Don't Judge a Book By It's Cover: Male Reader x Erza Scarlet

Chapter 3

Hey y'all! I finally got some time to continue writing more. I'll try to post a new chapter at the very least once a week. That's all I have to say. Enjoy the chapter!

Y/N = your name

"Talking"

'thinking or voice in head'

"Beast talking/Demonic voice"

[Y/N POV]

I just ran. Their laughing stuck in my head, and I kept hearing it over and over. Eventually I just knelt on the ground and sat back covering my ears. I kept on hearing the insult that they said. I closed my eyes and started whispering to myself.

???1: "The kid's retarded! Hahahaha!"

???2: "What is this kid, mentally disabled?!"

Gray: "Hahaha, hey Natsu! He makes you look like a genius!"

Natsu: "What's that supposed to mean?!"

Y/N: *small whisper* shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up, *yelling* SHUT UP!!!!!!"

Closing my eyes ended up not helping either. I would see the faces that everyone had when they looked at me. The disappointment, the fear, I saw all of it. The images are ingrained into my mind and I cannot get them out. Every detail in the moment was caught in my mind like a mouse in an adhesive trap. My shaking was out of control, parts of my body would twitch every now and then. I probably looked like and insane person.

After 20 minutes of sitting there, I suddenly heard a loud rustle in the bushes. I turned around to see a bunny hop out from the bush. I just turned around and continued to try and calm myself down. Out of nowhere, I feel a soft hand touch my shoulder from behind me. I jolted away from whoever grabbed me, and my shaking only increased from that moment. Quickly turning around, I was met with the sight of a concerned Lisanna. 

Lisanna: *concerned* "Y/N, are you okay?"

I had no clue what to do. I felt paralyzed. My body just stopped moving, and I just sat there staring at her.

Lisanna: "Y/N, please tell me, are you okay?"

I just sat there with the images from the guild flashing through my mind. Tears were almost streaming down the sides of my face. I had nothing to say, not like I could say anything at the moment anyway. Lisanna started walking towards me slowly. She knelt down in front of me and tried to reach out for me again. I reeled back slowly out of instinct, but realized after that I couldn't move much further. My body would let me move. Lisanna slowly tilted my head to face her so she could look at me. Unlike everyone else, I'm unable to look people in the eyes. It was just too uncomfortable and awkward for me to handle. Instead of looking at her eyes, I just looked at her nose, or as high up on the nose as I could without it making me nervous. After a few seconds, Lisanna just hugs me all of a sudden. My breath hitched for a brief moment when she came into contact with me before resuming again. To my surprise, instead of feeling stressed, nervous, or anxious, I finally felt... relaxed. The laughing in my head stopped. My shaking slowed down, and my heart rate started to go back to normal again. I don't know why I felt compelled to do this. It was completely out of my nature, but I returned the hug and just decided to sit there.

Lisanna and I ended up sitting there for around an hour in silence before she spoke again.

Lisanna: "Y/N, please tell me what's causing you to be like this. Even though you just joined the guild and met everyone, Fairy Tail is still a family and we want to take care of each other."

I went to grab the notepad that Makarov gave us, to then realize that it had fallen out of my pocket while running through the woods. Lisanna must have realized as well since she saw the look of horror in my face.