Scattered Pieces
Hello again, my dear readers! It's been a while, hasn't it? I'm sorry for the late update (Although I managed to make it by the deadline. I did say I'd update every two weeks, on a weekday, didn't I?) Firstly, thank you to all that has reviewed and favourited/added this story to your alerts. THANK YOU!
Right, and to whiskalefa, I'm sorry I couldn't send you a PM! DX But yes, I will keep updating this :3 Thank you for your review!
Also, I had actually finished writing this chapter a few days after I uploaded chapter one, but the more I read through chapter two to edit any mistakes, the more I felt that it has absolutely no connection to chapter one. So I re-did it. And again. And again. Again. And again. In total, I re-did it five times. Gosh, me and my paranoia.
By the way, the first part of this chapter is actually a flashback/dream, so if you guys get confused, I apologize. (Even I got confused while reading through! Lol!)
Anyways, here, chapter two! I hope you enjoy!
The total word count for this chapter (excluding the Author's Note and stuff) is 2,492 words.
Previously…
In fact, Levy suddenly realized, Lucy had only recently changed into a cold, unemotional character ever since that happened a few days ago. Levy inwardly wondered if that had something to do with her current detached state. However, it seems that so far, nobody has really cared about the changed in Lucy, for they thought that it was that time of the month for her, which explains her murderous aura.
"Lu-chan… I hope you revert back to your usual cheerful state soon…"
Chapter Two – When Everything Went Wrong.
"Lucy…?" Mirajane called out to the blonde. "Didn't you go on a mission together with Natsu?" "Hmm? Oh! No, Mira-san," Lucy smiled. "Natsu took Lisanna with him on the mission. It seems that he wants to spend more time together with Lisanna, to make up for the time they've spent apart." "And you're not jealous, Lucy?" Mirajane teased. "What? No, of course not! I trust Natsu and Lisanna. And plus, they used to be best friends before I came, didn't they? They deserve time together alone, to catch up on the past few years, don't you think so?" Lucy smiled warmly, trying hard not to sound disappointed that Natsu took Lisanna with him instead of her.
"You're such a nice and understanding person, Lucy. I'm glad Natsu picked you as his girlfriend." Mirajane winked and walked away, her long, sleeveless maroon dress swishing as she weaved through the crowd of guild members, passing out mugs of beer as she went. Lucy, upon hearing Mirajane's teasing comment, flushed pink in embarrassment. "Jeez, Mira-san! Just leave me alone!" She whined, hiding her face behind her hands. A tinkling giggle sounded throughout the guild in response to Lucy's chagrin.–––
"WE'RE BACK!" Natsu shouted, slamming the guild doors open with such great force that it was a wonder the doors did not fly off their hinges. Lisanna entered the guild, not far behind from Natsu and smiled warmly. "We're back, everyone!"
"Welcome back, Natsu, Lisanna. How was the mission?" Mirajane greeted them, a radiant smile decorating her soft, pale face. Natsu grinned and showed her a thumbs-up sign, indicating that the mission was a complete success. At the moment, Lucy walked up to Natsu and greeted him. "Hey Natsu. I take that you didn't burn or destroy anything?" she smiled not-so innocently, making Natsu shudder. "H-hey! You're so mean, Luce!" Natsu pouted. "The mission was a success and nothing was destroyed!" Upon seeing Natsu's pouting expression, Lucy's heart raced and a blush silently crept up her face. Natsu then grinned and hugged Lucy, ruffling her hair as he did so.
That night, as Lucy was about to sleep, Natsu knocked on her window, pleading her to allow him into her house.
