Child of Darkness chapter 8 brought to you this time with confidence from WildCard555. (Wipes sweat off my face) Good so the consensus is that my first lemon did not suck, that's a huge relief. Now just let me answer/respond to my reviews before I start the chapter.
Kurokitsune17, 1fariytaillover, lalamnngirl: Awesome! I am the first to get Zeref with a woman in a fanfic. Claiming another firsts here people.
Kitsune-Dark-Knight: Love it when I'm right about stuff. Don't know if this chapter is better, but it is defiantly a lot crazier.
Leoslady4ever: Thank you. Yeah thought about doing a rape, but for the story I'm going with it needed to be consensual.
Nidjo: I knew it wouldn't be the worst, but I also don't know how it would compare to others. I've got this story going past 30 chapters so you can say I've got a plan for this story. So far Lucy is the only girl who has gone on her date. And you're right there are a lot of different ways I can take this story. In this case I don't think anyone could have guessed it would go down this way.
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Avalon92: No problem, better late than never. I know for a fact there are worse lemons than what I just wrote. I just suffer from being my own worst critic.
Serena Heartfilia: Thank you for the compliment. This story is nowhere near being done, as a matter of fact it has barely just begun.
SakuraKoi: I can somewhat agree with you on it needing go be longer, but that can come from me cutting out third base(oral.). Next time I write a lemon the difference between the two should be night and day.
HeirToTheShadows: Thanks for the pep talk. In all honesty I knew it wasn't going to be the worst. I just suffer from being my own worst critic. Trust me I know this is my story, and have full control of it, as a matter of fact just scroll down to find out what I'm talking about.
Eli77: I can somewhat see it with how this story has played out. The end of chapter 6 really showed that this stories rating. Hurray yet another Zercy convert. Keep reading to find out if Zeref really loves Lucy.
Shadow Siren: Surprisingly no one has done one yet. Hiro Mashima pretty much handed that one to all of us yet no one has yet to do anything with it on this site. Seriously people we were pretty much handed the blueprints to a rapefic with how Lucy vs. Flare went before Natsu saved her.
Nyan: I aim to please. Believe me I have a reason for doing what I did to Natsu so far in this story. Keep reading to find out Zeref's plan with Lucy.
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Chapter 8
The Morning After.
After the best day of her life Lucy began to wake up from her deep slumber. Upon waking up her entire lower body felt sore. 'Worth it.' She thought slowly opening her eyes in the dark room. She felt something holding onto her waist pulling her in. 'Still asleep huh?' Turning to face her lover. She felt him steadily breathing as his bear chest pressed against hers. Deciding to wake him up in a bold way Lucy got on top of Ceadra before giving him a wake up kiss.
The sleeping man was a little slow, but eventually kissed Lucy back.
Feeling like rekindling what happened only hours ago she took the move he had used on her last night and licked his lower lip to get entrance to his mouth.
Without a seconds hesitation the man gave her the access she was looking for, and felt the soft tongue tasting of strawberries and vanilla passionately explore his mouth. Using his left hand he gently swept his fingers through her long flowing hair before resting it on the back of her head to deepen the kiss, while using the other hand he turned the two of them over so now he was the one on top of her.
Lucy allowed herself to get turned over letting the man have the same position he had previously had. Only something felt off. 'When did he put his pants back on?' Felling that his lower body was clothed when she was still naked. Upon realizing this she suddenly realized his mouth didn't taste like apples like it did last night either. No this time around this mouth tasted strongly of smoke. One thing she silently admitted to herself was that although last night was her first time it certainly wasn't Ceadra's first time with a woman. Something she could look past easily, especially when he used that experience on her. But now it felt like she was with someone who like her was inexperienced.
After connecting those three dotes together she finally came the realization that it wasn't Ceadra she was kissing, but someone else. "KYA!" Yelled Lucy punching the man she just kissed thinking it was Ceadra. The body crashed into the nearby wall. Grabbing at the sheets she covered herself up the best she could, reaching for her keys. "Who's there?" She asked frightened out of her mind. 'What happened to Ceadra?'
"Owe!" The man rubbed the back of his head after getting punched and slammed into the wall.
Recognizing the voice. "Natsu?" The blonde asked. 'Did I really just kiss Natsu? What happened to Ceadra?' turning the bedside lamp on seeing it was indeed Natsu who she unknowingly had just tried to get intimate with.
