Finally I uploaded this chapter! I'm so sorry! I thought I can post this sooner but whenever I get back from school, I just ended up sleeping without eating dinner. I can't believe that this Intramurals will tire me up so quickly. I hate Intramurals! Why? Because I always run out of money! There are so many foods sold scattered around the school and I can't take to just look at it! Well enough of that. The important thing is, I finally uploaded this chapter! WooHoo!
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English is my second language and I'm not that good of a writer so I beg for forgiveness if there are wrong spellings or grammar...thank you
Genre: Drama, Family, Friendship, Romance, some Humor, Hurt/ Comfort.
Pairings: GrayXLucy, ErzaXJellal, NatsuXLisanna, GajeelXLevy, LokeXsoon to be revealed?, SeigrainXUltear maybe.
Summary: Gray hates the world for taking his parents away, for making his life miserable. But with his new family, friends and a certain blonde girl, will they make him change the idea about the world? Or will he just hate it even more?
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairytail or any of its characters.
I hope this chapter will satisfy you! Now I present to you Chapter 7! Enjoy!
CHAPTER 7: The Confession
Lucy continued the story, never realizing that someone from behind the bush is still listening to her.
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'It's alright, even if your mom left you I-I'll be here for you, so don't worry, if you want to cry then cry, don't keep your sadness by yourself. From now on, I'll always be here for you. I'm gonna protect you...' with that the girl wailed, and hugged the boy back. She felt safe. She felt happy that someone from this school will become her friend even though she's a nerd that everybody hates. How she wished that this moment would just last forever.
(School Bell)
'We have to go' said the boy.
Lucy nodded. 'Sorry for making your shirt wet..'
The boy smiled and said 'It's Ok! You can cry on me all you want!'
Lucy smiled back 'Thank you!' and they went to their respected classrooms. Little did they know that there is someone watching them.
The next day...
Classes are over and Lucy went to the back of the school to get some cleaning materials; she was on cleaning duty. She was about to grab the tools when she heard someone say 'Well, well, well, if it isn't Ugly Little Lucy!'
Lucy didn't need to look, she already knew whose voice it was, 'W-what do you want from me, Amanda?' Lucy said as she turned her scared face to a girl called Amanda.
'I'll get straight to the point; DO NOT GO ANYWHERE NEAR GRAY! I'M WARNING YOU!' Amanda said giving death glares to poor Lucy.
'Huh? O-Ok, but w-who's Gray?' Lucy asked in a low voice so that Amanda wouldn't get angrier.
'Don't play dumb with me! You know him! You just don't want me to know that the two of you are close!'
'B-but I really don't know him!' Lucy yelled. This cause Amanda to slap her that made Lucy falls on the ground, earning some cuts on her arms and legs.
'How dare you raise your voice at me!'
'I-I'm sorry' Lucy said yelping at the pain.
'Now I repeat, stay away from Gray, he's MINE!' Amanda said, leaving poor Lucy on the ground crying.
Lucy stood up and ran towards her favorite part of the school, the rooftop, the only place at school where no one would bully her, where no one would hurt her. When she got there the boy from yesterday greeted her. 'You're late!' said the boy smiling at her and then his eyes drifted to Lucy's dirty appearance and at the cuts on Lucy's arms and legs. His smile faded and asked, 'What happened?' he asked worried for Lucy and ran towards her.
'I...' is all Lucy could say.
'Are you being bullied again?' asked the boy.
Lucy nodded biting her lips and tears escaping from her lovely eyes.
'Who did this?' the boy asked again. His face darkens. 'Whoever did this will pay!' Lucy got a little scared by the way the boy said that.
'I-it's Ok, I'm used to it.' Lucy said.
'It's not ok!' the boy yelled that shocked Lucy.
'You're hurt! Even if you say that you're Ok I can see that you're not!' the boy yelled as Lucy cried.
The boy noticed how scared Lucy was and realized that he had yelled at her.
