Fairy Avenue
Summary: Lucy has amnesia; she has no memory since she was ten years old. Her life was simple though. She was a simple waitress in a run-down restaurant but everything changed when she was hired as a personal maid of the four handsome boys, who were all members of the newest and up-rising boy band called Fairy Avenue from Vermillion Entertainment.
Ratings: Rated T
Disclaimer: Fairy Tail® by Mashima Hiro
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'Gray-sama...'
Gray and Gajeel were glowering at each other; the guitarist still had his grip tightly clasped around Lucy's thin arm, Gray on the other hand had his grip enveloped around Gajeel's wrist, the one that was about to strike the trembling maid.
"Stay out of my business." Gajeel hissed to their band's leader.
"I'm making it MY business if you're stepping out of the line." Gray hissed back with unfaltering expression under his co-member's harming gaze.
Lucy stared at Gajeel's grim face while her body trembled in fear, although the pain coming from the firm grip of Gajeel over her arm registered in the back of her mind, her body quivered in fear because of the furious expression of Gajeel not because of the stinging pain. It was the same fear she felt back when Caprico was wringing the Yakuza's leader's neck. 'K-kowai...' her mind cried.
"Stop it Gajeel!" Lily yelled cutting the glaring contest between Gray and the cat's Master. "I was the one who asked Lucy to clean the room! If you wanted to hurt someone then hurt me instead not Lucy or Gray!" the cat stated angrily.
Gajeel froze for few second before he irritatedly clicked his tongue; he harshly withdrew his wrist from Gray's grip and pushed Lucy away from him before picking up the broken picture frame. "Damn!" Gajeel cursed.
Lucy was incapable of moving an inch after Gajeel pushed her but when Lily's Master cursed her mind has gone hay wire before she heard her mind screamed two simple words. RUN AWAY. Her legs moved in haste and started running towards the door. Lucy's mind was blank with no thoughts other than to get out of room, away from those vicious, sharp eyes. She did not even bothered wiping the tears that travelled her cheeks and did not response when Lily called her name.
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Gray found their blonde maid crying while she was sitting down the floor inside their bedroom in the servant's quarter. Her face was buried on her knee and her arms folded tightly around her legs. Lucy started hiccupping from crying too much when the brunet singer opened the door. After she had run away, her body brought her to their room where she freely cried out the fear from witnessing Gajeel's fierce hatred.
Silence lingered first before the boy says anything. "If you're going to cry simply because of that then I suggest for you to quit. It's your damn fault that you were almost got hurt by Gajeel, he doesn't like anyone touching his belonging most especially that picture." Gray reprimanded.
Lucy remained her face hidden behind her knees but in between her sobbing she was somehow listening to the band's leader. Her hiccups reduced to series of sniffles before she heard footsteps and clicking of door knob.
"Next time try not to do anything unnecessary." he reminded before gently closing the door.
Gray left the weeping Lucy; the latter thought she was alone again inside the room but when she felt a small paw patted her head she whipped her head to her front and saw the teary eyed Lily floating in front of her.
"Lucy..."
"Lily..."
Lily landed in front of Lucy then immediately bowed his head at the blonde girl much to Lucy's astonishment. "If only I knew that Gajeel would be that angry, I shouldn't have let you clean his room. I'm so sorry, Lucy, it's my entire fault that you got hurt." he said slightly gesturing to the red mark on Lucy's arm, there was a faint print of Gajeel's hand on her arm.
Finally noticing the prickle of pain coming from her arm, Lucy gave the red hand mark a nonchalant look before dragging her swollen and red eyes back to Lily. "It's not your fault Lily." she croaked.
Lily shook his head, still bowed down. "Please understand Gajeel. That picture is very important to him that's why his reactions were bad." the black cat sadly said before silence perched between them. Lucy was silently contemplating whether to quit or not when the cat spoke again.
"That picture is the only reminder of his mother who abandoned him." Lily quietly said.
