Chapter 2: The past
Flashback:
"Lucy" a gentle voice said.
Lucy turned around and found that her mother was calling her. She stood up and walked towards her.
"Lucy I want you to meet some people." Lucy's mother said giving her an angelic smile.
As Lucy leaned to her right, she saw one blonde boy and one dark-haired boy who were about her age that were still tugging onto her mom's dress. Lucy's mom gave both boys a reassuring smile which made them finally release their grip off her.
"Hi my name is Lucy. What's yours?" As Lucy smiled making the first introduction between them.
"My name's Sting" said the blonde boy who was looking at a different direction.
"My name's Rogue. Nice to meet you Lucy-chan" said the black-haired boy giving Lucy a big smile.
Lucy's face blushed when she saw Rogue's smile to her. Lucy's mom just smiled at them."What a beautiful sight to see." She said to herself.
"Now Lucy," as Lucy's mom called out for her attention. "Your father and I agreed that you can go out of the mansion whenever you like if Sting and Rogue are always with you whenever you go out."
Lucy's eyes widened with happiness in it. She quickly hugged her mother and turned around and hugged the two boys with delight. Rogue didn't mind so he hugged her back while Sting just turned red.
"I'll be going now, Lucy, be nice to your new friends." Lucy's mom said before leaving the room. Lucy nodded to what her mother asked her to do. When Lucy turned around, she saw that Rogue was still smiling while Sting was red as a tomato.
"Do you want a tour of the house?" Lucy asked in a cheerful way. Both boys nodded. After touring the two boys around the house for like 4 hours, the three children finally stopped in a balcony. Just by smelling the fresh air, Lucy felt that it was her first time to be out of her room. While Sting looked at his surroundings, he noticed that Rogue has been looking at Lucy for a long time now, with a sweet smile on his face.
"You like her don't you, Rogue?"Surprised by what his friend said he didn't response. Being friends with Rogue for so long Sting would know if Rogue is interested in something.
"Well that makes the both of us." Sting said smiling at Rogue. Uninterested in what Sting said, Rogue just kept his eyes on Lucy.
3 weeks later…
After having a well-balanced meal, Sting, Lucy and Rogue were ready to go out. This has been a routine to them every morning ever since Sting and Rogue came to the Heartfilia's estate. But before leaving, Lucy's father caught the attention of the three children who were about to run out of the dining room.
"Rogue! Sting! Always keep in mind to never lose the sight of my daughter while you're out of the house, okay? Nowadays people would do anything to get a family's fortune." Lucy's father said with a strict voice.
"Don't worry sir; Lucy is in good hands, right Rogue?" Sting answered with a reassuring voice even though he felt a bit shocked when Lucy's father shouted out their names. Rogue nodded at Sting's statement.
"You may go now… take care." Were his last words before they left the mansion. Today they decided to have a picnic in a nearby stream. While Lucy was skipping so happily bringing the picnic basket, Rogue and Sting heard a rustle in one of the trees with their keen sight they noticed an unknown man trying to aim Lucy with an arrow. As the assassin let go of the arrow, he thought that it would definitely hit Lucy but to his disappointment Sting caught the arrow before it even got closer to Lucy's head.
"What do you think you're doing to Lucy-chan?" an angered voice said. Feeling a bit afraid to look at his back, the assassin slowly turned his head around and found something shocking. It was Rogue who was surrounded by an evil aura which made the assassin screamed like a girl. Noticing the scream, Lucy looked back and saw that Rogue wasn't with them.
"Where's Rogue-kun?" Lucy asked Sting.
"Oh. He just taking care of a pesky bee he thought that it might stung you." Sting said with a grin on his face. Of course Lucy was gullible enough to believe Sting's lame excuse.
After a while Rogue came back a flower on his hand, he walked towards Lucy and puts the flower on the back of Lucy's ear. Rogue looked at Lucy smiling and said "I'm sorry if you were getting worried about me Lucy-chan." Lucy didn't mind if Rogue was treating her like a child she was happy that he came back. When they finally reached their destination, Sting found a nice place where they could have their picnic. While Sting helped Lucy prepare the picnic preparations, Rogue was just sitting under a tree being a bit tired from tormenting the assassin a while ago.
"Oi! Rogue come here and try some of Lucy's delicious sandwiches." Sting shouted while waving a sandwich in his hand. Rogue gladly stood up and joined them with a smile on his face. Rogue sat besides Lucy while Sting was sitting at Lucy's other side.
