No update for two weeks. Sorry. But here is this chapter. BAUMBP.

DO NO OWN FAIRY TAIL.

Chapter 4: Only Have Eyes For You

Lucy couldn't stop crying. She gripped Loke's hand tightly as her eyes swelled and salt ran down her cheeks to her neck and even into her shirt.

They wouldn't stop falling, like the rain.

Eventually she rested her head down on their conjoined hands, her tears giving away to the slow rhythm of sleep breath.

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Lucy could see Loke's spiked hair behind the tree. She smiled and leaned against the same tree.

"You know I can see you, right?" She said half laughing. Loke shot up and hit his head on a low branch. His hands flew up to the forming bump and he began to roll backing forth on the dry ground screaming almost incomprehensible 'ow's.'

Lucy was laughing her butt off.

Loke eventually stopped and glared daggers at her, standing up to tackle her to the ground.

Sadly, he missed and landed right on his butt.

Lucy with another laugh reached her hand down to him to help him up.

"You are so silly." She said as she brushed his bangs behind his ears.

She then proceeded to kiss him deeply, and he kissed back all the same, and more.

When they separated, Loke touched his forehead to Lucy's.

"I love you Lucy."

He said a crisp blush spreading over his face.

"I love you too."

They stood in silence for a while, listening to each other's heartbeats.

"Valintines is tomorrow, huh."

"Yeah."

"I have never had a reason to celebrate it, I'm so excited." Lucy said with a smile, nuzzling her head in his neck.

"Same here,"

"Yeah right Mr. Playboy 'lion.'" Lucy said with a giggle.

Loke blushed deeply.

"You know that was only because I hadn't noticed your fiery affection for me!" He said matter of fact.

"Yeah right," Lucy said.

"It's true! I've only ever had my eyes on you." He said.

"But I have to admit that it was fun!" He said with a deep laugh.

Lucy's phone then went off. After checking it she made a pouty face.

"I gotta go; my dad needs me for some reason."

"Oh... But, LUCY! I NEED YOU TO STAY IN MY EMBRACE SO I CAN CONTINUE TO FEEL LIKE MYSELF!"

He said flailing his arms up and down and then gripping Lucy.

"Geez, I need you too but you know how my dad is. I'll see you tomorrow." She said still holding his hand and began to walk away, their hands staying connected till the last moment, until she was too far away to maintain the contact.

Loke's hands fell to his side, and he watched her leave peacefully.

She was out of sight when a chill slithered over his spine, gripping him in a chill.

"Loke..."

A voice called to him, coming from the trees.

"Who are you?"

He said looking for the source of the voice.

A girl stepped out of the trees.

"My name is Karen Lilica, and I love you." she said.

Loke's mouth dropped about six feet.

"What?" He asked, an eyebrow raised.

"It's true, I have for the longest time, and you just never noticed me." She said, eyes sharp.

"So now you're going to leave Lucy, and become my girlfriend."

Loke didn't think his mouth could drop farther.

"You're kidding me, right?" He said, skeptical.

"No. You know why? Lucy will be in ALOT of pain if you don't agree."

"You're bluffing? Aren't you?"

"I'm not..."

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Whispers sung from below and dark powers rose in the night. A black speck flew inside Lucy's half open window and began to converge on itself, growing larger, until it was more of a blob. It then floated to Loke's unconscious form and hovered over his throat where two little holes started to bleed slightly. The blob became more of a mist and slid into the two holes. They closed up a second later.

Outside, Karen closed her circle, the black hues fading into the dirt.

"Loke, your curse is complete. Lucy will feel immense pain, all because you dared to leave me. You are the definition of idiot."

She then turned to leave, a dark wind blowing her hair.

"Let's see how you fare."

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Lucy didn't know what to do. Loke had began thrashing furiously and had gripped her hand so tight she almost blacked out from the pain.

She placed a hand on his chest, trying to hold him down and wake him up so she can get her hand free from his.

"Loke!" She cried out to him, trying to get him wake up.

In a desperate attempt she twisted herself so she could grab the basin of water she had been using to dampen the cloth to care for him.

She gripped it and threw it into his face.

He stopped for a moment and his grip loosened slightly.

She managed to pull her hand away from his iron grip and cradled it to her chest. It burned and she was sure something was broken.

She wanted to go get some ice to use on her throbbing hand but something made her freeze.

Loke had sat up and was gazing out the window.

"L-Loke...?" She breathed out.

He looked surprised. "Lucy..?" He said looking over at her.

