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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 am NOT Hiro Mashima!
Here's chapter 17! enjoy
CHAPTER 17:It isn't a DATE!
Lucy was running as fast as she could. She's late. It's already seven o'clock but she's still far from school. She had told Gray to be at school at seven yet she's the one who lost the track of time.
She got up early for the reservation but when she was on her way to school she saw this cute little kitty. It was surprisingly blue in color and instead of meowing it was saying 'Aye'. Well that will catch anyone's attention.
She was about to walk off and leave the poor kitty alone when she felt it rubbing it's head on her leg. It suddenly looked at her, with those cute rounded kitty eyes, as if begging for some food. And when it had tilted its head to the side, that was what broke her.
"KYAAAAA~!" Lucy yelled as she sat and dove to give the cat a bear hug. She squeezed it tightly, making it meow on her. "You're soooo very cute!" She was shouting everything she was saying. Lucy rubbed her cheek against the cat. "I could hug you forever!" She squealed. Lucy put it down, still smiling. She opened her bag and took some food that she brought for her and Gray's snack for later on their trip to Camp Basanova. She hand it over to the cat which the latter happily accepted. She watched the cat eat peacefully and noticed that the cat had a collar. She looked at it and it says This cat already has an owner. If you ever see this cat wandering around, please, don't take it. It's mine. He'll go home eventually, so don't worry.
"Who would put this message on this collar? First off, it's too long, and how did it fit here? Secondly, how does he know that no one will take it? It's so eye catching! It's blue and I bet anyone would want a cat like this!" She said to herself. She kept staring at the cat and wondered what its name was. Her eyes drifted to her wrist watch and screamed making the cat jump in surprise.
"OH NO! I'M LATE!" She yelled. But before running she looked at the cat and smiled, "I'm sorry but I have to go now! Be careful on your way home Okay?" then she was thinking about what the collar says. She smiled and thought, I guess the owner of the cat really knows that no one will take it huh?
She kept on running just to get at school on time. "Finally!" She gasped, panting heavily, as she walked inside the school gates. It was 7:15 and suddenly, she stopped walking. "Why did I run knowing that he will be late?" She wondered. She started walking again just to be stopped by an annoyed voice.
"You're late!" She froze there knowing whose voice it was. She looked over to see a very annoyed raven haired boy, scowling at her with his hands crossed in front of his chest, leaning on the walls near the school gates.
"Why are you so early?" Lucy asked surprised. Gray twitched and sighed.
"You know, I really don't know what runs in a girl's mind. When you're late, they will get mad, and then if you're early they'll get surprised. Tch! I'm early because you told me to be early today, don't you remember." He said irritated.
"Uhm, yea...I'm sorry for being late..." She said apologetically.
"Why were you late?" He asked as he taps his foot on the ground wanting an explanation, and this, he thought, was the perfect opportunity to get his revenge from all those lecturing he got before when he was the one late.
"Well, I saw a cat." She answered. Gray blinked at her.
"A cat? You're late because of a cat?" he asked contemptuously.
"I lost track of time! And it surprisingly Blue! Can you believe that? And instead of meowing it actually says 'Aye'! That will totally catch your attention!" Lucy defended herself. Gray face palmed. "Happy..." he muttered.
"What?" Lucy asked.
"The cat...its name is happy! Natsu's pet cat!" He said.
"Natsu?" she asked and frowned then suddenly she punches her left fist on her right palm; her face lit up after finally remembering something. "That explains the weird message on the collar." She said. Gray sighed and said "Let's just drop this subject and get on with what we're here for." Lucy nodded. "Here!" said Gray, handing Lucy a paper bag.
"What's this?" she asked taking the bag from Gray.
"Just as mom thought, you will wear your uniform today. So she told me to bring those and give it to you." He said as he looked at Lucy's appearance. She then noticed that instead of Gray wearing his uniform, he's wearing casual clothes (the one he used to wear at Galuna Island, Blue polo with black shirt inside it, partnered with black pants and black shoes).
"Now go and change! I'll wait here." Gray said and leaned at the wall again. Why did Iwear my uniform today? Lucy thought and started walking.
