Chapter 3
Previously:
"I don't want to leave you here all by yourself! What if those girls came back and beat you up again?" Natsu said
"Then they'll come back and beat the shit out of me until I die, at least I can stop the pain I experience almost everyday of my life!" Lucy shouted
"I'm going home and don't you dare follow me!" Lucy said then started walking towards the exit
Lucy's P.O.V
I tried my best to walk without falling to the floor but eventually before I got to my classroom to grab my things I fell to the floor many times good thing that almost all of the students are gone already or else they would also beat me up, when I reached my classroom I went and grabbed my things then go home while I was walking the people that I passed by were looking at me cause I'm covered with bruises, cuts and I have blood stains on my uniform I just ignored them and continued to walk home, When I reached my house I entered it and was greeted by my mom
End of Lucy's P.O.V
Normal P.O.V
"Tadaima" Lucy said
Layla came out of the kitchen to greet Lucy but was shocked when she saw her daughter with many bruises and blood stains were on her uniform "L-L-Lucy what happened to you?"
Lucy looked at her bruises and the blood stains on her uniform and said "Oh this? Oka-san you don't have to worry too much about it I got these bruises when we had are P.E. class and I got these blood stains when we had our cooking class, I forgot to bring an apron and we were cooking fish so I was assigned to remove the insides of the fish"
"Oh... wait does it hurt?" Layla asked
"Nope it doesn't hurt, oka-san I'll be going to my room now I still need to do my homeworks" Lucy said
"Ok.." Layla said
Lucy then started walking towards the stairs but fell the floor which made Layla ran towards her then crouched down to her level
"You really do suck at lying" Layla said
Lucy's eyes widen and said "Y-You knew that I was l-lying?"
"Lucy you're my daughter of course I know everything about you I even know how your fart smells like" Layla said
"Mom!" Lucy said in embarrassment
Layla giggled at her daughter and said "But I have a question for you Lucy, What did really happened to you and why didn't you told me the real reason on what happened to you today?"
Lucy went silent for a moment then said " B-Because I didn't want you to worry about me, I don't want to add to your troubles.. a-and t-the r-real reason behind t-this is.."
"Is...?" Layla said
"Iwasbeingbulliedbyothers!" Lucy said quickly so that Layla couldn't understand her but eventually Layla understood it
"What!? You were being bullied!? Why didn't you fight back?" Layla said
"First of all they're too strong for me and second they told me that if I ever try to tell it to the teachers nor tell it to someone else something bad will happen to me and you, personally I don't care about myself all I cared was you mom, you're the only family member I have left and I don't want to lose you!" Lucy said then started crying
"L-Lucy.." Layla said
"I love you mom and I don't want anything to happen to you" Lucy said
Layla hugged her daughter while patting her head and said "I love you too Lucy, you are the most wonderful thing that came to my life and Thank You"
Lucy looked up to her mother then Layla wiped the tears on Lucy's eyes and said "C'mon stop crying already you'll ruin you beautiful face"
Lucy giggled then hugged her mom again and said "You really are the best mom in the world and I'm very lucky that your my mother"
Layla smiled at her and said "Ok enough with the drama scenes, c'mon let's go treat those wounds and change your clothes"
Lucy smiled at her and said "Ok"
Meanwhile with Natsu..
Natsu's P.O.V
After Lucy have left the gym I was finally able to move so I went to my classroom to grab my stuffs and go home, while I was walking towards home I know I was giving off a gloomy aura because every person who saw me will sortta freaked out a little but I didn't care about them so I continued walking until I reached my house
End of Natsu's P.O.V
Normal P.O.V
"Tadaima.." NAtsu said in a depressed tone
"Oka-san onii-chan is back!" Wendy said
"Natsu you're back already? And wait why do you look so depressed?" Grandine asked
Natsu didn't care and just walked upstairs and went inside his room, Wendy and Grandine looked at each other because normally Natsu would immediately go to the kitchen first then go to his room bringing along so many chips
"Maybe something happened to him in school" Wendy said
"I-I guess so too.." Grandine said
Natsu plopped to his bed still repeating in his mind what Lucy said to her "I-I was the one who m-made it worse? I was the reason why she coughed out blood, Damn it!" Natsu said to himself
For the whole time Natsu kept on blaming himself until he heard a knock from the door
"Onii-chan It's already time for dinner" Wendy said
"Tell mom
I won't eat dinner today I lost my appetite to eat today" Natsu said
"E-Eh? But onii-chan you have to eat dinner!" Wendy protested
"JUST SHUT THE HELL UP AND TELL MOM THAT I WON'T BE EATING DINNER TODAY!" Natsu shouted
"O-Onii-chan…" Wendy said then went downstairs to tell her mother that Natsu won't be eating dinner tonight
"That's strange..Natsu usually rush downstairs to eat everytime we say that it's dinner time" Grandine said
"I wonder what happened to Onii-chan" Wendy said
Then Igneel came in
"Tadaima" Igneel said
"Okeari" Grandine said
"Okeari Papa" Wendy said then went to Igneel to hug him
Igneel smiled at them then he realized that Natsu wasn't there and asked " Huh? Where's Natsu? Shouldn't he be back from school?"
"Natsu already here dear he's in his room I don't know why but when he came home he had a gloomy aura and he doesn't like to eat dinner" Grandine said
"I see.." Igneel said
"Let's eat dinner first, I'll talk to Natsu later" Grandine said
"Ok" Igneel said
Then Wendy, Igneel and Grandine ate dinner, when they finished eating Wendy washed the dishes while Grandine went upstairs to talk to Natsu
*Knock* *Knock*
"Ugh… Who is it?" Natsu said
"It's me Natsu, Grandine" Grandine said
"What do you want mom?" Natsu asked
"Can I come in? I need to talk to you about something" Grandine said
Natsu sighed then said "Fine.."
