Just Visiting
Summary: Unable to find Juvia, Lyon ends up visiting Gray at his home.
Pairings: Gray x Lyon (chapter 2) & Lyon x Juvia (chapter 3)
Warnings: male characters kissing, OOC.
A/N: A big thank you to everyone who reviewed my last story. Very flattered by the compliments. This story is a bit different in tone, so hopefully it won't disappoint those who liked Save with a kiss. Thanks for reading!
Gray woke up to the sound of someone knocking on his door. He pulled his pillow over his head and tried to keep on sleeping. The knocking was loud, insistent and never ending. It seemed like who ever this visitor was, they weren't planning on leaving any time soon.
Grumbling, Gray got out of bed and stumbled towards the door. He groaned when he saw who was outside.
"Why are you still sleeping?" Lyon asked. "It's almost noon."
"Why are you in Magnolia?" Gray retorted, leaning against the door frame.
"I came to ask Juvia out."
"Then why are you here?" Gray said, annoyed. "I'm not her keeper."
Lyon snorted. "I'm not here to ask for permission. I'm here to ask for directions."
"She wasn't at the guild or the female dorm," Lyon explained. "This girl at Fairy Tail called Lisanna said I should check if Juvia came to visit you."
"Well, she's not here," Gray said, trying to close the door on him.
Lyon shoved the door open and walked right on past Gray.
"Hey, where are you going?" Gray asked. "I told you she's not here."
Ignoring Gray, Lyon walked towards the kitchen.
"I had a long trip," Lyon said, pulling out a drink from the refrigerator. "I'm thirsty."
Instead of leaving with the drink, Lyon sat down on Gray's couch and made himself at home.
"Get lost, Lyon! I was sleeping!"
"And now you're awake, so it's all good," Lyon replied. "You shouldn't be sleeping in so late anyway."
Gray groaned.
"Do you have anything to eat?" Lyon asked him. "Your fridge looked pretty empty."
"No."
"Let's go out to lunch then," Lyon said. "Your treat, obviously."
"What the hell?" Gray yelled. "I have no money!"
"Fine," Lyon said. "I'll just hang out here for a bit and then head home. I came all the way from Lamia Scale, I should at least see someone before I leave."
Gray grumbled and sat beside Lyon. As he turned to face Lyon, Lyon scrunched his nose.
"Gray, your morning breath is horrible," Lyon complained, reaching into his pocket. "Here, have a mint."
With that, Lyon quickly stuffed a breath mint into Gray's mouth. The move was unexpected, and Gray nearly gagged on the mint.
"Don't talk until you finish it," Lyon commanded.
Gray glared at Lyon as he silently finished the candy. Gray opened his mouth to speak.
"Have another one just in case," Lyon told him, pushing another breath mint past Gray's lips.
"Did you just come here to stuff me with mints?" Gray complained.
"Don't talk with your mouth full," Lyon snapped at him. "It's rude."
Gray crunched the mint into tiny pieces and quickly swallowed it.
"You finished it too fast," Lyon said, trying to shove yet another mint into Gray's mouth. "Make sure you eat this one too."
Annoyed and fully awake now, Gray grabbed Lyon's hand.
"I'll do it myself!" Gray said, popping the mint into his mouth. This time, Gray rolled it around in his mouth using his tongue.
"You know, next time you should just brush your teeth," Lyon lectured. "It's not good to eat so much candy."
Gray swore at Lyon. "Lyon, you are the one who…"
"I told you not to speak with your mouth full!" Lyon interrupted and covered Gray's mouth with his hand.
Gray pushed aside Lyon's hand angrily. Gray folded his arms across his chest and sank deeply into the couch, sulking. Lyon's bossiness had put Gray is a bad mood and in retaliation Gray answered all of Lyon's questions with one word answers.
"So how's work?" Lyon asked Gray.
"Fine."
"Gone on any interesting missions recently?"
"No."
"Anything new in life?"
"Nothing."
Getting bored with Gray's poor conversational skills, Lyon began talking about his exploits with his Lamia Scale team instead. Gray pretended to ignore Lyon.
As Lyon chattered on, Gray regretted his decision to be silent. Gray hadn't realized that Lyon was capable of having such a long one-sided conversation about himself.
"Well, I'm getting hungry," Lyon said, standing up. "So I guess I'll go to lunch now."
"I'd invite you, but you're not dressed for the occasion," Lyon pointed out, eyeing Gray who had bed head and was wearing only his boxers.
"Fine," Gray said, relieved that his unwanted visitor was finally leaving.
Lyon looked down at his junior pupil and now supposed love rival. From observation and what others at Fairy Tail had told him, it seemed that the object of Lyon's affection was interested in Gray.
Normally before a battle, whenever possible, it was good to scope out the enemy. Find out their strengths and weaknesses and form a strategy based on that. In this case though, Lyon had grown up with Gray, and had fought both against and beside him. He pretty much knew everything he needed to know about Gray already.
As far as Lyon could tell, in every single aspect, Gray and Lyon were either equally matched or Lyon was superior. There was really no weakness on Lyon's side that Gray could exploit. Moreover, due to Lyon's general superiority, there was nothing Lyon particularly needed to overcome.
Love was an irrational beast though, so Lyon's superior looks, magical powers and earnings wouldn't be enough to sway Juvia away from Gray. Lyon's goal now was to win over Juvia, so working hard toward that goal was a given. But where to focus his energies on was still a bit of a mystery to Lyon.
An idea was starting to form in Lyon's head though. From previous conversations with Gray, Lyon knew that Gray hadn't dated much. Gray's public stripping habits had driven away a lot of potential girlfriends in the past.
Noticing that Lyon was still standing by the couch and not leaving, Gray looked up. Lyon was staring down at Gray contemplatively.
"Lyon? What are you thinking?" Gray asked.
Lyon told Gray his theory. "I bet you are a lousy kisser."
Gray's jaw dropped.