Lucy went to the comfort room and changed her clothes. She got out with a yellow dress that reaches half of her tight flowing nicely. Floral design was imprinted on the dress. It reveals some cleavage and shows her curves which made her looked sexy but not that 'naughty' looking (A/N: If you know what I mean). She wears two inches high-heeled brown sandals to be partnered with the yellow dress. There is also a brown belt wrapped around her thin waist and a white and gold sling bag. To complete the look she found out that Ur placed accessories in it; earrings and a matching bracelet. She sighed but nevertheless puts it on. As she was putting her uniform in the paper bag she saw a make-up kit in it as well.What the! She thought. I will never ever use that! She yelled at her thought and walks to where Gray was. As she was walking, all eyes were on her and felt the heat rise up to her face. This is so embarrassing! She thought.
"Lu-chan?" Lucy heard.
"Levy, Lisanna!" She responded as she turned around recognizing the voices.
"Where are you going? And by the way, you look amazingly beautiful!" Lisanna said.
"Well, Gray and I are going to Camp Basanova to make a reservation. And thanks for the compliment." Lucy answered with a flustered face.
"REALLY? Then we should fix your hair!" Levy asked in glee. Lisanna getting what Levy was pointing out agreed with nodding her head.
"Why?" Lucy asked as she furrowed her eyebrows.
Levy and Lisanna looked at each other smiling and together, they looked at Lucy giggling. "Because this is officially a DATE!" the two said in unison.
"...date?...wait! WHAT! This isn't a date!" Lucy said waving her hands at them while blushing like crazy.
"Oh don't worry and just leave it to us!" The two said grinning hard while dragging Lucy to somewhere. "I said this isn't a date..." Lucy muttered under her breath.
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Gray was waiting patiently for Lucy to finish changing her clothes. How long does a girl changes her clothes anyway? He thought and sighed when he was approached by a girl.
"Hey!" Said the girl. (Ignored)
"I'm Alice!" Said the girl named Alice. (Ignored) Alice twitched.
"Why aren't you wearing your uniform? Are you going somewhere?" She asked again.
"What do you want from me?" Gray asked annoyed.
"Well, I'm just asking..." Alice said holding her anger inside of her. This guy is so intimidating! Why did Amanda liked this kind of guy anyway? She thought. She was about to ask him something again when Levy and Lisanna came shouting and running at the same time.
"GRAY!~" Levy yelled.
"Sorry we're late!" Lisanna said.
There goes my plan! Why do they have show up now? Alice thought in much irritation.
"Late for what?" Gray asked in confusion, much nicer than when talking to Alice, when he looked at girls.
"Here's Lucy!" The two girls said making way for Lucy.
Gray's eyes widen with what he saw. Lucy walked elegantly; a bit shy of her friends' actions, with her hair in a stylish curl and half of it was tied at the back of her head with her bangs hanging on her forehead framing her face. Her dress that fits her perfect body was partnered with light make-up (that Levy and Lisanna saw from the paper bag and decided to put some on Lucy's face even though the latter didn't agree to it) that accentuated her beautiful face. Levy and Lisanna noticed Gray's gaze and giggled. They were sure that they saw a tinge of red on his cheeks.
(School Bell)
"Well Gray, I guess we'll be leaving Lucy in your hands. Take good care of her!" Levy said running towards her classroom while waving her hands goodbye.
"Good luck with your date you two!~" Lisanna teased, but in spite of that happy for it was true.
A date? Alice, who was still there, thought.
"I told you guys this is not a DATE!" Lucy yelled at the retreating back of her two best friends. Sigh. She then noticed someone beside Gray. "Alice? What are you doing here?" she asked.
"U-uhm well, I umh, just got here! By the way you look pretty? I'm going now! I'm late so, BYE!" Alice stutters and waved goodbye.
"What was that about?" Lucy asked herself and her eyes switched from Alice to Gray's eyes that is still looking at her. Again she felt her face heated up.
"W-why are you looking at me like that?" She asked curious of why she is being stared at.
