A/N: Firstly I would like to say thank you to everyone who have started to follow this story. I won't disappoint you, I hope. But anyways, I'm also so grateful to be receiving reviews for this story. I know the fan for Stinglu is not as big as Nalu so I won't be expecting much. Enjoy this chapter!

Chapter 4

The second day of the grand magic games ended by the time we got back. Thank God Sting forced me out of that place because once I stood back at my usual spot, Jason came up to check on me before leaving. I looked to the opposite side of the arena and I saw Sting was already back with his guild.

I decided to take this opportunity to slip out and head back to my apartment early. Question is, I didn't know which guild won so I had to go and find out by asking the crowd around. It seems Tigers Claw are pretty strong, seeing that they were able to win points from the maze and battle round.

As I strolled back to my apartment, I couldn't help but to think about what happened earlier at the river. Like what Sting said, the crash was on purpose so obviously somebody was following us because they were planning to take one of us out. But who? I shivered upon the suspense that was building up.

I was reaching my apartment when I saw someone dressed in a cloak walking towards me. I didn't want to think anything about it so I just ignored the person and quickly walk to the door and as I was about to open the door, I was pulled back with force. I screamed in pain as I got thrown off a few feet away from where I last stood.

I rolled and tumbled before finally getting a grip of myself. I immediately looked up and saw the same person earlier who dressed in cloak, walking up towards me. I grabbed one of my keys, knowing who was it and summoned him.

"Open to the gate of Capricorn!" Light surrounded in front of me before Capricorn appeared. He greeted me before turning around to face his opponent. The man raced towards Capricorn to land an attack on him but skillfully, Capricorn was able to dodge it and land a hit on him. It was a fierce battle between the two so I decided to call out another of my spirit to help him out.

"Open to the gate of Leo!"

"Hi Lucy, long time no see."

"Now's not the time Loke, let's get him first."

"Anything for you Lucy!" And Loke, in his suit and tie, ran over to where Capricorn and the man fought. Capricorn backed off causing Loke to land a punch to his face, sending him flying back. He quickly got up and was about to flee the scene of the crime when I quickly dashed forward, bringing my Fleuve d'etoiles out in the process. I slapped my celestial whip against the ground before it went around his right ankle and brought him back down.

Once I knew he wouldn't be able to get up again, I slowly approached him together with Capricorn and Loke at my side when I heard a menacing laughter coming out from him. He positioned himself off of the ground, using his elbows to support him.

"This is just the beginning." He said before suddenly disappearing into thin air which caused the dust to blow at our faces. When our coughing seized and the air cleared up, I checked again and he was no longer there.

"Will you be alright Miss?" Capricorn asked.

"Yeah, thanks guys." And with that, both of them disappeared and headed back to the celestial world. I walked up the flight of stairs that leaded to my apartment. After unlocking it, I went in and shut the door close as I slumped on my couch only to earn myself some hissing sounds.

"Damn, he got me." I looked at where my wounds were created and saw that I had abrasions here and there. I decided to lay down on the couch to rest for a while before I went to get myself cleaned up because just thinking about it, made me even more tired. I already had lack of rest so the fight make me worn out even more which made my decision to close my eyes for fifteen minutes.

Minutes turned into hours and I wouldn't wake up if I didn't hear my name being called out repeatedly. I slowly stirred before squinting my eyes open and was surprised to come face to face with the familiar blue eyes. After my pupils was able to readjust themselves, I blinked at confusion as to why he was here and then it hit me.

"Pervert!" I took whatever that was close to me and threw it at him.

"Oi! Calm down Lucy!" Sting said as he dodged my attacks.

"Tell me what the hell are you doing in my house or not I'm going to give you a Lucy kick out of the window!" I saw he rubbed the back of his neck nervously.

"I came over actually, to see you so when I knocked on your front door several times and didn't hear any response, I believed you were sleeping so I decided to leave but then I smelt blood. Knowing I couldn't come through your front door, I came through the window instead."

"From my room?!" I screamed as I held onto the next item.

"Wait, wait! I didn't see anything. I promise. I simply came through the window and I was out of your bedroom within seconds." He seems to be telling the truth so I released the item back onto my coffee table. "So are you going to tell me what happened to you?"

"I was attacked." Sting just heaved a sigh before walking to my kitchen. "What are you doing?"

"Going to get you clean up what else." And I couldn't help but to sustain the blush that was creeping up onto my cheeks.