Lucy was motionless; merely stared at the cat with mixture of shock and bewilderment on her pretty face. 'Abandoned?'
"It's very important to him that's why he was so angry. He said it was his only way to find the woman who left him alone when he was just ten years old."
"Ne, onee-san, why did Lucy's parents left Lucy here?"
"I don't know Lucy-chan but I'm sure they have their own reason."
"Don't they love Lucy?"
"I'm sure they do, honey."
"Then why'd they left Lucy here?"
"I don't know I'm so sorry."
He was abandoned by his mother and his only was to find his mother was through that picture she accidentally dropped and destroyed, somehow Lucy understands Gajeel's hatred now and her fear changed into guilt.
"Please don't think of it as your fault, and besides Gajeel is at fault too, everything happened by accident and he didn't need to be mad and hurt you like that." Lily quickly said noticing the guilt crossed Lucy's face.
Lucy started sniffling again while her tears started forming as well. "But I—," then silence took place again. "I need to do something." Lucy said in tone of urgency before she grabbed her wallet and her jacket. "I'm going somewhere, Lily; please tell Levy-chan that I will be back."
"Where are you going?" Lily asked in panic as he floats midair while watching the blonde maid tying her shoes in haste.
"Somewhere!" Lucy answered back and then she was off outside the servant's quarter. Lily merely watched her retreating back in confused expression.
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Gajeel entered his pitch-dark room. He and his co members just got back from their overnight rehearsal and recording. Gajeel did not even bother flicking the switch of the light; he lazily walked towards his bed and threw his body on the soft mattress, tired with all their practicing and recording all day. Minutes have passed before he crawled off his bed again and went towards bathroom to freshen up his tired body before finally going to sleep.
After his quick shower, he let the light from the bath room still on as he make his way towards his walk in closet; his eyes unintentionally glanced over the cabinet where his picture frame that that stupid Bunny Girl maid destroyed was sitting. He was expecting to see the same frame with cracked glass on the cabinet but to his amazement he saw a different one. Gajeel take a double take before he stared at new picture frame, and the guitarist inwardly admit that this new one is prettier than his old one.
He blinked his eyes at the picture frame as he slowly approached it. The mahogany frame was in oblong shape, there was an angel was sculpted on the right side of the frame, it was simple yet an elegant one. Gajeel carefully grabbed the picture holder and stared in awe at it.
"Oh so you've noticed huh?"
Gajeel turned at his black cat with perplexed expression. "Who did—,"
"Lucy did."
Gajeel's widened eyes automatically sharpen hearing their blonde maid's name. His confusion changed into anger. "What do you mean?"
"Well, yesterday after the entire incident..."
"Lily, you didn't have to come with me."
Lily was inside the maid's arms while the latter was walking down the shopping district of Magnolia. "You know that I can't just left you all alone, especially at this time of hours." the cat answered while he was glancing around the busy street of market area of Magnolia City; even though it was almost six in the evening the whole district was still packed of shoppers. Lily seldom goes out of the estate and the cat was fascinated about the colorful shops on the busy street.
"Okay, just try to act like a normal cat, ne? Others were not accustomed of talking cats, you see."
"Sure but can I ask you what are we doing here?"
Lucy was silent at first before she answered, "I'm going to buy another picture frame in exchange of the one I broke." she said.
Lilly glanced up at the soft expression of Lucy, silently asking the blonde maid why she was bothering herself to buy another frame.
"I...I had been abandoned by my parents years ago, so I sort of understood what Gajeel-sama's going through when you said that he was abandoned by his mother as well." Lucy answered with solemn expression. Lily was surprised at Lucy's confession. "I had felt so alone whenever I see kids with their parents, wishing that I have my parents with me as well so I understood when Gajeel-sama was so mad at me when I accidentally broke his frame that holds a photo that probably his only lead in finding his mother. I almost destroyed it."