"I told you, Natsu! Go home and sleep!" Lucy huffed, attempting to push Natsu back out through the window, where he entered from. But Natsu, being the stubborn person he was, crawled through the window and sat firmly on Lucy's soft bed, refusing to budge even an inch. "Come on, Luce!" He whined. "Happy's out with Charle and Wendy on a mission and it's lonely in my own house!" "I said no, Natsu––" Lucy opened her mouth to retaliate. "Mmmph!" Natsu had crashed his warm, chapped lips on Lucy's own soft, plump ones, effectively silencing her. Lucy struggled at first, for she was still mad with Natsu for suddenly crashing at her place but she soon gave in to temptation and returned the kiss. All of a sudden, Lucy felt Natsu's tongue licking her bottom lip, seeking entrance to her warm cavern. She parted her lips in response and Natsu's tongue immediately invaded in without hesitation, licking every corner of her cavity and engaging her tongue in a heated battle. Soon enough, clothes were strewn all over the floor, and the kiss turned into a full make-out session.
The next day, Lucy woke up only to find that Natsu was not beside her on the bed, or anywhere in the house. The blonde figured that he must have returned home to bathe and she decided to do the same.
When she was out of the bath, Lucy quickly got changed, grabbed her belt, keys and whip and headed out the door, to the guild.
The first thing Lucy saw when she entered the guild was Lisanna leaning on Natsu's arm, giggling as he told her a joke. Lucy felt a pang of jealousy hit her as she absorbed in that scene that played before her very eyes. Masking her burning jealousy with a smile, she walked up to Lisanna and Natsu and greeted them. "Morning, everyone!" she chirped happily while ordering her usual for breakfast from Mirajane. Lisanna turned to her and smiled, while Natsu grinned at Lucy. They then turned back to each other, resuming their previous conversation.
The next few days went the same for Lucy. Waking up, heading down to the guild, seeing Lisanna flirting with Natsu, and her grabbing a mission from the mission board, alone, without Natsu. Lucy realized that Natsu was slowly drifting away from her, out of her reach. She and Natsu did not even communicate anymore, let alone greet each other with a simple 'hi'. He was too busy spending his time with Lisanna. But all that changed on that day…
Lucy was about to grab another mission on her own when Natsu walked up to her. "Hey, Luce…" He spoke cautiously, worrying Lucy a little. "Can I talk to you…? In private?" he glanced at Lisanna, and seeing Lisanna nod her head, he shifted his attention back to Lucy. Lucy gulped and nodded. What was that glance for?
Natsu had dragged Lucy out to the back of the guild. There, he let go of her hand and Lucy tried to take her mind off of the sudden loss of heat she felt in that hand Natsu was holding.
"L-Lucy… Hey… Umm…" Natsu spoke in a timid manner, looking anywhere but Lucy. What's wrong with Natsu? Lucy thought in fear. He's never timid! "Lucy... I… I don't know—I'm sorry…" Natsu sighed, his head hung low. "Let's break up."
"What…?" Lucy mumbled under her breath, her eyes wide and brimming with tears and her plump lips quivering. "What…?" She repeated. "Wait… Why? Why Natsu, why?"
"I just… I don't feel that way about you anymore…" he admitted.
"Was it all a lie?" Lucy whispered, her voice clearly coated with anguish and despair. "Tell me, Natsu. Was it all a lie? That kiss three days ago? The make-out session? Were they all lies?" Her voice growing louder and more desperate as each word came tumbling out of her mouth. She clung on to Natsu's muscular arms, her fingernails digging into his skin. "I'm sorry, Luce…" Natsu murmured, prying Lucy's fingers off his arms and turning around to walk off.
At that moment, Lucy's world fell apart and she fell. She fell into an abyss of grief, hurt, and everything negative. At the same time, her delicate heart shattered and broke into millions of pieces, the shards scattering around, never to revert back to its normal state.
Lucy crumpled to the ground and screamed, tears staining her pale, porcelain cheeks. She pleaded for time to rewind. She pleaded for the Gods to send Natsu running back to her, regretting his actions and getting back together with her. She pleaded. She would do anything, anything at all to prevent such horrible fate. Natsu was everything to her! She couldn't live without him. But alas, life was just so unfair.
