Walk of Shame Trilogy
Pairing/s: Gruvia
Rating: T (language, context)
Genre: Humour
Prompt: Panties
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail.
Outside, the brake lights started to dim,
I feel the tension that's been pulling us in.
And then we do it again, so we can feel alright.
Falling in love for the night.
All Time Low – A Party Song
"Rumours state that the ever lone wolf, the brooding enigma, the Gray Fullbuster has been sighted following a mystery woman into-"
"Of course I've seen them. They wanted a room from me didn't they... Couldn't keep their hands of each other mind you-"
"I do not think this will be a one night thing- they looked positively -"
"This morning Gray, otherwise known as Dragon Demon Slayer lead guitarist and singer, left Honeyduke's hotel. Clearly in a walk of shame."
"Of course, it was a walk of shame. Look at him: dishevelled hair, his shirt not properly buttoned, his coat and I suppose those are the girl's panties almost slipping out of his-"
He groaned and instead of venting his anger about the situation on his television by throwing the remote at it, he simply pushed the red off button. Very. Hard.
Of course this only could happen to him.
It had been two years since the band he played and sung in, Dragon Demon Slayer, in short DDS, got famous. His band mates all had had their share of lovers, or had found their girlfriends all in the open. He did not want that. And especially not after Loki had left the band.
It had been two years and he never once had a cock up. All the one night stands he had had stayed in secret.
Until last night.
Which he could not even remember.
The last thing he remembered was taking shots with his band mates, their girlfriends or girl friends (because Gajeel still denied being in love with Levy), and some fans in a club after their last concert. The next things he knew were blurred images, sounds and feelings of a one night stand. If the sex had only been half as good as his blurred memories, it was mind blowing. But when he woke up in the morning, in the hotel room all by himself, he knew he was in deep shit. He was naked, his head hurt, but he felt good. Positively post-sex.
On the table next to the bed was a glass of water and aspirin for him to take and next to him on the other pillow lay a note. 'Thank you. J' Who was this woman? And why was the ghost of her fragrance so alluring to him? He kept the note and left the hotel. The paparazzi outside already waiting for him. Most of them must have camped there.
When he got home, Natsu already waited for him in the hall grinning smugly. Gray ignored him and walked right past him into his room. He tossed the panties and the note onto his bed and let himself fall onto his sofa and he turned on the television.
Only to shut it off again.
Of course the only thing everyone could talk about was his mistake. Although the thing itself did not feel like a mistake, he knew that without remembering anything. The mistake was that paparazzi knew about it and had caught him.
He turned the television on again. He wanted to see what the woman looked like. He muted the television. He concentrated on the image of the woman. Only to find out that she was wearing his coat over her head in a way that made her face not visible. The only thing that gave a hint of her identity was the tattoo that was barely visible.
He paused the image and zoomed in. Her short black dress had a slit on the left leg that displayed the tattoo barely. He studied the sign and furrowed his brows. The sign was very familiar and his eyes widened when he recognized it as the 'Fairy Tail' sign. That sign showed you were part of FT, the record company Dragon Demon Slayer was signed under.
She was part of the record company.
He could find her.
"Gray.", a voice pulled him from his thoughts. He turned and found Jellal, the band's manager. "You know why I'm here."
"Yeah, I know and I'm sorry it happened. I know this is bad-", he began to answer, but Jellal cut him off.
"What are you talking about? This is wonderful. It's the best promotion for the next album we could ask for. Makarov and I had a talk and we have an idea. Do you want to find the girl?", he asked and Gray's eyes wandered over to the TV, now showing several of the girls leaving the hotel in the morning.
Did he want to find her? Yes. But what would he do when he found her? Did he want to date her? Get to know her? He did not know what he wanted. But he wanted to know who he spent that night with.
He looked at Jellal again and nodded.
Jellal smiled at him and explained about a PR event to find the girl for him. To search nation wide for the girl. "It's like Cinderella, only its panties instead of a shoe she lost.", Gray furrowed his brows at Jellal's explanation. Were the girls supposed to try on the panties? That was very unsanitary and rather disgusting.