Gray snapped out of his gaze and avoids Lucy's brown eyes while scratching his blushing cheek with his finger. "Y-you look…" he paused trying to think first before looking back at her pretty face and continued "You look weird…" What the hell are you saying Gray? He mentally curses himself as he tried to be serious.
Lucy blinked and her mouth closes and opens but no words came out. "L-Let's get going!" Gray said walking out of the school gates. Lucy just stares at her companion with disbelief. She hastily grabs her mirror and looked at herself.
"I do not look weird! Am I?" she asked herself. She looked at herself more. "I thought I looked cute too." She mumbled and sighed putting the mirror back and followed Gray. Wait! I did not just say that! I'm not here to look beautiful! I'm here for the reservation, and not for anything stupid! THIS IS NOT A DATE LUCY! Snap out of it! She scolds herself and continued walking.
Gray on the other hand was confused. He walks faster sensing that Lucy started following him.Why the heck is my heart beating this fast? Why does she have to be that good looking? Dammit Gray! You didn't just say that! He scolded himself.
He stops under the waiting shed of a Bus stop. Lucy, that has been following him behind, stopped as well but keeping a long distance between them. She seem disappointed about not even been praised for her cute appearance sighed again. Gray gave a side-long glance at her and furrowed his brows.Now what's wrong with her? He asked himself. He was about to ask her what happened when the bus came. He gave the bus a glare and sighed. Lucy noticed the bus as well and started walking closer to Gray.
When it stopped in front of them, Gray was the first one to hop inside causing the blonde to shot him a glare, that he didn't even notice, that made Lucy wants to smack him on the head. I thought he knew the manner of letting the ladies to go first? Is that only for show? Here I thought we were friends but now he's back to his old self! Lucy thought annoyed.
"Hey Miss are you coming or what?" this cut Lucy's thought short. "Yea!" she answered.
When she hopped inside, she looked for vacant seats far enough from where Gray was sitting but found none other than the seat that he reserved for her. Sigh, I guess there's no other choice but to sit there huh?She asked herself and sighed again for the umpteenth time. She walked to her seat and seated herself next to the Annoying cold-hearted pervert that she had ever met in her entire life. Or so that's what she would like to describe him.
Gray just sits there cupping his chin with his left hand and his elbow on the windowsill as he looked outside. Lucy looked at him and rolled her eyes. She opened her bag and pulled a book out from it, opened the book and started to read it.
Silence lingers between the two. Many passengers entered and exited the transportation and still neither of the two talked until a man stopped and seated near Lucy.
"Hey there beautiful!" a lean, brunette, handsome guy, about 19 or so, with husky voice said earning Lucy's eyes but then she regretted her actions. The man is obviously flirting with her. He was looking at her and she knows what a man like him wants.
"Lucy let's exchange seats..." Lucy turned her head to the man beside her and nodded understanding his intentions. Lucy slides to Gray's seat while the latter stands and sits on Lucy's seat. "Why did you move there? We were just having fun, why don't you go back to your seat and-" the man was cut short by Gray.
"Listen here bud, I'll give you a choice: one, you will stop flirting with this girl and not get hurt?" Gray said with a smug face, pointing at Lucy with his thumb, then his face turned into a 'you're-going-to-get-hurt' look and continued with a threatening tone "Or two, if you continue on bugging this lady, you'll be shivering under the shadow of the world's scariest place every day for the rest of your life!"
"Gray..." Lucy said as she tugs Gray's shirt but the latter ignored her.
The guy, though older than Gray, felt like he really is going to get hurt if he continued hitting on the blonde. "Alright, alright! Geez, can't a man have some fun?" the guy said slightly smiling at Gray.
"Well actually, you could! Anyone but this lady over here!" Gray stated with the same expression and motioning his head to the blonde companion. Lucy was surprise to hear those words coming from Gray. He really is a reliable person.She thought and smiled forgetting the irritation she had for him earlier. She snapped out of her thought when the man spoke again.
"You know, if those fierce eyes could kill, I'll be dead by now." He said to Gray, smirking at the boys gut to threaten a man like him. "Hey, missy!" the man called Lucy again earning a glare courtesy of Gray of course. When Lucy looked at him the man continued "Proud to have a boyfriend like him, huh?"
