You're Warm (Fairy Tail)

Who's a Babe?

You're Warm
Chapter 9: Who's a Babe?

Running down the hallways where she covered her mouth with tears trailing her every step, Lucy bumped into a person who yelled for her attention as she continued running off without a single word following her. There wasn't a need for her turn around and apologise - It was rude of her to continue jetting off down the hallway sprinkled with students, but she didn't want to stop just to face off someone who would unknowingly hate her.

Levy-chan was a liar. She had told her that the school was entirely bully-free, but that shit was nonsense considering how she's being treated now.

As she continue to run, she made a sharp turn to the left where she ran pass Levy who dropped her pamphlets to watch the blonde continue off running. "Lu-chan!" she called out where she watched the gradually downsizing Lucy suddenly disappear from her sights.

Levy frowning, she looked down to the floor with a sigh. Something must had happened since she was running off like that with a heartbreaking expression on her face. "Levy-chan, do you need any help?" a fellow student questioned as she jogged up to the blunette with a worried expression. 

The girl snapping out of it, she forced herself to smile as she went down to her knees to pick up the pieces of paper. "Ah, yes please. Thank you," she replied as she watched the girl go down to the floor to help her pick up her scattered pieces of paper which she gathered to show the blonde.

Glancing over her shoulder again, she shook her head. "Lu-chan... Please be okay," she whispered to herself where the girl looked up to her with a confused face.

   "Did you say something Levy-chan?" she questioned.

Levy smiled  before shaking her head. "No, no. Let's hurry before sensei scolds us," she lied as she continued to collect her pamphlets for her friend.

As she did so, Lucy managed to find her way out of the maze known to others as a school. With heavy pants, she placed her hands onto her knees and looked back to watch the students chatter happily as they walked through the hallways and corridors of the second and third building of the school.

Wiping away her tears, she pulled herself straight and hastily walked out of the school's property where her keys clattered to her actions. "Stop it. I don't need you guys to be constantly watching over my back," she said harshly as she continued to walk down the path where her keys slowly stopped as they clearly listened to her scolding.

The blonde taking in a deep breath, she glanced down to her keys and sighed. She didn't mean to say that to her friends, but Natsu's words to her really cut her deep down in her heart. She adored the blushing Natsu, the one that would always hide behind his scarf when he was feeling embarrassed - Not the one in the present today.

Today was her first day attending the school, and she pretty much ditched it within four hours. She was able to meet her childhood friends, and she even made a new friend that didn't mind her weakness. The blonde knew that she should be happy about this, but the fact that the school was under Natsu's control was unsettling to her stomach.

Walking and making a turn where she entered the town square, she kept her down as she continued to gaze upon the concrete tiles which gave the people a sense of direction. She hated herself for having to run, but she had no other choice since she wasn't used that negative exposure that she was going through.
   That amount of bullying wasn't something she'd appreciated. The intensity of their heated glares made her body run cold, and she now understood the reason to their high ranks within the school leader boards of the city.

Still in her own world, she walked into a wall which made her stumble back a bit with a small pout on her face. "Ouch," she whispered, placing a hand on top of her forehead where she rubbed it gently to soothe the tinge of pain which happened to make her forehead slightly pink.
  "Watch where you're going blondie," a voice said, making her freeze as she slowly looked up.