Natsu sat back in his leather chair with his cell phone to his ear. He had an irritated look on his face as his fingers drummed along his dark wood desk.
"No awnser again." The pinkette hissed slamming his phone onto the hard surface. His eyes shifted from the device to the framed photo of him and the blonde school girl. It only made his anger grow.
A sudden knock on his office door distracted him. It flew open to reveal his friend and the bartending woman whom both respectively carried a folder and an open glass bottle.
Mirajane set the bottle on the desk without saying a word. She wore a grim expression as she looked over to Gray. He sighed to himself taking a few steps toward the desk waving the folder.
"Here's a detailed report on Sting and Rouge from the past few days. Now is there anything else before I go work on numbers." Gray asked dropping the folder in front of the pinkette.
Natsu kept his gaze down and only grunted to Gray. He pulled open the file reading through it. The raven hair man looked over to the bartender and shrugged his shoulders.
"He's behaving odd lately. He won't eat meals here and I'm worried he isn't at home. He's been in that kind of funk for a week now." Mirajane spoke as soon as Gray shut the door behind them. They began to descende the stairs. "What's wrong with him?"
"Honestly I have no clue. He's not usually so closed down about stuff bothering him. But if I had to guess, it's probably the misses." The man told her casually.
Mira stopped in her tracks to think before oohing. "Lucy?" She whispered.
Gray nodded making a beeline toward the bar with the woman scurrying after him.
"Gots to be the only reason. But if I asked flame brain he'd go ballistic right now."
"I should call Lucy later!" She said before leaving him momentarily to go behind the counter where business was relatively slow. "She could tell me something." She continued when she came back around.
"The day you met and befriended her, Natsu gave you explicit rules. Do not tell her where you work, do not mention you know him, don't say a word about Dragon Lord." Gray wagged his finger at her like he was lecturing a toddler. "Don't dare go around them."
Mirajane pouted. She reached under the counter top for a rag and began to wipe invisible dirt. "I just wanted to help."
"Then do so without causing trouble." Gray groaned pinching the bridge of his nose. "I'll be off in the back, call me if anything happens."
"Yeah yeah." Mirajane said with a pout watching the male leave with a frown.