After a horrific accident, Gray is left in a coma for a long period of time. When he wakes up, he realizes he has lost something precious to him, more precious than his own life.
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Even before he opened his eyes, Gray knew where he was. He'd had many accidents before. He was a hockey player after all and the game was more than a bit dangerous. He'd had more than his few pulled tendons and broken bones. He would stay at the hospital two or three days, so he recognized the sound the IV did. Drip, drip, drip.
He stirred in his position and he felt as if a bulldozer had run over him and had enough time to back up on him. Every muscle in his body hurt. Like he hadn't moved them in ages. He sat up shakily. Instantly, he felt a wave of nausea hit him and his head felt drowsy. He tried to groan, but he realized his throat was extremely dry. How long had he been out?
He looked down at the white sheets of the hospital bed, where his hands laid, but his vision was very blurry. He tried concentrating on them once more, but it only made him go into another round of drowsiness. He looked over to where the IV hung and he noticed another bad on the side, hanging along with it. Had they given him sleeping medicine too? To ease the pain?
Gray tried moving his legs, but he found it quite hard. Had he really hurt himself that badly? He tried remembering how he'd gotten hurt, but nothing came to mind. For a second, he entered in a state of panic. Why couldn't he remember? He tried clearing his head. Don't panic. He remembered going to school. He was a Criminal Justice major at Fairy Tail University, but he was also part of their hockey team. He was the captain and they had a game that Friday evening. It was his first year being captain, so he wanted to make a good impression to his fellow team members. He remembered talking to his annoying friends, Natsu, before going into the ring. They were both excited for their first game, since Natsu was the co-captain, he also wanted to make a good impression to the other team members.
Things started becoming clearer the more he sorted things out. He remembered his friend Natsu and his other friends that night. His friends Lucy––Natsu's girlfriend––Cana, Erza and Levy. They had all been there. They had come to cheer them on their first game of the season. They were going to face one of the harder Hockey teams; Phantom Lord. They had been the best of the best on everything for the longest time. Fairy Tail wasn't far behind, but that Hockey game would prove which of the two schools was the best.
He remembered going into the ring and the game started, but he had soon realized that the team from Phantom Lord were no joke and that they played dirty. They were nothing but brutal; they had no mercy. He remembered that they were tied, and they only had a few seconds left and then someone had slammed into him! They had sent him flying. He had been badly injured; his leg in a weird position. In an unnatural angle. They had called the medic team on standby and––
That was all that Gray remembered. He must've passed out from the pain and now he was at the hospital recovering. He sighed. His first game and he had been totally knocked out. What were his teammates going to think of him? He winced at what Natsu was going to say to him. He would never let that moment go and Gray was screwed.
Gray had been thinking of a way to get up, when the door to his room burst open and soft chatter followed by two people walked in. Natsu and Lucy didn't seem to notice that he was awake because they continued to bicker silently about something between them.
"I told you she needed–"
"Gray?" The sound of his name coming out of Natsus' mouth seemed to freeze Lucy in her spot as she snapped hear head towards Gray's direction. He was surprised that she hadn't snapped it. Both Lucy and Natsu were starring at him as if he were a ghost.
"I-I can't believe this." Lucy rushed to his side, while Natsu stayed behind planted in his spot. Frozen, like a statue. "Are you really awake?"
Gray let her fuss over him; feeling his forehead––he wasn't sure why. He didn't have a fever. And even as far as asking him if he needed to pee. He decided to stop her after that.
"Sorry guys." He rubbed the back of his head cheekily. "I guess I messed up, didn't I?"
Natsu rushed to his side and angeringly punched him in the shoulder. "Of course, you did you fucking Ice Prick!" Gray was about to growl an insult back at him but stopped when he noticed his friend had tears in his eyes.
"Natsu? What the fuck man?" Gray looked at him incredulously. What had gotten into him? It wasn't the first time he had seem Gray in a hospital bed. For him to start crying was overkill. Trying to ease things––he wasn't good with tears––he chuckled and looked over at Lucy with a What's wrong with your idiot? Look, but stopped when he noticed the blonde was also crying. She was biting her lips to keep from sobbing as she pulled him into a bear crushing hug.
"Whoa, what the heck is going on you guys?" Gay exclaimed after he was able to free himself from Lucy's bone crushing hug. She was still crying freely. What had gotten into both of them? "Natsu?" But his pink haired friend still had tears in his eyes and Gray could see he was holding back from tackling him too. Which really freaked him out. Natsu hugging him was like hell freezing over.
"Okay, guys. I'm alive. I'm fine. Kill it with the waterworks." Gray raised his eyebrow as Lucy let out a sob. "Man. Was it that bad?"
"What do you mean Gray? Of course, it was bad you fucker!" Natsu shouted angrily. That's when Gray realized what was really driving him with his mood swings. They had probably lost the hockey game and he was pissed at him.
Gray rolled his eyes. "Yeah, yeah. We can always work better with the next games. One loss won't put us that far behind. Fairy Tail always ends up on top at then end."
Natsu was looking at him with a flabbergasted expression. "What are you talking about, Gray?"
"The Game? The one against Phantom Lord? The reason why I'm in this hospital bed right now?" Gray was started to get irritated. He wasn't a man with a lot of patience and his friends were really testing him at the moment with their stupid questions and their stupid stares.
"Gray…?" Lucy gave him a petrified look. "What is the last thing you remember?"
"The Hockey game against Phantom Lord. What else?" he deadpanned. "I was injured during the game and that's why I'm here. Right?"
Natsu and Lucy shared a look of pure horror and Gray was getting really tired of them. Even if they lost the game, he was in the hospital godammit. They should at least cut him some slack. He was injured after all!
Lucy reached over and looked right into his eyes, as if searching for something. "Gray. Tell me everyone you remember from our group. All the people you know."
Gray looked at her as if she were crazy. "What do I need to do that, Lucy?"
"Just do it!" she snapped. She had a face of desperation as if she were trying to assure herself of something.
Gray was about to look at Natsu and ask him for help, but even the pink haired man was staring at him; waiting for his answer.
Gray sighed. "You, fire breath, Cana, Erza, Levy, Elfman, Lisanna and Mirajane. There, happy?"
"Is that all?" Lucy was clutching on his shoulders as if her life depended on it.
"What the fuck–"
"Answer her, Gray!" Gray was surprised with Natsus' outburst so, he simply nodded. Natsu cursed and Lucy sobbed as she began crying again.
"No," she sobbed. "This can't be."
Gray looked at Lucy terrified. "Was has gotten into you?"
"Lucy." Natsu said. "Go call the doctor and tell him."
"Natsu," the blonde hair girl sobbed, but Natsu gave her a look and she stood up, still sobbing, let the room to find the doctor. Good. Gray wanted to get the hell out of the hospital. He was tired and irritated, and it had only been ten minutes since he had woken up. The doctor would clear him, and he would be able to leave.
Looking over at Natsu, he sighed. "So how did the game go? We lost, didn't we?"
Natsu gave him a pained expression. "We won, Gray. We won the game, seven years ago."
A/N: This is a new project I've started. I hope you like it! Please leave comments and don't forget to vote! Thanks! All rights to Hiro Mashima
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