"This sucks tits."
Gray snorts, "Even the reference of boobs makes my guts recoil in disgust."
"How poetic." Freed replies with a roll of his eyes.
They both sigh together, and Freed curses under his breath softly. This makes Gray smirk, "Losing the pretty boy touch, yeah? Bastard doesn't dignify your prim 'n proper tongue."
Freed does not reply, staring upwards blankly, offering his unadulterated attention to the ceiling.
Gray almost succumbs to the dull haze of silence when the green haired man speaks again, "Do you know the worst of it?"
"He won't let you move on?" Gray guesses in a flat tone and Freed nods, their elbows touching as they lie side by side.
"Flame brain's kinda same." He says, and his demeanour seems that of uninterested, but the green haired man has known the teen for a time long enough to detect the tinge of bitterness in his voice.
They both finally turn towards each other, the tips of their fingertips touching, physical habits making their way, and both of them sigh in friendly comfort.
But of course then there's a crash.
Gray rolls his eyes as Freed mutters, "Natsu." The teen nods and the older man sits up on the bed.
Raven hair messed up and body entirely naked, Gray doesn't bother moving an inch.
Natsu barges into the bedroom and leaves the door open wide, looking expectantly at Freed, who stands up looking purely jaded.
While the green haired man is leaving, Natsu says to his back, "You're ten years older than him, dude. Not cool."
"Shut up, Dragneel." Gray groans instead.
Natsu looks at him, body half covered with blanket now that the salmon haired male is clearly there for more than a glimpse. "Were you guys having-
"Yes." Gray replies with harsh sarcasm which goes unnoticed by the other occupant of the room, "and I topped because he is a total bottom. But he touches my ass quite nicely-
"Shut up." Natsu grits his teeth.
Gray pauses, and then looks away, pointedly avoiding Natsu, "If you aren't gonna be with me then at least leave me the fuck alone."
Crossing his arms over his chest and licking his lips, Natsu mutters, nervousness and hesitation etched across a well sculpted face, and struggles to form a response, "I... it's not..." He sighs, and then settles for a soft, "It's not safe."
Gray remains silent, rage simmering inside him soundlessly, and Natsu takes the hint, leaving with a long face.
Finally, the blue eyed teen buries his face in his pillow, body shaking with a mix of exhaustion and frustration, and sighs, the burden now unbearable, "Could've fooled me."
It's so hard being in love with a man who doesn't understand his own emotions.
a/n: there's gonna be Freed/Laxus too. don't worry. it's all coming in the next chapters. review to lemme know how ya liked it.