Fight for Glory↠NaLu

Chapter 10: The Day

The two boxers both had a stiff roller underneath their bodies rolling out different muscles.

"My fight's gon' be fuckin' easy," Gajeel confidently mocked, moving his leg back and forth on top of the roller.

Natsu stiffed a laugh back, laying his hands behind his head as he moved his body. A pop noise came from his back, the roller easing out every muscle beneath him. "Still see your fight's up first."

"I'll make sure I'll sock you till you drop dead."

Natsu shook his head with a smirk plastered on his face. He was fired up for tonight no doubt. Out of all the matches being placed from afternoon to night today, his was going to be the most popular attended one again.

He could already envision himself in the small, musky building, his eyes narrowing at his opponent dominantly.

"The Roaring Lion versus no other than...The Red Dragon, Natsu Dragneel-!"

"Snap out of your daydream, maybe you'll actually get punched in the face; no, I hope you do," Gray clarified, leaning his shoulder against the wall.

"I hope someone throws a tomato at your face and shoved a cigarette up your ass."

Gray narrowed his eyes at Natsu. The snickering laughs from Gajeel weren't helping either, only causing the boxer's cocky grin to widen. Sometimes the karma for acting like a dick was a bitch.

"I'll see you clowns later," Gray said, hearing their cocky snickers behind him as he left the boxing gym. The various options to do something else were all better than getting verbally shot at by his friends.

He hopped in his car, knowing the perfect person that'd make his morning a thousand times better than how it started.

He flashily drifted into a parking spot perfectly between two other cars, not bothering with the impressed glances a few people around gave off to him.

He walked through the double doors to be introduced by a familiar bluenette.

"Is Lucy here?" Gray questioned, casually shoving his hands in his pockets while he took a glimpse around.

"Yes! She should be working at the barista area towards your left," Juvia ecstatically replied, dreamily gazing at him as he nodded before taking his leave.

Gray walked up to Lucy, his side-smile wide on his face. "Hey."

Lucy looked up at him for a second, surprised that it wasn't who she expected it to be, not like she minded though. "Oh, aloha Gray, nice to see you early today."

"You still want to go to Gajeel's fight, right?" Gray asked, more like double-checking to see if she was still down.

The blonde smiled and nodded her head. "Of course, its not like I have anything better to do tonight."

Gray stood there chatting with Lucy from the side for a while, stepping out of customers ways whenever they approached to order a drink to their liking. Lucy didn't mind the chitchat, it was a way to pass time quicker for the moment, but she couldn't pinpoint in why it felt so foreign to have the raven-haired male talking with her instead. A lot of the time when she spoke, there was almost a hesitance? It was different than how lively she felt. Her mind took half a second longer to think before speaking, as if she was barely holding back.