Living as Leiko
midnightreader: Thank you! I wasn't sure it was a good idea. I'm glad I went along with it.
AnastasiaVero: Ooooh I like your idea, I didn't think of prom. I might add that in here. Countless possibilities are now flowing through my mind. Thank you for the kind review and suggestion. (Thank you for the other review in chapter 2 aswell)
Gajevyisbae: Leiko= Casanova. 'He's' a proper playa XD I love your name by the way.
Thank you everyone else who has reviewed! And thank you to those how have shown love to my story through favs and follows! It means so much to me:3
The two creepypastas in here are called 'White with red' and 'So i thought i ate a spider in my sleep' (I did not make them and I only have the ending in here. Check them out if you want so you can read the full stories)
I hope you enjoy!
This is Halloween
It's October 31st and its dark out. All the students are going to a Halloween party in the main hall. Gajeel and I along with some friends are meeting up in the school gym. We're going to have a mini party of our own first. I brought a plastic bag with some snacks inside just in case anyone feels peckish. I know Natsu will. Gajeel, Panther lily and I are already at the chosen location. All of the lights are out and they can't be turned on at this time. Everyone is bringing a flash light each to brighten up the place.
"Run Lily run!" Gajeel said as he ran on a treadmill. Panther lily ran on a different treadmill next to him.
"Come on really?" I say as I come back into the room. I went out to check to see if the others were coming. Of course we're the ones left waiting.
"What?"
"Why are you making him run on a treadmill?"
"I'm not making him, if he didn't want to then he'd get off," He turned his own treadmill up so he can run faster. He does seem to be enjoying it. Panther lily is a very interesting cat. He gets grumpy when Gajeel is lazy and doesn't do his work, he comforted me when I had a tough day once and started crying and he has an addiction to Kiwi. He's such a strange cat. Gajeel stops the machine and hops off. "Get on."
"Err… I'm n-"
"Come oooon," He grabs my arm and pulls me over to the machine. I hesitantly step on knowing what's about to come. He's relentless when it comes down to training. He taps the button a few times to get it started at a steady pace.
"Please don't turn it up too much this time."
"Gihihi, no promises."
"Sorry to have kept you waiting we had something to sort out." Lucy said as the rest of the group showed up. Natsu, Juvia, Cana, Gray and Suzy.
"Juvia was waiting for Gray-sama," Juvia said while wiggling a little in excitement.
"About time," Gajeel replies. Now that everyone is here he finally let me get off the treadmill. I'm sitting on the floor trying to catch my breath. Whenever I said I wanted to get off he would place his hands over my own making me unable to let go of the handlebars. I felt like I was going to die.
"Are you okay Leiko?" Suzy gives me a concerned look.
"I'm fine," I stand up and try to calm my breathing down. I don't want her to get in an argument with Gajeel over me again. Suzy looks sweet and polite but she can be pretty fierce. Don't get me wrong she's a nice person but she can be a little scary.
We are all sitting down on the gym floor in a circle.
"What's with the bag?" Natsu asked me. I rummage through the bag and pull out a bag of flamin hot Cheetos. Natsu's eyes light up in delight. I remembered how much he loves them so I brought them just for him. I get out a tub with the words cookies and Ice cream. It's exactly what it sounds like, a tub of ice cream with cookie chunks inside. Gray loves cold things so I got this mainly for him but I'm sure he'll share.
"Awesome!" Gray exclaimed as I slid it across to him. I brought other things for everyone else as well.
"Are we aloud to have all this?" Lucy asked while observing a yogurt tub. Knowing her she's probably checking the calories.
"Freed said I could take it," I reply.
"You told Freed!?" everyone asked in surprise.
"Yeah, he said its fine as long as we don't cause trouble."
"It's a good thing you two get on. He beginning to think that you'll do no wrong," Cana laughed.
Panther lily brushes up against me purring. He has a sharp eye. I pick up a tub that I left in the bag. It's full of sliced up Kiwi. I pop the lid off and place it on the ground for Panther lily to enjoy.
