The Little Redfox

The letter

Mikela's POV

It took all my effort to open my eyes. But I was glad I did. Once I opened my eyes, I saw that boy I care about so much. Gray was right in front of me and grinning like a mad man. Almost immediately after I opened my eyes, I was engulfed in a tight hug. Slowly I wrapped my arms around him. I feel wetness grow on my back. Is he crying? He pulls away and I was right, he had tears running down his face. "Thank god! I didn't know if you would come back this time. I was so worried." I reach my hand up and wipe away his tears. Why does he care? I thought they were angry. "I am so sorry! I was wrong and I totally understand if you hate me or if you want to leave." "What?! No! I don't hate you. I thought you were mad at me." He looks shocked. "I could never be mad at you! Look, I was stupid and jumped to conclusions. I know what the truth is now. The whole guild does! Everyone is really sorry about doubting you." They believe me? That is great news! Then Gray says, "Everyone understands if you want to leave the guild. We wouldn't blame you.We just hope you can forgive us." What?! "I could never leave y'all! It was an honest mistake! You guys are forgiven. And I hope you can forgive me for hiding the truth from you guys." For a long time Gray just stares at me and I begin to worry he won't forgive me. I look down at my lap as tears begin to form. Then Gray puts his finger under my chin and makes me look him in the eyes and says, "There is nothing to forgive." He pulls me into another bone crushing hug. When we pull apart, he grabs my chin and kisses me. Thank god everything is ok between us, but what happened to Gajeel? I pull away from Gray and look him in the eyes and say, "Gray? What happened to Gajeel?" He looks at me with sad eyes and tells me, "After you were hit, he just stopped fighting. He just stood there and didn't fight back. We left him in the giant so we could get you here in time to save you. He was also brought here to treat his injuries. He was released yesterday. He came by and gave this letter. Said to give it to you when you woke up." Gray then hands me a letter. I take it from him and open it. Inside the note reads,

Dear Mikela,

If you are reading this then that means you woke up from your coma and I didn't kill you. You have to know when that spell hit you, it was a complete accident, I know that doesn't excuse what I did. I will never forgive myself for hurting my only remaining family. While I am apologizing I want to apologize for some other things as well. I am truly sorry for leaving you alone for all those years to search for Metallicana. I didn't think it would take so long to find him. By the time I gave up the search, you had left the hut. I tried searching for you for years. I could never find you, so I thought to join a guild and ask them for help. It was pure luck that we found each other that day. I also want to say sorry for hiding what phantom did from you. I should have told you. I treated you like a little kid, and I shouldn't have done that. And about threatening you. I didn't want to! I swear! When I came back from that job, Jose told me that you found out about Phantom and started yelling. He said if I didn't threaten you to leave town, he would send the element four after you and let them hurt you. I couldn't let that happen. While I did it to protect you that doesn't excuse my actions. I could have told you what was happening and have you leave for safety. I could have done so many different and better things, but I didn't. And my attack on Fairy Tail was one of the worst things I have ever done. I just saw you having such a great time with them and when I came to the hospital to see you after the lullaby incident I saw you laughing with Gray. I got jealous that you seemed to have such a good time with out me that I tried to tell myself that I didn't care about you. That was inexcusable to act how I did because I was jealous. I will never be able to forgive myself for everything I have done. I am truly sorry for everything I did. I just hope that one day you will find it in your heart to forgive me. But the one thing I will never accept forgiveness for is this. I am terribly sorry for being a horrible big brother. We won't see each other again for a while, but I will always be watching over you. I may not have been a good brother before, but I will work to correct that mistake. Have a great life with your Fairy Tail family and I hope I will see you again someday.
Gajeel

As I read the letter, tears came to my eyes. They fell on the paper, blurring some of the words. Gajeel felt so bad about everything that happened. Gray asked, "What's wrong?" I just hand him the letter and cry into my hands. He reads the letter quickly and then drops it on the bed and once again envelopes me in a hug. I just stay like that for I don't know how long as I cry. Of course I forgive you Gajeel. I just wish you were here so I could tell you in person. After reading that letter and realizing that my brother has left again I feel a part of my heart break. But then I realize that even if he is not here, he is out there somewhere and he said he is watching over me. Though I do disagree on one part of the letter. Gajeel is a great brother, he just messed up a lot. I haven't been the greatest sister either. Thank you Gajeel. For everything you did for me. You are a terrific big brother.