Beep! Beep! Beep!
An alarm rings throughout the room as the sun slowly peeks through the curtains.
Arthur scratches lazily as he gets up, his back popping with every movement he makes.
"Ugh, what time is it??." He asked himself as he put on his glasses. He grabbed his phone from the side drawer.
7:32am....
"I overslept again, well damn it." He said as he finally got up from his bed.
He puts on a simple shirt and heads towards the bathroom. For about 5 months, Arthur has been living alone.
His adopted son Natsu moved out to attend University in the next town over. He rarely ever calls his father, either asking for money or a favor.
But Arthur always loved him as if he was his own flesh and blood.
The bathroom was heavy with steam, water filling the top. "Oh, I should really visit the market today... I need some medicine and food." He tells himself.
After a deep scrub, he gets dressed and heads towards the kitchen. He looks around the empty house.
He sighs deeply, "maybe i should invite one of my nephews or nieces to live with me.... Nah.." he said.
He quickly made breakfast, some eggs, toast and juice. He sat in the living room.
Turning on the TV, he tried to focus on the news but it was all about a country that got bombed a few days ago.
"Same old, same old." He muttered, taking a bite out of his food.
Then he heard it.
Knock! Knock! Knock!
He turned his head towards the door, "huh, who might that be?." He wondered.
He wasn't receiving any deliveries , heck he'd be lucky to receive a visitor. So he got up and walked towards the door.
He slowly opened the door, revealing an orange-haired girl, her hands clasped behind her back.
"Morning Mr Richards, how have you been?." She asked him, her tone soft and inviting.
Arthur blinked a few times, adjusting his glasses a little. "Well, isn't this a surprise."
"How have you been, Summer, how are your dear parents holding up?." Arthur asked as a smile beamed across his face.
Summer was Natsu's best friend, for as long as he could remember, she and natsu were always close, to the point they started dating.
"Oh, they're fine." She replied, swaying back and forth.
The movement caused Arthur's gaze towards her chest, she had grown over the years, she wasn't the little girl he knew back then.
"Anyway, I just came here to bring over this pie my mom baked." She told him, her hands coming forward to hand over the pie.
She seemed to blush a little, but Arthur didn't notice much. "Thanks, I appreciate it." He reaches out to grab it, his hand brushing hers slightly.
Summer pulls away slightly, her gaze downcast. "No problem, I was just happy to see you. Is Natsu home?." She asked.
Arthur's smile flicked slightly but he managed to maintain it.
"Well I haven't really talked to him in months really, he's so busy with school that he barely has time to call."
"But I'm fine..... so would you like some breakfast, we could catch up, just like when you were younger." He says, giving her some space to enter.
Summer smiles and steps inside, the familiar environment hits her immediately, she follows him behind, matching his steps.
Her eyes look directly at his butt, but slowly snaps out of it when he turns around to face her.
"Sorry about the mess, I really don't expect visitors that much so I rarely clean the house much." He tells her.
Summer just nods slowly, her gaze locked onto his.