Lucy entered the coffee shop and ordered just a usual frappuccino. It took a few moments to come out but as she drank it, she felt the warmth flow down to her stomach, warming her from the inside. Unbeknownst to her, her blue-haired bestfriend was just walking into the same shop when she spotted the taller blonde.
"LuLu!" Levy squealed as she walked up to her. "Levy? Oh g-good morning!" Lucy said with a fake smile on her face. Levy knew Lucy better than anyone, except for Natsu, so she could tell something was bothering her bestfriend.
"What's wrong Lucy?" she asked "N-NOTHING!" Lucy squeaked a little too loud, giving herself away.
'Dammit, I'm so bad at lying' she thought to herself
Levy's eyebrow arched in suspicion, but she knew Lucy would eventually spill the tea to her, so she just asked, "I'm gonna get something and then we can talk, why don't you grab a table for us?" "Levy, I just came to grab a coffee and go back home" "Okay then wait for me and we can walk to your place" the bluenette countered.
"No it's ok-""No. I'm coming over Lucy." Levy said defiantly
'She can be scary when she's serious, poor Gajeel' She giggled to herself at that last part.
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"Okay so do you want to tell me what happened or will I have to be stubborn about it?" Levy asked te blonde. "N-No, I'll tell you" Lucy replied shyly. An awkward few moments passed until Lucy broke the silence.
"U-um, I think Natsu and I... h-had... s-se-" "WHAAAAAAT FINALLY" The bluenette squealed in excitement, knowing the two were meant for each other. What she didn't see was the pool of tears threatening to fall from Lucy's eyes.
Levy's little "Dragneel-family daydream" was interrupted by a small sniffle, she looked at her bestfriend and noticed she was crying and doing a bad job at hiding it. Suddenly she felt awful for not realizing what was wrong.
"Lu, is it something I said?" She shifted closer to the blonde and placed a hand on her back, rubbing it gently. It was as if a dam broke, because suddenly Lucy's sobs and crying became louder as she buried her face in her friend's lap. Levy knew there wasn't much she could do, so she let Lucy cry it out while she rubbed her back and sifted through her hair.
Some time passed before the blonde's sobs became less frequent and she sat up, wiping her puffy eyes. "I'm sorry Levy" she said as she hugged the bluenette. "It's okay Lu, everything's gonna be worked out." "But what if it isn't? What if he avoids me now?" "Lucy I know he won't be doing that, he loves you even if he fails to say it." The two sat in that embraced for some time while the rest of Lucy's tears trickled down her smooth skin. "Levy do you knows how it feels?" Lucy asked, levy replied with her face blushing obviously "NOOOO! I'm still a virg-"
"- Not that... Do you know how it feels to be so in love with your bestfriend yet he's never looked at you that way?" Lucy's tears threated to fall again. Levy felt disheartened listening to the blonde 's words. 'Okay, I guess I'll have to spell it out a little' Levy thought.
"Lucy, listen to me. I already told you that Natsu loves you. Yes, he may fail to show it. Yes, he may be an idiot. But, he's your idiot whether you like it or not. You only think he protects you because you're his teammate. But from my view, it's obvious. He protects you more than anyone else. He talks about you more than anything else. He thinks of you more than anyone else. He's just scared of love, think of what it would be like to be in his position. You're a little kid who's dad was a freaking dragon. That's who he got his parental love from, but one day he just up and vanishes. And no matter how much he searched he couldn't find him. Plus no one believes that Igneel was a dragon, they just think he's lying." Levy continued, "You just need to give it a little more time. Hell, even talk to him about how you feel and I'm sure he'll atleast listen." Lucy stared wide-eyed at her bestfriend. She wanted to believe her words so much, but she was scared too. After all, her mother died when she as young, and her father was abusive.
They were interrupted by the clock chiming, signaling it was about 11 in the morning, and Levy asked "Do you wanna head to the guild?"
"absolutely not, I'm too embarrassed."
"Ya know you can't avoid this forever, so why not get this over with right now?" Lucy was about to protest when a flustered redhead burst through her door.
"LUCY! ARE YOU OKAY?" Erza yelled as she searched the apartment for her blonde teammate, her eyes finally landing on the two girls in the living room. Her expression softened a little when she saw Lucy wasn't hurt. "ERZA PLEASEKNOCKONTHEDOOR!" Lucy shouted as her heart recovered from the shock "Natsu said you weren't feeling too good, are you okay?" The requip mage asked. "Yeah I'm fine Erza." Lucy smiled.
"Well I am glad," Erza said as she grabbed the blonde's wrist, "but we're going to the guild."
"WAIT WHAT? N-no, I can't, Erza-pleeeeeeease!" Levy watched and laughed as her friend was dragged out. She got up and began to head out when she saw an over-sized shirt laying on Lucy's bed, she just smiled to herself as she left the apartment.