I have no idea how this chapter is going to turn out…at all. My confidence in my so called writing skills is at an all time low thanks to my so called "friends", apparently I'm considered the "stupid and always talking back" one…thanks. I'm not going to bore you with my life, I already have the entire story mapped out in my head and I just have to go through the struggle of putting it into words now. I'm sorry if things seem a bit awkward at times but it's just the way I roll. It's how I do T_T I hope you enjoy
I do not own Fairy Tail or it's characters, just meh oc's
A New Companion
The sounds of the heavy downpour outside echoed throughout the quiet home as it's occupants slept soundly. Rooms dimly lit, the only source of light came from flashes of lightning that sparked across the darkened sky, briefly illuminating the house with flashes of light. The sound of thunder followed closely behind the sparks of lightning, the sound reminiscent to that of bowling pins being knocked over. Small droplets of water landed on the sleeping blondes face, the drops running down her cheek, prompting her to wake up. Bleary brown eyes fluttered open, glancing around the darkened room before finally landing upon the wide open window, thin eyebrows furrowing in confusion as she tried to gather her jumbled thoughts. Finally registering what was happening, Lucy quickly sprung to her feet as she closed the window, letting out a small huff of frustration at the puddle of rainwater that had formed beneath the window.
'Great way to start the morning,' she thought bitterly as she quickly left her room, returning with a mop as she began to rid her floor of the water.
Huffing bitterly to herself, Lucy continued to sop up the rain water with the mop, quickly drying the floor as she let out a small quiet sigh.
"It's really coming out down there isn't it," Lucy murmured to herself quietly, a brief spark of lightning rippled through the air, illuminating the darkened sky as Lucy's brown eyes widened in pure awes.
She didn't care how terrifying lightning seemed to most, she found it beautiful and completely unpredictable, amazing actually.
Simply shaking her head, Lucy dismissed her randomized thoughts as she glanced at the clock. 7:10 flashed across the screen of her small digital clock in bright red characters, signalling Lucy that she didn't have time to waste. Spinning on the balls of her feet, Lucy left her room humming a small tune as she slid open the small cleaning closet door, simply storing the mop before closing the door and making a b-line for the bathroom. Gently closing the door behind her before spinning around as she glanced at her own reflection in the mirror.
Large, honey brown eyes stared back at her as she stared at her own reflection, visible bags hung under her eyes, a clear consequence of pulling an all-nighter. Simply pushing her thoughts aside, she quickly grabbed her toothbrush and turned on the tap, starting her usual morning routine as she rid her face of any dried drool marks which would've been dubbed "embarrassing" by anyone who had spotted the small trail. Grabbing her small white hand towel, Lucy left the bathroom as she made her way through the rather short hallway, the all too familiar sound of her bare feet padding across the cold hardwood floor filled her ears before fading as she made her way across the carpet floors of her own room. Making her way over to her small wardrobe, brown eyes immediately spotted the clean uniform simply hanging on the door. Lucy began getting dressed, her uniform consisted of a simple black and white plaid skirt paired with a white, collared long sleeved shirt which Lucy had tucked into her skirt, a plain black tie was present around her neck, grabbing a simple pair of knee high navy blue socks, Lucy simply slid them up her leg before deeming herself ready to go. Making one last stop in front of her mirror, Lucy ran her fingers through her somewhat messy blonde locks, her fingers acting as a last resort make-shift comb as she grabbed her signature white wire headband to push her hair back out of her face. Grabbing her backpack, Lucy left her room, making her way down the stairs as she walked into the small kitchen area where she found a familiar woman leaning against the counter.
Golden blonde locks had been pulled back into a tight bun, stray strands framing her face, the dry trail of drool left on her cheek a clear indication of her previous sleeping state, bleary half lidded stormy grey eyes glanced at Lucy as her pink lips tilted upwards into a small tired smile.
"Morning Aunt Maya," Lucy greeted, flashing her aunt a small smile as she made her way over to the small pantry before pulling it open and grabbing a strawberry poptart, quickly unwrapping it as she began munching on the so called "food of the gods".
"Morning Lucy," she groaned, rubbing the sleep from her eyes before sitting up in the stool properly as she glanced at Lucy who grabbed her already made bento, carefully storing it into her backpack before making her way towards the front door.
