Red
Category : Anime Fairy Tail
Author : MisZ Anarchy
Language : English
Rating : M
Hi all! So sorry for the late update. My father recently passed on, and I wasn't in the mood to do anything, let alone type, the reality of the loss has not kicked in fully and right now I am just numb, funeral will be Monday so please bear with me if I delay in updates. But I figured it would take my mind of off things if I did something productive. So here is an update, sorry that it is short but I will see to it that the next chapters improve. I want to thank each and every one that read the previous chapter(s) and I am glad you guys and girls enjoy it. It brings me joy knowing I am doing something right even if it is only writing this story. Remember to love me, hate me, give me your opinion or just share any comments regarding this fic! I would happily answer any questions. But please enjoy this chapter. Lots of Love Lols.
Disclaim – Fairy Tail belongs to Hiro Mashima.
Chapter 11
Memorizing him was as easy as knowing all the words to your old favourite song
"Hello?" I groggily say into the phone as I turn to my side, half pressing my phone to my ear, half leaving it on my mattress. My mind is still to sleepy to even register what was going on and why on earth someone was calling me this early.
"Lucy!" I scrunch my eyes up as I turn on my back and place the phone to my ear.
"Levy?" I ask a bit surprised. I glance to the clock on the wall and frown deeply. It was not even 7 AM for heaven's sake. "What's going on? Is everything okay?" I groggily ask.
"Open you door! We need to talk!" I moan into the receiver, not really wanting to listen to my over energetic friend this early on a Sunday morning while I could be sleeping, I turn to the other side, and if on cue there is a knock on my door. "Open! Now!" I hear Levy say and I sigh as I try, and I mean really try to move my limbs and get out of my bed. Once my feet are on the floor I struggle to rise. My feet ached from the shoes I wore to the dancing. But God the dancing was good.
"Yeah, coming." I say as I end the call, throwing my phone back on the bed, I have a slight smile as I look to my screen, the picture myself and Laxus had taken last night was now my background. It slowly fades to black and I push myself up and into a standing position. There is another impatient knock on the door and I groan. I shuffle to the door and I unlock the door, not even bothering to open it as I shuffle back to my bed. "It's open." I mumble to the door and it's not even a second later and my friend pushes the door open, she is still wearing her PJ's as well as she looks to me. A deep frown on her face.
I shuffle back to my bed and fall into it, pulling the covers over me, I can hear her move as she steps in and she closes the door, even locking it as she goes. "Why so early Levy?" I moan and I hear her huff, I move my phone to next to my head and turn to look at her. She still has a deep frown on her brows as she swiftly walks over to me, she sits on the bed and I soon shift slightly to make space for her.
My friend takes this as an invitation and she gets underneath the covers with me, she is now facing me. I can't really read her expression, she looked so much like Gajeel in that moment that I wanted to laugh but I don't have the energy as I continue to look at her. I so badly wanted to close my eyes and get a bit more sleep before I needed to get up and go to Natsu not that I even felt like going anymore but I would need to, I promised him.
"What the fuck?" She asks and I frown at her this time. I feel her shifting and moving and soon she pops her hand out from underneath the covers, her phone visible, she pushes the phone into my face and I have to let my eyes adjust to look at the screen. I look it for a moment, and then frown again. There was a clear picture of me and Laxus dancing.
"What?" I ask as I look to the picture and then to her, like there is nothing wrong with it.
"Lucy… Come on." She turns her phone around and swipes and then turns the phone again for me to see her screen. I frown and then sit up as I look at the picture. I even let a small gasp escape my lips.
"Oh my god!" I yell as I take the phone and I look at the screen. Where the hell had she gotten this picture? "How do you have this?!" I ask in disbelieve as I stare to the picture.
Levy rises and then she is sitting next to me. She pulls her phone so we both can see as she presses the return button and I am sure all blood left my face as I look at her Facebook feeds. You have to be kidding me. "It's all over Facebook and Instagram and twitter..." Levy says and my eyes goes wide.
"What!" I ask as I look to the picture once more, admiring it for how perfect it was taken, but still feeling shocked that these pictures were on social media for the world to see. "How! When?" I ask as I instantly reach for my phone, swiping the lock screen, giving Levy even more fire material with the picture of me and Laxus standing together in a picture that was now my back ground, it had been the same picture I still needed to send to my parents. That one and the copy of the ones we took at the photo booth that was now pasted against my vanity mirror with some other pictures of me and friends.
