Yey 10th chapter! And to celebrity that it's a little bit longer than normally! (The truth is I just couldn't find I good spot to end this chapter -_- )
Oh yeah Hiro Mashima owns Fairy Tail. I think I forgot to mention it in the previous chapter, but I'm quite sure nobody thinks that I own it...
After I left the guild, I found my self sitting in my regular bar a huge beer in my hand. Some cold water ran on the surface of the glass making a small pond on the table around the glass. My headache had died since I got more alcohol in my body.
My eyes stared to nothing as I sipped my golden elixir for the troubles one certain beautiful blonde girl has caused. Cute, adorable, sweet, funny, beautiful, sexy, cheerful... God! There is too many and still not enough verbs to describe her. 'Every time I think her I feel this bittersweet pain in my chest... What is this feeling...?' I crapped the front of my shirt and squeezed it. Of course I knew the answer to my question somewhere deep inside me. But, hey, I'm the great Laxus Dreyar, I can't just go and admit that I... her. That this feeling for Lucy, for that little petite excuse-for-woman, is... 'For pity's sake! How am I supposed to think, let alone say aloud, something like that?!' I could feel this faint heat on my cheeks.
As I was trying to order my thoughts around, I saw at the corner of my eye this dark creature sat down on the table where I was sitting. I turned my gaze to the alien seeing that it was just an old geezer and his mug. From his appearance anyone, well maybe not one certain pink-head, could tell that his life's partner wasn't a woman but booze.
"Love problems, hmm?" I almost choked as the geezer opened his mouth, which was missing more than just a one tooth. I spun my head toward the geezer and stared him angrily.
"Don't say something so absurd, not even as a joke!" I groaned irritated. The old man chuckled taking a sip from his mug at the same time.
"Young people" the man shook his head slightly chuckling some more "You can't fool this old man's eye youngster. So tell the old Stuart what's in your heart" The geezer waved for the waitress to bring us two more beers, then turning to look at me with amused eyes.
"Geezer, know this I don't.. well... her" I tried to sound firm but.. GOD! I just couldn't say that one word. 'Why it is so hard to say? For pity's sake, it's just four letters. Four SIMPLE letters!' The geezer gave me this yeah-right face, which made me just want punch him real good. But still, for some reason I wasn't able to keep my mouth shut. Must have been the booze because it was more than clear that I was drunk already. Again.
"That girl... She just makes me go crazy. I said something bad to her and as I was trying to apologize to her I was only able to make things worse. And now she..."I wasn't sure how to continue from there. Heck, I wasn't even sure why was I talking to this old geezer. It wasn't like me to talk about my problems to anyone. My head wasn't at the state for thinking. I shook my head while grabbing my drink and gulping it down fast. The glass was shortly empty and when I was turning to call waitress to bring me an other one, there was this brunette waitress approaching our table with two drinks. 'Oh yeah, the geezer already ordered us the second ones.'
The brunette was wearing the bars regular outfit, mini-shorts and a top, but they were clearly size or two too small for her. What's whit the girls that wants to wear too small clothes. Thank god Lucy wasn't one of those. It just looked horrible.
"Here you, gentlemen!" the brunette said merrily. She set two white napkins on the table one before me and one before the geezer and then putting our drinks top of them. We both thanked the girl in union and grabbed our drinks. I had just the golden liquid touch my lips when the waitress lowered her lips near my ear before leaving.
"I wrote my contacts to the napkin, so... Give me a call~" she whispered trying to sound sexy, and some other time it might have worked, but today it just made me want to puke.
I picked the napkin up and offered it to the geezer. "Here. The lady seems lonely and you don't seem like busy persons, so maybe you should keep her company some time." The older guy blinked few times before smirking.
"With pleasure" he said playfully. But just when he was going to take tee napkin, the brunette snatched it from my hand angrily.
"You... You... You ASSHOLE!" the girl screamed making sure every customer and worker in the bar heard her. I'm sure she tried to get somebody in the building help her, but only finding herself fail pitifully in that. In this bar this wasn't anyone stupid enough to challenge me as they all knew who I was. One of the good point for being regular. The brunette must be a new if she doesn't recognize me. 'That was a second time in short time that someone called me an asshole...' In my mind appeared an image of Lucy and there it was again the pain in my chest.
The brunette was obviously getting angrier as he noticed that nobody was going to come to her aid and that I didn't give as hit about her even though she stood right next to me. I just kept sipping my beer normally.
I'm sure that the girl was going to start screaming some more, when one of her co-workers stopped her.
"That's enough Lucia!" My whole body tensed when she called the brunette's name. It was way too close to Lucy. 'Disgusting!' And there it was again the pain.
