Red

by MisZ AnArchy

"And the funny thing is, I didn't want to fall in love, not at all... But at some point this girl smiled, and, holy shit, I blew it." He said, his eyes briefly meets mine and then he looks away again, almost embarrassed to confess there was another girl.

10. Chapter 10

Red

Category : Anime Fairy Tail

Author : MisZ Anarchy

Language : English

Rating : M

Hello! Yes another update! I know! And it's all thanks to you! I just wanted to write this chapter because I got overly excited. After listening to the suggested song I fell in love with the song! It was perfect! Thank you to everyone that suggested it. And thank you to the other suggested songs, note that they are in my play list now so they might feature. Then just to make a few things clear… Ages. Laxus, Mira, Erza, Gajeel, Jellal, Lyon… age is 17 going on 18 so seniors in school. The rest is 16 going on 17. Where I am from our school system kinda works differently. On to the next question… Will there be actual lemons… Yes, of course!!! Don't mind Laxus and Lucy being so modest and waiting a while till they actually do the deed. But it will be done and I'll surprise you with when it's done. Just don't expect it to be on Prom night! That would be too cliché. And then on to the surprise… Chapter 10 will be from Laxus' POV. Thought I might change it up, so we can see what's going on in Sparkies head for once. Remember, love me, hate me, share your comments and opinions! Lotsa love Lols!

Disclaim – Fairy Tail belongs to Hiro Mashima. I do not own the song 'Perfect' by Ed Sheeran.

Chapter 10

Touching him was like realizing all you ever wanted was right there in front of you

I lean against the wall as I watch the hordes of students moving around the dance hall, girls moving cautiously in their expensive dresses and high heels and guys… trying their luck on figuring out which girl to hook up with. I want to roll my eyes because I was not in the mood for dancing, I was not in the mood to be here. But I am mainly here for two reasons, one being that I am student council president and the other… I was here for her tonight. I look to the side and I watch as the pink hair kid stands among his friends, talking to his dark haired friend. His date not even on his side as of yet… Meaning that he didn't even go and pick her up or walk with her.

I look at my watch and then back towards the group of friends that are standing around aimlessly, most of the group had arrived, and they only needed her. I look to the door and then back to my watch. She was late, I smile at that thought, I am sure she will be rushing in any moment blushing brightly. That pink tint on her cheeks that I love so much… The thought made me smile. I loved the way she blushed, from her cheeks to her neck and down to her chest. She was absolutely adorable.

I shake my head as I look around the hall again. People were lining up at the photo booth to have their pictures taken. I would need to visit it as well if I wanted a picture taken, but then again I wasn't going to stand their alone like a fool. I had several offers to get a picture taken with some other girls, but I declined. I wouldn't be surprised if Mira came up to me and asked for one. But I would decline as always.

I look back to Natsu and his friend, I see Mira, and I instantly look away because her eyes meet mine and I feel bad, and awkward around her. I know she isn't over me, I know she wants another chance but that would not happen, not now, not ever again.

I was in love, and I am not scared to admit it, I was in love with Lucy and I just felt so relieved that she knew. But I have been having doubts about the whole thing since the day I decided to approach her. To be honest I did not want to be her rebound guy after that fucker Lyon broke her heart, how he did it in the first place was beyond me. Maybe she was naive… But still for someone to take advantage of that was just bad. I know she is naïve, but I wouldn't take advantage of it. I really wanted to be with her, I wanted to share my ups and my downs with her. I wanted to see what a future with her entailed. Maybe I am the naïve one here.

I look to the door and that's when I see her. She takes a few steps into the hall and my eyes are glued on to her as she nervously looks around the hall. Most likely she was looking for her friends. I wanted to push of the wall and walk to her, I wanted to greet her and just tell her how beautiful she looked tonight. Her soft golden locks was down her back, curls adoring her beautiful face.

She was wearing my mother dress with some heels, making her legs look even longer than they already seemed. She really did that dress justice, it clung to her small frame in all the right places, and it highlighted her best assets. I shift to my other foot, I should stop this line of thought before I had a problem in my pants, and believe me this was becoming a regular occurrence with Lucy around.

