CHAPTER 6

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I have been having this on my mind. I don't know if I want to end this soon or not so… We will see!

CHAPTER 6:

After the incident, Rogue and Lucy went back to Rogue's place. While in the car, no words were exchanged. Except only something did change a bit. Lucy didn't want to let his hand go, so while in the car they held hands.

As soon as the car pulled in front of the door of the mansion she let his hand go. Walking out the door, Rogue ignored everyone. Though there was blood on his head, he didn't say or do nothing of it, he instead just walks to his room. Lucy stood there though, only following him until he disappeared from her sight.

A long silent was left in the air until Lucy spoke up, "Can someone go get me the first aid kit?" A maid ran off to go get one and returned within 3 minutes. "Thank you," Lucy said and left everyone.

As soon as Lucy got in front of the door she hesitated to knock. She stood there for a while, wondering if she should go in. 'No. I'm going in. He is injured. Because of me.' She thought.

Lucy breathed in and then out, slowly. She moved her hand to knock. She knocked twice. No answer. She knocked again, but this time a bit louder. No answer again.

"Rogue?" she said. No answer. Getting a bit worried, she put her hand on the door knob and turned it the right. The room was dark, but there was a lamp on. At his desk.

Lucy walked over and found Rogue sitting on his chair.

'He should have at least said something.' She thought. She walked closer to where he was sitting.

"What is it?" Rogue's voice was heard.

"I-" she hesitated. "Just let me help you with your wound on your head." Lucy said, a bit hesitant.

"It's okay. I can do it. You can leave." He said and closed his eyes. Lucy didn't really want to say anything. So instead of saying something, she walked to stand behind where Rogue was sitting. She felt like crying for some reason. Even though earlier she had already cried enough.

She slowly got down and wrapped her arms around Rogue. She laid her head on his shoulder.

"Just let me fix you up." She whispered. "It was my fault you got hurt. I'm so stupid." Lucy felt a tear roll down her eyes.

Rogue was surprised when Lucy had wrapped her arms around him. For some odd reason, he couldn't stand to hear or see her cry.

"Hurry up then." He had said. Not in an angered or surprised tone. Just in his usual voice.

Lucy let go slowly and walked to sit in front of him. The first aid kit with her.

Not long after, she finished with the bandage on his head. She got up and left without saying anything.

Rogue had sighed as Lucy closed the door. The palm of his hand now on his forehead. 'I surprised myself when I called her name for the first time.'

Lucy on the other hand, got into her room. The window was wide open and she sat on the chair. She looked up at the sky and stared at the stars. The stars that she loved so much. The stars in which her mother had talked so much to her about. A tear had slipped down her face.

'Mama. I miss you. I'm so stupid.' She thought in her mind. The moon was shining very bright and it was full. A beautiful, full moon.

A few days had passed and Lucy was still in her room. She did not come out or eat.

"I'm starting to get worried about Lucy-sama. She hasn't eaten a proper meal for the past 4 days." a maid had said.

"Yeah. All she eats is only the toast and a few sip of the orange juice." another said.

Rogue had been listening to their conversation. He sighed and walked to his room. He then got out his cell phone and called someone.

Another 2 days passed and Lucy still haven't come out of her room. Now everyone was starting to get worried. Levy even came and wanted to talk to Lucy, but she refused to see Levy. Natsu, Mira, Lisanna and Erza even came to see her, but she refused to see anyone.

Rogue had enough of it and went into the kitchen.

"Everyone get out." he said upon entering the kitchen. The chefs were surprised but complied anyways.

After about an hour or so, Rogue had finished making a soup that he loved to eat. He then gets a call from someone.

"Hello…. Alright. Thanks." he said and hung up.

He walked to Lucy's room and knocked. She didn't say anything or open her door. It was locked. Rogue knocked again, but no answer again. He had enough and reached into his pocket. It was a key to her door. He unlocked the door and went into her room with a tray of the soup he made.

He looked around the room and found that it was completely dark with the windows open. No one was in sight. Rogue set the tray of soup down onto the table and looked around. A breeze came through the window and it was a strong one. A stack of paper flew everywhere and he picked a sheet up. He read the first sentence. It read '... I miss you… I'm sorry... '. He then picks up another piece of paper and reads it 'Today… I saw the most beautiful moon Mama.'.

There was a sound that came from the window. The window was glowing bright white from the sun. The curtains raised and he found Lucy. She was standing by the large window and she was wearing a white sun dress. She looked like an angel. In his eyes, it was the most beautiful yet saddest scene he has seen in his life. His eyes widened. Lucy's long blonde hair blowing away along with the window curtain. Her skin so white with the bright sun shining so brightly onto her pale, white body. Her beautiful curves that any man could clearly see. It was amazing, to Rogue he just stood there speechless.