Grandine entered Natsu's room and saw Natsu lying on his bed
"What do you want to talk about?" Natsu asked
"What happened? Why are you so gloomy?" Grandine asked
"It's nothing mom I just have a bad day at school" Natsu said
"Don't lie to me Natsu, I know when you're lying" Grandine said
*Sigh* " Fine I'll tell you what happened" Natsu said
Grandine nodded her head then sat beside his son then Natsu started telling her mother what happened
"And that's what happened" Natsu said
"Natsu.." Grandine said
"Those words keep on repeating on my mind and somehow I kept on blaming myself on what happened to her, I really just want her to enjoy her high school life like every student" Natsu said
"I understand your situation Natsu, why not try apologizing to her?" Grandine said
"I tried to say sorry to her but she's still mad at me" Natsu said
"Well it's natural Natsu she can't immediately accept you apology cause you promised to her you wouldn't tell it to anyone yet what did you do you told it to the teachers, I know it was the right thing to do but you made a promise to her , just give time for her to cool down I'm sure she'll forgive you someday" Grandine said
"Someday? I want that someday to be now" Natsu said
"Natsu listen, You can't force a person to forgive you in an instant, you have to be patient" Grandine said
"Ok, Thanks for the advice mom" Natsu said then hugged her mother
"You're welcome" Grandine said
After that Grandine stood up and said "Well I have to go now Natsu and Natsu can you please clean your room it's super messy"
"Hai Hai" Natsu said
Then Grandine left Natsu's room, Natsu stood up from his bed and went to his study table and began doing his homework until he fell asleep
Back at Lucy's place..
"There all finished" Layla said while finishing wrapping the bandage around Lucy's arm
"Arigatou Mama" Lucy said
"No problem and Lucy could you be more careful next time?" Layla said
Lucy nodded her head
"Then shall we eat dinner now?" Layla asked
Lucy nodded her head and asked " What's for dinner mom?"
"Your favorite, Teriyaki and rice" Layla said
"Yay!" Lucy said happily
Lucy and Layla went to the dinning room then started eating, After they finished eating Layla stood up and washed the dishes.
"Mama If you need me I'll be in my room doing my homeworks" Lucy said
"Okay" Layla said
Then Lucy went to her room and did her homeworks after finishing it she took her sketchpad and drew until she fell asleep
The Next Day..
*knock* knock* "Lucy wake up or you'll be late for school" Layla said
Lucy immediately woke up and rushed to the bathroom to take a quick shower, while taking a shower Lucy winced in pain because of her wounds, after taking a shower Lucy put bandages to her wounds then changed into her school uniform. Lucy ran downstairs and went to the kitchen to grab a piece of bread
"Mama where's the bread? That'll be my breakfast for now since I'm running late" Lucy said
"You aren't late sweetie you still have 1 hour before school starts" Layla said
Lucy's mouth fell open when Layla said that then Lucy looked at the clock it say's 6:00 am school starts at 7:00 am, Lucy looked back again to her mother then said "Mom! I really thought I'm late!" Lucy said then pouted
Layla giggled then said "C'mon dear eat your breakfast already"
"Hai!" Lucy said then sat at the chair then started eating her breakfast, After eating Lucy stood up and said "I'll be going now mom"
"Lucy are you sure you're alright? Can you walk properly? Does it still hurt?" Layla asked worryingly
Lucy nodded her head and said "I'm fine mom"
"If you say so" Layla replied back
"I'll be going now, Bye mom" Lucy said then kissed her mother on her cheeks
Lucy left the house then started walking to school
Lucy arrived at school at 6:30am, Lucy went to her classroom to leave her things and go to the rooftop, while walking as usual people were looking at her and were talking about her on how did she got those wounds and some were saying that it was a good thing that she got hurt. Lucy again ignored them and went to the rooftop.
Lucy's P.O.V
I went to the one and only place in school that I could be alone and that is the rooftop, when I was at the rooftop I went to my usual spot when I was at my usual spot I saw that there was a teddy bear, I sat down beside it and picked it up then I felt something from his right paw, it was like a button then it struck me that maybe this was one of those recording teddy bears so I pressed the button then the record started playing.
"Hey Luce it's me Natsu, I really just want to say sorry to you, I know I promised to you that I won't tell anyone about what you told me but I really just can't stand here and do nothing but just watch as you get hurt knowing to myself that I could something to help you and I also know that you will not accept my apology now but I'm hoping that one day you'll forgive me"
Then the record stopped playing
End of Lucy's P.O.V
Normal P.O.V
Lucy sighed and pressed the bear's left paw which if you pressed it you can record again, then Lucy started talking.
"Thanks for the effort Natsu I really appreciate it and I understand why you told them that and I know that you know that I can't accept you're apology for now because of what you did but one day when I'm ready I'll accept your apology" Lucy said then pressed again the bear's left paw. Then the bell rang, Lucy stood up and left the teddy bear there knowing that Natsu will come back to pick it up. Lucy went downstairs and went to her classroom. During their first subject. Some students were passing down a piece of paper. It went to all of Lucy's classmates except Lucy, Lucy who was so focused in the lesson didn't noticed it
End of Chapter 3
A/N: Yay another Chapter finished :DD What was written in the note? Will something bad happen to Lucy? Will it be good or bad? And when will Lucy accept Natsu's apology? Stay tuned to find out. :D
