My Unrequited Love For You

Secrets

It didn't take me long to get to the gym. When I walked inside I saw that all of the girls seemed excited about something. I walked over to Laki, a girl with purple hair in glassed who was the Co-Captain of the team. She is a really nice person, but she can also be quite sadistic at times.

When I reached her I tapped her shoulder. "Laki-san why is everyone so... hyper?" "Well Lucy-san it seems that today coach wants us to play against the boys team and they all seem happy about it." She said and when she said the word boys there was a hint of disgust. Oh well, maybe it's just me. "Heartfilia, your the captain, go get dressed. When you get back you and Laki will be playing the new-comer and the captain of the boy's team. You better hurry up girl." "Hai, Aquarius-sensei!" She just made a 'tch' noise and I walked into the locker rooms. Only then did I realize that I still had bruises that ran across both of my legs.

They were marks from two days ago when father came home drunk. I made the mistake to get in his way again so he had repeatedly struck me with his belt until he passed out from the alcohol. Only then did did Virgo, Mrs. Supetto, and the other servants come out. They all - even Virgo who normally shows no facial expressions- had a grim look on their faces. They had been prohibited by my father to assist me in a situation like that one, and they couldn't speak about it to other people. He had enough money to ruin their lives and he would if they dared to speak. Good thing that Loke doesn't work for my family anymore. He still watches over me at school like a big brother, even though he still flirts a lot. I'm certain that all of them care about me and they've told me that the only reason they don't leave the Heartfilia residence is because of me.

I had changed into my blue and gold volleyball shorts and jersey that both carried the Fairy Tail insignia. I walked out and peered into the gym and when my eyes connected with Aquarius I motioned her over.  "Oi Lu, seems that we're going up against each other today." I turned to face the one and only Arata Mizushima in the boys black and red Fairy Tail jersey. "Do we seriously only have one period where we aren't in the same class?" He chuckled "Hey, we'd be in all of them if I didn't suck at math, while your taking a college level course in your second term of high school." "It's shocking though, you seem like you'd be in the basic courses- no offense." "Even if you say that its still offensive 'ya know. I'm sure you miss me for that 1 hour though" He started laughing.

That's right, there's only 1 hour when I don't see him throughout the day.

I peered in again to see why Aquarius wasn't here yet and saw that she had hearts where her eyes should be and that she was talking with Scorpio-sensei. When she's like that she's just like Juvia. When Arata's laughter suddenly stopped I turned around again and looked at him with my left eyebrow raised. Then I saw that his gaze was on my legs and I remembered that they were marked with purple and green. I scurried past him while he seemed lost in thought and when I pulled the handle to go back in the locker room it was pushed closed again.  I looked above me and was met with a serious expression that I hadn't seen throughout the day. "What happened to you?" Think of a lie, think Lucy, think.

I nervously reached a hand up to my head and scratched a spot while putting a smile on my face. "You see, I'm a really big klutz and I fell down the stairs this morning." His expression didn't change so I awkwardly threw in some laughs. "That's not from the stairs Lucy." "Haha, why'd you call me Lucy? It doesn't sound right. I like Lu waaaaaaaay better. Maybe I should think of a nickname for you! Hm... what would it be... Ara-kun? No, how abou-" "Stop trying to change the subject, what really happened?" This time I put on a straight face. "I told you, I fell down the stairs." "That's-" "What did you want, girl?!" About time Aquarius, no matter, good thing your here now. I put on the best embarrassed face I could pull off and said, "Aquarius-sensei, isn't it true that I slipped and fell down the stairs this morning?" She looked confused and then I pointed down with my eyes and hers widened when she saw but nodded. "That's right, Heartfilia, you fell down and we had to take you to the infirmary." "See? I told you!" I then laughed. "Yeah... I guess I'll wait for you out there then." Arata slowly walked away. "Aquarius, please, can I wear the sweats today?" She nodded again. "Lucy, I'm sorry that you have to go through this, I wasn't at the house when this happened, I didn't even know until now..." "Its okay, because I'm fine!"

Aquarius was apart of my mom's security team. When mom passed away she stayed with me and although she's mean most of the time I really love her, so I appreciate that she's here just like Scorpio watching over me as my 'teachers' here. I gave her a quick hug and hurriedly put my sweats on top and ran out and onto one of the courts. Scorpio blew his whistle and the game started.

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Laki and I ended up winning by three points and left the boys in shame. I turned on my phone screen to see that school had ended and hour and fifty minutes ago. It seems that we were dismissed a bit early. Instead of putting on my blue and gold uniform that consisted of a skirt and a blazer/sweater-vest I simply put on my mid-thigh length stockings that conveniently covered the bruises and almost reached my volleyball shorts and put on my flats. Then I began to walk to the Sakura tree where Natsu and I were supposed to meet. There were dozens of Sakura trees throughout the school like the one we eat lunch at, but this one was special to the two of us. We had found Happy at that tree last year and so it became our meeting spot. The neko was an oddly blue color with a patch of white on his tummy and tail. It seems he had been succumbed to animal testing and his fur turned blue, but now he was a healthy kitty. I giggled at the memory of how his meows sound like 'Aye'. Before I knew it I had arrived at the tree and I began to wait for him.