"I couldn't forget you now could I?" I say trailing my fingers down his back.
Meow~
I feel a slight pressure on my back. I turn my head to see Happy with his front paws kneading my back. I suppose he's excited to see what I got him. "Sorry Happy I don't have any fish," I pick up my bag and shake it upside down to prove what I said was true.
His ears flop down in disappointment. Awww I'm sorry little guy.
"Hey Juvia do you want some," Gray asks. Juvia had been staring at him again and he thought she wanted ice cream. Gray you're blind. He held his spoon out to her.
"Juvia can have Gray-sama's spoon?" Juvia blushed deeply with her eyes fixed to the piece of cutlery.
"No I have more than one," I say holding up another spoon. I swear I heard her heart shatter like glass at that moment.
"At this point he decided to consult her for more information. She sighed and said, "Did you look through the keyhole?" The man told her that he had and she said, "Well, I might as well tell you the story of what happened in that room. A long time ago, a man murdered his wife in there, and we find that even now, whoever stays there gets very uncomfortable. But these people were not ordinary. They were white all over, except for their eyes, which were red."" Natsu ended with an evil laugh. He had his flash under his face and shining up to add to his story telling. It was pretty creepy and he was so enthusiastic while he spoke, I admit he had me hooked. From the corner of my eye I notice Happy creeping. He's moving as if he was stalking his pray, planning the great attack. Before I could say anything he sprung forward and pounces on Panther lily's tail. I don't think I've ever seen him jump so high nor heard him cry so loud. He was truly startled. As soon as his feet touched the floor he dashed towards Happy. Happy also started to run… but in the other direction. This earned a couple of awws and giggles and a powerful laugh from Natsu.
"That's the biggest pile of shit I have ever heard," Gajeel said, giving his review on the story. He's lying down with his back facing the circle.
"It's a true story."
"Don't ruin it by saying it's true Natsu," Lucy said while pulling on his arm telling him to sit back down. He complies.
"I know one that's creeper than that," Gray challenged.
"The doctor saw me staring down, and gripped my shoulders tight. "Don't panic. You're safe now. It's just that - we saw the note about a spider you ate, and we did look at your stomach, but your stomach was fine. It was… well, they're attracted to moving air, see… and it had made webs, and laid eggs… thousands of eggs… in your lungs." In shock, I nodded, unable to do anything but stare at the three-inch-thick pile of baby spiders roiling around in the bottom of the waste bin," Gray finished the story.
"Eeeeeww," All the other girls including myself said.
"That's gross," Cana laughed. "I'm soooo going to tell Droy that one," She takes a giant swig of her bottle. That's right Dory is terrified of spiders.
Natsu grunts irritably, "Mine was better!"
"Like hell it was!" Gray argued.
"Mine was way more intense!"
"Juvia mine was better right?" Gray turned to the girl sitting next to him.
Her face turns deep red "O-Of course Gray-sama!" That's playing dirty Gray. Juvia is obviously going to agree, she has a crush on you.
"Mine was way better right Lucy?" Natsu looked at Lucy for support.
"Well…" she trailed off, "They were both interesting."
"But mine was more interesting right?" He looked almost desperate at this point.
"I like yours Natsu," I spoke up.
"Ha! Leiko likes mine better!"
"Come on Leiko, you seriously don't think that? You're a big book nerd so you know a good story when you see one, or in this case hear one." Gray said. Was that an insult or a compliment? Maybe a poor excuse of both.
"Who gives a shit which one was better!" Gajeel sits up and growled. "Yours was shit!" He points at Gray. "Any yours was equally shit!" He points at Natsu.
"Then tell us a 'good one'," Gray does the quotation fingers at the end words to add to his pissed off tone.
"This is boring. Are we ten years old?"
"I agree! Let's go do something more entertaining," Cana chimed in.
We arrive at the academy field. Cana said she had something to go get so we agreed to meet her at the field.
"She's taking forever!" Natsu shouted losing his patience.