She looks to the side and then to the other and finally our eyes meet, and then there is that smile, the smile that would be the death of me, that smile that made me fall for her in the first place. I smile back to her giving her a small wave. Her eyes remain on me as she half turns her body to me, I can see her first step towards me is hesitant, but the second one was easier, the third she did without falter.

I push off of the wall as I watch her make her way towards me, somehow catching me complete off guard. I thought she would head to her friend at first but seems when our eyes locked, it was her decided fate to come to me. I take a step closer but stop when I see her arm being pulled and she instantly turns to the side, Natsu is now at her side. I want to roll my eyes, I wanted to punch him square in the jaw but I stop and I slightly turn, watching them out of the corner of my eye.

I watch as Natsu smiles to her and he looks her over and then pulls her into a hug. For so long I thought that Lucy would end up with Natsu, it was bound to happen, they were inseparable when she first transferred here. Sometimes their actions made me question if they were more than friends.

I know the day I found Lucy crying, my first thought was that it was Natsu's doing, that he had broken her heart, how wrong was I when she uttered Lyons name. I just couldn't believe her when she said it was him and then I saw it, the messages on the phone. I just couldn't believe it. And in my right mind I shouldn't have even came back the day after, I shouldn't have came to her rescue that day in the cafeteria.

I close my eyes and move back to the wall as I continue to lean against it. The thing was I couldn't help myself from coming back to her, not only had she captured me with her smile, those eyes, God I'd do anything to see the sparkle in those eyes.

I don't regret going back every time, in all it brought us so much closer together but I can still see the scars that Lyon left on her heart. Her insecurity, her fear of commitment, her lack in trust, Lyon fucked up so much but that's not going to stop me. I fell in love with the cracked and broken pieces of her, so when she showed me her good side, I fell more deeper and deeper that I do not know if I would ever survive the landing.

I open my eyes only to see her among her friends, greeting them, smiling to them, but it's not the smile I love. It's not even half of that smile. She glances around as she hugs Erza, she almost seems frantic until her eyes land on me again, and then she moves on to hug the short friend she is always with. Every now and again she looks around and then her eyes would meet mine and she would smile.

"Laxus!" I hear my name and sigh as I look up. Evergreen making her way over towards me, Elfman following suit. He almost seems out of character wearing a suite and tie, I could say the same for 90% of the students currently in the dance hall including myself.

"Eva…Elfman." I greet pushing off of the wall again. I look at my only female friend and send her a smile, she looked good tonight, the dress she wore didn't really make her stand out, not like Lucy. But she did look good. "You two enjoying the dance?" I find myself asking and I watch as Eva smiles from ear to ear.

"Of course." She says as she stops a few feet from me. "Come on, Brickslow and Freed are waiting at the photo booth." Eva says with a small smile one her lips. I shake my head from side to side.

"Maybe a bit later…" I say as I look over the dance floor and look at where Blondie disappeared off to, my eyes land on her as she stands next to Mira and Loki. A shiver runs up my spine as I see her standing next to Mira, every part of me wanted to compare the two, but I couldn't, Mira could not compare to Lucy, there was just so many things that Lucy had that Mira lacked.

"You looking over at Mira?" I hear Elfman say as I look to them slowly and I frown as I look to him and a surprised looking Eva.

"You two should really consider getting back together. I see the way you look at her." Eva says and at this I frown even more.

"Not going to happen Eva, no offence, but me and Mira will never work." I say as I watch the burly male just frown as well. "Besides I like someone else." I find myself saying and at this I hear a gasp. I look to Eva as she stares at me in complete shock.

"You like someone!? Oh my God! So the rumours are true?" Eva asks and I shake my head, this was becoming irritating and very fast. My eyes land on Lucy again as I watch her being led to the dance floor by Natsu, it still amazed me how he could always wear that fucking scarf. I can't help the small pang of jealousy running through my blood. If he only fucking knew, he could have been the most luckiest guy having Lucy to himself.

"Come on Lax! Who is it?" I hear Eva ask, I glance at her for a moment and just shake my head, it was none of her business, besides, by the end of the night I was planning on walking my girl to her dorm. Plan B was set in motion the moment Lucy walked into the hall.

