With a smile

by Muku kawaii

Chapter 1

Dusk has arrived by the time Natsu arrived the Magnolia airport. The place was packed with tourist and visitors who had arrived there to meet their family and friends over the holidays. The honking of the cars and cabs was unbearable at the moment. The place was a little more crowded than usual, maybe because of the fact that it was Christmas Eve and Magnolia was quite famous for its beautiful Christmas tree located at the centre of the city.

Natsu clasped his cold palms against each other and blew air through them. His warm breath turned into the white fog. It was really cold and the snow, though really beautiful, wasn't helping much. The salmon haired lad had always hated the cold season. He preferred summer, warm fuzzy summer.

He took his cell phone out of his red jacket and proceeded to make a call as he walked towards the exit and out of the airport. The person he was calling did not answer the call right way. The pinkette was quite annoyed. A cab driver offered a ride but the lad ushered him to go since his friend was going to pick him up.

Where is he?Natsu thought as he called the previous number again. This time the person answered.

"Hello?"The receiver asked.

"Hello my ass" Natsu shot back "Where the hell are you?"

"Oh it's you Natsu" The person at the other side of the call started"We have just arrived. Come over to the parking lot. It's quite crowded so we can't go any further"

Natsu signed. He made his way towards the dimly lit parking lot.

The place had numerous street lights but only a few of them worked. The pinkette decided the stand next to the entry of the parking lot. The lights were bright near the entrance whereas the rest of the parking lot had staggering light.

He waited for a while longer. And more. And more. Now he was annoyed. A vein popped in his head. "Where in the name of hell are they" Natsu screamed.

"Here I am" a cold yet soft voice from behind him replied. Natsu turned around and looked at the source of the voice. A goofy smile appeared on his lips. The boy in front of him was in fact the same age as him. The latter was wearing a white turtle neck with dark blue jacket. His raven colored bangs were partially covering his scar over his left eye (the scar he got during his childhood when he went hiking with Natsu).

"Gray" Natsu grinned and walked over towards his childhood best friend and punched him on his left cheek. "That's for being late" he said while showing off his sharp fangs. Gray had really missed the pink haired nuisance but that didn't mean he was going to get away with it. So he himself started throwing a few almost playful punches which were also reciprocated. They were soon on the ground while fight.

To the pedestrians it seemed quite absurd. Two handsome 20 something year olds tackling each other and throwing insults while also laughing in front of the parking lot of an international airport.

"Mama what are they doing?" A little girl asked as she pulled her mother's hand for attention. "Oh nothing honey" The mother replied as she pulled her daughter away. To her the scene of the men were fighting was not a pleasant sight for her daughter.

After a few more punches, kicks and insults the two stopped their heartwarming reunion after 8 years.

"We better go before Gajeel gets angry" Gray stated as he patted his jacket to remove the dust. Natsu froze at the mention of his name. Gray checked his cell phone and noticed 3 missed calls from the said person. Gray soon realized Natsu's condition and simply chuckled as the colors were drained from the latter's face. "It's okay he already forgave you"

"How do you know that" The salmon haired boy said. Not long after a Matte Black Audi A5 pulled over a near the distance. The door to the driver's seat opened and a man appeared. He was about the same age as the other two. The young man had long, spiky black hair, which were kept slicked back, revealing his forehead with the help of a brown bandana. He had blood red eyes with slitted dark pupils. The man wore a black leather jacket with a green shirt along with a pair of black jeans. It was easy to tell that the man was quite fond of piercings as he had a lot of them. He might seem a little intimidating to others but his friends were not afraid to him.

Except to Natsu at the moment.

"Salamander" The man referred to salmon gulped. When he walked towards him with his hands inside his pockets. "Oh'-h Gajeel long time no see its grea-" Natsu said trying to find the right words but was cut off mid sentence by Gajeel.

"Shut up Salamander. I have forgiven you for stealing my pudding that night 8 years ago" the dark headed boy said. Soon relief washed over Natsu "That's amazi-" He was again unable to complete his sentence as a hand quickly smacked his head. "That's for keeping me waiting for so long" Gajeel said as he flashed his teeth and walked towards the car. Soon a cold snow ball made contact with this neck as he turned around to see Natsu standing with some ice in his hands and a toothy grin over his face as he took his battle stance. "Hah you are a goner" Gajeel said as he smirked while taking his own combat posture for their snowball fight.

But before things could get ugly Gray stepped in. "We should get home before dinner everyone is waiting" and that was all he needed to say. Natsu raced past Gajeel and yelled "SHOTGUN" as he sat inside the car next to the driver's seat. Gajeel blinked while Gray simply laughed.

Gray turned towards the now-back-to-normal Gajeel. "Get his bags will you. I'll be driving" Gray spoke as he himself jumped passed Gajeel to avoid doing the chorus. The dark haired realized that he was alone and the other two were inside the car. He sighed and took the bags with him.

During their trip to Gray's house Natsu had probably asked over a million questions. Erza and Jellal were dating and so were Mira and Laxus. "Gajeel has his eyes on Levi you know" Gray stated while keeping an eye on the road. This earned a fit of guffawing from the rosette while the pitch haired man in the back seat turned crimson red. "And I got engaged" Gray stated as he took a turn and stopping his car in front of a huge white mansion. But Natsu did not notice it, he was too stupefied after hearing the news he didn't notice his best friend's ring until now. "YOU WHAT? TO WHOM?DO I KNOW HER" Natsu yelled at the top of his lungs.

The trio had stepped out of the vehicle and are currently making their way towards the trunk as Gray spoke up "She is inside right now and I wanted to surprise you and no you don't know her" and turned his gaze towards the doorway up the stairs when his face lit up "There she is" as he walked to the top of the stairs and hugged the women as Natsu followed his trail. Onyx eyes met coffee brown and Natsu's whole world stopped.

She was beautiful. Her golden locks were pulled up in a ponytail and her grey neckline T shirt dress looked splendid on her highlighting her curves. Her lips were pale pink. She looked breath taking.

Just like she did three years ago.

Author's Note

Fairy tail completely Belongs to Hiro Mashima (I'm a great fan of his work btw) but this fan-fiction is my little idea.I had this idea for so long so I decided "what the hell" and wrote this. Hope you guys liked this chapter. This is the first chapter of my fanfiction.