"Who else would it be?" He answered groggily getting to his feet. 'Just when I thought she had gotten used to sleeping with me.'
"What happened to Ceadra?" Asked a highly confused blonde.
"Ceadra?" The dragon slayer began to think. "Oh the guy who won the date with you." 'The reason I rode four fucking trains yesterday for.' Still feeling the effects of his motion sickness. "I don't know. When I got here last night you where the only one here. Why did you let him spend the night here?" Now jealous of the man getting invited to stay the night with his Lucy when he would have to sneak in each time he wanted to spend the night with his precious Nakama.
She couldn't believe it. The man she had given herself to left her in the middle of the night. Looking around the room hoping to find a note of some sort. "Natsu did you happen to see a note in here by chance when you got here?" Hoping that Ceadra had a reason for not there with her.
Shaking his head. "When I got here last night at two in the morning all I saw was you sleeping before I went to sleep next to you."
Now feeling violated. 'He used me!' She thought. Sure most girls would think Natsu had something to do with his disappearance, but Natsu is incapable of telling a lie so Lucy knew she could trust what he said was true. Now starting to feel angry. 'He used me!' Feeling tears starting to fall down her face.
Not only seeing but also smelling the salty tears coming from Lucy Natsu did what he had always done and asked her what was wrong and made her cry. When she didn't respond to him he got closer. "What's wrong Lucy?"
'He said he loved me.' Those being the final words he told her last night before falling asleep in each others arms. She then started to shake in both anger and confusion. Without paying it any attention she felt Natsu's strong warm arms wrap around her to comfort her.
"It's okay…" He tried to comfort her for whatever was causing her this pain. That was the last thought going through his head before it went through the window after Lucy his best friend unexplainably punched him out her second floor window and into the bushes in front of the apartment. Sure the girl had hit him many times and had gotten straight back up from the blows, but with everything he had gone through the day prior the cold hard ground he landed on felt too comfortable for him to stay awake. Soon he drifted back to the world of dreams.
"How Dare He Use Me Like That!" She yelled after punching Natsu out the window. Quickly she stormed her way to the bathroom to clean whatever Ceadra had left on her last night. Scrubbing herself down vigorously till her skin turned red. Despite all her effort she remembered all to well what he done to her body last night. Knowing she was physically as clean as she could be she still felt dirty and pissed off after what she had woken up to. Once out of the shower she brushed her teeth until all she could taste was the minty toothpaste and the blood from how hard she was on her gums. When all the daily hygiene rituals done she got dressed(Year 792 getup.). Looking in the mirror Lucy saw the line her tears had made before wiping them away. "I'm not going to shed one more tear because of that asshole."
Still acting out of anger she decided to go to the guild to grab a solo mission as means to calm down. She just prayed knowing how fowl a mood she was in no one from the guild did anything to piss her off, or they would suffer her wrath. Sure that could be avoided just simply staying home, but there was no way she was going to do that. If she did that all she'd do would be thinking about everything that happened yesterday. No for her own good she needed to get out of town for a while.
After grabbing all the essentials she'd need for a mission she proceeded to kick her door open to see Erza standing out side with two bags full of clothing, makeup, accessories, and other things to help maker her look good for her up coming date with Jellal. "So…" The redhead began before the blonde uncharacteristically cut her off.
"I am in no mood today Erza." Said Lucy nearly yelling at her friend. Who then proceeded to walk right past Erza.
Erza stood in front of the now closed door of her friend's apartment in shock. Never before had anyone from Fairy Tail ever talked to her like that. And Lucy was the last person she would have ever expected to yell at her like that. "But my date with Jellal." Nervously grabbing for the blondes shoulder.
Turning to face the redhead. "Erza you are a big girl, surely you can handle getting yourself ready for your date with Jellal just fine." Going back to walking to the guild.
Erza just stood there and watched Lucy walk away. "She's right." She said after standing on the porch for a couple of minutes. "I can get myself ready just fine." Looking into one of the bags she carried seeing over thirty different types of makeup. In her other bag was four different dresses, six different pairs of shoes, and all the jewelry she owned. "I'm screwed." Not knowing which combination would make her look her best on the date with the man of her dreams.
"UGGHHH!" Groaned Natsu from the bushes unable to sleep on the ground anymore he woke up after violently getting punched him out of his best friend's house. "What is Lucy's problem?"