For the next two days, Lucy avoided Natsu like the plague and she refrained from showing up at the guild. She knew that if she faced Natsu once again, her heart would not be able to take it and she would surely break down. Never in her whole life had Lucy felt so alone and rejected. Heck, not even what she felt as a child when her father rejected her could compare to what she was feeling right now.
Three days after the sudden break up, Lucy finally picked herself up and decided to head down to the guild, so as not to worry the rest of her guild mates.
It seems Lady Luck was smiling down on her at the moment, for Natsu was not nowhere in sight. Heaving a sigh of relief, she stepped into the rowdy guild and headed up to Mirajane. Mirajane, upon seeing Lucy, gasped and ran up to her, enveloping her in a hug, as did everyone else in the guild. "Lucy! You're back!" they all cried. "How are you feeling?" Mirajane questioned, her cerulean blue eyes filled with worry. "I heard about the… well, that from Lisanna and—" "I'm fine, Mira-san." Lucy smiled weakly, cutting off Mirajane's sentence, and struggling out of the group hug. "He's not here, right?" She questioned. Mirajane nodded. "But he should be back with Lisanna any moment now. How about we go to the kitchen? I'm sure you don't want to see his face right now." Lucy nodded feebly, glad that at least someone understood how messed up she felt at the moment. Mirajane grabbed Lucy's hand and guided her towards the kitchen, leaving the rest of the guild behind. She picked up the pace as they were nearing the kitchen, in fear the Natsu would pop out at any time. But she was too late.
The guild doors slammed open and instantly, everybody in the guild knew that guild's only pink-haired Dragon Slayer had returned from his mission with Lisanna. Natsu was donning his usual ridiculously wide grin, his arm around Lisanna's waist. However, at the sight of Lucy, he's grin immediately faltered. "L-Lucy…" He whispered under his breath. Then, he felt Lisanna tugging him towards Mirajane and Lucy. "Mira-nee! We're back!" "Oh… Um, welcome back, Lisanna, Natsu." Mirajane smiled uncomfortably, stepping protectively in front of Lucy at the same time, trying to block her view of Natsu.
"Mira-san… I think I'll head home after all…" Lucy muttered upon seeing Natsu. She stepped out from behind Mirajane and started walking away. "But you just got here!" Mirajane protested, grabbing her arm. Seeing that Lucy was obviously shunning Natsu, Lisanna stepped forward. "Hey, why don't you stop avoiding Natsu?" She snarled. "Lisanna, stop it!" Natsu stepped up to her. He knew that Lucy needed time to be away from him, even if it hurt his feelings. They were best friends, after all.
"Why, Natsu? She's just being unreasonable. It's unfair that she simply ignores you while here you are, suffering from her rejection. I just want to protect you, my boyfriend, is that wrong?" she revolted and Natsu visibly flinched.
"Boyfriend…?" Lucy spoke ever so softly, her head low and her bangs covering her eyes, casting a shadow over them. "So Natsu got a new girlfriend?" she spoke with menace. Mirajane gulped.
"What about it?" Lisanna challenged. "Natsu broke up with you. He's not yours anymore. Is it wrong for him to go courting other girls?" she spat.
That did it. Lucy snapped. Grabbing Lisanna by the collar, Lucy slapped her hard across the cheeks. The impact sounded across the whole guild, promptly silencing every single soul present at the guild. "How dare you!" Lucy screamed, pulling and clawing at Lisanna's hair and face. "What would you understand? You've never been rejected in your whole life, never!" Tears were streaming down Lucy's face, damping and staining her porcelain cheeks.
Lisanna got her footing back and retaliated, shoving Lucy backwards, causing her to lose her equilibrium. "Get over it!" She yelled. The red-headed ex-quip mage, Erza, immediately ran towards Lisanna and Lucy, but not before Lucy lunged herself forward to attack Lisanna. But instead of attacking Lisanna head-on, Lucy collapsed and fell flat on the floor, unconscious.
