Old Friends {Sting x Reader AU}

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You ended up falling asleep after crying so much. Gray stayed with you the entire time, letting your hair in an attempt to soothe you. He apparently did a good job since you had stopped crying for a few seconds, and in the span of that ended up falling asleep. He wouldn't mind holding you close while you were asleep. He was just glad that you were calm and stopped crying.

But as he was holding you, he couldn't stop think about what he had done. Seeing you cry like that was the last thing he ever wanted. But having you cry like that lead him to being there for you. Sting being as pissed off as he was wasn't something he wanted. But now he was distant, so that was good for him. Overall though, would it end up well for him?

After a few hours he picked you up bridal style, carrying you up to your room. You would still be passed out, not noticing the movement. He would enter your room and place you on your bed gently, and you would immediately hug your pillow and pull it to your chest. He would smile to himself, loving how adorable you looked. He would then look around your room, not really remembering if he had ever been up there before.

He would see a lot of photos of friends, none he recognized, so he assumed that they were from your old school. There were a lot of floral decorations, but nothing childish. It was more like vines pinned to the wall and wisteria flowers hanging from the ceiling in a corner. Then he would notice the vanity, where you had your makeup and some other pictures taped on the mirror. As he would inspect the mirror, he frowned.

There were multiple photos of you and Sting, both old and recent. But most were from when you were children. He could see it on Sting's face that even as a child he had loved you. It annoyed him how sweet it was. He would let out a sigh and turn around, facing your window that had F/C curtains that were pulled open. At first Gray wouldn't notice, but then realized that there was a window outside of the window; the window belonging to Sting's house, specifically his room. Gray would walk closer to the window and see that Sting was at his, staring into your room, glaring at Gray.

Gray would stare back at him coldly, very unimpressed. Then Gray would grab both sides of the curtains and close them, blocking Sting's eyes from your room.

Sting would grow frustrated. Why was Gray in your room in the first place? He was incredibly angry with all of this, and had no doubt that Gray had something to do with it. But he also believed that there was a possibility that you were cheating on him due to the fact that Gray was there when Sting had arrived to your house. He hated this. He hated all of it.

Gray had sighed as he closed the curtains, and then heard you tossing and turning around in your bed. He walked over to you quietly and brushed some hair away from your face. He looked down at you and smiled softly before planting a kiss on the side of your head. He knew that you wouldn't remember it, he wasn't even sure if you felt it, but to him, just being able to kiss the side of your head was worth everything.

**

It was now Thursday, and you would go back to school the following Monday. You were not looking forward to it at all. In fact, at this point you wanted to drop off the face of the earth.

It didn't take long for Sting and Yukino to get back together officially. After he had left your house he had called her and they picked up where they left off, putting each other in their Instagram bios again and posting each other on Snapchat. When the school saw this, they were split fifty-fifty. Some where glad that one of the power couples were back together while some actually preferred you and Sting together. Rogue, Rufus, Orga and Minerva were the ones who preferred you over Yukino. And of course, Gray was happy that Sting was with Yukino. Juvia preferred you, since she wouldn't have to consider you a love rival. Natsu actually preferred Yukino, that way you'd be able to hang out with his group more often. Lucy preferred you, since she saw how much love you had for him and vise versa. Erza felt indifferent about the situation, but definitely now felt a bit of hatred towards Sting. Wendy was confused and didn't want to choose sides.

"This is just awful." Lucy sighed, holding Natsu's hand. "I'm sure she feels heartbroken, she really loved him."

"He didn't deserve her." Gray crossed his arms. "He's trash."

"Watch it." The group heard a voice, and turn around to see Rogue, Rufus, Orga and Minerva. The voice belonged to Rufus. Of course with the tone he used, Gray should have known since they have a history together.

"How can you sit there and defend him after what he did?" Gray asked him, but before Rufus could speak, Rogue took a step forward.

"We aren't defending him. What happened was awful and he should have handled it differently but don't say he didn't deserve her. They were made for each other."

"Then why did he cheat?" Natsu asked genuinely.

"He didn't, she kissed him and a photo got out. It's all a misunderstanding." Minerva tried to remain calm. "When I find whoever took that picture I'm going to kill them."

"Minerva, that won't solve anything." Rufus lowered his head. "There's nothing we can do besides wait it out."

"Of course there's something you can do!" Lucy shouted, wanting nothing more than to see you happy. "We just have to prove to her that it wasn't Sting's fault!"

"Sting thinks that she was cheating on him with Gray." Rufus' tone was sharp, glaring right at Gray. "The question is, why were you at her house when he showed up?"

"Gray, you didn't." Erza looked at him shocked.

"Is that why you left early?" Lucy tilted her head. "To see Y/n?"

"She was hurting, did you guys not realize that?" Gray huffed. "So I left and bought her ice cream to cheer her up after finding out her boyfriend was a cheater."

"He didn't cheat, get that through your skull." Rogue gritted his teeth.

"It looked like he did." Nastu shrugged. "I mean, lips on lips. That's cheating."

Lucy smiled to herself a bit, but it was irrelevant to the situation at hand. "Listen, the way Sting talked about her, I doubt that he really cheated on her." She said.

"Thank you, Lucy." Rogue sighed but then quickly flinched when he felt a hand in his shoulder.

"Hey man! Whatcha talking about?" The cheerful voice belonged to Sting, almost as if nothing happened. But when he saw Gray, his attitude changed a bit.

"Nothing much." Rogue said, trying to sound cheerful, but it was hard. He was mad at his best friend for acting the way he was. "Anyways, I better get going." He started to walk away, Rufus, Orga and Minerva following him.

"What's their problem?" Sting turned, looking at Natsu.

"Probably-" But before Natsu could continue, Lucy slapped a hand over his mouth.

"Maybe you should ask them. Not us." She said, grabbing Natsu by the arm and walking away. Then there was only Gray, Erza and Wendy.

"Why are they mad at me?" Sting asked Erza.

"Like Lucy said, ask them." She shot at him, and walked away, Wendy following close behind her. Sting would watch them leave, and the turn to Gray, his eyes narrow.

"Why were you in her room?" His voice sounded demanding.

"Why'd you kiss Yukino?"

"You think-!" He started to yell, but took a breath and started to whisper so that no one could hear him. "You think I wanted to do that shit?"

"Well obviously since you got back with her so easily."

"You know what? Fuck it." Sting threw his hands up in defeat, and started to walk away. "I'm not dealing with this shit."

**

You looked at the clock, and it was about fifteen minutes after school had let out. This would be your last day being alone, your mom would be coming home later tomorrow night. You were happy that she was coming home so you could get her advice on all that was happening.

You heard a knock at the door, and was extremely confused as to who it could have been. You were in your room so you dreaded having to walk down stairs. You decided to do so anyways, and opened the door to see who it was.

"Rogue?"