The sound of thunder echoed throughout the house as the older blonde sighed, glancing at the heavy downpour outside before glancing back at Lucy, letting out a sigh as she pushed away from the table.
"I should probably take you to school this morning," she huffed, grabbing her keys as she made her way towards the front door, hearing Lucy hum in agreement as she grabbed her umbrella before presumably making her way outside towards the truck.
Students brushed by him as they all made their way to their respective classrooms, chatting up a storm about plans for the weekend, gossiping about potential love triangles or simply just having small, random conversations between one another.
He didn't care if they didn't acknowledge his existence, he rather preferred if they didn't actually. They all simply brushed by him as they all continued going about his morning, not a single person saying anything to him or glancing in his direction.
Making his way to the rows of small lockers, he easily spotted his as he swapped out his now rain soaked sneakers for the much more dry and comfortable indoor shoes. He couldn't help but roll his eyes at two girls that simply brushed by him, one even knocking shoulders with him as she hadn't even bothered stopping to say sorry, simply going on about whatever boy she was gossiping about this time.
He easily recognized her, being one of many students in his class who paid him no attention unless there was something to gossip about involving him. Dismissing his thoughts, he simply weaved through the crowd of students before slipping into the classroom unnoticed, silently making his way over to his usual seat as he sat down before glancing out the window blankly.
Minutes ticked away as one by one, students all filed into the classroom, taking their respective seats as the classroom filled with chatter and gossip. Diverting his attention back outside the window, his attention being captured by the puddles of rain forming along the schools paved pathway. The sound of a chair scraping against the floor caught his attention as he turned to find a pair of all too familiar brown eyes staring at him.
"Morning," Lucy chirped, flashing Rogue a small smile before seating herself in the seat next to him, focusing her attention towards the front of the classroom, staring off blankly as she hummed a quiet time.
Rogue's mind drew an immediate blank as he stared at the blonde, questions racing through his mind as he just sat and stared.
Had she just talk to him.
The more important question was why. Why the hell was she even greeting him in the first place?
Memories of yesterday's incident rushed into his mind as he couldn't help but narrow his eyes at the blonde.
He didn't need her talking to him….at all.
He had been perfectly fine going unnoticed by other students, his plans of remaining invisible for the rest of his life completely flushed down the drain by the blondes stupid stunt.
Familiar chimes of the bell rung in his ears as the final students finally filed into the classroom, taking twit respective seats as it was not long before their sensei made her appearance at the front of the class. From that point forward, he had begun fading in and out as his gaze was focused more on the window, staring blankly at the grey of the sky as the teachers words barely registered to him.
Voices rang in his ears as he silently made his way through the crowded halls, students simply brushing by him as they all headed to the same destination. The rain had been coming down too heavily for him to retreat to his usual lunch time hiding spot on the roof.
As much as he loved the rain and the dark & gloomy weather, but right now, he despised it.
The cafeteria was packed, students gossiping about whatever topic was currently hot amongst their little cliques. Everyone seemed to be separated into the usual cliques consisting of athletes and "geeks"
He felt sick to his stomach.
It was almost as if he were trapped in some shitty movie or cheesy story.
He couldn't help but roll his eyes in pure annoyance as his red eyes spotted an empty table, dar off in the corner of the cafeteria, far enough from the noise and gossip of other students. Cracking open the hardcover book in his hand, he easily found the page he had marked, opening his simple black bento as he grabbed his chopsticks and began eating his lunch, red eyes simply scanning over every word on the page.
"Your lunch looks pretty good," a small chirpy voice complemented beside him as he turned to find Lucy sitting next to him, a small smile on her face as she looked at him.
Thoughts raced through his mind as he sat there what the blonde could possibly want from him.
Didn't she have her own god damned friends? And more importantly, why the hell was she choosing to bother him?
"I realized you weren't paying attention this morning so I thought id copy the notes down for you, we have a test Friday," Lucy explained as she slid a simple black notebook to Rogue as he flipped the book open as his red eyes roamed over the neat writing decorating a majority of the pages.
Titles decorated the top of each note, signaling what subject she had copied it from and what the topic they had been learning, the blonde had even draped small, neatly labeled diagrams, presumably to give him a better idea of the topic.
Rogue couldn't help but sit there and wonder why the hell she was going through all the trouble to duplicate the notes he had missed earlier.
