I know I have a lot of stories but I had this old one lying around in my room so I decided to type it up. now I'm posting it just to see what you guys think. if you like it I'll continue it. if you don't I guess it'll be just like a oneshot. well it kind of is a oneshot but like I said if you like it I can continue.

as always thx for reading! and sorry for any mistakes.

Parting ways with his team, Gray walked home yet again after a long and tiresome mission with Natsu and the crew. He couldn't wait to run home and throw himself into his covers. The whole day took away not only his energy but also his patience. So the least he wanted was to go back to the guild and for another encounter with Juvia. He didn't understand why that woman couldn't see that he, Gray Fullbuster, did not like her in that kind of way. She was clingy and a little over protective but that wasn't why he didn't accept her feelings. He just wasn't ready for a relationship. He didn't even feel the need to be ready for one. Or was her just not interested in Juvia? He couldn't tell which the stronger feeling was, but he did know for a fact that a relationship with Juvia was out of the question.

As he walked home, he closed his eyes and thought about the future. That was something he rarely thought of, future. To him it was probably a little too much to think of fully at the moment. Even so he could picture himself with a wife, in a house, still a mage and taking care of himself and his family. But with whom where and when, was just something he couldn't think of. He wasn't trying to push himself to do everything right now but after seeing Alzack and Bisca, he couldn't help but wonder what his future held for him. Would he fall for a woman in the guild? Would she even be a mage? He decided to just give up on thinking about from the small headache he was getting from it all.

He opened his eyes and peered up to the front doorsteps of his house. After a small sigh he lifted his leg up and started up the stairs till he heard a cry of pain in the distance. He froze mid-way in unlocking his door and turned around in its direction. Should he go after it? He heard the cry again and that was all it took for him to understand his choice in action, go.

He ran down the woods and into a forest of trees following the strong sense of magic nearby. Was somebody attacking one of the town's people? A dark mage? If so he needed to hurry. He tried his best to get there as fast as he could before something serious happened. The cry sounded again and it rung his ears with a stinging pain of sympathy. He needed to speed up but it was almost as if his legs weren't doing their best. He was sure the voice belonged to a male. It somehow sounded familiar as if he heard it before. And if that was the case of it being someone he knew, he really need to hurry.

He sped through the trees hoping he could get there in time. He could tell he was close. Closer than close, he was just were the screams were coming from but he saw nothing. He took a step forward and looked around. Nothing was there at all and the cries stopped. What the heck was that? Just then a body came falling out of the sky. Gray's eyes widen and he took off of towards it. The body was rapidly falling and Gray wasn't sure if he was going to reach it in time. He jumped up and grabbed it just in time before he noticed he had just jumped off of a cliff. He held the body tightly to his chest as he fell towards the ground and landing in a pit of dirt making it parade around them in a cloud of dust. His body tumbled down the rest of the slope and landed in a pool of water.

Gray hadn't noticed, but he closed his eyes. Opening them, he saw the body floating in the water slowly sinking towards the bottom. Gray quickly swam over and grabbed it before swimming up to the surface for air. When he made it to the top he paddled over to shore and pulled the body with him onto the muddy surface of the bank. He threw himself onto the ground and tried to catch his breath. Then it dawned on him, that body that face, it was that dragon slayer from Sabertooth! He snapped his head back over the body lying beside him.

"No way" he mumbled. He stared at the other male for a second before noticing he wasn't breathing. "Oh crap! Hey!" he yelled shaking the dragon slayer. "Wake up!" he shook him a few more times though it wasn't helping the situation any better. He looked around for any unexpected guest and looked back down at the other male with a gulp. He had to do it, to save him. What the heck happened to this guy anyway? He thought to himself. Either way that didn't help the boat he was in right now. He sighed and leaned in. he pulled back just inches away from the dragon slayer's mouth, quickly shaking his head. "No Gray don't do it" he muttered. He looked back at the dragon slayer and frowned. His black hair sticking to his face from being wet and his face slightly pale. "Oh mavis" he said "no Gray you have to do it, you're saving his life, that's all" he took a deep breath, leaned back in and closed his eyes as he sealed his lips over the other male's. He sat there like that for a second breathing life into the other man before his eyes widen and he pulled back coughing out water.