Hearing Natsu's words caught Erza's attention. "What did you do to Lucy?" Thinking Natsu was the source of Lucy's strange behavior. Quickly requipping a sword she pointed at him.
Going into his usual defensive mode whenever Erza was mad at him Natsu answered. "I didn't do anything." Putting his hands up in a defensive manor.
Requiping herself into her Heavens' Wheel Armor. "I don't believe you." Fiercely staring at the dragon slayer.
Even though Natsu knew what he was about to say would get him in more trouble with Erza he also knew it would give him the best chance of escape. "Look someone giving away free strawberry cake!" Pointing behind the armored woman.
"Where?" Looking where the fire wizard was pointing to see an empty street. "The cake is a lie!" Now furious that she had been lied to about the cake she turned back to see Natsu running like a mad man away from her. "Come back here and face me like a man?" Now running after him.
"I'm not a man I'm a dragon." Running like his life depended on it. Well in this case it really did.
Normally the walk to Fairy Tail from her apartment was twenty minutes. In the rage like walk she made it in four. Wanting to just get a job and get out as quickly as possible she calmed herself enough to open the doors to the guild as quietly as possible without drawing anyone's attention. Any other guild this might have worked, but this is Fairy Tail we are talking about so.
"Good morning Lucy!" The entire guild greeted her.
'What's so good about it?' "Morning." She grumbled back not even attempting to smile back doing her best to make a B-Line to the request board. She was five feet away from the board thinking she'd be able to get the mission and leave with only having to talk to Mirajane to get it approved. To good to be true she was actually going to get out of the guild without displacing her anger on anyone in the guild, she started to look at the solo missions, until.
"Good morning Lu-Chan." The seemingly always-joyful Levy began to approach her best friend.
'Please turn around Levy.' Ignoring the book worm scanning the board for a mission that would get her out of town for a solid three or four weeks.
After waiting a good ten seconds for a reply Levy repeat what she just said. "Good morning Lu-Chan." Still no response. Just then she saw the look on her face. She saw a dead serious look on the blonde's face.
Using her peripheral vision she knew Levy saw the look on her face. 'Good now just walk away."
Thinking she could lighten her mood up the solid script mage decided to ask her about her progress with the latest chapter in her book. "Lu-Chan have you…" Levy trying to ask her best friend about her novel. If only she had read the look on her friend's face better the bomb she had just set off wouldn't have needed to explode. Unfortunately this bomb's fuse was pretty much none existent so any hopes of preventing it from exploding in the middle of the guild just flew out the window. The last thing that Lucy wanted to happen.
"No Levy I don't have the next chapter done yet." She answered with the same voice as her face looked. "Do you know how hard it is to write a book, especially with you keep pestering me about a new chapter everyday? It takes time and a lot of hard work to write a good story. If you want my work to be any good you have to give me some time to actually write."
"Sorry Lu-Chan…" Levy never seeing Lucy act this way caught her off guard.
"Besides I already told you that you'd be the first person to read it when I'm done."
"I'm Sorry." Trying to calm her friend down.
"Then give me some time to actually work on it. Not that I ever get time to work on it anyway with how..." Now starting to go on a tangent.
"Hey Bunny-Girl back off of Levy." Gajeel warned Lucy stepping between the two girls to defend his crush. This caught the attention of half the guild.
"Oh look it's the guy who thought he could buy a date with Levy for dirt cheap." Lucy mocked Gajeel. This caught the other half so now everyone was staring at the trio. "Tell me did you only come in with 50,000 jewels because you are a cheap bastard, or was it because of her lack of development." Pointing out her Levy's schoolgirl like figure.
This made Gajeel blush with embarrassment. "No I…"
"If you really wanted to have Levy to yourself why did you wait till the auction night to finally make your move?"
"I-I-I." Gajeel stuttered not expecting the blonde to act this way.
"God does anyone in this guild have the courage to ask the person they like out, or not."
"I'm not a coward I just…"
"You know I hope the guy Levy goes out with sweeps her off her feet just so it teaches you not to act all broody, and actually make the first move next time instead of hoping a girl goes after you." Knowing all to well that neither Levy of Gajeel have showed their feeling for each other. Even when both knew the feeling for each other where there.
Gajeel was completely stunned just like Levy was. Neither of them could find any words to speak as they watched the blonde going back to looking for a job on the board.
