Disclaimer: Not mine

A.N: English is my 2nd language... Ugh sorry it's getting longer...

Run, Lucy, Run!

Everybody at the fairy tail guild was able to smile again when they saw Mirajane entered the guild cheerfully. She seemed more energetic than usual.

"Hey Mira…! You look happy…! I'm happy…!" A blue cat grinned while munching his raw salmon.

Natsu furrowed his eyebrow, "Is that a joke…? I don't get it…" but he laughed a little bit in the end.

"Well yeah…! I'm totally happy, Happy…!" Mirajane giggled.

Gray could only stare at them with confusion in his eyes, but he relieved that Mirajane was able to overcome her problem. He stretched his arms up and yawned, since it was such a pleasant day he should celebrate the day by sleeping on the roof, or maybe Lucy's house.

"Hey…!" a familiar cheery voice coming from behind Gray.

Gray turned his head with a big smile on his face, "Oh, hey Lu-AAGH…!" he screamed in fear, "what's wrong with your eye…?"

Lucy hurriedly covered her left eye with a small plastic bag filled with ice cubes, "Yea… It's a little purple but it's o.k…!" She made an o.k sign with her hand, "Where's Wendy anyway…? I need her to heal this…"

"Woah Lucy you look really scary you know…?" Natsu eyes were widened and he looked worried.

"You should wear an eye patch…! I bet you gonna look really cool in it…!" Happy smiled widely.

Lucy's forehead wrinkled, "yeah right…"

Gray was unable to close his mouth, "How'd you get that…? How could you be so careless?"

"From my recent job with Levi, and Gajeel of course…" She smiled proudly, "Master told us to catch a group of magician bandits on action… When I tried to trap the bandit leader I got punched… BAM! Right in the eye!" she was telling the story with excitement, but that excitement was a fake, Gray could tell that much just by hearing her voice.

That's all he needed to know what to say next, "You didn't call for Loki? How could he..."

Lucy narrowed her eyes with irritation "he is taking a break from our contract…".

"He… Could do that…?" Natsu asked, He couldn't even believe what she just said.

"He already did that several times. Remember...?" Lucy gave him a wry smile. "At least this time he told me that can't be summoned".

Gray shook his head, "That's just wrong…! You should tell him that…! Don't you have the right to forbid him to do something like that…? Why…" He was out of breath. He got so furious from a problem he shouldn't butt in.

"Oh shut up…" Lucy muttered. "It's not like he is the only spirit I have! And if I got beaten up like this it's my fault from being too weak! I… I… I was hoping that he was there for me too!" Lucy screamed from the top of her lungs. Her face was red, and her eyes were all teary again but she didn't cry. "I… I'm sorry…" she bit down her lips, took a deep breath, turned her heels around and left the guild.

"Gray…" Mirajane pouted. She placed her hands on her waist. "After her and apologize…!" she ordered.

"But… It's Loki's fault…!" He protested. Mirajane covered her face with her hands. She was ready to cry anytime soon. "Ok..! Ok…! I'll after her…!" he grumbled and left with annoyance hung on his face.

**…AIUEO…**

Gray couldn't find Lucy anywhere, and before he realized the lamps on the street already lighten up by the town's people. He already knew that hiding is one of her special ability, but it was really frustrating to look for a small girl in this big city.

"Damn it Lucy where are you run off to…?" He was tired, pissed, mad, and confused everything just mixed into one annoying feeling and in addition he was feeling kind of guilty too. He looked around while bursting out hardcore cursing words from his mouth.

"Can you stop that…? You are making my ears rotten …!"

That voice startled him, it was kind of creepy, when you heard someone yelling at you but you can't see them, "so… sorry…?" he looked up to search for the voice source.

"I'm down here you idiot…!" it was Lucy, the one he has been looking for since this morning. She was sitting on the edge of the brick road under the bridge which he currently standing on.

With panic filling up his brain he ran hurriedly downstairs without losing the sight of Lucy figure, "I'm sorry…!" He shouted as he bowed 90 degree to her.

"Its o.k.…" she smiled gently.

With a little forced pull from Lucy, he seated himself beside her "about what I said earlier about Loki..."

"I like him…"

"Huh…?" he looked at her. He was kind of surprised by her sudden confession.

"Stupid right…?" Lucy laughed, but her laugh sounded really painful in Gray's ear. "His smile, his bluffing, his lies, his petty words, his tacky lines, and his old-style flattery… I love them all" she looked down to her clenched hands.

Gray gulped down his saliva, "But Lucy, he..."

"I really like him…" She pulled her knees closer to her. "I'm not mad about my eye turning purple" she smiled wryly. "I mean… I shouldn't be mad at him right…? I have my other keys… They're strong and reliable. They always ready to assist me. Even without Loki I should've…"

"But you're hurt… Everybody could see that…" Gray sighed.

Lucy eyes wondered into a blank space above her. "it really hurts when he breaking the contract, it really hurts when he flirts another woman, it really hurts when I can't summon him… I got scared, confused and when he wasn't around, I got pissed, and I became restless". She leaned her head on her knees. Her tear swiftly falling from her eyes, "I really like him, I really do…" she repeated that line over and over.

Gray froze in an instant, he didn't know what to do, he wasn't sure what to say, he was clueless about love and he knew he needed to do something to comfort her. He wasn't sure if he did the right thing by patting her head, because she ended up crying a lot harder from every pat he gave. "Sorry… I can't do anything…" he pulled her into his chest carefully and patted her head gently.

He was sure that every girl looked really ugly when they cried but Lucy looked stunningly beautiful when she cried… Even with the purple bruise on her eye.

**...AIUEO...**

A.N: Lucy is madly in love with Loki... Did I manage to bring that up clearly...?

The next chap is totally unrelated to this chap... Because it's about Lluvia...