He sighed and went to turn back to the other mage when he slammed his head into something else just as hard. He yelled out in pain and stood up gripping his forehead. "Ah Fuc-!" he paused realizing what he hit his head on. He looked back down to the other man sitting up holding his head in the palms of his hands. "Oh hey, you alright? Sorry about that" Gray said kneeling back down to the dragon slayer. He turned away and swatted Gray's out stretched hand away. "Hey don't be like that! I said I was sorry" Gray slurred grabbing his shoulder and turning him around.

Red eyes pierced into his and glared at him. "Get your filthy hands off me" he snapped. Gray stared at him for a second before those red eyes widened and he quickly got up. 'I'm sorry, I didn't mean to yell. Thank you for the help, but I have to go. Excuse me" he started turn around and walked away.

"Oh hey wait that's-" the dragon slayer yelped as he fell back into the water. Gray raised an eyebrow and shook his head. "The way back to the pond" he finished. He sighed and walked back over to the edge and held a hand out to the Sabertooth mage now coming but up to the surface. "Here" he said waiting for the other man to take it, but he didn't. Instead he ignored Gray and got back onto shone by himself.

"I know what you're doing" he said looking back at Gray. "You're just trying to be nice to me to get something out of this aren't you?" Gray stood confused before anger flooded his mood.

"What the hell man!" he yelled. "I just saved your life and that's how you're gonna treat me? Look I saved you because I wanted to. Don't be absurd and think I want something out of you. I don't even know you other than the magic games. Your Rogue Cheney right? One of the twin dragon slayers that fought Natsu and Gajeel."

Rogue frowned but nodded his head. "I think your name was Gray, my memory isn't like his but you were the one who defeated Rufus am I right?"

"Yeah I was. Now, what's your problem?"

"My problem?"

"Yeah problem. Gonna explain why you were acting like a spoiled little brat a few seconds ago?" rogue looked away with an apologetic look.

"I'm sorry, I just- I'm just- I shouldn't stay around you for too long. I don't want to close and then for you or someone to use me again."

"Used you? What do you mean?"

Rogue's expression darkened. "It's better not to tell you. I'll be on my way now"

Gray grabbed the other man's arm and pulled him back "fine you don't have to explain to me but you could at least tell me why you were falling out the sky." Rogue sighed.

"Battle. I was in the middle of trying to get away from my guild when an unknown enemy attacked me. We fought and they attacked with some kind of wind magic. I was thrown into the sky and blacked out before knowing the rest." Gray stared at him for a moment and then starting to pull him back towards his house. "Wait, what are you doing? Where are you taking me?"

"My place, whoever that was attacking you is sure to come after you again. I can't just let you go off by yourself in the middle of nowhere. You can stay at my place until we find out who this is attacking you." Gray said looking around for some kind of indication of where to go. Or where he was at. He sighed as he realized he was starting to get a headache again.

Rogue watched the other man. "Umm thank you. But I think I should head to a hotel or something. I shouldn't get too close to you-"

Gray turned around and frowned at him "shut up and let me help you. I don't know what the hell you're talking about with this using shit but I'm helping you because that's what I chose to do. I have no intentions of using you. This is only the first time I've had a full conversation with you. Just look at it like a thank you for helping us back at the magic games. Sounds better?" He didn't even wait for a response before pulling the mage with him in through a forest of trees. He noticed it was the same he went through in the beginning. What was he doing out here again anyway? Oh yeah looking for the person who was crying out in pain. Oh crap! He forgot all about it!

He turned back to rogue who stared back at him. Maybe it was him….. Gray awkwardly grabbed the other man by his shoulders and looked him in the eyes. "Scream for me"

Rogue blinked a few times as if trying to figure out if he heard correctly. "Excuse me?" there was silence for a moment then Gray let him go and shook his head.

"Never mind forget it, come on I know where we're at now"

"o-oh. Ok"

~X~

Gray unlocked his door and tumbled in with a sigh of relief. After all it was rogue. After explaining what he was out looking for, rogue told him it possibly could have been him that was yelling out in pain, apparently he was dealing with a hard opponent.

