The black dragon slayer of the apocalypse
Chapter 6
Outside Lucy's front door
"You can put me down now, Capricorn. I have to face Natsu by myself."
"Are you sure?" said Capricorn, a spirit of Lucy's that took the form of a goat. Despite that his physique was more of a human than a four-legged animal. On top of that He is Lucy's personal butler that wears a black suit.
Haruhi nodded and Capricorn put her down. She staggered to the front door. Lucy as well as Capricorn tried to aid however she refused straight out and fell a multitude of times.
Lucy: Honestly I haven't fully forgiven her yet but just looking at her makes me, somewhat, admire her. She's so determined to receive our forgiveness that she toughed it out for 2 days outside. I can't lie to myself, I genuinely respect her. I saw how angry the other members are with her before and at one point I too was fuming with anger and hatred. However her actions are like putting water to my fire of hate. I won't lie and say that I have forgiven her but I do help her, because of her sense of how she acted recently and nothing else.
"Close gate of the goat, Capricorn" Lucy waves Capricorn's key.
"You may summon me whenever you want Lady Lucy." Capricorn then vanished into thin air.
Meanwhile, Haruhi managed to reach and open the door and saw Natsu there getting fed by Erza, still strapped to the bed.
Haruhi sighed with relief and tears were falling from her eyes as she passed out on to the floor.
"Great I have another guest staying at my house (sigh)." Said with annoyance yet she had a somewhat a happy smile on her face she and Gray lifted Haruhi up and put her on the sofa.
"I'm sure Haruhi hasn't slept at all for the last two days, she was just waiting for something to relieve her of some of the guilt she carried on her shoulders." Gray said sympathetically.
"How would you know that?" Lucy was confused at the tone of Gray's voice.
"That was how I felt after Ur died. I blamed it all on myself; sometimes I wouldn't sleep for days. It was fairy tail that helped relieve of the guilt. You could say I can relate to Haruhi right now."
"It sounds like you have forgiven her."
"Yes I forgave her the moment I found out she was refusing to move. I even went there myself to tell her, early in the morning yesterday." Gray confessed.
"What!? Really?" Lucy's surprised face made Gray snigger.
*flashback*
"Hey Haruhi. I came outside to see how you were doing." Gray looked a few metres away, at Haruhi, on the ground, motionless. There was a plate of cold food next to her that Lisanna had placed the night before.
"Don't tell me you're asleep."
"What do want Gray? Do you want to shout at me? Or say that I don't belong her? Well other members of the Guild have already done that so you needn't bother."
"No that's not why I'm here. Give the other members some time they're scared as Natsu has never been burned before and that too, so much so that it actually threatened his life. You can't blame them."
"I know I can't, but I don't think I'll be able to bear anymore remarks. I don't want to be alone"
Gray remembered when Lyon had blamed him for Ur's death when they were children. Lyon had left him in the same village in which Ur died. Alone.
"I forgive you." Gray mumbled
"Huh?" Haruhi had been caught by surprise
"I forgive you." He said in a louder voice.
Haruhi's head immediately rose up. The hopeful look in her eyes had made Gray blush and he averted his eyes away from Haruhi.
Gray: This reminds me of something from my child hood but I don't remember what.
After he took a few seconds to remove the traces of pink on his face, he slowly approached Haruhi and bent down next to her picking up her food.
"You know you shouldn't waste food, I'll go and heat it but you must eat it or I might unforgive you."
He smiled then entered the guild. A few minutes later he returned.
"OK I'm back now. I'm going to wait her until you finished your food."
Haruhi slowly changed position so that she was sitting. All the while keeping her head down.
He gave her the food and she ate. For 10 minutes Gray just watched as Haruhi ate. A few times Haruhi did offer food to Gray but he would immediately refuse it. They didn't utter a single word to each other until Gray had got up to leave.
"Thank you." Haruhi said to Gray. He smiled gently. His back faced Haruhi whilst he walked away. He lifted his hand to her to say good bye and left. Haruhi returned to her original position and Gray didn't come back.
*End flashback*
"Wow Gray, you're nicer than you look." Lucy said after hearing Gray's story
"What's that supposed to mean?" Gray replied taking offense.
"I don't mean that you don't look nice it's just that I haven't forgiven her yet and I'm the nicest person that has good looks around."
Lucy you have to do it earlier!
"Gray did you hear that?"
"Hear what?"
Lucy: Did I just imagine that voice? No I'm sure that I didn't imagine it. But that voice I recognise it.
"Erza I want more food!" Natsu complained.
"I've already made Gray buy food from the shops as well as empty out Lucy's cupboards what more could you want?!"
"If you untie me I could go find some food myself." Natsu suggested to Erza with a hopeful look.
At that moment Erza knocked him out. "That's enough out of you."
"HEY WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU EMPTIED OUT MY…" Lucy ran into her kitchen to find all her cupboards were open and cleared out, food was all over the desktop and dishes were overflowing from the sink. "…" Her mouth was wide open.
"I guess we'll be off now seeing as there both asleep. See you Lucy"
"Hey wait you can't lea…" The front door had just been closed.
"…How on earth can I clean this? (sigh) Just watch the next time any of them try to free load of me, I'm gonna… What's the point no one can even here me. WAAAAAH!" Lucy cried as she started to wash the mountain how dishes.