Warning mentions of cutting
Gale was sitting alone under the cherry blossom tree outside the guild hall. He liked to come out here when he wanted to be alone which was almost all of the time. He got out his book and began to read ignoring the breeze in the air, ignoring the sun that was shining down on him, ignoring the birds chirping, and ignoring human beings in general. He had tried to talk to Rose but she was busy training and didn't want to disturb her, he knew he should also train but he didn't have the right motivation for it. Gale was nineteen and Rose was twenty. Before he knew it some bandits showed up.
Gale's POV
"Who are y'all?" I ask as some people try to sneak up behind me.
"How did you hear us? We weren't even making noise" one of them said.
"I'm a dragon slayer so I could hear your breathing and smell you" I explain standing up, turning around, and looking at them.
"Oh are you the iron dragon slayer Gale redfox?" another man asks.
"Yea I am, what's it to ya?" I ask getting annoyed, I wasn't in the mood to deal with people today.
"Oh good than this makes it easier on us" a guy smirks as they charge towards me.
"Iron dragon wing attack" I shout and hit the three man taking down two of them, but the last one...the last one was way stronger than me and I'm S-class. My eyes widen as he gets to me and puts a cloth over my face and everything goes black.
?'s POV
"You two are pathetic, get up and let's go, we have who we need, Bo call the boss and let him know we are on our way" I demand as I tie up the iron dragon slayer and throw him in the magic mobile. The driver starts to drive and the dragon slayer wakes up struggling to get out.
"I wouldn't try that if I was you, you're just gonna waste your energy" I explain but of course he doesn't listen.
"What do you want with me?" he growls.
"We want your magic of course"
"Not happening" he hisses.
Gale's POV
I was scared out of my mind, I don't even know why I'm S-class if I'm this weak...No one would come after me though I doubt they even know I'm so quiet they don't even know when I'm there. Suddenly the magic mobile I'm in stops and the guy I couldn't take out grabs me and pulls me to my feet. I had on anti-magic cuffs so I couldn't use my magic. They took me into a building with cells everywhere, and the walls were painted pure black. They throw me into an empty cell and close the door locking it.
"We'll be back for you later" he says in a monotone voice and walks away. I curl up into a ball as tears run down my face, I know I shouldn't cry, I know I can't be weak. I'm a Fairy Tail wizard but I can't help it, this is who I am, maybe if I could change Rose would actually notice me.I curled up into a ball in the corner, I didn't deserve to be a Fairy Tail wizard. It started to get harder to breathe and my arms and legs felt heavy, I had the sudden urge to cry and just stared at the wall.
At The Guild Rose's POV
I finished my training and went to look for Gale. He had come to where I was training and it looked like he wanted to ask me something but then decided to leave. I don't think he knew that I saw him through. I went to where he normally sits and reads when I see him being dragged away by some random guys, so I decided to follow them. I was out numbered and I didn't want to risk it. I was really worried, I hoped Gale wasn't hurt too bad. After a while of following them they start to speed up and I lose sight of them. "Damn I should have asked Happy, Carla, or Lily to come with me" I mutter as I stop to catch my breath and think of a plan. I didn't know what to do, so I decided to just try and find him. I was searching when I heard a scream, "that sounded like Gale" I mutter as I head off in that direction.
Gale's POV
The bandits that kidnapped me came back and opened the cell door, "It's time" he growls as he pulls me to my feet and pushes me into another room. I looked around for a way to escape as I walked but saw nothing. They pushed me into a room that was pure white with the occasional blood splatter on the wall and blood on the floor. They chain me up to the wall, and bring a device towards me. It looked like a helmet with a container attached with a needle instead of a cord.
"What is that for?" I ask, trying to hide my fear.
"Oh this? This is gonna take all your magic" he smirks and I growl.
"Keep that thing away from me"
"Uh nope" he says as he puts the device over my head and turns it on. I suddenly start feeling my magic leave my body. I struggle against the chains before it's too late but the guard kicks me right above my knee on the side of my leg. I grunt and use my other leg to kick him and he stomps on my leg so hard it cracks the bones. "Ahhhhhhh" I scream as I pant, I was still losing magic and I was losing it fast. I was getting weaker and I was still having an anxiety attack...'I'm gonna die' I think to myself as my mind goes blank.
