OMG. Can I just like idk tell someone about all my feels for the new chapter? Ima feel bad if I spoil this chapter for everyone SO LET ME SPILL MY FEELS TO YOU! Tell me how you felt about chapter 294 in a message or review! Let us celebrate/fangirl(or boy) together!
(>д<) That Girl ヾ(´・ ・`。)ノ"
It was just another day in class. Sting and Rogue were surrounded by their friends ignoring the teacher as he talked about the upcoming festival. It was one of the few times their group was having a serious conversation. All eyes focused on Yukino.
"I-I don't know if I should tell you guys…" she whispered. Sting had brought up the incident that happened yesterday and she had accidently said something causing the group to get curious.
"Just spill it Yukino" Minerva glared at her. Yukino squeaked in fear and looked down in her lap.
"W-well…uh… Lucy is the… um…" she started nervously. If anyone else were to hear her she would be dead. She didn't know if Lucy was okay with her telling her friends the blonde's secret. Yukino knew that Lucy's private life was kept quiet about. "She's the heiress to the Heartfilia Company…" the white haired girl mumbled.
It was silent.
"WHAT?!" Orga was the first to recover from the shock. "The Heartfilia Company?! The Heartfilia's happen to be one of the richest families in Fiore. There's no way the heiress would be here!" the boy gasped.
Sting frowned. Is it true? If it was then why didn't Lucy tell him such important information? Didn't she trust him? Now he really needed to talk to her.
"Now that I think about" Rufus crossed his arms over his chest. "Someone was saying that the reason Fairy Academy was able to afford such an expensive trip to the beach was because the Heartfilia family donates a lot of money towards the school…"
"It makes sense," Minerva frowned. "If the owner's daughter attends the school then it's only natural he would donate towards the funds."
Rogue said nothing; he only took notice of how Sting was shaking in frustration. The black haired boy didn't need to ask to understand why. Just then Sting stood up and slammed his fists against the desk.
"Shut up! She would've told me something that important!" He snarled before taking off, ignoring the protests from the teacher. He was angry. Angry that Lucy didn't tell him. Angry that she probably didn't trust him. He was just...angry. Rogue sighed and shook his head. Did he always have to be dramatic? Sighing once again, he followed his childhood friend out.
"Sting" he called out to the blonde who was kicking over trash cans. Sting whirled around and shot him a glare. Seeing Rogue's passive face, he slightly calmed down and stuffed his hands in his pockets.
"What?" he growled. Rogue just shrugged and continued walking with Sting by his side.
"Why are you so mad?" Rogue mumbled as they made their way down the stairs where he had saved Lucy from falling. Sting didn't say anything, his dark eyes just glared up ahead.
( ⌒o⌒)人(⌒-⌒ )v
"Lucy?" Sting called out, searching the small café for his blonde friend. He quickly caught sight of her and she shot her hand up and started waving.
"Sting!" She grinned as he made his way to her table. He took a seat in front of her and gave a blank stare.
"How do you not have enough money?" he asked her. She almost fell over from the straightforward question.
"W-well y-you see…" she shifted around nervously. "I wanted t-to buy something for s-someone and uh I forgot I spent my money when I ordered something to eat. Now I can't leave!" she cried out. Sting sighed and shook his head in amusement. He called a waitress over and took out his wallet. Paying Lucy's bill, they got up and left.
"Thanks" Lucy blushed in embarrassment as they walked around. Sting just nodded, his thoughts on something else. Summer was coming close to an end so it was probably the last time he would see his crush until next year. His mother's anniversary was also approaching soon… He spent a few days stuck in his apartment thinking about her.
He would be lying if he said he didn't miss his mom. When he was little, it was always her and him; so when she died Sting was depressed and alone. He could cope with her death now, but whenever her anniversary came around, he would begin to feel sad and lonely and rarely leave his apartment.
His eyes scanned the park they arrived at. Lucy immediately ran to the empty swings and grinned. Sting slowly followed her and sat on the swing next to her. He was still feeling empty. From the corner of his eye he could see Lucy fumbling through her purse.
