Natsu-left-Lucy emotions - it was badly handled in the Manga.