"Lucy!" Erza called out. She dashed forward in an even faster speed and cradled Lucy in her arms, worried for her friend's well-being. "What, Lucy? Were you that scared till you fainted?" Lisanna sneered, towering over the blacked out Lucy and staring down at her still body. "How useless." She scoffed.
SLAP!
Lisanna grabbed the right side of her cheeks, her eyes wide with disbelief. "That's enough, Lisanna!" Mirajane blared. She then turned to Erza and followed closely as she carried Lucy towards the infirmary.
When Lucy awoke, the first thing she saw was Mirajane's worried face peering down at her. "Lucy! You're awake! Jeez, please don't worry us like that!" she exclaimed.
"Exactly, Lucy! Getting mad and suddenly collapsing like that is bad for the baby's health!" Erza chided. "B- Baby…?" Lucy questioned, blinking repeatedly to get rid of the blurriness in her sight.
"That's right, Lucy. You're pregnant!"
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Lucy's eyes peeled open, rousing her from the very long dream. She rubbed the sleep out of her eyes and looked around, only to realize that she was in her own bedroom. Lucy's emotionless eyes softened, love and passion suddenly filling her previously stoic eyes as her hands reached down to caress her stomach. She then remembered that she had stormed out of the guild and returned home. Lucy had headed straight for the bedroom upon entering the house and as soon as she lay down on her bed, she felt slumber pull her into its arms and she fell fast asleep.
After a while of lazing around, Lucy got up and headed for the toilet to fix herself up a little. When she emerged out of the bathroom, she decided to head out to town.
Wandering about, Lucy ended up standing in front of the guild. She sighed. Somehow or another, Lucy always ended up going to the guild, no matter what the circumstances. "I wonder if Mira-san has slipped up and accidentally mentioned news about the baby to someone…" Lucy thought, while pushing the guild doors open. The members of the guild greeted Lucy and she simply nodded, not bothering to talk to anyone.
When Lucy reached the bar counter, she sat down at her usual seat, resting her head on the counter top.
"Go on!" Mirajane nudged Lisanna, prodding her towards Lucy. Lisanna sighed and walked over to where Lucy was seated, glancing back at Mirajane as she did so. Seeing Mirajane nod her head, she tapped Lucy on the shoulder.
"Lucy…?" Lisanna hesitated. Lucy lifted her head and her indifferent, brown eyes met Lisanna's clear, blue ones. "What." She snarled. "Can we talk? … Upstairs?" Lucy sighed and stood up, pushing past Lisanna and heading up the stairs to the second floor of the guild, where less, close to none, people were around.
"Hey, Lucy… Umm… About the fight the other day? I'm sorry. I don't know what came over me." Lisanna apologized once they reached the top of the stairs, bowing her head ever so slightly. "Will you forgive me?"
"Fuck that. You stole him from me." She growled.
"What the— I apologized! What more do you want!" Lisanna screeched, her insides boiling with rage. How dare this woman deny her apology!
"Give him back to me!"
"You're crazy!" Lisanna shrieked. "Why don't you just disappear?" Lisanna shoved her hard, screaming strings of curses as she did so.
Lucy tumbled. In an instant, everything went past her as a blur and the next thing she knew, she hit the ground of the first floor, hard.
"LUCY!" Erza hollered, making a dash towards Lucy.
"Hurts… IT HURTS!" Agony filled Lucy's screams of pain. "ERZA! MY BABY!"
End of Chapter Two.
I'm sorry for the long wait! I had some trouble connecting this chapter to chapter one (As so I said, at the start XD) and once again, I apologize if the two weeks break was too long. But I had my reasons! Its nearing the end of this term and we had loads of common tests!
Oh well, excuses aside, I hope you guys liked the story and don't forget to send in a review! XD
-Crystal