The Runaway

Chapter 25: Limit

"Gray. C'mon. Stop worrying about Loke,"Sting whined.

"I think he should be. After all, he's with Lyon," Rogue reminds. Sting thought for a moment before he shuddered.

"Oh yeah. I almost forgot about that," he grimaced.

"He's not that bad," Gray protested. Sting and Rogue gave him a knowing look. "Okay. So, maybe he can be a little sissy," Gray said, rolling his eyes. Gray rolled over and faced them. "Okay, enough with that. What's goin on with Loke?" he asked as he crossed his legs. Rogue and Sting shared a look. 

'Not talkin', huh,' he sighed and then eyed the other two. They shuddered. Gray knows, and they know it. 'Fine then...'

  As soon as Loke entered. Lyon felt the depress and rejected aura from him. He removed himself from his book and watched on the wobbling drop himself on the bed and trembled. That caught Lyon's attention.

"Mind talking to me?" Lyon said, Loke turned to him and noticed that Loke was not wearing his glasses, and he saw those bloodshot eyes. Loke was clearly not the type to cry, so this was new.  

"No, this is nothing man," Loke answered, voice hoarse and cracked. Lyon's brows furrowed. It was a good thing that Gajeel and Elfman was still at school doing community service because they trashed their classroom. "Oh, by the way. Welcome back." Loke greeted with a false grin.

"Loke, don't lie. I can tell that you're faking your smile," Lyon said. Yes, he can read those false grin, Natsu was always using them, he already grew accustomed to it. Loke's grin dropped and his started to water again. And then, he started to cry childishly. "Whoa! Wh--" Lyon couldn't understand what's going on.

"Damn it all...." Loke whined. He had enough, he didn't want to talk to anyone but he responded to Lyon, he felt bad for ignoring Gray.

"Seriously, enough. What's wrong with you?" Lyon huffed  and crossed his arms.. Loke sideglance him and sighed. He decided that he should talk, especially to Lyon. Juvia had once mention that it was Natsu who helped them form their relationship.

"How should I start?" Loke said sheepishly, rubbing his nape. "Have you been rejected?" he asked unsure.

"Uh... No, I guess," Lyon answered hesitantly. It was weird, the only girl who rejected Loke was Erza and Lucy, on special occasions. 

"No?" Loke repeated and stared at Lyon. Lyon sat properly and stared at Loke.

"Well yeah. No. Cause, Juvia was the first girl I asked," he answered. Loke's head dropped again. "Did you ask a girl and got rejected?" he asked. But then, before Loke could answer, he added. "Or did you finally asked Lucy?" That was taboo.

"No. I didn't ask her yet," he answered truthfully.

"Okay. So, what's the real problem?" He asked.

"You see. I got rejected, by a friend--" 

"You asked one of your friends out?" Lyon clarified.

"Ye-Wait, what? No!" he answered. "Just let me finish," he sighed and Lyon nodded.

"Let's see. A friend of mine told me to stay away from Lucy. He told me that I disgust her, that I'm not worthy of her, and even though he didn't say it, I can tell that he's telling me that I don't deserve her," he said. 

"Okay. So? It's not like its a whole lie," Lyon deadpan. Loke felt like he was pierced by an arrow. He shakily reached for Lyon.

'H-he's not h-holding back on m-me,'  Loke dreaded.

"I mean, Lucy does find you disgusting because of that playboy reputation you have," one arrow. "Even in my opinion, you clearly don't deserve her," another arrow. "So I don't see anything wrong with criticism," another arrow, just Loke was about ot past out, what Lyon said woke him up. "But you know, if it's one thing I'm confident I know about you, is that you're the type of guy who can be serious if you want to. I know something like that won't stop you if you really are serious about this," Lyon encourage. Loke can feel tears swelling up again. He hastily wiped them, earning a laugh from Lyon.