CHAPTER 2
Lucy was trying hard not to cry, to stop the tears from flowing. She couldn't take it. The pain in her chest. It felt like someone was trying to carve out her heart. The man she thought was her soulmate had cheated on her. With one of her close friend, of all the women. She felt disgusted, betrayed, angry and hurt. With the harsh rain falling down, Lucy made her way to Fairy Hills. Laxus would look for her and the first place he'd check would be her apartment. She really didn't want to see him now.
Sobbing uncontrollably, Lucy knocks on the door and after few seconds, Erza opens it. She stares at Lucy in horror. The Celestial mage was soaking wet, looking like a drenched kitten.
Erza quickly pulls her inside and holds the crying girl in a tight embrace. "Lucy, what's wrong?" She asks, worried.
Feeling Lucy shaking, she quietly takes her up to her room. Erza then wraps a blanket around the blonde who was silently weeping. Erza suspected it to have something to do with Laxus so she quickly calls Levy. Said girl enters the room and rushes to her best friend's side, hugging her.
"Lu-chan, what happened?"
Lucy finally looks up at her two best friends with red puffy eyes. "Laxus.. He.." She whispers in between her sobs. "Laxus.. Cana.." Lucy covers her face with her hands and cries.
Erza and Levy widens their eyes in shock. It didn't take a genius to understand what Lucy was trying to say. As the two girls put two and two together, they come up with the same conclusion. Lucy had seen Laxus and Cana together. Now Erza and Levy knew Lucy very well. She wouldn't be this upset and react this way if she had just seen them talking or even hugging. No, something big had happened that broke their friend. Erza was clenching her fists in pure rage. She would make Laxus pay for making Lucy cry but first, she needed to know what happened in detail and be there for her best friend.
"Lucy, tell us what happened." Erza speaks in a very soft tone.
Lucy wipes her tears and lets out a shaky breath. "Laxus has been cheating on me and sleeping with Cana for a month now." A sob threatened to emit from her throat but she shoves it down. "Can I sleep here tonight? I know Laxus will be waiting for me at my apartment and I really don't wanna see him right now."
"Ofcourse you can." Erza assures her.
Lucy nods thankfully. "Thanks. I'll send Virgo to pack my clothes for tomorrow before Laxus gets there." She then proceed to summon the maid spirit who appears in a flash of golden light. After asking Virgo to pack for her mission and bring it over, the spirit nods her consent, bows and vanishes.
Laxus falls to his knees with both his hands tugging his hair hard. He grinds his teeth, tears forming in the corner of his eyes. Fuck! What have I done! He mentally screams. Lucy had left him and also for right reasons. Tears falls as he dwells on the fact that Lucy had broken off with him and they were no longer together. Refusing to give up, Laxus quickly gets off the ground and rushes back to his house. He had to see her, apologize and make it upto her, tell her not to leave him. He simply ignores Cana who stood frozen, still staring at the spot where Lucy was when she saw her, with her own tears spilling; regretting for hurting and betraying her best friend. What was she thinking! Assuring herself that Lucy would never find out. Newsflash! She just did.
Laxus puts on a shirt and pant in a hurry and lightning teleports himself to Lucy's place. However, there was no one at her apartment. He dashes off to the streets and begins searching for her, trying to catch her scent but was finding difficulty in doing so because of the rain. After searching for hours, he returns to Lucy's apartment deciding to wait for her there. As he reaches her front door, the scent of Lucy's maid spirit hits his nose. He rushes inside the room but finds no one. Virgo's scent was still lingering in the room, fresh, which only meant she had been there not too long ago. Groaning, Laxus sits on the couch with his head down as he waits for Lucy to show up.
Changing into her pajamas Virgo had brought for her, Lucy's mind wanders back to the time when Laxus had asked her out on a date after the games.
FLASHBACK
She was walking back to her apartment after a tiresome party at the guild when she was pulled inside an alleyway. Lucy gasps and was about to scream murder when she notices a familiar coat under the dim moonlight.
"L..Laxus?" She stutters in question.
"H..Hey Blondie!" Laxus gives her a small smile and scratches the back of his head nervously. "I was..uh...I was wondering if you..you..."
Lucy blushes finally noticing Laxus' arms around her waist. Steeling herself, she glances up at him. "If I?" she questions.
"Ifyouwouldliketogooutonadatewithme?" He blurts out in one breath.
"Huh?" Lucy tilts her head to the side in confusion.
Laxus takes a deep breath. "I was wondering if you would like to go out on a date with me?" He mutters out.
Lucy was speechless. She couldn't believe that the man she had been crushing on was asking her out on a date. She wanted to scream 'Yes, yes, yes, I do' but couldn't find her voice. She watches as Laxus gulps and a terrified, pleading look crosses his eyes. Feeling his grip loosen around her waist, her hand quickly shoots out to grab his arm.
"Yes." She smiles sweetly at him with red cheeks. "Yes, I would love to!" Lucy could feel his rigid body instantly relax as he lets out a sigh and smiles.
"Alright. I'll pick you up tomorrow at your place. Is 6 okay for you?" Lucy nods enthusiastically causing Laxus to chuckle at her reaction.
"See you, Blondie!" Laxus calls out as he starts walking away.
"See ya, Laxus!" Lucy was too happy to even retort back at him for calling her 'Blondie'.
Lucy smiles sadly as she recalls how she danced around her room and screamed with happiness, her pillow covering her mouth to muffle the noise, after her encounter with Laxus that night; the nervous feeling while she waited for him to pick her up the next day and then when she saw him, the way the man took her breath away. Letting out a soft sob, she wipes her tears and walks out the bathroom, joining the girls in the room.
A/N: Well, there you have it. Chapter 2 complete! :D
Please read and review :)
Kelly - Thank you. :) I will try to update more in time.
Katelyn - Thank you! I will take your advice into consideration. :)
Lalu fan - Thank you so much! :)
kurahieiritr JIO - I couldn't agree with you more. I've come across many stories in which Lucy is an emotional wreck, depicting her to be weak in every aspect and the way she shows her emotions clearly for everyone to see whenever she sees the person who supposedly broke her heart. Honestly, I hate it! So I'm gonna portray her strong at heart, in control of her emotions and ofcourse, Laxus and Cana will get the well-deserved silent treatment from her.
sen whitefox mako red demon - (Mako) Lol! I agree. It's just that...I was too excited and so I updated right away without a second thought. Oh well! :D
Fiery Shorti - Thank you and I will continue. Hope you liked this chapter. :)
klr14 - xD I will!
MarSofTheGalaxies - Well, Cana is one of her best friend in this story so I just thought, 'why not!' And Mira is just too sweet to make her the bad person. Also I kinda ship her only with Freed so... :D And yeah, not quite sure yet but it's either gonna be Laxus, Natsu or Sting.
chrdonr - I hope you like the story so far :)
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