"Don't look at me like that. Write down everything you know, or remember. No wait actually don't, just write down vague details and keep the important stuff to yourself. This way you can identify her better.", Jellal smiled and Gray nodded.
He took his time to write down what he remembered, very few things. He remembered a soft voice, blue eyes, the tattoo and her fragrance. She smelled after the ocean after rain and lilacs. At least in his memory. He also remembered the soft voice telling him she was some months younger than he was and that she was an Aquarius.
He wrote down 'J', since that seemed to be the initial of her first name. He wrote down lilac perfume, letting the ocean out. He wrote down tattoo, but neither what shape nor place. He wrote down that she was younger than him, but not her sign.
He would find her.
FT had started a whole television show about finding the girl. To no avail. They had been searching for a girl for a month now and neither had any idea where nor who the girl was.
Gajeel had called him obsessed when he had been found smelling his coat, which still smelled after her. Natsu had called him whipped when he found out about the show. Both of them claimed Gray was in love with the mystery girl.
He. Was. Not.
"Hello my name is Janelle and I just turned 20. I'm a librarian and I'm an Aquarius.", Gray looked at the girl more closely. She was pretty. Her first name started with J, she was an Aquarius and younger than him. "My tat is on my left shoulder.", Gray sighed and looked down at the form the girl had filled out. He felt the eyes of every one in the room turn to him.
He shook his head. This was not his girl.
"I'm sorry.", he told Janelle and stood up, motioning the filming crew he needed a break. Natsu and Gajeel who sat on his sides stood up and gave the girl, a fan of theirs, an autograph. After signing as well Gray turned away and got out for a breather. Sometimes he regretted stopping to smoke.
"Don't get your head down, you'll find her.", Natsu's voice made him turn to the door.
"I don't know.", he murmured leaning against the railing. His childhood best friend walked up and looked out to the city.
"You will, don't worry and then you never want to let her go again.", Natsu laughed. Gray sighed. Normally their conversation would turn into a banter at this point, but he could not get angry at his salmon haired friend. Natsu was the one of them more experienced when it came to relationships with girls after all.
"Sometimes I doubt she exists at all. Sometimes I think she was just a dream. Then I sit in this stupid show and a girl turns up who I think, that could be her. Every time I get my fucking hopes up. Only to have them destroyed again. Fuck this shit.", he exclaimed and Natsu chuckled next to him.
"You really are whipped, dude. Come on. They're waiting for us, you know how irritated Gajeel gets. Also we only have like two girls left for today and have to move on for the recording session. Tonight we'll have lads evening and get wasted alright?", Natsu offered and Gray chuckled
"Yeah lads evening, meaning we go to a club, miraculously meet Lucy and Levy there, the five of us get wasted, you and Lucy almost fuck on the dance floor and Gajeel and Levy disappear into a corner. I'm all by myself start drinking even more and next thing I know is getting pulled into the limo by Jellal.", he explained and Natsu shrugged
"Sounds like a plan."
Both of them laughed and went inside together. They rounded the corner to find Gajeel arguing with a girl who was hidden from them.
"I know what I said rainwoman, it's not my fault these idiots decided to cut out your song.", he yelled at whoever rainwoman was. She answered and when Gray heard her voice he stopped in his tracks. He knew that voice.
"But Gajeel-kun you promised Juvia was allowed to play her new song in the show. Makarov promised, Jellal promised, Erza-san promised. This is not fair. This was supposed to be Juvia's big breakthrough.", the girl sounded like she was pouting and the more he heard of her voice the clearer the picture of the girl in his mind became.
He broke into a jog and got right past Gajeel to look at the girl.
The smell of saltwater after rain mixed with lilacs flooded his senses. He took in her image. Her long blue hair was in a braid, her azure eyes widening at the sight of him. He felt like the world stopped around him when he saw the edges of the FT tattoo peek out from under her hot pants.
He found his girl. He vaguely registered Gajeel introducing her as Juvia. The last puzzle piece fell into place.
"Hi I'm Gray and I think I have your panties.", he said and her face broke out in a bright blush.