The Fallen Goddess
A/N : Whaddup! Here comes the second one for my double update special! Lolz! Anyway, I forgot to explained this to you that I had trouble with this account and I made a new one. And I actually made a story but I don't know if people will like it or not. I'll explain it more at the note after this chapter ends. For now, enjoy the chappie guys!
Disclaimer : I don't own Fairy Tail, darling.
Chapter 9 : The Rough Patch
"So, Erza, my dear, Instructor Porlyusica told me that you were yelling of a 'certain' topic at her class.", Principal Makarov stated. Erza just sat down there, looking to her feet. "Yes, I was. I'm really sorry for being indiscipline. I won't let that happen again."
"I know, my dear, I know. But still, an indiscipline student has to be disciplined, right? So, what I want you to do now, for your detention, you will write to me why did you done that at class and how is your solution to it, and repeat it 5 times.", Principal Makarov instructed her.
"Understood. I'll hand it to you tomorrow morning.", Erza replied and the principal nodded in response.
"Very good. Then, that will be all. You are excused.", Erza stood up and bowed to him, then she left the room only to find out that Lucy and Mira were waiting for her. Erza just looked at them and sighed, "I'm sorry, but I need to finish something for tomorrow morning."
Lucy and Mira just watched her making her way out to the entrance and left the academy. "No, Mira. I know what you've been thinking. Don't pry too much.", Lucy said as she held Mira's shoulder.
"B-But!", Lucy shook her head to respond any of Mira's reasons. "No, buts. We come for her when she really needed us. Sometime it's best to just let that person handle the situation by him or herself."
Erza made her way to the dorm. She just felt really drained and weary. She was thankful that no one's there when she got back. She went to her room and prepared a bunch of papers and pen. It's time to do her detention. As she was writing what she was told to, she was remembering some of the words she said.
Define the relationship
Shameful secret
Tears started to well up in her eyes and she couldn't help it but to release it. She was that heartbroken. All that false accusation, and then the turned out truth, deep inside her hopes were shattered, hopes of being the man she actually loved. It's just like she's already broke up with him even without being in a relationship. It's a weird situation but still it felt bad.
After few hours holing up in her room doing her detention, she finally got out from her room. She was about to catch some fresh air but when she's about to open the door of the entrance, someone already opened it and it revealed Jellal and Sorano, holding their hands with each other. Erza just stared at them for a quick while, then continued making her way out of the dorm. That time, she decided to be out as late as she can until curfew.
"Are you sure I'm allowed to go to your room?", Sorano asked Jellal softly.
"It's fine. As long as you have the owner permission, then it's fine.", Jellal walked with Sorano to his room and when they got there, Sorano sat on his bed and Jellal pulled a chair and put it in front of her.
"So? Are you ready now? To talk about your problem? Is this private enough?", Sorano started the conversation.
"Yeah.", Jellal replied, "It's about Erza."
The moment she heard that girl's name, she clicked her tongue and showed an annoyance in her face. "What's with that cheating slut again?"
"She's not-", Jellal immediately responded to her but then he realized the current event that Erza betrayed him. "Y-Yeah, she is."
"Finally! You admit it.", Sorano exclaimed.
"You're right, Sorano. She's a cheating slut and she didn't even want to admit what she was doing when I told her. Earlier, at the last period, I had a fight with her and we were arguing about that.", Jellal told her.
"Hah. That's why she was giving you a cold eyes earlier. You know what, I'm just glad you're okay now. You don't need to bother her with your affection anymore."
"Thank you, Sorano. I'm also glad that you're always with me. And I'm glad that I can turn my affection to someone who is deserved like you.", Jellal walked to her and leaned to her until she was underneath him. They started touching their lips and their kiss went deeper before they even realized it.
Erza took a walk to the park nearby and it wasn't that crowded, only few people there, until she noticed someone she knew really well.
"Bryce-senpai? What are you doing here?", Erza's asking made Bryce flinched for an instant.
"Erza? I could ask the same for you.", Bryce formed a smile on his lips and gestured her to sit beside him.
"I was waiting for a friend. But just now, he told me he's too busy with the shop so I decided to wait for another time.", Bryce told Erza.
"Oh? Who exactly is he?", Erza asked in confusion.
"The bookstore owner, Clement.", he replied with a smile.
"Ah..", Erza let out a small laugh, "I thought it was someone from the academy. So, are you his loyal customer or what?"
"You could say a loyal customer.", Bryce nodded his head, "Wait. What happened to you? Your eyes look swollen. Were you crying?"
Erza flinched for a split second. It was almost dark but he could completely realize the she was crying. "Y-Yeah. I was. It's nothing, though. It's just a silly thing."
"A silly thing? I never heard of a silly thing made someone's eyes swollen that bad. Or…is it about love?", she was caught twice. Bryce's predictions surprised her as they were hit the bullseye.
