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Without further ado, I give you chapter 11!
Chapter 11: Resignation!
Was this person someone I know?
I gasped loudly. Throwing myself at the man in front of me, I hit him the hardest I could with the file in hand. Tears inevitably flowed out of my eyes. It had been such a long time, I …I
I...I...I missed him!
He took all of my hits without a word of protest as he smiled a small smile. Putting both his hands on my shoulders, he tried to calm me down. It worked in a way. My hits slowly came to a stop and I wept on his chest as he put his arms around me.
Wiping my tears I finally smiled. He was back and it felt so good, so nice.
Pulling away I said, "Where were you Loke? The last I saw you was at the Heartfilia mansion before leaving. Y- I left you there under Minerva! Do you even know how bad I felt? And just the day me and Laxus were going to get you out, you disappeared! I tried searching so much but it was as if you and Airies had disappeared off the face of earth and… and- wait where's Airies?"
He didn't answer. I panicked.
"Wait don't tell me something happened to her! NO-no that's not possible! Please tell me she is okay!" I yelled.
"She is okay, Lucy. Calm down. She's home resting." He calmly said.
"Resting?"
"Not feeling a bit well. She wanted to come too but I asked her to rest."
"I see"
*cough* I heard Natsu cough. I immediately turned to him, realizing that I had completely forgotten of his presence.
"If you two are done, can we proceed with the actual purpose of this meeting?" he sounded so angry, almost jealous.
I blushed. When he's jealous, he's kinda cute, almost funny if you ask me.
I nodded.
He started, "so Miss Heartfilia, you are hereby asked to resign from your job. I expect a resignation letter on my desk soon if you please."
I spluttered on my saliva.
"Resign?! Why would I resign?!" I yelled, banging the desk in front of me.
"Because Miss Heartfilia, your performance is not practically as per the company's requirements." Natsu smoothly answered.
"I work day and night, putting all that I have in my work and you're saying it's not as per the company's requirements?!" I yelled.
"Nothing personal Miss, but your regular absentees are-"
I cut him off.
"The hell it's not personal! You and I both know that it's because I left home despite you telling me not to! Seriously Natsu I didn't know you can go to such lengths just because I did not listen to you!"
Loke looked at me incredously. I mumbled a later and he nodded.
Still playing it cool, Natsu said, "Miss Heartfilia, please understand it's nothing personal. Please don't make a scene about it."
The Miss Heartfilia really ticked me off. Why is he addressing me like that?
"Natsu Dragneel! I swear to God that I will never talk to you again if you call me Miss Heartfilia again! And hear this clearly, I AM NOT LEAVING THIS JOB! Just because you're angry and jealous! I swear if we ever get married, I will never kiss you!"
Loke stiffened in his seat and so did Natsu. I blushed. I don't know where the part about kissing came from.
Moving from his seat, he stood up and walked towards me. He neared. I took a step back. Smirking, he moved nearer and nearer. Moving backwards I was trapped with my back to the wall.
He leaned in. My heart beat quickened.
"We could change the kissing part…" he said in a sexy voice before leaning further.
He was almost there, but at the end timing Loke coughed.
We froze. I could feel his breath on my skin.
"Right. Sorry, I just got distracted. Nevertheless, Lucy I want you to resign." He said turning away and back to his seat.
"But why?" I asked in a small shy voice.
"Because, a romantic relationship is not allowed for a boss with a mere employ. Either one of us resigns or we hold our problems out of the office."
"We don't even have an intimate relationship for starters. That's not the reason."
"Damn it Lucy! Don't go being smart on me! It's for your boutique okay?! I want you to achieve your dream before Minerva steps in on our marriage! I want you to put your whole attention on your dream job, that's why! I wanted to hide it but you won't believe any lie!"
I blinked a few times, sinking it all in. I chuckled.
"Well Loke, since I now have no job think we can fix some lunch tomorrow?" I asked turning to look at Loke.
Slightly surprised with my question, he answered,
"Sure but you explain me everything, okay?"
"Deal." I smirked.
Break…
The car moved quickly as I put my head out the window enjoying the air. We were on our way to Laxus's house and Natsu was driving. I sat on the passenger seat while Mirajane sat in the back seat.
"Say Lucy, why is Natsu so gruff and irritated right now?" she asked.
"Oh him, he's just jealous that I hugged Loke" I said teasingly.
"Am not!" he said.
Both, I and Mirajane started laughing loudly.
When the laughter died down, Mira asked,
"Shouldn't Laxus hate you? I mean your late mother blamed you for your death and her remarriage with Jude sir took her away from him, forever. Shouldn't he hate you after that?"
I stiffened. It was not every day that I talked about my mother so easily. Still I answered,
"Nope." I said shaking my head.
"Oh"
"He never blamed me, one of the reasons why I was able to cope up after her death. Even in childhood, he loved me as his little sister. He has supported me ever since daddy died. It was hard but he showed me that I still had family. It was nice though. I finally learned how normal families with siblings worked. Every time I used to come home crying because someone teased me about being an orphan, he would beat those guys up and the next thing we'd know was that gramps would go and apologize to the parent because apparently the person was in hospital."
Mira let out a laugh.
"That is so like him. I guess he's always been the protective one." Mira slowly said.
"Yup that's Laxus for ya" I said joining in the giggling.
"Well that reminds how do you know about Laxus-nee?" I asked super sweetly.
I guess I must have sounded hilarious because Natsu started laughing.
"Shut up Natsu! I- we- we dated back in high school a bit. And then later he had to leave because his little sister was arriving back home. I'll see you again someday were the last words that I heard from him." Mira said blushing red.
Natsu burst into laughter again and this time I joined in. it was just so funny to see Mira, the demon woman get flustered over a guy.
"Mira and Laxus sitting on a tree kissing~" I cooed.
"Shut up!"
All done for this chapter! Hope you like it! Please review! Next chapter:-
Chapter 12: brother-sister complex!
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~Pari!