Rose's POV
I followed the scream taking out the guards, I was worried he was in pain...I know he is nineteen and could take care of himself but I was worried about him. He doesn't know that I know that he has depression and anxiety attacks and with his condition if he uses too much magic he could die. I also know that he gets scared easily and sometimes cries, which I think is kinda cute. I liked him a lot but he could never like me back. I finally found the room they were keeping Gale in and I gasped when I saw it, tears flowed down my eyes as I reqiped into my heaven's wheel armour and raised swords about everyone but Gale. "Let him go and no one gets hurt" I growl.
"Who are you?" A man wearing a green shirt asks?
"My name is Rose Fernandes and Gale's best friend, now I demand you let him go, you have three seconds before I plunge these swords into you and your helpers" I hiss.
"How about no, take her out" the man in the green shirt demands.
I let all my swords rain upon them making sure to stab them where it isn't fatal. I then rush over to Gale and take off whatever was on his head and unchain him. "Gale, Gale answer me" I plead tears running down my face. He didn't respond, he just looked at me with a blank expression, I didn't know what was wrong with him so I picked him up and ran outside. I got a magic mobile and lay Gale in the back, and sped off towards the guild hopping Wendy or Sky was there. I hear Gale breathing heavily and quickly and I go even faster.
I get to the guild and grab Gale rushing him inside, "Wendy, Sky" I shout my voice breaking.
"What happened?" Sky asks, rushing over.
"Gale was kidnapped and there was something on his head, and his leg is broken, I don't know the full details" I sob as I lay him down on the infirmary bed. Sky begins to heal Gale.
"Ok so um there is a few things wrong, first of all he is in the middle of an anxiety attack, second of all his magic has been drained big time and with his condition that is really really bad, and third of all his leg is broken" she explains and I begin to sob.
"Will he be ok?" I ask.
"I honestly don't know, dammit I wish mom was here" Sky mutters as she continues to heal him.
"I can't heal the anxiety attack he has to go through the process but being around someone he cares for deeply would help other than that he should be fine" Sky smiles.
"Do you know who he cares for?" I ask her.
"Why you of course" Alexis says popping her head in.
"What me? No it can't be" I blush.
"Trust me he does"
"Rose" Gale mutters as he opens his eyes and sits up slowly,
"Gale your ok!" I say happily as I carefully hug him.
"I'm sorry I couldn't respond to you, and I'm sorry you had to see me like that" Gale mutters as he coughs.
Gale's POV
"Don't be, you have nothing to be sorry for you couldn't help it" Rose says softly.
"You're the one I care about the most by the way, I just never had the courage to tell you" I look down, "I didn't think you cared for me like that."
Y-you're s-serious?" she asks me as her eyes widen.
"Yes, I'm serious I really like you, and I understand if you don't like me back I don't even know I'm telling you this I know you wouldn't like me back" I down.
"Well actually I do like you a lot, I just didn't think you liked me" she says chuckling lightly, her laugh was so cute. I go to get up but my pain shoots up my leg.
"Gale your leg is broken" Rose explains and I groan.
"I'm gonna go get you some lunch I'll be right back, also your parents should be back in a few hours they asked me to pass that message along"
"Ok thank you" Rose nods and stands up walking out. I stare at the wall and sigh "I'm weak, and pathetic, and useless, I don't deserve to be a Fairy Tail wizard, I should just leave" I mutter to myself and use the crutches beside my bed to stand up.
"Gale you're not weak, pathic, or useless, and you're not leaving" Rose tells me standing in the doorway with two lunches.
"O-oh hey Rose" I look down.
"Sit back down" she demands, glaring at me. I sigh and sit back down. "You're hurt and I'm gonna take care of you until you're better."
"I don't want to burden you through," I mutter.
"You're not burdening me" she says as she hands me my food.
"I'm not hungry" I mutter.
"You're going to eat, your parents told me to make you eat when I told them about your leg, they said you haven't been eating lately, and that worries me..." she looks down.
"I'm sorry but I'm not eating" I look down, and push the food away.
