It's a calm day for Fairy Tail. People are chatting quietly at the tables, most are eating Mira's cooking, while Cana sits on the bar guzzling beer from her barrel. The front doors fly open and in walks Gray and Natsu, with Happy flying in behind them.

"All I'm saying is that you might want to take me and Happy with you for this one! Gray! Are you even listening to me?!" Natsu is rambling on about what sounds like a dangerous job to Gray, who doesn't seem to notice the pink haired boy is talking at all as he strips down to his underwear for the fifth time that morning.

"Gray, pay attention!"

"Hmm? What're you going on about now, Flame Brain?" He seemed to be preoccupied with something.

"I was saying, you might wanna bring me along on this one, it's way too dangerous to go on alone!" Erza and Mira, who had been close by during this exchange, were shocked when Natsu didn't return the insult Gray threw his way.

"Erza, please explain to this idiot that I'm not a baby like him? I don't need any help. Natsu, if you want an adventure so much then you should go with Lucy again. I'm heading out, I've got some monsters to deal with."
Erza glares at them both, 'They aren't fighting the way they usually do, I wonder what's going on. Maybe Natsu's finally realized... No, it couldn't be that.' she thinks as they stop bickering and stare back at her, scared of what she might do to them this time.

"Gray, I agree with Natsu. You don't know what kind of monsters you're up against, you could be overpowered. Especially after that quest you and I went on last week."

"Whaa?!" All the people who heard her yelled all at once, shocked to see her agree with Natsu. Natsu broke into his huge grin, excited that he's finally right about something.

"All right! Thanks Erza! See Gray, Erza agrees with me! Maybe you should listen to me more often." He yelled cheerfully, waving his arms above his head.

Thunk Natsu falls to the floor unconscious due to the blow Erza threw into his stomach. Everyone turns to make sure he's still breathing and then go back to their own business. Erza turns to Gray, who was trying to escape through the guild's front doors during the commotion Natsu caused.

"Gray, carry him along with you. Knock him out again before you get on the train if you must, but please be reasonable and accept his help with the mission." She says in her overly dominant tone, scaring Gray, who deadpans when he meets her stare.

"O-of course Erza, I was just kidding before when I said I wouldn't take him, honest!" Gray says loudly, nervous that she'll hurt him for trying to ditch Natsu earlier.

"Good, now go. It's rude to keep a client waiting any longer than necessary." Gray walks past Erza with a fake grin, dragging Natsu behind him from is ankle.

"We'll get there as soon as we can Erza, thank you!" he says as he rushes to get to the train station.

While all this was happening, Mira stood behind the bar fantasizing about which match would be better, Lucy and Natsu, or Gray and Natsu. Looking at how concerned Natsu is for Gray's well-being, she would have to say the latter. Although that might change if Gray doesn't realize he has feelings for the pink haired mage as well. 'Maybe he'll realize if he spends more one on one time with Natsu... I guess I can only hope.' she thinks quietly as she slowly replaces Cana's empty barrel with a new, full one. 'I'll just have to wait and see, and hope he talks to me about it.'

Natsu wakes up to the feeling of a stabbing pain in his stomach. Realizing he's on a train, he doesn't try to get up for the fear of vomiting, but instead tries to hear what's around him. He feels shuffling under his head, and hears feet scuffing the floor as a huge wave of nausea rushes over him. Gray stops moving instantly, hoping he didn't wake his friend with his movement. His hopes were met with a pile of vomit landing on his pants, and a blue Natsu grumbling a "Sorry" under his breath. Gray immediately responds with a "Sleep well Pyro." and punches him in the gut for the second time that day. 'Well at least now I have a good reason to take my clothes off...' he thinks as he strips and continues watching the unconscious mage, resting his head back on his lap. 'I wonder how he would react if he was awake right now...' he cuts off the thought, already knowing the answer. Natsu would start another fight, telling Gray to stop babying him. Gray sighs, 'I don't think it'll ever be different. he's always going to hate me...'

The train pulls into the station, and Gray drags Natsu out, this time by his wrists. He pulls him onto a bench near a restaurant and wafts the smell of food in his direction. Natsu bolts upright, sniffing the air.
"Is that chicken?" He rushes into the restaurant, stomach audibly grumbling. "I haven't eaten in hours, why didn't you wake me sooner?"
Gray rolls his eyes, grimacing at the thought of waking his friend again on the train.

"I didn't really feel like getting puked on twice today." He yells as he pulls on his extra clothes and follows Natsu inside.

"You're paying for this one, alright Ash Brain?" Natsu was already stuffing his face with chicken at one of the nearby tables, and isn't paying any attention to Gray at all any more. If he ever did, which really isn't likely, especially when he's hungry. Which is pretty much all the time. Gray sits down across from him, ordering his usual snow cone and ice water. The waitress gives him a funny look.

"That's all you want cutey? You sure you don't want... something else?" she says to him, hinting that she wants to give him her number.

"Hey, I want something else!" Natsu says through his food, swallowing when she looks at him, annoyed. "I want you to stop hitting on my friend!" his tone is extremely possessive, scaring the waitress a bit.

"A-alright, sorry about that sir." she says nervously, then rushes to the kitchen with Gray's order. Natsu smiles his big grin again and goes back to his food, leaving a shell-shocked Gray alone with his thoughts.