Chapter 5-Face To Face
Selena kept on following Zane. During his walk, Zane was being followed by a thug who was planning to attack him. As soon as the thug was right behind Zane about to reach into his back pocket, Zane turned around and gave a really hard fire punch in the thug's face. Zane began battling the thug as he made attacks with his flame punches. Zane was able to fight the thug easily as he rarely even got touched by his opponent. At the moment when Zane was about to finish him off, a sudden ice attack was used in order to subdue the thug.
Zane turned to his right to find out that Selena was the one who made the ice attack. As the thug ran away, Selena and Zane started to talk to each other.
"What are you doing, Selena?" Zane asked.
"You were being attacked and I thought I would help you out." Selena answered.
"I didn't need your help." Zane replied "I could have handled it on my own. You know, I don't understand you. This morning you were eager to fight me and now you're eager to help me."
"I don't want to fight you anymore." Selena replied back "I believe it's time for the both of us to have a better connection with each other."
"You know you're right about that statement." Zane commented "But tell me, how did you happen to show up here at this exact moment?"
"I guess you could say that we were…supposed to meet each other." Selena randomly answered.
"That's a crazy assumption, but I'll take that." Zane commented as he began to chuckle.
Selena then started chuckling at what Zane said.
"You have a nice smile." Zane commented.
"Thank you." Selena greeted back "You have a nice smile yourself."
For a moment there was a silent pause between Selena and Zane which was soon interrupted when Happy flew towards them and broke the silence.
"Zane, it's time for you to head back home now." Happy informed "Natsu is waiting for you."
"Alright, I'm coming, you crazy cat." Zane replied as he resumed talking to Selena "I have to walk back home now."
"Is it okay if I walk back with you?" Selena asked.
"Well, you could be cool." Zane answered "Alright, you can come with me."
Selena and Zane walked through the street together. Happy was flying over them and watching them with a bird's eye view.
"So, what were you doing out here this evening?" Selena anxiously asked.
"What were you doing here?" Zane asked back.
"I asked you first." Selena corrected.
"I was persuading Leanna to come with me on a wizard job tomorrow." Zane answered "Lately, she hasn't gone on any jobs ever since she lost her lower right arm."
"That's very sweet." Selena commented in a tone which made her feel distraught "It's nice of you to do that for your little girlfriend."
"No, that's not it." Zane answered in a panicking tone "She's not my girlfriend! It's—I—I don't—I don't have a girlfriend."
At the moment, Selena felt relieved as she immediately saw herself having an opportunity to get closer to Zane.
"What wizard job are you doing tomorrow?" Selena curiously asked.
"I'm going to be hunting down this bandit named 'The Phoenix' with Leonardo, Rila, and Leanna." Zane answered "Although, my parents are coming to chaperone us. Do we seriously need one?"
"I know, right." Selena commented.
As they continued walking, they stopped once they reached the Dragneel household.
"Well, I better head back inside." Zane commented.
Selena tried to build the nerve to say what she was going to ask next, but began to stutter.
"Listen, Zane, I was wondering that…" Selena said stuttering "…maybe we could…I don't know—I mean, if it would be good for you—I thought that we should definitely—"
At that moment, Zane's mother Lucy opened the front door and interrupted them.
"Zane, it's getting late." Lucy informed "You need to get ready for bed."
"I'll be right there in a moment, Mom." Zane replied.
"Alright, but be quick." Lucy replied back.
Lucy then closed the door leaving Selena and Zane back alone with each other.
"This is going to be a strange request." Zane said "But would you like to come with me on my wizard job tomorrow?"
"Yeah, that would be nice." Selena answered as she smiled.
"So, I'll see you tomorrow." Zane replied.
Selena was silent at that moment as she suddenly felt excited at her opportunity of working with Zane. Zane smiled back at Selena as he went back inside the Dragneel household. As soon as Zane was gone, Selena started jumping up and down and squealing in excitement.
"I can't believe this." Selena said to herself "I'm going on a wizard job with Zane Dragneel."
Selena was so filled with excitement that she started to enter into a fantasy music sequence. In that sequence, Selena imagined herself singing while entering a zero gravity room where she saw a crowd of people on the ceiling. She was then airlifted of the ground to become in the midst of the crowd. While in the crowd, Selena was on her knees until she saw Zane in front of her holding out his hand to have her stand back up.
As the fantasy music sequence continued, Selena and Zane walked out of the room to enter a hallway where they were now dressed entirely different. Selena was now dressed in a low-cut top and short shorts and Zane was now shirtless dressed only in his scarf and pants. Selena and Zane began dancing together which they did in the hallway, a coloured room that displayed them in neon lights, and a white room. They continued dancing until the song ended with them being held in each other's arms.
When Selena awakened from her imagined fantasy music sequence, she started to anticipate working with Zane the next day.