Crushed To Love ↬ Gildarts x Reader

chapter ¹³

"So.. What are you planning to do now that you feel better ?"

Looking away from Cana's gaze, you looked towards the window beside you pondering. You really hadn't had any plan whatsoever.

"I don't really know.. I'm not really in the mood to take an offer though."

Usually you just did minor jobs and hung out with your friends. But you weren't exactly feeling like doing all of that.

"Understandable." Cana placed her head on the table and sighed before suddenly raising it up ecstatically.

"How about you do the things you've never had time to do ? Like a bucket list ! Or, if you're not into that you could also have a self care day !"

You looked at her slowly, your face lighting up. You really hadn't had any time to yourself these past few months. You complied to her, a smile showing up on your face.

"So what's something you've always wanted to do ?" She asked you twirling her spoon inside her coffee.

"I've never finished cooking a meal before burning it... Learning how to cook properly could be fun thing to do !"

Cana, grinning, pulled out a notebook out of her satchel and ripped one of its pages.

"That's hilarious ! Let's add it to the list !"

The both of you continued to write down ideas on that piece of paper. The more was written on it the more excited you got.

You told Cana that you were going to start learning basic cuisine etiquette first and stood up to leave, finishing your drink in the process.

"I'll invite you over once I'm able to make a decent meal !" You told her.

She held out her pinky and reached out to you. You held up yours too and wrapped it around hers.

"That better be a promise !" Cana gave you a comforting hug, grinning.

You waved her goodbye, left your money on the table and took your leave.

Learning to cook was definitely going to be challenging. You always pushed back learning it so the thought of it had waved over you multiple times.

How was it that you still didn't know how to cook for yourself ? The take out boxes were a definite clue as to how...

You would try your best, that's all that mattered ! And if everything goes wrong then you'll resort back to take outs which is definitely a good thing !

You stopped in your tracks and hid your face in your hands.

"No, it's not..."

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3 w e e k s l a t e r.

For the past 3 weeks, the guild had been extremely and interestingly quiet due to most of its members laying low. There was about nothing to do.

All the jobs had already been taking, even the minor ones and Magnolia was free of damage.

Gray had been strolling around town in search of a savory treat to gulf on for 10 minutes along with avoiding a certain water mage.

When he turned around the corner he could from a few feet away from him the door of the bakery open. Along with that he saw you coming out of it.

Jeez. It had been awhile since he'd seen you. He knew you were mad at him for the... Incident at the bathhouse and hadn't talked to you since then, fearing that you'd kill him.