Csilla: I kept forgetting to post this~ &I know this is late but HAPPY GRAYSU WEEK!
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Day One: Birthday
Today was a special day for one redhead mage and of course, because this day was special to her - everyone in the guild expected things to go well. Or else they would ALL face the consequences. Task had been handed out by draw of the hat...
Cana, Mirajane, Juvia and Elfman were on beverage duty.
Lisanna, Gajeel, Levy and Bixslow were tasked with buying decorations.
Romeo, Wendy, Bisca, and Alzack were on cleaning duty.
Lucy and her spirits were tasked with the mission to keep Erza busy - although with a little disguise, Jellal ended up helping on the frontlines.
And everyone else was tasked with buying the food; of course the ones who remained divided themselves up between snacks, main dishes and desserts. Everyone went their separate ways - every single mage except two, who had been the only ones to draw the 'bake cake' slips. Onyx eyes narrowed at the other person standing beside him; he could barely believe his luck: he, Fullbuster Gray would be baking a cake with his hotheaded teammate, Dragneel Natsu.
Despite his companion's disbelief and slight annoyance to be stuck with the other, the rosette was a bundle of nerves. He knew that Lucy had planned this - this being time alone with the person he had always liked the most in the guild. No, not that sort of 'like'!
"Let's get started," Natsu muttered as he walked into the kitchen that only Mirajane and a few of the girls ever used.
Said young adult had been nice enough to set out all the tools they would be needing for their task before leaving with Cana, Juvia and Elfman.
"Like you need to tell me twice, flame-brain!" The raven scoffed as he followed his teammate in suit; the metal industrial counters had been cleaned so it would be obvious if they forgot to clean up after themselves.
Natsu began baking a cake with the ingredients they had while they waited for more to come; they both knew if this task ended badly, both mages would find themselves half-dead on the side of the street... Or locked in one of Freed's ruins.
"What temperature does the oven need to be set to?" Gray asked, figuring distance would likely rule any unwanted contact that would start them fighting.
After hearing the numbers, he walked back over stating he was going to start on the strawberries; another submissive response as the rosette merely nodded his head while his eyes scanned the recipe sent waves of irritation down the raven's spine. Irritation that he could not explain - the silent space between them only fueled the negative thoughts to grow until he was placing the chopped strawberries covered with sugar in the fridge. Slamming the metal door shut, the echo could have been clearly heard from outside the confines of the room. Footsteps hurried towards them; moments later, Macao rushed in with a few other Fairy Tail mages right behind him. The adult's eyes wandered from Natsu, who seemed just as surprised about the noise, with some flour smeared on his face and Gray, who had his hands clenched like he was ready to fight.
"I-is everything ok-okay?" He asked, not wanting to provoke a fight between the normally hostile mages; instead of answering the rosette glanced over to his companion, who stormed out with a huff: "I'm leaving..."
Everyone watched the ice mage as he left, mainly surprised he was still wearing pants - Natsu sighed, "Yeah... everything's fine... did you get more ingredients for me?"
The quick change in subject did not unmissed by Macao, who held up two bags; "Yeah... Want some help?"
"Nah, you guys did your job... now its my turn to finish mine," Facials muscles forced a smile but despite the obviousness of it, no one pushed further; the dragon-slayer had always been like this.
Leaving the groceries, Natsu was left to continue on when he was alone again; he would do this alone and then neither him nor Gray would face Erza's rage.
THAT NIGHT
When Gray stepped into the guild's main hall, he was impressed with the 180 in appearance - Romeo and Wendy had done a great job cleaning; Levy and Lisanna did an amazing job with choosing the decorations and the food smelled amazing! Onyx eyes swept the room, seeing everyone but one.
"Hey Lucy... did Natsu not come?" He turned to the stellar mage, standing a short distance away from him; he felt a little bad about leaving his teammate to do all the cake stuff by himself.
The girl laughed, "Are you kidding? He's probably in the kitchen, fussing about the cake..." pointing to the kitchen where they had been working.
The raven hurried over to the room, avoiding Juvia the whole time before she could spot him and giving a quick wave to Erza before slipping inside the room. The first thing he saw was Natsu carefully placing fresh strawberries on the top of the cake; a quick glance around told the Gray that no one else was in here but them so he quietly snuck up on the unsuspecting rosette before asking in a loud bored voice: "What do you think you're doing, flame-brain?"
As expected, his teammate jumped a little growling, "Gray! Can't you tell...?! Dammit! I'm decorating a cake that someone left me to do by myself!" with another emotion underneath the spark of anger.
Chuckling to himself, it was then that his eyes caught something; "Hey ash-breath... you have something on your face," he stated before scratching his cheek to signal where.
"I have a name you know," using his free hand to wipe his cheek but only managed to smear more on, "Did I get it?"
Gray sighed before walking over and with one finger, he wiped it off and licked it right off: "Hmm... not bad at all, Natsu..."
The rosette blushed; why the hell had he done?!
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Csilla: &there you have it, now to post the others I've written offline (mostly while at work, LOL)