Sup, this is my first story on FF. This is a Grayza story, and frankly, we don't have a lot of those on here. This kind of going to be an angsty thing, mostly due to Erza being OOC and kind of a bitch to Gray, but it's all for the plot! I'll update as soon as I can, criticism is fine, etc.
The cheers of the guild rang throughout the hall as the members of Fairy Tail celebrated the end of the dragon attack in Fiore. Future Rogue's plan had been put to an end by the combined efforts of the guild's who participated in the Grand Magic Games, hell even Sabertooth managed to join the fight. In all honesty, Gray was happy; happy that the city was safe, happy that his friends were safe, happy that….Jellal and Crime Sorciere accepted the invitation to join the guild. Yes, he was ecstatic. "Yup…it's great having him so close to her," moaned Gray as he slumped his head down onto the surface of the bar.
"Gray? Are you ok?" asked a concerned Mira as she served him another glass of beer.
"Pfft, yeah I guess you can say that." Gray tilted his head to the side and stared at the pretty bartender cleaning the glasses. "Mira-chan, have you ever b….been in love with someone?" Mira abruptly stopped cleaning and looked at him with a gentle smile on her face.
"This is about Erza isn't?" Gray's eyes widened momentarily before he started to chuckle bitterly.
"Heh, yeah, it's always about her. You're a smart woman Mira-chan."
Mira was about to reply when someone sat down next to Gray. She took a swig from her barrel and smirked. "What did Titania do to you this time Gray?"
He raised an eyebrow at Cana and leaned his head against her shoulder. "I don't know, I just feel like I'm so incompetent, y'know? It's like after all the shit we've been through, it seems like she has no place in her heart for me, like I've been replaced." Cana sighed and looked at the guild hall where Natsu and Lucy were striking up a grudge match of darts against Lisanna and Evergreen while Elfman encouraged the team. Her eyes roamed over to where Gajeel and Levy were decorating Pantherlilly's fur, and where Laxus stood with the Master. She swiveled in her chair, and almost fell before regaining her posture, and saw Erza and Jellal talking with Ultear and Meredy; she saw Erza smile and look at the blue haired man while he chuckled at something Meredy said. Cana shook her head and ran her hand through Gray's hair and shrugged.
"Don't say that Gray, she loves you. Maybe you should at least grow a pair and tell her. Are you afraid of being rejected? I mean, you told Juvia that you weren't in love with her, and she isn't moping around like you." Gray shook his head and looked at the Card Mage before fixing the creaks n his neck.
"Juvia found Leon, she was able to get over me in a matter of weeks, which was surprising to me, considering I thought she'd be sobbing all over the place. When I told her, she wasn't mad; it's like she knew I loved her, but I wasn't in love with her. Erza…she's not so easy to get over," Gray stated, as if it were 100% fact.
Cana rolled her eyes and slapped him on the back. "Maybe you should just talk to her. Go get coffee with her or something; there's a new bakery that opened up a couple days ago, take her there and talk to her."
The Ice mage looked at her and smirked, "Y'know what, that's the smartest shit I've ever heard you say."
"Oh shut up, you jerk."
As the clamor of the guild hall started to die down, Gray waited at the bar, waving goodbye to the Flamebreath and Lucy, and nodded to the other members who were leaving. Cana winked at him as she left and soon enough, the trio of Crime Sorciere said their goodbyes. Jellal gave him a stiff nod and Ultear smiled at him as Meredy gave him a slight punch in the shoulder. "Finally," he said to himself as he sat down next to Erza, who was staring blankly at the empty spaces across from her. He put his hands on top of his head and furrowed his eyebrows as he looked at her. "You ok Erza," he asked, concern lacing his voice.
Erza looked up at him and smiled, "Of course Gray, what makes you think something would be wrong?"
"Eh, it's nothing, just worried about you, that's all." Gray covered his mouth quickly as heat rose to his cheeks. Erza laughed softly, making Gray's cheeks turn even redder.
"There's nothing to concern yourself with, I'm perfectly fine."
"Huh…well, if you're fine, then you won't mind coming along with me tomorrow, right?"
"Oh? Where to," Erza asked, seemingly confused to the direction Gray was taking this conversation.
"Cana told me about this bakery that's opened up, I heard they bake some mean strawberry cakes, wanna come along with me and get some? We could just hang out for a little bit while we're there," Gray crossed his fingers, silently praying to whatever was out there in the world to at least give him this one chance.
Erza's eyes sparkled, and she smiled awkwardly at him, before stuttering, "S…Strawberry….I…yes, that actually sounds very, um, very good!"
Gray let out a sigh of relief before getting up from his chair, "Alright, 3 o clock sound good then?" Erza nodded. "Cool, see ya tomorrow then Erza," and with that, Gray silently closed the guild door, as Erza took one last sip of her drink before heading out, not noticing a set of eyes following her. Mira shook her head; she had a really bad feeling that someone was going to get hurt.
What do you guys think? Good? Bad? Ok? Needs some fixing up? Talk to me!
