Erza and Mira sat waiting at a table outside of the café, the sunset above them painting the sky an array of pinks, purples and a soft orange colour as the darkness of the night was slowly creeping in. "hmm, I wonder what's taking Lucy and Cana so long? You don't suppose that Cana's drunk, do you? The question came from Erza who was tapping her manicured nails (which were done by her girlfriend) against the table impatiently.

Glancing over the menu Mira replied, "I'm sure they're on their way here, maybe they-" her words stopped short as the other two women finally arrived and joined the table.

As Lucy sat down slightly out of breath from running to then café she quickly apologised, "sorry we took so long. I took a bit longer to get dressed than I thought". She rubbed the back of her neck sheepishly before Cana threw an arm across her shoulders.

"It's fine, why don't you take a quick look at the menu so that we can order some food?" agreeing with Erza the two girlfriends quickly chose what they wanted and they all ordered.

Sighing, Erza placed her fork down on her plate as she finished her cake and leaned back in her chair. By now the sun had set and the darkness of night had overtaken Magnolia with only the warm light of the street lamps illuminating the streets.

The café itself was kept alight by small lights in the garden, adding a romantic air to the meal. "damn that was good" Cana proclaimed as she and Lucy stood up as they prepared to leave.

Mira gave a hum of agreement, "we'll have to come here again sometime, won't we Erza?" Erza nodded as she and Mira also prepared to leave, "for now though, it is late. We should head home before it gets any later"

After saying goodbye to the other couple, Lucy and Cana began to walk back to Lucy's apartment hand in hand.

"tonight was nice, we should do things like this more often" Lucy said, letting out a content sigh. "yeah we should, although next time we're going to a place that serves alcohol" as she said this, Cana squeezed Lucy's hand tighter.

Letting out a small giggle, Lucy squeezed back. "love you, Cana" "love you too, luce"