"You boys are so ill-tempered," Suzy said. "Apart from you Leiko," she looked at me with a shy smile. I never know what to say when she does that. I know she's just being nice but it does make me feel strange. I wish she knew I was a girl, I feel bad for deceiving everyone. Lucy smiles knowingly. It's bad enough having Gajeel tease me but she does it now too. They always say that Suzy like me and say I should ask her out.
"Jeez why don't you just kiss already," Lucy chuckled. Suzy and I stay silent. I've gone past protesting at this point. Happy hops up onto the side of the fountain and strolls along. Panther lily jumps up aswell and follows behind Happy. He catches up and nudges is head into Happy's side pushing him out the way.
Spash!
Happy plummeted into the water. He clawed at the ledge in a panic to get out but he was having trouble. He managed to climb out. He looked like a drenched rat! Panther lily licked his paw and washed his ears. He was playing innocent… revenge I guess. I didn't think vengeance was a thing that animals did.
"Omg happy you clutz?" Lucy laughed. She and Natsu both found it hysterical. Gajeel was smirking. He knew just as well as I did what happened.
Cana returns with two bags in hand. She smiles as she revels what's in them. Alcohol.
"Who's up for a drink?" Cana asked before opening one of the cans and chugging most of its contents.
"Where did you get that?" I asked.
"Teachers' lounge."
"Cana that's against the rules! Alcohol is against the rules!"
"Don't worry about it. I know you're in the student council but you gotta let loose," She throws me a can and I instinctively caught it. "We are all partners in crime now after all," Age 18 and she's already an alcoholic. Everyone took a can. Even Suzy accepted a drink. I thought you were a good girl Suzy.
"We had some a while back so why are you getting up tight for?" Gajeel asked.
"I wasn't in the student council then. It's my role to keep the rules in order," I say feeling defected. The more I spoke about it the more ashamed I felt. I have no backbone…
"You know what's going to happen right?" Natsu crushed his empty can in his fist. "We'll be haunted down."
"Here we go," Gajeel mutters in annoyance.
"What do you mean haunted down?" I ask the question that seemed to be on Suzy's mind too from judging her confused expression.
"Apparently a teacher died here 5 years ago on Halloween. She was carrying a shit load of boxes down the stairs and she lost her footing. She fell to her death and now she searches the grounds for naughty students on Halloween," Gajeel answered grouchily.
"She didn't fall! A student pushed passed her! That's why she's a vengeful spirit!" Nastu said getting heated up. He was taking this rumour way too seriously, "We're totally screwed!"
"You don't seem concerned though," Suzy pointed out.
"Why would I be? It's awesome! We get to fight against a ghost lady!"
"You can't fight a ghost dumbass," Gray scoffed.
"Don't tell me what I can and can't do!"
It's getting late so we start making our way back to our domains.
"This sucks," Natsu said downheartedly. He's been doing stupid things to awaken this so called ghost. He even lit a pack of firecrackers and threw them in the female's toilets to frighten a group of unsuspecting girls. What kind of person carries firecrackers and matches around all day? I can't believe how serious he is about summoning a ghost. Now that we're heading back he's all depressed.
Thud-thud-thud-thud-thud!
Alarmed at the sudden sound we all turn. The thudding sound of something falling down the stairs continues until bunch of empty boxes hit the floor.
"What the fuck?" Gray was the first to speak up.
"Gray-sama?" Juvia clung to Gray with tears streaming down her face. "It's the ghost."
"It's not a ghost," Gajeel said annoyed. "Which one of you did it?"
"What do you mean? Who could we have done that when we've been with you the whole time!?" Lucy shouted in self-defence. "It's somebody else!"
"Leiko?" Suzy grabs my sleeve hesitantly. "Do you think it could be a ghost?"
"I doubt it," I say uneasily. I admit that startled me. The thing that I find strange is if it's not a prank then why hasn't someone come down chasing the boxes? If someone dropped them then surly they would come down to receive them. Someone else is trying to scare us… But who?
Everyone gasped when everything turned black. Why did the lights go off? We turn our flashlights on to light up our surroundings. Gray flicked the light switch off then on again. Nothing.