Lucy and Gray then blushed at the statement obtaining fits of laughter from the man sitting near Gray. And all Gray could do is say "Shut up!" After that said, everything went quiet again.
After two hours of travelling they arrived at their stop, Hargeon. Once Gray got off the bus, something inside him tells that he knows that place; that he had been there before.
"Hey Gray..." Lucy called the attention of her companion once she got off the bus as well. The said boy glanced over his shoulder indicating that he's listening then Lucy continued.
"Thank you..." she said making Gray turn to face her fully with a confused face. "Huh? What for?" he asked.
"For earlier. I really appreciate what you did so that that guy would stop bugging me." Lucy said smiling.
"Oh that. Well, it's my job after all. Erza will kill me if I let that guy flirt with you." He said and started scanning the place again. So he did that just because Erza told him to and not because he wanted to protect me? Lucy thought as she stared from Gray's back then to her feet. The smile she had vanished and was replaced by a frown. WAIT! Should I really be affected? She thought as she shook her head.
Gray turned around again saying "You know, it feels like I've been here before." But then when he looked at Lucy he noticed that she's not paying attention. "Hey!" he said waving his hand in front of Lucy's face to snap her out of her deep thought. Lucy looked at Gray, tilted her head in confusion and asked "What?"
Gray couldn't help but get concerned. "What's wrong with you today?" he asked.
"Huh? N-Nothing. I'm just...I'm just tired." she said and faked a smile. Gray knew that something's bothering her but didn't ask further about it. "Okay. So, what now? Where should we go?" he asked.
"Uhm, Jellal said that we should go to Kabuki Street then we'll wait for a taxi there." She said. "Okay. So, where is it?" he asked.
"Huh? Uhm, I think it's this way?" she pointed but then takes back and said "No! Wait! I think it's over there!"
"You think?" he asked looking around again. Then he saw a path leading somewhere and it felt like they should go straight so he walked towards the path that he thinks heshould go, leaving Lucy panicking behind.Why do I have a feeling that I had been here before? He thought.This place seems familiar.
"Wait! I'm sure it's this way." Lucy said pointing on the left side and looked at Gray but the latter was now seen walking leaving her behind.
"Hey! I said it's this way!" Lucy yelled but had been ignored. She pouted at him but in spite of that she still followed him. She saw him looking around as if he doesn't know where he's going and then he stopped.
"Kabuki Street right?" he asked.
"Huh? Uhm, yea." Lucy answered and stopped on her tracks as well beside him.
"We're here." He said pointing to a sign board saying 'Kabuki Street'.
"How did you know the way?" Lucy asked, shocked. Gray just shrugged his shoulders. "To tell you the truth, I really don't know myself." He said still looking around. "I feel like, I know this place."
"Anyway. Are we just going to wait here?" he asked finally looking at Lucy.
"Well, that's what Jellal said." She said sitting on the near bench.
They waited and waited, for about 20 minutes now, but still no taxi ever passed, heck no car ever passed through that drive way except for the red car that passed 10 minutes ago.
Lucy was getting impatient; she scowled and kept on tapping her foot on the ground while her arms are folded. Gray looked over at her as he shook his head at his companion while leaning his back on a street lamp with his one leg stretched and the other folded and was leaning on the lamp as well.
"I don't think that Jellal's instructions are reliable. There's not even a single person here, except for us that is." Gray said.
"Yea I thought so too." Lucy answered.
Another 10 minutes had passed and still no taxi or cars. Lucy growled and stood up. "I can't take it anymore!" she exasperatedly said. That's just the reaction I imagined she would do. He thought and smirked at the blonde.
Right then, the two of them heard a car approaching not far enough from them. Lucy was determined to go to Camp Basanova and make that reservation so she walked towards the side walk and waited for the car. "Hey what are you doing?" Gray asked. "Oh just be quiet! Watch and learn!" she said. "O-kay...but don't you dare do some weird stuff." He said. A black car can be seen now, and Lucy outstretched her arms and a thumb up as soon as the car is 5 meters away from her. And just like that the car stopped. Gray's eye widen by Lucy's actions. He can't believe she would do that. It's not even a taxi to be stopped like that.