"You got me.", Erza replied to him as she was sighing.
"Want to share it? If you just need something to vent out, I can gladly help.", Erza smiled at him. "Can I punch you until I calm down?" His face suddenly went terrified at her statement. "I'm not you cushy pillow!" Erza laughed at him. "Just kidding!" Her smile faltered as she prepared herself. She took a deep breath first then she told him the conflict between Jellal and her.
"Wow, that Jellal guy is such a jerk! Seriously, and he was so stupid to believe that I was kissing you! I didn't even see him around the pool.", Bryce commented at Erza's story.
"I know, right? I didn't even know where the heck he get the information from. It's just that time he immediately blame me for the whole thing, when the reason I was mad at him because I saw him kissed someone else first. I mean, it's not really my position to be jealous, but I really thought we can work out together."
Erza started to sniff and to her surprise, Bryce pulled Erza into a hug. He was softly and carefully put some strands of her hair to behind her ear. It calmed her for a while and she decided to just bury her face on his chest. "It's a good thing now that you guys are over. And it's also a good thing that you didn't even in a relationship yet. You haven't know how could things got worse when you're in a relationship."
"Did you…have the experience of that?", Erza asked carefully.
"Yeah. Unfortunately, I did. And I turned really devastated.", Bryce said while sighing really hard.
"B-But, do you even consider to try again? Even though you're afraid if it could happen again?"
"I would like to. But not now. You know my weakness, time management. Adding a relationship into my life right now, just going to let my priorities jumbled again.", he laughed a bit.
"I see. But I know you'll meet someone who deserved you soon. You're already such a heartthrob.", that last sentence was something that Erza didn't mean to come out. It caused surprise to Bryce and he laughed it off.
"Aw, stop!", he ruffled her head softly, "You just remind me of my little sister, you know that? She was so stubborn sometimes, had a competitive side, she was always there to support me. That's why if I acted a little big-brotherly to you, it's because I want to treat you like my little sister."
"Was?", Erza worriedly asked.
"Yes. Was. She…died in a hit-and-run accident. I promised her to take her from school, but as always, I was late because of so many school activities. And she was waiting for me too long until the school's about to close, so she decided to walk by herself. It was already dark and rainy. I was running on the way to her school until I realized along the way, I found people gathered and an ambulance, and my little sister…lied there…breathless."
"I'm so sorry.", it was Erza's turn to comfort Bryce and she also couldn't help but cry with him.
Several minutes they passed with each other and they almost forgot about their curfew. So, they decided to return to their own dorms and said goodbyes.
Erza entered the dorm. She was starving because she hadn't have dinner yet. So, she went to the kitchen and brought some leftovers from the fridge. She ate alone and enjoying her peace, until she heard chuckles coming to the downstairs. It was Jellal and Sorano. She was care less about them. Jellal's not her business anymore.
It seemed they took really while until Erza finished her dinner. Erza took her plate and washed it, but at the same time, Jellal already finished with Sorano and walked to kitchen to drink some water. Erza noticed Jellal although her back was facing him. Erza just continued with her dishwashing and then when she went to get some water from the fridge, Jellal was standing in front of the fridge, drinking a bottle water, obviously obstructed her way to get her bottle water.
They stared at each other for a little while, until Erza spoke to him. "Are you going to budge? I am trying to get a bottled water here from the fridge.", Erza said with a less annoyed tone. "Well, I was about to tell you something because you were half present at the last period today. Instructor Porlyusica wanted us to make a report about the healing herb called Black Lotus.", Jellal told her.
"But why it has to be the two of us?", Erza asked while folding her arms. "She set it when we were practicing the healing magic. Our partner when we were doing that will be also our partner for this assignment.", Jellal explained to her, leaving Erza shut.
"This is a big and difficult one, so the result of our assignment will take a major part for deciding our final score for medical science. So, if you're not acting like a bitch anymore, come talk to me and we can split our works. Good night, Erza.", Jellal walked away from Erza.. Erza was somehow infuriated by Jellal. He acted like he isn't responsible for Erza acting like a bitch towards him. She wanted to get this thing over quick. Well, that's what Erza thought. Erza then took a bottled water from the fridge and then went to her room.
The next day, on the afternoon lunch, before everyone went to the cafeteria, Erza had called Jellal. "Hey. Let's talk about the medical science's assignment.", Erza called Jellal.
"Yeah, sure.", Jellal took a seat again and Erza did too on the seat in front of him. Erza took out her notes and Jellal started to explain a bit of the herb they supposed to research for.
"So, do we need to have a sample of it?", Erza asked him, "We need to describe every part of the herb, so giving showing the physical item will definitely making it understandable for our descriptions."
"Yeah, that would be great. But, I really don't know where to look about the herb. It's a rare herb on a very certain type of location.", Jellal replied.
