Lies and Love (Graylu)

The Lullaby

Lucy slammed the door shut and leaned her back on it, breathing heavily with a hand over her racing heart. She could feel tears starting to well up in her eyes, tears she's been trying so hard to hold in from the first time in five years her eyes laid on Gray in the theme park. She couldn't hold it in anymore when they were in the restaurant, and she felt like she couldn't hold it in again now.

"Lucy?"

Her eyes snapped back down from her gaze on the ceiling.

"Yeah?" she asked, thankful her tears didn't escape her lids.

"Are you okay?" Natsu asked with knitted brows in worry for the woman who looked like she was about to break down.

"Yeah, I'm fine," she reassured, trying to calm herself. "I just ran back in so I wouldn't get caught in the rain that's all," she lied, which perfectly explains her short and shallow breathing.

Natsu looked at her, not convinced, he knew this woman for five years now after all, but decided to let it go.

"Anyway, I better get going. I have to go back to the hospital. The family of one of my patients has been asking for me since noon."

Lucy smiled at the man and bowed her head lightly at him. "I'm sorry for taking you from your work for the whole afternoon."

"Are you kidding? I haven't had this much fun for a while now. I mean, I would never have met Gray if I had been stuck in the hospital all day," he said with a grin.

With a small smile, Lucy kept silent, not knowing what to make of his statement.

"Lucy, are you really okay?"

She nodded with a sure look on her face. "Yeah, I am. I'll see you again tomorrow for Layla?"

Frowning slightly at her change of subject, he sighed and nodded. "Yeah. Like I said earlier in the car, be there by 8 o'clock, or 9 o'clock at most. I've already just contacted my other colleagues."

"Alright, thank you again Natsu. And here," Lucy pulled out one of the large umbrellas from the rack just beside the front door. "It's raining cats and dogs out there."

"Thanks. See you girls tomorrow!"

Lightly closing the door behind him, Lucy sighed yet again, feeling uneasy and slightly guilty.

She really didn't want to let the boys spend more time with Gray, it would ruin everything, but she can't deny him or the boys' time with each other either.

Lucy knows Gray isn't stupid. He must've already figured out that Grey and Grayson really were indeed his and Lucy's children from the minute he saw her earlier. But she still held on to that tiny hope that he would just go along his way without bothering her or the boys ever again. And personally, she didn't at all want to face him ever again if she could help it, which is why she specifically told him to pick the boys up tomorrow when she was sure she was out of the house herself.

Scratching her head lightly, Lucy couldn't believe this sudden turn of events. She's been living quite peacefully over the last five years. Well, she's not living in luxury like he was, but she's getting by with her children at a normal pace and she was already contented with that. So, why is this all happening now?

"Oh Kami-sama, help me," she whispered, resting her forehead on the front door.

xoxo

"Gray-sama?"

At the sound of his name, Gray snapped out of the trance of his own thoughts, only to be met by a lot of worried looks directed at him.

"Yeah?" he said, still a bit absentminded.