The Tragic Hum Of A Fairy (NaLu Fanfic)

Chapter 31 ~ Playing the Waiting Game

I sighed, placing the key back on it's hook beside the door and made my way to the kitchen, still not anywhere close to being awake, "Are you hungry? You're welcome to anything in here."

Silence.

With another sigh, I plopped onto the couch and patted the seat next to me, "What's wrong? It's not like you to be this down. Even when you literally passed out on the walk back, you were still talking."

She looked up at this, her blue eyes dull and blank, still in her clothes from the first day this whole thing began. 

I stood up again when she didn't move and made my way to the closet, opening it up to find a large t-shirt. I spoke and tossed her the shirt, "Here, take this, go take a shower, calm down, and then we'll eat something and go back to bed, okay?"

She nodded, and headed into bathroom while I went into the kitchen and began making some soup, the only thing I knew how to make. 

It took all of ten minutes and then she came out, dressed in my shirt that went down to her knees. A sense of pride swelled in my chest, seeing her in my shirt. 

My arm extended, gesturing to the soup, and she sat, eating the soup in silence, while I stood, leaning against my fridge, admiring the blue haired beauty at my table. 

She glanced up at me, "Shouldn't Gray-sama be eating as well?"

"Nah," I shook my head, "I'm not that hungry and I didn't feel like making two pots of soup."

Without another word, the water mage continued to eat her soup, still oddly quiet. 

A quiet ringing from the living room caught my attention and I made my way to the couch, finding my phone that had been buried in the couch cushions. I picked it up, not bothering to look at the caller ID. Who else would be calling this late? "Hello?"

The voice that spoke from the other side was feminine and small, also obviously tired though, "Gray? It's Levy."

"Yeah. What's up?"

"It's Lucy."

Levy POV

The light slumber I managed to grasp was pulled away from me with a light tap on my forehead. I jerked up, blinking, and found none other than the burly iron dragon slayer, with hair even more untamed then when I left. Groaning, my body uncurled itself from it's awkward position in the chair, while my eyes flickered around the room to find a clock. 

"What time is it?" I yawned, noticing the dark outside the windows. 

"Almost two a.m. but I couldn't handle being the only one awake anymore," Gajeel grunted, plopping down in the chair beside me.

Glancing across the small area, I found a sleeping Lisanna, curled up just like I had been, sleeping soundly. Well, at least one of us was getting some amount of good sleep. 

"You couldn't wait for me to get at least four hours?" my voice whined out, turning to face the piercings that covered his face. 

He gave his signature laugh, but continued staring straight ahead, "Lucy's bound to be out soon anyway. At least that's what Natsu said at midnight before he finally fell asleep. Apparently he could feel her awake for a second. He said she was scared and trying to get to him."

I nodded, "How'd he take... ya know... talking about the stuff?"

Gajeel grinned and laughed quietly again, "Fine. He knew more than I thought he would. Guess all those years at the popular table did something for him. I'll tell you what though, the kid didn't dissapoint all those girls he's been with."

I stuck my tongue out in disgust, fake puking all the while. "I take it you don't have much experience?"

"Nope," I stated, shaking my head and popping the "p". 

Awkward silence filled the room. "Do you?" I finally asked. 

He looked at me, eyebrows raised, eyes full of shock. After a few moments, he recovered, going back to staring at the wall. "I was in a dark school for the majority of my teenage life. And on top of that, I was Principal's favorite. He pretty much let me do whatever and gave me anything I wanted."

"Oh," was all I could respond with. Disappointment filled my heart. What must he think of me then? Just an innocent little bookworm who knows nothing about anything in that department?

"It's not bad being in your shoes though. In fact," he glanced at me, "I'd rather be like you. Everything is numb to me now. Even having the talk with that pyro head didn't phase me."

I scoffed, "Wonder what your mate will think."

At that moment, Gajeel and I both looked at each other, and for once I didn't just see scorn and terror in them, but those crimson eyes held...

"Are you all friends of Lucy Heartfilia?" a nurse came through the door of the waiting room, ripping me from my seat.

"Yes, ma'am, we are," I spoke for all three of us, even Lisanna who had just been shaken awake and now groggily stared at the door.

"She's alright. She woke up during the procedures for a brief minute so we gave her some pain medication and put her back to sleep. She's stable, although she'll probably be recovering for weeks. We're about to move her to a room," the woman spoke and I could still see traces of blood on her uniform.

I was about to turn back to our small group when the nurse spoke once more, "Oh, when she woke up, she was screaming for somebody named 'Natsu'. Just thought I'd let you know."

Nodding, she left the room, telling us she'd be back to take us to Lucy. I turned back to Gajeel, eyes wide. 

Gajeel simply humphed, "Well, the little bastard wasn't making it up."

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Only a few chapters left. Sorry for making everyone else play the waiting game waiting for chapters. 

But hey, school starts soon. Woo.

~MelodyElaine