Lucy crouches and knock on the car's window while her other hand covered her chest. The window opened and revealed an old man. Lucy smiled at him and asked "I'm sorry but, do you know where Camp Basanova is?"
The man was clearly shocked by her question. "You know, only a few people know that place? In fact, only the elderly knows that place and I'm surprised to see a young woman like you would be asking where it is and knew that a place like that exists." He said as his eyes switched from Lucy to the guy beside her and the old man's eyes widen.
"Yea. Our classmate went there for their school trip last year and he recommended that we should have our trip there as well. So we're here to make reservations." Lucy said. But the man is obviously not listening to her and she noticed that he was looking at Gray but the latter didn't notice it and was yawing at her back. She faked a cough to get the old man's attention.
"Huh? O-oh! Very well. I'm going there as well so why don't you hop in and let me take you two there?" he offered.
"REALLY? Are you sure? Aren't we going to bother you?" Lucy chimed in glee.
"Of course not. It's my pleasure to help you kids." He said smiling sweetly at Lucy.
"Great!" She said turning to look at Gray.
"Gray did you hear that? He said he would take us at Camp Basanova!" she said.
Gray then looked curiously at the old man and asked "Are you sure we're not imposing on you, sir?" asked Gray, surprisingly, polite.
"I'm glad that there are youngsters like you who want to enjoy themselves on that Camp. It's not every day that you will see something like this, so I insist." said the old man.
"See? Now go inside so we can go." Lucy said pushing Gray inside after she opened the door and hopped inside after Gray.
"Hey mister. Thank you so much for having us." Lucy said gratefully. The old man smiles at her and later looks at Gray on the rear mirror every time he has the chance.
They got there not long enough. Lucy and Gray got off and said they're thanks to the old man. Lucy waved goodbye and the man smiled at her in return "See you later!" he said then looking at Gray again mumbling something like 'It's nice to see you again' as he drove off.
Gray was confused. Does he know him from somewhere? Why does that man kept on looking at Gray? And why did he say that?
"Oh no! I forgot to ask his name! That's so impolite of me!" Lucy exclaimed cutting Gray from his thought.
"What's shocking about that?" he teased and smirked. Lucy just glared at him.
"Let's just go." Lucy said and went inside.
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"WHAT? But we didn't know that!" Lucy said as she frowned to the teller of the Camp.
"I'm really sorry. But we can't make the reservation for it is already reserved on that date." The teller said apologetically.
Lucy sighed in defeat. "Now what..." she mumbled as dark clouds animatedly appeared on her head.
"There's another way on how you can make reservation, it's only on a different place but it's still part of Basanova." The teller said smiling at Lucy, pitying at the Blonde's state. Lucy's face lit up at the statement. Her face shot back up, eyes glimmering.
"How?" Lucy asked.
"You can make a reservation if you knew the owner of the place." The teller said.
Again, Lucy was surrounded by gloomy clouds. Gray was just sitting on one of the couches at the lobby of Camp Basanova while watching how Lucy transacts with the teller and made him smile with Lucy's change of emotions; from smiling brightly to being excited then suddenly be shocked, from being shock to a gloomy state then her face will lit up again then returns to being shocked and turned gloomy again. He just loves those expressions of her. The teller was trying so hard to comfort her that didn't seem to work. He then put that sight aside and looked around. This place really seemed familiar. Have I been here before? He thought.
The main door opened and revealed an old man smiling.
", Welcome back!" the teller greeted.
Lucy looked at the front door, still on the state of failure then she recognized the old man and greeted him "Mister!" she greeted. The teller was shocked.
"You know the owner?" she asked. Lucy looked at her. Owner?Lucy thought. Her eyes widen in realization and turned to face the old man. "You're the owner?"
..ooOoo..
Hey guys! how are you all doing? what do you all think about this chapter? good or bad? I'm sorry if it's not good enough,, I tried my best,,
Uhm,, what else? we'll I'm uploading another story, it's a short fanfic,, a Christmas Fanfic,, So I wish you'll read it as well,,
So next chapter: Is This What They Call A Date?
Ja'ne
