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A/N: Hey guys…! Yeah I have posted a day late again…such a failure. Anyways, as some of you know I entered a one word competition which was held by Unattainable Dreams, I was given the word firework. And being from England I could only think of bonfire night and then I thought, hey I'll give writing a yaoi a try…and so I chose to write about Gratsu xD
Natsu woke to the sound of Lyon's voice, he peered one eye open as the ice mage stood over him shaking him.
"Your late, get up, you've already missed breakfast, first class is about to start" Lyon grumbled.
Natsu placed his arm over his face, covering his eyes; he growled as Lyon went over and opened the curtains, allowing the morning sunshine to spread across the room.
"I'm awake!" Natsu moved his arm and sat up, his pink hair stuck up at the side, he rubbed his eyes.
"Hurry up and get dressed, I'm not going to be your alibi for being late for class again" Lyon warned as he picked up his backpack at the side of his bed.
"So get up and get dressed now" Lyon threw Natsu his uniform before leaving the room.
Natsu sat on his bed, his eyes adjusted to the light in the room as he sighed. He had recently been transferred to an all boy's boarding school, he had never lived in a school before and he would never have thought of being in a place where there weren't any girls. For the most part he had settled in well, he just had one problem, a problem he had to deal with daily.
Natsu swung his legs around and slipped his legs through his black trousers before pulling on his shirt; he walked over to the mirror and flatted his pink hair down. He picked up his blue stripped tie and knotted it; the young teen stood staring at his reflection, his eyes narrowed as he looked at the image in front of him. He hated the being in front of him, since he had come to the school all his emotions had begun to become muddled, his heart ached every day, it hadn't been too bad at the begin but now, now it hurt so much it was hard to breathe. It was because of his problem, a problem he didn't understand and wasn't sure how to solve it.
Natsu walked into the bathroom and squirted the cool, mint tasting paste on to his brush, before popping it in his mouth, you see before he had come to the school he was sure he liked girls, he had never had a girlfriend but he had never thought about having a boyfriend or even liking boys until, until he came here. Natsu spat the paste out of his mouth before wiping his face, he turned from his reflection, he couldn't bear to look at the person he was now, and he didn't understand who he was.
He chucked his blazer over his back and grabbed his bag, quickly slipping on his shoes he rushed out of his dorm and raced down the hall to his class.
The school was filled with pupils from the ages of 11-18 years old; Natsu was in his last year, being seventeen. So it was easy for him to push through the smaller pupils that weren't in his year, he dashed up the stairs and onto the floor his class was on. Natsu dashed down the hall, crashing straight into the young art teacher, Miss Scarlet. The paint in the teachers arms, squirted out all over the boys uniform.
"Natsu!" the teacher yelled, "Slow down, you know you're not allowed to run in the halls" she stared at him.
"S-sorry miss" the boy apologized.
Miss Scarlet shook her head, "Go and clean yourself, hurry up, I want you in my class in the next two minutes" she warned.
Natsu turned and headed towards the toilets.
"That doesn't mean you can run" the teacher warned again, before she disappeared into class.
Natsu sighed, he looked down to his blazer there were blue and yellow paint splodges all over him.
"Great" he huffed as he smudged the colours into the black material.
He opened the bathroom door to see the head boy leaned up against the wall. Natsu's heart skipped a beat as his eyes rested on the tanned, raven haired ice mage. His breathing hitched as he tried to find his voice, but it was silenced when he realized who the boy was with. Sting, the captain of athletics had his arms around him and his lips pressed up against the raven haired teen's neck. Natsu felt his eyes burning as he stood motionless, he turned and ran out.
Natsu went crashing into his friend's arms; the strawberry blonde haired boy looked down at boy that rested in his arm.
"Are you alright?" Loke asked.
Natsu pulled out of his friends arms and raced down the hall; Leo stood and watched him as the two boys came out the bathroom.
Natsu raced back down the stairs, he paused at one of the halls as he caught his breathe, tears were running down his cheeks, he wiped his face with the back of his hand as he rested his back against the wall. He slid down the cold concrete and placed his head in his arms. This was his problem, the problem he lived with every day, the problem he couldn't solve and the problem he didn't understand.
