Elloooo my fabulous readers! I can't believe it, I have over 100+ reviews! I love you guys. Without you, I wouldn't have been able to do it. THANK YOU!
Hehe...My computers been so slow lately. I need to have a talk with it. -_-
Anyways, here's an "after that happened..." kind of thing.
Reviewers:
ehynjehl: Yeah, I'm mad at Gray too... but I also feel bad for him. :/It's cuz he thinks it's better if she's not with him. T^T Nahh, it's ok. Of course you'd be mad at him. Hehe, thank youuuu!~Yeah, it is needed. Sadly... :(
RoseKat and SkyVic: Yeah, I mean, Gray's face was like... ;OOOOO. Aha, again, we have telepathy. XD Why, thank you! I actually got The Stupid from a K-Drama... ;) it's called Heartstrings. I guess the barrels do not like Lucy...xD Yeah, I wasn't sure if Gajeel could sing good or not...so I didn't say anything about it. And for once in Natsu's life, he did something smart, huh? Yeah, Gray is straight-forward. Plus, he has to be extra mean so she gets what he's saying... Mhm, when you finally see what's happening, you'd most likely feel bad for him. I mean, he's going through so much pain by himself. T.T Poor Gray. Hehe, I must be killing you now, huh? Thanks for the songs! ;)
iRima-Chan: Hehe, I don't think I update that fast... but thank you! Haha, Damn that crayon boy? I like that, it's catchy for some reason... I could make it into a rap song! :D And... okay, I'm going off-topic here. It was Epicly say. Almost brought me to tears... T.T Okay, not really. But it was depressing still. Actually, Gray's suffering too.. :/ Thank you for the songs!
Lady Lorelei Von Awesomepants: Ikr? I have no idea why Natsu was drunk... he just was. Hehe, thanks for the song! ;) P.S.: I love your username. [x
Lu-chanFT (And Gray): Haha, thanks for the song suggestions! (and the review.)
kiya:Haha, the story won't be done for a while :) I'm planning on at least...6 more chapters? Maybe more. Yeah, more. xD Mmk, thanks for (technically) voting! You should just get an account. XD Haha, thank youu!
Angelhearted: Yeah, he does... too bad they can't just be together... -_- Haha, Stay, that song has been on my list for a while. I'm just not sure if I should use it. I probably will. :) thank you!
Zero Sakura: Haha, I didn't think of that! I should make him do that again. :D Hmm, okay! :) Enjoy.
shortiix3: I know... Dx Thanks for the review and songs!
Maxieornot: Why, thank you! ;DD Hoep you enjoy this one!
MichelDeV: Haha, thanks. ;) I listened to it. The title really fits the song, eh?
Emcronia: Yeah, you'll see! I know, poor Lucy... -.- I hope she doesn't do suicide now... D;Believe me, Natsu will try. And he will probably embarrass her in the making... XD
grayluforever:Haha, thank you for the song! I have listened to the song a gazillion times, but I never thought of it. -_- I'm so horrible...XD
hajiraari: THANK YOUUU! ;D Gaahh, I hope you didn't die already, because then you would not be able to finish this chapter, or the story! Hope you like it!~
Blackcat.54: Thank you for the songs! Rainy Day inspired me for a part in this one. ;)
THANK YOU! I think I'll never get sick of saying THANK YOU! ;)
And by the way, I listened to every single song you guys' suggested. Again, thankyou! [[x
:) Another smiley just 'cause.
PREVIOUSLY...
Gray walked up to Lucy quickly. She could feel his warm breath on her face. He said coldly, "No matter what you do, don't fall in love with me again. It will only hurt you." And walked off, leaving Lucy speechless.
Gray disappeared down the street.
It hurt him.
It hurt him so hard that he wanted to die.
But he knew it was better this way.
Lucy didn't need him; she could always find someone else. Natsu was better for her, and that was that.
He will stay with Juvia, and fall in love with her.
He will keep his promise, and he will stick to it.
He'll forget Lucy and he will be happy.
He will.
…Will he?
This Chapter's Song: Rainy Day by Janel Parrish (Copyright Disclaimer.) Credits to Blackcat.54 for Recommendation! (BTW I changed some lyrics to fit.)
Mirajane listened to the band play as she watched Cana chugging down a mug.
"Hit me up," Cana said, shoving her completely empty mug to the bartender.
"Mm, I think that's enough now, Cana."
