Disclaimer Hiro Mashima owns fairy tail and all it's awesomeness. I also do not make any money at all off of my fanfics either...unfortunately lol.

*Eve's p.o.v*

"Lucy is alive!" I yelled, as I watched my nee-san and her teammate exit the graveyard. I knew she was, even after all this time I couldn't give up on the fact my gut was telling me she was still with us. Though it had been a surprise to see her looking no different to the last time I'd seen her all those years ago, it didn't really phase me but it had made my heart start to beat faster for some reason...Oh well it's probably just the excitement of seeing her again after all these years.

"Yeah." Hibiki muttered un-enthusiastically in reply. I didn't expect that response from him.

"Aren't you happy she's still alive?" I asked, puzzled by my friends behaviour.

After a minute of him not answering me I started to get worried, Hibiki wasn happy Lucy was alive after all this time, right?

"I'm going home." Hibiki abruptly stood up and started to march back the way we'd come, I quickly rose to my feet and followed him. What was going on here? Why wasn't he chasing after her? For that matter why was I not running after Lucy?

"Hey, Wait! Hibiki!" I called, catching up to my friend as we hit the main road. I was so confused by his behaviour, it just wasn't like him to act like this at all. "We're going in the wrong direction, we should be running that way." I panted, pointing my arm behind me as I struggled to keep up. For a bookworm this guy sure could move when he wanted.

"No, you can run after her if you want. But I just need to be alone." Hibiki snapped, turning to face me directly. His abrupt stop, though caused me to crash right into him causing us to topple into a heap on the floor.

"What is wrong with you?" I yelled, grabbing a hold of his collar and shaking him hoping to bring him back to his senses. "Don't you want to hold Lucy again?! Didn't you love her at all?"

"It's not like that!" Hibiki yelled back, pushing me off of him.

"Then what is it like?" I demanded. I needed an answer as to why he was being this way.

"I loved her, I truly did but that was seven years ago," He replied more calmly, as he stood back up. "I've got Jenny now."

"Oh," I whispered. I had forgotten that Hibiki and Jenny were an item now, though I'd never liked the fact. "But the question is do you love her like you did Lucy?"

"No," Hibiki shook his head here and looked away. Then what was the big deal? He should run after Lucy swoop her up in his arms and welcome her back!

"Then why aren't you dashing to her and pulling her into your arms, just like the white knight in a fairy tale?" I asked exasperated. This was become a frustrating argument with a stubborn fool.

"I just can't right now, I need to think!" He cried, turning around and marching off again.

"Fine then I'll go and tell her what an ass you've been." I yelled at his retreating figure, feeling a lump rise up in my throat. That baka why did he need to think? The decision was an obvious one, to me anyway.

"You do that!" He replied raising his hand up in the air to wave me off. I stuck my tongue out at his back, wishing to freeze him like I'd frozen Natsu that one time...But instead I decided to go with the more mature approach and just ignore him. And I mean ignore him until he see's sense and talks to Lucy!

"Guess it's just me visiting nee-san then," I sighed out loud, turning my back on Hibiki and heading towards the train station hoping I could catch the trio in time. I couldn't wait to talk to her again!

*Hibiki's p.o.v*

"Have you heard?" A male voice whispered on my right.

"Have I heard what?" Came the whispered reply from his companion.

Jeez do people have no manners anymore? It's rude to whisper!

"Fairy Tail is going to compete in the games again this year."

"Are you serious? What a joke, they always get last place." The member chuckled. "What makes them think they'll do any better this year?"

"Well I heard that the master is entering the members from the Tenrou Island incident."

"No way, you mean those wizards The Trimen spent years trying to find?"

Oh now I know why they're talking in hushed tones and whispers, the mention of fairytail's returning members was still a taboo subject with me...

"Yeah those guys, I even heard that Hibiki's ex will be competing."

"Get out! That means they could end up pitted against one another in the games...awkward." The second guy laughed.

Oh you have no idea how awkward mate, I sighed out loud taking a gulp out of my drink. There's no way out of it now, I will have to face Lucy in just under 2 days time. This could not end well for me.

"Did you hear that Lucy will be at the games," Eve sang from his seat in one of the comfy chairs on the other side of the gossiping males. He then turned to give me a glare before returning his attention to Ichiya-san.

"He's still mad at you, I see." Master commented as he took my glass away.

"I guess so." I mumbled looking down at the bar top. I didn't blame Eve for being mad at me, he had every right to be. I was being a coward. Three months ago as I'd watched Lucy, Natsu and Happy exit the graveyard an epiphany had hit me.

