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Next: I'm sorry if it took so long ^^" I ran out of ideas and my inspiration flew off somewhere so I did a lot of spacing out and daydreaming. Even played Be As One(FT Ed 6) over and over xD But all thanks to rewatching Oracion Seis Arc's GraLu moment, OM! So happy :DD Ahehe But... I'm not really sure if this one would suit your interests Gomen, ne if that's the case T.T
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Chapter 5: Unseen Miseries
The sound of the door being slid open caught the attention of the whole class. From the door frame stood a familiar figure for this particular class. A man with very long, light-green hair with greenish-blue eyes stood by the door, eyes glaring at his students. "Take your seats already." were the first words to come out of his mouth. He made his way towards the teacher's table after closing the door behind him. "Celestine, you aren't supposed to enter the room yet." He strictly reminded, giving Loke a scolding glare.
"My bad!" answered the said guy as he gave out a grin with matching peace signs. The instant their school principal allowed him to head for his designated class, Laxus was left alone in the office, dumbfounded. It was as if a gust of wind passed by and Ta-da~ Loke is out of sight! Since they're transfer students, they have to repeat a year, thus, Loke being in the same year as Lucy, much to his contentment, and Laxus a year ahead of them.
"Nevermind. Celestine, come in front, now. " their teacher demanded."Make introductions quick."
As Loke took his time walking in front of the class, Freed wrote the transferee's name on the board, only to be disturbed and annoyed by the snoring of a certain pink-haired lad. Just like that, the chalk he held in his hands crumbled to pieces. "Heartfilia, do something about that." He ordered, pointing a finger at the sleeping Natsu in front of Lucy.
"Nothing would work sensei!" Gajeel interrupted. "You know how he sleeps like there's no tomorrow."
Lucy could only stare at her childhood friend in disbelief while Freed just had to admit that what Gajeel had just said is true. Hyperbole or not, once Natsu falls asleep in class, he won't wake up 'til last period. That's just how Freed sees it. He sighed and gave Loke who happens to be comfortably seated on the teacher's table a look. "Done yet, Celestine?"
"Huh?" Loke blinked a few times before finally realizing what he should do. "Oh... I'm Loke Celestine. I'm supposed to be a year ahead but since I'm a transferee I'm here with you guys."
Gray leaned in closer to his seatmate, Lucy. What Loke said afterwards, he didn't care to know. "I can't believe they were actually telling the truth about transferring here."
Lucy placed a hand over her mouth and let out a laugh. "It's fine, right? Onii-chan says that Grandpa allowed him to study in Japan for a while to be with me and Papa. I'm not really sure why Loke's here though. They're supposed to be studying Business Management in America, right? Well, Onii-chan has his reason. It's been years since his last stay and he says he really wants to stay with us for a while."
Gray mumbled a 'hmph' and crossed his arms over his chest, his back leaning at the back of his chair. "If I know..." he paused and switched glances between his cousin and Lucy. "He's still after you, Luce."
"You think so?" asked Lucy, not quite believing Gray's opinion. She rested her chin over her folded hands as she stared at Loke. "I'm sure I rejected him already."
Gray ruffled his hair in irritation when Loke gave Lucy a flying kiss, giving his opinion a confirmation. "Why else would he be here?" he said in a tone of annoyance. "He just doesn't know when to give up."
Levy tapped Lucy's shoulders and leaned in closer to her. She sat on Lucy's right side while Gray on the other side. "Ne, Lu-chan, I think Gray is right. He comes home every chance he gets ever since he met you, right? Even though they're on boarding school..."
Lucy closed her eyes and shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know anymore. He's a good friend of mine. That's all."
"Can I go now?" asked a bored Loke. He received an immediate no from Freed, much to his dismay. "Why?"
Freed ignored his question and wrote another name on the board. "We have quite a lot of transferees today, two for this class." He dusted off his hands and looked at the closed door. "You can come in now."
"Are you sure it's alright to leave him like that?" Lucy asked, hints of guilt evident on her doll-like face.
