A/N: So, right now you're probably thinking 'what the hell is this crazy girl doing? starting a new story when she hasn't even finished her on-going ones?' Uh... yeah... about that xD I just want to clarify that Frozen Hearts is always going to be on-going. That doesn't mean there will be late updates, it just means that I'll write whenever I can and its going to be a never ending one-shot series :) And BTHW is an actual private story, I'll update soon, don't worry. In fact, I would update right now but no time :/ This story is for me to please my Gray phobia which is going on right now. I just love Gray Fullbuster, he's so amazing. This one-shot series will contain Gray with any other shippable character. Even if you want Gray and Mirajane or Gray and Laxus (O.o), I'll still write it. All you have to do is request :) You can ask through reviews or pm, any way you like. I can guarantee that even if I don't ship that couple, I'll write it :)

This is GrayLu because even though they're not what I mainly ship, I think Gray and Lucy look good together, appearance wise. And I do think they look better than any other couple there is, even NaLu and GrayZa (my main FT ships). They just... well, they look good. And they have pretty nice scenes so I realized I won't have a huge problem with GrayLu, since they're awesome :P

Annnnnnnnd, I promise that tomorrow I'll update all three of my stories :) Am I awesome or what? xP Soon to come in this one-shot series is GruVia, GrayZa, GrayNa, and you can suggest the rest. I think I'll write GraTsu sometime later as well. Anyone with Gray.

Oh and P.S. One couple can be used more than once. Like, I wrote GrayLu this time, but its not the only GrayLu one. There can be more to come :) This will be a never ending one-shot series as well. So... yeah... enjoy I guess xP

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Disclaimer : Fairy Tail is not owned by me.

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An Undeniable Affection

You cannot deny it, actually. When your relationship with someone means more than it's supposed to be, you cannot just help but feel that certain kind of affection towards them. The kind which is screaming at you that this means something more. And it wasn't until that day when I realized what our relationship was actually supposed to be.

"Gray?" My words were met by him looking up at me. Not speaking, just asking me through his eyes. It was almost as if he was too tired to utter a word. But there was a slight hint of surprise in his eyes that I had come all the way here to him. I was supposed to be resting, alongside Natsu, Happy, Wendy, and Erza, and he was supposed to try and collect some food for us all. I didn't know why, but he insisted on being less tired than the rest of us.

"I… I am cold…" It was almost foolish of me to ask him such a thing. What would an ice-mage do about the cold? If only, being with him would make me feel even colder, wouldn't it? Which is why I expected him to laugh at my actions, but he did something different.

"Why don't you ask Natsu then?" It took me a while to register his words, and then it made much more sense. Natsu could easily light up a campfire which would prevent the cold. And as a matter of fact, he had. But that wasn't enough; I still did feel the cold. Or maybe I wanted to, because the reason I was mainly here was to sort out my feelings including Gray.

"Natsu is asleep," I replied. It wasn't a lie, they all were really asleep; which is why I took my chance to come over. Gray replied with a nod, and then asked me how he could help. That was the embarrassing part; how could I ask him to do such a thing with me? What if he was disgusted by my thoughts and rejected me right then and there?

"I… um… I was… wondering… if you could… I… if you… a hug…" I couldn't look him in the eye, not now. What would he think of my intentions? They were certainly not something he would be pleased with, isn't it? He wouldn't like what I said, he would leave right now. In fact, I was expecting him to do so, since I was so sure that was what he felt.

But my thoughts were cut off as soon as a warm pair of hands came up from in front and went all the way to my back. He pushed me into his chest while he buried his face in my neck. For a minute, I stay frozen. I didn't know what to do, since I most definitely did not expect him to fulfill my wish. It was pretty surprising, to say the least. But after some while of believing this was what was happening, and Gray Fullbuster was hugging me right now, I wrapped my arms around his neck and stay closer. I was pretty fascinated by the fact that he was warm, not cold and chilling like I had expected. It was unexpected, to be honest.

"You could've just said what you wanted," he whispered lightly in my ear. "There's nothing to be ashamed of, Lucy."

I don't know why, but right now I felt different when he said my name. Unknown sensations were running all over my body, the kind I've never felt before. Why? I didn't know. Maybe it had something to do with the way he had said it. But then again; it was just like any other time. Maybe it was because of the fact that we were so close now. Or maybe… this had been inside all along… and I just couldn't identify it… until now.

I didn't know what it was, or why my feelings were all jumbled up currently. All I knew was that I liked the feeling of this; us being wrapped up in each other's arms, with nothing else to worry about. I didn't want to think of anything else, to be honest. Just the fact that we were together was enough for me. The fact that we were alive, and with each other. Nothing else mattered.

We had stayed like that for long, and then we broke apart just to sit down and come back in our previous form. Sleep had come around soon after that, and the next thing I remembered was being in a train booth, with Gray by my side, soundly sleeping, and Natsu, Happy, and Erza up front.

"I would say it is eight a.m. now," Erza spoke, being the only other person awake since Natsu and Happy were also in a similar state as Gray. "We left soon after sunrise; Gray carried you all the way. There was no other option since he didn't want to wake up. Natsu slept at the train station and Happy flew him to his seat before sleeping as well," she explained a bit more thoroughly. I gave her a firm nod to let her know that I understood. When she had looked away by the window, no longer interested, I checked on the ice mage beside me through my shoulder.

I couldn't help but give the sight a small smile.

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