"Goddamn it," Gray muttered under his breath.
"I've had enough of this crap!" Gajeel shouted "I'm not going to be a source of entertainment for these prankster assholes!" He stomped off in a rage.
"Gajeel!" I call after him but he doesn't stop. "I'll go after him," I run off after him with Panther lily at my side. I hear Suzy call for me but I continued to chase after him. "You shouldn't go off by yourself."
"Why not?"
"Because… Because…" I search for a reason but to no avail. From the route he's taking I guess he's heading for the library. There is an exit that leads to a short trail to the boy's dorm. It's the quickest way back.
Bang-bang-bang-bang-bang!
I scream in fright at the sudden startling bangs. I cover my ears and close my eyes. It was so loud! The noise abruptly stops and I open my eyes. Panther lily was gone. Of course he was. Poor thing must be off quivering in fear. I look up at Gajeel who was looking at me funny. Like as if the noise didn't surprise him but I had. Wait… I… screamed right? Don't tell me…
"Hurry up," he spun around and continued his way towards the library. I follow.
I call out for Panther lily but I don't see him anywhere. We arrive at the library. It's just as dark in here as it was down the hall. Are all the lights off? We walk down one of the paths between the bookcases. I hear quick footsteps rushing on the other side of the bookcases.
Thump
"Watch it!" Gajeel yelled. I scream out in shock as he wraps his muscular arms around me. We fall with him on top of me but I couldn't feel his weight.
Crash
I open my eyes. Gajeel had become a barrier between me and a fallen book case.
"G-Gajeel…" My eyes widen in astonishment.
"Oh my god I'm so sorry!" A boy shouted. I wasn't sure where he was or who he was but I assume he was the one running. "Are you okay?!"
"We're fine," Gajeel replied. "Did I crush you?" He pushes himself up higher to make sure he was holding all the weight.
"No… I-I'm," I answer still in awe. Hundreds of books are scattered around us and the bookcase must weigh a ton. It's a good thing both of the bookcases didn't fall. The boy must have run into the other bookcase and the force knocked this one down since they were back to back. "Are you hurt?"
"It would be a lie if I said no," He smiled. The boy grabbed the bookcase and helped lift it.
The boy must have apologised at least twenty times before taking off. The wood in the back of the bookcase is spit. Makarov isn't going to be pleased when he sees this mess but I know he'll be glad. Glad that no one was hurt badly. Gajeel insisted that he was fine but I still felt concerned.
"I'm taking you to the nurse!" I shout.
"Stop worrying. Plus she isn't here this late," He says nonchalantly. You'd never guess that this guy was just squished by a bookcase. He's just too unaffected.
"Leiko!" The door burst open and Suzy enters along with the others. "Leiko, what happened?"
After we explained what had happened they explained that they were looking for us. Turns out it was them all along. They said they were just trying to earn a good scare from everyone by setting up a timer that switched all the lights off when it hit 12:00 and Natsu had set up firecrackers around the school. The firecrackers must have been the source of those loud banging sounds that chased Panther lily way. The whole dead teacher thing was real but everyone knew the ghost stories were fake. Natsu wanted Gajeel, Juvia and I to think it was the ghost so that's why he took it so seriously. Suzy was even apart of the prank which had me surprised. Juvia's fear was genuine, she had no part in it. Gajeel boosted about the fact he knew it was them.
"Do you guys mind leaving me and Leiko alone?" Gajeel asked.
"What for?" Cana asked lifting and eyebrow.
"Do you guys mind leaving me and Leiko alone?" He repeated. They all comply but not without having a moan first. The room fell into silence. He didn't say anything and I certainly wasn't going to say anything. He had been looking at me weirdly and now that I think about it... Over the last couple of days I think he's been watching me. I would feel his eyes on me in class but whenever I turned around he was looking away. I brushed it off and said it was just my imagination. But I know it wasn't. He knows something. "Leiko?" he says my name to grab my attention.
"You're not a boy are you?"