On the contrary, Gray shrugged his shoulders, hands on his pockets and back against the wall. He sat comfortably on the floor with Lucy beside him at the rooftop. "Let him be. He probably slept late last night. If he keeps that up, he may really not wake up 'til last period. What I'm worried about is..." he paused and gave Lucy a look to which the latter immediately understood for she gave out a nod in response.
"That transferee... you know her right? She just called Freed-sensei 'Onii-sama' right? And, isn't she..."
Their conversation was interrupted by the sound of the door slamming open. For a sound loud enough such as that to be made must've been because of someone hot-headed enough to barge in without even caring about the welfare of the poor door. Somehow, Gray knew what it was, rather, who it was.
"Lucy, Fullbuster, why the hell are you together?" an arrogant voice said, nearing the two.
"Can't we just have lunch together as usual?" Gray countered back, somewhat irritated.' For Pete's sake, why is he so protective of his sister anyway? Is this what they call 'like father, like son' thingy?' he thought to himself.
Laxus raised a brow and squatted on the floor. "If you say so?" he answered hesitantly. "Better not be more than that."
Gray rolled his eyes and grabbed something to drink from Lucy. "Have you heard of sister complex?" he said with a familiar smirk for Lucy. Yup, he's definitely teasing him.
Thanks to that, he received a whack on his head from Laxus. "Shut up!" exclaimed the blonde-haired lad. "Not happening, definitely." He stated, loud and clear. He even crossed his arms over his muscular chest to denote superiority.
"Ouch!" Gray whined out, hands over his aching head. "Geez, can't you take a joke?" he barked at Laxus. "What brings you here and—"
"Why are you such in a bad mood?" Lucy continued, pointing a finger at the almost broke-down door.
Laxus closed his eyes to think for a while, recalling his true intention of barging in the rooftop. "Oh! Lucy, why didn't you tell me?" he then exclaimed, grabbing both of Lucy's shoulders and shaking her a bit. He clicked his tongue when Lucy gave him a confused look."That bastard Lyon! I heard from Ultear."
The mention of Lyon's name brought obvious hints of sadness in Lucy's chocolate orbs. She looked away and covered her eyes with her golden fringes. "W-what about him?" she managed to say hesitantly. "W-what's w-wrong with him?" she lifted her face up and gave her brother a forced-up smile, her voice trembling a bit as she speaks.
"Lucy..." Laxus uttered, his brows furrowed in disbelief. "What the hell are you saying? He got together with Ju—"
Gray placed a hand atop of Laxus's shoulder and signalled him to not bring the topic up. "Let's go, Luce." He grabbed a silent Lucy by the wrist and dragged her out of the rooftop to leave a perplexed Laxus behind. Much to the raven-haired boy's surprise, Laxus didn't beat him up for ordering him around. 'Guess he understands better...' was all Gray could think of.
"Ne, Gray?" Lucy mumbled softly but it was loud enough for Gray to hear and for him to stop on his tracks. They now stood at a somewhat empty hallway with Gray still holding on to Lucy's wrist tightly. He took the lead while Lucy trailed of behind him.
Gray tensed up a bit, coughing softly to compose himself. "S-sorry, I did it agai—" Before he could even finish, Lucy hugged him from behind, cutting his words and almost causing his heart to burst from pounding like crazy.
"Thank you. I don't know what to do anymore without you..." she voiced out, burying her head onto Gray's back.
"You crying?" Gray sighed as he gently placed a hand on Lucy's arm that held unto him tightly, only to receive a soft no from the blonde. "Liar. My back feels cold. Your tears got me wet already. Geez, why are such a crybaby?" he messed his hair up and pretended to not mind Lucy's crying but deep inside his concern for the blonde is driving him crazy. Adding up to that is how he felt like dying from the stinging pain in his chest for he knows better why Lucy's crying like this.
"Sorry. Sorry, Gray." Lucy managed to say between her sobs. "For causing you trouble..."
"Silly girl." said Gray as he turned around to face his best friend, bringing her to a warm hug for comfort. "Don't worry about that. Until you're at your max happiest again, I'll be fine just being here."
