Hiya! I'm so sorry I keep taking so long to update. *sad face* But it's getting so hard to focus. I've been having a lot of sleeping problems lately and some of the stuff in this fic relates to my life. See I have problems similar to Gray in this fic. It's all really tough to deal with so please don't hate me for not updating sooner.
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Chapter 5: Problems

Gray's POV

Morning seemed to come all too soon.

Gray was dreading the events today had in store for him. He didn't want to get up and see a psychiatrist about his 'problems'. He didn't want to have to pretend that he was going out with Erza just to spite Jellal. He had nothing against the guy, in fact, they got on pretty well. He did not want to deal with the pain in his arm that made him gasp every time he moved.

But most of all, he didn't want to have to see Lucy.

Her deep brown eyes that were overflowing with innocence. She seemed so pure compared to him.

She radiated brighter than the sun and her smile was dazzling. Her kind words like little bursts of happiness. Everything about Lucy was bright and radiant. She shined.

And then there was Gray. He was cold and dark. His eyes were enough to make you want to back away in fright. He did not have an inviting aura like Lucy.

It seemed that she was light and he was darkness.

She would be the one who could brighten up your day just by looking at you. Whereas Gray considered himself to be the person who could ruin your day just by walking past you on the street.

He felt as though he was nothing compared to her.

Yet she took pity on him and even cried over him. Even though she didn't remember him from before, she was making her own memories now.

But why?

Why was she being so incredibly nice to him when she couldn't even remember who he was? Why would she even want to be anywhere near him?

There was nothing special about him, at least in his opinion.

Yet Lucy insisted that she take care of him, saying something about how it was her duty as a nurse.

It confused him as to why she didn't just transfer to a new patient to get away from him.

After what he had said last night she would surely be a little freaked out since she didn't seem to remember anything about the two of them at all.

If Gray was in her position he'd be running away screaming about how insane he was.

So he'd come to the decision that Lucy was in denial and was simply ignoring how crazy he sounded.

Although he wasn't crazy. Lucy just happened to forget about the 2 years they spent together as best friends, which only made him look crazy.

He sighed, rolling over in his bed to look out the window.

He was on the third floor of the hospital in the psychiatric ward. He had a lousy view of the car park and a bunch of big grey buildings that towered over this little hospital.

He could clearly see the small red car that was reversing smoothly into a parking space.

Gray recognised the car as Erza's as it was the same blood red as her hair.

He groaned and palmed his forehead with his hand. Just the thought of acting like Erza's boyfriend made his stomach tighten in displeasure.

Why the hell had he agreed to do this for her again? Oh right...because he was causing her to suffer...

No!

Gray wasn't going back to that place now. Especially when Erza needed him. And his arm was still aching from last night anyway. He couldn't exactly go about cutting his bare arms until he was allowed to wear his own clothes, in his own home.

The bandaged arm had seemed like a good idea at the time as he really didn't think that Lucy would notice if there was a few more bloody marks on his skin.

But there was just no space there anymore and if he got caught cutting himself in his hospital room he'd be under 24 hour surveillance.

In fact he was surprised that he wasn't already.

But Lucy had been nice and sympathetic about the incident and warned him that if he was to be caught doing something like that again she'd be forced to call in some people to watch him at all times.

She's also taken away his blade. And that was the only one that he had on him at the time. The rest of them were all hidden around his house in places you'd never find.

He sighed as he focused on the task at hand.

How was he supposed to act? He really didn't know so he thought he'd just let Erza do most of the work.

Suddenly the door burst open and Erza entered.

Her hair was swept back into a wispy pony-tail and she had coated her lashes in mascara. Her lips were glossed lightly with a faint strawberry colour and a big fake smile was plastered on her face.

She looked as if she was preparing to walk right though hell.

The uneasy look in her eyes was making Gray nervous. It was really out of character for Erza to be acting so shifty and on-edge.

"Gray." Was all she said as she strode over to him, replacing the fear in her eyes with a look of determination.

She sat on the window side of the bed, the side furthest away from the door.

Exhaling heavily, she turned to face him, resting her head on her arms, which were crossed underneath her chin.

"You ready?" I looked down into her chocolate brown eyes with a nervous smile.

"Not in the slightest." Erza shook her head, tossing her scarlet hair around her face in the process, "How am I supposed to react when I see Jellal with his new girlfriend? I wonder who it could possibly be... And how the hell could he move on so easily? I confessed to him and he said he'd think about it. I never got an answer...Only the news that he was going out with some girl. And I had to hear it from Natsu of all people!"

She sighed, holding her head in her hands.

Gray leaned forward to wrap two strong arms around her shoulder in a comforting manner.

"Hush now, everything will be ok Erza. Jellal is just as crazy about you as you are about him. You remember how close the two of us are. Jellal wouldn't go out of his way to tell him a lie now would he?"

Erza was looking up at me with hopeful eyes that were so unlike her usual cold expression, "You really think so?"

