Sad Savior

„Finally you're here, flames for br-"

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„Greetings, Mister Fullbuster."

There was no flame brain. No typical wide grin. No familiar pink hair.

In front of Gray stood two policemen.

"Hello, Sir." Gray managed to bring out and bowed his head politely.

Lucy had seen his reaction and wondered what was going on, so she decided to get up and walk up to Gray, leaning against his back to look over his broad shoulder. Gray turned his head to look at her, worry plastered all over the male's features. Her eyes widened when she realized that it was not Natsu on the door.

"Good morning, Miss Heartfilia." One of the officers said and offered Lucy a small smile.

Lucy bowed her head and gave the policemen a quick wave with her hand, though remained behind Gray. "Good morning, Officers.."

"I suppose you remember us from the last time." The smile fell from the man's lips and a serious expression crossed his face.

Gray and Lucy both nodded.

The Officer cleared his throat and nodded in return. "Well, we have a suspect. We need to ask you, Miss Heartfilia, to come with us and tell us if he's the rapist."

Lucy gulped and nodded. "Can Gra- I mean Mister Fullbuster come with me..?" She asked shyly.

"Of course, if it makes you feel better."

"Alright, just give us a second to get dressed." Gray said and when the policeman gave permission, he closed the front door. He then turned around to face Lucy, staring down into her eyes, concern written all over his face. "Are you sure you can do this?"

She gave him a weak smile and stared up at him in return. "Y-Yeah, I'll be fine.."

He released a long sigh and nodded his head. "Alright, if you say so. I guess we should get ready now, shouldn't we?"

Knock Knock

"That must be Natsu then." Gray stated and turned back towards the front door, opening it once again.

"What the hell is going on, Ice Princess?" The pink haired male hissed and pointed at the policemen, just when Gray opened the door.

"It is nice to see you too, Natsu." Gray replied bluntly and gestured Natsu to come in, giving the Officers a rather forced smile. Natsu frowned at Gray's behavior and stepped in, closing the door behind him.

"Jeez, Gray, what's with that attitu-" Just when the pinkette was about to finish his sentence, his eyes landed on Lucy, who had been standing behind Gray all the time. "Lucy." He breathed out.

She simply waved her hand and shot him a genuine smile. "Hey."

He hadn't seen his busty blonde best friend in way too long and it was also the first time after she got... raped. He didn't know what he should do though. Could he hug her? Or would she get scared then? He didn't know. And at the moment he didn't care either, so he just wrapped his arms around her and crushed her to his own chest, burying his face in her golden hair and taking in her sweet familiar scent.

She in response, just went wide eyed and tensed in his tight embrace. Gray was the only one, who was allowed to touch her and she didn't know what to do about this. But what shocked her the most was the fact that she felt scared. She knew that Natsu would never ever hurt her in any way, and yet she was so scared.

Gray saw Lucy's reaction and decided to do something about this, so he quickly grabbed Natsu's shoulder and shoved him away from her. Natsu let out a groan of protest and shot glares in Gray's direction. "What's ya fuckin' problem, Ice Prick?! I missed her too!"

Gray only shook his head and looked at Lucy.

Natsu's head whipped to the side, his piercing gaze softening as soon as it landed on Lucy's scared expression. His face went blank and his arms fell limply to his sides. She was visibly shaking.

"Luce, I'm sorry." Natsu stated quietly.

Lucy only shook her head and tugged on Gray's shirt, pulling him closer to herself. The raven haired male wrapped an arm around her shoulders and placed a kiss on the top of her head. Lucy closed her eyes and immediately calmed down. Natsu couldn't help but stare at the two. And Gray knew how much it hurt his pink haired best friend to see this, for he had been madly in love with the blonde ever since. Just like Gray had been. But he had to do this for Lucy's sake..

"It's fine, Lucy.. We should get ready, you remember?.. The policemen are still waiting.." Gray whispered into Lucy's ear and she only nodded her head and slowly let go of the dark haired man. He gave her a reassuring smile and she returned it, before eventually making her way to Gray's bedroom. Gray turned his head to look at Natsu, who was just staring at the empty space, where Lucy had been moments ago.

"Oh man I'm so sorry, I know how much you li-"

"Shut up, Gray. I don't need your stupid sympathy."

"Natsu, listen. Lucy needs us bo-" Gray had raised his hand to place it on his friend's shoulder, but Natsu just slapped it away.

"No, Gray. She needs you. Didn't ya see how scared she was? And when you hugged her, she was totally fine."

Gray was at total loss of words. This wasn't the Natsu he knew.

"I guess it's best if I leave you two alone for now." The pinkette stated without any emotion and stormed out of the door, leaving two utterly confused policemen and a speechless Gray.

Just then Lucy joined the scene, walking down the stairs and up to Gray, poking his shoulder to catch his attention. The raven haired male turned his head to look down at the blonde, no single emotion evident on his face.

"Uhm, where's Natsu?" She asked, breaking the awkward silence.

"He.. He left." Gray replied bluntly.

Lucy brows knitted together and she tilted her head to the side. "What? Why?"

"I really don't know.." The older male answered, releasing a deep sigh.

"Uh, okay.. Well... Shall we go to the police station now?"

He nodded his head and they exited the house, regardless of the fact that Gray was still in his pyjamas. But it didn't really bother him anyway.

When they arrived at the police station, Gray and Lucy were asked to enter a room with a big window. On the other side of the glass stood a man. He looked like he was about 25, had short bown hair and was very tall and masculine. All in all one could say he was an attractive young man and he sure didn't look like a rapist.

As soon as Lucy's eyes landed on the man on the other side of the glass, they went wide and her entire body began to tremble. Gray noticed this and quickly took Lucy's hand in his, giving it a reassuring squeeze.

"Lucy, is it him?" He asked quietly.

She just nodded her head slowly and continued to stare at the man, who had raped her not too long ago. Gray on the other hand had to suppress the urge to just go into the other room and kill the sick bastard himself. But he couldn't do that now, he might get into some serious trouble and he really didn't need that now. And so he somehow managed to keep his rage in bay.

"So, Miss Heartfilia, is that the man?" One of the Officers asked and walked in front of Lucy, completely blocking her view.

She gave the tall man a quick nod and slowly loosened her grip on Gray's hand.

"Alright then. We are truly grateful for your help." The policeman said, giving the two of them a respectful bow, which they returned immediately. "You can take your leave then Miss Heartfilia, Mister Fullbuster." He added and opened the door for them. Lucy rushed out first, but Gray stopped in the doorway. "What will happen to him?" He hissed through gritted teeth.

"He will most likely go to jail, Sir." The Officer answered bluntly.

Gray nodded his head and spat out a low "Good.", before he made his way to Lucy and grabbed her hand again, entwining his fingers with hers. He didn't really know why he did that, but it felt right.

Yeah...

It felt right...