My Unrequited Love For You

Friendship?

I'm pathetic.

I was still just standing in the bathroom stall with tears still falling freely. The bell signaling the end of Lunch break rung. I had another class before finishing today with volleyball. Tomorrow we have to attend all of our classes, only on the first day do we spend 3 school hours in sports so the new students could get the basics.

I have to get going to class.

I wiped my tears and took a few deep breaths. I stepped out of the stall and cringed when I looked at my reflection. I opened my school bag and pulled out my make up pouch. I always carried it with me because lately father has been drinking and things would get out of hand at home there are times that I need to cover some bruises with make up.

I guess I'll be a bit late to class today.

I have never been late to class before but I couldn't possibly go with my eyes red and puffy. I'll have to wait a few minutes for it to go down. After about 3 minutes my eye color returned to normal and my make up was fixed. I walked out of the bathroom and began walking down the hall. "Lu?" I turned 180 degrees to see Arata Mizushima standing there with his hands in the pockets of his uniform pants. "A-arata! What are you doing here?" He began to walk forward and stopped when he was in front of me. "You okay?"

No.

I faked a smile and responded "Of course, why wouldn't I be?" His expression was serious. "You crashed into me during lunch break and I called out to you but you kept running. I noticed you coming in this direction so I've been waiting for you to come out. So don't lie to me and say that your fine." I kept my smile in place making sure it didn't waver for even a millisecond. "I'm sorry for running into you and making you late for class." I said as I bowed. "Its fine but why were you running? And how come you took so long?" "Ah, I felt sick so I ran to the restroom but I had to wait for it to go away." He doesn't look so convinced. "Then let's get to class." "Oh yeah, but we're going to be late." He flashed me a wink "Don't worry about it." Then he reached out and grabbed my hand with his and took off running. "Hey wait up!" He simply faced me again and flashed me a smile. "Jeez." I whispered with a smile on my face.

When we reached a stop I realized that we were in front of our home room class for the self study session. Still holding on to my hand Arata guided me into the class room. "Sorry we're late!" I somehow mustered while still trying to get my breathing back to normal. "Ah Heartfilia and Mizushima its nice of you to join us." "Sorry you see I asked Lu to tour me around the school and time just flew by and we missed the bell." "Alright your excused, but just for today do not let this happen again or I will mark you down." "Hai Sensei!" We walked to where our desks were and took a seat.

"See, it's all good." I lightly giggled. "Alright but stop wiggling your eyebrows its creeping me out." He only chuckled. I felt a pencil poke my back so I turned in my chair to face Levy. "Ne, Lu-chan is that really why you were late? Are you sure you weren't doing something else with Arata-kun?" I could feel my neck heat up and my cheeks quickly followed. "O-of course we weren't doing anything else, Levy-chan! What are you thinking?!" She giggled "Nothing Lu-chan" I sighed while puffing out my cheeks before turning around when I felt a tug on my sleeve.

I smiled, it was Natsu. "What's up, Nat-" "Don't be so loud Lucy, can't you see that Lisanna and I are trying to have a conversation."  I looked past him to see that in fact Lisanna was seated next to Natsu while Gray was seated next to Juvia, his face showing fright and a hint of annoyance. My smile was still in place. "Oh. I see, I'm sorry." "Oi Lu, there's no need for you to apologize to Pinky over there." Why are you defending me? "Arata, its fine really." Then Natsu spoke, "See? Even she knows that she should apologize. Besides, it ain't your business so stay out of it." Then I let my smile droop.

"Arata, just let it go." "But-" "Just don't okay? Besides, I need to focus on my assignments so please do refrain yourself from distracting me." "Alright, sorry." I'm sorry, Arata. I didn't respond anymore. I did my best to focus on my homework but I simply couldn't today. Considering it was so noisy around me. This was a self study class which meant we had an hour to work on any of our subjects. The reason it was so noisy was because we had Gildarts as our teacher and he gave us the privilege to talk among ourselves. Normally Natsu and I would be chatting away with our friends but today he was busy with Lisanna and I wasn't in the mood.        

After what seemed like forever the bell finally rung meaning we had to move on to our next period. It was time for Gym, that is if you aren't in any sports club. I just so happened to be the captain of the Volleyball team. I silently yet eagerly put my things away and walked out the door with Levy on my right. Erza went off with the guys since she was their team advisor. Cana would usually skip the last period and do who-know's-what with a guy named Bacchus from one of the neighboring schools. "Lu-chan are you feeling okay?" "Un, I'm just tired I guess." "Well you better not fall asleep during your volleyball practice." I giggled, leave it to one of my best friends to cheer me up. "Of course not, Levy-chan!" When we rounded the corner of the hall we went our separate ways. "Good luck!" "Thanks, good luck with practice!" I nodded and continued towards the gymnasium.