Having just watched Lucy's outburst like the rest of the guild Gray was the first to ask what her problem was because what he just saw surely wasn't the Lucy he had gotten to know over the past year. "Lucy what's the problem." Walking up behind his teammate placing his hand caringly on her shoulder. "Is…"
Looking back when she felt a cold hand on her shoulder Lucy turned her head to see Gray standing behind her dressed only in his black boxers when he asked her what her problem was. Still in her rage Lucy did some strange throw she herself wasn't aware she could do. The end result was Lucy tossing Gray onto a hard wood tabletop. "Gray Put Some God Damn Clothes On."
"Uggggggghhhhhhhh!" Gray groaned in pain after getting the wind knocked out of him when he got thrown onto the table. He was actually wishing the table had broken to lessen the impact. (Trust me it hurts more when a table doesn't break when you get slammed onto one.)
"You do know any girl not familiar with your stripping habits would be screaming rape right now." Lecturing the man struggling to get his bearings back. "Do you have any idea how embarrassing it is when we have to talk to a client and you're showing more off than I am(most of Lucy's outfits leave little to the imagination were Gray leaves nothing to the imagination)?"
Juvia having enough of watching he love-rival being mean to her Gray-Sama, Juvia went to his aid. "Love-Rival leave Gray-Sam…" Before the water woman could even attempt to help her crush she found herself pressed against a support beam with her love-rival shooting daggers at her with her eyes.
"Juvia for the last time you and I are not love rivals. Gray is like an older brother to me, nothing more and nothing less." Not even blinking as she spoke harshly to Juvia.
"Thank you?" Juvia said with a mixture of confusion and fear.
"To be honest with you though Juvia, Gray doesn't deserve a girl like you." Less venom in her voice now.
"What do you…"
"It's as clear as day how much you like him to everyone in the guild. Yet he always ignores you, brushing your feeling for him under the rug." Juvia tried to protest but was not aloud to by Lucy. "I've seen you following Gray since before you even joined Fairy Tail." Looking to the rest of the guild. "Who else has noticed?" Everyone except Grey rose their hand. "You see everyone except Grey is aware of your feelings for him."
Even though the man was still down he could hear everything his teammate said. 'Have I really ignored her for so long. Man I'm such a jerk.'
"But Gray won Juvia's bid." Said Juvia.
"Probably because someone else told him to, or because he saw you about to cry and didn't want the guild to get flooded again." Lucy said trying to get her point across.
'Lucy's right.' Realizing he did need to give Juvia a fair shot on their date. After all she has done to get him to notice her.
"Gray-Sama tell Love-Rival its not true." Looking at Grey who was still un-responsive. "Gray-Sama!" tears starting to fall down her pale cheeks' fearing what her love-rival had said was true.
"Juvia I say this as a friend who wants to see you happy so please listen to me." Lucy speaking more calmly. "Gray is probably aware of your feeling for him yet he has ignored them all this time. You've been trying so hard to get him to like you yet you never get anything through to him. Juvia please, Gray doesn't deserve to have you. With all the effort you've put into him he should have been yours by now. Please move on. I don't want to see him hurt you anymore." With those final words to Juvia Lucy walked over to the request board. Over at the request board. "Pick a job or get out of the way!" Lucy yelled at Nab before tossing him into the nearby wall. After a minute of looking through all the jobs she found one she was looking for to get her out of town for a while. Now storming over to find Mira to get the job approved before anyone else gets in her way.
Currently unable to read the mood of the room after winning three straight drinking contests Cana decided to call over her former partner over for a drink. "Hey Lucy wanna have a drink with me." The drunken mage slurring her words.
"I DON'T DRINK."
The yelling hurt Cana's ears' severally from her inebriated state. "No yelling Lucy." Covering up her ears.
"Then stop getting hammered before noon." Pointing at the clock reading eleven O' clock. "Honestly I don't get the point of constantly drinking yourself to death. I mean what makes getting drunk so special when you do it all the time? I swear one of these days you're going to sober up to see you got pregnant from a drunken one night stand." Going back to getting Mira's approval for the job.
After hearing all of Lucy's harsh word Cana pushed the barrel of alcohol she was drinking away. She then placed her head down on the table to do some soul searching.
"Whew!" Whistled Laxus. "When did blonde grow a backbone." Like the rest of the guild never seeing her act this way." He had to admit though this version of Lucy was to his liking.
