Infatuation
Zeref peeked his head out from behind a tree, looking dreamily at Sarah as she walked into FairyTail's guild hall.
Sarah looked behind her. She had a feeling she was being watched.
Zeref hid himself before she could get a glimpse of him.
Safe inside the guild hall, Sarah walks up to Cana.
"Can you read my fortune, Cana? I have this weird feeling somebody is following me." asked Sarah.
Just then Natsu enters the building.
"Natsu, have you been following Sarah around?" asked Cana suspiciously.
Natsu stares at Cana, confused. "No. I've been hanging out with Happy all day." he said as Happy flew in behind him.
"Oh, then of course I'll read your fortune, Sarah." said Cana preparing her cards.
"I miss Lucy." said Natsu as Cana took Sarah's hands as if she was mentally reading her.
Then Cana let go of Sarah's hands and shuffled her cards. She placed three cards down and two below them.
Flipping the first one over, they saw an image of keys. Then the second one was flipped, which had an image of the celestial spirit world.
"I have a celestial spirit stalking me!" exclaimed Sarah.
Cana shook her head. "This is a distant future." she explained.
She flipped over the third card, which showed an image of utter chaos.
"Looks like you're gonna be dealing with the celestial spirits in the distant future." said Cana.
"What about the other two cards?" asked Sarah.
"The occurring future which is happening presently." said Cana.
Cana flipped over the first of the two cards. She stared shocked at the image.
"The Black Wizard? What's currently happening between you and Zeref?" asked Cana bewildered.
"Nothing. I'm not doing anything with Zeref." replied Sarah.
Cana flipped over the last card.
"What does that card mean?" asked Sarah.
"Zeref is infatuated with you." replied Cana.
"Infatuated?" said Sarah, puzzled.
"He loves you. He's your stalker." said Cana.
Sarah couldn't figure out why Zeref was in love with her. Then Natsu reminded her.
"Maybe Zeref is in love with you because of that hug and kiss you gave him at your place." said Natsu.
Cana looked at Sarah disgustedly. "You hugged and kissed Zeref?"she said.
"Yeah, I hugged him but the kiss was only on the cheek." said Sarah.
Sarah couldn't believe Zeref was in love with her after one simple hug and kiss. She had to go talk to him.
Zeref saw Sarah walk out of the guild hall. She looked like she was heading home so he followed her without being seen.
When she got to her house, she stood by the door.
"Zeref! Come on in! We need to talk!" said Sarah loud enough for Zeref to hear.
Zeref was startled when she called out his name. She wasn't going to head inside until he showed himself.
He walked out from behind whatever he was hiding behind and through the door into Sarah's house.
They both took a seat at a table across from each other.
"So Zeref, I hear you have an infatuation with me. Is that true?" said Sarah.
"It could possibly be true." said Zeref before blushing, "If you want it to be true, my dear sweet Sarah."
"Zeref! It was one hug and kiss. Don't expect me to start dating you now." said Sarah.
Zeref stood up from the table, arms extended and palms flat on the tabletop. "Will you go on a date with me?" he asked.
"Where would we go, Zeref?" asked Sarah.
"We can stroll around in Magnolia park and talk about ourselves."suggested Zeref.
"Fine. As long as you stop following me around. It's creepy." agreed Sarah.
"Then it's a date! See you tomorrow at noon!" said Zeref excitedly.
"See you then, Zeref. You can leave now." said Sarah.
"Do you mind if I stay and look at you more?" asked Zeref.
"Yes, I do mind. Now leave." ordered Sarah.
Zeref walked depressingly to the door and turned to face Sarah."Are you sure?" he asked, not wanting to leave her side.
"Yes I'm sure, Zeref." said Sarah, getting up to let Zeref out.
Closing the door after Zeref had left, Sarah sat on the floor with her back to the door.
It didn't feel right living in Lucy's apartment. Well of course she had to keep up with the rent. 70,000 jewels were hard to get. She'd tried doing jobs with Natsu but he'd kept complaining that Lucy wasn't here.
If only there was a way to get Lucy back without making Sarah disappear forever.
Well, she had a date with Zeref tomorrow. Maybe she could think of a way to get Lucy back with Zeref's help.
She couldn't wait to ask him.
Before she could get ready for bed, Natsu had crawled through the window and now stood in her apartment.
Great. Every now and then she called this place hers instead of Lucy's.
"I was going to say goodnight to Lucy but I just remembered that she's gone." said Natsu.
"I miss her too, Natsu. I don't want to forget about her. I want her back so she can have her apartment back." said Sarah, feeling bad about Lucy being gone.
"I'm starting to forget the adventures we had together. I don't want to forget everything we did." said Natsu.
"Do you want to sleep here with me in her place?" asked Sarah.
"No. I'll go sleep at my place. I just hope Lucy will be back again."said Natsu as if Lucy had gone away on a long trip.
"Goodnight then, Natsu." said Sarah, heading off to bed.
"See you in the morning, Sarah." said Natsu, leaving through the window.
Sarah felt in her pocket to make sure it was safe. It might come in use to help bring back Lucy.