"Please, for me?" Rose asks me and I just shake my head. Rose gets up and walks out and I could tell she was pissed. I just sob I will admit I was hungry, but I can't eat. I'm fat, and too depressed to eat. I looked at my arms. I had sleeves on thankfully, because I couldn't let anyone know that I was cutting. I grabbed a knife off my tray of food and cut a small line down my arm, blood came out and I heard Rose coming back so I quickly started to clean it up. "What are you doing?" Rose asks codly.
"N-nothing" I stutter hiding my arm. I look at her and smile a fake smile.
"Show me your arm" She demands. I just sit there not doing anything. She glares at me and grabs my arm pulling my sleeve up and gasps. I look down and she looks at me with tears in her eyes, I take my arm back and growl."Gale...are you cutting?" she asks me, her voice breaking. I look down not answering her,
"What I do is my business" I growl,
"Please stop cutting. I want you to be happy not depressed...please I-I...love you" she sobs. My eyes widen and I look up at her.
"What did you just say?"
"I said I love you" she mutters while blushing.
"I-I uh" I responded as I stared at the wall, and my hands started to shake.
"Gale, Gale!: Rose shouts but I'm not able to respond. I just sit there shaking.
Rose's POV
Gale started to shake and wouldn't respond when I tried to talk to him. I think he was having an anxiety attack, but I wasn't sure about that, I also think it was my fault for what I said to him.. Now that I look at him, I realize that he looked skinnier than normal. Now I was really worried about him...I put my hand in his and started to whisper soothing things to him. After a while he calms down and looks at me, tears falling down his face. "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry" he says to me.
"No Gale I'm sorry it was my fault you had an anxiety attack"
"No it's not your fault, it's my fault for letting my mind think about this"
"Gale that is not true, you can't help having anxiety attacks that isn't how it works" He looks down and sighs.
"I-I love you too Rose" he says to me and I look up at him, my eyes widening as I gasp.
"Y-you do?" I ask to make sure I heard him right.
"Yea, I do" he smiles and I smile back at him and bring him into a kiss. He is startled at first but melts into the kiss. We pull back for air and I stare at him wide eyed. He looks at me then at the tray of food and back at me again.
"Gale, why don't you eat something for me please" I plead
"I'm really not hungry" he says but he starts coughing violently and lays down breathing heavily.
"Gale!" I shout as I stand up to go get Sky, but Gale grabs my hand.
"Please stay with me, I might not make it...my magic is running really low"
"Don't say that you're gonna be fine, I'm gonna go get Sky just hold on" I say softly as I run out looking for Sky. "Sky, Sky" I shout as I look around frantically.
"What is it Rose?" Sky asks.
"It's Gale he's getting weaker please he needs help" I plead tears falling down my face.
"Um let me get mom, she's back and I'm not good at this" she says and rushes to get her mom. She comes back with Wendy and we go back to where Gale was. He was breathing really heavily and was coughing up blood. Wendy gasps and runs up to Gale to heal him as much as she can.
"Sky come help me, so you can learn," Wendy demands. Sky nods and runs up there to help her mother. I pace the floor as they heal Gale. "It's his condition he's used too much magic,and he is weak most likely from not eating, it's gonna be tough but I think he'll pull through but he needs some iron to replenish his magic" Gale was sleeping as Wendy and Sky stopped healing Gale. I go and get some iron and bring it back and wake Gale up.
"Gale wake up, you need to eat some iron and some real food, it will help you get better" I say softly.
"I'm not hungry" he grunts as he closes his eyes again.
"Please Gale, I need you to eat"
"No thanks" he says and I get up and pace the room. Gale had fallen back asleep and I was trying to figure out how to get Gale to eat. He wouldn't survive much longer like this and it worried me, tears fell down my face as I walked out of the room and searched for my mother. I was supposed to be strong and never show sadness but I couldn't help it, I was worried...so worried.
"Mom!" I shouted, my voice breaking as I looked for her.
"Rose what is it?" my mother asks me and I instantly go and hug her tightly while sobbing. "Why don't we go outside and talk?" My mother suggests wiping my tears, I nod and we walk outside.\
I COULDN'T GET THIS ALL IN ONE BECAUSE IT WAS GETTING REALLY LONG SO PART TWO WILL BE UP SOON