"I am not weak!" Getting up in the hulking man's face. "And my name is Lucy not Blondie!" Now everyone was looking at the girl worriedly for she had just gotten in Laxus's face. An act that in the past pretty much signed that person a death warrant.
"I didn't call you weak." Stunned that she was standing up to him.
"No but you were most likely thinking it."
"I've gotten over that since I was kicked out after the Fantasia incident." No longer caring about his guild mates strength, and now ready to defend them whenever they need help.
"Since you say you've gotten over it." Doing an air quote with her hands. "I have a question for you."
"Shot."
"Why not instead of weeding our the weak members of the guild to remake it in your image, why didn't you just train them to help make them stronger."
"UHHH!" To be honest with himself he never really thought of that idea. The only members he had helped get stronger were already strong to begin with. 'Why didn't I train someone, or a couple other member.' Now thinking of the question Blondie, no Lucy had just asked him. Looking around the guild for someone to train. That was until Freed got between the two blondes.
"How dare you talk to Laxus like that." Staring fiercely at the celestial mage.
Looking past Freed and back to Laxus. "How do you manage to breathe with Freed hugging your nuts so tight?"
"Pahhh!" The guild collectively let out a gasp. Now they were positive Lucy had a death wish. They had seen what Freed did to people who spoken ill of Laxus behind his back and lets just say it isn't vary pretty.
"What did you just imply about me?" Drawing his sword out of its seethe.
"I don't know." Speaking in a joking manor before going back to being pissed off. "I think I just called you gay for Laxus."
"I'm not gay for Laxus." Keeping his ferocity. "Or any man for that fact."
"Oh yeah! Then why did you hug him like you'd never see him again on Tenrou?"
He couldn't deny it when everyone there that day say him do it. "I just really care for Laxus." Seeing the girl about to open her mouth again. "I am not gay."
"Prove it."
Rummaging through his pockets he pulled out a piece of paper and handed it to Lucy. Watching her read the paper he saw her give him a look saying sorry before handing it back.
"Hopefully you show her the same passion you do for Laxus and I'm sure you'll have her for sure." Walking away from the greenette heading to the bar.
"What's that piece of paper say?" Laxus asked pointing at the paper in Freed's hand.
Blushing before he spoke. "It's the agreement signed by the girls in the auction that they will go out with you, or you get your money back."
"Who'd you win?" Not seeing him bid for anyone before him and Gildarts came back into the guild to watch the rest of the auction. Before Freed answered him he made a guess. "Mira?" Remembering hearing about the crush he had for the barmaid from someone else.
"Levy." Freed answered still blushing.
"WHAT!" Roared Gajeel. "It was someone else who won Levy's bid." Not fully remembering what the guy looked like, but he knew it wasn't Freed. Looking at Levy. "Tell me it's not true."
Levy looked away from Gajeel blushing. Silently admitting it was Freed who she would be going out on a date with in a few days time.
Gajeel now standing in front of Freed. Both men just stared at each other waiting for the other to throw the first punch.
After biting off nearly ten of her Nakama's heads off Lucy finally made it to Mira with the job flier in hand.
Mira who had seen everything unwind was beyond convinced something was indeed troubling the stellar mage. After all she saw the younger mage as a little sister even after her real sister came back from Edolas. Of course with it being Mira she believed any problem could be fixed with love. She also remembered that she was going to hook her up with Natsu once her date with the black haired stranger was over, but first she needed to know that it was over with that man first. After all it could have been love at first site from the way she looked when they talked about their future dates. After thinking of the love loop Mira had somehow forgotten about Lucy's bad mood. "So Lucy how did your date go yesterday?" Asking all to cheerfully with her eyes closed.
"I don't want to talk about it."
Mira not seeing the sour look on her face or paying attention to the sound of her voice totally miss-read the situation. "So it didn't go to well last night did it?"
"Not for me." 'Fucking Asshole.'
'Good! That mean I can hook Lucy up with Natsu.' Inner Mira squealed. 'Pink-haired babies with big brown eyes.' "Maybe you could give someone else…"
"Mira I don't need your love advice right now." Showing the flier to the barmaid. "What I need you to do it approve this job for me."
"Only if you agree to go out…"
"MIRA STOP IT! Love advice is the last thing I need right now." Willing the tears she'd been holding back to stay put.
"I just don't want to see you alone." Mira expressing her concern for the younger mage's love life.