Rogue walked in behind him and peered around. "Thank you for helping me" he said again. Gray looked back at him and nodded.

"Oh yeah, no problem." He said. "Want something to drink?" rogue nodded.

"Water would be fine." Gray walked into the kitchen and pulled out a glass setting it on the table before pulling out a container of water from his fridge. He poured a bit in then walked the glasses over to rogue and handed him one. Rogue took it with a short thank you and downed the contents.

Gray sighed and took a seat at his table and motioning for rogue to join him. The other man did and sat across from the ice mage. "I don't want to force you or anything" gray started his expression blank towards the dragon slayer, "but I kind of want to know why you won't get within ten feet of me" it was true the whole time on the walk back rogue stood a ways from him and avoided conversation. Even now Gray could tell he didn't want to talk so he was sort of pushing his luck.

Rogue directed his red eyes up to gray and frowned. "I apologize" he said. Gray waved him off.

"Stop apologizing and answer my question"

Rogue shifted nervously in his seat. "Well, if you insist on knowing I could tell you just a little." He looked away glaring at the empty cup in his hands "But this is only between the two of us." He added sternly.

Gray nodded slowly. "Yeah alright" he said.

Rogue took in a breath and started. "Sabertooth is in a state of debt right now. Sting has been stressing over bills and staying late nights calling other guilds for help. So far nobody has come to our assistance. Our old guild master has put us so far in debt to the point where we can't even pay our guild expenses like lights bills or water bills. Sting is really stressed out and the guild is being criticized for being irresponsible or having an irresponsible guild master in other words blaming everything on sting. Even though none of this is his fault. I wanted to help but all I could do was go on missions to try and help pay. Others soon followed suit and tried pitching in but we're just that far in debt that even a month's worth of continuous missions from almost all the guild members won't pay it off. If this keeps up we will be forced to disband. Sting is doing everything in his ability to help but nothing he does seems to work. He stays locked up in his office day in and day out. I'm worried for him but there is nothing we can do but hope that some change in events would come

Soon they did and a guild contacted us stating they could help us. Sting was so relieved but the only problem was they need a few of the guild members to do favors as in a payback for lending us money. Sting was sure at first not knowing what these 'favors' were so to be on the save side he didn't send any female members. He asked me to tag along just in case anything happened. I agreed and the next day we went off to the other guild. This guild….. It wasn't like one I've seen before. It was horrible.

They ended up being a dark guild that the magic council has been looking for called Immortal Skull. They used us. They took everyone one by one into small rooms towards the back. I was tied up in the opposite direction and considered a threat for being powerful and a dragon slayer. They- they-…." Gray stared at the other man as his hands began to tremble with fear and if breath becoming uneasy. Rogue looked back up at Gray and his eyes were filled with hurt and despair.

"h-hey" gray said leaning in and going to grab the other male. "You don't have to continue" rogue pushed away and his teeth clenched with a growl at gray.

"Don't touch me" he sneered. Gray quickly retreated. Gray realized what he went through. He bit the inside of his bottom lip and looked away. How could someone do that? "They raped my guild mates. Each and every one of them that went. One by one" gray's eyes went wide and he suddenly stood up knocking his chair back with him. He was breathing uneasily and he backed away slowly from the other mage.

"Rogue, you don't have-"

"I couldn't help them!" he yelled as he buried his head into his hands. "I was helpless. Sting trusted me to protect them but I didn't….. I couldn't save them. I was useless."

"Rogue!"

"then they walked over to me…they- they did the same to me in that dark, cold room as my guild mates screamed in the back ground their shouts of terror burning my ears with guilt because I couldn't save them"

"SHUT THE HEll UP OK!" Rogue snapped his head up to Gray as the ice mage slammed his hands flat on the table in front of him. He took in a breath and pushed off the table turning away. How the heck could he walk on his two feet when that happened to him? Gray was positive he wouldn't even be able to look another man in the eye knowing that's what happened to himself. No wonder rogue wouldn't let him touch him. "I'm sorry" he mumbled. "I just didn't want you to relive that. But it makes sense now. Immortal skull huh? Never heard of them but their gonna hear of fairy tail." He turned back to rogue and walked up to him slowly and cautiously. "Rogue I'm not going to hurt you ok, I'm going to be the one who protects you. I'll tell my master and we could-"

"NO!" rogue shouted. Gray frowned. "You told me it was only between the two of us. Please. I can't have other people knowing that this happened to Sabertooth. It would just pressure sting more than he already is. I don't want to hurt him more than he already is." Gray nodded understanding but he couldn't just stand here and do nothing.

