Good Meets Bad

Chapter 24 – Insane

A/N: Once again, this will be super sad so don't kill me.

WARNING: This chapter was not beta read, I only proofread this.

Genre: Romance, Humor, Friendship, Hurt and Comfort, Drama

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail, Hiro Mashima does.

Jellal dragged a hand down his face, absentmindedly flipping the pages of a Record Notebook. Everyone in the room was staring at him in concern. He didn't notice that he had already flipped through all of the pages along with the blank ones and was just staring at it. He didn't know that the bell already rung and that they were trying to snap him out of his daze. He didn't know that people started leaving the Student Council Room for class.

He couldn't recall what time it was but he was certain that he couldn't just barge in class halfway. For the first time in his life, he didn't mind skipping class. Perhaps it was because he didn't really need to study. Maybe it was because he was learning and it was unfair while she was just in the hospital, half-dead and half-alive. Or it was probably because he couldn't even think straight.

Before he knew it, he was climbing the gates and was out of the school boundaries, walking aimlessly. Where was he heading to, exactly? Why couldn't he think properly? Was he finally going crazy while waiting for Lucy to wake up for eight days? No, he couldn't even comprehend how he was still sane. He was perfectly sane—or so he told himself. No sane person would glare at an inanimate object. No sensible person would even think of climbing the gates when they could just push it open.

Perchance he was finally losing his mind.

Why?

His eyes drooped down when Lucy stood in front of him, smirking with a hand lifted up in a wave. The bluenette could only sigh as he passed right through her, the blonde vanishing in an instant—that was it. He was seeing hallucinations of Lucy that he didn't even know if he should be happy about it or not. He seldom wondered when he would get her back but no one ever answered him.

He heaved another pitiful sigh and he arrived at home. He was greeted with silence, face stoic when he noticed that his sister wasn't in the house. He lowered his head and like a zombie, dragged his feet up the stairs and entering his room mutely. His lips were sealed and his eyes inflamed. He could feel his chest squeezing and his throat aching. Was he going to cry again? Why was his head pounding? What's happening? Why is he falling to the ground?

And the next thing he knew, his head banged against the floor and he lost consciousness.

Where… Where am I?

"Jellal."

My head shot up and I found myself in the middle of a black room. I looked around and saw no one. But then I heard her voice again. She was whispering my name, repeating it like she was a broken record. I tried to look for her but I couldn't see anything in this darkness. Where am I, exactly?

"Jellal."

I felt my throat compress and I fell to my knees, clutching my neck, trying to breathe for air. I gasped and panted heavily, trying to remain awake as white dots clouded my vision. There was a screeching sound in my ears and I yelled, withering on the ground and arching my back while I clawed at my throat, desperate for air. She was saying my name again, mumbling it over and over. It was my only support to stay alive. I wouldn't allow myself to disappear while she's sleeping.

A pang went through my heart and I sat up in pain, bending forward now. I couldn't tolerate with the pain and I released another earsplitting scream. I choked and coughed out blood. When I looked down and saw the plasma boiling, my eyes widened in fear and I crawled away. I pressed my knees against my chest and clutched my head, eyes darting everywhere though I couldn't really see anything.

"Lucy…?" I whispered, irredeemable to hear her voice again. This time, she didn't say my name and I closed my eyes tightly, wrapping my arms around myself.

I'm scared.

What's happening to me? Why do I feel like every muscle and tissue inside my body is being ripped apart? Why are my ears ringing? Why is my head pounding like it was a drum being thumped against hard? The sound thundered in my ears and my legs and arms felt like they were being disconnected from my body. Am I… Am I going insane?

With a shuddering exhale, I looked up and saw the person I wanted to see the most: Lucy. She was standing there with a bright smile on her face. I missed her so much that I didn't even know that I was running towards her despite of the pain in my limbs, arms stretched out to hug her. But, the moment my finger came in contact with her skin, I passed right through her and she appeared to my right, raising a brow.

"Who are you hugging?"

