Chapter 3
She stiffen, she don't know what to do. And Gray notice this, " Lucy? " Gray asked confused. " G-Gray.. H-He's here. He's here. " She stuttered still staring to the familiar guy who walks towards them. Gray who's still confused looked where Lucy staring at. And he was shocked " What the hell they are doing here?! Shit! " he looked at her who is still looking at them, good thing those guys aren't looking at their direction and they are crowded. But the girl beside him is too stunned to even move and is in verge of crying. He pulled her towards a near bench not looking at her, holding her hand they are still walking when he heard her sobs. She's crying! Don't know what to do, he pulled her towards him and hugged her with his right arm because the other one was still holding the paperbag.
" Hush. Don't cry people will think that I make you cry… " He said in a low tone looking at the people who pass by. " W-Why are they here? " He heard between her sobs, " Shhh, I don't know either. Just don't cry. " He heard her taking deep breath, she's calming herself. But Gray is still hugging her.
" Maybe you should rest for now, just go tomorrow at the guild I will tell Erza that your tired. I walk you home. " He said when he noticed that she's not crying anymore. Lucy only gave a nod and they started walking again.
They reached her apartment without talking. Lucy open the door and enter, Gray just followed her. He put her paperbag at the kitchen table and grab a glass of water. "Here… " He gave her a glass of water which she accepted. Gray observed her carefully, her eyes are still red and she is still sniffing. "Maybe you should stay here and relax. I'll go ahead to tell Erza that you're tired. " He was about to open the door when he heard her voice, " Please don't t-tell them what happen. Gray… " He turned and look at her and only nodded before leaving her apartment.
He sighed as he walk towards the guild. That damn Saber's dragon slayer! He thought to himself as he enter the loud guild.
" Rogue… I saw her… " Sting whispered and Rogue stared at him, " Who? " He glance at him for a second and looked straight back at the road. " Lucy… " He looked around but there's no blonde celestial spirit. He sighed " I think you're just hallucinating, where on a mission. Concentrate Sting. " He said calmly, he should stop thinking about the fairy's celestial wizard now, just for now that they are on a mission. Sting who realized that they are on a mission shook his head and tried to forget the certain blonde. What if I really see her here? He thought for a while and Rogue again his name. " Sting… " He looked at the shadow dragon slayer. " Hm? " he asked only to be cut off by a bubbly voice from their back. " Sting! " a certain short blue-haired girl called their attention, " Levy-san. " Sting replied.
" What are you two doing here? " she asked with a frown, surely she knows what happened between him and her bestfriend and she's disappointed to him but still he's also her friend. " We're on a mission here Levy. " Rogue answered coldly " I see. " She replied. " Levy-san… " Sting called with a low voice but she managed to catch it. " Yes? " She looked at him waiting for his response. " How is she? " he asked straight forward. Levy looked at him with wide eyes, she's absolutely surprised by his sudden question and was stood there dumbfounded for a minute but back to her consciousness when Sting called her again. " You know exactly what's the answer Sting… It's just one month after what happen to you two so stop asking. " She answered coldly, staring at him blankly. " Yeah. Sorry. " He looked away ashamed of his question, " She have changed. " With that she started to walked away " Better don't ask why… " She added and finally she's out of sight by the two dragon slayers.
As Gray entered the noisy guild, he looked for Erza first. He found her sitting alone in a table beside the guild. " Erza.. " He caught her attention " Oh Gray. " She replied, Gray sit in front of the armored women. " I saw Lucy and she's not feeling well so she can't visit here…" She nodded her head as she listened to him " It's good if we visit her, what do you think? " she asked as Gray agreed.
Meanwhile, Lucy is currently staring at her window with a cup of hot chocolate in her hands. She hold her cup tighter recalling what happened before. She shook her head at the thought of it. She stood up and gather herself up, " Maybe a walk outside can calm me… " She murmured pulling a sweater and putting on her boots.
She hummed while walking at the streets of Magnolia with her Plue in her arms. " It's getting dark what do you think Plue? " She smiled at the trembling celestial spirit. " Plue…. Plue… " She giggled a little, " Nah, let's continue walking hm? " She continued walking but stopped suddenly at some place which she thought memorable to her.
She wasn't going there. With her trembling feet she decided to move forward but give in. She sighed and walk through the Park. " Hey Sting! Look! " A guy smiled and nodded his head as he stared at the sunset. " Isn't it beautiful?! " A girl asked as she stared amazingly at the turning red sky. " Yeah.. " The guy replied but his attention was now concentrated at the beautiful women beside her. " I wish we could stay here and watch it forever… " The girl smiled. She shook her head and shut her eyes firmly at the memories. She looked around and smiled bitterly. She kept on observing the whole park until her eyes caught a certain blonde guy sitting at a bench with his hands in his pocket. Minutes of silence pass until her mind went panic. She would definitely need to get out of here!