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Chapter Four: Morning at the guild

To say that Natsu was feeling great would be a dead lie.

The pink haired Fire Dragon Slayer had return from his mission a couple of days ago. Natsu didn't show up at the guild during this time, so no one knew that he was already back. The Fire Dragon Slayer was currently lying on his bed, looking up at the ceiling. From the dark patches underneath his eyes it was obvious that he hadn't gotten any sleep at all. The short periods of time he did fall asleep quickly ended due to having nightmares of what he did. After the carnage he had created, and as well calming down as much as he could, the pink haired male headed back to the town and told the mayor that he chased the bandits away. At first Natsu was a bit nervous that the small man wouldn't believe him since usually he would always come back with the bandits tied up. Fortunately for Natsu the mayor believed him and gave him the reward.

Like stated earlier, that was a couple of days ago. The incidents that he brought still plague the Fairy Tail mage. What was wrong with him? Why did he do what he did? This ate at him ever since he got back. After what he did, the pink haired male couldn't being himself to eat anything, so his stomach had been growling none stop, begging for food. But Natsu wouldn't listen to his stomach, any food especially meat being the last thing on his mind as he simply lay in his bed. At least Natsu was alone to think of his thoughts.

That was until the door of his home was heard opening and closing as a certain blue Exceed announced his return.

"Natsu! I'm back!" Happy the ever happy flying cat exclaimed as he was currently in the kitchen.

Back in his bedroom, Natsu's eyes widened in worry and even fear.

'Oh no… why now Happy?' Natsu thought to himself as he forced himself to get off his bed. He was NOT ready for anyone to see him, let alone the blue Exceed. But alas, fate thought otherwise.

Taking deep breaths to mentally prepare himself, the pink haired wizard got off the bed and headed into the kitchen of his home. Like he expected, the blue cat saw his friend as he finished eating a fish he had on him.

"Hi Natsu!" Happy shouted with… well happiness. Natsu flinched from the loud shout his little buddy just did, but luckily he managed to shake it off.

"Hey Happy," Natsu managed to reply back as he walked over to his counter in the kitchen, "How was the job?" He asked the Exceed, figuring it was best if he didn't act too out of it or else Happy will realized something was wrong.

"It was great! Carla actually accepted my fish!" Happy exclaimed to him with happiness. The pink haired male couldn't help but chuckle a little by the cat's joyful attitude, ignoring about the job he went on itself. It was better than his own mood at the moment at least.

"That's nice. I bet you really like that huh?" Natsu spoke and ask with a small smile.

Happy was about to reply with his trademark "Aye Sir!" like usual, however the blue Exceed then noticed how… tired Natsu looked, if his eyes were any indication.

"Uh, Natsu," Happy started to ask, getting the Fire Dragon Slayer to look at the cat once more in wonder, "Are you okay? You look really tired." He pointed out. Natsu stiffen for a moment before he relaxed. Luckily he knew what to say to assure Happy.

"Yeah I'm fine. I just arrived late from a mission I did last night." Natsu lied. He got back a couple of days, but he was in no mood to talk about that.

Happy merely looked at the one who basically raised him. It sounded believable, but the blue Exceed couldn't help but felt someone off about Natsu. Heck, he even sounded so quiet. Usually Natsu, even when tired, would be more energetic then this. Natsu began to feel nervous from the simple stare that blue cat was giving him. Did Happy not believe him?

Luckily for him Happy was content with his answer, at least for now as he took into the air once more.

"Alright, if you say so. Let's go to the guild now!" Happy shouted with a smile, and without waiting for Natsu to reply darted out of the house once more.

Natsu simply stayed put for a moment as he felt more nervous and, honestly, even scared. He didn't want to go to the guild today, but he knew if he didn't then Happy would no doubt notice something off about him. And Natsu did not want to deal with Happy telling everyone about him acting different.

So with a sigh, he then walked out of the door.

'LATER'

Thankfully for Natsu as he entered the building, it didn't seem like everyone had arrived just yet. While it was more crowded then last time, it was still nice to see not everyone here. The pink haired Fire Dragon Slayer didn't want to deal with too much noise as of right now.

Like usual, Natsu headed to the bar, where Mira was happily humming to herself as she finish cleaning a mug. The white haired woman then saw the pink haired male arriving at the bar.

"Hello Natsu!" Mira greeted him cheerfully with her bright smile like always. Natsu smiled back softly as he took a seat.

"Hey Mira. How's your day so far?" He asked her, figuring it would be polite to ask. Mira simply smiled as she turned to look at the pink haired wizard.

"It's been good. A few brawls had already went on, but nothing major as of yet." Mira answered him before asking, "I take it you want something to eat?" She asked him, since he usually does every time he comes into the guild.

Before Natsu could reply to her, his stomach decided to growl loudly to answer her question. Mira giggled, figuring that Natsu was indeed simply hungry, not knowing that the pink haired mage was in fact starving himself in the past couple of days.

"Well, I'll go get your usual then." She replied in her usual happy voice.

However Natsu eyes widened as memories of what he did on his mission replayed in his mind once more. Remembering the flesh of the bandits he tore and ate got him to not wanting anything to do with meat at that moment.

