Being at his parents house all weekend brought Natsu some sort of clarity. Granted, he still felt guilty over the unfortunate situation, but the constant reassurance his family expressed gave him a bit of closure. There was nothing he-or anyone else-could do about it, all there was left to do was continue with his right foot forward.

As he drove back to the dorms at Fiore university, he thought back to the blonde that had possessed his mind the previous week. Would he really be able to find her? What if she thought he was a creepy stalker? What if she already had a boyfriend? His mind began spiraling and before he knew it, he found himself at the Fiore dormitories. He parked his car in the residential parking lot and walked to his room. Expecting to see his raven-haired best friend, he saw nothing but two empty beds and a mountain of clothes in the corner of the room 'I should really do some laundry.'

Ignoring his responsible thought, Natsu kicked off his shoes and climbed into bed, placing his arm over his eyes and sighed. He was not looking forward to going to his class tomorrow, he wasn't even sure if he wanted to continue going to school in general, but he'd feel like an even greater disappointment if he had decided to drop out. Thinking too hard made his brain hurt, so he decided to call it a night and get ready for bed.

—--

8 am classes on Monday mornings were always the worst, Natsu didn't even want to take that class, but it was a required course for all freshmen.

The day dragged on and all Natsu could do was impatiently wait for it to end with each second that passed by. As soon as his last class of the day ended, he walked as fast as he could to his car and floored it to the Fairy tail cafe, just a few blocks away from school. The cafe looked small from the outside, but it was quite roomy on the inside. There were booths lined against the walls of the building, with tables and chairs surrounding the middle. There was a bar in the back, but it didn't serve alcohol until 8 p.m. Fairy Tail was a usual hangout spot for him and his friends, as well as every other student who went to Fiore Uni.

The moment he walked in, Natsu was greeted with a familiar warm smile. "Hey Natsu! The usual?" asked Mira in her usual cheery voice. She was a recent graduate of Fiore University, being only a few years older than Natsu.

"Yeah, thanks Mira," Natsu said, giving her a small smile before walking to a booth making himself comfortable. He took his phone out, looking through various social media apps he had downloaded on his phone. He looked through his friends profiles, examining the follower list and mindlessly scrolling, hoping to see the familiar blonde.

'"Here ya go Natsu. Is something wrong? You don't have the usual spark in your eyes," Mira's tone laced with concern as she placed Natsu's food on the table,

"What are you talking about? I'm perfectly fine." replied Natsu with a forceful chuckle.

"Oh don't lie to me, don't forget I used to babysit you when you were younger, I know when somethings up."

Natsu stared blankly at the food in front of him, picking up a french fry and just holding it for a moment before putting it back down.

"It's just…," Natsu started, "I met this girl-" before he could finish his sentence, Mira gleefully interrupted.

"Oh! You finally have a girlfriend? What's her name? Does she go to the same university you go to? What's her major? Howd you two meet-"

"That's not the case Mira, I met her, but not technically," Natsu said slowly.

"I'm not following."

Natsu took a deep breath before continuing. "Before my first therapy session last week, I ran into this girl. She was beautiful. Gorgeous even. She looked just like a fairy, but when she looked up at me, her eyes were stained with tears, and I don't know, my heart kinda broke, I felt useless, because I didn't know how to help her, I just wanted to see her smile, but before I could even say hi, she ran off. And I tried asking the therapist for her name but he wouldn't tell me because it was apparently violating a hippo," he really wasn't sure what a hippo had to do with anything.

"I think you mean HIPPA sweetie." Sometimes Mira wondered how exactly Natsu made it to college, before remembering how great he was at anything science related.

"Whatever, point is, I may have met the love of my life, but I don't even know her name or where she goes to college or if she's even single." It's only been a week, and he's only seen her once, but she had such a hold on him, the thought of not being able to meet her made Natsu's heart ache.

"Well, you said you two have the same therapist, maybe if you go in earlier you'll run into her again?" Mira's suggestion made Natsu's whole body perk with hope. Why didn't I think of that?

"MIRA YOU'RE A GENIUS", squeezing the young woman into a tight hug, Natsu ran out of the cafe and back to his car, the sooner he got to his dorm, the sooner he'd go to sleep, which meant the sooner he'd wake up to go early to his next therapy session and hopefully meet the girl that plagued his dreams. However. he quickly ran back into the cafe, completely forgetting his cheeseburger, requesting for Mira to place his meal into a to-go box, before heading out of the restaurant once again.

—--

Natsu walked into his dorm, slamming the door behind him, much to the disapproval of his best friend.

"What's with the slamming, I'm trying to sleep," groaned the raven haired ice enthusiast.

"It's the middle of the day," Natsu said, rolling his eyes.

"Your point is?"

"I may have figured out a way to find my mystery fairy-er-girl," smiled the excited pinkette.

"About time, I was tired of you moping around and bein all sad."

"Thanks for the concern." Of course Natsu knew Gray cared, to some extent.

"You're welcome, so how are you gonna find her?" asked Gray as he sat up from his bed.

"I'm gonna go to my therapy session extra early tomorrow, that way I can hopefully run into her after her session" stated Natsu, proud of himself and his plan.

"Are you sure that's gonna work? What if she doesn't even have therapy tomorrow?"

"Well then, i'll go back early next week, and the next week, until I find her. Worse case scenario i'll interrogate my therapist to tell me her name," Natsu was completely and utterly determined to find this girl.

"I'm pretty sure that's illegal," said Gray, not really agreeing with his best friend's idea, but encouraging him anyway in the hopes of finally seeing Natsu with a girlfriend.

"Don't worry, the hippo will never know."

"Hippo?" Gray asked, confused,"Natsu, it's HIPAA," he said, placing hands on his temples and rubbing them slightly, completely annoyed at Natsu's idiocy.

"Same difference," shrugged Natsu.

"Y'know, sometimes I wonder how you got into college."

"Honestly, me too," Finally having a plan, Natsu hummed excitedly as he started his assignments, waiting for the moment he could go to sleep and start the day tomorrow, hopefully finding the girl he was going crazy for.