You'll all learn about Gray's parents in this chapter, just so you know. Before you read this, let me remind you that Lucy was dressed like a guy, and laying with Gray.
Gray was almost positive that her face was closer. He could feel her heart beating faster against his chest. Her hands were gripping his shirt tighter.
The door to his room swung open.
"Gray, did you meet-" Lyon stopped talking. His eyes widened at the sight before him. It looked like a guy was kissing, or about to kiss, Gray. "Sting," he finished.
Gray and Lucy sat up. She was sitting on his lap, not daring to look towards the door.
"Aren't you the guy from the cafe?" Sting asked. Gray nodded slowly. Sting was the blonde kid he saw with his friends. He almost laughed at the first impression he was giving.
"What are you two standing in the middle if the hall for?" Ultear grumbled. She noticed the two boys looking inside Gray's room. They're faces looked shocked, so she pushed Lyon aside to look. "What the hell!" she screamed.
Wendy and Ur came running up the stairs. They quickly pushed the shocked teens aside. Wendy started shaking in fear. She wasn't sure what was going to happen. First, they thought Lucy was a guy. Second, Lucy could get caught. Ur didn't know what to think. "Gray?" she asked.
"Y-yes?" he stuttered. He was too shocked to move Lucy off of him. He was lucky that he was able to sit up.
"Are you gay?!" Ultear blurted out. Gray blushed and shook his head. Lucy tilted her head to the side, confused. She wasn't sure what 'gay' was.
Ur awkwardly placed her hands over Wendy's eyes, as if the scene before her would scar her. Ur then grabbed Ultear and the little girl. She pushed them down the hall. "Have a man-to-man talk," she said before pushing Sting and Lyon inside. She slammed the door shut and ran downstairs.
Lyon awkwardly cleared his throat. Sting looked down at his feet. Lucy was still wondering what 'gay' meant. Gray was still too shocked to move or say anything.
"So, uh," Sting said. He wasn't sure what to say. He pictured meeting his cousin over dinner or something, but not seeing him in an awkward position with a guy.
Lucy jumped at his voice. Gray jumped in response. Forgetting that she was still on his lap, he stood up. She fell back on the bed. When she sat up, her hood fell off.
"Wha~!" Lyon and Sting yelled. Gray turned around and saw what they were looking at. He quickly flipped her hood back up.
"She's a girl?!" Lyon asked.
"So you aren't gay," Sting said with relief. Lucy looked over to Gray. She had a confused look in her eyes.
"It's when a guy likes another guy," he clarified. She nodded and looked at her lap, twirling her fingers around each other.
"Why is she dressed like a guy?" Lyon asked. Gray nervously looked at the floor, as if it would give him answers.
Sting walked over and flipped her hood down. "Hey, you're kinda cute," he said. Lucy blushed. Gray was a little mad that she blushed at Sting, since she never blushed at him.
Sting then reached behind her head. He undid her bun, allowing her hair to fall down. "You're hair is pretty long," he stated the obvious. He handed her back the tie. "Are you two dating?" he whispered in her ear. She thought a moment, then shook her head.
"Dinner!" Ur shouted from the kitchen. Sting grabbed Lucy's hand and stood her up. She didn't pay the gesture any mind and walked over to Gray. The four proceeded downstairs.
"A girl?" Ultear asked. She smiled wide and ran over to Lucy. "Can you spend the night? I don't have many friends." The blonde looked over to Gray. He shook his head.
"I can't," she said. Ultear glared at Gray.
"Don't mind him. You're staying," Ur said. "Let's eat!" Everyone sat at the table. Lucy sat between Gray and Wendy. Ur and Ultear sat at the heads of the table. Lyon and Sting sat at the last side.
No one really talked to Lucy, but she was still nervous. She put her hand on Gray's thigh, telling him she was nervous.
"So what do you think of your fake cousins?" Lyon asked Sting. Gray snapped his head up. Lyon could never let him be happy, even just for one night.