"NO!" Natsu exclaimed rather loudly, getting Mira to both flinch and caught surprised by his sudden yell. This got a few others to look at the pink haired male, but then they returned to whatever they were originally doing. Realizing what he just did, he spoke again more quiet this time, "I mean… uh… can I try something else?" He politely asked the white haired woman.

"Uh… sure," She managed to reply, getting over the fact that Natsu just yelled for know reason like that. It startled her a little honestly before she spoke again, "Do you have something in mind?" She asked once again.

"Well…," Natsu couldn't help but smile a bit nervously, "Can I just get a simple salad?" He requested of her.

Mira widen her eyes from his request as she proceeded to look at Natsu as if he grew a second head. Natsu wanted a salad? She expected something like chicken or lamb or… well anything that was related to meat since that was what Natsu usually got. Not once could she remember Natsu wanting to eat anything else, especially when it came to something green like lettuce.

"Oh… okay. I'll go get it." Mira stated, sounding a bit shocked and surprised by him wanting a salad of all things, since this was Natsu she was talking too. The white haired woman went to prepare him a salad then as Natsu simply waited patiently at the bar.

Okay, Mira knew that something was off with Natsu as she went to make him his dish. The fact that Natsu wanted something other than meat was shocking alone. Natsu would rather fight against Gildarts, Erza, and herself at once going all out instead of eating something green or a vegetable. That alone just screamed to her that something was amiss with the fellow Fire Dragon Slayer. Mira looked back to see Natsu dozing off a little before he shook his head to stay awake. While she didn't comment on it when she talked to him, the white haired woman could see that Natsu didn't look like he got much sleep, if the small dark patches underneath his eyes were any indication.

Mira couldn't help but feel a bit worried and concern for him. It was like a few days ago when he arrive in the guild early in the morning acting rather strange.

'Natsu… what is wrong?' Mira couldn't help but thought that to herself as she headed back to where the pink haired male was with a large salad bowl.

Whatever Natsu was thinking about he snapped out of it as Mira out the large bowl of salad in front of him. It didn't look much, it really only had lettuce, chopped carrots, and some croutons. However the pink haired wizard was still grateful none the less.

"Thank you Mira." Natsu thanked her before he grabbed his fork to eat.

"No problem Natsu." Mira responded back with a smile as he went to go get someone else's order. She wanted to ask him if anything was wrong, a part of her wanted too. But she wouldn't try to get Natsu to tell her if he wasn't ready.

However, if this odd behavior of his kept up she will have to get some answers from him eventually.

Natsu looked at the salad bowl in front of him before taking a bite of it with his fork. Surprisingly even to him he liked the taste of it. The pink haired Fire Dragon Slayer honestly thought that he would hate this since it was something green, but this was actually good. It wasn't anything amazing or anything like that, but he wouldn't mind getting this again in the future. At least he can eat something without the need to vomit from it.

As he ate the doors to the guild hall opened up to reveal a certain red haired woman entering the building. Those who were fighting among themselves ceased to make sure Erza didn't notice them. Mira spotted the red head as she waved at her fellow guild mate.

"Hello Erza!" She called out to the red haired woman, getting her attention as she saw Mira and Natsu at the bar. Natsu looked up and turned to see Erza walking toward them.

"Hey Erza." Natsu greeted her as the S-Class mage took a seat next to the pink haired male.

"Hello Mira and Natsu. I see that you both are doing well." Erza replied and greeted back to the barmaid and Dragon Slayer. The woman then turned to look at Mira, "I would like my usual please." She requested with stars in her eyes. Both Natsu and Mira couldn't help but smile at seeing the red head's love for her strawberry cheesecake.

"Alright then," Mira then headed to the refrigerator to get said cake, "So how was your mission?" She asked the red head.

"It was nothing serious," Erza began to tell the two of them; "The monster that terrorized the town wasn't really that powerful to be honest. I didn't even need to change into any of my armors to take it down. I would have been back sooner but the town threw a celebration for the monsters defeat, and I couldn't just turn them do- what the heck is that?" Erza told them before she interrupted herself as she asked Natsu while pointing her finger at the bowl of salad in front of the pink haired male.

"Uh… it's a salad." Natsu simply replied with a confused look. He didn't get why Erza was acting weird all of a sudden.

"Why do you have a salad?" Erza questioned him, which only got him confused.

"Uh… because I'm eating it." He simply replied, not understanding why she was asking these questions.

Erza widened her eyes in shock as she looked at Natsu as if he had lost his mind.

"You? Eating a salad?" Erza questioned, honestly shocked by his answer. Natsu was eating something green and with vegetables and not meat?! Was the world ending or something!?

"What's wrong with that?" Natsu questioned, as he couldn't help but feel a bit annoyed by her reaction, "I just wanted something different that's all." He stated.

"Calm down you two," Mira told them as she arrived with Erza's cheesecake, "There's nothing wrong with Natsu wanting to try something different once in a while." Mira told them, even though she was still in the same state as Erza was about Natsu eating a salad of all things, since he would never usually get something like that.

Erza didn't reply though as she dug into her cheesecake. Natsu couldn't help but smile a little at seeing the red head happy.

This was good to keep his mind off of what happened with him recently.

Okay, this one was a bit more happy-ish and light hearted compared to the last one. But we all know that won't last.

See you all next time, whenever that will be.