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"How is he?"
Wendy sighed, lowering her hands. Erza sat on a chair opposite to her, while Natsu just observed it all from the doorway, arms crossed.
"He should be fine." she sighed, yet the small hint of uncertainty in her voice didn't go unnoticed by either of the mages or the exceeds. "I've done everything I can."
"How did this even happen?" Erza asked, distress clearly showing on her face. "It doesn't make sense."
"He is one of the strongest. For him to just be like this.."
"Did you have a premonition as of late? Probably about a strong foe? Or something? Anything?" Erza asked, desperation evident in her voice.
"No." Carla mumbled, dejected. "Although.."
"Carla!"
Everyone except the said exceed turned to look at Wendy, who had just cut off her best friend warningly. Carla continued to stare at her paws, wearing a crestfallen expression.
"Wendy..what do we achieve by hiding it?"
As soon as those words were heard, the bluenette's hard look fell, replaced with one with that of utter hopelessness and sadness.
Deep down, she knew.
It would achieve nothing.
"What is all of this about?" Erza questioned, shaking her head. "Just tell us what happened. We need to know."
"Wendy.."
The sky maiden shifted her gaze to her lap, clenching her fists. Natsu calling out her name was just as much as she could take.
What should she do?
She didn't want to hurt him.
Telling him would hurt.
But he had to know.
Why was life just so difficult?!
Why did they have to make choices?!
"You found him." Happy began, his voice already quivering. "Only you know what happened."
She couldn't hide it.
Not anymore.
She had to tell.
No matter how difficult it was.
Maybe, this is what life was meant to be after all.
Choosing between what was right and what was easy.
"Carla and I.." she began, her voice quivering just a little. "We found Gray-san near the town square."
She clasped her hands, desperately trying to stop the shaking.
"When we first saw him he was already down on his knees, in a coughing fit. And.."
"And?.."
"And..Lucy was there, watching him."
Wendy didn't dare look up, clasping her hands even tighter. She didn't want to see their faces. Their reactions.
She didn't want to face the consequences of her decision.
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Fanfiction"So.." he began, shifting to look at her now instead. "Why'd you leave?" There it was, the question she had dreaded from the start. Lucy closed her eyes, taking in a deep breath. Her hand shifted just a little, pulling away from his warm one. 'Becau...