'I'm sorry!' The boy hugged Lucy feeling guilty for what he did.
'I just don't want to see you like this. I don't want to see you crying, I don't want to see that you're hurt. All I want to see is your happy smiling face. I want to see the real you, not the scared and sad looking you...'
Lucy got stiff. Why does her heart beats so fast? Why is her face heating up? Could it be?
The boy felt Lucy stiffen and realized what he just said.
He broke the hug and distanced himself from Lucy and blushed. 'Uhm...s-sorry'
Lucy snapped out of her thought and remembered what Amanda told her and realized that this boy was the first boy to approach her. So does that mean that this boy is the boy that Amanda was talking about? She then asked the boy to prove it 'Uhm, w-what's your name?' she asked shyly.
'My name? Oh right I never introduced myself to you haven't I? My name is...' the boy started. How Lucy wished that this boy in front of her is not the boy that Amanda is talking about.
'..Gray, Gray Fullbuster!' he finished.
Lucy's eyes widen.
'What about you I don't know your name eithe-' Gray was cut off by Lucy who abruptly stood up and said 'I-I'm sorry but I'm not suppose to talk to you!' Lucy said running away from Gray.
'WAIT! Hey!...Why?'
Lucy didn't look back, and sped up her running pace.
...
Lucy was running as fast as she could. She didn't mind anyone that had been calling her names as she run by. And as she was engulf with the thought, she didn't notice Amanda in front of her. Amanda grabbed Lucy's wrist and dragged her at the back of the school where no one would be able to see or hear them. Lucy was thrown to the ground again.
'Ahhh..' Lucy yelped.
'A-Amanda...' Lucy said scared.
'I told you not to go anywhere near Gray, didn't I?' Amanda said fumingly and kicked Lucy on the stomach.
'AAHH!' Lucy screamed in pain. 'I-I'm sorry. I didn't know that he's Gray. I-I'm sorry Amanda...I will never talk to him, I'll stay away from him I promise' Lucy said begging. But her heart aches when she said these words.
'How am I supposed to believe you, huh? You just broke your promise!' Amanda said.
'Please Amanda, believe me, I never knew he's Gray until now. But now that I know that it's him that you are talking about, I'll stay away...I promise...' Lucy cried.
'You better be, or else...' Amanda said leaving poor Lucy clutching her stomach because of the pain.
'Why does it have to be him?' Lucy whispered to herself as she continued to cry, not because of the pain but because she had lost someone precious to her; a friend.
...
"Oh how cruel! How could she do that?" Levy stated.
"Wait! How about your Father? Did you tell him about what had happened?" Levy added.
"I was getting there..." Lucy said and continued telling the story.
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Lucy got up as she heard the horn of her Father's car.
She walked towards the car as she wiped her tears and hopped inside not caring about her things that she left on her desk, on their classroom. Lucy's Father was busy talking to his business partner on the phone to notice Lucy. But when her Father looked at the rear mirror, his eyes grew wide and asked 'What happened?' He can't believe at what he's seeing right now. Lucy's beautiful lips are covered with blood, her beautiful blonde hair and her uniform are all muddy, and her arms and legs are full of cuts, here and there. Lucy tried her best not to cry, she bit her lips and said 'I-I'm sorry Father. I got all dirty again. I promise you this will never happen again.' She said afraid that her Father will get mad at her for being so dirty. Her Father threw his phone and hugged her tightly. This is unusual! Usually her father will yell or scold her, even when the tiniest of her hand got dirty, but now even if her whole body is dirty he still hugged her. Lucy felt safe when her father was holding her tightly in his arms. She couldn't believe that her father threw his phone just to hug her and comfort her. It was never like this since her mother died. 'F-Father?'
'Who did this to you?' he asked.
This was the first time she saw her Father worrying about her after her mother died.
'My daughter. My poor daughter. I-I'm so sorry...I'm not taking good care of you. What would Layla say if she sees you like this?' her Father said crying.
