Last Night, Good Night

(First story. Love GraLu, and decided to start here... Yes, I am aware the title is a song by supercell feat. Hatsune Miku)

Gray was cold, and the irony was killing him. Groaning at his own lame joke, he moved closer to the stellar spirit mage laying next to him, who started to squirm at his apparent lack of body heat.

"Gray... Why're you so cold..." She mumbled.

"I'm an ice mage, smart one," he whispered back, teasing her.

Now it was Lucy's turn to groan. "Very funny. But seriously, wasn't there a blanket or something last night..?" By this time she had sat up, and seemed to have reached some sort of understanding of where they were, because it definitely wasn't Lucy's bedroom.

Oh yeah... Gray thought as he, too became aware of their surroundings. The car... The previous day Lucy, Gray, Natsu and Erza had started a mission, but before they even got there they were forced to camp out... But of course there was only one tent. And it went without saying that it was exclusively Erza's. At which point she had fallen asleep quite promptly, not bothering to realize she had left Lucy to sleep in the car with two teenage guys. Or rather just Gray, because Natsu wouldn't sleep in a vehicle if they had paid him to. He slept on the floor most of the time anyways.

It wasn't as if Lucy had never slept with Gray before, somehow last night had so much more of an impact on them... It may have had something to do with Gray suggesting that they would warm up faster if they were naked and used their clothes as blankets- a near frozen Lucy had unwillingly agreed (she had read this somewhere before, and knew it wasn't just Gray being perverted, although in hindsight that was probably a big part of it.). Maybe it was because Gray, being tired and delirious, had accidentally whispered "Goodnight, Lucy... I love you..." into her ear before falling asleep. Whatever the cause, now they were awake and fully aware of the previous night's events. Gray felt his face turn Lucy's favorite color: Light pink.

Lucy grinned appreciatively of his face's change in color scheme, and managed to crawl of top of him.

"So, you love me?"

"I- I-.. Lucy, you've given me a kind of awkward choice here. I can either lie and say no, and my chance of survival'll be so low it's funny, or I could say yes, and run the risk of you hating me for it, 'cuz I'm sure you like Natsu instead."

At this last comment Lucy looked horrified. "NATSU? Are you kidding me? That sure as hell explains why nobody's been hitting on me anymore... God, but that's just plain nasty! Why would I love a pink haired boy who sleeps with his cat?" Lucy pointed to Natsu as she said this, and he was indeed sleeping with Happy.

Gray stopped blushing long enough to smirk at the perfection of the insult to the fire mage, and at the idiocy of the "couple" snuggling in front of a near-by tree. Then realization of what she had just said hit him.

"Wait- so you you don't like him?"

Lucy raised an eyebrow, telling him, I thought we went over this. "He's a great friend and an even better meat- shield, but no, not that way. What, do you like him or something?"

Gray stared at her in way that showed irritation beyond any humane standards. "Changing the subject now. So what say you, Lady Lucy? Should I love you?"

Lucy pretended to think for a second or two, drawing out his patience. "Hmm... I dunno, Gray. Maybe you should," she said, leaning in.

That's good, 'cuz I do." He lifted his head so their lips could meet, gently brushing against each other to herald the new love.

And thus I have completed my very first fan fic ever. Sorry it ended up a heck of a lot more innocent than I intended. This is a one-shot, just in case that wasn't blatantly obvious. Hope you enjoyed. Reviews are preferable.