A/N: Hello, sorry for the late update for this chapter, I had already completed this chapter months ago...and posted it in a different website and I had originally tried to post it on herec but some stuff happened and it distracted me and I completely forgotten about this. I am so sorry. And thank you for your patience ^.^;

Please enjoy?

It had been couple days since Erza had found Lucy feeling suicidal when she had tried cutting herself again with a sword. It had been couple days since Lucy refused to talk to Erza, except when Erza was being forceful about eating and drinking. Erza hated yelling and forcing her friends to do something, and Lucy was no excpetion.

Erza had asked Wendy and Carla to keep an eye out on her, and not to let her do anything reckless. She needed to research on how to help her. She needed a professional that could give her a helpful tips to help her blonde friend.

Right now, Erza found herself in a bookstore and tried to look for a specific book that could help her in her search of helping the blonde.

She continued to look through the books and tried to find the perfect book

"Excuse me, Ma'am, do you need any help?"

Erza turned to see a young man in glasses, and a white shirt with a tan pants. "Yes, do you know where I can find books on how to deal with people who are feeling suicidal?"

The man stopped and tried to think for a moment. "I'm afraid we do not house those particular books in this store. But I can certainly give the number to call this professional doctor that excels in that area. She helped me quite a bit when my girlfriend was suicidal."

Erza smiled at the man. "That would be great."

The man smiled back. "Well, if you would follow me, I can provide you the number." He turned and started to walk through the shelves of books, and toward the front desk. Erza dutifully followed the man and waited for the man to give the number that she could call.

A minute later, the man handed Erza a piece of paper with a name and bunch of numbers. "Here you go, Ma'am. She should be able to help with any problems that you may have with your friend."

Erza took the paper and reads it quickly before smiling at the man. "Thank you. I appreciate it." She would hug the man, but he was on the other side of the table, so a simple thanks should suffice to show her gratitude.

The man smiles back. "Hope your friend recovers."

Erza smiles slightly and walked put of the bookstore and looked at the piece of paper again.

Daphne Hilltop, (666) 777 - 4444

Erza requipped a phone and dialed in the number while walking toward the library.

After couple of rings, the person picked up, followed by a formal greeting. "Hello, this is Daphne Hilltop. How may I help you?"

Erza hesitated for a moment before speaking. "Hello, I was hoping you could give me couple of tips on helping my friend, who is a bit suicidal."

"I must ask you what you mean by 'a bit'? Either your friend is self harming or is suicidal. Which is the problem?"

Erza hesitated for a moment. "I believe it's suicidal."

There was some slight noises in the background as Erza waited for Daphne to respond. "Okay, I advise you to take notes."

Erza was already in front of the library and walked in, and grabbed some scrap paper and pen and walked to a table. "Alright. What do I do?"

"The first thing that you need to do is don't let them our of sight. The second thing that you need to do is make sure that there isn't any dangerous objects that could be used to for suicide. The third thing is making sure that your friend gets the attention that they need attention, meaning don't leave them alone. The forth thing that you need to do is talk to them And-"

"You want me talk to her?" Erza interrupted, questionable on what that exactly meant.

"Yes. Talk to her. Have her explain on why she wants to attempt suicide. It is important on why she would want to go down the path of suicide. Then once you know what's going on, you can try and fix what is broken. Just know that this will take a while for your friend to recover and such."

Erza frowns and wrote down everything that Daphne had said.

"But she ignores me, try to hit me and keep me away what should I do about that?" Erza asked.

"Be gentle. Make it clear that you care and that you're trying to help." Daphne responded.

"Gentle? How do I be gentle?" Erza frowned some more as she kept taking notes.

Daphne was silent for a moment before responding. "Don't force anything, or be rough."

Erza frowned some more before nodding as she jotted it down on the piece of paper. "How should I approach her about her past then?"

"It really depends on what kind of situations your friend had been involved in. Do you know what she had gone through?"

"Yes." Erza answered immediately.

"I want you to tell me what happened."