Lucy touched the necklace around her neck, the same accessory that the Strauss siblings gave her before leaving the restaurant. "I understood Gajeel-sama's sentiments over that picture frame because it holds the most important thing in his life, and if my ever the same thing happened to this precious necklace I'd probably be as mad as Gajeel-sama."
"That's why I can't hate him for being so angry... He has all the right. And I can only compensate by buying another frame that I destroyed, I knew that it won't change the fact that I broke his picture frame but this is the only way I can think of how to amends my fault and I just hoped that Gajeel-sama appreciates this."
Lucy smiled down at the black cat which the cat returned with a grateful smile. "Thank you, Lucy." Lily sincerely said nuzzling his cheeks against her forearm that was wrapped around his tiny body. "Gajeel will definitely appreciate it."
Lucy chuckled and nodded. "Let's hoped for the best."
"Lucy is truly a kind girl, she does not harbor any hatred towards you despite your attempt to hurt her and it was nice of her to spend two hours searching for the suitable frame."
Gajeel stared quietly at the new picture frame. "Tsk, that was completely unnecessary." he uninterestedly commented before placing the frame back to the cabinet and proceeded once more to his walk-in closet. Lily knowingly chuckled, shrugged his shoulders and bemusedly sighed while watching his Master walked towards the closet. Gajeel might act as if he doesn't care about the blonde maid's action but the black cat knew that Gajeel somehow appreciate the gesture.
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It was very good timing that Master Makarov gave her a day off this Sunday. It would have been so awkward if ever she faced Gajeel today, she still hasn't met the guitarist ever since the incident and honestly she is still not ready to face him. She was both afraid and ashamed to face Gajeel.
Lucy spends her half day helping the Strauss siblings in the restaurant. They've been ecstatic when she suddenly appeared on their door way this morning. Mira and Lisanna were crying in happiness while they flattened Lucy in a hug. They refused to let Lucy helped in the store but the blonde girl insisted and so they let her help in the end.
Pass four in the afternoon; Lucy decided to buy some omiyage such as dango for Levy, one slice of cheese cake for Erza and fishes for Happy and Lily. Lucy was humming a tune while on her way to the dango store when someone wolf whistled at her. She arched an eyebrow and annoyingly glanced at the three boys smiling maliciously at her. Lucy rolled her eyes and decided to ignore the three perverts; she continued walking but she was abruptly stop by one of the pervert boys through her arm.
"Why in such hurry, pretty girl?"
Lucy tried to pry her arms from his grip. "Let me go." She calmly said, although fear started to rise from her chest for two reasons, first is that she's outnumbered by them, the situation was three against one and the second is that she doesn't know any self-defense except from kicking boys on their groin. 'I will seriously ask Erza-san to teach me some self-defense.' She made a mental note while trying to pull her arms from the man's grip.
"Let me go!" Lucy exclaimed but his grip tightened even more. "Ouch! Hey I said—,"
"Let her go, dumbass." A dangerous voice coming from Lucy's side was heard.
Both men and Lucy turned their confused face on the side and saw Gajeel wearing leather jacket, a black tinted sunglasses and a baseball cap (probably to conceal his identity because if he revealed he is Gajeel everyone will enthusiastic tackle him especially the FA fans) but underneath the glasses the men can clearly see and feel the death glare aimed at them most especially to the boy who's grip was enclosed at Lucy's arm.
Sensing Gajeel's dangerous aura, the boys scampered away from the blonde girl. Lucy hesitantly faced Gajeel and automatically bowed her head to express her gratitude. "T-thank you—,"
"One rule." Gajeel cut off.
Lucy straightened her back and blinked her eyes at her Young Master.
"Clean my room first before cleaning Natsu and Loke's room, got it, Bunny Girl?" he said and immediately turned his back, leaving the pouting Lucy behind.
