Chapter 2
The title of the story has changed but the story will still go as planned but with a more emphasis on the Fairy Tail Cafe as a setting.
Natsu refocuses on the situation. "How..did you get my number..Lucy?"
"Oh, well while I was leaving school just a moment ago, I saw you running down the street and noticed that a folder flew out of your backpack." She states with a chuckle.
"How did you get my number though?" Natsu says hesitantly.
"Oh sorry! Well, I picked it up and the papers as well, I noticed that you have great doodling skills!" She says with another chuckle. A cute one just like the last. "Anyway, I went up to the guidance office and convinced them to hand me your number so I could get this back to ya. Sorry if I came off as creepy.."
"Oh, thanks.. Umm I'll pick it up tomorrow before school at the front gate before school starts. I'll be there 10 minutes before so you'll have time to do whatever before school." Natsu proposes.
"Oh.. that's fine by me. See you then! Natsu!" Lucy says happily.
Natsu hangs up. "Oh what a jerk! I didn't even say goodbye properly. Oh well, she doesn't seem like the type to hold it against me. Hopefully." Natsu claims hopefully. Goosebumps were on his arms and his ears were sweaty. Natsu looks down at his phone and notices that he can save Lucy's phone number.
"That's kind of weird. I won't save the number but I'll leave it in the recent calls just in case she calls back". He thinks to himself.
Looking over towards the clock, Natsu sees that it's only 4:00 and he has nothing to do. He slowly wanders over to the door shuffling his feet on the carpet. There was a very cold draft going through his hallway as he walked over to grab the jacket that he dropped on the ground when he came home from school. It was red and black, his favorite color combination. He put on his sneakers and headed towards his front door. The teen opened the apartment's front door and decided against locking it as he would only be gone a short while. He walked outside and stood for a bit admiring the cloudy day. Natsu wasn't the biggest fan of sunny days as it only reminded him that his mind was always cloudy unlike the happy sunny days that everyone around him had. Natsu shook his head and looked around to see if anyone caught him daydreaming. Of course not. No one cared about who he was as a person or what he was thinking about. "I wish I'd stop thinking like this." Natsu touched his cheek to make sure the tears were still dry, which they were, but he noticed that his face was already freezing. Natsu decided to go in and get his scarf. On his dining table he wraps the scarf (white with black stripes) around his neck and instantly felt warmer. Natsu finally heads out and starts walking down the street. He was going to Fairy Tail Cafe'.
Natsu took about fifteen minutes to arrive at his destination. He looked up and saw the big sign with the neon lights. "Fairy Tail Cafe, old man Gildarts has to be in here at this time of day. Well, anytime really!" He chuckles to himself. If there was one person that could keep Natsu laughing it was the old man. He always stuck by the bar attempting to be Natsu's wingman but Natsu always noticed that the women were always years older the he was. Didn't exactly have the same tastes as the 40 year old. Natsu looked through the window and glanced to the right. Gildarts was sitting next to the owner Makarov at one of the tables. "Not at the bar?" Natsu asks himself. He walks towards the door and twists the freezing doorknob. Natsu continued towards Gildarts and Makarov's table and sat across from Gildarts and next to the small OLDER man.
"Hi guys." Natsu says with a mellow tone.
"My man Natsu! When was the last time I saw you kid? You should come in more often, you're missing out on great pieces of-"
"I was in yesterday, and don't finish that sentence old man!" Natsu shouts interrupting Gildarts while giving him a cold stare.
Gildarts couldn't help but laugh at Natsu's very intense greeting. "Thirty seconds and I'm already getting your snot-nosed mouth Natsu!" Gildarts gave the teen a cheesy but fatherly smile. Natsu couldn't do anything but chuckle back at the man. "Hi Natsu!" said Makarov. "Hey Makarov, nice seeing you out and about, hope the cafe is getting good business." Natsu says with a smirk. "Oh it's doing well my boy! Lot's of business rolling in since the start of the winter season. Even before, we had a good year! Doesn't seem like anything's stopping this place from getting bigger. Might even think about opening up another shop closer to the more residential areas. Make it easier for younger ones like you to get here by foot!" Makarov says while daydreaming about the money he could make with more than one store. "Hell yeah!" says the teen. They high-five and look back at Gildarts. "So Natsu, anything happen to you lately? I hope things have gotten better since your new start you had a few months ago." Gildarts asks with concern. "I don't really know, ever since that day it's like no one at school really seems to take a liking to me. I don't know exactly what the problem is. I'm just trying to know who I am and set an identity for myself. But it's hard when you don't exactly know where to start." Natsu says looking down. He sees a little cup of coffee slide in from his right directly under his nose. "Listen kid, all you gotta do is be who you aspire to be as a person day by day, take your time and watch where you step. You're going to see a lot like I have in this life, make sure you see clearly with your own eyes and not look through others'. Do that, and you'll find the people you're looking for. If you're lucky, they'll run straight towards you." Makarov says with a determined expression. Natsu looks at the reflection in the coffee. He picked up the cup and took a sip. "HOT!" Natsu screamed, spitting out the coffee straight on Gildarts. Gildarts didn't appreciate that and swiped everything off the table with one arm. Natsu started laughing as Gildarts started yelling at him about some nonsense. "Thanks guys." Natsu thought. Gildarts and Makarov looked at Natsu and smiled, it was great to see him so happy they both were thinking.
Next Chapter will come very soon! Most likely will be longer. Thanks for reading and I'd love to read what you guys think about the story so far! Hopefully my writing is okay for you guys!