I watch over the dance floor as I see Natsu placing his hand on Lucy's back the other holding her hand, they almost seem awkward as they start to dance to a song I have no idea what the name is. "Not now Eva, you and Elfman go enjoy yourselves." I say as I push off of the wall again, I just needed to wait this out, I just needed the time to past so I could ask her to dance with me, I had even requested a song from the DJ. Not too sure how she would feel about it. "I'm going to make my rounds." I say as I start to walk from Eva and her partner for the night.

I start to walk among the other students greeting them as I go, trying not to pay attention to Lucy just for now, trying not to get jealous at Natsu. Besides jealousy was a bad thing and it didn't suite me, I make a turn at the food table and look over the array of food set out for tonight, I would surely make a turn here and grab a plate for myself later. It looked rather appetizing.

I move over to the bar, well it's not really a bar because we don't service liquor but it's the place where we get our drinks. I see a familiar face and frown. Why was Lyon here? Lucy had told me that Cherry was upset that he would not be attending the dance. I frown and take a step closer to him. His eyes lingering on the dance floor as he takes a sip of his cola.

"Anything interesting on the dance floor?" I ask as I go to stand next to him, leaning against the bar. He looks silently to me then he looks back to the dance floor.

"Yeah, you take a look at Lucy Heartfilia tonight? She looks banging…" I hear him say and I can't help the rush of anger flowing through me as I look out to the dance floor, she was still awkwardly twirling with Natsu. "Such a waste she's here with that hothead." I hear him say and I turn my back on the dance floor.

"You here with your girl?" I ask, motioning to the waiter to bring over a soda to me.

"Nah Cherry didn't want to come." Such a blatant lie… "Thought I might get a chance to hook up with someone here." He says without even feeling bad that he would be betraying his own girlfriend by hooking up with another girl, I clench my teeth as I try to contain my anger.

"You thinking of hooking up with blondie?" I ask curiously wondering if he would chance it, the habit of her nickname would never leave me that I was sure of but I doubt she would want everyone to know that she has one from me.

"I thought she was coming solo, then I would have, but I'm not in a fighting mood. Beside I would beat that hotheads ass to the point that he's a bloody pulp." I hear Lyon say and at that I want to chuckle. He actually thought that he could take on Natsu and walk away unscratched? Foolish moron. "You?" Lyon asks as he looks over to me and I just take a sip of my drink that the waiter has placed in front of me, shaking my head from side to side.

"You know I don't bring dates to this shit." I say as I take another sip of my drink.

"You and Mira not even hooking up though?" He asks. I glance at him like I really don't give a flying fuck. It frustrated me to no extend that people kept on pushing the idea of Mira on me, we haven't been together for the longest time now, and even if I had needs I would not use someone just for those needs.

"It's over, it has been. No going back." I find myself saying. And it was the truth, there was no going back to Mira for me.

"Well, she's on her way here, so good luck." I hear him say before he darts from his spot, my eyes go wide as I almost snort some soda out of my nose, I instantly turn and indeed, Mira was making her way over to me, the dress she was wearing was not dress code appropriate and showed way too much cleavage and it barely covered her ass, most of the guys here had their eyes on her.

I look to the ground instantly breaking eye contact as she moves closer and closer. Soon she is in front of me and I can see her heals on the floor. "Hi Laxus." I hear her voice and I sigh silently as I look up to her, her eyes meeting mine, somehow I can see how heartbroken she is.

"Mira," I greet and I want to turn away so bad, I just wanted to ignore her, I just wanted to move on without being reminded how I broke her heart, but she was always there, she was a constant reminder of how things got fucked up.

"You look good tonight." She starts and I suddenly feel that everything is out of place, I reach up and pull my tie straight, my hands almost fidgeting.

"Thanks, you too." I say as I look back at her, there was no point in not giving her a compliment, she always did look good to me, in anything. But I no longer sought her, and I couldn't see the beauty that once was there, her modesty had turned into something else, and she was more and more starting to seem desperate, the short skirts, and the low cut shirts. I knew she wanted me to notice but in the end, all the other guys noticed as well.