She grabs the phone from my hands as she stares at the picture in complete and utter shock. "Oh my god Lucy! You're the new girl Laxus is with!" Levy states as she stares at the picture of him wrapping and arm around my small frame pulling me close as we both smile to the camera. I instantly grab my phone from Levy, a deep blush over my cheeks.
"Shut up!" I find myself yelling as I instantly move toward my application and open my Facebook account, my feed is blowing up with pictures that were taken last night, my notification going wild. I bite my lip as Levy moves slightly closer but lays down as she looks at my screen. "Why so many notifications? Oh my god what is going on?" I ask as I look and see that I have friend requests as well. I touch the icon and it pops open.
'Lyon Vastia wants to be you friend.' For a moment I frown deeply, had we not been friends? Wait I removed his sorry ass or was that Laxus, when he cleared my phone of anything Lyon had ever sent to me. Might be. I reject it and look down to the person just below him.
"Lyon?" Levy asks and I shoot her a look that said not to ask. "I blocked him on my Facebook, he kept on liking my pictures and sliding in to my private messages." I won't lie but that was a jab to the heart as well, but it didn't hurt like I expected it to. It was a pinch compared to how it would have been a few weeks ago.
I look at the picture of Laxus underneath Lyon for the longest of moments, Laxus Drayer wants to be your friend. I notice Levy looking at me. I take a deep breath, we were connected on a physical level, if we needed each other we would text or message, yet we had never added each other on social media. There was no point, why would I Facebook him when we could be together or go for a walk or go to dinner.
"Are you going to accept?" I hear Levy whisper from the side and I shoot her a glance. I press accept without hesitation, soon I move back to my ever growing notifications, if it wasn't pictures I was being tagged in, it was comments. I sigh heavily, not sure what the fuck I was thinking last night when I got on the tip of my toes and I kissed Laxus in front of the whole school.
But I had done it, and there was no going back, I had also agreed to be his girlfriend. So this was set. Even as we walked home earlier he wrapped me in his suit jacket and we were hand in hand on our way to my room. It was all smiles and laugher and I really can't remember the last time I had truly been this happy. When we reached my room I welcomed him in.
And as promised after I removed his jacket he had pulled me closer and he took my phone and snapped pictures of us. Whether I was blushing, or laughing or just smiling. We both were smiling from to ear to ear. And like he had said previously the world could wait till later. I didn't realize later was now as I stared at the pictures that I was tagged in with him.
I open a picture where we had swayed from side to side. It held no caption and the owner, Hibiki Lates said no word, he just uploaded it and tagged me and Laxus. But the comments, came raining in since last night. 'Laxus and Lucy?', 'They look so cute together.', 'OMG honestly I asked him for a picture and she got a picture and a dance.', 'Jealous much? They kissed too…', 'God he left Mira and went to that? The fuck?' I stare as I continue to read the comments. People could be cruel… The more I read the more I just wanted to crawl under a rock and hide.
How could people be so mean? I mean it had nothing to do with them, but I guess it was bound to happen once people saw us out and a bout. "Who has seen this?" I ask as I look to Levy and I frown as I see another picture of me and Laxus being criticised, to the point that I find myself tearing up at the cruel words. I try my best to keep my emotions in check but I can't help the stray tear as it rolls down my cheek.
"Well when I saw it, I came here as soon as I could." I hear Levy say. I huff a breath and then look to my comforter, which didn't offer any comfort in this time. "So spill it, you have been so AWOL for the past few weeks I barely know what's going on with you." Levy says and I turn to her. Yes she has been my best friend, she has been the one I confided to with my deepest secrets. She even knew that I had liked Natsu at some point. But everything before Lyon… Was blank to her.
"Levy…" I start and then just shake my head from side to side. More tears rolling down my cheeks. How could a day… well two days which had been absolutely perfect ruin my day so much? I look to Levy as she taps at her phone and then she shows me the screen.
For a moment I just look at the screen dumbfounded not sure what she is showing me. "What am I looking at?" I ask as I look to Levy and then she scrolls down a bit.
"Laxus Drayer is in a relationship." She indicates as I read it and I frown, this was going from bad to worst… "Dated last night at 11:47 PM" she continues and I just look to the side and then my eyes meets hers. "Spit it out Heartfilia. Help me understand."
