Gray stared at the notebook in front of him. With one flip of the cover, he would know Lucy's secret. He would know why she kissed Lyon and Ultear. He would know why his two friends were on her list. He would know why she always carried it around with her. He would know if Jellal passing out had anything to do with her. He would understand why she was always sad, and why she wouldn't let anyone touch her, minus Laxus.
He decided to open the book the moment Lucy entered the room. He jumped in surprise. The stool he was sitting at knocked over. He landed on his butt. The chair smacked him in the face and rolled across the floor. He groaned and rubbed his head. He pulled his hand away and saw blood.
"Gray!" Lucy yelled, running over to him. "What the hell?!" She quickly got up and grabbed a wet cloth. She knelt down between his spread legs and pressed the cloth to the gash in his forehead.
"That hurts," he said.
"Why did I scare you?" she asked, dabbing the wound. He winced every time. He didn't answer her. Instead, he looked at her face, getting lost in her chocolate brown orbs. "Honestly, I don't know anyone else who would manage to pull that off," she mumbled under her breath.
"Lucy," Gray said. He grabbed her hand.
"Who the hell are you?"
Lucy shook her head, trying not to see.
"Who are you? This should be the residence of Lucy and Laxus, not some punk who doesn't know how to answer the door with a shirt on."
"Wha! When did that happen?!"
"Let me go," she said, trying to get him to stop touching her.
"Idiot. Where is Lucy? We came to get her."
"Let me go, dammit!" Lucy yelled, pulling her wrist back. She fell over on her back, panting. She didn't know what just happened. She only heard voices. She should have seen an image, but only voices. She knew that the first was Gray, but she didn't know who the other was. Maybe she was finally losing the power. She didn't know whether to be happy or sad about that.
"What's wrong?" Gray asked. He put his hand beside her to try to get a view of her face, but he slipped, practically landing on top of her. He supported himself with his elbows, trying not to crush Lucy with his weight. They were both red in the face.
"P-please get off m-me," she stuttered. She wasn't sure how to react. She's never been this close to anyone.
"You look pretty cute blushing," he said, putting a hand to her face. She blushed even more.
"We're the DPA. Now let us pass."
"Like hell I will!"
"Listen, kid, I don't want to hurt you. You seem smart enough to know that it's against the law to deny a police officer.
"G-Gray," she stuttered. She could feel his breath hitting her nose, making her very nervous.
"Lucy, it's okay," he said, rubbing his thumb over her cheek. She looked like she didn't want him near her, but her eyes said something different. "You know I really like you, right?" He just wished Erza was there to compare her hair with Lucy's face. He was sure the blonde had her beat.
"Please don't," she begged. She just couldn't bring herself to see his death. She just couldn't.
She couldn't hear anything anymore. It was just a bunch of static. She would have to ask Misa about that. She should be seeing and hearing something, but she could do neither.
"I won't hurt you," he said, a hint of humor in his voice. He leaned his face a little closer to hers, just so his lips were a centimeter away from her's. He wouldn't kiss her unless she wanted him to.
'If only you knew,' Lucy thought.
KNOCK BOOM KNOCK BOOM BOOM
Gray rolled off of Lucy and looked to the door. The person continued to knock, and they could see the door shaking. Whoever it was, they had an iron fist.
"Coming!" Lucy called. She quickly stood up and went to the door. She opened it to reveal two big men in black uniforms. They were both bald and looked very intimidating. Well, not to Lucy, that is. "You guys!" she yelled, jumping on them. She hugged them both around the neck, leaving Gray confused.
"Miss Lucy, please," the one said, pushing her away. "You don't have to for our sake." She crossed her arms and puffed out her cheeks.
"I don't care," she said. She was starting to get a vision, so she knew she didn't lose her power. "So what are you guys doing here?" She pushed the door open and let them in. Gray instantly went pale.
"You have a friend," the one man spoke, glaring at Gray. "Lucy, please tell me-"
"Of course not!" she quickly yelled, shaking her hands. "No info gathered." The two men laughed while Gray was confused. He didn't understand that they were implying that they were dating, but she said she didn't gather any information, meaning they didn't kiss. If they were, she would gather information on his death.
"Gray, this is Poe and Joe," Lucy introduced the two men.
"Yeah," Gray said skeptically. It seemed weird that two twins had similar names.
"Miss Lucy, we need to talk to you," Poe said. "Can we go to another room?" He looked over to Gray, making it clear why he wanted to leave the room.
"Sure," Lucy said. She started walking upstairs. "Gray!" she called on her way up. "Take care of the tea before it burns!"
"Ack!" Gray yelled, jumping. He realized that the kettle was whistling. He ran over to the stove and turned it off. He sighed and picked up the stool that fell and sat down. He looked back to the notebook. Without a second thought, he opened it. He flipped to a random page.
Suzy Jones (31): falls in front of a train; looked about 40...pass
Carl Smith (newborn): nurse forgets to turn the machine back on; two months...pass
He furrowed his eyebrows in confusion. It looks like these were death records of some sorts. He flipped a few more pages.
Hillery Page (14): falls during a gymnastics tournament and splits her head open-blood loss; same age...pass
Jonah Fell (4): kidnapped and killed; same age...fail
Gray's eyes widened. What did it mean by fail? Did it mean he died? Then what does pass mean? What exactly was going on? He felt his head spinning. Nonetheless, he flipped the page with the ribbon marking it.
Anne Gables (17): murdered; same age...pass
Lyon Milkovich (8): carrying a cake and got caught in a street fight-shot on accident; looked about fourteen...in progress
Ultear Milkovich (5): old age...inevitable death
Amy Johnson (78): currently dying of cancer-no data collected...inevitable death
Kyle Lander (22): drinking too much at party; same age...pass
Josh Hon (3): old age...inevitable death
Jellal Fernandes (17): car crash; current age...in progress
Natsu Dragneel (17): after a fight with girlfriend, chases her into street, hit by car; current age...pass
Gray's breath caught in his throat. He knew how his siblings and two friends would die. He was even more shocked to see Natsu's. When Lucy kissed Natsu, he basically had a fight with Lisanna. She was running towards the front of the school, probably running outside. Lucy seemed so eager to stop them. Of course she would. For some reason, she knows that he would die by doing that.
He couldn't take any more. But, there was one more thing he had to check. He flipped to the front of the book. In sloppy handwriting, he saw a few names that stuck out to him.
Layla Heartfilia: shot...fale
It was the first entry.
Jude Heartfilia: self deth...fale
The second entry. He noticed that words were spelled wrong. Lucy must have wrote them, but she would have been really young. He skimmed through a little more.
Laxus Dreyer (16): NOT HAPPENING!
He couldn't help but let out a laugh. He didn't understand how he thought death was funny. But it was just like Lucy to write something like that. Of course she wouldn't let him die.
Dan Straight (14): car crash; about fifteen...pass
Michelle Straight (14): car crash; about fifteen...pass
He shut the book and slid it away from him. He saw enough for one day. He was just holding a book containing countless people's deaths. He felt sick. He wished he could explain to his friends that Lucy was innocent, but he wasn't sure how. He couldn't just tell them that she kissed Natsu because he was going to die. Actually, now that he thought about it, she only got the information because she kissed them. She was just trying to figure out how he would die. It was quite ironic that by finding out how he would die, she was causing his death. He could only assume she figured it out by kissing people because of Lyon and Ultear. She cried and wrote their deaths down, meaning she knew from kissing them.
His eyes widened.
He was going to kiss her. She would have figured out how he died. He felt like an asshole. How could he do that to her? However she figured out deaths, it would be awful to see.
"Gray, why are you crying?"
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