"Could we talk for a moment?" she asks her eyes meeting mine again. I want to decline, and say no, I want to turn away and just leave her, but this has been the same thing for the past few months. I couldn't continue, I would eventually need to let her have her words with me. I nod my head in her direction as my eyes scan over the dance floor again, blondie still dancing with Natsu.

"Look Lax, I know you don't feel anything for me anymore, but you need to know that I am still in love with you." She says this slowly and my eyes meet back with her. I take a deep breath as I continue to look at her. "You need to know a person never stops loving. Once you love someone honestly, truly, you will never be able to un-love them. You only find someone you will love more. At that time, your old love will not feel so strong, but it is a heart, it will never let you forget something that ever made you happy." I raise a brow as I listen to her words. She might be right, she might be wrong.

"Mira, please just understand that I can't do this, I can't. I am sorry if you still have feelings for me. But please understand you were in love, I was in lust. There is a difference." I find myself saying and I can see her face turn. But she continues to hold her façade. "I would only hurt you more if we were to get back together." I say and I was finally saying what had been on my chest since we broke up.

I watch her lower lip quiver as she continues to look at me. I know there are tear threatening to fall. But she keeps her composure. "I know… It's just hard." Mira says as she looks to the side for a moment. "But I sense that I am slowly letting go. That I'm growing less in love with you every single day. I think that's the most difficult thing about losing someone you've loved, the way you feel never really dies all at once. All I can do is wait and watch it fade away one day at a time." I look at her as a tear slips down her cheek and I reach for it, wiping it away.

"Mira please don't cry." I say with a frown on my face. I saw how heartbroken Lucy was about Lyon. And to think that I was doing it to Mira, slightly made me feel like the scum of the earth. I pull her closer and into my arms as I give her a hug. "You are too good for me Mira, one day you will find someone that will love you and that will be the one for you." I say as I hug her closely.

"One day…" I hear her whisper in my ear and that soft heartbroken voice almost killed me. "Besides I don't want to be the negative ex-girlfriend you always complain about to your new girlfriend." At this I pull slightly away and I look at her with a frown.

"Hmmm?" I ask as I raise a brow.

"I know you're seeing someone, the rumours are going wild." She says and at this I narrow my eyes, of course there would always be rumours, but I doubt anyone knew about me and Lucy. But then again this made me feel a bit more hesitant to continue with my plan tonight. "And I need to come to terms that you would eventually find someone… that someone not being me." She says as she swipes a stray tear from her cheek again.

"You're going to find someone too." I find myself saying as I look around the room again, the song has changed, blondie and Natsu not on the dance floor anymore, I look around and I see them moving to the photo booth.

"So there is someone?" Mira asks as she almost pushes me away and look at me, daggers in her eyes. I raise a brow, I had indirectly confirmed that there was someone I liked.

"Yeah." I say letting her go completely. I can see the fire behind her eyes, the anger fully building up.

"So the rumours were true?" Mira asked almost sounding jealous that there was someone new in my life.

"They are." I say and I see her demeanour changing for sad to angry. But she had no right to be angry. "But it doesn't matter, it's of no concern to you." I say as a matter of fact and I see her eyes going wide.

"Who is it?" She asks and I want to just turn from this conversation, she had no right to question me or what was going on in my life.

"It doesn't concern you…" I say as I half turn from her but she places a hand on my shoulder keeping me in place. If this continued she would make a scene and I didn't want that, not on a night like this when I still had something's that needed to go according to plan. In the back of my mind I know that it somehow concerns her because she was friends with Lucy after all. How would this effect their friendship?

"Laxus just tell me who it is… Is it Cana?" Mira asks and at this I need to frown, I don't even know Cana. Why the fuck would she even think that. "Is it Cana?" She asks again with her eyes wide, I can see the people surrounding us looking at us curiously. "Or is it Sheria?" she continues to ask and I just want to face palm.

"No… But whoever it is in the end, you need to come to terms with it. And you need to understand that you have no right to get angry because we are not together and we haven't been for a long time. And if you so much as do anything to my girl when you find out who it is I swear to you, you will regret it. Now either we can part ways as enemies or we can still continue to be civil." I say in a low tone for only her to hear.

