Rose Coloured

Chapter 1- Bunny

Gray rolled his eyes for probably the 15th time in the last 5 minutes. His irritation had been spiked that evening, and having a motion sick, pink haired idiot sitting next to him wasn't helping. "Would you shut up and pull yourself together? You're honestly pathetic." He grumbled, taking one hand off the wheel to knock his teammate upside the head.

Natsu curled into himself against the dashboard, groaning loudly. He didn't open his mouth to respond, knowing he could very likely throw up all over Gray's car. Gray glared at him for a moment before looking through the rear view mirror, rolling his eyes again when he noticed Gajeel in the back seat in even worse shape than Natsu. "Why can't I have a fully competent team for once…" He grumbled under his breath. 

The car came to a halt, the two passengers sighing in relief at the cease in movement. "Hurry up." Gray called before exiting, making his way toward the dark alleyway they parked near. Natsu felt his senses slowly come back to him as he lifted his head, hearing the faint music playing mixed with the sounds of various people. "Let's go." Gajeel exited after a few deep breaths, Natsu trailing close behind.

"It's about time this dump got shut down." Gajeel mumbled, looking around for witnesses before entering through the backdoor hidden in the alley.

"You've been here before?" Natsu whispered, walking sideways through the narrow hall.

Gajeel placed a hand on Natsu's shoulder, stilling his movements for a minute as he looked around. "Yeah, been here a couple times." He let go and continued walking once he spotted Gray, their teammate leaning against a single door with a dimly lit lamp above it. "This shithole is shady as hell. The owner scams the workers and customers, I've been waiting for us to finally get some leads so we can deal with him." 

"Yeah, I'm glad this place'll shut down then. And we'll get free booze once the job's done!" Natsu grinned as they walked up to Gray and the door. He couldn't help but turn towards the wall, listening to the music on the other side of the hidden passageway. He could make out the sounds of people cheering before their voices died down and the lively music was replaced with a soft melody, his eyes widening when the sound of a woman's singing hit his ears.

"So she's here too, huh? We should make this quick…" Gajeel grumbled, Natsu and Gray turning to look at him in hopes that he'd elaborate. He got the hint, clearing his throat as he narrowed his eyes in distaste. "That chick comes here every blue moon, but whenever she's around, something bad happens. She and her boss have probably been planning on robbing this place tonight… we should make this quick." 

"Maybe we should go deal with her first?" Gray asked, but Gajeel quickly shut that down. 

"Nah, you don't wanna get involved with her, trust me." 

Gray simply shrugged, trusting Gajeel that they could get their own job done without this mystery lady interfering. He took the gun in his holster off safety and looked up to ensure his teammates were ready, his eyebrow twitching when he noticed Natsu was still distracted. "Oi, Flamebrain! We have a job to do here…" He whispered-yelled.

Natsu looked around the dark, narrow hallway until his eyes landed on some double doors, assuming those would lead to the main room of the bar. "You guys go ahead, I'm gonna be a lookout…" Natsu didn't glance back to catch the way Gray and Gajeel glared at him, too busy making his way to the doors. 

He opened them as quietly as he could, though it wasn't necessary as the entire bar's attention was glued to the stage. Natsu was able to hear the singing clearly now, his eyes widening and throat going dry when he caught sight of the woman on stage.

Something about her had Natsu unable to look away. Her voice was smooth, and although he couldn't understand the language she was singing in, he knew he could listen to her all day and never grow tired.