It had been three days. Three days since Lucy had last spoken to Cobra, or even acknowledged his existence. Every time they had crossed each other's path, Lucy would high tail it in the opposite direction and he would always run after her, every single time.
But that purple haired girl was never far behind him. Lucy had even been avoiding her gym sessions just on the off chance that he'd be waiting there for her. She really didn't want to see him. A lot of the reason why was just pure stubbornness, she hated to admit it but it was true.
Missing him had caused a slight ache in her heart that was just getting worse. She would eventually talk to him but only when she felt she was ready to. People couldn't have a go at her for that, could they?
Whenever she saw his maroon hair, she ducked into a corner or behind someone else. She even stopped using her usual body wash so her scent was different. Laxus said that the one I was using now was grotesque, it was perfect for putting off a slayers nose.
Currently, she was sat in the far corner of the guild hall with Laxus's hooded jacket pulled over her head, at the table with her was Gajeel, Laxus and Levy. Huffing loudly in frustration, the celestial mage lifted her hands above her head in a prayer motion.
"Please can we go out tonight guys? I need to let off some steam and dance my sexy little ass off."
Levy whooped loudly, getting the attention of the majority of the guild, Lucy dropped to the floor and hissed at her best friend "Levy be quiet would you, you don't know where that little snake in the grass is lurking." By that she obviously meant Cobra. The bluenette rolled her eyes "Give the poor guy a break Lulu, I heard that girl isn't even his-"
"Lalala I don't want to talk about this." Lucy covered her ears with her hands to block out Levy's words. Whoever that girl Cobra brought back was, Lucy wasn't interested in it. They can live happily ever after but if anybody rubs it in her face she'd rub their face in the ground.
Plue was extremely unhappy with her at the moment as well because of the lack of Cobra in her life. Whenever he was summoned he'd look around and would gesture wildly as to where the man was and when Lucy said he wasn't going to be around anymore he'd sulk. She couldn't win.
If Cobra didn't want her he would have to tell her, but in her twisted mind if he couldn't talk to her, he couldn't say whatever they had was over.
"If bunny wants to go out and get absolutely trashed, we should support her decision and help her, also we should get trashed with her as to help with moral support." He winked at Laxus who laughed in response to Gajeel's not so sly way of saying they were going to get absolutely hammered tonight, in honor of Lucy.
Excitedly jumping to her feet causing her hood to fall down, Lucy stated the plan. "Right then it's decided. Party tonight, we're not just staying at the guild though, we're going all out in Magnolia. Levy." Lucy held her hand out to the bluenette.
"Take my hand, if you dare, because we're going to get ready for the best night ever." Levy meekly took her hand and was pulled out of the guild "Make sure to look hot guys." She shouted over her shoulder, not fully hearing Levy's warning of someone being in front of her.
Lucy collided with a solid chest, warm arms encircled her to stop her from falling and eating the floor. "You okay princess?"
"Yes I'm fine, thank you Cobra." She said bluntly, she knew who it was without even looking, his smell was intoxicating and his body was just so familiar. She missed it.
Pressing her face into his shoulder, she nuzzled his neck and was about to kiss it but managed to pull herself back. She had done that without even realizing, it scared her what this man did to her body. The attraction was so strong.
Cobra looked extremely happy at the interaction "I knew you couldn't stay mad at me forever, are you going to let me explain now?"
Lifting her eyes up to meet his, they looked so hopeful but she saw his new girl in her peripheral vision. Then the words that came out of her mouth made her hate herself just that little bit more. "Fuck off."
His eye narrowed at her, now cold and stone like. Any twinkle that was in them had now been completely extinguished. Walking past him was hard, hearing his new piece of ass asking if he was okay was harder. Not going back there and kicking her ass for touching him was the hardest.
"You're being nasty Lu." Levy stated, frowning slightly at her friend, causing Lucy to let out a long sigh "Yeah I know I am."
Lucy was stood in the middle of her room in a matching set of pink lacy underwear and curled hair, surrounded by potential outfits. Levy was already dressed and ready to go. Lucy was clearly not. All that was left for her to do was pick out her outfit but it proving to be the hardest part.