"Why don't you just focus on your own non-existent love life." Lucy countered coldly.
"What!?" Getting slapped hard by the last comment.
At this point the guild members who hadn't fallen victim to Lucy began to wonder who was going to be dumb enough to talk to her, and how it will end for that person. So seeing Mira now being the one to get slammed wasn't so much a shock anymore.
"You are so focused on other peoples love lives that you neglect your own. I mean I don't think I've ever seen you with a boyfriend the entire time I've known you."
This made the Take-Over mage realize she hasn't had a boyfriend in a long time. Still those words stung enough to make her cry. "I just want everyone to be happy." She sobbed.
"Have you ever considered maybe letting someone handle their own problems.'' This time Lucy spoke to everyone in the guild, as she knew she had been the center of attention since snapping at both Levy and Gajeel.
"But we're a guild we help each other with their problems."
"Sometimes people have a problem they want or need to handle by themselves. At least until they are comfortable enough to share said problem." Taking in a deep breath. "I just wanted to come in grab a job and get out of here. Instead I ended up ripping nearly everyone in the guild."
Over at the entrance Mira's younger sister Lisanna entered the guild. "Good morning everyone." When no one replied to her greeting she took in her surroundings to see everyone with a hurt look on his or her face. In the center of the see of hurt stood Lucy.
Seeing that Lisanna had entered the guildhall. 'Might as well get everything off my chest since I've come this far.' "You!" Pointing her rage now at Lisanna.
"Me? What did I do?" Asked the now worried Lisanna completely unaware of what just happened over the last six minutes.
"Ever since you've come back I keep getting ignored to death and/or kicked out of the guild."
"What?" She asked confused as her question went unanswered.
"Whenever I get ignored half of those times I end up getting pregnant with Natsu's child, but because of how clingy he is to you I end up leaving so the two of you can be together. Only when I come back years later to find out that I was the one Natsu loved all along." Sometime during this rant she began to cry. "Or I end up falling for someone else in this guild to ease the pain of losing my first love."
"Eh, Lucy." Lisanna tried to stop the rambling Lucy, but couldn't speak loud enough to get her to stop.
"Whenever I get kicked out of the guild it all starts with my team kicking me off the team deeming me to weak telling me I was only a replacement for you while you take MY spot on the team. Through all of these times I've ended up falling in love with just about every from a different guild after joining it. Most recently it has been either Sting or Rogue. Again Natsu realizes he liked me all along, but this time its too late as I've already found someone else but he can never accept the fact I found a way to move on past him."
"Lucy!" Raising her voice.
"I'm sick of you always ruining my life." Face now drenched in tears.
While the blonde was forced to take a breath the silverette(I just made that word up I believe.) took the opportunity to place a hand on each of the other girls shoulders so she could look her in the eye once she spoke. "Lucy its okay. You are not, nor will you ever be anybody's replacement. The people you are talking about would never be aloud to stay in Fairy Tail if all they were concerned about was strength. Everyone here is each others Nakama and Nakama don't forget about each other, or let one of their own go through that kind of pain alone." Pulling the other girl into a hug to let her cry on her shoulder for a few moments before she spoke.
"Really?"
Patting her on the back. "Really!" Pushing her away to look her in the eyes again. "Now where did you get these crazy ideas from?"
"Ever since you've come back I've had these nightmares every couple of days." Lucy did a hick-up from her crying every few words. "They always feel so real. Sometimes I don't know if I'm awake until everyone tells me good morning when I enter the guild."
Pulling her back into the hug. "Its okay Lucy. That's all those all are nightmares that will never come true."
"Promise." Wiping away her tears.
"If for some reason it does happen I'll quit the guild myself." Lisanna reassured Lucy's fears.
"Thank you so much for this Lisanna." Feeling a weight that had been on her shoulders for months finally being lifted.
"No problem Lucy." Easing the two of them out of the hug. After hearing the blonde's fears she knew something else had triggered her actions at the guild today. After fixing the first problem she figured she might as well figure out what Lucy's true problem is. "Now why don't we just sit down and talk about what your real problem is?" Lisanna walked Lucy over towards a nearby table before sitting down.
"Okay." Lucy now somewhat cooled down sat opposite of the youngest Strauss sibling. Taking a deep breath before talking. "Well you see Lisanna…"
"I just took the manliest shit!" Boosted Elfman stepping out of the bathroom. When he looked around to see what was going one he saw that everyone was shooting him signal to shut up.
