I love you all. No homo and all, but you guys make me happy. Arigatou.
Lucy's blood ran cold through her veins as it pounded in her ears. She could feel it, thrumming quickly through her body, chilling it to the bone. She shivered involentarily and released a breath she was unaware she was holding. Natsu's stare had held over her ear and she sighed.
"Natsu," She said slowly, her voice quivering with emotion she had fought so long to hold back. "There's something I haven't told you. Something you deserve to know. I hadn't planned on telling you, I couldn't bear it. But I guess there's no hiding it now." Her voice shook harder, her voice sounding more strained and hoarse than usual. "Eh, Natsu?"
"I'm sorry," Lisanna said, her face sharp and screwed in a scowl. "But I'm afraid I don't understand." Her hand hand slowly snaked it's way around Natsu's bicep, his arm now pressed to her chest. Her voice was sweet, not at all matching her scowl.
Lucy of course couldn't hear her, and thought her voice malicious. Whereas Natsu couldn't see her, mistaking her intentions as innocent.
Lucy cast the woman a glare, her thoughts of confession slightly overshadowed by her venomous jealousy. "I'm sorry," She said. "BUt I'm afraid I don't remember you from anywhere. What did you say your name was again?" The blonde's tone was sharp, and her curiousity feigned.
She smirked inwardly when the white haired girl's shoulders stiffened. If she had feather's, they'd definitely be ruffled. "I'm Lisanna Strauss. We were in AP Chemistry together, Lucy-chan." She said. "How do you not remember me?"
Lucy kept her face straight, not affected by the woman's condescending use of honorifics. "I'm afraid not, Lisanna-chan." She replied. "I'm afraid I don't recall your relationship with Natsu, either."
"Oh," Lisanna seemed amused as her grip on Natsu's arm increased possesively. "Why Natsu here is my boyfriend." Lucy's shock was short lived as Natsu spoke.
"Ex," He corrected, shoving the woman from his arm. "Ex boyfriend."
"No way!" Levy signed dramatically as Gray finished his story. "There's just no way!"
"So bunny-girl and salamander both got caught in an explosion at school. I'm sure lab accidents happen all the time." He seemed doubtful, as Gray expected.
Uncrossing his arms, Gray pushed the rolling chair he sat in over to his desk, twirling onto position infront of the gray laptop that sat on the glass table-top. He hit a few keys and clicked on an link before twirling away, gesturing for the pair to take a look. Oblidging the two rose from the dark haired man's bed and stepped towards the computer.
On the screen, a link showed an article for an explosion in a highschool not far from Fairy's House, maybe a town or two over. The article read that a boy, Natsu, had mistakenly mixed the ingrediants for an experiment in AP Chemistery, acccidently causeing the explosion. Luckily, the explosion was contained within the lab room and no one was injured fatally, most students spending a few weeks in the hospital.
Natsu suffered from eye damage, the flashes burning his corneas. Whereas an unnamed girl's eardrums were burst, the scar tissue inhibiting her hearing to the point of being legally deaf. The girl, though unnamed, was reported to be admitted into one Fairy's House for Damaged Teens.
Levy was forced to close Gajeel's jaw as it fell open upon his completeion of the article. Turning to Gray she smiled sadly, "Does Natsu know Lu-chan was there? Does Lu-chan know Natsu was responsible?"
Gray sighed sadly. "I truly believe Lucy is aware of Natsu's responsibility for her condition. However, weather or not Natsu is aware I have not a clue. I assume she never told him."
"Poor Salamander," Gajeel said slowly, drawing all attention to himself. Noting the wierd looks he recieved, his hands rose in defense, his eyebrow following alongside. "What?" He said. "Trya and imagine how you would feel if you knew you did something terrible to someone you cared for deeply. Bunny Girl knows what she's doing, I'll tell you that. Salamander was pretty rough when he got here. He's better alright, but this bit of information could kill him inside."
Gray and Levy's faces turned grimm, the younger girl nodding in agreement. The mood was suddenly sombered and Levy swept a small tear from her eye.
Natsu and Lucy were truly the most Damaged of them all.
"What do you mean, Ex?" Lisanna shouted as she strengthened her stance, feet shoulder length apart, fists balled at her sides. Natsu saw none of it and continued easily, "Exactly as it sounds, Lisanna. I've been in Fairy's House for a year now and you never once tried to contact me. You had the number. I put it in your phone myself. So don't even try to lie to me."
Lisanna blundered for a moment, mouth hanging open. She tried to speak but found the words wouldn't come. Natsu's argument was foolproof, and left no room for a loop hole, something she'd gotten good at finding and slipping through.
She could only watch as he walked closer to that blonde in the wheel chair, pausing when his walking stick bounced into the foot piece. Collapsing the stick into itself he gropped the air apprehensively, feeling for the handles to the wheelchair. When positioned behind it he called out to his white haired ex, "See you later, Lisanna." His voice held no desire to see her, she knew that, but still she found her gaping mouth begin to close and twist upward in a smirk.
"Yes you will," She purred silently. "Yes you will." Flipping her phone open she found the number to Fairy's House, right where she had put it under Natsu's name. Dialing the number she waited as the dial tone ended, a cheery voice coming through on the other end.
"Yes hello," She said in a false sweet tone. "This is Lisanna Strauss, Natsu's g-friend." She caught herself from saying girlfriend, swearing under her breath at her fluke.
"Oh I'm sorry," The woman said on the other end. "Natsu's not here right now, alth-Wait." She cut herself off mid-sentence. "Did you say Lisanna Strauss?" The woman's voice had changed, and Lisanna could have swore the sound was familiar. Hesitantly she answered, "Yea, do I know you?"
Slight sniffling was heard on the other end before the woman answered. "Oh, Lisanna," She said. Her voice was shaky and filled with sadness and relief. "It's me. Mira."
Lisanna froze.
"Mira-nee?"
Dun. Dun. DUN!
La la lala la la! Sing a happy song. La la lala la la! Work the whole day long!
Smurf song! For... no real reason actually. Lisanna's a bitch, ain't she? I personally have nothing against her, but her evilness worked for the story. Hope it made more sense than my usual thought processes!
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