Broken Mage

The Condition

Lucy took a deep breath as she dipped herself to her bathtub. She sighed contently as she soaked herself in the lukewarm water. Lucy closed her eyes and leaned her head back. She was strangely calm and content. It really was relieving that she didn't drink a lot last night, otherwise her head must be splitting and throbbing. She was glad. It has been a while since she had conversations with a good laugh, true, the tease was annoying, but she was still glad. The addition to Laxus in her life was giving her positive vibes. Sadly, she didn't know if things were going to stay or not.

It has been a while indeed. She still has Natsu and the gang, but, they didn't come over anymore, or rather they all were quite busy with their own problems and the only time the gang get together was for missions. To be completely honest, she enjoyed talking to him. Lucy felt like she was seeing the other side of the usually stoic faced dragon slayer. Though annoying, she didn't really mind about the tease, because she could easily get back at him for that, and judging from his reactions earlier, it seemed he reacted a lot. She thought about how adorable he was when he blushed and chuckled to herself. He was oddly a sweet person, too.

Deep down, she wanted things with Laxus to become something they could do on a regular basis because it was so refreshing. Although, part of her has worries that he's doing this because of pity. She didn't want that. She didn't want pity, especially from him.

After she was done washing up, Lucy got up and wrapped the towel around her. Thinking that the blonde dragon slayer took off, Lucy got out of the bathroom and walked towards her room.

At first, she didn't notice any sound. Lucy kept walking until she passed the kitchen where a loud clank was heard. Lucy snapped her head alerted, quickly shifting into a defensive position. That Laxus left the place unlocked! Well, it was partly Lucy's fault, but blaming the blonde dragon slayer seemed right. Without looking at the intruder, Lucy turned, and Lucy Kicked them in a flash.

'Oi! That hurts!' A deep, familiar voice yelled making Lucy looked at the person's face. She gasped.

The person was Laxus. An annoyed looking Laxus. He was rubbing his side from where Lucy kicked him. It seemed that both of them has yet to realize that Lucy was just wrapped in a short, barely reaching her thighs towel. Lucy stared at him horrified. Then, she glanced down at herself, then back at him slowly. With one quick motion, she covered her chest and her lower body and squatted.

'Y-you idiot! What are you still doing here?!' Lucy yelled, her face was flushing.

Laxus, who wasn't aware of the situation at first looked confused. He stared at the blonde mage squatting and flinched, quickly turned around, ears reddening.

Well this is awkward.

'I was cleaning your pan.' He said quietly, still surprised.

Seeing as the blonde dragon slayer turned his back to her, Lucy saw this as a chance to get up and bolt to her room. She quickly reached her drawers and got dressed in a flash. Her face still flushed and her heart was beating like crazy. Grumbling to herself, she got back to the kitchen after getting dressed, arms crossing, and face ticked with annoyance.

Laxus sighed loudly, seeing the blonde like that made his heart raced so fast. It wasn't like he never saw her in a bikini or other revealing clothes before, it was just that this was the first time he'd seen her up close. Like, really close. Rubbing his face, he faced the angry Lucy in front of him, smiling apologetically.

'Sorry.'

Lucy huffed and waved her hand, 'Yeah, yeah.' She dismissed, but clearly she was still pissed.