Sting and I sat in silence as I watched him cleaned my wounds. It wasn't bad but if I didn't get it cleaned up, it might just get infected. He grabbed a bowl of water along with a cloth from my kitchen earlier. I couldn't help but realized that he was very gentle with me as he washed my wounds with the cloth.

"So what happened? Do you managed to catch a glimpse of the attacker?" I thought back to check if I did.

"No." I shook my head. "I wasn't able to. He was wearing a cloak so it was hard to look at his face." I took the chance to look at Sting though his eyes were fully concentrated on my wounds instead. I was afraid what I was going to say because I knew. I knew this and that had some certain connection. "Do you think it might have something to do with the crash earlier?" Sting stopped wiping my wounds and looked up at me.

"Are you sure?" I just nodded my head in reply. I think all of my wounds were cleaned up as Sting stood up, grabbing the damp cloth and bowl of water with him. He returned them to its original place before coming back to sit with me on the couch. "Thanks." I managed to squeak out.

"We got to find out who are they. It looks like they are targeting you and not me." Though deep down in my heart I had this rationalization, Sting confirmed my analysis. He clenched his fists before unclenching them again.

"Yeah… but how?"

"I will get Sabertooth to find them. It seems they are only attacking during the grand magic games." I didn't notice that after Sting mentioned it.

That was true because the crash that we experienced was during the time that the two guilds faced off in a battle and I was attacked right after it ended. Something is just not adding up and I didn't realize that I scrunched up my face once again.

"You're cute when you do that you know." I was brought out of my thoughts upon hearing Sting said that. I could feel that my blush was creeping onto my cheeks once again.

"Don't do that!" I pouted before hitting him on his shoulder which caused him to laugh. What I didn't expect him to do next was bringing his hand up as he held onto my right cheek. We ended up staring into each other's eyes. His blue eyes were so hypnotizing that I didn't realized that our face were getting closer and then a flash of pink crossed my mind. Natsu. I immediately looked away from him and I felt tears were filling up my eyes.

"What's wrong?" He asked, his hand still not letting go of my cheek.

"I miss him." I mumbled, not knowing if he caught on to that. "I miss Fairy Tail." This time, I said louder. He removed his hand from my cheek and immediately, I didn't understand why I was sad that his touch was no longer there. As if he read my thoughts, he grabbed my chin ever so gently so that he could make me look at him.

"It's okay to cry you know." He gave me the smile that was very comforting, and warm too. With that, my tears just spilled out of my eyes. He let go of my chin and wrapped his arms around my body, bringing me to his chest. I could feel his chin resting on top of my head.

I didn't understand why and I didn't understand how but having his presence there was what made me cried out loud. I was aware that my tears were rolling down my cheeks like a waterfall. I realized I was also making his chest wet but he didn't seem to care. He didn't even try to release his hold around me. He just continued to hold onto me tighter.

I didn't know how long I've been crying for, only god knows. But I seemed to quiet down a bit. My cries have turned into sniffles by now. I didn't dare to even try and look up to Sting. I was pretty embarrassed with myself. I also didn't want to let him know that I was alright already because if he knew that, he would unwrap his arms around me which I didn't want him to.

"Feeling better?" I could feel the vibration against his chest as he asked. I just nodded in reply, still facing his chest. Sting didn't unwrap his arms around me but instead he pulled me away so that he could look at me. "You're still beautiful." Even after all this drama, Sting just has to say the most embarrassing thing.

"You're bluffing." I looked away.

"And why would I?" Sting leaned in and nuzzled his nose against my cheek. It seems that I'm getting pretty comfortable from his touches. "Do you still remember what I said earlier at the river?"

"Do I believe in love at first sight?" He nodded in reply for the first time today. "I-I don't know what to say." I stammered.

"Then don't. I will you make you fall in love with me." I blushed at his boldness. "Anyways, it's already late and you have work tomorrow. Why don't you turn in?"

"W-what about you?"

"I'm going to head back to the hotel." But I didn't want him to so I grabbed onto his arm causing him to look down at me with a blank expression.

"Stay… please." He gave me his warm and loving smile before bending down to kiss me on the forehead. I didn't expect that but somehow, his lips contact was making me all warm and fuzzy inside.

A/N: And that's a wrap for this chapter folks. How was it? Some Stinglu action going on here. Heh. It's not intense yet but sweet. Anyways, I'm almost done with the next chapter so look forward in receiving the update soon. As for now, please drop me a review before you go. Thanks!