"Levy help me. What do I wear? I want a look that says 'Yeah I'm hot but I don't want you to approach me' Any of them screaming that at you?"
A thoughtful look crossed Levy's face as she examined all of the dresses before them and smiled deviously when she pointed at one in particular "That one with those killer pink heels, you'll look sexy and scary."
Lucy picked up the article of clothing in question and smirked "Yeah, you got the nail on the head with this little number."
Slipping the black skin tight material down over her body, she made sure it tucked into all the right curves and made her body look amazing.
Then she finished off the look with some pink shoes and they were ready to go. Marching out of the apartment, the two girls giggled at the sight of Laxus and Gajeel, Lucy's landlady was clearly trying to chat them up while they were waiting for them at the bottom of the stairs.
"That explains why Gajeel was messaging us so much telling us to hurry up." Levy whispered into Lucy's ear "Poor guys, she's practically humping Laxus. Save your brother."
Lucy rushed down the last few steps and leaped into Laxus's arms, giving him a big bear hug and successfully removing her creepy landlady from his vicinity "Thank you ma'am for looking after our boys, we're leaving now, see you later."
Struggling to all fit through the doorway at once, Levy and Lucy let the boys go first as they were clearly emotionally and mentally scarred after that encounter.
Safe to say they probably won't be coming to her apartment anytime soon. "She's crazy you know?" Gajeel said, grasping Levy's hand for dear life. "Yeah, Crazy horny." Lucy said laughing like a maniac.
"Shut up, that was terrifying. We're meeting at a safe place next time, somewhere far away from her wandering hands. She tried to put them down the back of my trousers." Laxus shuddered at the memory "She's like 60, so very wrong."
Seeing the club show up in the distance, Lucy grabbed some jewel out of her bra and waved it in the air. "First round's on me, shots, shots and some more shots."
"Sounds about right bunny. Just behave tonight you hear? You run around like a lunatic when you've had a drink, it's almost impossible for me and Laxus to keep track of you and keep our promise to always protect you."
Lucy waved off his concern like it was nothing "I'm always well behaved, don't know what nonsense you're spewing."
With laxus volunteering to go to the bar and get the drinks, Gajeel's bulky frame made a path for the two girls to get to a table and wait for their alcohol to come to them. Looking around the club, Lucy didn't see too many guys, it was a complete vagina fest.
Scanning the tables surrounding her, her smoky brown eyes landed on a head of red hair and stunningly green eyes. 'Hello beautiful.' She thought as the mystery man gaze fell on her and he eyed her up appreciatively but she immediately felt ashamed for even thinking about another man when she was still so hung up on Cobra and averted her eyes.
'Stupid hormones thinking I'd just fuck anyone with a pretty face.'
A tray full of glasses filled with various different types of liquids landed directly in front of Lucy, she clapped her hands like a happy seal at the offering of alcohol presented before her. "Let's get started then shall we." Laxus said as they all grabbed a shot glass and raised them to the sky.
"Lucy, you look lovely tonight." Laxus slurred out as they stood on the edge of the dance floor "I'm happy to call you my sister, beautiful and funny and strong." He poked her ribs playfully "Even if you have been avoiding the gym." A sad look crossed his face "Cobra came every morning at 5AM to see if you were there. He really loves you Luce. That girl, Kinana is-"
"I'm going to go dance Laxus, there's a girl coming over who wants to chat you up, good luck." Lucy winked at him and slipped into the crowd successfully ending their conversation and laughing as he saw an uncomfortable look cover the lightening slayer's face at having a random girl flirt with him. He had always hated it, he was not a social person.
After having plenty of drinks, a comfortable numb feeling had settled over her body. Her brain was foggy but not dangerously so and she felt drunk enough that dancing amongst a sea of strangers didn't seem embarrassing.
A different song came onto the sound system and Lucy raised her hands into the air along with everyone else, when someone settled in behind her, placing their hands onto her waist and rocking to the song with her.
It felt nice, she didn't see why she should stop them. Peeking over her shoulder she was surprised to see it was the male redhead she had eyed up earlier on. His face was flushed from the alcohol he had consumed and he smiled drunkenly at her "Mind if I have this dance?"