Lucy chuckled at how her best friend could say such a cheesy line but somehow she had to admit, it lightened her up a bit. "Just like that dream..." she closed her eyes and nuzzled herself into Gray's arms, enjoying the comfortable warmth between them. But her words didn't pass by unheard by the lad.
"Huh? What dream?"
"L-Lu-chan!"
"L-Lucy... G-Gray?"
"PDA huh, Gray?"
"Lucy~ Ultear-nee is so shocked! My dear li'l brother, Onee-chan didn't know about this!"
Breaking free from Gray's tight hold, Lucy blinked several times as she stared at the owner of the voices they just heard. Meanwhile, Gray jawdropped as he gave Gajeel a look who even had his arm wrapped around him. Levy had both hands to cover her mouth, perhaps from shock, and her cheeks flushed in deep red. Erza is burning red and for some reason, she's emitting smoke from her body as her eyes were glued on Gray and Lucy. And typical for Ultear, she had a hand over her mouth but her eyes were sparkling at the scene she just witnessed rather, they witnessed.
"What the hell are you guys saying?" Gray covered his embarrassment up with a serious face. "Don't mind them, Luce." He then said as soon as he got Gajeel's arm off him.
Levy and Ultear shrieked in unison, gaining a sweat drop from Lucy and a 'tsk' from Gray.
"Even for a best friend's level..." Levy began.
"...that's just too sweet!" Ultear continued with a still blushing Erza nodding beside them in agreement.
"Whatever." Gray rolled his eyes and entered the room that happens to be only a few steps away from their location, much to his surprise when he got in, it was empty. Well, almost empty. Only a sleeping Natsu and the two transferees were left inside. "Woah. Where did everybody go? And wait, Loke, stop glaring at me!"
Loke gave his cousin a frown. "Class is dismissed early says sensei." was his response to Gray's question. "As to why, I don't even care. Some sort of meeting... That aside... how come you were hugging Lucy?" he complained, flapping his hands on both sides like a crying baby.
"Not you too." Gray let out a sigh and massaged his aching head. "Why are you guys still here?"
"We can't just leave Natsu, right?" said a certain female. "It's been a while Gray."
"Lisanna..." Gray uttered out, narrowing his eyes at the said girl.
"What? You know her, Gray?" Loke asked, switching glances between Gray and Lisanna.
Gray gave out a nod and sat on a nearby desk, hands inside his pockets. "Obviously yes. She's Natsu's childhood sweetheart. Or so I'd like to say..."
"Now that you mention it... I forgot her name so I didn't notice at first."
Lisanna just gave out a smile and settled her eyes on the pink-haired youngster before her. Her smile grew wide when Natsu began to open his eyes slowly. "Natsu!" she exclaimed in glee.
Natsu stretched his arms, yawning lazily. "Morning..." he said, still clearing his blurry vision by blinking several times. He turned to Loke then to Gray and lastly at Lisanna. "A dream? Where's Lucy? Man, don't tell me I slept all day? I even stayed up to give her a present. Speaking of which, where's everyone?"
"Lu-chan went to the Nurse's Office." answered Levy who just came in with Erza and Ultear behind her while Gajeel leaned on the door frame.
"Why?" Gray jolted up and asked.
"Chill, Laxus gave your brother a punch so she went to check on him." Gajeel explained.
Ultear sighed, placing a hand on her cheek. "Now, I feel bad about telling Laxus. You know how hard I slapped him last week right? I hope he still gets to keep his handsome face."
"Huh?" Natsu mumbled, not quite getting the conversation.
Lisanna jerked him by the sleeve of his uniform to catch his attention. "Natsu..." she called out with hopeful eyes. "Do you... recognize me?"
"Who in the world are you?" Natsu immediately said, raising a brow at the silver-haired girl.
"What are you saying Natsu? She's Lisanna! Don't you remember?" Gray yelled out, somewhat puzzled that Natsu didn't recognize the said girl.
Natsu closed his eyes and took deep breaths with his arms crossed across his chest, as if in deep thinking. "Lisa... Lisa... Lisanna?" he finally said, now eyeing Lisanna.
