Prompt: 'Things you said when I was crying' for Grayza (Erza crying) - nutellaloveswasabi
Things You Said When I Was Crying
Gray couldn't remember the last time he'd seen Erza cry, not unless he counted the time the Titania had mourned the greatest strawberry cake she'd ever had the pleasure of devouring.
But when he saw the dried tear marks on her cheeks, and saw how much pain and sorrow she held in her eyes when she begged for him to stop - the man beneath him, the one he'd once called a brother was long gone - Gray knew. He knew that it counted that time.
And it was his fault.
She was crying because of him. She was hurting because of him - because of what he'd done.
And it was occurring to him, as he finally backed away and looked down to his hands, beaten and bloody and sore, that he had no idea what he was supposed to say to her. He knew, though, that he couldn't fix it. Never in a million years would he be able to fix what he'd done, and he would take the guilt that was quickly forming in the pit of his stomach to his own grave.
Nonetheless, there only two words Gray could think of in that long and painful moment. And as he sank down to the ground and buried his face his hands, not caring about whose blood they were covered in, he whispered for what would be the first of many times where the Titania's cries echoed in his ears, "I'm sorry."
But not even an apology seemed to suffice in his mind.