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Chapter 3: Welcome to the family
Lucy P.O.V.
"So what's up with the different names?" Gajeel leans forward an rests his elbows on his knees. His gaze shifts from Laxus to Master Makarov. Both of us can see how uncomfortable Laxus feels right now. Something really bad must've happened in the family to make him feel like this.
Master sighs hard. "It's quite a tragic story."
Both Dreyar men look at me af if to ask for extra confirmation to tell their story. I nod slowly.
"Very well. It all happened in X769. Laxus' parents were happily married, Laxus just turned 3. But everything suddenly changed when your mother announced that she was pregnant once again. Ivan went crazy after that. Telling your mother to get rid of you, Lucy. He became agressive, he mentally abused her for days, while Laxus received the physical abuse. The day your mother went into hiding was the day Ivan snapped. He forced a Lightning Dragon lacrima into Laxus' head, resulting in the lightning scar. Your mother stayed in hiding for the next 7 months, untill you were born. At first she begged me to take care of you, but I couldn't risk Ivan finding out about you. So she brought you to the Heartfilia Konzern."
I look at them in shock. "Why did you never contact or visit me?"
Laxus shakes his head. "We contacted you every month, even sent you letters. It is you who never wrote back, and your father told us you didn't want to talk on the phone."
"Now hold on a second. You don't even know her side of the story, so don't you dare being so judgemental."
I place my hand on his shoulder. "It is okay, Gajeel. I never received a single letter. Everything always went through my dad, so he checked the incoming calls and letters. I have never even known any of you existed."
Master Makarov nods slowly. "We had that suspicion. As to why we never visited. We saw how happy your family was together, and we didn't want to take that away from you."
"Well, it didn't last that long anyway. My mother died when I was 7, and after that my father turned into a cold, heartless man."
"We know that, Lucy."
"Do you also know that she escaped that place 2 years ago?" Gajeel asks them in a bored tone.
"We did not." Master Makarov comes to stand in front of us. "After hearing all this, would you still like to join our guild?"
"I do. I didn't come all this way just to back out."
Gajeels smiles. "Then I will join as well. You will not get rid of me so easily, Bunny."
Laxus stares at us in confusion. 'Bunny?'
Time skip
Me and Gajeel are sitting at the bar and I'm smiling happily at my new guild mark. I look at Gajeel and notice that his eyes are fixed on something. Or rather, someone. I follow his gaze , only to find Laxus staring back him. 'Well isn't this interesting?'
"Gaj?"
Gajeel blinks and turns his head towards me.
"What's going on? Why are you constantly staring at Laxus?"
A light blush appears on his cheeks and he looks away. "That's none of your business, Bunny."
I lean closer to him and smile gently. "Is he your mate, Gajeel?"
Gajeel tenses and nods, nearly invisible. My eyes widen slightly and hug him tightly.
"When will you tell him?"
Gajeel answers my hug and shakes his head. "I can't. He's not even into guys."
"How can you tell?"
"Just look at him, Bunny. He's practically fucking that girl in the middle of the guild." I let go of Gajeel and turn to find Laxus. He was indeed making out heavily with a girl on his lap.
"Don't mind those two. They're not a thing." A small blue haired girl comes to stand beside us. "My name is Levy."
I smile at the girl and hold out my hand. "I'm Lucy, this is Gajeel."
Levy starts blushing heavily. "Y-You mean Black Steel Gajeel?"
"The one and only, Shrimp."
The girl pouts at the newly received nickname and shakes her head slowly.
"Don't mind him. Gajeel has a problem with calling people by their name."
"No need to tell everyone that, Bunny." Gajeel huffs and looks away. Once again his gaze moves to find Laxus. The sadness in his eyes worries me a bit.
"I'm going to get a beer. Want something?"
"Chocolate milkshake please." I smile warmly at my best friend.
For some reason Gajeel reminds me so much of Erik. Even if I only spend a short time with his, I felt the connection between us. If only I could find him again to figure out what this connection between us is. Or rather, what it was.
"Hey, Blondie."
My eyes shift towards Laxus, who's now standing beside me. My eyes harden slightly. "My name is not Blondie, Sparky."
Laxus nearly chokes on his beer and starts coughing heavily. "What did you just call me?"
"You heard me, Sparky. Or would you prefer 'Pikachu'?" I can just feel the whole guild staring at us in shock. Laxus just turns towards me and sets his mug down on the table before pointing his mischievous filled eyes towards me. Quick as lightning he pinches my cheeks and pulls them a bit. All I can do is just whine and try to push his hands away.
A deep chuckle reaches my ears, before Gajeel appears in sight. I grab onto Laxus' wrists to finally pull his hands away from my cheeks, and I can't stop from smiling when I feel his pulse speed up. Well he's definitely not unaffected by my dear friend. Laxus swallows hard before taking a step back and picking up his beer in the process. Gajeel hands me over my milkshake and I mumble a quick 'thank you'.
"Hey, Laxus?"
"Hmm?"
"What was she like? Our mother, I mean."
Laxus looks at me surprised. "Well, she was pretty much kindness in human form, I guess. She was always busy, helping and pleasing other people. She never really did anything for herself. Untill she got pregnant with you of course. She couldn't allow father to take you away from her. She really loved you, Lucy."
"Almost seemed like you were describing Lucy herself."
Laxus frowns in confusion at Gajeel's words. "What do you mean?"
Gajeel just shrugs. "Exactly what it sounds like. Apparently Little Lucy here looks a lot like her mother, considering personality."
Laxus just chuckles and shakes his head. "That was just one side of her. She also had a side she only used when she got really mad. Suddenly she'd get this really dark aura and a scary look on her face. Still gives me chills just thinking about it."
"Sounds like Bunny alright."
"Excuse me, I'm still standing here, Gajeel." I deadpan while glaring at Gajeel.
"Hey, you're the new girl. Luigi, right?"
"It's Lucy, not Luigi."
The pink haired boy just waves my comment off and now looks at me with a very serious face expression. "Whatever. I was wondering if you want to partner up with me and Happy?"
"Aye, Sir!" A blue flying cat appears beside the boy with a huge grin on its cute little face.
"Um, well… I already have a partner, but thanks for the offer."
"Oh come on, we're so much more fun than Rust Bucket over there."
"Natsu, back off. She's my partner. Besides, you're way to stupid and destructive."
"What did you say, asshole?" The boy, called Natsu apparently, lights his fists in flames and charges at Gajeel. But before even moving an inch, Laxus growls deeply and holds out his arm to punch Natsu in the side of his face, causing him to fly into the wall across the guildhall. That's gotta hurt, right?
Laxus P.O.V.
When the flame idiot lights up his fists, my instincts kick in immediately. I have to stop him before he reaches Gajeel! A low growl escapes from my mouth and I quickly extend my arm to punch Natsu. I can't stop myself from grinning when my fist hits Natsu in the side of his face, causing him to fly away. Knowing the idiot, he wouldn't only hurt my mate but also my little sister. Wait, what did I just call him? My mate? No, that can't be. I mean, I'm straight. Right?
'Obviously not. Gajeel really is your mate, dumbass.' Does he know? 'Of course he knows. He's a first generation Slayer. And he's not as dense as you are.' Geez, thanks a lot. Well then, time to start the chase.
You'll be mine, Iron Dragon Slayer.