She shook her head and smiled "Not at all." Turning back around they rocked back and forth, dancing slowly to the song. It wasn't really one made for this kind of dancing but it felt right.
After several minutes she had felt something hard digging into her back, clearly someone was a little bit too excited. His lips touched her ear and made her flinch "Want to come outside to get some fresh air and talk?"
Looking around, she couldn't see any of her friends nearby to scold her for leaving with a random guy so she held her hand out for him to take "Lead the way."
Pushing through the hoards of people was relatively difficult but it was worth it when they finally reached outside, the fresh air was wonderful considering how stuffy and warm it was inside. "So I didn't catch your name, I'm Lu-"
'Well I don't know why I didn't see this coming.'
Lucy thought as the guy practically sucked her lips off in an over enthusiastic kiss.
"I know she seems like a little bitch but she's not normally like this, if she actually let me talk to her I could sort it out." Cobra ran his hand through his already messy hair while Kinana was standing in the kitchen of his dingy apartment trying to cook up something for dinner but was failing miserably because of the lack of ingredients.
As he was usually around Lucy's house he didn't stock up his apartment with anything apart from the essentials like toilet roll and bleach.
She gently pulled off the apron she was wearing and placed it on the work surface.
"Erik, I don't think she's a bad person, I'm not judging her for the way she's been acting. I'd just love to get to know someone who actually managed to worm their way into your heart. I find it fascinating. Now we need to go out and get some actual food, I can't make something out of flour and some lemons."
Taking his hand in hers, Kinana tried to calm her friend down. "Erik, stop stressing. We'll eat and then we'll figure something out. She can't stay mad at you for much longer, you saw how she acted earlier. She misses you too. I'm sorry that I caused this to happen."
Cobra grasped her face in his hands and shook his head.
"This wasn't your fault so don't say that. I just miss her so much. It's like part of me is missing, I don't like being in love if it can make you feel like this."
"Love is always worth it Erik, never give up because once it's gone, you can never get it back."
"You're so damn good with your words, I wish you could've spoken to me sooner." Cobra said, laughing slightly at the expression on Kinana's face as she huffed at him. "I was trying to be serious you idiot, let's just go."
Moaning loudly at the burgers they had gotten from some greasy takeaway place, their grumbling belly's finally shut up. "We need to go there more often, this is amazing." Kinana mumbled out through a mouthful of food as she shoved the last bit of meat into her mouth.
"Yeah I agree, wow that is tasty, I could eat-"
"Get the hell off me you creep." A girl exclaimed loudly, interrupting Cobra's food talk. His half eaten burger fell to the ground as he ran after the voice. 'That's Lucy, who the hell would dare touch her? They're going to lose a finger.'
The sounds of drunken people assaulted his sensitive ears as he approached a club that he heard Lucy and her friends were going to tonight. Walking down the side path to the club, he stopped dead in his tracks.
The pair stunk of alcohol but the male was what was causing Cobra's blood to boil. He was forcibly trying to shove his tongue down Lucy's throat as she punched his back. His body had pinned her against the door to the club and stopped any means of escape.
'This is why I should bring my keys on nights out because of creeps like you.'
Her soul was in serious distress.
Taking a step forward, her panicked eyes shot to his approaching body and when she saw it was Cobra her internal dialect almost made him fall over with laughter.
'Oh great, my knight in shining tinfoil has arrived. I don't need your help reptile, watch.'
Lucy closed her jaw and from the looks of it, almost bit the guys tongue off. Blood fell down her chin as the guy pulled back and roared in pain "You stupid slut, you bit me." He spoke with a slight lisp from the damage done to his tongue but neither Lucy nor Cobra were expecting the guy to sucker punch her in the face and knock her down to the floor.
"You little fucker." Cobra growled as he approached the drunk man, his eyes were focused on Lucy's unmoving body, huddled on the cold floor "You're going to regret even looking at her. I can't guarantee you'll be able to walk once I'm through with you."
"Holy shit" The redhead said, eyes widening as he realized who Cobra was. He backed away from the poison dragon slayer until he was pressed against the side of the building "You're Cobra, from the Oracion Seis, the dark guild."
"No, I'm Erik from Fairy Tail and you just fucked up buddy."