Lucy's Pov

I rolled out of bed with a frown on my face. I didn't even have to look at the calendar to know the date that downed my mood. It was June 21st; the day Erik left. It's been two years since he left, I thought, turning the shower on. I had started school at Vermillion University last year. I remember the hope I had that he would come home then, only for it to be smashed into smithereens. I had hoped he would start school with me. The biggest hope I had was that we could finally be together.

A lot has changed in the past two years. Me and my friends the most. The only thing that didn't? My feelings. I was still hopelessly hooked on Erik, and I don't think I have the strength to forget him. I never looked twice at another guy since he's been gone, my heart would give a painful throb when I tried. He is my first love, and if I hear he doesn't love me, only then will I give him up.

I still held hope. Hope that he still loved me the way I do for him. Hope that he will come home soon. Hope that when he does, we can be the couple everyone talks about. Erik, he is my everything.

Midnight's Pov

'Be at the airport in 15 minutes.'

I grumbled, slipping even further into my seat. This is humiliating. I got the text a half hour ago, getting here on time, and I've been here for and extra 15! Mavis, he better hurry the fuck up. I was tired, frustrated, and if the kids around here didn't stop pointing and staring at me, I wouldn't be held liable for murder.

I let my thoughts wander, wasting the time away. He was finally coming home. Two years is a long time, double the time he said. I was elated, happy almost, that I would get to see him again. Cobra was my best friend, I considered him my brother my whole life, not that I would ever admit to it. He had hung around me when no one else would, and that was nice, considering the fact that people avoided me with the first glance. I liked the guy, but I couldn't say I was overjoyed about his homecoming. The jerk had left without a goodbye. Lucy was the one who told me he had left. Ever since, me and the little blonde had formed a friendship and it didn't take long for her to wiggle her way into my heart, quickly becoming something more akin to a sister.

All of us, Levy and Natsu, Lucy, Angel and I, had been going to Vermillion Uni. When we graduated, we waited, hoped and prayed that Cobra would be there with us. We wanted to hear his snarky words about the ending ceremony, him laughing at everyone wearing gowns. When he didn't show, it upset us all, Lucy the most. We had all grown used to him being there, and when he wasn't, we weren't a complete group.

I didn't know how I was going to take seeing him again. I was warring with myself. One side was cheering about being myself, while the other wanted to drag him down to hell for the shit he put Lucy through, the rest of us as well.

I had heard from the Bookworm about how she found Lucy. I didn't take it very well, ending up at home with things smashed and drunk out of my mind. I knew about Cobra's departure, sure, I had been the first. But knowing that he left the girl of his dreams alone like that, with nothing else but a note, it bothered me. A lot. He never told me how long he would be gone, so when that got to my ears, I was even more pissed. Cobra was the one who was friends with the rest of our group, he had dragged me along with him. They accepted me, slowly but surely. Still, there were times when I felt like the skirted around me and just tolerated me. Whether he liked it or not, Cobra was a big part of our lives.

"Midnight!" I turned my head, my eyes just peaking over the back of the plastic chair. I swept through the crowd, ignoring those that weren't important. I noted that his voice had gotten deeper, still recognizable, but deeper.

When I stopped him, I gaped. Just a little. 'I guess we weren't the only ones who had changed.'

He had gotten taller by a few inches, probably matching my own height of 6'5. It seemed like he was packing more power to his punches these days, as well. The thing that stood out the most to me though, was the fact that he only had one eye, the other closed up by a scar running from his forehead to his cheek. Like I said, a lot changes in two years. "Dude?"

I blinked, coming out of my stupor. He was in front of me now. I smirked at him and clapped his shoulder. "Welcome home." I said, my grin getting wider.

"Thanks bro. Good t-" I sent a punch to his gut. I turned away from him, now on his knees, and started towards the exit.

"That was for making me wait and extra fifteen minutes." The rest you get later.

Cobra/Erik's Pov

I looked out the window, watching landscape pass by in blurs. I was still holding my stomach from the hit. Midnight was scrawny, but never underestimate him. I know from various experiences. He was ever stronger than two years ago. I sighed wearily. I hadn't meant to be gone so long, but things come up.

I wondered how everyone was doing. Midnight, considering he hadn't spoken since the airport. Angel, Racer, Hot-Eye. I even wanted to know if that idiot Dragneel was still with his little girlfriend. And, above all else, Lucy.

She was in my every thought, movement, breath, while I was gone. I had left her with a pathetic note saying I would be back in a year, all because I was to much of a wimp to say goodbye to her face. I worried that if I did get her up, her big doe eyes would break me, not getting a chance to ever leave her side. I asked myself many times, is she mad? How is she? Does she still love me? Even now the question makes my gut clench and my throat close up. I don't know what I would do if she didn't, because I was hopeless. I don't think, that even given the chance, I would stop loving her.

The girls in the capital were cock-hardening, I'll admit, but they didn't hold a candle to Heartfillia. I hadn't even thought about banging another girl while I was gone. The last night me and Lucy spent together forever engraved into my soul. When I closed my eyes, trying to sleep, the image of her soft skin and perfectly shaped figure would pop up, making rest nearly impossible. Her cries would echo in my head, the sound of her finally reaching her zenith. The thing that haunted me the most was the words I didn't have the courage to say first. Every second, day or night, Her voice would drift into my ears, 'I love you' being on repeat. It made it hard, staying with the folks but I pushed through it, knowing that as soon as they were on their feet again, I would get the chance to look at here again. All I've wanted to do, was just hold her.

"I miss you..."

Levy's Pov

I stood outside calculus class, staring at the floor, but not really seeing. No, my mind was racing to much.

