Welcome back to another chapter of Bitter Leaves! Thanks to all the people who followed and read my first chapter, I really appreciate the support! I should be getting an ArchiveOfOurOwn account soon, I requested and invitation yesterday. Meanwhile, you can go check out my older sister's account in there! Her username is "LittleCupOfMocha" and she has a couple stories uploaded already! She would really appreciate you checking out her page. /users/Littlecupofmocha/pseuds/Littlecupofmocha
Bitter Leaves
Chp. 2
"No Lisanna! I did not know that! Why didn't anyone tell me! Ugh!" I started pulling at my hair. Sometimes, I just don't get my friends. If you know something, you should tell anyone you suspect doesn't know. "Whatever," I said as I started calming down. " It doesn't matter anyway." " Well at least you got here on time!" Levy said, trying to sound positive.
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"Alright class, Nurse Strauss set up a kickball tournament at 8am for everyone. Since we get to skip the first round, we play at 8:30 against Macao's class." He kept dragging on about the rules, which were basically you can only hit the person below the waist to successfully get them out and no tagging up, whatever that is.
When the time for kickball came, we went out onto the field. As I walked over to talk to my friend Gajeel with Levy before our game, I noticed my previous crush Sting following us with his friend Rouge.
I had three classes with him last year and thought we bonded, but this year he totally ignores me, and treats me like I'm a piece of crap. We admitted we liked each other, but my parents wouldn't let me date. We were best friends, but all that nice shit ended when the new school year started, leaving us with no classes together.
I may have just been paranoid, but Sting was walking the same direction as us. Hopefully he didn't want to talk to Gajeel...
As we arrived next to Gajeel, who was sitting by the fence, Sting and Rouge went to "watch" the kickball game closest to us. I chose to ignore them.
"Hey Gajeel!" Levy said a little too enthusiastically. "Shrimp, Bunny Girl." He responded while nodding his head. "You excited about the kickball tournament?" I asked him. "Eh. Not as excited as I am about about getting those piercings I wanted this summer!" "Really Gajeel..." Levy deadpanned. She was so judgmental. "Levy! Be supportive of our frien-"
"Hey guys," I murmured a "what" as Gajeel interrupted me. "Why does Sting keep glancing back at us?"
Oh no. "S-shit! Keep him away from me! I hate that guy..." I whispered as Levy pat my shoulder. Gajeel just gave a sincere look.
Before anything else happened, we were called to the field for the next match.
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"Alright!" Wakaba was being the referee for our match. "Clive's team kicks first! I want it in boy girl order, no buts! This is a single elimination tournament and each round is 30 minutes! Let the game begin!"
Gray, our soccer star, was kicking first. Juvia was right behind him, she wouldn't let ANYONE near him. Then Gajeel, me, Natsu (who cut in front of Loke), and the list goes on.
Wakaba rolled the ball, while Gray ran up and kicked it pretty far! Right into... the hands of the 3rd base man Ren... nice one Gray. Juvia decided to kick her ball short because her "beloved Gray" missed his chance. Luckily, Gajeel kicked a homerun and I got to 2nd base. That left us with Natsu kicking next.
"Hey Lucy~" "Hibiki, don't flirt with me right now! I'm trying to focus!" " Yea, on your pink haired friend about to kick..." I blushed furiously. I did not see that coming... "It's not pink, it's SALMON!" I huffed. Natsu chuckled and I blushed even more. Great, he heard me.
Wakaba rolled the ball and Natsu ran towards it, setting up his leg in a kicking position. Right as he was about to kick, Hibiki messed everything up. "You look cute when you blush, Lucy." And that little comment led Natsu to missing the ball completely.
Needless to say, our whole class was mad at Natsu and distracted from the game. We let our guard down, and Macao's class won 4-1. We figured we would have lost anyway to Elfman's homeroom, so no harm done right?
Thank you guys so much for reading my second chapter! I believe I should be posting a chapter either daily or every two days, how does that sound? Just to be clear, this is everyone's last day of 8th grade, right before high school starts. The title of the story should also begin to make sense in the upcoming chapters. Remember, constructive criticism is always welcome!