"I know so." He replied, letting a small grin spread out over his features.

And it was true.

Jellal was completely in love with Erza. Gray was actually quite close to the blue haired boy, so naturally, girls had come up in their conversations more than once. And the way Jellal talked about her, you'd think she was some kind of goddess. The only problem was that his parents didn't approve. His dad was so strict about who he dated and didn't want him to have a relationship with the re head. They were allowed to be friends and that was it.

Honestly, if it wasn't for that, two of them would have been together since Erza confessed.

It made Gray sad to know that the couple couldn't be together.

But Jellal wasn't one to give up on the things he loved. He would find a way to make Erza his, despite his parents disapproval.

But at the moment he seemed to be lacking the courage to stand up to them.

"Shit!" Erza cursed as she jumped up onto the bed, snuggling into Gray's side awkwardly, "He's here, his car just pulled up! What do we do?"

Gray was panicking internally but kept his external composure, "Ok, well this is a good start..."

The pair began to get into position as Gray wrapped his arm around Erza's shoulder, pulling her close. The red head rested her hand on his chest whilst entangling her legs with his.

They looked like a real couple in this position.

"Ok, I can hear him coming... Erza whispered as she looked up into Gray's dark blue eyes, "So...Kiss me!"

"What?" Gray was confused. They didn't have to go this far did they?"

He didn't have time to react to what happened next.

The door was opening slowly and out of pure impulsiveness, Erza lifted her head up so their lips could touch just as Jellal walked in.

Shock was written all over the bluenette's face after the scene he had just witnessed.

The girl on his arm was blushing at the sight of the couple kissing on the bed.

Gray could feel his cheeks burning red as Erza pulled back gently.

He could see the faint red tinge on her face as she turned towards the stunned Jellal.

He watched as her eyes widened in shock and her lips moved to form a name, "M-Mira...!"

Gray inhaled sharply as he turned towards the couple standing in his door way.

But he wasn't actually looking at them, rather the person who stood behind them.

"Lucy..." Gray whispered his voice low enough that even Erza couldn't hear it.

The blonde nurse stood not far behind the couple with her hand on the door as she was the one who had let the pair inside.

Her cheeks were bright red and she was biting her lip in an unsure manner. She held her hand up to her mouth in an attempt to cover the surprised shape of an 'o' that her lips had formed.

She stepped back a little, "Um...I'll be back later...After your appointment this afternoon. Don't forget that it's at 2:30 P.M!" Lucy shouted as she ran off down the hallways.

"Lucy!" Gray called after her as she ran away.

Jellal and Mira were looking at him with questioning looks but didn't ask anything.
Erza was doing the same.

Gray shrugged it off, "Hey there Jellal. Hi Mirajane."

Jellal replied with a warm smile, "How are you Gray?" whereas Mira didn't say anything, just stood her quietly with a shy smile playing on her lips.

"Oh I'm alright, thanks. How 'bout you?" Gray smiled politely, getting a little uncomfortable with Erza being this close to him.

The couple in front of him were staring at them. Gray didn't think that they would've expected this when they decided to pay him a visit. But to be honest, neither had he.

"I'm doing great. In fact, I got myself a lovely girlfriend," He gestured to Mira, his cheeks flushing red as he glanced quickly at Erza, "I believe you two already know Mirajane Strauss."

Gray nodded but Erza didn't say anything. She just gripped Gray's shirt firmly with the hand that was resting over his chest.

It was obvious she was uncomfortable.

He tried to give her a reassuring smile as Jellal began to question him about their relationship.

He sighed, trying to come up with some sort of an answer.

This wasn't going to be an easy day.

Lucy's POV

She could barely believe the sight she'd just seen.

It was that scarlet haired girl from the other day. Gray's flatmate.

What was her name? Erza? Yeah, that was it.

So apparently lose two were dating now.

Gray hadn't said anything about it, but then again, why would he?

She didn't know him all that well.

Although, Gray claimed that they had been best friends for two years until they were separated for five whole years.

She sighed as she walked quickly down the hospital corridors.

Of course he would have a girl friend. I mean, he was a really attractive guy, what with that silky black hair and deep blue eyes.

Hell! He was drop dead gorgeous!

But Lucy couldn't help feel a little sad, almost as if she'd lost something.

She might have even started to like him, despite the fact that he claimed she had forgotten about him and he was a self-harmer. She couldn't help but want him.

She had some small feeling that was growing bigger and bigger by the day.

But he was with the red head now so that meant he was off limits.

Lucy sighed again, rolling her neck to try an relieve some of the tension that had been building up.

She finally started to fall for him and it turned out he had a girlfriend.

How disappointing.

Why the hell does my love life always have to suck?!

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Well there you go. I've finally managed to update this fic. I'm so sorry it took so long :/
Well I hope you like the story so far. Oh, and I'm sorry again, I think I may have rushed the last part a bit. Sorry!
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