𝒮𝓉𝒶𝓇𝓈 𝒾𝓃 𝒽ℯ𝓇 𝒽ℯ𝒶𝒹 ⚤︎✯

𝑴𝒊𝒅𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌

Lucy sighed as the last customer finally packed up his things and left the coffeehouse she worked at. The place she worked at closed at midnight but the owner and dad of her closest friend, allowed her to start cleanup a quarter till. Not that it helped her get out any earlier, if anything it gave her more time to be through in her cleanup of the place. At 12:30, she walked out of the back door, then hastily down the alley to the street. She felt safe enough on campus but the dark still freaked her out a little.

When she turned the corner, in front of the coffeehouse, leaning against his cruiser, was a young police officer waiting for her. Laxus, as she recalled his name, was a regular customer and had taken a liking to her. He was a few years older than her at most and he was indeed handsome, but she had declined his invitation to dinner one night simply because she didn’t have the time. She was taking eighteen credit hours this semester and closed the cafe six nights out of the week. Lucy didn’t even have time for herself.

“Laxus, what’re you doing?” she called as she approached his cruiser.

The blonde stood up and waved at her which made her smile. “I’m on patrol tonight and was passing through. Thought I’d offer to walk you home,” he answered.

Though she had rejected him, he didn’t hold it against her. He was still a regular and she liked talking with him when he had time to kill. All she had asked of him was to not think about her in any romantic fashion because she just couldn’t reciprocate those feelings. It had been a lie of course but she felt embarrassed to tell him that she simply didn’t have time to date. He wasn’t a creep that waited for every night, but this wasn’t the first time that he’d offered to walk her home.

“I’d like the company, if you’ve got the time for it.”

“Let’s get you home then, blonde.” He smirked when she rolled her eyes at him.

They walked in comfortable silence, taking note of how quiet it was on campus during the fall when it wasn’t windy outside. He wanted to say that his reason for walking her home was to just look out for a friend but he couldn’t lie to himself. He was already lying to her about not thinking about her because he thought about her all the damn time. Laxus knew that it probably be easier to stop if he stopped getting coffee from the place she worked at, but he liked the brew and Silver was a cool guy.

Besides, why should he have to change his routine because of some girl? Well, he he did intend for this to be the last time he walked her home but he didn’t know if he should tell her or just stop showing up when she got off. And that was the thing about Lucy. He just didn’t know when it came to her. Yeah, she’d declined his but she made it obvious that she liked him to some degree because they always talked for a bit whenever he came in.

He didn’t want to stop seeing her around but all he’d been getting from the girl was a slew of mixed signals and he was lost. When they’d walked the three blocks to her apartment building, she thanked him for walking with her and bid him goodnight. He called after her before she managed to get completely inside.

“What’s wrong?” she asked. She knew there had been something weighing on his mind as he’d been quiet for most of the walk.

He sighed and ran his hand through his hair. “Dammit,” he muttered.

“Laxus you can talk to me.” She stepped toward him and reached out to take his hand.

“I know you told me to stop thinking about you, but I can’t get you out of my mind,” he admitted. He gently squeezed her hand then felt it slip from his.

Lucy just stood there for a second. She knew she’d been fooling herself and had hoped that he’d be able to move on from her so she’d be forced to face reality but that just wasn’t the case. She had more she wanted to say, like how she was sorry but he was still on the clock and had wasted enough time with her for one evening.

“You should go, Laxus.”

That’s not what he’d been hoping to hear. His shoulders slumped and he turned away. “I’m sorry, Lucy.”

“You can make it up to me by taking me out tomorrow,” she suggested. He stopped and turned back wide-eyed to see he smiling at him. “My schedule is pretty packed but I imagine yours normally is too. Still, I want to give us a try.”

“Really?”

“Yep! Now seriously, you should get going.” She waved him off, but he stepped back to her and kissed her cheek, then hurried back to where his car was sitting.

                                                                                    

𝑇𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑙𝑟:  𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑦𝑒-𝑑𝑎𝑤𝑛𝑒
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