My arms halted in midair, a frozen smile on my face. I slowly turned around and she was grinning, arms reached out to envelope me. I couldn't stop my feet from running towards her again. I wanted to have her in my arms so much that I couldn't even take it. My feet swung and I was running in all directions to where she was appearing. I went pass through her again and she appeared behind me, her frown deepening and deepening each time my fingers made her body disappear.

"Why aren't you hugging me?"

I turned around with a desperate look on my face, my heart squeezing and clenching as I fall forward. My body jerked and I felt like an electric current was running through my veins. Why was everything so painful? Why did I feel like my skin is burning while I try to raise my head and stare at her? Why can't I hug her? She's in my dreams, isn't she? I should be able to hug her, right? Yet, why can't I?

I sobbed and slammed my fist on the black floor, gritting my teeth. No, I wanted to hug her. Don't pull me away from her. I want to be with her. Don't go away!

"Stop disappearing, damn it!" I howled and I shot my head up to look at her. She was staring down at me with tears streaming down her cheeks and I wanted to ask her so many things. Why are you crying? Why aren't you hugging me? Are you awake now? Am I going crazy? Do you think you will wake up? Can I kiss you? Can I hug you? Can I announce our relationship to the whole school? Do you miss me? Do you miss hugging me? Do you miss our moments? Will you miss me when you're gone? God damn it, I miss you so much that I don't even know how to act around you anymore.

"I miss you," I managed to whisper and she cracked a smile, her eyes pained.

She lowered her head, "I… I miss you too."

After that, I didn't know what was happening. All I knew was that I was trying to reach for her while the floor beneath me melted and she was fading away, again. I didn't know what I was doing. When she was gone, I allowed myself to get swallowed up by the floor. When my hand was the only part of me visible from the floor, I was sure I felt her presence again but we're never sure. Because all I know is that I'm insane and that she's not really here.

"Jellal! Wake up!" Reina screamed, shaking her brother repeatedly. She only went out to buy some drinks and when she came back, she saw Jellal on the floor, unconscious. She couldn't stop her body from shaking out of fear. Thousands of possibilities went through her mind. Jellal could've committed suicide. He could've had a migraine and fainted. He could've just forgotten to climb to bed and fell asleep. Maybe Jellal skipped school because Lucy wasn't there. He could've overdosed. Many things could have happened to him but she didn't know which one was true.

The cerulean-haired girl gritted her teeth and cried out, "Nii-san, wake up!" When Jellal remained unmoving, Reina's eyes widened and she shakily pulled his hair, "Wake up!"

"Wake up, idiot!" Reina screamed in his air and the man choked, his eyes fluttering open. The girl was about to hug her brother when he looked up at her but then she froze. He wasn't really staring at her though his eyes were fixated on her. But one question went through her mind again… why were his eyes blank?

He placed a hand on Reina's cheek, "Lu—Lucy?"

The younger Fernandes gasped and crawled backwards away from Jellal, eyes wide in fright. She covered her mouth with her hands and he frowned at her, "Why are you… What are you doing?"

"Nii-san… I'm not Lucy-san…" Reina whispered and Jellal blinked, tilting his head to the side. She gulped, "I'm… not her."

The other bluenette snapped out of his daze and he laughed nervously, rubbing the back of his neck, "O-Oh, you were there, Reina?" He smiled crookedly and stood up, about to exit the room. He stopped midway when he was about to close the door, "I didn't see you there, sorry." And he closed the door, leaving Reina alone.

She ran her fingers through her hair repeatedly, wide eyes staring down at the floor in horror. Her brother called her Lucy. He said he didn't see her there when she was there the whole time. He said she didn't know she was there. He was calling her Lucy with senseless eyes. What was happening while he was knocked out? Why was he so careless when he found out that she wasn't Lucy? Why did he sound so… disappointed?

"What's happening to you...?" Reina voicelessly asked, drawing her knees to her chest and placing her head on top of them. She wrapped her arms around herself and sniffed, "Why are you like this?" She closed her eyes and tears slipped out of her eyes.

"Why are you losing your mind?"

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