"I'll get it covered, then. I think I have some herbs that I brought with me from my mother back at home."
"Really? That's awesome. But if you happened to find none, then it's okay. We can find some pictures about it and then describe from it."
"Okay, sure. Then, that's it?"
"Yeah, that's it. So, we each have parts to cover about the blood lotus, and you try to find the herb while I try to find some pictures of the herb. If you done your parts, you can give me to my room. I'll arrange it and make the final edit."
"That would be the best plan for now.", Erza closed her notes and when she was about to stand up, she could hear someone's voice. "Hey, Jellal!", that familiar voice belonged to Sorano. Erza looked at her direction and she greeted Erza too, "Hey, Erza.", but with a slight less cheerful when she greeted Jellal. "Hey.", Erza replied to her while waving her hand to her.
"So, what are you guys doing here?", Sorano asked. "Just a group project we're doing together, we – ", Jellal words were cut when Erza decided to stand up. "We're done discussing it here anyway. Have a nice lunch, guys.", Erza told them with faked warm smile. And then she left the room in hurry because she really felt uncomfortable in there.
Both Jellal and Sorano watched Erza as she was making her way out of the class. And then, Sorano turned to Jellal, raising one eyebrow and showed a little annoyed face. "Calm down, Sorano. It just happened. I didn't even get to pick my partner, and if I do, I won't pick her. The project started after our fight that I told you about yesterday.", Jellal explained to her.
"Okay.", Sorano convinced after a few moment, "Then, let's get a lunch. I'm hungry.". Sorano started to pull Jellal out of the chair and they made their way to the cafeteria.
At the cafeteria, Erza bought her lunch and then she took a seat with Ultear, Lucy, and Juvia. Erza took a seat and then she sighed while she rolled her eyes. That gesture caused concern for the 3 friends who sat with her.
"What's wrong?", Ultear asked directly to Erza.
"Jellal."
"Again?", Ultear let out small laugh.
"And his clinging girlfriend, now.", Erza added.
"Oh? That's new. Who's she?", Ultear asked again.
"Sorano."
"Oh, her!", Lucy exclaimed.
"What, you know her?", Erza asked Lucy while she's taking a bite of her cake.
"Only by reputation.", Lucy told them. "A decent chick. But an oozing bitch to the core.", Lucy told her.
"Whoa. That bad?", Ultear replied.
"That bad. I know how she plays on the royal court. A compulsive liar bitch. That sweet tongue of her will wreck every woman who stands in her way and cajole every man she has her eyes on."
"What a horrendous lady she is.", Juvia told her.
"I know. Some of my acquaintances are her victims. And they ended up really wounded from her actions. Not physically. I mean their reputations. So now she focuses on Jellal, does she?", Lucy asked Erza.
"Y-Yeah, she does.", Erza replied with a slight terror on her face.
"Well, Jellal deserves better. Although you called him a pussy the other day.", Ultear snickered.
"Yeah, seriously, what happened yesterday, Erza?", Lucy continued.
"I… don't know. All of the sudden he just wanted to talk to me about something and it was about the dinner date but it got canceled because of the Crimson Moon. I was really clueless and shocked when he was blaming all over me for actually ditching the date and made out with Bryce-senpai. And I did not make out with Bryce-senpai and I WAS about to ditch him because I saw him kissing with Sorano.", Erza explained.
"What? He did? Oh my God, but then you didn't told him about him kissing Sorano.", Lucy replied.
"I was about to, but then he kept saying he was betrayed and blah blah blah he didn't even give me a chance to explain my situation that day. And you know the rest of the argument.", Erza told them.
"This makes Juvia thinks, where did Jellal get those information to blame Erza all over it?", Juvia commented.
"Yeah, Juvia's right. Maybe you fell into someone's trap that day.", Lucy commented also.
"I really don't want to discuss this anymore, guys. Just thinking about him, makes me also think about Sorano, who secretly staring daggers at me.", Erza sighed.
"Then you gotta be smarter than her to knock the liar down.", Ultear suggested.
"When the timing is right, though.", Lucy added.
Timing. Yep. Timing is my worst enemy, Erza thought.
A/N : Sorano is a bitch. She knows. Anyway, that will be the end of this chapter. It's kind of short, but I want to stop it there. I'm sorry for any mistakes and please leave a review! See you at the next update!
P.S. Okay, about the story I made on my second account. It's a Free! Iwatobi Swim Club fanfiction. It's boy x boy fanfic. I know, I love yaoi so mucho. They are much more cuter than the straight ones. So I made an OC for that story that is called "In Pain We Found Love". And I paired my OC with Sousuke Yamazaki. Well, I only put the first two chapters there, hoping to see people's reaction to that. And, if you guys tell me that it's good or have potential to be good, I will continue that or move that story to this account. So, I hope you guys will read it! Thank you guys! XOXO