Behind the scenes

I had a usual table now, tucked away in a corner where it wasn't obvious I was here. The stench of fear was not as bad when these fools could forget I was here. Juvia came back from stalking her ice boy yesterday, and was happy to see me. Probably the only one. Every now and then I'd hear angry mutters and look around to see fish-tail and the speedster glaring at me. Their shrimpy friend, Levy, was usually hiding behind one of them, or the nearest wall. One of these days, I knew they were gonna work up the guts to call me out, try to redeem themselves in her eyes. I could smell their fear, their regret for not protecting her. I don't know where they were today though, I hadn't heard anything from them yet.

These thoughts were interrupted by the doors opening, someone talking like they're giving a tour. Sounds like that booze hound wench talking. Tch, whatever. I turned back to my food, when I heard the old man talking about Juvia joining Fairy Tail.

"Hey, come introduce yourself!" I hear the old man yell at me, right as I catch the scent of the Salamander. I turned around, keeping my face passive and uninterested. The Salamander's group all started yelling, arguing with the Master about me being here.

"Hmph." I looked away from them, and noticed the Shrimp peeking around the corner from the pool yard. Even without my sense of smell bringing me her fear, or my enhanced hearing picking up her heart racing, I could tell she was terrified of me.

"Uh-huh... I'm n-not bothered at all, really!" I heard her say in a small voice. Her idiots look at the ground ashamed for a moment, before fixing glares at me. They're comical, really.

"Stop screwing around!! I can't work with a guy like that!!" The Salamander stomping up to me yelling pulled my attention back to the scene in front of me.

"Oh don't worry. I have no intention of being all buddy-buddy with ya. I need work; that's all there is to it. One guild is as good as the next. Not that I ever thought I'd end up workin' at a nasty little guild like this" I growled at him, crossing my arms over my chest. The tension continued to build between us, and I wondered if we were about to throw down again, when someone grabbed him by the back of his shirt and forced him to sit down.

"Hurry up and take a seat! The main event is about to start!" The lush yelled as she pushed him to the table. I sat back down, my food being at the seat next to the Salamander. The lights went out, and Mirajane, the demon wench, came on stage and started singing. Everyone was enjoying the song, and some of these emotional fools were even tearing up. I sighed, this is so boring. I glanced over and smirked to myself... Picking up my foot, I stomped on the Salamander's, which was right next to me. He yelled, and jumped onto the table.

"What the hell was that for? You did that on purpose!!" He screamed, right as someone threw some mugs at us. Next thing I knew, beer mugs and tables were flying across the room. I grinned, and started throwing punches along with most of the other guys in the guild. I took a hit from the Titania, she was yelling something about cake? Maybe this place isn't so bad after all...