A/N: Good news! I found some time! Bad news: This chapter is a bit rush, so expect a lot of 'mehs'. *Sighs* I'm gonna be busy for the next few days, so the next chap might get delayed and if my brother plans on visiting then the chap might get moved to the last week of June on my to do list. Enough of me blabbering! Hope you guys enjoy this!
"Bye—"Gray's words were cut off when the apartment door shut closed. He stared at the white wood, expecting it to suddenly open again and Casey would kiss him goodbye just like she always did. But the door didn't open and Casey didn't kiss him, she didn't even say good bye. Just a simple 'I'll see you soon'.
'How soon?' Gray thought.
A day? Two days?
A mission with Lisanna? Weird, very weird. Not Lisanna, of course, but the fact that she would go on a mission with her without his knowledge. Lisanna would've told him but he hasn't seen the youngest Strauss sibling all day and Casey. . . Especially, Casey, they live together for crying out loud. Why hasn't he seen any requests lying around?
'Relax, Gray' His mind told him.
Realizing he was starting to act like an overbearing boyfriend, Gray shrugged and headed towards the small kitchen. He opened the cupboards and took small plate, intending to eat Mira's cake hidden in the fridge. Oh, yes, he knew where Casey snuck the cake.
He savoured the creamy, sweet filling of the chocolate cake and chuckled when he remembered the time Casey attempted to bake. She was as bad as him, but less messy. The cake ended up so burnt that they decided to just a buy one at a bakery nearby. He smiled a little, though it hasn't been fifteen minutes when she left, he already misses her.
-o-o-
The next day at the guild he went straight to the small bar that was empty, he took a sit and looked around for Mirajane and Lucy or either of the two to extract some information.
"Good morning Gray." Mirajane's voice greeted.
"Morning," He coolly greeted and leaned on the bar.
"You're quite early this morning." She said, wiping the bar clean of imaginary dust.
"Yeah, I actually have something to ask you." He said, rubbing the back of his neck. It was a little embarrassing actually; he wasn't the typical boyfriend type since he rarely had a girlfriend that lasted. Not to mention this was Mirajane he was asking. The Mirajane that everybody avoided when she asked about their love lives.
Mirajane's teasing smirk (one that everybody in the guild feared) placed her lips, "Does it involve a certain pretty, coffee coloured hair, manipulation mage?" She asked with her sing song tone.
Gray's cheeks were grazed with a light pink colour, "Y-yeah. It does." Mira smiled and asked what the concern was.
"Do you know what mission Casey took with Lisanna?"
Mira's face was one of confusion, hadn't Casey told him? "I thought Casey told you,"
"Told me what?"
"Lisanna asked her if she could accompany her to a mission and Casey said yes." Mira tilted her head slightly.
"How long is the mission?"
"Two weeks." Mira replied.
Two weeks? Two weeks?!
"Two weeks?!" Gray slammed his hands down on the bar, not even wincing at the sudden impact of hard wood to soft skin. He was frustrated, no, he was angry.
'Damn it Casey.'
"It's just an estimated time, Gray." Mirajane tried to reassure him, "The location is a bit far, so most of that estimated two weeks are probably travelling days." She made sure to emphasize the word estimated.
Gray slumped on the bar stool with a frustrated sigh and ran a hand through his locks. This wasn't Casey attempting to socialize with the guild, no; this wasn't her trying to get to some experience on doing missions. This was Casey trying to avoid something. To be more specific, she was trying to avoid him, in her Casey-doesn't-know-how-deal-with-this-situation style.
It usually only takes Casey a day or a half to completely shut herself and by the time that twelve-hours are over, she'll be quietly slipping herself next to him or she'll stay the night at Lucy's. But two whole weeks of complete shut off?
Now he understood the cold farewell and the lack of response he got from her. But what had he done to deserve it? Did he forget something? What is it some major event that happened to have an impact on their lives?
"Gray?" Oh, right, Mira was still there. "Are you and Casey having fight?" She asked with complete worry and concern.
Are they? As far as Gray knew they were perfectly fine. But if Casey is avoiding him like this, "I don't know," he sighed, defeated.
"I really don't know."
Mira raised both of her eyebrows at the gloomy response, "Well, don't you think you should find out?"
"If Casey is upset with you like you assume she is in that brain of yours then don't you think you should do something for Casey that would get you one her good side again?" Mira smiled that smile that suggested that she has something up one her sleeves and Gray wasn't sure if he (or Casey for that matter) would like it.
"I have a plan."
He just hoped that this doesn't involve Natsu or Lucy.
"We need Natsu and Lucy's help for this,"
Oh, joy.
A/N: Again, it is short and 'meh'. So very, very sorry. I'll probably edit this somewhere in the distant future. I'll post the next chap whenever I'm not being held captive by my siblings*Sighs* Hope you guys enjoyed it XD Reviews are much appreciated.