"Here…" she held out a small blue box, on top was a white ribbon.
"What's this?" he asked, taking it out of her hands. His eyes widened when he opened it. Inside was a golden chain, each small circle hooked into another.
"Um," she dug her foot in the sand as she stared at the floor. "I saw you looking at it when we went into town a few weeks ago… so I thought it would be a good gift." She blushed in embarrassment. Sting was shocked. Even though he was locked up in his apartment for the pass week she still thought of him? He leaned over, placing a small kiss on her cheek.
"Thanks." For the first time since his mother's death, the emptiness he felt was filling with warmth.
( ⌒o⌒)人(⌒-⌒ )v
Sting played with the chain around his neck as they walked in silence. Rogue didn't say anything, letting his friend think through the situation.
He had came into the classroom, telling the black haired boy about the weird guy he had met while walking Lucy home. Yukino gasped and asked if it was Dan, and that started the weird conversation.
Rogue was also curious about the guy and Lucy. If she really was the heiress to the Heartfilia family, then why didn't the Fairy students know? She was an interesting girl… always smiling and doing good acts of character. It was easy to get her to blush and all flustered. Seeing her jumble up her sentences when he said something that embarrasses her was amusing. In the end, she was too cute for her own good.
"Lucy…" Sting whispered bringing Rogue to his senses.
Said girl was sitting behind the gym in her P.E. uniform. She was panting, her face red, as she mumbled something that Rogue made out as "how can the school hire such a crazy banshee to be a teacher…" She was peering over the corner as if she was making sure no one was chasing her. When she turned her head, she caught sight of the two boys.
"Hey!" She grinned. Sting stood there, contemplating if he should go over to her or not. He felt like this was the only time he could ask her what he wanted to know, but Rogue was with him. But maybe having Rogue with him wasn't so bad… it would make it easier for him to deal with whatever she had to say. So with that, he motioned Rogue to follow him.
"Yo…" Sting mumbled as they approached the girl.
"Hey" Rogue smiled at the blonde. She just smiled at them both.
"Are you two skipping class? That's bad you know!" She laughed. Sting felt the corner of his mouth tug up. Even when he was in a bad mood, she managed to get him smile.
"What about you huh?" he teased, temporarily forgetting his questions. She just waved the question off and they sat down with her forming a triangle. They sat in silence until Sting coughed.
"Can I-we ask you something?" Sting's eyes met her's. she slightly frowned at how serious his voice was but nodded. Suddenly nervous, her eyes flickered back and forth between the two boys.
Sting looked over at the red eyed boy, who nodded for him to continue.
"Are you… the Heartfilia Heiress?" Her eyes widened, but they went blank.
"I am," Her voice was stern. Sting frowned.
"Why didn't you tell me?" he asked quickly. Lucy shrugged but she could feel a large weight on her shoulders.
"You never asked."
"Well knowing something like that is pretty important! How can you lie to me like that?!" Lucy flinched, her chest starting to hurt.
"I didn't lie…" she mumbled. "It was something we never talked about…"
"You could've told me!" Sting growled out but Rogue rested a hand on his shoulder.
"Let's hear her out." He said unemotionally. Sting sighed, but his gaze never left her.
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you, but I didn't think it was important!" she started out. "Not many people know… For my sake, those who aren't close friends, the student council, or teachers don't know who I am… Instead they know me by Lucky Lucy…"
"Why do they call you that?" Rogue stared at her. She looked at her lap, her hands playing with her PE pants.
"My father donates large amounts of money each semester. Since he donates so much for my sake, the headmaster believed it was luck that brought me to his school. So he called me Lucky Lucy as a joke. The nickname spread throughout the school and the headmaster soon used the nickname as a way to hide my identity…"
"Why won't you let anyone know you're the heiress?"
"I didn't want people to start to befriend me just because I had money…"
"Did you think I would be that shallow?" Sting frowned. Lucy shot her head up.
"Of course not! I told you, I just didn't think it was important… We were already friends, so I didn't think you would care if you knew about my family or not. You never asked…" Sting frowned. She was right. He didn't care about her family during the summer, so why should he care now?