Erza hesitated for a minute or two and though on how she should tell her. After couple more minutes, she spoke up again. "Her mother died, and her father soon abused her. Terribly."

"Where did you hear this from?"

Erza silently gulped. "I approached her father and beat it out of him." While it wasn't a complete lie, she wanted to beat him up for real.

A soft sigh was heard on the other line. "Does your friend know about this?"

"No. I was planning on telling her this. But yesterday, she cut herself again..."

"You need to get her attention, be gentle, tell her that you're there for her, and that you will love her unconditionally as a friend and help her with anything that she would need." Daphne said over the line.

Erza nodded and writes them down on her piece of paper. "Alright. What do I do afterwards?"

"Don't leave. Don't ever trust what a suicidal person says. They may try to get you to trust them and once you leave, they would try to kill themselves again. I had many patients like those. So I advise you to stay close and such."

Erza nodded. "Alright. I think I have every thing down."

"I want you to call me again if anything else arises. And if it is absolutely necessary, I can meet your friend personally and help her head on." Daphne offered.

"Alright. I'll call you back when something happens." Erza voiced with determination as she eyed through her notes.

"Alright. Good luck with your friend."

"Thank you." Erza smiled a little before hanging up and requipped her phone back to her dimension. She looked back her her notes that she had taken and read through it couple of times, committing it to memory.

All she needed was to be gentle, not rough, and soothe her, letting Lucy know she will be there for her. Not the type of method she would normally use, but she will do anything to help Lucy. So she had no qualms on trying something new.

Erza grabbed the paper and pocketed it and walked out of the library and went back to her place, hoping that Wendy and Carla is keeping Lucy safe. She quickly walked through the streets, and past through numerous houses, Lucy's included, and walked back into Fairy Hills.

Opening the door to her room, Carla was the first to greet her with a scowl. "Where you been?"

"I've been taking care of something. And researching something to help Lucy." Erza replied as she closed to door.

Carla sighed before walking closer to the redhead knight. "Okay, but I need to tell you something."

Erza turned to the cat with a questioning look. "What is it?"

"Something bad will happen with Lucy. I'm not entirely sure on what degree of danger, and what will happen to her, but she's in danger."

"What?" The senses of the redhead became more alert as she stared that the white cat.

"Like I said, I don't know what will happen, or how dangerous it is, but Lucy is in danger. That's what my premonition has told me." Carla repeated.

"Where is she?" Erza immediately walked away, deeper into the room and tried to find the blonde.

"She's sleeping right now." Carla tried calling after her, but she doubted Erza had heard her. Shaking her head slightly, she followed the redhead.

Erza stepped into her room and sees Wendy reading a book while sitting on a chair near the bed that a lump of blankets could be found. She assumed it to be Lucy cuddled up in there. So she quickly turned to Wendy. "Is everything ok?"

Wendy turned her gaze to Erza and smiled a little. "She refused to eat or talk. But other than that she's fine."

Erza's mind quickly resolved to forcing her to eat again, but the new information that she was given told her not to. "Alright. I'll take care of things tonight. You may go back to your room."

Wendy stood up a little. "You sure?"

Erza nodded with a smile. "I researched couple of things. And I want to be alone with Lucy because of privacy. No offense Wendy."

Wendy shook her head. "Don't worry about it Erza-san."

Erza smiled as the small figure of the dragon slayer and a white cat reluctantly left Erza's room, and back into their own room.

Once she knew that she was alone, she turned back to her bed and sat in her chair, and contemplated on what to say to Lucy.

After couple minutes of silence, she decided to speak up. "Lucy."

No response.

"Lucy." Erza repeated with a more slightly harsh tone.

No response.

Erza had to fight to her urge to rip the blanket away from the blonde. So she tried a different tactic. She stood up again and sat on the edge of her bed, right next to Lucy.

"Lucy. Can I talk to you?"

"No."

At least she got a response. But Erza wasn't please with it. "Then can you listen?"

"No."

Erza sighed and resisted her urge to remove that damn blanket. "You're not alone, you know?" Erza said, trying to think of what else to say other than what she had heard from Daphne.