I bite my lip for a moment and then I look down at my hands that are now in my lap. How the hell was I going to explain this? Where do I even start to explain this? Where the hell was Laxus when I needed an escape from the world? I didn't even think twice of how this would affect some of my friends. Fuck. Another tear rolls from my eyes down my cheeks and they fall to my comforter.
"I…" I start but I just shake my head as my friend sits up and she wraps her arm around me pulling me closer to her in a hug and in an attempt to comfort me.
"Please don't cry Lucy, it's okay!" I hear Levy say and I just continue to shake my head from side to side. It wasn't okay because reality just came crashing down. I cry even harder when I hear my phone ring, the ringtone familiar to my ears, I grab the phone before Levy has a chance and I clear my throat, trying my best not to sound like I am crying like a little bitch.
"Hello." I say as I swipe the screen and place the phone to my ear. My voice cracks somewhat as I look at Levy and she frowns at me.
"Have you been crying?" I hear Laxus ask into the phone and I bite my lip again.
"No…" I lie and I know he knows this. "Stuffy nose." I continue to lie as I shift slightly and I look to Levy as she continues to scroll through the pictures and the comments and my eye catches one here and there before I look away.
"Blondie I told you not to get sick." Laxus says into the phone and at this I wanted to choke back a sob. But I bite my lip harder if I continue this I might draw blood.
"Why are you up so early…" I ask as I finally just turn from Levy not even looking at her or her phone. A small sob erupts from my throat and I try to hide it unsuccessfully. He hears this but he acts like he didn't.
"Told you on Wednesday, going to play a friendly game of basketball with Gajeel and some others. Maybe if you want we can meet up for lunch?" Laxus says as I can hear some other people in the back ground talking. But I can fondly remember him mentioning the game he would be playing and then most likely heading to the gym
"Come on Lax!" I hear someone say on the other side and I can hear Laxus yelling a 'shut-up' from the side.
"I'll let you know." I say as another sob erupts from my throat and then without notice I hear Levy starting to talk next to me.
"Oh my god these fucking girls are shredding you to pieces!" My eyes go wide as I look to her, the phone still to my ear, hoping to all gods that Laxus did not hear.
"What?" I hear him ask and that's when I just start crying again.
"Speak later!" I rush out and end the call throwing the phone to the other side of the bed as I look to Levy in complete shock! "For fuck sakes I was still on the phone with him!" I almost yell at my friend, the tears running down my face, Levy looks at me, her eyes wide.
"Lucy he should know! This is beyond bullshit!" Levy says outraged as she looks to me and the takes my hands in hers. "So what you and Laxus!? Who would have guessed? Still if you two are happy then why the fuck not? Everyone else can go fuck themselves. This isn't between you and him and them! Fuck them." Levy says but this only brings more tears.
"What about our friends? What about Mira? What about Natsu? I betrayed them, I betrayed Mira." I say my eyes going wide as I look to my phone and then to Levy as she rises from my bed moving towards the laptop and bringing it to my bed as she pops down next to me! "Levy! Aren't you even listening?" I say as she goes on auto pilot opening the laptop and then she lets it connect to the wifi and soon we are on the web browser, my Facebook front and centre,. "Levy what the fuck?" I ask.
Levy looks over to me and then over to the screen. "Okay first of all look here before you go all ape shit…" Levy starts as she goes to Natsu Dragneels Facebook page, yes he was tagged in a few pictures but the fool has not yet been on and by the looks of it he still had the damn profile picture he took of him and the guys a year ago. So Natsu was a no go on seeing the pictures that had been posted.
Levy quickly moves to mutual friends and then she clicks on Mira's name and her profile is not on the screen. "See she hasn't uploaded or commented or anything so she hasn't seen it too." Levy states but that was besides the point to be honest. They were bound to see the pictures when they got online and that would be a bit later today.
I look to the side willing myself to calm down. My phone vibrates and both myself and Levy look to the phone in question. I just look at it and blink several time and then my short friend reaches forward and she grasps the object. She swipes the screen. I don't even stop her as I just sit in my bed and I continue to look at her.
"It's Laxus, he's worried about you." Levy says as a matter of fact and another tear rolls down my cheek. I reach for the phone and my friend gives it to me, before I could reply the phone starts ringing again and I stare at the screen, Natsu's smile bright as he looks up to me.