Lucy couldn't take it anymore. After her Father said that she wailed, 'DADDY!' she hadn't called her father 'daddy' for a long time now, when he got busy with work. 'WAA! DADDY! I'M SORRY BUT I DON'T WANT TO STUDY HERE ANYMORE! THEY'RE BULLYING ME HERE...I CAN STILL TAKE THE NAMES THAT THEY ARE GIVING ME BUT WHAT I CAN'T TAKE IS THE BAD THINGS THAT THEY ARE SAYING ABOUT YOU! YOU'RE NOT LIKE THAT! I LOVE YOU DADDY AND I DON'T WANT THEM TO SAY BAD THINGS TO YOU!'
'Lucy..' he held her daughter firmly and tightly knowing that, even if he's not taking good care of her daughter, Lucy still love him as her father.
'Alright. I'm going to transfer you to another school' he said to her daughter. 'I'm going to transfer you to a prestigious school, so that you won't get hurt anymore. I know you don't want to enter in a prestigious school but, is that alright with you?' added her Father. Lucy didn't need to think twice and nodded and asked 'When?'
'Tomorrow. I'm going to inform the principal about this. You should say goodbye to all your friends here as well.' He answered Lucy.
But I don't have any friends here. Lucy said to herself. Wait! Gray!
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Lucy continued the story, "The next day, I went to school with my Father, and I saw Gray by himself, he seems sad. I asked my Father if I can say goodbye to my friend and he nodded."
...
Lucy approached the sad Gray and said, 'Hey!'
He looked at her and his eyes widen and then said 'I thought you're not supposed to talk to me.'
Lucy smiled. She grabbed and dragged him on the rooftop.
When they got there...
'I need to tell you something.' Lucy said to Gray.
Gray's eyes furrowed and asked 'What is it?'
'I'm going to transfer to another school...'
'...'
Lucy turned her back to Gray 'This is the place where we first met. Even though I hate this school, I will always treasure this place because...' Lucy turned to look straight at Gray's eyes and smiled her genuine smile.
'...because this is where I met my first human friend.'
'Human?'
'Yea, I have a dog you see...' Lucy said as she smiled.
'...' Gray blushed.
(Silence)
'Gray this might sound strange to you but...' Lucy started walked closer to Gray, building up the courage to say what she wanted to say to him yesterday, and stopped a foot away from him and continued '..I-I L-LIKE YOU!' Lucy blushed.
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"YOU CONFESSED? TO HIM?" Levy exclaimed.
She confessed? Thought Alice.
"SSSHHHH! Keep it down Levy!" Lucy hissed Levy.
Levy covered her mouth and whispered "And then, what happened? What did he say?"
"He didn't say anything...but instead he...kissedmeonthelips" Lucy said.
"What did you say? I didn't understand?"
Lucy sighed and decided to whisper it to Levy. Levy's eyes widen and screamed "HE KISSED YOU? ON THE LIPS?" earning looks from the other students passing by the school yard.
He kissed her? GRAY kissed LUCY? Alice yelled at the thoughts. Oh boy, Amanda will be furious if I tell her this.
Lucy covered Levy's mouth before she could scream again. "I-I'm sorry. I'm just shocked."
"Yea I can see that." Lucy sweat dropped.
"And then what happened? What did you do?"
Lucy continued her story as she look at the sky...
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'I-I L-LIKE YOU! There I said it!' Lucy said blushing.
'...'
Lucy looked at him and he had the same expression on his face. Eyes wide, because of shock, staring straight at Lucy's brown eyes, mouth slightly open and a stiff body, not moving. He's not saying anything, so Lucy thought that Gray doesn't feel the same way towards her. But she felt happy that she was able to confess to him even if he doesn't love her back.
'Well then, I guess this is goodbye...Thanks Gray for being my friend even if it's only for a short time.' Lucy was about to walk back to her Father when suddenly she felt her being pulled and the next thing that she remembered is that Gray is KISSING her?
