Chapter 9
Dinner was relatively interesting for Drue. He was not accustomed to eating around other people for a long time….. and it was quite a reiteration to him. After everyone had finished laughing at Wendy's hilarious actions, everyone had started their own conversations and usual fighting.
"I WANT THAT RAMEN, ICE-BASTARD!" Natsu screamed at Gray as he and him were pulling at the last bowl of ramen.
"YOU ALREADY HAD TEN BOWLS! LET SOMEONE ELSE HAVE IT!" Gray retorted as he froze Natsu's hands in a futile attempt to make him let go.
"NO, IT'S MINE!" Gajeel roared as he lunged himself at them. Gajeel was actually full, but a fight with Natsu, no matter how tedious it was, was something he couldn't pass up. All three men kept applying a lot of their own force on the bowl and knocked into the girls annoyingly.
"Ow!" Lucy yelped as Gray accidently elbowed her in the head. Juvia smiled at that.
Yes, Gray-sama is causing pain to Lucy. That subconsciously show he dislikes her. YEEEEEEES!...Juvia thought. But her mental shouting was interrupted as Natsu accidently elbowed her in the face, knocking her out. The guys still continued their fruitless fighting, and they had somehow managed to fall over Lucy and still fought over the bowl.
"AHHHHH! Don't get me involved in this!" Lucy said as she tried to push the heavy idiots off her. They hear her and continued fighting, but they accidently knocked Erza, who was eating her strawberry cake, subsequently knocking it out of her hands.
Erza merely stared in shock as her cake fell to the floor in unnecessary slow-motion. The cake finally made contact with the floor and a dark, killer aura immediately surrounded her being. The guys instinctively stopped as they stared at the reequip mage. All their eyes shifted toward the cake and hesitantly looked back towards Erza.
"CEASE THIS NOW!" Erza yelled as she grabbed the bowl an dumped the soup onto Natsu's head. She kicked all of them into the aisle in one swift kick and reequipped into her Heaven Wheel's Armor.
"It BUUUURNS!" Natsu yelled as his face was smoking. He threw the bowl off.
"That's surprising to hear from you." Lucy smirked and started chuckling.
"Now, I don't want to hear another peep out of any of you for the rest of the night. You understand me!?" Erza narrowed her eyes with a red glint as she directed her swords at them.
"HAI!" Natsu and Gray yelled as they trembled in fear and returned to their seats. She looked towards Gajeel with killer intent. He slid back and nodded.
Wendy was sitting by Drue and was eating some dangos and laughing in amusement at the sight. She brought one into her mouth and squealed in delight as the delectable morsel hit her taste buds.
"MMMM! These are the best dangos I have ever had!" She said as she brought another one to her mouth and did the same thing along with waving her legs up and down.
"Kawai." Lucy said as she clasped her hands together and smiled.
Wendy went for another but stopped as she looked over toward Drue. All he was doing was staring at his curry.
"Drue? What's wrong? Is your curry not good? Here, have some of my dangos." She offered her plate to him. Drue snapped out of his trance and looked at her.
"Oh, no, it's fine. Thanks for the offer." He said as waved his hand in front of her plate. She drew back her plate and frowned slightly.
"What's wrong then?" She asked. Drue smiled at her reassuringly.
"It's nothing." He sighed," I was just reminiscing some moments from when I was younger. That's all." He said. He took a bite out of his curry.
"What were you remembering about?" Natsu asked.
Drue looked up towards him. His eyes shifted to the side.
"I…..I rather not say. What I was just remembering about is something I don't want to…. discuss" Drue said grimly as he took another bite of his curry. He was still getting some looks from everyone.
He was becoming more and more uncomfortable under their gazes. Drue may be well composed, but he still had his repressive childhood actions that made him shift uncomfortably.
"Uhhh…can you guys please stop staring at me?" Drue asked with a surprising nervous chuckle.
"Sorry, but you seemed forlorn and we were kind of worried about you for a second." Lucy said. Drue reached over and placed his empty plate on the trolley.
"hehe…alright look, I appreciate your concern, but I'm fine everyone. There's no need to worry about me." Drue tried to reassure, but they didn't buy it. He felt a hand over his shoulder and saw that it was Wendy.
"Drue, are you sure? If something is troubling you, you can tell me-I mean us!" She said in a very fast and sweet tone after she caught herself. Drue lightly pushed her hand away. Wendy looked slightly down-hearted from this.
"Thanks Wendy, but I'll manage. Besides, what internal turmoils I am going through right now are rather…unfathomable, and I would prefer to keep that to myself." Drue said.
"Drue." Natsu said with a smile. "We may not know much about you, nor you us, but that shouldn't discourage you from letting your troubles off your mind by telling us what's bothering you. You're a Fairy Tail mage, therefore, you're our nakama. You can tell us anything."
"Yeah. You're also a Dragon Slayer. Your our kin, Drue. You can trust us." Wendy said.
Drue gasped as a surprised look came on his face. He looked around the cart and saw everyone was smiling at him, except for Juvia since she was still knocked out.
Nakama? Drue thought. His face soon fell as his bangs shadowed his eyes. No…..not again. I can't…..I can't experience the possibility of that happening…again. Drue brought his hand to cover his eyes. Wendy looked at him with concern. She scooted closer to him and tapped his shoulder.
"Drue?" Wendy asked.
"Leave me alone." Drue said. He started panting as some flashes entered his mind again.
"But-"
"I said LEAVE!" Drue growled in a low growl as he scowled at her. Wendy jumped back at the inhuman voice. Drue then reached over and placed his left hand on the wall. He charged his lightning and ran a current through the wall and blew out the lights.
"Now, go to sleep." Drue ordered. Natsu was about to say something, but Erza placed her hand on his shoulder to stop and shook her head. Natsu took one last look at him and got up along with Gajeel. Everyone occupied one seat to substitute as a bed. Wendy still stood by Drue, not moving an inch. She had her hand clasped around her mouth and stared at him.
Wendy's P.O.V
Did I do something wrong? Drue was fine a moment ago and suddenly he turned…..demonic there for a second. And that look. I haven't ever seen such a horrible look on someone like that before. Did I say something to set him off? D…does he dislike my presence? Does he hate us? Me? I know we just came along with him without his total approval, but that shouldn't be a reason to act like that, right? I pondered over in my head. I soon felt a slight tug on my dress. I looked down and saw Charle.
"Wendy, don't bother being worried over him. You should get some sleep." She said. My shoulder fell slightly limp in slight sadness. I nodded and looked at Drue one last time before we went to occupy a seat in the very front of the cart. I layed down on the cushion while Charle layed on my stomach.
Drue, what's wrong with you? Why don't you want to tell us what's eating away at you? I conjugated many thoughts and possible explanations. My eye lids soon became heavy as I slowly closed my eyes and started drifting off into sleep.
AN: I had trouble with typing this chapter and couldn't think of a lot routes this chapter could have taken. My imagination isn't really expansive, so I apologize. Some constructive criticism and advice would be really great. Rate & Review.
