Hey guys! Here is chapter 7 of Lucy's Fairy Tales. I hope you enjoy! (Also, I didn't know how to end it so it might be a little abrupt sorry :'(

[Wolf's POV]

I rushed towards Lucy. She was sweating like crazy, and was unconscious. I froze for a second. Then, I started moving. I went to the nearby river and took off my shirt. I put my shirt into the river and made sure that it was all wet.

I ran towards where Lucy was and laid my shirt on her forehead. I wiped some of her sweat. After a few moments, she started cooling down. I moved her to a more shaded spot, and continued cooling her.

"Why the hell did you work so hard? You are so dumb! If you're so tired that you faint, you should know better and stop!" I wiped the sweat from my forehead with my hands.

After an hour or two, Lucy started moving. She sat up, groaning.

"Oh, hey Wolf," Lucy said, sounding a bit weaker than before.

"Hey girlie. How you feeling? You fainted right in the middle of running. I was so surprised when I found you unconscious on the floor, you know." I looked at her worriedly.

"I'm fine now. I feel better after the… rest," said Lucy. "So what's next?"

"You can't do something right after you faint," I said.

"I feel okay right now. And I can move. So what are we doing next?" She kept pressing.

"I'm still worried… It would be better if you rested today."

"No. I can't waste too much time. Ugh, I feel so weak fainting only after a bit of running. And I was so close too! I was on the seventh lap!" Lucy pouted.

"Hey, look girlie. The fact that you even did seven laps is a lot. Even I can't do it in my human form. What you just did right there was incredible. So don't ever consider yourself weak, because you are one of the strongest girls I've ever met. Don't be too hung up on the fact that you couldn't run all ten laps, okay?" I stared directly into her warm brown eyes.

"Okay, so what next?" said Lucy.

"Wow you really do want to become strong. Why though? To take revenge on someone or to have power to kill people?" I chuckled.

"I'm not trying to kill people. I can do that easily with my keys. Haha I'm just kidding. But that's not it. I just want to become strong. Stronger. So that no one would think of me as weak and abandonable. Because feeling incompetent… I never want to feel that ever again. That's why I am going to try everything to become stronger." Lucy clenched her fists and looked at the ground.

Then, Lucy suddenly turned her face and looked at me. I could see the pain in her expression.

"I see. Well," I brushed off the sand off my pants and stood up. "I will do everything to make you the most badass-mage ever, girlie. You can count on it." I patted her head a few times and walked towards the fruits she collected.

I chose the ripest one and threw it towards Lucy. "Girlie, heads up," I shouted.

She caught the fruit and looked at it for a moment. She looked puzzled. She kept staring at it, until it looked like laser beams would shoot out from her eyes.

"What's wrong?" I asked as I got closer to her. I plopped next to her.

"Umm… nothing, except…" Lucy squinted her eyes. "...what kind of fruit exactly is this? And how do you eat it?"

I bursted out laughing. That's why she was looking at it all weirdly? Oh goodness, that was so adorable. Wait, I mean, gosh, she is so stupid. She's like an ignorant kid!

She looked at me even more confused. "What? Why are you laughing so hard? What I just said wasn't even funny," she said.

"Oh no, it' wasn't funny," I said, wiping tears from my eyes. "It was hilarious!" I bursted out laughing again.

When I could finally open my eyes again, I saw Lucy glaring at me. Her arms were crossed, and she was looking impatient. Or mad. Most likely both.

"Ah, sorry Lucy." I let out a couple of gasping breaths and tried to calm myself.

I cleared my throat and started explaining. "This is the babo fruit. It's a pretty common fruit in this forest. You ever heard of a coconut?" Lucy shook her head. "Figures. The babo is similar to the coconut, so the way you eat it is the same. You chip some of the top, and there will be juice inside. C'mon, give it a try."