Yay! Chapter 2! Woo! Don't know why I'm so excited, I guess I'm just a little proud because I've managed to update all my fics today! I just hope they were of a reasonable quality.
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Chapter 2: Forgotten

Gray's POV

"Lucy..." The familiar form of his old friend was standing at his bed side.

She was dressed in a pale pink nurse's dress that was just short enough to get a good view of her lovely long legs. The uniform was also a little on the small side, so it accented her curves perfectly.

Her big brown eyes were a little hesitant at first but then she just smiled warmly at him in the same way she had done all those years ago as she waved goodbye.

It had been so long since he'd seen her; he hadn't spoken to or seen her in 5 whole years. Yet here she was, at his side, in the hospital.

Ugh. The hospital.

As he remembered why he was here he gave a little groan and shifted his arm over his eyes. This action made him wince in pain.

He looked down at his arm.

It was covered in bandages. No doubt to cover the scars and stiches that lined his arm.

"Sir, are you alright?" Lucy looked at him, concerned.

"Huh? Yeah...I'm fine. But why are you being so formal with me?" Gray was wondering why she was calling him 'Sir' when they'd been friends for so long.

"Oh! I'm sorry. It's just that I don't know your name yet. Um, hang on; I've got my clipboard around here somewhere..." Lucy was dashing around the room a little frantically, trying to find her clipboard with all the patients' information on it.

I don't know your name yet...

Those words were echoing around in Gray's head as he stared blankly at the white hospital wall.

"She doesn't remember me." He thought to himself, "How could she not remember me?"

It had been 5 years since the two had parted ways. It had been a long time.

Yet Gray wouldn't have thought that the blonde girl could have forgotten about him already.

"Lucy..." He mumbled to himself.

"Yes, my name's Lucy!" She flashed her little white name tag that rested over her right breast. " Sorry I didn't introduce myself. Well, I guess it's a good thing I wear this name tag or nobody would remember who I am. Aha, see I always forget to give people my name. But I'm surprised you could read it from there. You must have really good eye sight. You're lucky. I have a friend who's blind as a bat, can't see a thing...Hey...Sir? Are you ok?" She stopped her rambling and looked at him, cocking her head to the side as if to get a better look at him.

"Huh? Oh yeah...I'm fine." Gray had blanked out for a bit. He could hardly believe that she'd forgotten about him.

"Oh!" Lucy let out a gasp, momentarily distracted from her patient as she had finally managed to find her clipboard.

Gray watched her as she bounced over to a nearby chair, picking up her bright green clipboard.

"So..." she flipped through a couple pages, "Your name's Gray Fullbuster, correct?"

"Yup, that's me." Gray mumbled, avoiding her eyes.
"And you're here because...Um...You cut yourself too deep...?" She looked uncomfortable. It was a normal reaction. Most people reacted in such a manner when they discovered his secret. Self harm was not a socially accepted thing.

If you were to take a knife to your skin people would consider who as an "Emo" or a "Freak".

But for Gray, it was just his form of coping.

"Yes." He replied, shifting his eyes to look deep into hers.

She moved to take a seat of one of the chairs close to his bedside.

"I-if you don't mind me asking..." She looked down at her hands in her lap, uncomfortable, "Why do you do it? Self harm, I mean."

Gray wasn't sure how to reply. He'd never told anyone why he did it, not even his closest friends.

"You wouldn't understand. No one would." It was his turn to feel uncomfortable as he looked down, avoiding her gaze once again.

Lucy's POV

Lucy was a little hurt.

She didn't know why she was asking the stranger for a reason as to why he cuts himself. She didn't know why she felt so close to him even thought they'd just met. There was just something about this guy that made her feel safe and warm. She felt as if she could trust him.

But the fact that he'd gone and said that she wouldn't understand kind of stung.

She couldn't pinpoint the exact moment, but not long after he'd started talking to her, a switch inside of him seemed to flip.

He had started to become vacant and blank. It was like he couldn't concentrate properly. Something must be on his mind, something big.

She just wasn't sure what it was.

She was about to say that he shouldn't judge on appearances when two people, a girl and a boy, walked into his hospital room.

The girl had long, scarlet coloured hair and dark brown eyes. Her mouth was set in a firm line and she appeared as if she was trying to act serious and tough.

Although the redness of her eyes gave her away. She'd very obviously been crying.

The boy however was smiling weakly, trying to look a little supportive. He had pink hair and greenish-brown eyes. His fists were clenched by his sides and he was clearly very uncomfortable.

The two had obviously never encountered a situation such as this.

Lucy felt sorry for them; it must be hard to see their friend in this state.

The boy had lost a lot of blood and almost died, those two were probably the ones who found him and called the ambulance.

"Gray! How are ya buddy?" The pink haired boy bounded over to him, trying to act as happy as humanly possible.

"Fine." Was all he said in reply.

"Gray...You had us all worried!" The red head scolded.

"Mmm." Lucy had begun to realise that he didn't say much.

The boy turned around suddenly, as if sensing Lucy's presence for the first time.

He bounced over to her, "Hello there! We've never met, I'm Natsu Dragneel!" He seemed over enthusiastic and was trying way too hard to act normal around his hospitalised friend.

"Aha," Lucy laughed a little, "I'm Lucy Heartfillia. I'm Gray's nurse. So as of today I will be taking care of him until he is released from hospital."

"Nice to meet you, Miss Heartfillia." The girl turned her head towards her, "I am Erza Scarlet. The two of us are his flat-mates."

"Oh I see," Lucy nodded, "Well, I'll leave you guys to it. But I'll be back in about half an hour, ok?"

Erza and Natsu nodded whilst Gray stared out the window.

Lucy left without another sound.

She felt strange. Something she'd never felt before. But she just could understand what it was.

Perhaps she was just curious about Gray Fullbuster's condition, after all, she'd never come across a case quiet like his.

Although he was her first patient, she had accompanied many other nurses' during her training and had never actually seen a patient like him before.

He intrigued her.

His silky black hair that seemed slightly unkempt and those dark, sorrowful eyes that stared in her soul.

His soft-looking pale skin and well sculpted muscles.

Those perfect, luscious lips. They looked so lovely and kissable.

Wait, what?

"Slow down Lucy! Just where the hell is your mind wandering off to? You just met the guy. Seriously, you don't even know anything about him!" She scolded herself internally.

Why all of a sudden was she thinking about how kissable his lips were when she'd only just learned his name around five minutes ago?!

She mentally slapped herself for getting way too far ahead of herself.

"Geez. It's been way to long since I had a boyfriend..."

As Lucy lay awake in bed that night, her mind couldn't help but turn to the mysterious Gray Fullbuster.

What exactly was it about him that intrigued her so much?

She was curious about him. She wanted to know more. Not just about his condition but about the real Gray. She wanted to know what he was feeling and how to help him. Yes, she wanted to help him. To heal both his mind and body.

Or maybe she just wanted all of him.

All to herself.

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End of Chapter 2! I can't help but feel that this chapter is a complete failure. *Sigh* :P
I feel bad that I've put Gray and Lucy in such a terrible position but I was in a depressed mood and wanted to write something sad and a little relatable. But I think I failed miserably. Oh well!
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