Lucy felt her resolve waver. "Are you...okay?" She asked. Loke looked down at his hands. "Just a bit confused... But, other than that, fine. What happened?"

Lucy felt tears slide down her face again. "You must have been beaten, or something. You had major bruising, and a major fever. You don't remember what happened?" She asked, sobbing against the wall.

"No," Loke said, miffed. "I had come home from a bar, and then I..." Suddenly, pain throbbed in his skull.

He grit his teeth, fighting the urge to scream.

"I was tortured..." He said, eyes shut extremely tight. His hand fell to his heart.

"I was stabbed here..."

He gripped his shirt.

It then passed and he let out a sigh. "It was Karen... She hired this guy..." He said looking Lucy in the eyes.

"I never thought she would go that far, she was a bitch but I never thought..." Loke said, holding his head in his hand.

"Now I'm confused... Loke why where you with her if she was a bitch? Why didn't you tell her off... Why did you leave me for her?" Lucy asked, her voice strong once more, even though tears still stained her face.

Loke looked down. "Well she said she would hurt you if I didn't." Lucy's face was the image of shock. "She was bluffing right? I was in so much pain because you left me..." She said, trying to keep her voice from cracking.

"That was why I left her yesterday, but do you remember the day before the valentines I broke up with you?" He asked. Her face visible paled at the memory.

"Yeah, after I left you those thugs took me and..." She looked down, trying to block out the memory.

"Karen told me she knew I would refuse, that's why she hired them."

"Why didn't you tell me? We could have had her arrested or something!"

"I couldn't, if I did she would have done it again, and again, each time getting worse, and worse, and worse."

Lucy looked down. "I had no idea."

"Lucy..." He said.

"Yeah?"

"I still have only had eyes for you..." He said with a small smile.

"Loke..." She said. "I never stopped loving you, ever. I just had trouble forgiving you... The pain of losing you was real."

He put out her hand and Lucy put her non-injured hand into it, trying to hide her injured one from him. It didn't work.

"What's wrong with your other hand?" He asked reaching over and grabbing it.

"Well I, uh, and you sort of..."

"Did I do this?" He asked.

"Well you where kind of thrashing and your grip was so tight and I couldn't get away. It's fine though." Loke's hand gripped tightly to the sheets. "I hurt you..." He said, anger rimming his voice.

His torturers words rang in his ears.

"I won't be the one hurting her, lion breath."

He shot up outta bed. "I gotta go..." He said looking around for his shoes.

"But you must still be weak, Loke. You can't just leave. You could hurt yourself."

He started to pull his shoes on.

"It's not me I'm worried about, Lucy."

She put a hand on his chest. "You're worried about my hand, right? You didn't know, and you were in so much pain... Please, don't go..." She said curling her hand into a fist on the fabric of his shirt.

"I don't want to hurt you."

"You'll only hurt me by leaving... Please stay."

"But-" Loke's complaints where cut off by Lucy's lips on his.

As soon as her soft lips hit his he pushed back with a great force and he felt himself get lost in the kiss.

It had been so long since they had shared a moment like this. His need that had been pent up in him released and he sighed on her lips.

He pressed on her teeth with his tongue asking for entrance, and was permitted.

Their tongues met and they kissed sinfully. It was a kiss to rival all kisses, in Loke's opinion with Karen. It was a kiss filled with emotion and strength, need and love.

Loke's need to hold Lucy was replaced with something else. A burn coated his throat and he began to move his kissed away from her mouth and down her face. Her cheeks where salty from crying, but he still smiled. He pushed her up against the wall, tongue snaking out of his mouth to lick the shell of her ear, causing her to moan.

"L-Loke..." She said her face hot. She allowed her hands to cross behind Loke's back.

He continued to kiss down her throat, harder and in new places till his lips landed on her jugular.

It was strange, he could feel her heart beat through his lips. He needed it. Her heart.

"L-Lucy... I don't know why... I can't... Control..." He felt his throat burn and his teeth felt uncomfortable.

"What is it?" Lucy asked. She had not pulled away, Loke's grip on her tight.

"L-Luce..." He felt his jaw go slack and opened his mouth his tongue sliding out. He felt them then. Fangs, protruding from his gums.

The couple had been spinning in gentle circles, dancing to their own melody.

Loke opened his closed eyes, viewing their embrace in the mirror. His eyes had turned a blood red and he was hovered over his Lucy's veins. The look in his eyes scared him the most. It was a look of pure need and hate: a want to kill and hurt Lucy Heartfelia.