Lucy twitched annoyed at the new nick name Gajeel gave her. 'I had been 'gaki' and 'Sailor Bunny' and now I am back to being 'Bunny Girl?' Gajeel is seriously had a problem when it comes to making up nick names and—eh…? Lucy blinked her eyes again. "Clean my room first before cleaning Natsu and Loke's room, got it, Bunny Girl?"she remembered him say. Does that mean she can— a bright smile slowly appeared on Lucy lips as she watched Gajeel's retreating back.
"Hai, Gajeel-sama." Lucy chirped and started making her way towards the dango shop.
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The next day,Lily floated from Gajeel's room towards Lucy who was armed with the usual cleaning equipments.
"Morning, Lucy." Lily greeted with a smile.
"Good morning, Lily." Lucy merrily replied that was when Natsu's door opened. Happy emerged from the room and cheerfully floated around the maid.
"Good morning Lucy! Are you gonna clean Natsu's room again? I'll help you!" Happy chirped happily while flying around Lucy, the latter giggled in return.
"I will but before that I have to clean Gajeel-sama's room first."
That was when Natsu appeared from his door way, he was armed with a frown. "Why?" Natsu asked, mysteriously pissed at something much to Lucy's confusion.
"Because I said so."
Natsu, Lily, Happy and Lucy turned their eyes at Gajeel who was leaning on the door frame with a smug smirk etched on his lips. Natsu's frown deepened. "Why the hell is she going to clean your room first, bastard?"
"Again because I said so, bastard."
Lucy quietly asked the two Exceed cats at the mysterious hostility between the band co members. Happy shrugged his shoulders, mirroring Lucy's puzzlement while Lily knowingly chuckled at Natsu and Gajeel who were busy with their glaring contest.
"Bunny girl!" Gajeel exclaimed, still was still glaring at Natsu.
Lucy twitched in shock. "Hai?"
"Go and clean my room. NOW!"
"H-hai!" Lucy hastily went towards the guitarist's room followed by the floating Lily. She heard Natsu and Gajeel animatedly exchanging insults with each other as Happy watched the two in mild amusement.
Lucy giggled as she placed the vacuum on floor; she started removing the bed sheet from the massive bed of Gajeel. Lily helped her by taking the unclean clothes from the bath room and tossing it inside the laundry basket.
"Damn, Salamander." Gajeel muttered as he entered the room. He was so busy muttering different curses and insults under breath that he didn't noticed the vacuum blocking his way. His legs accidentally tangled with the vacuum's handle that lost his balance. "Fuck!"
Lucy heard him cursed; she turned her face to him and gasped when she saw him tripped over the vacuum. Her immediate reaction was to stop him from hitting the ground and so she immediately run to aid Gajeel. Her miscalculation was that she forgot that Gajeel's weight was twice her weight and so instead of stopping him, she just tumbled along with Fairy Avenue's guitarist.
"Lucy! Gajeel!" someone exclaimed in panic, probably Lily.
Lucy was expecting a pain to shot from the back of her head but a hand protected her head from hitting the floor; instead a sharp pain erupted from her forehead when she bumped hers with Gajeel's. She groaned and cupped her redden forehead, as Gajeel did the same. When both young adults realized that Gajeel was on her top, their cheeks formed a bright red blush.
"Lucy, what happened—eh?" Happy floated inside Gajeel's room after hearing the panic shout of Lily but the cat froze midair when he saw Gajeel was lying on top of Lucy. Colors drained out of Lucy's face but before she could explain everything to the blue furred cat, the latter comically exclaimed, "GAJEEL RAPED LUCY!"
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'K-kowai...' her mind cried.
-Kowai means scary/frightening/eerie.
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Pass four in the afternoon; Lucy decided to buy some omiyage such as dango for Levy, one slice of cheese cake for Erza and fishes for Happy and Lily.
- Omiyage is souvenirs or memorabilia, gifts for friends and family. Dango is a Japanese dumpling (Reference: Wikipedia[dot]com).
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