Lucy didn't respond this time.

Erza sighed a little. She tried to think of gentle approaches that she could use to help Lucy. She had couple of ideas. But she was unsure if it could be categorized as gentle.

"I talked to your father." Erza said, hoping that this would get her attention.

There was a silent gasp and a slight movement under the blanket, but Lucy remained silent.

"I know what happened. And I, more or less, know what you are going through." Erza continued her rambling, her eyes fixed on the lump of blankets situated on the bed.

Lucy remained silent and still, as if she was complementing on what she should do or say. But in the end, she remained unvocal and still.

Erza stared at the lump of where Lucy's head would be. "I've only learned what he had told me. And I know what he had done to you. But I don't know what your perspective of what had happened."

"I don't know what you're talking about." Lucy spat.

Erza sighed again. "I want you to tell me what happened between the two of you. Your...experience and your thoughts on what he did to you..." She frowned a little before moving closer to the blonde.

"I can help you."

"I don't want help."

Erza scooted closer to the blonde, her back still facing her. "Why don't you want help?"

"Because you don't understand."

Erza sighed again and tried to think of some ideas of getting Lucy to trust her again. She needed to be gentle.

(Erlu fluff ahead! You've been warned! XD ? ゚リヘTried making it depressing and cute at the same time...plz let me know if I succeeded lol)

She looked at Lucy again before hesitating as she laid down behind the blonde and scooted closer to the young girl. Erza slightly blushed as she snaked her arm around the blonde's waist and hugged her gently.

This was outside the confort zone for the redhead. She isn't really that affectionate with anyone, or tries to intimate activities with another person. Hugging someone without her armor makes her anxious.

But Erza slightly smiled as she hugged Lucy closer to her from behind, feeling the warmth of the blonde and snuggled closer. It was the sensation that she was not used to, but she found herself wanting to feel more.

The redhead scooted closer rested her head near the back of Lucy's neck and hugged her a little tighter.

"You need to understand that I will always be here for you" Erza begun as she hugged Lucy tighter. "I may not understand what you had gone though, but you can certainly tell me so I can help you."

Lucy remained quiet and still as soon as Erza decided to be affectionate. She always seen her to be affectionate only during jobs and hugs them with her armor on. So, seeing Erza being affectionate without her armor is making Lucy unsure if she should do something or not.

So she decided to remain quiet and still as she laid on her side, feeling the arm of the redhead around get waist. She didn't want to know why Erza was hugging her, or why Erza was not relenting in her questions regarding her past. Why couldn't Erza just leave?!

"Lucy." A soft voice snapped the blonde out of her zone and back into reality.

"I want to help you...Please tell me what is going on..." Erza softly spoke as hugged Lucy from behind.

"...I don't want to talk about it..."

Erza gently bit her lip and tried to find another way to find her way Into Lucy's bubble. "Then do you want to show me?"

"Even if I wanted to, how could I do it? I'm not telling you anything." Lucy mumbled, having thoughts of hitting Erza and running away.

Erza silently sighed and scooted closer to the blonde, where her breathe tickles Lucy's neck. "Then take as long as you need to...Because I'm not going anywhere."

Lucy frowned and closed her eyes and remained unresponsive as she laid still and tried to ignore the arms wrapped around her waist.

Admist the muscles of Ezra's body, she wondered my her heart was skipping a beat or two. Did she need more food or something? Lack of water or food? Medical issues that she needed to look at?

In any case, Erza remained still as she kept her arm around the blonde, trying to be gentle as she was instructed to do and snuggled closer. She'll be honest and say that she is actually enjoying the feeling of having Lucy this close to her.

And within her pnag of thoughts, she wanted to keep Lucy safe forever.

A/N: welp, that's a wrap for this chapter ? I have mixed feelings about this, but I also like this.

Tell me..what did you think of the fluff at the end? And was it cute and depressing at the same time? Plz let me know ? ゚リナ?

And please review and comment on your thoughts. I don't bite~

Toodles!~~