CHAPTER FOUR: THE AFTERMATH
Lucy's POV:
I could immediately sense my face flaring up in different shades of scarlet red, if not even darker than that of Erza's hair. Damn that bastard Loke and his flirty stunts. By some means, it would constantly get me all flustered, but it wasn't for long until I regain my composure and calming pulse once again. Nevertheless what was that all about, well it wasn't his first time that his lips made contact with mine for sure, it wasn't just a effortless peck on my lips either but rather something that was more sensual and passionate this time round. This had got me to ponder for a split second. I simply couldn't get it off of my mind! Urgh!
Shrugging, I tried my best to get rid of the thought lingering in my head as I walked at a quicker pace towards my apartment building in sight. A hot shower didn't seem to be a bad idea. After all, I dreadfully needed to cleanse myself from his lewd touch and not to mention his taste that remained in my mouth, still.
Hurriedly, I stepped into the shower while removing my garments before sliding the glass door behind me shut. Turning on the shower head above me at full force, warm water began gushing out over me as it freely cascaded down my body. After soaking myself in the tub until I was contented, I sauntered out of the shower with my bath robe on, feeling rejuvenated and cleaned as sootiness besieged my body at the soft contact of the cotton wool. Nothing can beat the shower fresh feel indeed. It was like as if I've been purified, one way or another. Whilst putting on a blue tank top and printed denim shorts on, a reverberating ring of the doorbell greeted my ears. Hmm? Could it be Natsu at the door? Nah, the guy would just use the window to get in my apartment instead, so who could it be? I questioned myself inwardly. It was so seldom that someone other than Natsu would come over at around this time.
"Hold on, I'm coming," I called out to whoever was behind the door as I jogged down the stairs from my room.
I turned the knob of my wooden door, pulling it open before taking a glimpse outside to see who it was. To my astonishment, silver hair accompanied by a pair of bloodshot eyes that were drained of their ocean blue color greeted me. Her hair was in utter mess as she continued sniveling silently, her shoulders shuddering as she rubbed her eyes that were now filled with tears.
Oh gosh, what should I do? I've never seen her in this kind of state before. I couldn't help but cursed mutely, I couldn't possibly stand seeing my nakama like this! The idea of Gray screwing and then getting rid of her afterwards just made my blood boil with so much rage, I could already feel a vein pop out of my forehead. I mean, just a moment ago, I saw the guy leaving the guild hall with a bag of Jewels which must have been the rewards from sleeping with Lisanna at the party. And then the next thing once I arrived home after my oh-so perfect shower, the girl was bawling her eyes out in front of my doorstep without any of my notice. The girl doesn't deserve any of this!
I swore that Gray had legitimately moved to a segment in my diary which I'd like to call the "Hate" list. Can my impression of him get any more worst than this? That immoral scumbag, I vow that one of these days, he's going to have a taste of his own medicine. He's the lowest of the low!
"L-Lisanna? Are you… alright?" I calmly asked her as I tentatively reach my hand out to hers that was covering her teary face.
"It's alright Lisanna; it's okay now… shh… shh… Now take a deep lungful of air and breathe out slowly."
She did as told, and her sobbing finally subsided for a bit. Once she was getting composed enough for her to speak, I began again, "Are you feeling better now, Lisanna? Tell me what happened, it's getting rather cold out here so come on in." She nodded in response before taking off her high heels and walked in.
"Pardon my intrusion, Lucy…" She muttered under her shaky breath as she took a seat on one of my couches.
"It's fine really, so don't worry much about it. You're always welcomed here," I smiled while handing her a warm mug of pre-made herbal green tea. Hope it'll calm her down even more now.
"Thank you, Lucy."
"No problem, so what's the matter? Did something happen? Mira was worried sick for you; she's been looking for you all morning. You didn't come back home last night, right?" I sounded as if I'm already interrogating her, gosh. I myself needed to calm down as well.
Seeing that she wasn't going to respond to my question just yet, I quickly said, "Sorry for questioning you like that, I didn't mean to. Well, I'd better give Mira a call to say you're over at my place, nee?"
Just when I was about to give Mira a teleportation call, Lisanna called out to me.
"Matte, Lucy-san. Please… here me out first, I'll tell you what happened…"
Her blue eyes were in a downcast as she made an ambiguous recount of what had happened at the night of the party just yesterday evening at the guild. I wasn't even taken by surprise that Gray had somehow managed to get in her pants that night. Her eyes softened upon telling me how Gray had made a move on her. Knowing how the man-whores work, they'd do anything just to get in one's pants. Realizing that her eyes were staring to water as she continued on with her recount, I pulled her into one of those girly hugs as she began breaking into irrepressible whimpers in my arms as tears streamed down her cheeks and seeped into her velvet dress. She was weeping her heart out; I've never seen her so dejected before, ever. The poor girl… seeing her so vulnerable like this just saddened my insides. I wasn't even fuming anymore, just rather disheartening.
"It's okay. I understand, you don't have to continue any further."
I comforted her, stroking the back of her head relaxingly. It was after a while and so she had dozed off into a deep sleep in my arms. Laying her on my couch, I brought down some pillows and blankets from my room for her after which I made a call to Mira, informing her that Lisanna was all out of harm's way and that she had spent the night over that my place instead. I hated lying to Mira but I couldn't possibly tell her elder sister that she had slept with Gray?
This was for the best, or so I thought it'd be anyway…
Gray's POV:
"Hnn? So she left already I suppose?" I thought out loud upon entering my apartment which was now all cleaned up? Wait, what? I was pretty certain that the last time I left this place; it was in a complete untidiness? Furthermore, it's not like I hired a personal maid or anything. Although, I'd like to have one, well, may be in the near future?
Then could it be that Lisanna tidied up this whole place for me? Placing my bag of Jewels on the dining table, I realized that there was a piece of not far away. Picking it up, it reads; I'm sorry and thank you –L
Tch. Women. I can never understand their judgment or are they just fools that are blinded by what they call love or are they just craving to get into a guy's pants. Overall, I just don't get them. If you'd ask me, I was the one using her all the way and yet she cleaned up my place furthermore, leaving a memo behind which made no sense whatsoever. Whatever, I could really care less about the girl even though she's from the same guild. Crumbling the note, balling it in my fist, I simply just discarded the thing. It held nothing of unimportance to me besides. Love will always betray you in the end anyway. Sigh, what am I babbling about in my head anyway. Love is such a dim-witted thing, and obviously my logic is that you don't need to have something like love to have sex. The emotion would just get in the way.
What a drag, Lisanna's probably somewhere crying right now knowing the girl since childhood days. Sure I did succeed in sleeping with her and get what I wanted but part of me wasn't very pleased with the outcome. And I wonder why? My mind was filled with more thoughts than usual which were kind of rare since I could care less about things like these. I needed to get my mind out of things for a while and I know just the place to be tonight.
To be continued~
Author's note!
I know this chapter is rather short but please bear with me for a while. Next chapter is going to be longer and exciting so please stay tuned for more! And do Favorite/Follow/ Review this story if you liked it so far! Do give me suggestions to improve my writing skills and pairings too! Can we get at least 25 reviews before the next chapter is up? Aye!
