Fight for Glory↠NaLu

Chapter 8: Appearance outside the café

Lucy fiddled with another quarter between her fingers before letting it drop on the counter.

"I'll see you later, Lucy," Natsu said, grinning at her once again before grabbing his coffee to go.

"A hui hou," She replied, smiling as she watched his muscular figure walk out through the door.

Getting morning shifts for the barista was a trend from her boss now, since she brought in more customers. From all the attention of wanting something to go, either Levy or someone else would help her so orders could go faster.

"Okay, what was that, what was that," Levy giggled, eyeing the blonde. Since nobody was currently ordering, she pulled out her phone to keep her busy. "I saw the whole thing, and the only thing he said to me was hi!"

Lucy hesitantly stuck the quarter away, brushing a few bangs away from her eyes. "He's been stopping by every morning."

Levy's lips pursed out, eyes darting back and forth between the blonde and her phone that was currently opened to Instagram. "Mhmm, I see that on my feed, he definitely liked a pic."

Lucy decided to leave the distractions until after her shift.

Time went by faster than she'd expected, her mood already bouncing with good vibes. Luckily, no one came to ask her for her number of some sort.

As the two exited the café, Levy swiveled her head towards Lucy. "Hey, you wanna come with me on Friday to watch a couple fights?"

Lucy smiled back. "Yeah! Does Gajeel have a fight that day?" The excitement of going to an event she'd never attended did perk her curiosity.

"Yup! Usually it's just Gray and I, but it'd be awesome if you and Juvia could come too."

"Definitely, I'll see you later!"

"See you, Lu!"

Levy and Lucy parted ways to their own desperate destination.

Lucy awkwardly cringed again walking by a group of men her age with countless beer bottles. The strong aroma of weed made her nostrils tingle immensely, following with her sneezing a few times, almost tripping in the process of walking.

Managing to climb up the musty stairway as a detour, the elevator's were broken at the moment, she finally sighed to close her door behind her.

Lucy checked her phone and inwardly cussed at herself.

Gray: Hey, I'm omw. I can pick you up wherever.

She fiddled with unlocking her phone and sent a quick message before bolting to her room to throw on different clothes.

-In the front of the apartment building's fine :)

Lucy stripped off her black jeans and white shirt, throwing on dark grey sweatpants and a random red t-shirt. She quickly fixed her messy bun, shoved her feet in an old pair of dirty white rip-off vans, grabbed her keys and phone and bolted out.

She thanked Jesus that she was running down the flights of stairs instead of up, making the trip easier for her to keep running.

Lucy patiently waited on the steps of the apartments main doors for only a few minutes. A black car nearly drifted right in front of her, the wheels screaming from skidding on the dirty pavement. It was a lowered, newer BMW, the wheels with larger flashy rims.

Gray hopped out of the drivers seat and slid over the hood of his car. "It's nice to see you again." He said, opening the car door for the passenger side. He was dressed in casual clothes just like herself; ironically wearing a thin light grey shirt and black sweats.