"That's right, Natsu. It's me Lisanna!" she confirmed happily, placing a hand over her chest.
Natsu gave out a smirk. "Oh... Lisanna!" he began, his eyes turning cold. "That girl who left me without even saying a word!" He said enthusiastically. And no, he's not that dumb to not notice how rude he sounded like. It was on purpose and he really didn't care. "Now, I remember..." he grimly said as he grabbed his bag, turning his back on Lisanna.
Lisanna's smile was slowly turning into a frown but she desperately kept it plastered on her face. She eyed the ceiling, pleading the tears forming on her cerulean orbs to stay put. "Natsu... you see..." she tried to say despite her trembling voice. She wanted to cry badly yet she can't...
"I'm gonna find Lucy." Natsu cut off and headed for the door, not even caring about Lisanna. "Later! Loke, Gray and you guys!" he waved them goodbye and rushed off.
With that, Lisanna fell on her knees, finally freeing the tears from her eyes that have been building up for a while now. "I'm sorry, Natsu..."
~Meanwhile~
"L-Lucy-chii?" Lyon's eyes went wide at the sight of Lucy by the door. "W-why?"
Lucy gave him a dim smile and placed a hand over the bruise on his face the moment she's near enough touch it. "Sorry, you weren't doing anything and Onii-chan just..." her eyes went teary and Lyon just went into panic mode. "Geez, it's so swollen..." she said, wiping a tear.
Lyon looked away to avoid eye contact and to hide the light shades of red on his face. "T-that..."
"Where's Juvia-san?" Lucy cut off, grabbing a bottle of cold water from her bag.
Lyon looked at her from the corner of his eyes and felt a sting of guilt when he saw pain in Lucy's eyes at the mention of his girlfriend's name. "Went to buy some bandages... since the clinic doesn't have any..." he said hesitantly and soon felt something good on his swollen cheek.
Lucy placed the bottle of cold water on Lyon's cheek and forced him to lie down on the bed to rest to which the latter had no other choice but to obey. "This is all I could get along the way, but it helps somehow, right? How have you been? It's been a while since I last..." she paused when Lyon took hold of her hand and clenched it tightly without even saying a word. "...saw you."
"You probably hate me by now..." she faintly heard him say but she decided to pretend to not hear for she thinks it would be for the better.
"Ever had the feeling of how you try so hard to fight your feelings for someone but..." she mumbled while Lyon closed his eyes for a snooze. "...everytime you're in that person's presence, you just can't help but fall over again." She took in a deep breath and watched how Lyon slowly drifted to sleep, his hand still holding hers. "Just when I was about to give you an answer... you just had to give me a 'surprise'. Baka-Lyon..." her eyes softened at the sight of Lyon's sleeping face. She leaned in closer and gave him a soft kiss on the forehead. "Suki dayo, Lyon-kun."
She gazed at his sleeping figure lovingly, caressing his cheeks and playing with his soft bluish-white hair in the process. "Lyon-kun... it's getting late. Wake up. " She poked him on the cheek, finding it cute of the guy to mumble some words she couldn't understand in his sleep. "Sleep talking?" she chuckled while Lyon kept on mumbling in sleep. She twirled some strands of the lad's hair between her fingers and continued to stare at his sleeping face.
"Lucy-chii..." Her eyes went wide. The only word she was finally able to make out from Lyon's sleep talking happens to be a name. A name she held noteworthy but at the same time, hearing that name especially from Lyon crushed her heart into pieces. It couldn't be any worse is what she thought. "...don't go." The words that came after were worse than she could've imagined.
She stood up and leaned on the window pane, letting out a deep sigh as her tears freely escaped from her dark-blue orbs. "Juvia... didn't know it'd hurt this much." She grabbed her hankie and let out a sneeze. When she finally composed herself, she stared at the sleeping lad, eyes full of sorrow. "Just when would you reciprocate Juvia's feelings?"
A/N: Please don't kill me! T.T Ahehe my hands were itching to type the last part and I knew I just had to put it in xD Truth is, I'm pretty nervous of posting this chapter T.T
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