AN: Hey there friends! It's Friday and I wanted to write something with some sad undertones cause why not!? My friend has challenged me to do two 300-word stories. She gave me no prompt for this, but did say, "Memories are a funny thing." and I took that and ran with it.
So here you have a 297-word Gajevy(?) fic with Erza and Lucy. Short and sweet, enjoy!
Erza pressed her palm flat against Gajeel's chest, stopping his forward momentum. "Gajeel," she cautioned.
"What the hell are you doing, Scarlet?" Gajeel glared.
Levy had been in a pretty bad accident on a job, and as soon as he heard, Gajeel had rushed to the hospital. When he got there however, Erza had been blocking his way into Levy's room—worst yet, the blonde seemed to be in support of her strange behavior.
"Move." He said through clenched teeth.
"It's best you stay away for a while—"
"—till she fully heals!" Lucy added.
"You want me to wait till my wife fully heals…to see her?" Gajeel looked between the two of them, confusion clear on his features. He released an annoyed breath, "I need to see her." He said, eyes downcast. "I know she just woke up, and I'm sure she's tired, but the kids haven't seen her in a month! I won't be lon—"
"—Gajeel," Erza started, her tone firm. They stood like that for a moment, the silence holding up the weight of Gajeel's rising anxiety. Erza's expression softened and her voice became distinctly remorseful. "She doesn't remember you."
The world tilted violently.
Several thoughts ran through his head, and Lucy's distressed expression only confirmed that Erza wasn't lying.
"What—"
"It was a pretty bad accident, Gajeel." Lucy added, worry creasing her brows. "She hit her head pretty hard…"
"What—"
"The doctor's say she should make a full recovery—"
"—and she will! She just needs lots of rest!"
"W-what doesn't she remember?" Gajeel asked apprehensively. His stomach lurched with several possibilities, and the glance Lucy and Erza shared didn't ease his fears.
In the end, Lucy was the bearer of bad news.
"She thinks we just got her down from the tree."
AN: Uh oh Σ(O_O)
I'm sure I'm not the only one who has thought about the implications of Levy losing her memory! And I mean how'd that healing process go? Hope you enjoyed this (super) short!
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