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Lucy plopped down on the nearest vacant chair and laid her head on the cold wood table. She had gotten back from the whole Infinity Clock thing. She felt relieved from the fact that everything was okay and everyone was safe, but inside, in her heart she felt darkness, loneliness, and sadness. She had lost all her family. Even though Michelle was her childhood doll she had been very dear to Lucy's heart, and when she couldn't help Michelle when she needed her the most, she felt weak and helpless. Lucy sat up and sighed as she shook her head to get rid of the negative thoughts.

"Hey, Lucy are you ok?" she heard a familiar feminine voice say. Lucy turned to face a very worried looking red head.

"Yeah, I'm fine" Lucy said as she gave the red head a small smile. Lucy watched as the scarlet headed girl sat beside her.

"Are you sure?"

"I'm sure, don't worry about me Erza. Seriously, I'm fine"

Erza looked deep into the blonde's eyes. She sighed as she gave up "Alright then, but If you need anybody to talk to I'm here for you" She said as she stood up and walked away. Lucy watched as the scarlet beauty walked away. Lucy needed to cheer up her guildmates were figuring out that she was obviously sad. She stood up abruptly and gave a determined smile as she exited the Guild Hall. She would help the citizens of Magnolia with their small problems and make herself feel better.

Lucy plopped down onto a nearby bench, every part of her body ached and she was exhausted. She didn't know that there would be so many small problems within Magnolia, one after another, request after request. She felt bad if she had rejected the citizen's requests, so she accepted all of them. She looked up at the sky, it was already evening. The sky was a combination of orange, yellow, and red. It was a beautiful sight. The sun was slowly beginning to set, yet the clouds seem to disappear. It took her back to the time she was a child and lived in the Heartfilla mansion. It was right after her mother's funeral, that same day in the evening she had visited her mother's grave and cried out for her mom to come back. The memory was sad and painful.

She then felt as something had flowed down her face "Huh?". She touched her face and felt the warm tears run down her cheeks and fall to the cold, hard ground. "No, don't cry now, you have to be strong." Lucy said angrily to herself. She stood up and tried to quickly wipe away her tears but failed miserably as the tears kept coming.

'Come on Lucy get ahold of yourself' Lucy couldn't control her emotions anymore. She soon gave up on resisting the tears and fell to her knees and sobbed out all her pain and sorrow.

After sobbing for a few hours, Lucy had stopped crying. Her face was red and her eyes slightly puffy. Lucy stood up, she wobbled a bit. She had a horrible headache now and she was tired from the events of the past few days. She kept her eyes low to the ground so nobody could see her face as she made her way back to her apartment. Once she was there she flopped onto her bed. She buried her face in the pillow and stayed there for a few minutes.

'If only I was just a little bit stronger' she thought to herself. She shifted her position on the bed where she faced the ceiling. She raised her right hand to the ceiling while her other hand laid on top of her forehead. She gazed at the back of her hand, specifically at fairy tail symbol that shimmered in the evening light.

Memories of her adventures with Natsu, Grey and Erza slide showed in her head. Most of the time on those mission her friends were fighting for her and she couldn't help but helplessly watch from the sideline. Lucy got angry at herself, at how weak she was she couldn't even save herself from danger. She let her arm fall to her side as she slowly slid out of bed. Lucy slowly walked to the mirror. When she looked at her reflection she saw her face was all red, her eyes were puffy from crying and she looked pale.

'Look at yourself, Lucy. Look how pathetic and weak you look' Unconsciously Lucy angrily punched the mirror. She snapped out of her thought when she heard the broken glass fall to the ground making a small clink sound. She looked at her trembling hand her knuckles were glimmering with blood.

"I need to calm down and clear my head" she said as she headed towards her bathroom. Lucy thought to herself that she needed to become more like Erza. Erza, who was always calm and collected no matter the situation and she was strong, and unlike Lucy, who was always hotheaded and weak. She had always liked Erza from the first time she met her, she was also someone Lucy greatly admired for her strength and calm demeanor.

