9: Revelations and a...Surprise.

(Lucy's POV)

"Lector?! What are you doing here?!" I asked, as Lector got closer to me.

"Lucy? What are you doing here?" he asked.

I just crossed her arms and huffed.

"I happen to live in this town, but what about you? Shouldn't you be with Sting right now going to back to Sabertooth or something? Wait…he didn't forget you did he?!" I exclaimed. Lector looked down sheepishly and muttered,

"Well not exactly…I mean I did tell him I was going to try and get something here since it's only found here, but I told him when he was sick so he probably didn't know…that's why he left…"

I frowned, and leaned down to pick him up, much to his disdain.

"That jackass can't even pay attention to his best friend, now can he? Not like I don't understand your position Lector…actually I'm kind of in the same dilemma myself…but come on, I'll take you to my house okay? Then we'll set off tomorrow and return you. Is that all right?" I asked.

Lector looked down at my arms and said,

"Yeah I guess it is."

I smiled and headed on my way back to my house, already knowing that I was already starting to forget all about my stupid best friend.

…..

When I was just about to open the door into the small apartment complex that I lived in, the landlady stepped out of her room and spotted me.

"Oh. There you are. He's already up there if you must know, so don't even bother asking me about him, okay? Oh and I think the other one is up there too," she said, walking off leaving me in the dust just as quickly as she had appeared.

He's already up there? Who is? Natsu? B-but she said that the "other" on was up there too? Wait…what?

I clutched Lector even closer to my body as I ran up the stairs and towards my room. I heard something loud. It sounded like a crash or something.

I swung open the door and was met with…well I'm just not sure what.

First of all there was Sting, who was currently sitting on my desk holding what looked like to be an alcoholic drink. He was also pretty bruised up, which brought my attention to…Natsu.

He, however, was on my bed looking much more bruised up than Sting and he was also holding alcohol.

Then…there was my room, which looked as if a fucking tornado had gone through, plus…there was food everywhere!

"Sting-kun!" Lector suddenly exclaimed, literally launching himself from my arms and towards the idiot blonde.

Both boys looked up and made eye contact with me.

"Lucy! Lector! Lucy, you found Lector! B-but how did ya know I was lookin' for him? I was pretty sure I didn't see you…although *hicuup* that wasn't the only reason I was lookin' for ya!" Sting exclaimed, making no sense whatsoever to me. Natsu snorted and I focused on him as he said,

"Y-yeah right! No….no shit that's not the only reason! Hahahahahaha! That's why you attacked me after all!"

Sting attacked Natsu?!

"NO! You were definitely provoking me to attack you! You were…were askin' for it!" Sting yelled, raising his bottle at Natsu. I noticed Lector just stopped aside and watched the two just like I was doing.

"Nuh uh! I was just in here and *hiccup* y-you came out of…it was nowhere and then BAM, we're fighting and blah blah blah and yeah…I'm hungry! Lushhhhyyyy could you make me something? You have no food left ya know!" Natsu said, just making me more confused.

What… the hell? Why were they acting like so fucking close? And w-why were they drunk?! Why was Sting even here! Hell, why was Natsu here? Why do there have to be so many damn questions?!

I just stood there, too dumbfounded to even move, as I witnessed the strangest sight that I have ever seen occur in front of me. When I realized that Natsu requested something of me, I just slowly shook my head. However, he didn't even seem to notice as he continued to talk with his fellow drunk "friend", Sting, who like Natsu, was now falling so hard into the liquor that he was losing the ability to form complete sentences…not like he could before…I smirked.

"So…uh…what happened exactly?" I asked. I saw that Lector nodded at my question as if he wanted to know too, which he probably did. However, as soon as I asked it both boys started cracking up laughing as they spilled whatever contaminated their minds all over my floor since they started slapping their knees almost in unison.

Damn… just how drunk are they?!

"Uh…haha what's so funny?" I asked, more hesitantly this time. Lector just looked afraid.

"Everything!" Sting exclaimed throwing his hands in his air, looking more carefree than I've ever seen him, which I had to admit, was pretty freaking hilarious… plus a little cute. I was about to respond, but suddenly Natsu had passed out on my bed with a loud grunt.

What the hell?

Sting started cackling like a wild man, and he turned to face me, still laughing his ass off. I only stared back at him, unsure of what was even going on. He gave me a large, toothy grin that actually looked so much like Natsu's that it creeped me out. It just didn't suit him. At. All.

"Hey Lucy?" he asked, suddenly very solemn as he stopped laughing. My eyes only widened as I stayed utterly still.

"Yeah?" I asked weakly.

"You know…this is all your fault by the way," he stated, and just as soon as he finished telling me that, he too passed out as his whole face slammed into my desk. Lector immediately flew towards him, obviously freaked out that maybe he had died or something, but I just stood there for a full second before finally processing what he said.

My fault?! How the hell is this my fault?! Wait… what's my fault?

I glanced at the two passed out males in my apartment and just sighed.

I sat down on the side of my bed that Natsu wasn't occupying and tried to find some room to actually get comfortable in, but I didn't want to wake Natsu up, not like I could anyways…I sighed.