"What?" she asks like she didn't hear me the first time around.

"Do anything to my girl, act strange or mean with her and I swear I will walk out of your life, and make like I never knew you." I say and I watch her eyes go wide, that was the one thing she made me promise not to do, she made me promise never to walk out of her life for good. And now here I was threatening her with it. I was a horrible person for even thinking it let alone do it. I take a deep breath as I look down to the floor…

I can't look at her face, I know she is tearing up and I know she is bound to cry, and I just can't look at that now. For a moment it's silent between the two of us, only music and chatter from the students attending the dance. And then I see her feet turn and she walks away. I glance up to her retreating form as she continues to walk in the direction of the bathroom, I am sure, I watch her hands and arms move, most likely wiping away her tears. I felt bad, and this alone spoiled my mood… making me not want to go through with my plan.

I look over the hall again as I see Lucy, she was alone, she was idly standing to the side, not sure if she was waiting for someone or something. Seeing her alone made me feel better. I watch her look around, and then she sees me, her feet instantly moving as she starts to make her way to me.

I start to move as well, this time there is no one pulling her back or asking her to dance. So when we finally get to each other I smile and I want so much to pull her into my arms for a hug but I refrain.

"Hey…" She says and there is a slight blush on her cheeks as she looks to me with a small smile on her lips.

"You look breath taking." I say as I glance over her again, from her heels, up her long legs, of course not missing the slit where I see her flesh, to her full hips, and small waist, her beautiful chest, showing just the right amount cleavage to get me stirring in my boxers in excitement, then her beautiful face, which had a small hint of make-up.

She blushes once again as she looks down, wiping some stray hair form her face. "You too." I hear her say and those cheeks just continue to get brighter. She glances up and her eyes meet mine, and I just want to drown in her eyes. I think I would do anything she asked all she had to do was flutter those eyes at me. "We just came from the photo booth, and I was wondering if you wanted to …" I stop her right there.

"Sure we can go take a picture." I say cutting her off, I watch her eyes go slightly wide and then she smiles.

"I wasn't planning to ask that, I wanted to get something to eat but if you insist on a picture, then why not?" she says and for a moment I am at a loss of words, fuck okay I really thought she would ask for a picture, but then again with her shy nature she wouldn't ask straight to my face. I am surprised when she reaches for my arm and soon I hook our arms as we start to move towards the photo booth, it had become quiet around here now, not many people here. "Are you sure?" She says as she looks to me.

"A picture of us? Why not?" I say as I continue to walk with her to the photographer. I can sense some of the students have their eyes on us as I walk with Lucy but I don't care at all. Once we get to the booth there are props and we look around for a few. Lucy picks out a small black moustache for me. I take it without hesitation as she fishes for a prop for her, it seems that a pair of oversized glasses is on her list, and she adds a little party hat to it as we move to the couch.

We take a seat and I watch as the photographer moves to the camera, I see to my left that there are some on lookers to my side. They watch our every action, I know it was strange to see me with a girl other than Eva, and now with rumours that I was with someone I was sure that things might get slightly out of control. But I push it aside, I would cross that bridge when I get there.

"Okay, you two, want a set of 4 pictures or 8?" The photographer asks. And I look to Lucy as she seems to be in thought placing her little party hat on her head. And it seems like she didn't hear the guy ask.

"4, but I want two copies please." I reply and the guy just nods his head as he gets behind his camera. I see his one hand rise as he zooms slightly in, or out, I wasn't sure. Lucy is back in the here in now as she looks to me, the glasses now on her face.

"Ready?" She whispers to me and I just nod me head, she nods her head to the photographer. We have a few seconds to get in place and soon we both smile at the camera and the first picture is taken, then we have another few seconds and we slightly pull our faces in a funny way. The next one we remove the props and I place an arm around her pulling her close to me as we both smile to the camera, and the last one caught me off guard when she places a kiss to me cheek, I can't help but to feel warm as I sit there.

She actually kissed my cheek on a picture. I have this shit eating grin on my face as we rise and I move to the photographer as Lucy goes and she places the props back where they belong, soon she is by my side as we wait for the prints.