"Tell me your problem." Lisanna trying to get Lucy to ignore what her big brother just said, but it was too late.
Lucy immediately got out of her seat and found herself right in front of Elfman. "Manly, Manly, Manly!" Poking the muscular man in the chest each time. Elfman tried to defend himself but like most of his guild mates feel victim to the blonde's fury. "I swear the entire year I've known you I haven't heard you say one thing without using the word manly. I'm probably not the only one here to think it but I damn sure will be the first to say it out loud." She was wrong about Freed, but with Elfman she was 100% positive she was right. "You use the word manly so much I swear you're Gay."
Elfman was stunned by what he was just called. "What? I'm not Gay! I'm the Ma…"
"Manliest man in Fairy Tail. Yeah, Yeah, Yeah! Well tell me manliest of the men how many women have you slept with."
"A real man never kisses and tell." Getting his manly composure back.
"So in other words you're still a virgin."
That statement cracked his mental barrier breaking away the confidence on his face away.
By the look on his face Lucy knew what she said was true. "Tell me have you even kissed a girl?"
Somewhat being pulled out of her soul searching Cana pulled out a note pad with all the bets she was keeping tabs on.
Mira seeing this asked her what she was doing.
"What can I say Elfman being gay is one of my top bets still in here."
"I've kissed plenty of girls." Elfman still on defense.
"Hey leave Elfman alone." Evergreen coming in to defend her man.
"Tell me Evergreen has Elfman even kissed you?" Lucy now having both of them in sight now.
"We haven't found the right moment yet." She admitted with a heavy blush.
"Because he's gay!"
"I am not gay!" Yelled Elfman.
"Prove it!"
"What?" Asked Elfman.
"Prove you're not gay and kiss Evergreen."
"A real man doesn't just kiss someone just because they are told to."
"Kiss her or admit you're gay. Its not healthy to be in denial."
"Come on Elfman just kiss her." Random members of the guild started to howler at him.
"A real man wouldn't have a problem kissing a girl."
"Be a man!"
"Kiss her!"
"You can do it!"
Caving into the peer pressure. "Fine I'll kiss Evergreen just like a real man." Yelled Elfman placing his hands behind the brunette's head pulling her in. "I know this isn't the moment we were looking for."
"It's Okay." Evergreen wrapping her arms around the mans giant chest. Their lips drawing closer together. You could just tell the guild was about to go all 'Awe' in the mater of seconds.
Elfman stopped centimeters from Evergreens lips nervous about kissing the woman. 'You can do this Elfman, you're a man.' The more he tried to make himself kiss the girl the harder he found it to be. Finally he pulled away from her.
"Elfman?" Confused that her man was backing away from her crying.
"Only a real man cries!" Running out of the guild crying like a man.
Everyone in the guild with shocked faces, well except for Evergreen who was now in tears as the man she thought was her boyfriend turned out to be gay. "Oh my god he was gay." Half the guild then proceeded to take their winnings from the bet on whether Elfman was straight or not.
Lucy looked at the flier still in her hands. Quickly she scanned the guild for Mira. Once spotted she walked up to her. "Can you just approve this job for me already?"
"Okay." Quickly stamping the flier not even bothering to see which job it was.
"Thank you." Were Lucy's final words before making her way to the train station. Only one thought went through her head on that walk. 'Hopefully I didn't hurt my Nakama to bad.' Now beginning to regret everything she had said and done since she woke up on what could easily be called the worst day of her life. Somehow time had flown to the point Lucy found herself sitting in an empty compartment of the moving train.
This made her think of what she called the best day of her life. Thinking of the time she had enjoyed spending with Ceadra. The man she had told everything about herself to. The man she trusted more than she had trusted anyone else without her life being on the line. The man she not only fully opened herself up to, but the man she had given her body to less than twelve hours ago. "Why?" Asking for an answer she may never get from the man she had declared her love for. "Why did you leave me like that?" With no one around she finally let out all her pent up sadness and tears. Hugging her legs to her chest she buried her face into her legs. "Why did you leave after telling me you loved me?" Remembering all to clearly the sincerity in his eyes when he declared his love for her. "Why?" continuing to sob, and cry for the rest of the train ride.
End chapter 8
Next Chapter
Aftermath.
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