I had left earlier, going out for a drink when my phone rang. I was shocked to see that it was Midnight. He and I had become friends, mostly due to the fact that Lucy and him got close, but also he was a really cool person. Anyways, he never really called me before, so that's why, when I debated picking up or not, I did. The call was short and to the point, getting everything across in a few simple words. They still rang in my head.

"Hello? Midnight?"

"He's home."

That was it. No 'how are you', or even a 'later'. I don't really care. The few words that had been exchanged were enough for me. My head felt like I had just read an eight book series non-stop. I'm glad that I didn't have to reply, because I'm not sure I could've.

It was shocking. No word after a whole two years, 730 days. I didn't really know Cobra aside from his matches with Lu. Even though we grew up together, we never really spoken. Still, I felt an emotion about his homecoming, and it wasn't happiness. It was pure rage. I was pissed that he was on his way back here. I was angry about the fact that he would even want to show his face. After what he did to Lucy, he has some audacity.

I remember the day like it was yesterday. I had wanted to tell Lu all about my night with Natsu, wanting to talk to my best friend about something that had never happened to me. I was full of joy and love for him and Lucy, after he admitted that she had helped with the planning. I had knocked on her door a few times with no response, so I used the key she had given to me years ago. The first thing that I noticed, was her cries. They were horrid, something that tears at you, making you want to cry too. She sounded heartbroken and alone. I ran to her room at full sprint, swinging the door open. My eyes had welled with tears at the sight. She was laying on her bed, covers thrown on the floor, leaving her in her naked glory. I didn't care about that, my eyes had focused on the fact that she was holding something to her chest like a lifeline. I had pulled her into my lap, and after some time of just letting her get it all out, she told me what had happened.

Ever since, I've angry at Cobra, yet heartbroken for Lu. She had become a shell of herself for sometime. You could tell that even when she claimed she was feeling better about it, her smiles were fake, never fully shining like they usually do.

I took a deep breath, calming my anger. I refused to have any kind of emotional response for him, Lucy was a big girl and she could decide on her own. If she was happy, then so was I.

Now, I need to go tell Natsu.

Lucy's Pov

"C'mon! I'm starving!"

"Me too!"

Levy looked between Natsu and I like she was trying to pick a winner for the 'Best Whiner Award.' Right now, I didn't care, all that mattered was the fact that the doors were right there, the beautiful smell wafting down the hall, and she was just standing there! I glanced at Natsu, who grinned back. Sometimes it paid to have a male best friend. He walked over to Levy, picking her up and started carrying her like a sac of potatoes. She beat at his back, threats falling from her lips. Natsu and I started chanting, overpowering her voice. "Food! Food! Food!"

People stared at us like we were freaks and I ended up turning my head to flip a girl off. When I went to look back ahead, something caught my eye. Something the caused me to freeze in my warpath for food and forget about my friends completely.

Midnight and Angel were at the end of the hall holding hands, they had gotten together after hooking up over spring break, talking to some guy. He was tall, Midnight's height, with dark red hair. His back was to me, so I couldn't see his face. He wore a pair of torn blue jeans and a black tank top. He had a tattoo on his arm, from his wrist to his shoulder, of a snake. My feet started towards them automatically. As I got closer, I could make out the art better. It was dark purple on the back, the belly a nice shade of cream. Green eyes peered back at me, the pupils silted for a sign of poisonous.

I didn't want to believe it, it was impossible. My was standing behind the guy now, my hand inching it's way to his shoulder. Millimeters away from touching him, I hesitated. What if it wasn't him? If it wasn't, how much longer would I have to wait? No, Lucy. Stop it. I grabbed his shoulder and swung him around with all my might. When I saw his face, a gasp tore through my lips and my heart skipped several beats. "Erik."

Tears fell rapidly, and when I could finally see him again, my stomach did flips. He had changed somewhat over the time. He was more muscular, his arms looking like two of mine. And... My insides lurched. He only had one eye. "Lucy." His voice was deeper as well, and it sent shivers down my spine. I grabbed the front of his tank, twisting it in my grip and pulling him down to me. I kissed him like never before, something that has been long denied to me. I saw explosions behind my lids, not fireworks, but like nuclear bomb explosions. His big, rough hands cradled my face and I felt like I was home. I didn't realize that I hadn't felt that in a while, but being with him again, I knew this was exactly where I wanted to be. Today and forever.

I pulled away from him, smiling lightly. I had let go of him, my hands making fists. I didn't know what to say or what to do, so I let my body talk. Apparently, it had something important to get across because the next thing I know, Erik is on his ass and my fist is suspended in the air. "The fuck was that for?!"

"Not telling me that you would be gone an extra year, you bastard! Do you know how hard it was not seeing you?!" I guess all I needed was a little push.

"It wasn't exactly planned! And I felt the same! I fucking missed you everyday and when I do finally get back, I'm greeted by a punch? Not exactly how I want the girl I love to say 'Welcome Home.'"

"I kissed you, dumbass! It's your fault anyways. The guy I had just realized I loved left right after I said it! Everyday the past two years I'm stuck with the fact that I'm still totally in love with you, and you're not here!"

"Well I'm back now! Why don't you try to be a little nicer?!"

"You want me to kick you next?!"

His breath was tickling my face, making some of the loose strands of hair move around. We were glaring and it was like we were having another insult match. The only difference was, instead of one of us walking away, we clashed together in a fury of hands and lips. Guess that's what happens when you live your life hating the one you love, old habits die hard.

Finished!

Okay, so I know the last few lines were complete crap, but I didn't want them to be all lovey-dovey. Before they came to their realizations, they argued all the time, so why not make the fact that their confessing their still held feelings, into an argument?

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