"Is this empty?"
"yes--No...no...this is taken" Lucy throws her bag into the opposite seat
Natsu moves to the seat beside with pouty lips "I'm guessing juvia made you stay?"
"Don't talk to me, I like this alone time I got after too many days"
"you must really like being alone...you keep ignoring my texts too"
"I blocked you, what texts are you talking about?"
"really? so you didn't see any messages since that day?" Natsu asks fingers rubbing his ear ends
"Uh...really..."
"Good thing I can delete them before you see" he mumbles, Lucy looks up but he covers his mouth with his coffee cup
The waiter comes to them with two pieces of chocolate cake placing it on the table "This is on the house"
"Why?" Lucy says making natsu gawk at her
who rejects free food?
"We do this for every couple who comes here. Our boss made it a theme of this bakery. Also you guys ordered the same drink" He smiles bowing and leaving
"Wait...we aren'tㅡ"
"Don't stop him heartfilia, I live for free food"
"You live in an 8 storey apartment"
"Free Food" he stresses onto the words, bitting the sweet dessert
Lucy rolls her eyes, looking away and keeping herself distracted from the cake she starts a conversation
"How did you end up here?"
"Why is this moment scary?" Natsu says "gray dragged me out of the bed" his morning raspy voice still present
Lucy thinks again but he beat her to it, chocolate covered lips saying "Don't talk about those two, why are you thinking about them?"
"we won't be here if not for them!"
"Excatly, now let's talk about us..."
It was like her personality switched, she wanted to try doing this with the guy. For one day, play the role and see how it ends by the day
"Okay, let's talk about us...Hello, I'm Lucy Heartfilia" Lucy smiles, a genuine one with her hand out for a shake
"Nice to meet you, I'm Natsu Dragneel" He shakes it, happily following her lead "Do you like the arcade?"
"Arcade? who doesn't?"
"Wanna go? it's right next to us" Natsu jabs his thumb outside "The time runs faster there"
Lucy nods her head, standing up to hold all her belonging but natsu holds her thrown bag walking first. Lucy smiles at him wearing the bag "Why does it look good on him?" She frowns
...
"Now shoot!" Natsu snaps his fingers and Lucy hits the far away target
Followed by a gasp and glee shout, she turns to the proud guy who's nose was high up
"That works!! that works!!"
"let's shoot till you get that dog"
"okayㅡIts not a dog..." lucy says shifting back to leaning on the gun
few more rounds, few more hits and the slow distortion of annoyance of the owner won Lucy the stuffed toy that was on the highest stands
"I'll name it plue..."
"Plue? Pluto?"
"gods he is adorable" Lucy stuffs herself hugging it tight "Don't you think?"
"sure" he drifts off seeing another game to play "Basketball?"
"Oh your on!" She places the toy next to the machine.
Maybe the sky favours woman this way? Natsu thinks as he looks at the girl who's first round score to his has a difference of 16 points
"Wait...wait...play again" Natsu says, his towering pride jut not allowing him "Come on"
"There will be no change...you suck" Lucy sighs, shaking her head grabbing the ball
"We'll see about that"
and he regret saying it? No...a strong no from his brain but his heart was crying, sitting on the floor with his back leaning on the machine, head hung low with the exhaustion of 4 plays
while the girl collects all the winning tickets that can earn her another plushie "Aw, the big babie...is sad? want to eat ice cream?"
"Mint chocolate" he replies standing up as Lucy hums in agreement
Two plushies carried by the sulky pink head, who really looks like a lost kid with hands holding the ice cream made Lucy hold a smile for the longest time that day
He wasn't a bad company now that they spend few hours, maybe the others were right? what else will a closed dark space filled with sex hormones and alcohol do?
"Dragneel..." she calls him "wanna start over for real?"
Natsu stop his kitten licks over the ice drip on his fingers, eyes meeting her serious ones. he straightens his back "But the guy you saw on that night is still me"
"it's okay...we all need those once a while"
"hahahaha...Pleased to be your friend, heartfilia"
"Yeahㅡwait...let me unblock you" she says searching for the phone
"No!" He shouts hands "help me first...my hands are super sticky and these plushies"
success! he hides his smiles as Lucy panics handing him tissues and taking her precious prizes away