"That was some delicious sandwiches." Sting said while rubbing his belly with satisfaction on his face as he fell down to take a nap. While Sting was in a deep slumber, Lucy analyzed her surroundings, thinking to herself that the place was a real paradise when she finally spot that Rogue was also taking a nap under a shady tree. Lucy thought to herself that it was a good timing for her to stroll around the forest and pick some flowers for her beloved mother.
After 15 minutes…
"*yawn* Oi! Lucy, do we still have some sandwiches left?" Sting asked, finally awakening from a deep slumber. Sting blinked twice when he suddenly realized that Lucy wasn't with them anymore. Worried about Lucy's sudden disappearance, he quickly woke the sleeping Rogue from his slumber.
"Rogue, where the heck is Lucy?" Sting said with worried look on his face.
"What do you mean, Sting?" Rogue said, wiping his eyelids.
"Lucy's gone; we need to find her right away." Sting commanded. Finally realizing Sting's point, Rogue's eyes widened. "Let's sniff around to find her scent to know where she is." Rogue said calmly, looking at Sting with a reassuring face. Sting agreed to Rogue's suggestion. The two boys sniffed all around until Rogue finally caught her scent.
"I know where she is… but… Sting we need to hurry." Rogue said leading the way. Sting looked at Rogue's face, he doesn't need to ask if Lucy was okay, just by looking at his friend's face he knows that Lucy's in trouble.
Meanwhile… (At Lucy's area)
Lucy was too busy admiring the flowers that she was picking that she didn't notice that there were two assassins above her.
"He he… killing people for money is such an amazing job," the assassin said inwardly.
"You ready to hit her?" asked the assassin. The other assassin nodded with an evil look on his face. As the assassin was about to release his grip from the trigger, he saw someone carried off with Lucy.
"Crap! What the heck just happened? She was already an open target." As the assassin got annoyed by what just happen.
"Were you targeting on our precious Lucy?" Sting asked, surprising the assassins.
As Sting struggles to get the sniper from the man, the man accidentally set off the trigger which was about to hit Lucy. Lucy closed her eyes, thinking that it will be over soon. When Lucy opened her eyes she thought that she was hit but to Lucy's surprise she wasn't hurt at all but…
"Rogue!" Lucy said as her eyes widened with tears coming out of it. She saw the bleeding Rogue in front of her who took the bullet instead of her. Rogue took a quick glanced at Lucy, smiling. After beating up the assassins, he quickly jumped out of the tree to help his wounded friend.
"Lucy, let's hurry up and get Rogue to the mansion." Sting said, putting one of Rogue's arms into his shoulders. Lucy nodded, wiping the tears of her eyes. As they finally reached the mansion, Lucy's mom quickly ran towards the bleeding Rogue.
"What happened?" Lucy's mom said as she helped carrying Rogue inside the mansion.
"It was my entire fault, if I haven't fallen asleep…" Rogue began to explain but only to be stopped by Lucy.
"It wasn't your fault, Rogue; if I just stayed with you and Sting this wouldn't have happened to you." Lucy exclaimed as tears were coming out of her eyes again. While coming in the mansion, still carrying the wounded Rogue in her arms, Lucy's mom ordered one of the maids to call a doctor quickly.
That night…
Rogue had already fallen asleep after the doctor wrapped his whole stomach with some bandages. To prevent from bleeding again, the doctor advised that Rogue should stay indoors for a week. When the doctor had left, one of the maids holding some clothing, medicine and other stuff for Rogue, was about to go inside Sting and Rogue's room when she was stopped by the young Lucy asking if she can do it for her. The maid hesitated at first but looking how serious her little mistress was, she had no choice but to give her the stuff. Entering the room she saw that Rogue was still lying on his bed sleeping while Sting was sitting near his friend, reading a book.
"Lucy? Why are you still up? Shouldn't you be sleeping by now?" Sting asked, putting the book down.
"I'm here to take care of Rogue until he gets better." Lucy said quietly, not disturbing Rogue's slumber.
Lucy walked towards Rogue's side putting the clothes on his bed while putting the other stuff in a table. Lucy sat down next to Rogue then she started to take off his clothes.
"Lucy! Why are you stripping Rogue while he's sleeping?" Sting asked as he was shocked at Lucy's actions.