Honestly. It was the middle of the day, and here these two idiots reside, passed out from drinking for who-knows-what-reason.

"Hey Lector?" I asked. The red exceed seemed startled that I still knew that he was even here when I spoke to him.

"Yeah?" he asked, still lying on Sting. I smiled.

"Hey, so I'm bored and hungry. You want to go somewhere to eat or something? These two idiots are obviously not waking up any time soon so yeah…maybe we could go to the library after that? You like books right? I mean…you were in that bookstore, right?" I said. Lector looked down at his paws and then at Sting.

"I don't really want to leave Sting-kun but I'm hungry too…and you don't seem that bad so okay," he mumbled. I smiled at the thought that I would have company, because even if he didn't want to go, I would still have gone.

"Okay cool. Let's go," I said. He nodded and followed me out, glancing back once more to look at what I assumed was Sting. I smiled at his worry, but continued forward.

(Sting's POV)

Where am I?

My eyes snapped open and I found myself staring at hard wood. I immediately lurched upwards and glanced around.

"Finally awake?" a voice that sounded awfully close to Lucy's asked. I turned around to find her sitting down on her bed, next to a passed out Natsu, smirking at me. She also had Lector, my partner, sleeping in her lap so comfortably and soundly that it freaked me out.

"Uhh what happened?" I asked, rubbing my head groggily. Her smirk grew, and she said,

"Like I know. I was actually hoping you would know so that this is all cleared up. Because I have no idea what the hell went on in here, but when I arrived her for the first time today, you and Natsu were drunk."

Natsu and I got drunk together? I only do that with good friends though… certainly not Natsu.

I rubbed my head again, trying to get rid of this aching headache that was now present in my head. Then I realized something.

"You found Lector!" I exclaimed, happily. Lector didn't wake up and greet me with anything as he remained in Lucy's lap, sleeping comfortably. It kind of pissed me off, but I wasn't sure if it was because Lector was actually comfortable sleeping in Lucy's lap, and wasn't sleeping in mine, or if because I wanted to be in Lector's place. I blinked, successfully vanquishing those thoughts to oblivion, as Lucy responded,

"Uhh yeah Sting. I found him, even though he's not supposed to be found, or forgotten." I pursed my lips, not knowing a response to the obvious truth, so instead I just changed the topic.

"Haha so uhh…do you like lemonade?" I asked, glancing around. Lucy raised her eyebrows as she stared at me incredulously. Finally, she started to laugh, and I mean…really laugh. It was so funny and unexpected to watch as she laughed and laugh, still somehow not waking up Lector, but her laughing was just so…happy.

"Hahahaha….d-do I like…like lemonade! Hahaha geez Sting you suck at changing topics! Hahaha weirdo!" she exclaimed between laughs. I started to laugh too for a short moment, before I realized that she just insulted me. So, instead I just sat there a little unsure of what to do.

When she finally stopped laughing, she regained her composure and said as seriously as she could muster,

"Yes Sting, yes I do like lemonade."

I just stared at her, wide-eyed, a little unsure of how to respond. How did this frustrating blonde-haired brat manage to make me speechless? How?!

I just shook my head, and tried to stand up, but the headache managed to push me back down. I saw Lucy smirk. Why do I feel as if out positions has been reversed? I bit back a curse, but otherwise stayed silent. I noticed Lucy shift slightly.

"Uh…Sting?" she asked.

"Yeah?" I mumbled. I heard her sigh of relief. I frowned slightly and stared at her. She stared back, no longer carefree.

"Oh nothing. I was just making sure you hadn't gone deaf or something…" she looked away and I noticed a small blush appear on her cheeks. I smiled cheekily, but before I could say some smart-ass comment, I realized that she wanted to say more, but she wasn't so instead I said,

"Spit it out already."

She looked at me, startled. I raised an eyebrow as I leaned back into the chair, smirking slightly. She looked…troubled. What the hell?

"What's my fault Sting?" she asked suddenly, with a low voice. Her fault…? What did she mean…suddenly it all came back, the memories, rushing in.

Oh.

Oh!

Okay, now I understand. I looked at Natsu, and saw that he was snoring and he looked pretty beat up. I smirked, pleased that I hurt him somehow, that bastard. I noticed Lucy follow my gaze. She glanced back at Natsu and then back at me, as she spoke.

"What is it?" she snapped.

"Oh nothing much….except that I remember what happened," I said, directing my smirk at her this time. It was also pretty fun watching her instantly spring up as a spark shone in her eyes. Strange…

"Really?! So what happened?! Tell me damnit! Oh and you guys are paying for this by the way…" she pointed around the room, but otherwise fixed her intent gaze on me.

"What if I don't want to?" I asked, sitting back down in the chair. I watched her gaze turn into something more "villain" like as she took in my words. I wanted to laugh, but I kept a straight face and just gazed at her expressionless or at least I hoped I was "expressionless".

"Tell me Sting," she snarled.

I shook my head.

"No," I said.

She took a slow step forward and put on her puppy-dog eyes.

