It was true though, she would do anything to keep him and Cobra happy, and even if that meant that, they did not want her in their lives. She would leave but stay in the shadows to protect them no matter the pain that she would be put through, seeing them happy without her in their lives. Lucy felt a sharp pain in her side bringing her out of the train of thoughts as Cobra dug his newly dragon like claws into her side, careful not to break her skin and also to go unnoticed by these humans.
"Damn it Lucy, you know that I would never be happy without you, if anything I would become the same person as before and all that did was bring you pain. I was such an asshole to you, fuck I tried to sacrifice you to a goddamned clock. A fucking clock and nearly succeeded. Then the shit before that with the fucking doll we brought to life to lure you out were we could capture you. All because I blamed you Fairies for Cubellios disappearing and yet you still saved her. Fuck, you have the most pure soul, it is impossible to keep a soul as pure as your soul is and I tried to destroy it; all for selfish reasons." His eyes shut tightly, shaking in shame. The inhabitants all stared in shock, unsure as to what to do; they wanted to help but did not know what to do nor did they know how to help.
"You can help by lending a private area. I need to calm him down before he loses control of himself and sees you people as a threat." Levi, who notice how dangerous this situation possibly is, motioned for us to follow him. Lucy got Cobra to stand up and had him leaning on her. He was slumped against her shoulder with an arm around her should, shaking violently. He growled dangerously when Levi made a move to help support him. "Don't touch him; he hates it when people touch him, given his past." Lucy snapped, unintentionally of course, which she immediately see the hurt in his eyes. "Sorry, I didn't mean to snap, it's his past is horrible and could probably bring even the toughest man to tears." Levi then had an understanding look in his eyes and motioned them to follow ordering everyone to go clean the building.
"Here, this is my office, and my room is connected, just go through the door if needed. I'll be back with some food and drinks, anything you want in particular?" Levi was completely unsure as to why he cared so much for the Lucy and why seeing her in pain hurt so much.
"Some black tea please and if you have any bleach or anything similar, will help. As for food, I can take care of that. Thank you for all this, by the way." Levi had this confused look in his eyes, wondering why Lucy needed bleach, considering it was poisonous and does not help with anxiety attacks but he went and got it anyway.
When Levi returned, Cobra had calmed down enough to breathe and talk probably. Levi left everything on a tray and placed it on the desk that was in the bedroom. "Do you want the room to yourself or do you not mind if stay in the room?" he was so unsure as to why he was acting this way when these two people pretty much stated that they were a threat and were powerful, yet here he was, wanting nothing more than to keep Lucy safe.
"You're more than welcome to stay. Just keep your distance from Cobra." Lucy was wondering why Levi, though being her mate, was helping them. It takes a bit to feel the effects of the whole thing. He really had no reason to help them or maybe he has sharp instincts and listens to them more then not for survival or something. While she was ecstatic that he was helping them, she just wanted him to be safe. She began pouring the bleach into a one of the after having a bit of it as it was already full.
"What the hell are you doing? That will kill either of you if you drink it." Levi was lost. He had no idea just what was going through Lucy's head. He made a move towards her but immediately stopped at the threatening snarl that came from Cobra.
"I won't kill him. It's hard to explain and you wouldn't believe me anyway," she stated with a firm tone, clearly, she meant it, "Erik, calm down, he isn't a threat to me and you know this." The name caught by the men's attention, one because there was someone else in the room and the other because that was not the name that he was told about. Instantly, Levi felt hurt that she had lied to him and Lucy caught this thought but first, she had to snap Cobra out of this. Levi was starting to get frustrated with the emotions he did not understand why the sudden change and that was starting to scare him. "Kuso, Erik calm down, damn it. You are not back at the Tower of Heaven, you're safe here, Erik."
He did not calm down, if anything his shaking started getting worse. Lucy noticed that he focused onto something that was on her hip. Looking towards it, she saw her whip, instantly she knew what was running through his head. "Levi, when I through you my whip, I need you to get it out of sight as fast as you can. Can you please do that?"
"Yea, I'll do that, if you need," He got ready to catching and opened the door, "ready, you can throw it." Whispering into Cobras' ear exactly what she was going to do, this was something that Laxus and Freed did with her when she had a flashback, through the whip towards Levi, who got out of the room as fast as he could; he made it just as Cobra lost it and lunged.
"Erik, stop. He is gone; the whip is not here and is out of reach. It cannot hurt you and I would never use it against you. You know that." Lucy pulled him into an embrace from behind; he faulted slightly before he went slack and leaned back on Lucy. She pulled him towards the bed and laid him down before curling up in his side with Cubellios curled up at the bottom of the bed. Erik moved so he was lying on Lucy, who wrapped her arms around him, protectively.
"Thank you, Bright Eyes, for stopping me and calming me during my anxiety attack." He murmured quietly burying his face in her neck as someone knocked on the door. Lucy took a whiff of air, finding Levi's scent and tightened her grip around Erik's shoulders.
"You can come in, Levi; he is calm now but please do not bring the whip in here if you have it with you." She answered before Levi entered the room, without the whip. Giving him a small smile that quickly faded when she saw the angry look on his face and the fact that he was tense, "Levi, what is wrong?" she asked concerned, wondering what had upset him completely forgetting that she had called Cobra, Erik after telling them what to call him.
"You lied to me when I asked what your names were. You said that his name was Cobra but you called him Erik. Why did you lie to me?" he questioned, his tone harsh making Lucy flinch violently which made Erik growl dangerously.
"His biological name is Erik but only those that he trusts can call him that. If someone he does not trust calls him Erik, he will kill him or her. It's the way he is, I told you that because he does not trust you or anyone here and it was to keep you safe." Levi relaxed at the explanation but did not say anything; he did not know what to say. "Levi, say something. Please?" Lucy pleaded; she did not know what to do and only wanted what was best for both her mates, while she was waiting for Levi to say something Erik moved her into his chest, holding her tightly.