"Noo! I could drink 600 mugs and still go on! Now come on, Mira. Don't be such a stick in the mud."
"Hey, I am not-" Mira stopped talking as she watched Lucy drag Gray to the door. "Hey, do you know what's up with Lucy and Gray? Lucy looks angry,"
Cana whipped her head around and saw them. "Hm…I duurno... but Lucy looks like dis girl I knew from liddle. Gray had this love-person, and she moved away to Amereeeca! She had blonde hair too," Cana nodded. She leaned over and took her mug, filling it up herself. Mirajane was listening so intently that she didn't notice. "Hmm, and hers name was Lucy too! Suuuch a coinky-dink, eh?"
Mirajane nodded. "Ohhh, okay. This makes A LOT of sense now…"
"Ooh, and, worst part is, Juvvvia was Lucy's bestie! Thenn, when Lucy left, Juvia got Gray to go out weeth her! Such an –oooooohhh.- Beep. Lucy must be uuuuber heartbroken, eh? Not like she would be okay with it? Hmmm, but then why is she with Natsu? This is soooo confusing!"
Mirajane gasped. "So, Juvia stole Gray from her?" Cana confirmed this with a nod.
A minute later, Mira and Cana saw Lucy enter the room. She stood next to the door for a moment, looking at the table, before she bolted out of the door. Mira sensed that Lucy was about to cry.
"Poor thing…" Mira whispered. And again, left Cana refilling her beer in secrecy.
(Lucy's POV.)
I walked silently into The Grind after about five minutes. My eyes started watering and turning red, so I had to wait until the redness cooled down a little. Hopefully, they were back to normal.
People were still singing, and a small three-person band was performing on the stage. I looked at the table with my friends, and decided not to go back. I turned around before they could see me, and walked back out to the unwelcoming darkness.
In the sky, I could hear a small rumble.
I tried not to think about it, I really tried, but I couldn't. As I walked on the street, my eyes started to water as I remember his words again. Don't fall in love with me again.
I don't want you anymore.
Those were the words that hurt the most.
No one knew, not even Natsu, Erza, or Levy, that ever since I was little, I had always been scared that my father would throw me away. Partially, it was my fault that Mother died. I could have done something to save her. I could have even given myself up.
But I didn't.
I looked so close to Mom that it must have hurt Father. I remember sometimes at night I would hear him getting so drunk that he'd start crying for Mother. Sometimes, he'd call me Layla, and it would break my heart.
At night, I would cry myself to sleep. But sleep only let all my fears come after me, leaving me with nothing but to relive them. One of the most vivid nightmares was when Father introduced me to his "new daughter" and threw me away for making him loose his love. Father smiled as he sent me off to an orphanage while he held his hand with a small brown-haired girl. I woke up, with wet tears drawn on my face.
I walked faster, hoping that no one would pay attention to the hysterically crying girl. I jogged into a run, holding my hand over my mouth to suppress the sobs that kept coming out. I noticed that my mascara had drenched my face and started to bleed onto my hand. I kept going, not caring anymore.
I have to admit that when I came back to Magnolia, I expected to have a Fairy Tail (xD) reunion, where I would surprise Gray and I'd leap into his arms, while he twirled me in slow-motion with flowers in the air and romantic music. But then again, any normal girl would have thought the same if they were in my situation. But no, my reunion was seeing him with my best friend. Or shall I say, backstabber ex-best friend?
Juvia knew I really loved him. So, why did she do that? Was I really that bad of a friend that she wanted to do this to me?
I felt a drop of water on my shoulder and looked up to the dark and ominous clouds. Wow. Am I in one of those cliché dramas right now? I lifted my hand up, and watched as small speckles of water were caught.
The rain hit the floor, growing louder and louder as it poured. I watched as people ran into stores or pulled out an umbrella. I felt quite strange just standing there like a weirdo. Who cares though?
I twirled around catching the rain in my mouth and hands.
Cuz I'm awake on this
Rainy day and I'm
Watching as tears fall down my face
Yeah yeah
Didn't I baby
Treat you right?
And I watch the rain; it makes us pure again
Yeah yeah yeah
From the back I could hear someone yell at me, "Lady, are you crazy? You're gunna get a cold!" I smiled at the man in the pancho and waved him off.
I went back to my spinning, and slowly my clothes and hair got soaked. To me, it felt good. The cold drops reminded me of him, in a nice way.
