Playboy's Attention《Book 1》

8: Hurt

October 13, Friday, 9:00 am, Gildarts's battle class

Lucy's POV
"Alright class, today we'll finally be sparring!" Mr. Clive yelled out. Clive was Mr. Gildarts's last name. He is also Cana's father.

Everyone loved the thought of sparring. So of course we celebrated.

"Settle down. I'll be putting you in partners, so it's a fair fight.

The pairs are:
Lucy vs Lisanna
Gray vs Natsu
Gajeel vs Jellal
Levy vs Juvia
And
Erza vs Cana

Please choose a spot to spar." Mr. Clive announced.

"I see it didn't work on you." Lisanna says quietly, while glaring at me.

I rolled my eyes and punched her in the stomach.

She fell on the floor.
Who knew she could be so weak?

"Natsu-kun! Lucy-chan knocked me down!!" Lisanna whines.

Natsu stops his fight with Gray and looks over at us.

"Good job Luce! She usually doesn't go down in just one hit!" Natsu says with a grin.

"Would ya stop flirting already?" Gray says out loud so the whole class notices.

"Natsu... Flirt with Lucy one more time... And I'll kick your ass so hard that you won't be able to tell what's up and down." Erza threatens him.

"Natsu, if you make Lucy cry... I'll get every book in the library and throw them all at your head!" Levy also threatens him.

"Feisty..." Gajeel makes a side comment.

"H-Hey now! What's this all a-about?" I nervously say to myself.

"Oh, aren't you and Natsu dating?" Levy asks me.

"N-No, we aren't!" I defend myself.

"Then why was he hugging you at that hill last Wednesday?" Juvia suddenly brings up.

"I-I don't know! Ask him!" I panic.

"Well, she looked really sad. So I thought that a hug might cheer her up. I felt really bad so..." Natsu answers.

Because he felt bad for me?

That's why?

I was stupid for developing feelings for him.
For falling in love with him.

I tried holding back my tears, and let out a fake laugh.

Levy looked at me.
I could tell that she knew I was hurt.
I smiled at her, as a signal to not point out that I'm hurt.

"Man, this is better that reality shows!" Mr. Clive yells out.

"Dad!" Cana yells at him.

"I-I have to go to the bathroom."I tell Mr. Clive.

"Alright, go ahead." Mr. Clive replies.
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I went to a stall and cried there.
Of course he didn't care for me.
He just felt bad.
That's all...
Just pity.

I had been on the bathroom for 10 minutes.

New message from: Levy
To Lucy:

Hey Lu! You okay in there?

From: Levy
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To Levy:

Honestly, no. And no, I'm not having trouble doing my 'business'

From: Lucy
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To Lucy: