Sweet Starry Shadows (Fairy Tail)

Rejection Hurts

Sweet Starry Shadows
Chapter 1: Rejection Hurts

The blonde humming to herself as she gently kicked her legs back and forth, she looked up to Mirajane and smiled as the bartender placed a glass of pink lemonade in front of her with a bright smile. "Not going on a job today, Lucy?" she questioned as she picked up a wet glass from the wire rack and began to wipe it clean with a cloth.
Lucy sighing as she picked up her glass, she rested her elbows on the bar table and twisted her wrist in a circular motion. Watching the ice chatter as it swirled and tapped on the glass, she pulled the glass up to her glossed lips and took a sip. "Yeah... For some reason, Natsu said that he wanted to go around with Lisanna today since he felt sorry for not being able to let her join our team," she replied, placing the glass down.

The bartender tipping her head to the side, she placed her dried, polished glass to the side. "But you guys haven't been spending time together... I mean, before in the past, you guys would usually walk into the guild together," Mira stated where the blonde blushed to her keen observations.

"Mira, we just happened to bump into each other while getting here."

Mirajane smiled before crossing her arms. "I don't think that's possible on a regular basis. Especially when he comes into the guild with a red slap mark on his face," she replied where Lucy sighed in defeat.
"Remind me how you notice all of the details on everyone when they walk in?" Lucy said.

Clapping her hands together, the white-haired woman placed them to the side of her face where her smile grew wider. "I love shipping people together within the guild! Don't think that I don't notice those little blushes you have when Natsu throws an arm over your shoulders," she answered where Lucy sat straight up in horror.
Her face red, she pouted when Mira gave out a small giggle. "Don't worry about it. No one notices those little moments of you two, other than me," she reassured.

Lucy forcing herself to smile in reply, she shook her head. Pulling her beverage to her lips again, Mirajane looked around suspiciously and leaned towards her. "So... How long have you been crushing on Natsu?" she whispered, pulling back and side-stepping to the side straight away as Lucy spat out of her drink.

Coughing, the blonde sent the white-haired bartender a bewildered look. "Mira!" she cried out where the said girl giggled. Opening her mouth to try to say something to cover up the truth, the guild doors opened to reveal Lisanna snuggling into Natsu's right arm as they walked in.

With everyone watching them walk into the building, Lisanna pulled away and kissed the boy's lips where they all gasped in shock. "Everyone!" she called out, pulling Natsu eagerly up to the bar where they both stood there facing outwards to the guild. "Natsu and I are finally a couple! We're now in a relationship!" she announced where the glass in Lucy's hold slowly slipped through her fingers and onto the table.

Ignoring Mirajane's gasp from the sudden announcement, Lucy looked at the two with an open mouth. "Dating?" she whispered where someone else in the audience said the same thing but out louder.

The short-white haired girl nodding, she pulled Natsu into a hug where he chuckled and hugged her back lovingly. Lucy sitting there in silence as the guild began to call out "Congratulations" and "I knew that you'll both be in a relationship with each other sooner and later." She could feel her heart slowly breaking into bits and pieces as she tried to gather up her thoughts.

Before anyone could even walk up to them to have a friendlier chat, Lisanna then gasped out loud and quickly pulled away from Natsu as she turned to face her attention over to the blonde. "I'm so sorry Lucy! I knew that you liked him, but I forgot during the moment!" she apologised out loud where the guild all froze in shock as Lisanna revealed to everyone of Lucy's feelings.