You're Warm (Fairy Tail)

Fools

You're Warm

Chapter 18: Only Fools Cry

She sat there in the silence of her room where the clock's ticking could be heard ticking away in the distance on the far end of her white, and dull room. Her eyes dull and emotionless as she stared at the wall in front of her, she glanced over to her left to see two people seated and waiting for her attention on them.

   Should she give them some attention? She didn't know that herself. As she asked herself if she should turn her head to the two people waiting for her, she felt something inside of her chest rumble and snarl to her questions. 

Confused for a moment, she hesitated, but soon after, she felt a surge of energy enter into her body where she found herself calming down and relaxing. Although Lucy knew that something within her didn't want her to turn to face them, she knew that she had to if she wanted them to leave her alone in peace.

Giving out a sigh of tiredness as she turned her head to face the waiting Erza and Gray, she composed herself since she could recall little things relating to them in her memories. Who were they, and why did they act so familiar with her? 

   As if her mind was trying to remember something, she looked at them cautiously before opening her mouth to speak to them. She couldn't trust them - They couldn't be trusted.

"What do you want from me?" she said, her voice firm and confident which made the two surprised that she wasn't trying to avoid them in any way like what she was doing before in the past. Her eyes analyzing and trying to make sense of the reason why they're here, it was now her turn to wait for them since they were just simply looking at her in awe if as she were to be some rare specimen or animal from the zoo.

Faking a loud cough which snapped them out of it, she raised a brow. "If you don't have anything to say, please make your way out of my room so I can rest in peace rather than having you two stare at me in a strange way," she firmly pressed where Erza widened her eyes and shook her head with a forced smile.

"Lucy... We're sorry for making you feel that way in the past. We were being foolish and stupid for following and listening to Natsu," Erza said.

Lucy looking at her blankly, she frowned at the foreign name and tipped her head to the side. "For doing what? What have you guys done to me in the past?" she asked, feeling confused as if something in her life was missing.
   Looking over to Gray, she was surprised to see him staring at her in confusion and yet in shock - Was there something she wasn't getting right?