Lucy fidgeted awkwardly in her spot as she kept her gaze fixed on her bento, more interested in the piece of chicken at the end of her chopsticks. Opening her mouth to say something, Lucy immediately shut it as she remained silent, she could see Rogue silently flipping through the notebook, red eyes looking at everything intently.
"Umm…look," Lucy began, fidgeting nervously as she began chewing on the end of her chopsticks nervously while looking at Rogue.
"I realized we probably got off to an…awkward start," Lucy murmured as her voice trailed off as Rogue looked at her, raising an eyebrow in confusion.
"But I wanted to apologize so let's start over," Lucy declared suddenly as she grinned at Rogue, her brown eyes twinkling in determination as she placed a simplistic blue notebook on the table, pen in hand as she began scrawling something across the page as Rogue's eyebrows furrowed in pure confusion.
Sliding the book to Rogue, Lucy grinned at him as he glanced at the page, red eyes widening as he stared at the words on the page.
I know things started off a bit awkward yesterday and I wanted to apologize if made you feel anyway about it.
So let's start over?
I'm Lucy, Lucy Heartfillia, and I'd love to get to know you and maybe even become friends.
Red eyes widened in shock as he almost did a double-take, eyes quickly scanning over the words once more as he looked up to find the blonde grinning at him, a hand outstretched, almost as if she were waiting for him to shake it.
This had to be some cruel joke the world was playing on him. It just had to be.
She couldn't really mean any of that…could she?
She had to be joking, none of this could be serious, it must have to be some sort of prank or dare.
He just knew it.
Grabbing the pencil, he shakily jotted down a response before sliding the book back to Lucy who's brown eyes scanned over the words, arching an eyebrow at the question as she turned her attention to Rogue.
"Why would I be joking? Everyone needs at least one friend right?" Lucy grinned as she continued to hold her hand out to Rogue, "I'd be happy to be that one,".
Wide red eyes stared at Lucy in pure shock as he finally began to process her weds and facial expression. Her smile seemed genuine, but even them….he didn't know if he could trust.
He couldn't….he simply couldn't, his mind wouldn't let him.
He knew his decision was probably going to screw him over in the end…but just for once, he wanted to pretend everything was normal.
That he wasn't the freak everyone just brushed by in the halls and on the streets.
Letting out a simple shaky breath, he grabbed Lucy's hand as the blondes smiled widened, he felt as if he had just made a deal with the devil.
What had he just gotten himself into?
Familiar chimes of the bell echoed throughout the school as students began making there way towards there respective club areas or simply just leaving. Rubbing his aching tables, Rogue let out a quiet sigh as he exited the classroom amongst the crowd of chattering students. Within only two hours of "knowing" the blonde, he had learned one crucial fact.
She had no such thing as a "mute" option.
Shaking his head to dismiss his thoughts, he quickly made his way to the large rows of shoe lockers as he swapped out his indoor pair for his beloved sneakers.
"Rogue, one thing!" The all too familiar voice of Lucy called as she ran over to him, panting as she made her best attempt to catch her breath.
"Take this book, answer every question and give it back to me tomorrow," Lucy ordered, continuing to breath heavily as she handed Rogue a small black notebook prompting him to raise an eyebrow at her.
Opening the book, his red eyes scanned over the pages filled with words and drawings, all obviously Lucy's work. Questions ranging from his middle name to favourite food and even favourite season decorated the pages as he realized this must have been the blondes attempt at "getting to know him better".
Before he could even move a hand to stop or signal her, the blonde took off running, briefly looking back to flash him a small smile and wave before disappearing through the large doors leading outside.
If there was another thing he had learned about the blonde within the two hours of "knowing her", is that the girl was a complete physcopath.
And as much as he hated to admit it, within two hours, he was slowly becoming used to it, almost as if Lucy was starting to grow on him.
Merry Christmas or happy holidays depending on whatever it is you celebrate or believe in!
I'm just about done writing this chapter. Finally "got the ball rolling"…kind of. I'm sorry if it seems awkward at times but…my writing just reflects on my own pathetic mental state at the moment.
On a side note, I know it seems weird that Rogue somewhat "accepted Lucy as a friend" so quickly. But the way my mind was operating is that from his perspective, Lucy is really the only one who seems to genuinely get to know him, putting in some sort of effort just to get to know him.
I know this chapter was possibly shitty depending on how you look at it but I apologize.
Thanks for reading anyway!
RebelPanda