The brunette was going to protest, but I'm sure she saw my not anymore so neutral face as she only squeezed her hands to fists and turned to walk away with hmph.
"I'm so sorry for all the trouble she has caused!" the other waitress stepped into my sight bowing wildly. I only swung my hand lazily as a reply telling her that it was ok. The girls face flashed with relief as she bowed one more time. "She is a new here and she has a quite, well, unique personality." she laughed nervously. 'Annoying.' I corrected her in my mind. The waitress picked our empty glasses and left with one last sorry.
It was already evening according to the greasing number of people in the bar. After that annoying waitress scene, I had continued my talk whit the geezer at some point. I was even more drunk, and talkative, than before, but it was only natural as I hadn't watched how much beer I had poured down my throat.
And if I have to be honest with you... Right now I didn't anymore have the slightest idea what was going around me or what I was talking with the new geezer friend Stuart of mine. The alcohol had numbed my thinking capacity totally.
"What? Why haven't you just contacted her then?" the geezer looked me like the stupidest human on Earth. I didn't like that face at all.
"Reason one: I don't know her address or that does she even own communication lacrima. Reason two: What the hell should I even say if I contacted her?" I said irritated. The old guy face-palmed.
"Young people" he shook his head not so amused this time. "You are an idiot." the geezer stated looking straight to my eyes. I could feel my blood starting to boil.
"I'm not an idiot!"
"Yes. You. Are."
There was a moment of silence as we stared at each other both quite irritated. Finally I opened my mouth still mad.
"So I contact her, then what? Hey Lucy, I'm sorry for the other day and by the way I'm in love with yo-" I covered my mouth as fast as I could when I noticed what I had said. 'God dammit alcohol!'
The geezer burst in to laughter. "That's exactly what you should say to her! And didn't I tell you from the very beginning that you loved the girl!" I could feel how the heat of my cheeks' started to spread to my whole body. I turned my gaze away from the geezer and let one of my cheeks rest on my palm, same arm's elbow leaning to the table.
"She just can't be the girl I like" I mumbled mostly to myself knowing too well that I was lying. It was way too embarrassing to admit that me, the great Laxus Dreyar, have lost myself to one girl, to girl I met first time when she was just a snotty little brat.
My thoughts was starting to get way out of control when the geezer whistle brought me back to Earth.
"Well look at that piece of candy! Maybe you should go try to get some comfort for your love problems from her." The old guy was staring someone over my shoulder. It was most likely girl that just entered the bar, at least that is what the geezer's disgusting talk and look where telling. Even though I wasn't really in the mood to gaze women right now, womanly beauty is always welcome to my retina. As I was turning to give glimpse over this 'peace of candy', I heard an awfully familiar voice.
"Laxus?" the melodic voice entered my ears and made them burn. I turned my head slowly around and there she stood. In front of me was slightly mad looking Lucy staring my eyes with her way too beautiful ones.
"Blondie~" I said childishly happily. The alcohol in my veins hadn't just taken my thinking capacity, but also my control over my own body. I just couldn't be showing how happy I was seeing her. "Did ya miss me sooooo much that you had to come and look for me?" I asked playfully with slightly smug smile on my lips. Lucy gave me a very suspicious look before just rolling her eyes. I don't know was the alcohols doings but the creature standing before me wasn't a girl, it was an angel. 'Oh my sweet Mavis, she is just so beautiful.' I kept staring the blonde before me when I heard talking behind me.
"Ah now I get it... I must say that now I can understand you a little bit better." it was the geezer talking. First I didn't get what he meant by that, but when I so him staring at Lucy it hit me.
"What?" The blonde was clearly as confused as I had first been. "Actually never mind..." Lucy shook her head making her golden locks swung from side ti side. It was adorable. She turned her gaze back to me. "I was looking for you because I had something to talk with you, but seeing you like this dead drunk... It just has to wait for tomorrow"
I hadn't really been paying attention what she had been saying. I was so hypnotized her sweet looking lips and the thought that I had to apologize to her when I still had the chance.
"I'm sorry Lushi..." escaped from my lips without warning. Some how it was hard to say Lucy probably. I felt a wave of relief rushing trough me as I finally said it, but if that wasn't rewarding enough, Lucy's face was. She was stunned by what I had let out of my mouth. Her eyes were wide open and her jaw had literally dropped.
"Wha...! Eh? Wha..wha..what are saying?!" she started to blush like crazy. It made me smile as I adored her embarrassed appearance.'So cute...'
"Stop smiling! You are definitely drunk, DEAD drunk! That's it we are going home!" she stated firmly her face still incredible red. I just nodded pleased.
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