If she'd been alive for the past seven years, by the looks of it trapped in some sort of spacial rift as she didn't look a day older than the last time I'd seen her, then I'd been cheating on Lucy. We hadn't broken up, I'd just assumed she was dead, so it hadn't bothered me, as I knew that my sweetheart would have wanted me to move on and be happy...But that day, seeing her again, had changed everything. I'd realised in those few bitter moments that I'd, broken every promise I'd ever made to her, all of those fears she had about my playboy tendencies, seven years ago, had turned out to be right. To make it worse I knew she'd forgive me too if I explained myself, she wasn't the type of person to hold a grudge, especially given the circumstances.

Which is why for the last few months I'd been avoiding any people or places associated with Fairy tail out of my fear of bumping into their blonde friend and my sort of ex girlfriend. Hence why Eve was currently pissed at me, as he'd been all for storming straight after Lucy and glomping her, but being the coward I am I'd run in the opposite direction, my head reeling from all the information it had just had to process. I'd come straight back to the guild and demanded to speak with Master, who had explained everything to me, including that Jenny had lied to me. So that had ended us, and now here I was girlfriend-less, down a friend and teammate, and currently trying to think of a way to come down with pneumonia before the games so I could continue avoiding my problem. I sickened even myself at times.

"You can't keep hiding from her Hibiki, she deserves some answers." Master started off, making me break away from my inner thoughts to focus on his words. "Eve said she was asking about you, when he visited her."

"When did Eve see Lucy?" I gasped, this was news to me. Then again I knew nothing of Eve's life in the last few months, ever since we'd parted after our little spat he had been ignoring me or avoiding me like I had the plague.

"Don't try and change the topic mister," Master wagged his finger at me in warning. "But he visited her again yesterday, when I told him that she had finally returned from her training trip."

"Oh." was all I had to say to that, as I started to get up from my bar stool. Maybe I should apologize to my teammate, I was being a jerk to him and he had done nothing but try and support me over the years.

"Where are you going?" The menacing voice of Master hissed at my back. Oh crap he was mad.

"To make up with Eve," I squeaked, inching my head back around to see, the bald man giving me a glare that could peel paint.

"That is a good idea," Master cooed, his paint peeling gaze dissipating. "Go ahead."

"Yes sir," I replied, turning on my heels so that Master wouldn't see me wiping the sweat off my forehead. I'd forgotten just how scary he could be at times. Now to apologize to Eve, and get our team dynamics working again before the games started. Though if he would forgive me was going to be a different story altogether.

"Um Eve," I muttered, as I reached the table where he was sitting. Now to see if he would acknowledged my existence.

"Oh, what do you want, Hibiki?" He stated coolly, giving me a hard stare.

"I wanted to," I gulped and bowed my head. "To apologize to you for being such a jerk. I was out of order and I'm sorry."

"hahahaha, my gosh, hahaha"

"Huh?" I was confused why was Eve laughing I was being sincere, I looked up to see Eve laughing and Ren trying to hold back a snicker.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to laugh...Just I never expected you to bow your head to me." Eve chuckled wiping a tear from his eye.

"I'm lost?" I said looking between my teammates, why was this so funny.

"Oh, its nothing." Ren answered standing up and walking away. In effect giving Eve and I a chance to talk things out.

"Hibiki."

"Yes," I turned my head to look Eve in the eye to show him he had my attention.

"Are you sorry?" He smiled ruefully at me, offering me the seat Ren had just vacated. I accepted his offer and sat down.

"I am." I gave a small smile of my own back.

"Will you face Lucy again?"

"If she'll see me." I looked down at the table, feeling guilty. I should have done as Eve said three months ago and run after her like the knight in a fairy tale and welcomed her home properly. I wholehearted hated myself for being a coward over that, how could she have ever fallen in love with such a loser?

"Then you're forgiven." Eve patted me on the back making me look up to see him grinning from ear to ear.

"You sure I'm forgiven?" I breathed. The ease of this scenario made me feel slightly unsettled. It shouldn't be this easy to make up, should it?

"Positive, but it's not me you should be asking to forgive you right now." He replied, pulling away and standing up.

"I know, its Lucy you want me to apologize to right?" I shook my head with a small smile. Eve really was such a straight arrow, he could never hide what he was truly thinking from anyone.

"Yep, and I know just how you can do it?" The look of an evil genius springing to his face made me intrigued to know what he had in mind.

"Tell me" I pleaded. I was desperate now to see and speak to Lucy again, even if I wasn't in love with her anymore, she still needed an explanation and we both needed closure so that we could move on with our lives.

"At the games of course." He smiled before walking off, leaving me once again on my own with a head crowded with unanswered questions. The only thing I knew for sure was this was going to be a long two days.