"You two a couple?" the photographer asks as he prints the first set.

I look to Lucy as she turns her head somewhat trying to hide the blush on her cheeks. I look to the photographer. "No," I answer as he hands me one print. "Not yet." I continue and I almost feel Lucy double in heat as she continues to look down to the floor, that blush traveling down her neck, I can even see a hint of it on her chest.

"Well you two are very photogenic, you'd make a pretty couple." At this I chuckle as he hands me the second copy of the pictures. Lucy not doing anything to look up or say anything.

I look to the pictures in my hand and give Lucy a little bump with my elbow to make sure she looks at them too. The pictures were adorable, and she's wearing the smile I gave her. She takes the one set and looks at them, her fingers slowly dragging over them. She looks at me and she's still smiling.

"I love them." She says and this makes me smile as I nod my head in agreement. "Wish I had an electronic copy too." She says lowly and I frown.

"Why?" I ask and at this she looks to me, our eyes meeting.

"Still need to send my parents a picture, besides, I'd just like to have one… maybe to set as your picture on my phone…" She says shyly and I was going to take full advantage of this moment.

"You just want to put me as your wallpaper." I say teasingly and at this she goes bright red, maybe I hit the nail on the head there. "We can always take one with your phone?" I suggest and she looks at me with wonder in her eyes.

"My phones in my room… So we would need to wait till we go to my room." She says and the last bit sounded so bad… It sounded dirty, but I can't find it in myself to entertain the thought too much. Even though I wanted Lucy, I didn't just want her body. I wanted her heart, mind and soul. I wanted her love above all.

It seems a bit cliché to be honest, but I wasn't looking for a hook up, I saw potential in Lucy's future to be more than just that. I actually wanted a future with her. "Sure." I find myself saying as I take both our sets of pictures and I place them in my pocket for safe keeping.

"Oi! Lucy!" We both turn to the side where we hear a voice calling her.

I see Natsu making his way to us, a frown on his face as he sees me with her. His frown deepen somewhat and then he stops a few steps from us. I continue to stare at Natsu for a long moment, our eyes waging a war. Something was up.

"Natsu?" Lucy asks as she calls for his attention and he looks to her and then back to me.

"You have some explaining to do, making Mira cry and all." At this I frown as I look down to him. He had the audacity to confront me. He had no place or ground to stand, accusing me of shit.

"Mira is crying?" Lucy asks as she looks to me and then back to Natsu.

"Yeah, Erza and Juvia is with her in the bathroom." Natsu says narrowing his eyes at me.

"Why?" Lucy asks as she continues to look at Natsu, and he continues to stare at me.

"This asshole." Natsu explains and at that Lucy frowns looking to me.

"What did you do?" Lucy asks and I want to roll my eyes, but I take a deep breath, crossing my arms over my chest.

"It doesn't matter. She should stop crying over me, we are over, and have been for a long time now." I find myself explaining but I don't know why I feel the need to explain my actions.

"Listen I don't know what the fuck went down, but still making her cry is uncalled for." Natsu says and I don't know why I am even entertaining him. I chance a glance at Lucy and she is staring at Natsu with wide eyes.

"Maybe I should go check on her." Lucy starts, and I instantly reach out to her stopping her before she could move, if she approached Mira now and Mira found out later that she is my girl, all hell would break loose and I didn't need Lucy to feel bad or be confronted about something that she isn't really even involved in. It would be unnecessary for her to be in the middle.

"No don't." I half whisper but I know Natsu heard me.

"Don't tell Lucy what to do." Natsu speaks as he reaches for my hand to swat it of off Lucy.

"Natsu!" We hear someone yell and all three of us look in the direction of where the voice came from, the youngest Straus sibling calling to the pink haired boy from the direction of the bathroom, my eyes meet with Lisanna's eyes for a moment and then I look back.

I watch as Natsu sighs retreating his hand. "Listen I'm going to walk Lisanna and Mira home. I don't want them to walk alone, and I can't find Loki. Do you mind Lucy?" Natsu starts up and at this I raise a brow… He was willing to leave his date here unattended to walk someone else home. What was wrong with him? I wouldn't leave Lucy's side, no matter what.

