Red

Category : Anime Fairy Tail

Author : MisZ Anarchy

Language : English

Rating : M

Hello there, this is my first official attempt at writing AU fanfiction for Fairy Tail. I do hope that you enjoy this whirlwind story that I have started to write. It is an AU high school work in progress, my objective is unsure at the moment so bear with me as there might be multiple pairings, but in the end it will be worth it. Please feel free to leave comments and remarks, I will answer any questions left in reviews or in PM's. Enjoy! Lols

Disclaim – Fairy Tail belongs to Hiro Mashima.

Summary : "And the funny thing is, I didn't want to fall in love, not at all… But at some point this girl smiled, and, holy shit, I blew it." He said, his eyes briefly meets mine and then he looks away again, almost embarrassed to confess there was another girl.

Chapter 1

Loving him is like driving a new Maserati down a dead-end street

I bite back a sob as I collapse against the wall just behind my homeroom. Bringing my knees up to my chest as I wrap my arms around them and I just cry. And I cried. I cried so much. I can't stop the damn tears from running down my cheeks. A sob cracks through me again and it hurts so much. It feels like my heart is being torn into pieces. It feels like someone literally has my heart in their hands and they are shredding it. I never knew heart ache could be this bad.

How could I let myself fall for someone just to be played with and fooled around with like a foolish doll? I honestly thought it was something more, sure high school love was just some stupid fairy tale, but to me it was right now, it was real, but why did he need to go and play with my heart like he had done? This, this thing we had going, the secret glances, the mystery notes, the nightly texting each other, the mid night meetings. All for what? So he could toy with me? He played me like the fool I am. Another sob racks through me and I hug myself tighter because I feel like I am falling apart.

I even expected this from him, I even warned myself to not open up to him, that he would hurt me, because when I asked people about love, they only told me about heartache. But then he surprised me and he broke down every wall I had set up so carefully to protect myself from heartache, he even told me that he loved me. It had been Friday night in one of our many mid night meetings at the local park. He held me tight under the big Oak tree and he kissed the top of my head. "I think I am in love with you Lucy…" I remembered how I smiled as I looked into his eyes and now it just brought heartache to my thoughts.

"Lyon do you really mean it?" I asked and I had repeated the question several times in my mind since he had told me. Maybe things had not gone how it was supposed to, maybe I wasn't what he wanted in the end. There was a lot of contributing factors to this mess, I wipe at my tears again and bite my lip to stop a mumble coming from my lips. And to think all this secrecy was his idea, so my friends would not resent him, even if he and Gray had been close friends once. They just didn't meet eye to eye anymore. Everything was a secret, no one knew, no one would understand my heartache, and they wouldn't ever know.

My whole world shattered in pieces just moments before as I was passing the quad to go to my Math class, that's when it happened, that when I had seen it. Lyon with Sherry, wrapped in each other's arms like a couple that has never been apart, he had told me multiple times that there was nothing between the two of them, the smiles, the whispers, the hugs, the kisses, he assured me time and time again that he was being friendly, and I was stupid enough to fall for that, and now, I saw them kissing, making out like it was no one's business, in the middle of the quad nether the less. In plain sight of others, that was not how friends acted, this was actions of lovers.

He blinded me and fooled me, I was so stupid to believe he would like me, that he would be into me, and that we would ever be together as a couple. I was so blinded by all his lies he spewed and everyone saw through it except for me. I was just that stupid I guess. To make things worse, I found out that they had been in a relationship for a while now; it was hidden from my naïve eyes by simple actions. Maybe I wanted this thing between him and me so much that I just could not see the faults.

I huff a breath and pull myself into a smaller ball as I continued to cry, I'm sure he had not seen me, because when I saw them I ran and I ran, running as fast as my feet could take me, my feet only stopped once my back was to the wall and my legs gave in. Besides no one would see me here, they wouldn't find me because no one ever comes here. I'll just sit here and sulk and wait till most of the students leave or go to the dorms before I sneak off to my dorm room.

I had missed math but I don't care, my heart felt like it was torn in shreds, I had truly had feelings for Lyon and now look at this, I was screwed over. Another cry ripped out from my throat as I hunch over and try to remain quiet. I don't want the people in the class to hear me at all. This could create a scene if I was found by the wrong people or even teachers. I surely would get detention for skipping even if my reason was petty in their eyes.

"It's not like you to bunk class blondie…" I hear from atop and I don't even look at the person the voice belongs to. What was he doing here anyway, did he not have class like the rest of us? Had he seen me? Had he followed me here? I really didn't need this right now. Just not from him. Another sob erupts and I try eagerly to hide it but I fail dismally as I cover my face with my arms.

I hear his footsteps coming closer and closer and then he is in front of me. I didn't want him here, I didn't want him to see me like this, I didn't want anyone to see me like this, I will never hear the end of this, that I am sure of, he will forever think I am weak and pathetic, well he already thought that but now I am just proving his point. This was just such a horrible situation that I just wanted to wish away.

