He's My Boss and I'm His Slave

CHAPTER #19

"So you mean we will stay here for almost two weeks?" I asked Jellal innocently. I'm here in the kitchen of the restaurant here in 'Broken Resort'.

'Broken Resort' was the name of Cana's resort. I actually don't know why she named her resort like this -_-

"Uh-Huh! We deserve a break." Jellal said as he ordered around on the kitchen staff.

I place my elbow on the counter and lean over. Jellal serves to be my strawberry shake "But Jellal did you forget that Juvia, Erza and Natsu's work are very busy so how the hell did you make them agree with this." I asked. Biting my lower lips; take a small sip of my strawberry shake. Heaven >_OMG! Jellal has the third eye and he can talk into a ghost. Aww, poor Erza... I know that it's hard for her to understand this situation.

He frowns and runs a hand through his hair. "Lucy, that's not what you'd think."

"It's not what I think? I never think that you'd to talk on a ghost in the middle of the night." I snap; my eyes got widen when I realize what I say to him.

Jellal laughs at me carefree, young and beautiful sounds. "Really?" He raises an eyebrow at me, an amused expression on his face, and I flush.

He bites his lower lips, his shoulder is trembling like he was calming himself. His expression is priceless and right now... I want to laugh on his face; a small, nervous, disbelieving giggle erupts from deep inside. I bite my lip to stop it from turning into full-scale hysterical laughter and fail miserably. I lie back flat on the floor and surrender myself to the laughter, laughing as I've never laughed before, huge healing cathartic howls of laughter.

Gosh! I don't know why I'm laughing like this... but it feels good to laugh. A giggling overwhelmed girl beside a beautiful unbelievable-up boy. I drape my arm across my eyes, as my laughter turns to scalding tears. No, no... this is too much.

Jellal gently lifts my arm off my face. I turn and gaze up at him. He's leaning over me. His mouth is twisted with wry amusement. "Lucy stop laughing and please sit properly, peoples are watching over you right now," he said calmly. He gently wipes away a stray tear with the back of his knuckles. "This is the first time I saw you laugh like that."

Oh?

I look at him amusement, climbing back on my chair and drink my shake. "I always laugh especially if I make something terrible to him."

"Ooh," he made sounds. Looking on me and smile afterward "You really love him, don't you?"

My eyes got widen when I heard what he say. What the f**k? Did he curse me?

I shook my head. "I don't love him, Jellal. Not yet." I say quietly.

He smiles at me. "That's what I'd feel before to her. I thought I don't love her but I got wrong... Love has too many faces that even us... didn't know it. I know that you love him, you just being stock of your set up." he says.

I didn't answer him... How did he know what I'd feel to him?

"You're just full of doubt on yourself, Lucy. You're scared," he says.

I smile at him "Love? Of course, everyone will be scared of that feeling." I say and I really don't know how this turned into a serious talk?

He smirks on me. "Are you thinking that... Love is painful. Love is hard. Love is a sacrifice. Love is sadness. Can you live without happiness? Can you live with that sadness?"

I stiffen on my seat. I don't know what to say on what he says? I mean... I'm fully aware that I'm attracted to him but I never think that I'm in love with him.

"Think about it, Lucy. Maybe you just see it or you just keep on ignoring what you really feel on him. Maybe... since the beginning...

...

...

You'll in love with him unconsciously." he say.

Am I in love with him unconsciously? OMG! I'm not right? I'm not in love with him? I'm just attracted to him, right? Right? Right?

Tell me that I'm correct, because if you don't... I'll be crazy.

Running my fingers through my hair and inhale sharply; my chest is moving up and down motion when I started to think every moment that we been through...

"Lucy." I heard someone called me from my behind so I slowly turned my head and I saw him there; standing beautifully. He was looking on worriedly but as soon as his eyes went to Jellal, he frowns on me. "What are you guys doing here?" he asked me as I cheat on him.

"We're just talking, Natsu," Jellal said. I felt Jellal hands patted my head. "Hey! Are you okay?"

I didn't answer him since I couldn't find my own voice. My heart is really beating as fast as I look on him. Do I in love with his alien? On this heartless and coldhearted man in front of me?

"Lucy?" Natsu says my name, and I don't know why I love hearing my name when he called me.

Is this love? Oh no... if I did love him then it's smell trouble.

"Ducky... hey are you okay? Damn it! Jellal what did you do to her?" I heard Natsu said to Jellal.

"I didn't do anything to her. We're just talking about life." Jellal shrugs his shoulder as he looks on Natsu; then back to me. He looked on me worriedly.

"I-I'm fine," I say quietly.

"Then why didn't you speak? Are you sure that you're fine? If you want let's go to the hospital, Lucy." Jellal said making Natsu frown to him. "What?" Jellal asked him.

"Stop talking to her." Natsu hissed helping me to get up and then lift me. My hands are automatically snaked on his shoulder, but I'm pretty sure that I'm blushing on hell. "Let's go, Lucy," he says. I didn't say anything to him and I just smile to Jellal; silently saying to him that I'm fine.

I say to him that I don't want to go back on my room; instead, he let me sat down on one of the benches here in Broken Resort. Natsu looks on me worriedly; smiling to him and I gently run my fingers through his cheeks. "I'm fine."

"Are you sure?" he asked me.

"I'm perfectly sure. One hundred one percent Stop looking on me like that, okay." I hissed to him.

"What are you guys talking there before I came?" Natsu said ignoring what I've said to him. I pout and shook my head. "Really?"

"Why do you want to know?" I asked him.

"It's because it concerns you, Lucy," he said in the matter-in-fact tone. "So would you tell me, now?" He ordered me making me frown to him.

"Stop being so bossy. You know what Boss, sir? Why don't you try to get married? Maybe it will change your mood and you'll be blooming every day." I joke on him.

Is this the feeling of being in love? You will feel nervous every minute passed since you don't have the assurance that he'll love you back.

I remember what Jellal said to me a while ago. I'm scared... I'm scared to accept the fact that I'm in love with this man. I'm scared because love doesn't have the assurance that the love you give will be given back in return.

"I'll marry the woman I love, Lucy." He says. I want to cry right now because I know that it's not me.

And before I could speak someone called our attention and my heart breaks into pieces when I saw it. She smiles on us brightly; she tucks her hair behind her ears when she came on us. "I thought it's a mistake but it's definitely you, Natsu," she said in a lovely voice.

"Lisanna," Natsu said and the way he says her name was full of love and affection to her.

I turned my head on the other sides since I really don't want to see it. How I wish it's me that he wants to marry. How I wish it's me... because...

I just found myself falling in love with you.

"Lucy..." I heard someone called my name and when I turned my head to see. I saw him there; like he was saving me on this kind of situation. He immediately runs toward me and when he looks on my eyes; he immediately pulled to him and hug me. "It will be okay," he whispers through my ear.

I hope it does...

"I know... Loki." I whisper and buried my face on his chest; letting my tears down on my cheeks.