Juvia burst into the woman's bathroom to see Lucy hovering over the toilet to throw up into it, the blue-haired woman quickly rushing to her side.
"Lucy! Are you okay?! What's wrong, what happened?!" Juvia shouted as she pulled her hair back and rub her back, the blonde whining in agony. She grabbed some tissues and whipped her mouth with it, her eyes still wide and her face pale as it could be.
Juvia gasped when she saw the look of horror on her face, wondering what had happened before she rushed into the bathroom and started to puke as if she had eaten something rotten.
"Lucy?!" She asked, grabbing her shoulders to see her eyes full of tears.
Lucy let out a strangled cry as all the memories flashed back as she started to sob loudly, worrying the college student who couldn't help but feel fear in the back of her mind.
She quickly stood up and grabbed her shoulder. "Don't worry, Lucy! I'll bring Natsu here, stay, okay? Don't do anything bad!" She shouted before rushing out of the bathroom to go find the males. Lucy just stayed in fatal position, curling up into a ball to curse herself and cry continuously.
She didn't know seeing him again like that would affect her so badly. She didn't know that she would even see him here of all places. Didn't he live where she used to or was he attending some place here?
She felt sick and disgusted, her whole body numb as if she couldn't feel anything.
She couldn't hear well and everything was blocked out of her sense of thought, only that horrid night repeating over and over and over again.
Suddenly the door burst open and came rushing in the three including Freed who seemed very shocked. Natsu rushed on over to her side and kneeled beside her, grabbing her shoulder and trying to bring her back into reality.
All Lucy could see was his mouth moving rapidly and pointing at the other three behind him. She watched as he touched her face and her shoulders, trying to see what the problem was. Before she could witness anything else, everything just went black.
She was young and carefree; a senior in high school with loads of friends and a great boyfriend that was the sweetest he could be.
She was happy, very happy. She had the time of her life in high school. She joined book club with her best friend, was part of the student council, and she was even a captain of the cheerleaders. Everyone loved her and that was when everything went great in her life.
Till the day after prom.
Lucy was awake in her room, her body sore and her head pounding like she had some sort of hangover. She was absolutely dreadful that morning and she didn't know where her boyfriend was. He was with her last night, right after he taken her virginity, they fell asleep together on her queen sized bed.
Her hair was a mess and her make-up was all smudged. Her legs were in pain and the area between, a hiss slipping out of her lips as she was trying her best to sit up.
She looked around her big room, trying to find any trace of evidence her boyfriend left before he disappeared himself, looking to see her phone was on her drawer next to bed. She picked it up and unlocked her phone, seeing she got a text message from him.
Maybe he left her a message that he had to go somewhere. That sort of made her happy till she opened the message.
Her eyes widen in shock and tears pooled in her eyes as she noticed it were her boyfriend and some other girl, in bed naked, together! They looked like they just finished doing what they were doing last night and the caption... it made her sick.
For countless days, she was bed written. Refusing to eat, sleep, talk, or do whatever that was normal. She lied in bed, sobbing herself to sleep and trying her best to forget what happened.
She was killing herself very slowly, the image and the caption he put underneath the picture glued to her memory forever.
Thankfully Levy came and saved her before she actually did kill herself by accident.
But till whatever day, the image and memory haunted her forever.
Thanks for your virginity, we're over you cunt.
"What do you mean she's in a coma?! Will she ever wake up?!"
"Her scans seem pretty normal, she'll wake up eventually... she's traumatized."
"Over what?! What could have made her like this?! Doctor please help her!"
"We're trying out best, Mr. Dragneel... but, we're still uncertain why she just blacked out like that. Did something happen while she was working?"
"No, she was normal. She was perfect... please; you have to help her... I—I can't afford to lose her... she is my everything."
"I'm sorry... all we can do it wait for her to wake up. She will wake up soon since she responded to our scans, please, be patient."
Natsu watched as the doctor gave him a reassuring smile before walking out of the room, tears pooling in the corner of his eyes as he felt a lump in his throat.
Why was the happening to him? Why did Lucy suddenly faint and turn out like that? She's been asleep for almost two days now... he was worried about her. Everyone was worried about her.
He almost died when Erza saw her in the hospital bed, refusing to wake up.
Natsu walked on over to Lucy's hospital bed and grasped her hand, swallowing the cry that was bubbling up within his throat. He gave her hand a squeeze and sniffled, holding it tightly in his large one. "L—Lucy... please, wake up. Can you hear me? Why are you sleeping for so long, weirdo? Were you that tired..?"
He tried to brighten the mood up, biting down on his lips as he didn't want to cry at all. He watched as her chest rose and fell with every breath she took, his hands tightly secured on her left hand.
"Please... wake up... why are you like this? Baby... wake up..." Natsu cried out, sobbing into her hand. He leaned his head against her hand as he started to cry out loud, letting the tears fall out slowly. "Lucy... my love, my everything... my beautiful fiancée... please... I miss you. I miss your smile, your laugh; your screaming and shouting... your voice... baby, please respond, please."