"Lucy?" I hear him say my name and then I feel his hands on my shoulders, his touch is light and there seems to be worry lingering in his voice, one hand moves to underneath my chin and he slightly moves my face to look at him, my vision is blurry and I am not even sure who or what I am seeing right now. But I know his voice. Even more tears stream down my face as I hold myself together, if I don't I will crumble.

Blue grey eyes look to mine and they are hooded with concern and worry, not something I would ever expect from him. I had never seen him like this to be completely honest. He never cared. Why would he? I shake my head trying vigorously to get out of his grip but it is all in vain.

"Lucy are you okay?" His voice is soft and it only makes me want to cry even more, because Lyon Vastia clearly showed me no one cares for me, so why would this be different. More tears stream down my cheeks and I can't control it anymore. I wasn't about to say anything, the sobs coming from my throat would not allow it. And even if I wanted to, I was not about to speak to Laxus Dreyar of all people. I see him hunch down and in a wink of an eye he has his one arm underneath my knees and the other holding my back as he pulls me into his arms. I'm caught by surprise as he lifts me into the air but I end up just curling up closer to him, I wasn't about to fight him, I know I would not win against him. "We have enough time for me to take you to your dorm room before the final bell rings." I hear him say in my ear but I couldn't care less. I lay my head on his broad chest, my tears falling from my lashes, rolling down my cheeks and onto his school shirt. I could feel myself shaking in his arms, but he didn't seem to notice as he took his strides steadily towards my dorm room.

True to his words we were in front of my dorm room just before the final bell rang sounding that school would be out. He didn't even need to sign in, with him being School Student President he had access to any part of the school, including the dorms. He walked straight to my room and he stood there for a few minutes unsure of what to do.

"Keys?" He asks and for a moment I'm not sure what he is asking for and when it finally registers I sneak my hand into my breast pocket, aimlessly pulling the whole contents out including my phone and dorm room keys, both falling to the floor with a loud thud. I gasp as I hear the items fall to the floor. Laxus shifts somewhat as he tries to adjust but seemingly it was impossible for him to retrieve my keys like this. "Can you place an arm around my neck just to support yourself, I just need to pick up the keys?" he asks and with some effort I place one arm loosely around his neck, when he is sure I am secure he kneels down picking up my items.

He fidgets with my keys somewhat, I can hear voices approaching, people are coming and soon this hallway would be flooded by other girls, I expect Laxus to rush to enter my room, to almost kick down the door, because like Lyon, he might not want to be seen with me as well. But to my surprise Laxus remains cool and calm, even as girls start to appear in the passage, their eyes lingering on us, I close my eyes as Laxus finally opens the door and walks in, for a moment he stands in my doorway and looks from side to side before he turns towards the bed, he carefully lays me down and I loosen my grip on him as he stands up straight looking around my room like it's the first time he has ever been in a girls room. I sense girls lingering in the hallway looking into my room to figure out what was going on. But he soon closes the door. He looks around again as I curl into the foetal positional my tears still freely rolling down my cheeks.

I hear him pull out my chair at my desk and he sits down on it. I turn slightly with my back towards him, I didn't want to face anyone especially not him right now. I just wanted to be by myself, I wanted to cry and let my heart hurt in piece. I didn't want or need an audience to witness me in this state. It was already embarrassing enough to know that I have been fooled, I didn't want anyone to witness my breakdown too.

"Lucy." He calls to me, his voice low but I can hear it clearly, I don't move, I just continue to lay with my back to him. Hoping he would get the hint and just leave me be.

"I don't want to talk." I mumble between sobs and I hear him sigh heavily. There is some fumbling on his side and then it's quiet again. But still he didn't make a move to leave my room. I bite the inside of my mouth.

"I'll just make a report that you fainted and I took you to your dorm then if you are not going to tell me what is going on." I hear him say and I cuddle closer into my comforter. "Will that be okay?" he asks, it seems he would try any method to get me to talk. To think of it this is the first time that me and Laxus has… how do I put it? This is the first time ever we are alone with each other, talking to each other, well he is talking, I am just laying here. I have only ever been near him or with him were there had been groups of people. He was never like this, he was a rather proud person, his ego took first place. He was a straight A-student and he was the Headmasters Grandson. His level in society was far more superior then any others and I was surely not on his level.

"Yeah…" I say with a small sob, it was all I could get out.

"I saved my number on your phone if you need… anything." He said with a bit of hesitation and with that he rose to his feet and walked out of my dorm room, not saying another word as he closed the door behind him. My room went quiet, and my tears continued to roll down my cheeks, only when it started to get dark I managed to rise up to my feet for long enough to get dressed in my PJ and return back to bed. Tonight sleep would not come to me easily, but heartache was there, grasping my heart tightly plunging it into the darkness.