A disclaimer: I don't own this anime; it's only going to happen in my dreams, in our dreams… *sighs*

Chapter 1:After a year of not seeing

How it all began

AUTHOR:Rei Akira-Chan

"What is it that could make you hate me?"

"Nothing could make me hate you! I can't hate you!"

"But you should! You will get killed because of me! I'm sorry Lucy but I have to do this." He left her kneeling there, crying for him not to go.

Lucy was about to stand up and go inside the gate with him. "And please Lucy, don't ever think of following me inside." He almost dropped a tear as he entered the blue gates.

"Loki, don't do this... Loki!" Lucy screamed and cried his name over and over. She was hoping her screams would reach Loki's ears. Her teammates found her and gave their all to comfort the heart-broken Lucy. Grey was letting her cry in his shoulders and Natsu was right behind her. Erza and Happy tried to make her smile, but nothing of what they were doing works. She looks fine and unharmed outside, but inside she's almost dead.

A FEW DAYS AGO…

"That. Was the. Most Exhausting, Mission. We. Have ever. Done!" I said out of breath.

We were resting in the guild after completing a job. Everyone was really happy, goofing around and telling jokes. Natsu and Grey are still fighting, Erza beating them up and Happy annoying the hell out of me. Everything was normal that day, except for the night that came after it.

"Hey, Lucy!" Loki appeared out of nowhere when I got home. He forced his way out of the gates again!

"What are you doing here?" I threw a vase at him. "You're not supposed to be here! I didn't call for you yet!"

He catches the vase. "I just want to see you, Lucy. What's wrong with that?"

"Nothing, I guess?"

"So, can I stay here for a while?"

"Yeah, but you should go back to the spirit world right when I tell you to, got it?" I asked him.

"Yes Madam Lucy." He replied with a smile.

There have been a couple of minutes of silence before he spoke again.

"Say, Lucy, why don't we go out, just the two of us. What do you say?"

"Please, don't tell me that you're playing around me again!" I told him, with a hint of distrust in my voice.

"No, this time it's for real."

"So, does this mean, you're asking me out on a date?" I started to blush lightly.

"If that's what you think it is. But actually I meant it to be a friendly offer but a date is quite better than that! Good thinking, Lucy!"

"N-no! I-I just asked…" I waved my hands as sign of disapproving. "I accept your friendly offer and this will not be a date!" I blushed more while he laughed.

We are outside the whole night, enjoying ourselves. A festival was good timing too! We played games, laughed at each others' jokes, and a bunch of other stuff. As we watched the sun rise at the bay behind our guild headquarters, we talked about something that started this whole mess.

"Am I living in a dream right now?" I pinched myself. "It feels like a dream, but it all appears to be real!"

"Oh no, you are definitely not dreaming at all!" He stopped me from pinching myself more. He kissed my hand. I was shocked! Really, really shocked! I froze right then and there.

"I love you, Lucy." He said in a really serious tone.

"What are you talking about? You say such things all of a sudden!"

"This is the truth inside my heart, Lucy. Every time I get called by you or if I go here with my own accord, I always expect you're gentle, brown eyes to welcome me. I get a strange feeling when I'm with you. I just can't control myself from falling in love with you."

"So, you are really playing around me after all!" I stood up but he grabbed my arm, stopping me from walking out.

"No, didn't I tell you that this time it's real!"

"You u-used, real deep words there, huh?"

"I did, didn't I?" He said with a shy smile.

Then we just laughed after all that. But times like those can't be returned now, can they?

It hurts, doesn't it? Seeing a loved one cry…

Lucy looked at the key to Leo's gate. Its color faded just after Loki disappeared into the gates. She looked around, and saw Grey, sitting near her bed.

"Hey, Lucy. Are you okay now?" He put Lucy's novel back in its rack. "Is he really that important to you?"

She nodded. "He's a friend…"

"You know what I think?" He asked her.

"No, how can I know? I don't have mind-reading skills." she replied, bitterly.

"I think he's more than a friend to you. I'm right, aren't I?"

"Maybe, maybe not."

"I can't take seeing you lifeless, Lucy. Cheer up now, for me?"

"I can't, I'm sleepy. Leave me, and put your clothes on." She lied down, still holding the key, while Grey put his shirt on and silently sat beside Lucy's bed.

"I'm not leaving, until you're okay." He said, gently caressing Lucy's hair.

Lucy was still crying silently.

'I can't stand seeing Lucy like this! It breaks my heart…' Grey thinks to himself.

"I can't hate you!" are the words that pierced his heart most.

She told me that she had the same feelings for me. We kept it a secret to everyone. But the day came when the king of spirit world knew.

"You can't love a mortal, Leo. It's against the rules of our world! The both of you, this will be your first and final warning! Banish those feelings you have, if you don't, both of you will suffer a severe punishment!"

I can't just banish my feelings for someone I love! But I have to, she will suffer a punishment! It's okay if it's only me to suffer the punishment but if she's included, I can't take seeing or thinking about it. I have to make her hate me. I tried to do things that she doesn't like, but she just can't hate someone, until the time came that we needed to part.

"What is it that could make you hate me?"

"Nothing could make me hate you! I can't hate you!"

"But you should! You will get killed because of me! I'm sorry Lucy but I have to leave you." I turned to the direction of the gate. "And please Lucy, don't ever think of following me inside." I really wanted to break down that time, I almost cried.

"Loki, don't do this... Loki!" I could hear her screaming my name over and over.

The gate closed completely, and I saw the king welcoming me.

"That was a good decision you made, Leo. She would've died if you stayed with her as a lover." He signaled me to come with him. We came to the palace's balcony in the west wing, where you could see the everlasting sunset. "Did you know why I made that rule?"

"No, sir, why did you make such a rule?" I asked him.

"Because I, too, loved a mortal once, but she aged and died, and because I'm immortal I couldn't die, unless I stayed in the human world for too long. My heart was broken, and the kingdom almost grew out of control. I have forgotten my work, so I forbid everyone in the kingdom to love a mortal."

"I can't go back there, right? That's my punishment for loving her."

"Yes, Leo, that is your punishment but just until you have gotten over it." He replied.

'I might not get over it.' I thought to myself.

TO BE CONTINUED…

A/N: Hey! How're you? Like my story? I'm a LucyxLoki fan when I started this story, but I started to like NaLu and GreLu too! But this is a GreLu fan fic…

Guys, if they didn't stop their relationship, Lucy will be imprisoned in the spirit world and Leo/Loki will be tortured… Sad, isn't it? And they don't get to see each other until they die… Is it just me or am I really getting more and more evil every time I write a new F.F.? *grins*