"Beautiful..." He whispered. He couldn't keep his eyes off of her.

A few seconds had passed and he snapped out of his train of thoughts of admiring her looks. He cleared his throat to get Lucy's attention.

"When are you going to stop starving yourself?" He asked all of a sudden.

Lucy flinched first. She slowly turned around from the window. Her face so pale.

"Come eat." He said and went to sit at the table with the soup he made. Lucy complied, only because she didn't want to cause any trouble for him anymore.

She sat across from him and stared at the soup. Rogue looked at her carefully first, noticing that she won't be moving her hand anytime soon to grab the spoon, he reaches for it. He picks it up and hands it to her.

"Hurry up and eat. It'll get cold." he said in an almost commanding tone. Lucy quickly grab the spoon from his hand. She first looked at the soup carefully and then finally dipped the spoon into the soup. She took a spoonful of the soup and slowly brought it to her pale but pink lips. She took a sip of it and then slowly lowered her spoon.

"... It's delicious." she said. Rogue almost didn't hear her, but he did. Lucy just continued to drink the rest of the soup. When she finished, she sat back, with the soup bowl empty and the spoon aside the bowl. Nothing was said between the two, until Rogue broke it.

"So why are you not eating a proper meal?" he said. Lucy said nothing. Not wanting to look at him, she stared at both her hands that were folded on her lap.

"I- I- I don't know. There is so much going on in my head. My mother. My father. You." she said the last word in a quiet voice.

"What? Earlier when I met you, you were all cheerful and loud and obnoxiously annoying. Now you're just a total mess. What the hell happened?!" Rogue said seriously, not completely yelling.

"What the hell happened?" Lucy whispered. "The accident! That's what happened! I almost got you killed. It would have been better for me to DIE! Even if I am cheerful, loud and annoying, I have a hidden past." At this point Lucy was in tears.

"You're making it sound like no one else has a past. We all do." Rogue said.

"I don't mean it like that." Lucy said.

"For me…. You want to know why I said to not ever stand in the streets like that again?" Rogue had said. Nothing was heard from Lucy. "Because someone special got into a car accident. That person. She was the only one. The only bright person in my life. The one who made me live."

Lucy at this point looked up at Rogue. His voice, hurt and pained. Hoarse from talking about a past that he shouldn't even be telling her about. The pained face he was making. His eyes were closed, but he opened them again. His hands were squeezed tight. But one thing she didn't see were his tears.

"It was my younger sister." he said finally. Lucy gasped, not too loud though. He laughed a bit. "Hahaha. I can't cry anymore. Not for her. When I witnessed her accident, I didn't cry. All I could think about was, what happened? Where is she? Is she okay? Is this a dream?" he paused for a moment.

"But when her funeral came, I cried. I cried so hard, non stop for a whole week. I felt like I cried so much for her, that my tears became empty. That I couldn't cry anymore."

At this point Lucy didn't want to listen anymore. But she wanted to, she was curious.

"I don't cry anymore. But I do cry inside my heart. It hurts. Every time." Rogue said. His voice still sounded pained. After that was said there was a long moment of silence. No one spoke at all.

"I-"

"Don't say anymore." Lucy interrupted him. "Just don't. Your voice sounds like it hurts talking about her. But let me ask you one thing. When you told me not to do that anymore, not to just stand in the middle of the street, did she get into a car accident?"

Rogue looked up at Lucy. He smiled a painful smile. He nodded.

As soon as he nodded Lucy looked away from Rogue. She moved her hands to cover her mouth. Tears streaming down her face. She sniffed and then looked at Rogue again. She wiped her tears, she slowly stood up and walked to Rogue. She sat next to him, on his left. Her right arm slowly moved up to his back and to the back of his head. She leaned him into her shoulder.

"I'm sorry. I didn't know. If you hadn't come to save me, you would have witnessed another accident. I'm sorry." Lucy said. "But let me say one thing. There is no such thing as no more tears. You just stopped crying because you wanted to become stronger. To leave the weak old you, to forget about it. But now, it's okay. It's okay to cry now."

Rogue just widened his eyes. How she had said it so softly into his ears. How she slowly caressed his head. He slowly moved both his hand and held onto her. He held onto her for dear life, like he was about to lose someone again. So he squeezed her tightly, balling her dress into a fist.

And for the first time in forever, he cried.

~TO BE CONTINUED...~

HEY! So hopefully this chapter filled your stomach of waiting for a LOOOONNNNGGG time for this chapter. If not… I will try to update the next chapter as quickly as I can. AND make it better! Thanks for still sticking with this story! Until next chapter then!

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