Gosh I'm sorry if this took so long!
The heat really makes me lazy. I don't really like summer…
Anyway, enjoy~

'Everyone has a side that will change your first impression'

"Loke?"

I really expect him to say things like 'Oh, Lucy-chan. Did you miss me that much that you travel this far just to see?' or 'You came for me? You really are madly in love with me.' Instead he stiffened the moment I spoke. He forced a smile, drops of sweat appearing in his face. He's not wearing his usual sunglasses, making his hazel eyes visible. It's obvious that he's nervous because he can't look at me directly. Looks like Mr. Casanova doesn't want be found out.

"L-Lucy! W-what are you doing here?" he tried to act normally but failed.

"Well, I have some business to take care of." Oh yeah, I remembered that I didn't even attend class. I should tell the reason to Erza and Levy soon. And I'm still wearing my uniform too.

"And you didn't enter class right?"

"Yes. Something urgent came up and I need to go here." This is really far from the school, around 1 hour of travel by car so it make sense that he's working here. He doesn't really want to be found out. Looks like we're the same. The only difference is, mine is more… uhmm confidential? I don't even know if that's the right word.

"That's right, can I take your order?" he tried to force a smile again, but it came out looking weird this time.
"Yeah, I want chocolate cheesecake and macchiato please." I smiled understandingly but it seems that he took that the other way.
"Right. Please wait for a moment" then he walked away tensely.

This really feels odd to me. I really developed a bad impression towards him. I mean, he's so flirty and our first encounter is much worse. He's the type of guy that I should distance myself in the first place. He's a socialite and the first thing he would do if he found out who I was, was to tell it to his acquaintance but I guess I was wrong. Everyone has a secret and I was the stupid one to be so selfish. Well, I've never been able to interact with other people (except Levy-chan and Erza) for a bunch of years so I only know little about how others feel.

The pink haired girl came to serve my order.

I started to eat my cake. I really like to enjoy it but I can't. I can't when I'm feeling a stare of someone piercing through me. I turned to the counter and Loke was hiding behind one of it, staring. I knew it. I throw him a bored look and he flinch and hid again. Why is he doing that?

I took a sip in my drink. This is really taste good. I was in the middle of eating when Loke suddenly took a seat in front of me. He placed his hands in the table and starts to play with it. I took a small chunk of the cake and ate it, waiting for whatever he's gonna say. He stares at his hands with a troubled face. Finally, he spoke.

"Lucy" he's voice is dead serious. This is really unexpected.
"Hmm?"
"Please… Please don't tell this to anybody. Not even to my friends." He bowed his head so I can't see his face. "If anybody knows about this, they'll hate me so please…"
I took a sip in my macchiato once more and I let out a sigh. This guy is really hopeless.

"What makes you think that I would do that? And why don't you tell it to your friends? I'm sure they'll understand you. And what's wrong with having a part time job?" I said like it's the most common thing in the world. Levy-chan did accept me so I'm sure of it.

"Yeah…but it would ruin my image if someone I know, especially from school saw my like this. I'm a bit thankful it's you though."

"Whatever. Anyway, why are you working here?"
"I kinda need some extra money and the pay here is good so I accept it"
"Oh…good for you then" I said before taking another drink.
"And what is that business you need to take care of here?" I almost choked myself. Now what should I say? Nah…I won't say anything.

"It's none of your business" I hissed.

"You're stalking me, don't you?" he said mischievously. So…he's back to he's playful state huh?

"Ah… Is that so?" I took a photo of him from my phone. He frowned in confusion. "What about I post this on a social media site?" I gave him a wicked smile.

"Wha- No! Hahah! I was just kidding! XD"
"I wonder if I should take Erza here? She likes strawberry cakes a lot"
"What?! Not Erza!" he panicked. I really want to laugh out loud now.
" Just kidding. Don't overreact too much. Don't worry, I won't come back here again. I'll forget everything that I saw this." I said before taking another bite from my cake. But these are really good. Maybe I'll just ask Capricorn-san to buy these for me. Hope he don't mind.

"I won't mind if you come here every day at all. I'll be willing to serve you because you're my princess" he winked.

"You're getting creepy again so my chances of coming back here lessened again. It's down to like 20%"
"No. Seriously. I'm glad you're here. It seems like, this place had just become our secret place"