CHAPTER 1: You're too cute!

Life was short, Lucy knew it. A blond, shoulder length haired girl, with all the curves in the right place, she knew how to dress her body up. Which leads to why she was standing in front of a clothes rack, deciding between the pink and blue spaghetti tops. But then again, as said before, Lucy knew life was too short to spend time deciding between which colour and decided to buy the both of them. It was not as if she didn't have enough money for both, after all, she had inherited the Heartphillia fortune.

Smiling to herself, she happily skipped to the counter to pay for her clothes. A glint of silver and black caught her eye. She looked around and wondered what it was. A voice however, cold as ice, interrupted her thoughts.

"Lucy, are you going to pay or not?"

She looked up for the source of the voice and saw Gray, as handsome and dashing as ever, standing behind the counter, looking extremely bored.

"Gray! W-w-what? Why are you working here in a departmental store? I thought you were taking a job up in some city!", exclaimed Lucy, shocked, barely catching a breath.

"Yeah. This is it. They were looking for someone 'good looking' to be able to sell more items in the store. Mira suggested this job for me, the pay was good," blushing and rubbing the back of his neck as he spoke. "It's not like I really wanted to! And I don't think I'm that good looking, I just needed the money alright!"

Lucy laughed uncontrollably, she just could not imagine Gray being a cashier, but yet, proof was just right in front of her. However, she definitely could agree with Mirajane, the poster girl of Fairy Tail, that Gray was indeed good looking. Despite the bad first impression he had given her, she slowly warmed up to him, realizing that he was indeed a kind, affectionate guy, who just did not know how to express himself clearly.

Her thoughts wondered back to the first time they met. It had been hilarious indeed. She had just travelled from Hargeon with a transport sick fire dragon slayer, Natsu, and arrived at her dream guild. In the Weekly Sorceror's, she imagined Fairy Tail to be a strict and difficult-to-get-in guild. Her first step into the guild had proven her wrong. Natsu with his ever crazy determination to fight anyone and everyone had shouted out loud that they were back from Hargeon and kicked a fellow guild member in the face, shocking Lucy to the extreme. The following events shocked her as well, from Natsu punching the same Fairy Tail member to creating a full blown fight in the guild. And there he was, Gray Fullbuster, in his normal appearance, stripped down to only his boxers, looking for a fight with Natsu to tie up some loose strings, totally oblivious to his nakedness. Lucy had stared at him, flabbergasted when Cana, one of her good friends now, pointed out Gray's lack of clothes. Turning around, she found said good friend drinking from a huge barrel of wine, and her jaw dropped almost to the floor. Fairy Tail could not be anymore surprising. Yet there was Loki who had given her a great impression from the Weekly Sorceror's turned out to be a womanizer. He, whom everyone thought to be a normal mage who was afraid of celestial wizards and always hitting on any woman in within his range, including Lucy, now, became her beloved and strongest spirit, Leo, who vowed to protect her at all costs. Ah, how much has changed.

She started laughing out loud as the next thought approached her mind. The one where Gray had lost his boxers to Natsu during the fight and asked Lucy for her underwear. She laughed at how absurd that moment was. Apparently she and Natsu were the only ones who saw Gray's naked state and although Lucy, shied away from the sight, she at that time could not help but peek at Gray. She was, after all a curious teenage girl. She remembered the faint happy trail that started from his navel to the beginning of a pleasurable piece of muscle. She had practically gasped at the sight of the size of his length at its flaccid state. Thinking about the moment made her blush and even whimper a little. A voice broke her thoughts and it came from none other than Gray was looking at her with a puzzled look on his face.

"Lucy? Are you alright? You spaced out all of a sudden and you seem a little flustered," asked a concerned Gray. Lucy looked up at him and blushed even more, whilst nodding her head. How could she think of such a thing during midday and in front of Gray? She shook her head off from the dirty thoughts currently ruling over her mind and reached for her purse. After retrieving and counting the wad of jewels, she handed them over to Gray, who counted them again before placing them into the till. He took a bag and filled it up with her purchases. In the distance, a bell rang and Gray said the usual greeting to whoever who came in, "Welcome to Kikura Departmental Store!". Lucy, meanwhile was ruffling through her bag, looking for the packet she desperately needed to give Gray. Rummaging for a few more seconds, she finally found her prized possession.