"Who was that guy yesterday?" the blonde boy sighed as he started to feel guilty for being angry for no reason.
"That was Dan…" Her voice suddenly grew quiet. "I guess he was here just for the deal…"
"Deal?" Sting whispered and Rogue's eyebrows furrowed.
"Yeah… When my dad started the company he borrowed a lot of money from a man named Byro. When the business was successful Byro would come by to collect the money my dad owed. He should've been able to pay it all off in one go, but the old bastard was sneaky. In the contract my father had signed, it included 70% interest every 2 months. Byro purposely waited 4 years to come collect the money because it would have been impossible to pay back! Byro died a few years ago and so his son, Dan, would come by to pick up the money. For some reason, he took interest in me. When we met, we made a bet…" She sighed.
"If I could make it to number 1 and stay number 1 until graduation then Dan would cancel the contract. If not, then he would take over Heartfilia Company and I would have to do whatever he wanted. It was a childish bet, but with the amount of money my family owed it seemed like a good idea. So I took the challenge."
"So why did he show up yesterday?"
"Something happened to his company so he made a little change. If I could stay number 1 in both schools by this year's finals, then he'll rip up the contract. But it's impossible for me to be number one in both schools! I looked at Sabertooth's top student's record and he's way ahead of me…"
Sting and Rogue looked at each other and nodded. They were both content now, happy that she shared this information with them.
"Don't worry," they both smiled. "We'll help out as much as we can." Rogue nodded in agreement. Lucy looked at them, her eyes watering from joy. They were just so nice!
"Thank you!" she threw her hands around both of them, pulling them into a hug. They both blushed before she released them.
"I don't know how you're going to help her though." Sting looked at his friend. "You have horrible grades…"
"I don't know how you're going to help either. You have worse grades than I do" Rogue deadpanned. Sting twitched and Lucy laughed.
"I'll go grab us something to drink" she smiled. She was about to get up and leave but Sting beat her to it.
"I'll get it" he gave her a grin before walking off, leaving Rogue and her alone. They sat in an awkward silence and Lucy played with the grass that was poking out the cement.
"So…" she blushed, remembering what he had said when they were at the beach. She liked him, honestly, but she didn't know just how much she liked him. He was really sweet and made her heart race every now and then, but she wasn't sure if it was from being flattered, or actually liking him.
"You know," Rogue mumbled, watching her play with the grass nervously. "You don't have to be nervous around me." Lucy squeaked at how obvious she was and the black haired boy let out a smile.
"Sorry" she blushed. "It's not that I'm nervous… well I am, but that's because you make me nervous… but not like that! Not in a bad way!" she held up her hands defensively. "It's not in a bad way! I just get flustered easily and uh… I don't know! I start to feel weird and my stomach starts to flutter but I don't know!" her blush deepened when he laughed at her.
"It's okay" he let out between laughs. He kept laughing at her rambling. She was way too cute. When was the last time he laughed like this?
"Don't laugh at meeeee" she whined, hitting his shoulder playfully. Calming down, he gave her a gorgeous smile. He reached down and grabbed her hand. He lifted it and kissed the back of it.
"This weekend…" he started as she blushed even more from his actions. "Would you like to go on a date?"
Oh my Mavis! Lucy felt like her body was going to explode. She could tell her face was completely red and she was speechless. But she knew she had to give him an answer. Sting's face flashed in her mind for a second but she dismissed it. This was her chance to figure out her feelings! Plus, if Natsu and Gray didn't find out, it would be her first date!
"Okay!" She let out a grin, and Rogue blushed slightly but smiled back at her.
Sting frowned as he watched the two from a distance. What the hell was Rogue thinking? He turned away, walking towards the dorms. He needed to calm down before he pounced on his best friend. This was going to be a problem.
Oh my! So Lucy's secret was revealed! BUT OMG ROGUE! Why are you so cute?
I'm still fangirling over chapter 294 asndolkajsfj so excuse the short authors note!
What will Sting do now? Is he going to lose Lucy to Rogue? What about Dan?
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