My eyes go wide as I continue to look at the screen. Not too sure if I should answer. I look to Levy and she just continues to stare at me. "Just answer." I hear her say. I take a deep breath as I try to clear my throat.
I swipe to answer and press the phone to my ear. "Hello?" I say, and my voice seems broken, even too my own ears.
"Luce, hey!" I hear Natsu say into the receiver and he seems optimistic as per usual. "Did you get home okay last night? I went back to the dance but they said you already left?" Natsu asks and I turn to the side as I look down to my comforter.
"Yeah," was all I could manage at the time.
"Sorry I just left you. I feel really bad about that." Natsu says, I bite the inside of my mouth as I close my eyes willing myself to talk, to say something.
"It's okay." I say to him. "Don't worry about it." I find myself saying, I have no idea why I was suddenly overcome with guilt. It left a bile taste in my mouth.
"And I feel really bad cause I need to cancel today," at this my eyes go wide open as I look in front of me at my wall.
"Why?" I ask but there is no inquiry in my voice, it sounded more like a statement then a question. Was he cancelling on me because he already knew about me and Laxus? Oh God what if he already knew and now he didn't want to see me because he is disgusted in me. Another tear rolls down my cheek as I look to the wall. Ignoring Levy as she continues to scroll over my Facebook account. "Did something happen?" I ask nervously.
"Zeref got into some trouble, he got busted for possession of drugs last night. So me and Igneel are heading down to the police station…" Everything he said after that was a mush to me, I couldn't really listen to the words leaving his mouth.
"Shit! That's not good." I say as I feel my phone vibrate in my hand again, yet another message from Laxus I am sure or it might be Mira when she finally sees me and Laxus together, it was all over Facebook by now. I bite my lip.
"I'm so sorry Luce, I was really looking forward to spending today with you but yeah we need to go get Zeref and sort this out. Maybe we can do something later?" Natsu asks and I don't know what to say. I continue to bite my lip as I stare of towards the wall.
"Yeah," I find myself saying into the phone, but it's flat, I say it with no emotion what so ever.
"You sure? I'll make it up to you." Natsu says and I find myself wanting to decline his offer. "I really feel like shit, I mean first it was the dinner at Erza, and then it was the dance last night and now it's our day together." Natsu says and it was true what he said.
"It's okay Natsu, really, go sort out your problems. I can wait till later." I say and at the end my voice cracks and another wave of fresh tears roll down my cheeks.
"Lucy, are you okay?" I hear Natsu ask and I turn somewhat ar I wipe at my eyes, wiping the stray tears away.
"Yeah, just tired. We can speak later…" I say wanting to end the call before I full on started crying. Every second I spoke to him felt like another second I was keeping information from him.
"I'll call you later?" He asks and I just close my eyes, another warm tear running down my cheek.
"Hmm. Bye." I say and I end the call even before he could say goodbye. I look to my screen as I see 2 unread messages. I bite my lip and look back up to Levy and she has her eyes fixed on the screen of my laptop. When there is a knock on the door we both almost fall to the floor as we stare towards the door in shock, not too sure who it might be.
I look to Levy and then I look back to the door. Who the hell could that be? I move to the edge of the bed and rise to my feet as I wipe at my face, trying to hide the fact that I had been crying, only making it more evident because the rubbing only made my eyes even more red.
I walk to the door and I look to Levy for a moment and then back to the door. I reach for the lock and unlock the door hesitantly. I slowly open the door, awaiting a throng of girls ready to beat in my head, Mira front and centre, but when I pull it slightly open I am met by worried grey blue eyes looking down at me.
I frown as I open the door a little more. "Laxus?" I ask a bit surprised, I see out of the corner of my eyes how surprised Levy even seemed. Laxus' eyes meet mine and there is a deep frown on his beautiful face as I continue to look at him. "I thought you were playing basketball with your friends, what are you doing here?" I ask completely confused.
"My plans changed." I hear him say as he continue to stare down at me.
"Why?" I ask in disbelieve.
"Priorities…" Laxus replies as he takes a step closer and he wraps me in his arms, his warmth seeping into my skin to my bone, warming me instantly. His presence calming me instantly as I wrap my arms around his waist and he only pulls me closer to him.