"I have to do something. Is there anything I could do" Gray wanted to help. After hearing something like that he couldn't just let rogue walk out by himself. He could do something crazy or end up killing those people who hurt him and his guild mates as revenge. He had to keep an eye on him.

Rouge looked back down to his hands. "Could I….. I don't want to be a bother, but is it alright if I just stay here? I can't go back there to my guild knowing I didn't do anything to protect them" gray nodded franticly.

"Yeah of course! As long as you have to. You should go through this alone" Gray took a few more cautious steps to rogue and hesitantly laid a hand on his shoulder. Rogue flinched but he didn't pull away. "Like I said I'll protect you. For now we need to get out of our wet clothes." Rogue nodded and stood up.

Gray took one lost look at the dragon slayer for any signs of unsureness before leading him to the bathroom. Rouge followed after him and this time walking a little closer. It made Gray feel better about this situation. When he made it to his bathroom, he opened the door and let Rogue in.

"I'll be back need anything before I go?" Gray asked gently. Rogue shook his head, so gray went to close the door and walk away when rogue reach out and grabbed him. "Rogue?" the shadow dragon slayer didn't say anything. Then he let go.

"I'm sorry, go ahead" he said turning away. Gray stood there wondering if he should really leave him alone. He closed his eyes took and deep breath and closed the door.

He turned placing his back on the door and frowned. What the heck was happening?

~X~

Gray grabbed some clothes and walked back to the bathroom he guessed him and rogue were about the same size. He knocked twice and waited for the other man to acknowledge him, but he heard nothing. He knocked again but there was nothing. He started to panic and went for the door knob, turning it. It was locked.

"Hey! Rogue you ok!" he called no answer. He tried to turn the door knob again but it was useless. He ran back to his room and looked for something he could he could use to open the door. Then he remembered the trick Erza showed him. He just needed something flat enough to fit between the door and wall. He paced around in a hurry and started rummaging through random items. He looked into his wallet and took out the card Max gave him for his shop a while back. He ran back to the bathroom and jammed the card right between the slip in the door and pushing the door open. It worked and the door flew open to a surprised rogue his sword in his hands and his arm bleeding

"Idiot!" yelled walking over and snatching the sword out of his hands. "What heck were you trying to do kill yourself!" he grabbed the other man and pulled him into a hug. Rogue stood there letting him hold him. "That's it, I'm not leaving you by yourself anymore. You'll end up killing yourself before the week is out!" Rogue awkwardly wrapped his arms around Gray's waist and buried his face in his chest.

"I- I'm sorry" he mumbled into the raven haired boy's chest. "I just- it kind of just happened" Gray frowned.

"I don't care how it happened, don't do it again." He pushed the other male off of him and grabbed his wrist. "You need to get this bandaged. But first change out of those wet clothes" Rogue nodded and took the clothes Gray handed him. "I'm turning around so can change but I'm not leaving" he said turning completely and waited for Rogue to change.

Rogue looked down to the clothes in his hands before he started to strip.

~X~

Gray sat on his couch and puffed out a sigh. Rogue sat next to him with his knees pulled up to his chest and his eyes closed. Gray stared at him. He could tell what he was thinking, he could just see a dragon slayer hurt on the inside because of one stupid guild. He wanted to go to 'immortal skull' and beat the crap out of them for just using those people like that. What kind of monster was the master over that guild? Was he the one that order those people to do that to rogue and his guild mates? If so he was going to be in a world of pain when Gray got done with him. Gray wanted to help, he really did but there was nothing he could do considering rogue didn't want anybody to know what he went through. Gray could understand that but was there some way he could help rogue but at the same time keeping everything a secret.