"Um… Sure." Lucy's voice is soft as she speaks and I can see that she seems disappointed about the fact as well. Natsu raised a worried brow as he looks to the blonde and I can see that he was having an internal battle now, between leaving Lucy here and walking with Mira and Lisanna. "Go ahead, I might go to the dorm too soon." Lucy says, she almost sounded sad.

"Are you sure? I'll ask Gray to walk you?" Natsu asks and at this Lucy shakes her head from side to side.

"Don't worry. No need to ask Gray." She replies and at this she gives him a small smile, it was sad and it made me feel so bad because it was because of me that Natsu was now going to walk Mira home, if I never upset her this would not have happened. Perfect time right? Fuck.

"Lucy are you sure?" Natsu asks again, he glances to me and then to her again.

"Yeah, I'll see you tomorrow though." She replies, Natsu lingers a while longer, he is still having an internal battle on whether to go or not. "Laxus, didn't you say you wanted to get something to eat?" Lucy says as she turns to me, dismissing Natsu. She places her hand on my forearm. I see how Natsu glares at me and then I just turn as I show her the way to the food.

Once out of hearing distance I look to Lucy and her eyes are everywhere but they won't meet mine. "This is all my fault, I am sorry." I find myself saying as we near the table with the buffet.

"What did happen?" She asks lowly as she hands me two plates, she lets go of my arm and soon I have both dishes in my hands as she looks over the food. She plates up something of everything as she goes. "I mean Natsu is blaming you… So what happened?" Lucy asks, and her eyes meets mine. There is a sadness in those beautiful eyes and I know it's my fault.

"She… Mira approached me, and while we spoke I told her that she needs to move on… She spoke of rumours that I am with a girl, and I told her the rumours were true." I answer, Lucy's eyes focusing on me as she stares at me for a moment.

"You told her the rumour was true?" She asks and I give her a smile.

"Yes," I find myself saying. She seemingly finds this hard to believe as she continues to stare at me, her eyes wide. "Lucy?" I ask as her expression was worrying me.

"It's just… I didn't expect it, I just thought that we would not be that public…" She was stammering. See this was what Lyon did. If she thought that I was going to keep her a secret from the world she was wrong. I would be the proudest guy to have her on my arm.

"Why? I know Lyon kept you in the dark but that's not me. I want you by my side. And I'd be proud to have you at my side." I say as I take a step closer to her. I can see her lower lip somewhat shaking as we continue to stare at each other.

"Are you sure?" her question catching me off guard.

"Of course." I say with a smile, it seems to be contagious because she starts smiling too, from ear to ear. "Now let's go eat, you still owe me a dance too." I say and she starts blushing instantly as she now continues to plate up, one plate smaller than the other, the biggest I assume was mine.

I lead her away from the table she originally had with her friends, to where it was less crowded. Our meal was in silence, I watch her as she delicately eats her food, making sure not to dirty her face or anything else. Every now and then she will look up to me and she gives me this sweet smile, a pink hue on her cheeks. I can't help but stare at her. She was sweet, she was beautiful, she was funny and smart. She was perfect to me. If only she could see what I saw, and I am sure that other looked to her in the same way.

Once we finished eating I reached my hand out to her, and without hesitation she took it. I rise and she rises to her feet as well, I link our arms and soon I start making my way towards the dance floor with Lucy in tow. I can see the people staring at us, I can almost hear the hushed whispers… But fuck them.

Once we reach the dance floor I turn to Lucy and I smile to her. "You owe me a dance… Let me just go say something to the DJ." I say and she idly stands there blushing again. I would never get tired of that pink hue on her cheeks. I briefly let go of her and take the three steps to the DJ's booth before he leans closer and I motion to him to play the song I had requested earlier.

He nods his head with a smile, mouthing me a good luck, because he knew what I was planning on doing. I turn from him and I see as Lucy stands among the throng of people dancing around. I walk back to her.

"You ready to dance?" I ask as I get to her and she nods her head.

