Hi! Most of my fics on here are rather lengthy full-plot stories, but I decided to share something a little light. I hope you enjoy!

Your Local Starbucks

Honestly, it took Levy awhile to realize what was going on. She always went to Starbucks around the same time since starting university. The first time, she nearly died when she saw the heavily pierced man working behind the counter. As she waited in line, she watched as he barked orders at the staff yet was somewhat gentle with customers. Despite this, Levy was nervous to place her order.

I knew I should have ordered from the app while walking here. However, when it was her turn to order, another employee took her order as the large man disappeared in the back. Levy would admit that she was relieved though in the days to come she grew a little curious about the man.

About the second or third time around, she was able to meet the man. Well…sort of. Again, forgetting to utilize the app, she got a good look at him while waiting in line. He was huge. Like tall height and large muscles. He seemed to look naturally mean no matter what he was saying and possibly grew even more aggressive when speaking Spanish into the headset for the drive-thru. He just seemed out of place. Like he should be working at a mechanic shop, not a coffee shop.

For some reason, while Levy was placing her order, he seemed quiet. Maybe he could smell her fear as she looked into those red eyes. He barely said a word once she placed her order unlike with the customers from before. He simply said, "Alright." Levy wasn't sure what she was expecting, but it wasn't that. After a ten-minute wait, Levy received her drink and was on her way back to her dorm.

Did the sizes get bigger? Levy was a caffeine-fiend and made herself order the small size, yet for some reason her drinks seemed bigger than they were a couple months ago. Her imagination got the best of her, and she thought that the large man had been slipping her deal out of sympathy. Maybe she did have that permanent exhausted look in her eyes from studying. However, the rare occasions that she didn't see the man, her drinks still appeared larger than before. If Levy wasn't so anxious about interacting with people, she would have asked an employee. Starbucks' website provided no insight either.

On her birthday, she went to get her free drink. This time she knew she ordered a small, so when presented with the largest strawberry crème frappuccino she's ever seen in her life, Levy knew something was up. She had ordered ahead with the app and saw scribbled, 'Happy Birthday Shrimp.' Levy blushed. There were only three workers, including the large man, there but he was busy arguing in Spanish about how he couldn't remake a drink again for the fifth time since the customer wouldn't say what was wrong.

Levy decided to sit outside and read for once to enjoy her treat. She read for a while when she was interrupted by a large gasp. She looked up from her book and saw the other two workers looking at her excitedly. She looked confusingly at the two women gossiping. She could only hear, "That's the girl!" in a loud whisper.

One of them grew bold and approached her. "Hey girl, sorry if we looked rude talking about you. It's just that you never stick around after getting your drink." Levy blushed immediately embarrassed and even more confused. "Hey, hey, don't freak out. Sorry. Working in the industry, you kinda notice little quirks about regulars."

The second woman spoke up. "We were just shocked to see you. Our shift manager, the lug with all the piercings, totally has a crush on you."

"I mean you are so cute!" the first woman squeaked.

"Anyway, like lowkey some tea, he insisted that any time you were here to give you a size up if you ordered a small—which you always do. Oop! That probably sounded creepy." The other woman covered her mouth and snickered.

Levy was beaming at this point. The two were talking so fast that she had no idea what to make of anything there were saying. "Sis, you need to go in there and ask Gajeel what's up cause we been watching this charade for months. Get an answer sis. Period."

Levy couldn't say a word. She simply nodded and continued to drink her drink while the women left her to process their words. Gajeel was his name, but the rest about him crushing on her was not believable. Levy usually went when it was busy; there was no way he could have noticed her all those times. Sure, it was true that the drink sizes were larger, but maybe that was to prevent waste.

She sighed. She didn't know what to make of any of that. Thankfully, her phone buzzed and she saw a text from her roommate/best friend about her birthday plans. It was definitely enough to put this whole Starbucks-guy business to the side.

This could not be happening…

Levy sat at her favorite Cuban sandwich bar and from the corner of her eye saw 'Starbucks-guy' walk in with her roomie's boyfriend—Natsu.

Levy patted on Lucy's arm hard. "Oh my god, Lucy that's him!"

Her friend looked her confusingly. "Girl what?"

"Starbucks-guy!" She loudly whispered.

Lucy's eyes exploded. She immediately turned to the man and blurted out. "Gajeel, you work at Starbucks?"

Levy wanted to die then and there. Why did Lucy have to put him out there like that. Her best hope was that he wouldn't have actually recognized her and that the two women's words were false. She wanted to melt on the spot. This was the most awkward birthday ever.

The man was out of his uniform and looked at Lucy in shock. "How did you-," he then stopped and saw Levy sitting beside her. His eyes were huge. "Oh shit."

There's a chapter two! Review and all stuff. Thanks!