"It's useless; she's not going to wake up with your sobbing and begging."
Natsu turned around and looked to see Gray standing by the doorway, Juvia behind him with tears in her eyes. He pulled away from Lucy and stood up, whipping his eyes to get rid of the salty tears.
"What do you want? What are you doing here?"
"We're here to check up on everything and... you haven't slept or eaten anything for the past two days, right?" Natsu ignored him as Juvia came on over to him, tears falling from her dark blue eyes. "Natsu... I'm so sorry... please, take care of yourself."
"I don't have time to take care of myself... I have to take care of Lucy."
"Go get some rest, idiot. Doing this to yourself won't help; Juvia also packed some food so you can eat it."
"I'm not hungry."
Suddenly Gray shoved Natsu into the wall and slammed his body against it, his eyes glaring into his. "Stop being stupid! You're slowly killing yourself! You need to face the fact that doing this to your body won't help her!"
"What do you know?! Mind your own business!"
"You're my friend! I'm trying to help you! You think you're the only one upset about Lucy being in a fucking coma?! Everyone else is too! Juvia, me, Erza, Levy, Gajeel... you're not the only one who's suffering because of her state of being..."
Natsu watched with wide eyes as Gray pulled back and started to cry a bit.
Ever since they've known each other, this was the second time he's only seen him cry.
"We're all hoping for the best... so you can't fucking starve yourself and not sleep! We don't need another idiot in a coma... you got that?"
Natsu watched as Gray angrily whipped his tears away and tried his best to stop them, his whole body relaxing a bit. A soft smile emerged on his lips and he placed a hand on his shoulder, looking at the man who struggled to stop the tears.
"Thanks Gray... you're the best." He said before turning to Juvia who looked a bit horrified at what just happened. He walked on over to her and grabbed the bag she had, walking on over to the couch. "Thanks for the food! I'll eat it all, just because Juvia made it all for me."
Juvia gasped as he grinned at her, tears pooling in her eyes again. She rushed out of the room sobbing, leaving the males alone in the room again.
"You should go comfort her... she's really heartbroken."
"Yeah... I will. But when I come back, I better see you eating."
"Whatever ice brains." He scoffed, a soft smiling coming to his lips again. He listened as the door opened and closed, a sigh flying out of his lips. He leaned against the couch and ran a hand through his hair, looking at his fiancé who lied on the bed sleeping peacefully.
"Goddamn it Lucy..."
~X~
"Do you like my cooking, Natsu?"
"Yeah! It's really good!"
"Wah! Thank you! I'll make sure to bring you more next time!"
"That'll be amazing! Thanks!" Natsu grinned widely making Juvia smile back. Gray watched from the bed as his girlfriend and best friend interacted, feeling a bit better that Natsu wasn't always frowning and moping around before he came to the rescue.
He let out a sigh before turning to look at the blonde who was sleeping peacefully, watching how she seemed so... blank.
She had no expression; she wasn't sad or in pain, or even relaxed. She was just blank.
"Jeez, I wonder how Lisanna is going to act if she finds out that Lucy's in a coma..." Gray voiced out making Natsu jolt in his spot. He raised a brow at the awkward behavior he was in; looking to see that he seemed a bit nervous for some reason.
"What's wrong with you?"
"Err... Lisanna does know..."
"What was her reaction?"
"Well... I called her couple hours before you came and... Well... she yelled at me."
"Yelled at you?"
"Okay, she threw some sort of loud tantrum. You know, she's pregnant and all, so she fucking blew up on me and the next moment she started to cry and hung up saying she'll be there soon. I'm not sure what's up with her but I know Lucy's not going to be the only one in a coma." He chuckled half-heartedly, a soft pain smiled coming to his lips. Gray frowned and looked back at Lucy, shaking his head. "Man... everything is just so fucked up."
"It's alright... she'll wake up, I know she will... she's Lucy, she just does the impossible."
"Natsu... you truly do love Lucy, don't you?" Juvia asked making him grin bashfully. "Of course I do, she's my everything."
"We all have faith she'll wake up, so please do not stress yourself over her well-being."
"Thanks Juvia," Natsu said, ruffling her blue locks. She pouted and whined as she tried fixing it; the two laughing it out like it was nothing.
Gray smiled at their laughter as he gave Lucy's hand a squeeze, realizing that it was pretty cold. He watched her breathe and look so peaceful, just waiting for her to open her eyes again.
Just thinking about what Natsu was going through... and to see how he was laughing and grinning like nothing happened really pained him.
a/n: pretty sad chapter I could say... Lucy's in a coma. :(
I'm sorry for making it pretty dramatic and sad but y'know, plot twists everywhere. Hope you guys liked the chapter, sorry for it being so sad!
Be a darling and review how much you cried while reading this.