Close to me
Chapter 28: Chapter 28
Close to me
Category : Anime Fairy Tail
Author : MisZ Anarchy
Language : English
Rating : M
Disclaim – Fairy Tail belongs to Hiro Mashima.
Chapter 28
"He was always there to help her, she always belonged to someone else" Maroon 5 – She will be loved
Lucy acted like I was just another co-worker, she acted like I was Jellal or Gray. And I felt hurt that we stopped everything so abruptly. But we had to. We needed to or more people would have gotten hurt in the end. I sigh and shake my head as I take a drag from my smoke. I watch as she walks past me, not even stopping to speak. It made me sad to think that what we had, had been short lived and that it ended faster than we intended. Not that I think it would have lasted long.
I'm sure after the first time we had sex it would have stopped. I regret stopping what we had in all honestly. I drop my half-smoked cigarette to the floor as I walk behind her. I needed to ensure things were okay between the two of us, I could not handle some awkward silences that lingered when we were in the same room. I couldn't take her not talking to me.
"Lucy" I call out but it seems she doesn't hear me. "Lucy!" I call a bit louder and she finally stops as she turns towards me. We are in the main hall almost at her office.
"Dragneel?" she asks and I look down, she was referring to me by my surname, she was surely still mad at me because it seems I was demoted from being her friend to being her acquaintance.
"Could we talk?" I ask taking a step closer to her and finally stopping a few meters away.
"We are talking right now aren't we?" she asks as she crosses her arms over her chest.
"I'm sorry." I say as I look at her, our eyes meeting for a second. She seems other wisely distracted if you ask me.
"You're forgiven." She replies a bit faster than expected. She looks down again and then I see it, the tears rolling down her cheeks.
"Are you okay?" I ask taking another step closer but she turns away and out of my reach. Her feet continuing to walk, I storm off behind her in an attempt to stop her. "Lucy?" I call and soon we are in her office and I just turn and close the door behind me. We didn't need an audience.
"It's nothing." Lucy states as she sits at her desk, she looks anywhere but at me and the tears just keeps flowing down her cheeks. I talk a step closer to her but she raises a hand. "It's nothing." She says more firmly as she looks to me, her eyes meeting mine, even though she was crying, her eyes puffy, I could see that she was being serious.
I reach for her again but she just furrows her brows at me. "Come on just tell me." I say, carefully taking another step to her. Her eyes follow me and I have no idea how the fuck she can look so deadly and vulnerable at the same time.
"Natsu, just leave." Her voice was in one tone and it sounded deadly. I tilt my head to the side and I continue to study her as she sits there glaring daggers at me. I know for a fact that I wasn't the one who made her cry nor was I the person who infuriated her to the point where she looked about ready to kill. "I'm not fucking joking. Leave." She says and I continue to hold her stare as I stare her down.
"Make me." I say and at this she just huffs a breathe like she had given up. She turns in her seat and her eyes look over her table until she see's her phone and then she grabs at it, taking a deep breath as she goes, tears still rolling down her cheeks. "I am not leaving till you tell me what's going on." I say firmly now almost at her.
"It doesn't concern you." She states and at this I shake my head, she was being beyond stubborn. I grab at her wrist, stopping her movement completely as she looks up at me and somehow her gaze has changed from sad to beyond mad as she stares at me. "Let me go." She almost whispers in a deadly tone.
"Lucy, either you tell me what the fuck is going on or I won't let you go nor will I leave this office." I say and she just frowns at me.
She lets a humourless chuckle escape her lips as she looks to me, and she is toying with me as her eyes look over my face searching for a gap to just take a stab at me. "Cute ultimatum Constable. But it won't work on me." She hisses. And I honest to God have no idea what was going on with her because I have never seen her like this before. I tighten my grip to the point where she drops her phone on the table and she looks to me, she was going to break soon, I could see it.
"Just talk to me as your friend." I almost plead. She huffs a breath as she diverts her eyes and then she starts crying again.
"I'm having a human reaction, ok!" She states and I just frown because I just could not wrap my mind around what this fucking was saying or explaining. I place my hand on her cheek and I slightly force her to face me, her eyes looking everywhere beside mine and I can't explain how agitated she was making me feel. "I…"her lip is quivering.
"Tell me, please?" I say in a soft voice and then her eyes finally focus on me. It felt like we connected as I looked into her soul and I saw all her broken pieces shattered and laying in a complete mess. And in a blink of an eyes she pulls in a breath of air and she takes a step back and it felt like that glimpse of her was never actually seen.
She wipes at her eyes, successfully drying them as she moves out of my grip and side steps me. Her movements are fast and almost automatic as she moves towards the door and soon she is outside and the door is closed behind her but I can hear her entering the bathroom as well. I stand there astound looking at the spot where she just was and I could honestly not believe what I saw. In her eyes, I just couldn't fucking comprehend.
I stand there in the middle of her office for a moment which turned into a few because soon the door opens and I shit you not, the girl I saw waltzing into the station so many months ago just came back into this office like nothing fucking happened. Not a hair out of place, not even a smudge to show that tears rolled down her cheeks moments ago. I can see those eyes slightly swollen but no signs that they are red. Maybe her make up game was on point. She gives me a soft smile.
I almost felt like I was getting whiplash from how her mood changed just now. I frown and I look to her and I question what is going on. "Lucy?"
Her smile widens as she looks to me and she moves closer. "It's ok." She says and then she tilts her head to the side before she takes a step closer and then she lazily wraps one arm around me in one of her half assing hugs. I'm frozen at her action form a second before I warmed into the hug and I wrap my arms around her pulling her completely against me. It felt like home. She felt like home. But never have I ever seen this girl in such a state and surprisingly I might never again.