Lucy started up the bath and let the water flow. She didn't know why but warm baths would always cheer her up. Once she was undressed she slid into the bathtub, she let out a sigh of relief. She dunked her head underwater for a few seconds until she needed to breathe. She thought that always cleared her head. The warm water relaxed Lucy to the point where she was drifting off. Lucy shook her head and blinked a few times to shake off the tiredness. She got out of the bathtub. She put her bath robe on, yet her eyes were slowly closing. Her balance became unstable. Lucy wobbled out of the bathroom before passing out on her bedroom floor.

"Lucy! Lucy!" A panicked voice urgently called out her name. She slowly opened her eyes to see a blurred figure with long flowing scarlet hair. When her sight came to focus, she saw Erza shaking her awake.

Lucy sat up and rubbed her head "ow".

"Lucy, are you ok? Can you hear me?" She heard Erza say anxiously, she was checking out the girl for injuries.

"Yeah, I can hear you." Lucy grumbled. Ezra sighed relieved. Lucy sat up to realize she wasn't in the bathroom anymore and she was on her bed. She also noticed that she was still in her bath robe and not properly dressed for company.

"How'd I get here?"

"I carried you," Ezra replied "How else did you think you got here"

Lucy ignored the last part of Erza's comment. "W-Wait, the real question is why are you here" Lucy said with a tint of annoyance in her voice.

Erza blushed as she twiddled her thumbs and answered "Well, you know I came to check on you" She sat at the side of the bed as she blushed. In Lucy's eyes, she looked like a little puppy. She could have sworn her heart had skipped several beats she also became flustered at the thought. Lucy then smiled "Thanks Erza".

Erza gave her a small smile too, which in return made Lucy blush. Then Erza's smile suddenly turned into a stern look as she stared intently at Lucy.

The blonde blushed "Is something w-wrong Erza?"

Erza crawled onto the bed towards Lucy. Lucy face was the now the color of this girl's hair as she started to retreat until her back hit the wall.

"Stay still" Erza said calmly as she approached Lucy. With nowhere to go and no escape route, all Lucy could do was stay where she was. She shut her eyes tight as Erza's face got close to Lucy's to the point of where Lucy could feel her warm breath on her face. Lucy's heart was pounding out of her chest as she braced for anything that might happen. Suddenly, Erza backed away from Lucy's face and Lucy slowly opened her eyes.

"So, I was right..." Erza said with a sigh.

"What do you mean by that?"

"Your eyes are swollen, you've been crying haven't you" Erza stated.

Lucy looked down at the bed sheet. She clenched the bed sheets in her hands. She wouldn't, no she couldn't admit that she weakly cried, not in front of the person she liked and admired.

"No, I haven't" Lucy mumbled. Erza reached out and gently lifted Lucy's chin. Lucy met Erza's concerned gaze

"I can see it on your face and in your eyes," Erza said softly "You really aren't fine, are you?".

"No, I'm f-fine" Lucy's bottom lip began to quiver as tears formed in her eyes clouding her vision.

Erza wiped Lucy's tears from her eyes "I'm here for you. So, you can rely on me." She gave a smile that comforted Lucy.

Lucy couldn't control it in anymore. She knew she was being a big crybaby, but she couldn't help it. Erza embraced Lucy into a tight hug. Lucy cried onto Erza's shoulder as she let all her feelings pour out. Erza slowly began to stroke Lucy's hair to calm her down "there, there, let it all out" Erza cooed.

After Lucy stopped crying, she unintentionally fell asleep on Ezra's shoulder. Erza blushed as she felt the blonde girls soft, warm breath on her shoulder. She then went to lay Lucy onto her own bed.

Right before she went to walk away, Lucy grabbed her hand and mumbled something "Don't go, don't leave me again" She saw a tear drip onto the bed sheet. Erza smiled at the sleeping blonde as she climbed into bed with her so that they could both be comfortable. She snuggled close to Lucy as she cuddled into her chest. She whispered into Lucy's ear "I'm not leaving" Lucy gave a smile as she snuggled into the older woman. Erza blushed and smiled at the sleeping blonde beauty. She leaned in and gave Lucy a slight kiss on the forehead before falling asleep.

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