And tell me how I'm gonna live without you
Feel like my world is falling apart
I watch the rain
Falling again
Wash away
Wash away
After a while, I stopped spinning and continued to walk. The rain still poured down hard, but it didn't matter since I was already soaking wet head to toe.
After ten minutes of walking, I finally reached the condominium.
As I walked in, the girl at the front desk watched me as I squeaked (my shoes…) and hummed a small tune to the elevator. I was pretty sure that the girl thought I was really out of my mind by now. Oops.
I folded my arms as the elevator went up. The pitter-patter of the water draining the floor intercepted the silence. By the time I got off the elevator, the floor was drenched. Oops. Again.
I grabbed the key from my pocket and unlocked the door. I walked into the bookshelf door and to my bedroom. I pulled the covers and got into bed, not caring that I was wetting my bed. And no, not in that way! Don't be so immature…
I curled up in a ball and laid there until I finally drifted off to sleep. The last thing I thought before I slipped into the darkness was,
Why?
(Normal POV.)
Erza walked into the big condo, a little wet from getting into the taxi and out. She was surprised when both Gray and Lucy disappeared and never came back.
After Gray and Lucy dramatically left the café, the gang was quite uncomfortable. They all watched silently as the performers sang. When Gajeel finished his solo, he walked over to the table and sat down.
"So, what did ya think of it?"
"Good," Levy fake smiled. Everyone else was zoned out.
"Thanks…now, what's wrong with all you?"
"Nothing…" Erza said, watching as someone else walked onto the stage.
"Where's Gray and Lucy?" Gajeel asked.
"…" All kept silent, avoiding Gajeel's piercing eyes at all costs.
"Hmmph," Gajeel rolled his eyes and watched the performances silently with them.
After about 30 minutes, Erza got up. "I'm going to go ahead now, see you on Monday."
Everyone nodded and said bye before Erza left. Erza called a taxi before walking out the door, knowing that it was still raining. When the taxi arrived, she ran out to the car and slipped in.
She told the cabdriver where to go and sat silently. She knew that Gray and Lucy probably left separately after fighting.
When Erza walked into Lucy's room, she found the girl curled up in her sheets. She walked closer, and saw that the blankets were drenched. Scratch that, Lucy was drenched. Erza pulled the blanket and saw that Lucy was wet from head to toe. She didn't even bother to change, or dry her hair.
Erza sighed, taking a towel and tried to dry Lucy's hair. This was a failed attempt. She wrapped her head with a towel and went to grab some pajamas. She changed Lucy after over-coming some difficulties. While blow-drying Lucy's hair, Lucy stayed sleeping. "You're such a heavy sleeper…" Erza whispered to herself as she finished Lucy's hair.
With no effort, Erza carried Lucy to her room and tucked her into her blankets. Erza then went back to Lucy's room to clean up the wet bed.
She then grabbed a few blankets and a pillow from the closet and got comfy on the couch in the living room.
Gray walked to Natsu's house, reaching there after about 15 minutes. He knocked on the door, to find the house empty. Gray crouched down, and started to drift off until he heard a boy walking to the house.
He opened his eyes to see his pink-haired friend walking to him. Gray stood up and put his hands in his pockets. "Hey," Gray said.
"Hey. Why 'ya here for?" Natsu said.
"I just wanted to say something,"
Natsu nodded. "Well, can I do something first?"
"Uh, sure."
Natsu walked up to Gray and swung his fist at Gray's face, making the boy stagger back.
Gray held his cheek, cursing like no tomorrow.
"Ok, now that I've let my anger out, tell me what you were going to say?" Natsu moved Gray to the side while he tried to unlock the door, going through about ten keys on his chain. His face not shown, Natsu smirked a little.
"I don't know why you had to hit me, but since I'm in a not-so-good mood right now, I'll forget about that. Anyways, take care of Lucy." Natsu stopped fiddling with his key and looked up to Gray.
"…What?"
"Take care of Lucy. Don't hurt her," Gray said straight-forwardly.
"…and why would you care?" Natsu knew why, but pretended not to.
"Well-ju- You know, just do it, 'kay? I'm heading off now. That's all I had to say," Gray waved and walked off the porch and onto the street.
"…" Natsu watched Gray's back turn small until it disappeared.
"You still care for her; you just don't admit it, huh? Stupid," Natsu said to himself before he walked in.
...And, THE END. For now. :) Well, if I really did end it now, what would you do, eh?
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