He didn't want to come off to Rogue as just helping him out of sympathy but honestly he didn't understand why he was so attached to him. It pained him deeply to know this was happening to rogue. He didn't want anything else to happen to him so his best option was to stay by his side and protect the dragon slayer. But there were also the scars weighing down on his heart. The emotional scars. Gray didn't know how to heal those. He had his own emotional scars to heal. How could he handle both his and rogue's? No. he didn't need to think like that. He had to do as much as he could to fix the damage that had been made on this man. He wanted to. He somehow felt like he needed to. Looking at the dragon slayer now, he could tell he was worn out. His head rested on his knees and his breathing steady. He was asleep. Gray grabbed him and decided to put him to bed, it was late.

It wouldn't be a good choice to leave him alone in his guest room. Gray frowned. He did have the option of letting him sleep in his bed. Gray could just sleep on his chair that he had in the corner of the room. That worked right? That way he could keep an eye on the other man.

Decision made he picked rogue up and carried him to his room. He kicked the door open and laid the sleep form on his bed after walking in and kicking the door behind him closed. He pulled the covers over him and walk over to his chair curling up into a ball and closing his eyes. Tomorrow he had to find a way to get revenge on that dark guild without exposing Rogue. It would be tricky but he could just stay at home all day keeping Rogue out of the human eye. He should probably contact Sting and let him know that rogue was safe. He did know what happened right? He was the guild master so maybe someone had told him what happened already.

He let out a sigh and let himself drift away from his thoughts and into a world filled of dreams.

Rogue opened his eyes and peered up to the ceiling. He didn't know how to repay Gray for the kindness he has given him. He was sure he didn't need any kindness with the things he did. He should have protected his guild mates, but he couldn't do that. Sting must have been disappointed in him. He was disappointed in himself. He sat up into a sitting position and pulled his legs up to his chest before looking down at the bandage wrapped around his wound. He was so angry with himself that he slashed at his arm with anger to only be found out by Gray. The ice mage had caringly wrapped his arm up for him and scolded him to never doing that again. He softened at the thought of Gray. He wanted to feel his arms around him again. He felt safe and secured in those arms.

Then he noticed the body slumped in a chair towards his right. It was Gray, snoring softly. He frowned at his position knowing it had to be uncomfortable. But he endured it so Rouge could have the bed. He thought it wasn't fair so he got up and pulled the other man into the bed with him. Gray was a lot heavier than he looked though, but rogue managed to pull him on to the large bed. Sighing when he was done he pulled the covers over the raven haired boy and leaned into him. Gray immediately shot up their heads colliding again.

"Sweet mavis that hurt!" he yelled holding his head in his hands, wincing in pain. He looked over to rogue doing the same and raised an eyebrow. "Did I sleep walk into the bed? Sorry about that-"

"No" Rogue said raising his head to look at the ice mage. "I just pulled you out of the chair. It looked uncomfortable. I didn't want to deprive you of your own bed in your house because of me."

"Shut up Rogue. I did it because I cared" gray smiled "I don't mind sleeping on the chair. You need to rest I bet you have a hundred things swirling in your head"

"Yes but-"

"No more buts go to sleep"

Rogue frowned as Gray turned to get out of the bed. He grabbed him. Gray froze. "Gray, stay with me please" Gray's head snapped to the dragon slayer.

"Wha? Oh…. Ok" he climbed back in and pulled the covers over them. "Maybe you'll feel better and relaxed with someone else. You might even have better dreams. Women say I have that effect on them"

"Are you trying to say you're a charm for sweet dreams?"

Gray laughed. "Maybe, now go to sleep." Rogue smiled but he almost immediately got rid of it. He didn't deserve to smile. He really didn't deserve Gray, but he craved for the other male to be close to him like his favorite meal. I shouldn't but he did and it didn't look like he was going to stop soon. So he nudged himself just a little closer to the cold but warm body beside him before hesitantly wrapping his arms around gray. Gray did push him off but instead patted his head. "Good night" he mumbled.

Rogue closed his eyes. "Thank you Gray"

"Shut up and sleep"

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