"Upbeat or slow?" She asks as she reaches for me and I take a step closer, I take her hand and with my other I place it on the small of her back, pulling her flush against me in one movement. She gives me this shy smile as she turns from side to side… "Why is everyone looking at us?" She asks and I just shake my head.

"Don't pay attention to them." I reply as she places her other hand on my shoulder, preparing to start our dance. "Just focus on here and now…" I say as I give a brief look around the hall, indeed, we had an audience, even her group of friends had their eyes glued on us. The song that was playing comes to an end and soon the music to the song I had requested started up.

I found a love for meDarling just dive right inAnd follow my leadWell I found a girl beautiful and sweetI never knew you were the someone waiting for me'Cause we were just kids when we fell in love

We start to sway from side to side as I hold her close to me, and believe me I didn't want to ever let go of her in this moment. I mouth the words to her as I sway her from side to side, I notice the throngs of people stepping aside and soon we are the only two people on the dance floor.

Not knowing what it wasI will not give you up this timeBut darling, just kiss me slow, your heart is all I ownAnd in your eyes you're holding mine

I twirl her out a bit and soon pull her back against me as we continue to dance to the slow song, thanks to Ed Sheeran there was songs to make even guys like me do sweet things. I had sat for a few days considering what song we would dance to, if we would let it just go and fate would pick it or was I going to be the instigator…

Baby, I'm dancing in the dark with you between my armsBarefoot on the grass, listening to our favourite songWhen I said you looked like a mess, I whispered under my breathBut you heard it, darling, you look perfect tonight

I look down to her, my voice lightly carrying through the music as I start to sing the words along. She just glances to me with a smile on her lips, a pink hue on her cheeks. But right there and then I had never seen this look on her face, and I welcomed this look. She was happy, she was carefree, she was in love. I knew it because I saw the look before…

Well I found a woman, stronger than anyone I knowShe shares my dreams, I hope that someday I'll share her homeI found a love, to carry more than just my secretsTo carry love, to carry children of our ownWe are still kids, but we're so in loveFighting against all oddsI know we'll be alright this timeDarling, just hold my handBe my girl, I'll be your manI see my future in your eyes

I leans closer to her, my forehead now pressed to her, she can't stop smiling as we sway from side to side, dancing, and for a moment were are in our own world, and the world outside can wait for a moment. I mouth to her to be my girl and at this she continues to smile brightly.

"Lucy Heartfilia...Please be my girl?" I say loud enough for her to hear, when realization hits, her eyes focus on mine as we continue to sway from left to right.

Baby, I'm dancing in the dark, with you between my armsBarefoot on the grass, listening to our favourite songWhen I saw you in that dress, looking so beautifulI don't deserve this, darling, you look perfect tonight

She doesn't answer me, she just continues to stare at me for a little while, But when I feel her pushing slightly up to stand on the tip of her toes, I feel her lips against mine, so soft, so sweet as she kisses me, and I just close my eyes as I kiss her back, not to the extend that we make out, we just kiss, and it's sweet and she tastes so good. When the kiss ends she slightly pulls away and she opens her eyes meeting mine. "Yes." I can't hear her voice but I can see her mouth a yes.

I smile as I twirl her out one last time and pull her to me as we continue to dance and I feel different, I try to recall the feelings I had had when I was Mira but it's completely different, there was much more emotion behind it, there was love behind it, a feeling rather foreign to me as I can't say that I have ever felt a love like this…

Baby, I'm dancing in the dark, with you between my armsBarefoot on the grass, listening to our favourite songI have faith in what I seeNow I know I have met an angel in personAnd she looks perfectI don't deserve thisYou look perfect

When the song comes to an end we continue to sway for moments later, this moment was just so perfect that I just didn't want in to come to an end. But a new songs soon starts up and the upbeat rhythm is not what I expected. I take a step from Lucy and she is all smiles as she continues to look at me.

I take her hand in mine as I start to lead her from the empty dance floor, I notice some people coming closer and soon the dance floor is filled again. I twirl Lucy closer to my body as I wrap an arm around her. I didn't care if there were stares or people talking about us and what just happened, a moment so perfect would not be ruined. I finally had my girl and that was all that matter.