Gray Fullbuster was the head boy, known to every guy in the school as the cool, confident one. Gray was flirtatious, charming and good looking. Girls, guys anyone who had a heart beat got caught up with all his perfections. Natsu was one of the fools that had fell for his charms and looks, even though he had never spoken to Gray, the boy already made Natsu's heart almost beat out of his chest. Natsu eyes filled with more tears, he never spoke to Gray because, because he was always with the captain of athletics, Sting. Sting was known for his bulling and rudeness, if the guy wanted something he'd make sure he would have it and Gray was something he wanted and so, he had him. Natsu clenched his fists together as his lungs begged for more air, he didn't understand why he felt so miserable when he saw Sting holding Gray, he didn't have an explanation for the hot flushes that raced through his body when Gray glanced at him from across the room and he didn't know why he felt so much hatred whenever he heard anyone talk about Sting being with Gray.
"Natsu?" Loke popped his head around the door frame.
The pink haired slayer looked up, his eyes red from all the crying he had done. He sniffed and stood up, brushing down his uniform.
"Don't let it bother you, there are better people here that notice you" Loke smiled.
Natsu shrugged, he didn't really understand what Leo was going on about. He always said things like that, he would always tell him people liked him and getting upset over Gray was pointless, but he didn't understand the feeling he had so most of the time Natsu ignored him.
"I think I'm late for class" Natsu mumbled.
Leo nodded and led the way to art, Miss Scarlet was going to rage about not being on time to her lesson and most likely make an issue of the fact he still hadn't cleaned his blazer. Natsu sighed as he shuffled his feet, Leo looked over to him. The taller teen placed his arm around Natsu and smiled.
"W-what are you doing?" the slayer pulled away, surprised by such an intimate action.
"I was just putting my arm around you, I don't like seeing you sad" Loke explained.
"W-well don't, guys don't hug" Natsu frowned and walked forward to go into class first.
Miss Scarlet was explaining the reason for the lesson as Natsu opened the door; everyone looked up but soon placed their heads back down. Natsu sighed as he grabbed a sheet of paper and slummed down in his seat, just behind Gray. Leo walked past him and smiled as he sat down at the back of the class.
"Being creative is a huge part of magic, being creative means you can mould you magic into something that reflects things about you…
The teacher's voice drifted away as Natsu's pencil began to move, he wasn't looking at what he was drawing. All he could thing about was the ice mage that was centimetres away from him. He could smell his cold skin, it made him almost breathless.
Why was he thinking so much about this boy? His just a boy, nothing special about him, well not really he has a boy body, which has perfectly calved abs, and skin, he had skin, which was evenly tanned, its texture smooth and soft….
Natsu shook his head, "Dammit" he growled under his breathe, Stop thinking about him. Natsu looked down at his paper, there on his page was a perfect drawing of the ice mage, his magic perfectly formed, his body detailed and his boxers half finished. Natsu eyes widened as he looked at the page.
"Ahhh" he cried as he quickly rubbed out the drawing, causing his erase to file down to nothing. The pink shavings from the rubber formed in a little pile at the side of his desk, Natsu breathed out, relieved no one had saw. He placed his head on the desk and closed his eyes. He had lost all control of his brain now as well as his heart.
"Can I borrow one of your pencils?"
Natsu's head jolted up as Gray's voice brushed past his ears, the teen boy stared at the ice mage as he leaned on his desk, his arm inches away from Natsu's hand. The slayer swallowed hard, his mouth open. Gray looked at him with his dark blue eyes.
"Have you got a pencil I can borrow" he asked again, smiling he reached over and picked up one of Natsu's pencils.
OMG his touching my pencil, he touched something I own, wait what the hell am I thinking, I sound like a girl.
"Can I use this one?" Gray asked, showing Natsu which one he had chosen to use.
That's the third time his asked, answer him, god dammit answer him you fool.
"Uh…uh" Natsu stuttered.
What's wrong with me, why can't I find my words, I can only make sounds, speak dammit, speak to him.
Gray looked at Natsu and laughed a little.
"You have rubber on your head" he pointed at the slayers face.
Natsu blinked, he shook his head before wiping his hand frantically over his face. Gray watched him, laughing. Natsu looked back into the ice mages, beautiful blue eyes; Natsu felt his heart tighten as he realized Gray was looking back into his.
"You've missed some" Gray pointed out.
The raven haired teen, stretched out his arm, he gently brushed the last bits of the rubber shavings off the slayers face. Natsu's breathing paused as his cheeks blushed a soft pink, he could feel his whole body shaking as Gray's cold hands ran over his skin.
The ice mage smiled and turned, leaving Natsu frozen from his touch.