"Please Sting? Won't you just tell me? I'll might even let you off the hook for the expenses that you owe me," she said, trying the sweet and innocent route. I smirked and shook my head not even bothering to say anything this time. She glared at me, pissed off.

"Damnit Sting! Why won't you just tell me!" she asked, throwing her hands up in the air.

"Fine…I'll tell you, if I get something in return, and it can be anything that I want, got it?" I said. Lucy just stared at me.

"Well what do you want?" she asked, sitting back down.

"I'm not sure yet, but I'll tell you when I figure it out," I retorted. She snorted.

"That's not fair though…I mean what if you want something that I can't do, or can't afford?" she asked.

"Then it's your problem for ever asking me what happened. So… do you want to know what happened or do you just want to continue not knowing?" I asked, still smirking.

She threw me another glare, before shifting her gaze around the room, analyzing it. She looked back at me with those big, brown eyes of hers.

"Fine. I'll agree if you wipe that damn smirk off your face," she hissed. I tried for a straight face, and actually succeeded. I nodded.

"Okay then. I'll tell you," I said.

"Good," she said, nodding. "Well go on already!"

"Okay geez, calm down Blondie. I was about to tell you but no—"

"Just get on with it already jackass!" she exclaimed.

I laughed and responded,

"Now I already said calm down Miss Princess, but okay. So, I think you know how Lector…stayed behind—"

"You forgot him," she stated, cutting in. I shot her a glare.

"Do you want me to tell you or not Princess?"

"Fine go on, and don't call me Princess jackass," she said, motioning for me to continue. I gave an irritated sigh and continued.

"Okay anyways when I got back home, I realized that he stayed behind, and no do not interrupt, okay so I traveled back to this "wonderful" place so that I could… retrieve him and bring him back home. However, when I was walking around no one knew where he was, and I didn't even know where I was, so finally I gave in and started asking around for you because I knew that you owed me a debt, which I figured could be paid helping me retrieve Lector. And weirdly enough people knew where you were and even pointed me to your hah small apartment and—"

"Damnit Sting! Hurry up, plus how do I owe you?!" Lucy exclaimed, cutting in again.

"For fucks sake Blondie, would you shut up. I'm trying to explain what happened to you, who was the one who wanted to know in the first place!" I snapped at her, my irritation growing by the second. Why the hell did I want to see her besides to get help with finding Lector anyways?! What the hell is wrong with me?! She crossed her arms and just sat there, still glaring at me and I had to bite back my smirk.

"Okay so basically when I got here…Natsu was here, and err…somehow we ended up fighting. However, after that he…guessed something about me after I accidently…accused him of something and then we made nice and started to get drunk so we could rid of the pain. I'm pretty sure that I won the fight though," I stated proudly. Lucy just looked at me incredulously.

"Uhh Sting?"

"Yeah?" I asked, still biting back that smirk.

"That explains almost nothing. I mean, hell, could you get more vague with it?! Why did you fight?! What did he guess?! What did you accuse him of?! Why the hell did it have to be in my apartment?! Seriously, you could have gone outside and fought out there but no you just had to destroy my apartment jackass," she screamed at me.

I flinched back.

"Look Blondie," I said standing up and walking towards her. I leaned in so that our noses were almost touching, and she froze with wide eyes.

"You never told me that I had to explain every single fucking detail now did you? I don't have to tell you why because in the grand scheme of things, it doesn't matter. We fought and got drunk, that's about it," I hissed.

Honestly, there was no way in hell that I was ever going to tell her why I got pissed at Natsu. If I told her that I was jealous then she would just laugh in my face and…wait.

What the hell did I just think?!

Me?

Jealous of Natsu?!

No… no way in hell.

You know you are Sting. You know you were jealous of—no still are jealous of him.

I shook my head furiously, causing a raised eyebrow from Lucy. I glanced down her face, and found myself staring at her lips. They were right there and if I leaned in just a bit, I could kiss her. Easily.

What the hell are you thinking, Sting?

My eyes stayed on her lips, and suddenly I knew what I wanted.

I knew what I wanted.

I knew it.

I've known it ever since she slapped me.

Damnit Sting, how could you?

How could you?!

I found myself leaning in, and I noticed that Lucy was still frozen in shock. A blush spread across her cheeks, but I kept leaning in.

I know what I want.

How could you Sting?! How?!

Her breathing had stopped and I heard a loud pounding in my ears. Was that my heart, or was it hers? Why wasn't I stopping? Why did I have to realize something so idiotic now?!

I know what I want.

So do it. Take what you want Sting…

but… but how could you?!

I leaned in even closer pressing my lips against her, causing her whole body to become absolutely frozen with what I guessed was shock. Trust me Blondie, I'm shocked too.

How could you?!

Her lips felt so warm and I pressed in even harder.

How the hell could you fall for someone like this? How could you let yourself fall for someone who's a Fairy? How could you?! How could you fall so easily?!

How could I fall for Lucy Heartfilia?!

*If you guys are freaking out hard right now then I wish I could be there to see it. Haha well probably the biggest cliffy yet, right?! And ooooh what's going to happen? Hmmm?! And actually this was actually hard to write…I'm not sure why. Anyways keep reading, and keep reviewing! ;)

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