"The maid told me that Rogue needs to put on some new clothes and a new bandage," Lucy said continuing to take of Rogue's clothes.
"B-but…" Sting muttered as dirty thoughts were going into his head.
"Don't worry I'll just changed his upper clothing, you can take care of his lower clothing." Lucy said with a gentle look on her face. Finishing putting Rogue's new bandages and t-shirt, Lucy said that she will be in the bathroom while waiting for Sting to put on Rogue's lower clothing. When Lucy was in the bathroom, Sting looked at Rogue and whacked him (slightly) in the head.
"You're such a pervert, Rogue. Letting Lucy change for you." Sting said, knowing that Rogue was just pretending to sleep so that Lucy can pamper him.
"Shh… be quiet, Sting. Lucy might hear you." Rogue said rubbing his head in pain.
"Why do you have to pretend? You already know that Lucy will still insist to change you even if you are awake." Sting said making a point to Rogue. Rogue just smiled while still rubbing his head, ignoring Sting's complain.
"Here" Sting said throwing the pants and boxers to Rogue. Rogue stood up and pulled down his pants and his boxers so that he can change into new ones.
"You're just jealous that Lucy is paying more attention to me than you." Rogue mumbled to himself. It was no use if he mumbled it to himself since Sting can still hear.
"Who are you calling jealous?" Sting said throwing a book at Rogue which Rogue dodged. While Lucy was still in the bathroom, listening to Rogue and Sting's argument, Lucy couldn't help but laugh when she heard something unexpected.
"Rogue, let's settle this once and for all." Sting said stopping himself from throwing another book at Rogue.
"What do you mean?" Rogue asked curious to know what his friend was talking about. Sting looked up to Rogue with a serious look on his face.
"We know that we like Lucy very much but have you ever thought which one of us does she really like the most." Sting said with questioning tone. Both boys went silent.
"What? Both of you like me?" Lucy said opening the door but to her surprise the two boys was just looking at her, laughing. Lucy was confused. A moment ago they were being serious and now they were laughing so hard.
"I knew you were listening to us Lucy. You know that we can still hear you even though the door was shut." Sting said still laughing so hard. Feeling embarrassed Lucy walked out of their rooms quickly, slamming the door really hard. As she left the two boys finally stopped laughing.
"You think she's still mad?" Sting said still laughing a little. Rogue shook his head with disagreement
"Like you said we can still hear her even if the door is closed." Rogue said a smile on his face.
Lucy was still embarrassed but she wasn't that mad at them. Leaning on their door, Lucy was still thinking about Sting statement "We know that we like Lucy very much but have you ever thought which one of us does she really like the most" when she was suddenly interrupted by one of her maids.
"Miss Lucy, shouldn't you be in bed by now?" the maid asked gently with a smile on her face. Lucy just nodded at her, smiling back. As Lucy was about to go to bed she suddenly thought of something which will make a perfect surprise for her two best friends. Lucy quietly opened the door sticking her head out, looking at both ways making sure that no one could spot her.
"It seems like the entire mansion is asleep, this is my chance." Lucy said softly. When she was finally at Rogue and Sting's room, she gently opened the door to see if they were still awake. When she saw that both boys were already asleep, she gently tiptoed inside their rooms so that they won't be awakened. Lucy made her first steps towards Sting and gently gave him a quick kiss on the cheek which made the sleeping Sting smile a bit without Lucy knowing. Feeling satisfied with the kiss that she gave, she made her way towards Rogue. Before she could even give him a kiss, she gazed at the unconscious Rogue thinking that he really look cute when he's asleep. Snapping out from the gaze, she made her way to Rogue's cheek, kissing it a bit longer than Sting's. As she took her lips from Rogue, she saw that Rogue was smiling happily. Lucy just couldn't help but smile at him passionately. When Lucy was ready to go out, she took one more gaze at the sleeping Rogue who was still smiling. When Lucy had already left, both boys stood up and opened a nearby lamp.
"It seems like she answered the question for us." Sting said looking at Rogue's smiling face.
"It seems so but your not gonna give up that easily, right?" Rogue said holding one cheek.
"Of course not, you know that were still kids so maybe she'll change her mind in the future." Sting said, smirking at Rogue.
Like I promised, I made it longer for you to read
I hope you like this..
Le'Mademoiselle Au-lette- here you go. the continuation of the short chapter and my repayment
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