"Here, Gray. It's a ticket to the well known resort I've always wanted to go to. I already gave Erza, Natsu and Happy theirs, but it wouldn't be fun unless all of us went hmm? So, I hope you can really make it! I've booked everything already, the hotel rooms and the schedule of what we're going to do. I figured everyone needed a break so I went ahead and booked yours as well," Lucy rambled on. She had no particular idea why she was so nervously rambling. Perhaps she really wanted Gray to come along or perhaps the previous thought that conquered her mind was still floating around like a hidden conscience. What she didn't realize was, Gray was slowly leaning over the counter, with an annoyed look on his face. She continued to ramble, "It's alright if you can't make it, I just thought you could, you know. Sorry, I should have asked you first. I know, I always tend to make rash decisio-".

She was cut off by a pair of lips against hers. It felt a little cold but it soon turned warm and there was tongue, invading her mouth. It took a while to register what was going on. Her eyes were wide open and her pupils dilated. The pair of lips were trying to convince her to kiss back. Finally, Lucy responded, slowly tasting the slight minty taste that Gray's mouth had. His tongue was exploring her mouth, reaching into all the crevices and it was as if he was massaging her mouth. It was so pleasurable, that she couldn't help but elicit a tiny moan. His left hand was on her chin, while the other, on the back of her head, trying to pull her closer. Lucy responded by running her hands through his spiky hair which was surprisingly soft. The two had no intention of stopping their long awaited kiss, however, a sob was heard and they broke apart, looking in the direction from where the sob was heard. Juvia, the S-class, blue haired water mage of Fairy Tail was standing a feet away, with tears streaming down her face, heartbroken by the fact that her beloved Gray-sama was kissing her love rival. Upon seeing that they broke apart, she ran out of the departmental store as fast as she could.

"Juvia, wait!" Lucy called out, hoping that she didn't lose a friend, before attempting to chase after her. Gray grabbed her wrist before she could and said "Don't. Just don't. You can go comfort her or something later. We have some unfinished business here," fully aware that the water mage that recently fled the scene had feeling for him. Lucy protested but was cut off by another kiss which she couldn't resist. Somehow it seemed to melt away all the other thoughts in her mind and only focus on the pleasurable feelings going through her body. The kiss was brief, and she whimpered, when Gray pulled away, with a proud smirk on his face.

"Sometimes, you should really learn to keep quiet, because when you don't and you start to ramble, you make yourself so cute that I can't stand it to the point where I want to kiss you all over," Gray said with a gentle smile on his face. As if, Lucy could not get any redder in the face, she blushed until she looked like a beetroot. Gray laughed and continued his speech, "I'll go, I never said I was busy you know. Plus, you and me, we're definitely going to share a hotel room. You didn't think I didn't see you peek at my naked state when we first met, hmm?". Lucy stared at him, mouth agape before she felt a warm breath blowing into her ear, with the words, "Naughty Lucy" echoing in her mind. Gray just laughed and gave her a peck on her cheek before handing over her purchases. Lucy still shocked at the fact that she had been busted stood like a statue, frozen.

"I'll drop by your house later after I finish my shift alright Luce? I have a surprise for you as well," Gray said whilst smiling. Lucy, who woke from her frozen state smiled back before she nodded her head and walked out of the departmental store, but not before turning back with the all too familiar words, "Oh yeah, Gray, put on some clothes before you get fired.". She smiled and shook her head to herself and walked out like a supermodel, hearing a slight profanity. "Shit!", Gray exclaimed, looking down, wondering when the clothes came off. Not only did his clothes come off, apparently, a slight bulge in the middle had seem to form. Glaring at Lucy strutting out, swaying her hips, he looked down again. Oops, not such a small bulge anymore. He sighed and reminded himself to take an ice bath when he reached home. Meanwhile, he had some cooling down to do.

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