He's. Kissing. Me. KISSING ME? Lucy thought but didn't push Gray back.
Gray broke the kiss and smiled at her. Lucy's face blushed 10 times of red and covered her lips with her hands. 'Bye!' She said as she ran as fast as she could.
She heard Gray yelled, 'We'll meet again someday!"
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Lucy can't believe on what had happen. She was still running towards her Father's car but then she heard Gray shouting at her from the rooftop 'HEY! I STILL DON'T KNOW YOUR NAME!'
Lucy turned and shouted back, 'LUCY HEARTFILIA, DON'T FORGET THAT OK? BECAUSE...WE'LL MEET AGAIN! I PROMISE!'
Lucy ran towards her Father's car and when she got on, they drove off.
Lucy doesn't know if she had shouted loud enough for Gray to understand her. She hoped he did. She smiled knowing that the boy she loves, love her back.
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"That's when I transferred to our previous school and met you guys." Lucy said.
"Oh."
(Silence)
"But may I ask you, why didn't you try talking to him then? I mean, now that you know that it's him." Levy asked.
"I tried to but, I saw Amanda..." Lucy said as she looks down.
"WHAT! When? Where?"
"Well, remember the first day of school? I saw Gray with two boys, I guess it's the other two, Natsu and Loke am I right? I can't believe that it's really him. I was about to call him when I saw Amanda on the gate. She doesn't seem to notice or recognize me but still, I got frightened. I still don't have the courage to go against her. I remembered my promise to her that I will stay away from Gray."
"Oh...But is Amanda here at Fairytail?" Levy said sad for her best friend.
"No she's not or at least that's what I'm aware about."
"Then try approaching Gray then!"
"I tried my best for him to notice me, I topped the exams, I run in the elections but, he didn't notice me at all...I feel that I'm forgotten..."
(SILENCE)
"And then yesterday, when we were talking in the hallway, I saw him with two guys. They are the guys that are with him when I saw him back when we were first years, and one of the guys he's with is the one who tried to hit on me before, Loke to be exact, and they seemed to be arguing. My heart skipped a beat when I notice him getting closer but I still continue talking to you as if I didn't notice him getting closer and closer by the minute. I noticed that he stopped halfway and staring at me. I thought he recognized me but then he started walking again. I kept talking to you when suddenly someone puts his arms around me, and of course I, Lucy the man-hater, slapped anyone whoever ever tried to hit on her. When I look at the person I got surprised that it was Gray that I slapped. I never thought that he would do that. I don't know what to do. I don't know if I'm going to tell him that I was sorry and I was the girl from before. Then I remembered Amanda. I got scared so, I decided not to tell him and yelled at him saying he's a pervert like what I say to other men and act like a real man-hater." Lucy said still looking down.
"Oh. So that's why I saw you blush yesterday." Levy said smiling.
(SILENCE)
"Hey Levy?" Lucy said breaking the silence.
"Yea?"
"Please don't tell anyone about this."
Levy looked at Lucy and said with an assuring smile "Ok! It's a promise. Now let's go back there! They must've been waiting for us."
"Yea I guess you're right. By the way Levy,"
"huh?"
"Thank you!"
"For what?"
"For listening to me"
"Don't mention it! That's what friends are for, right?"
Lucy smiled.
"Hey Lu-chan?"
"Yea."
"Just act normal in front of him alright! Don't tell him that you know him. I think that's the best thing to do, for now. I'm sure he will remember you someday! He promised right?"
"Levy... YEA! Yosh! Time for work" Lucy said.
Then the two went back to the council room.
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"Tsk, tsk, tsk...Lucy Heartfilia, I wouldn't go against Amanda if I were you. You will just hurt yourself." said Alice from behind the bush, standing up when the two went to the council room.
"Gathering Information about Lucy Heartfilia...Check, now for Gray..." Alice said as she walk a few meters away from the two girls.
..ooOoo..
So? I think it's not good enough...
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NEXT CHAPTER: Camp Basanova and Sorry?
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