"Lyon, don't start," Ur sighed. Lyon paid her no mind.
"He's still a little pissed that his parents killed themselves, so don't be upset if he is rude. He can't help his stupidity. You know how it is. If his parents were stupid enough to commit suicide, just because they don't want to deal with him, he has to be a little stupid."
"Shut the hell up!" Gray yelled. Lucy' eyes went wide. She wasn't sure what was happening, but she knew that Gray and Wendy were upset. She could hear the girl softly crying.
"You aren't going to kill yourself too, are you?" Lyon said in a baby voice.
"Lyon!" Ur and Ultear gasped at once.
"Stop," Wendy cried.
"I think Gay-Boy is going to cry," Lyon laughed. Said boy stood up so fast his chair fell over. He quickly left the room.
"You're an ass," Ultear mumbled, reaching over and hugging Wendy. Lucy stood up and followed after Gray. She was starting realize why he would leave the house so late at night and always seem upset.
"Gray?" Lucy asked as she opened his bedroom door. She found him sitting in the corner if his room, his arms around his legs, his face in his knees. She quickly went over and hugged him. He was tense at first, but relaxed after a few seconds.
Lucy pulled her arms away. Gray didn't change position when she hugged him, so she lifted his head up. He kept his watery eyes in the floor. "What was Lyon talking about?" she asked.
"I'm home!" Gray shouted as he entered his house. He walked into his kitchen and threw his bag on the counter. He grabbed an apple from the fruit bowl.
"Gray, you're going to spoil your dinner," his mother said to him. He dramatically bite into the apple. She smiled and went back to washing dishes.
"Anything interesting happen at school?" his father asked, taking his reading glasses off. He was sitting at the counting, reading a book.
"What do you think?" His parents both laughed.
Bam!
The three ran out of the room. Two men were standing in their house. They had slammed the door shut when they entered.
"Hmmm," the first man thought. "She's pretty cute. Her husband is ugly, but her son looks like he is popular with the ladies."
"Who are you?" Gary's mother choked out. The second man smirked and pulled a gun out. In an instance, his father was shot.
"Dad!" Gray yelled. His mother was too shocked to move. "You bastards!" Gray lunged forward and aimed to punch the second man in the face. The first caught his wrist and twisted. He gasped in pain.
"I have an idea," the first said, twisting the sixteen-year-old's wrist harder. "Let's fuck his mother and make him watch." Gray cringed at the thought.
"Mom, run!" Gray yelled. He was roughly pushed forward. The second man grabbed his mother. They were taken into the living room. The first man tied Gray to a chair with some rope. The second man threw his mother to the ground.
After an hour of watching the men take advantage of his mother, he was finally able to break free. Gray grabbed the chair and hit the second man with it. The man didn't flinch. He grabbed Gray and threw him across the room. The first man pulled out a gun and aimed it at his mother.
"Beg," he ordered. "Beg for your life!" Gray's mother couldn't reply. She was still in shock. The man kicked her. When she still didn't respond, he pulled the trigger.
Moments passed.
Moments turned to minutes.
Minutes passed.
Gray couldn't move.
Gray couldn't speak.
The men left long ago, but Gray couldn't call the police.
He stared at his mother's naked, dead body, not able to utter a single sound.
All his tears had fallen long ago.
"I'm home!" Wendy called as she opened the door. She shrieked when she saw her dead father. She called for her brother, but he didn't answer. She ran into the living room. She screamed once she saw her mother. She looked up at the very much alive Gray. She cried and hugged him.
Gray was relieved that she hasn't come home yet. It was one of the few days that he was thankful that she came home later than him. School ended two hours later for her.
The next day, the two moved in with an unknown family in the next town over.
"Oh Gray," Lucy said when he was done talking. She wrapped his arms around his neck. He rested his head in her shoulder and wrapped his arms around her waist. He pulled her close and silently cried.
Part of that flashback rhymed. I didn't mean to!
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