Summary: Natsu and Gray are best friends, they have been since they were young, but when they're invited to Lucy Heartfilia's party, the two boys lives are thrown into the chaos of being assumed as gays, which launches them to instant celebrity status. Seduced by their newfound fame, Natsu and Gray decide to keep up their romantic ruse, but what happens when Gray realises... He may not be completely Faking It?
Pairings: Gray/Natsu, Lucy/Cana, Lyon/Meredy, (slight one-sided) Lisanna/Natsu.
Warnings: Mild language, LGB+ couples.
A/N: This is based off the TV series, Faking it. (Which is AWESOME, watch it) It came to me in a dream and I had to write it! The only differences are that there's no Oliver, this version of Liam and Karma AREN'T in love or having any affairs and this Karma and Amy... Well... You'll see! ;)
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or it's characters, they belong to Hiro Mashima. Nor do I own Faking it or any of the references in this fic.
Enjoy!
Faking It
Gray sighed in contentment, it was a nice morning and his alarm hadn't gone off yet. A simple smile settled on his lips as he rolled over, kicking off the covers and stretching out the kinks in his back and neck. His eyes closed again and just as he was about to drift back into dreamland, a harsh set of angry buzzes yanked him wide awake. He groaned and rolled over reaching for his phone and glancing at the contact. Of course, Natsu.
He answered the call and snarled lividly, "What time is it, you bastard!?"
"Only 7:30, Ice-Princess." Natsu snorted, rushing around his room as he got ready for the day, "Jeez are you still sleeping?"
"Well, I was..." Gray muttered, yawning and sitting up, "Damn Flame-Brain."
"Anyway, how do blind people pick out clothes?" Gray frowned.
"Blind people? Don't tell me you were actually serious yesterday!?"
"Yep, totally! Now help me, Stripper!" He snapped, grabbing a shirt from his draw and pulling it up over his head.
"How am I supposed to know?" Gray raised an eyebrow, "They probably wear a lot of sweat pants... And since when do you care about clothes?"
"Point taken," He shoved on a pair of white sweat pants and wrapped his scarf around his neck, "Well I'm good, anyhow, you better not be naked when I get to yours, or I'll have to punch the perverted-ness outta ya."
"You do that anyway... Idiot." He rolled out of bed and hardly even noticed his naked-ness as he began to search for something decent to wear, "So, tell me again how this will rescue us from 'obscurity'? 'Cause yesterday this sounded crazier than Lyon's Twitter feed."
Natsu rolled his eyes headed towards his bedroom door as a sweet knock rapped on the wood, "Hold on..." He pulled open the door and raised his eyebrows at his mom, Grandine.
"Morning, Sweetheart." She greeted, electing a suspiciously laugh-like cough from the other side of the line.
"Heeeyyy, mom." Natsu gritted out a smile, "I'm on the phone."
"Oh! Happy Friday, Gray!" She called, eyes twinkling as the pink-haired women held out a cup to her son, "I made you some tea, sweetie, you're chart predicts a major cosmic shift that may upset your tummy, so nothing spicy today, ok?"
"I hope not, but anyway, gotta go... Gray's in a ... crisis?"
"Oh no, what happened?" Grandine questioned, "Does he need anything? Medicine? Should I send Wendy over?"
"What, no... It's just... His hamster... died..." He began to close the door, "Yeah, he needs me, bye!"
"Urgh, you know I'm creeped out by rodents!"
"Sorry, only thing I could think of..." He quickly downed his tea and made for his window, "Why can't I have a normal mom?"
Gray pulled on some boxers and opened his door, only to see his soon-to-be-mother-in-law steaming a dress in the middle of the hall, "Rise and shine!" She called, only to have Gray slam the door in her face.
"You and me both..." Natsu raced down the road and in moments appeared at Gray's house, "So, anyway, you were explaining this 'plan'? I bet it's as crap as your grades."
"Shut it, Ice-pants, and open the window, moron!" Gray made his way to his window and flipped the catch. Natsu hung up and tossed his phone into his bag, "Alright, so," He began as he climbed in through the window, "We live in Magnolia, blue oasis in the red sea of Fiore."
"So what?" Gray snapped, grabbing a pair of jeans to haphazardly sling on, only to get socked in the face by his best friend, "Hey!"
"I told you I'd knock the perverted-ness outta you!" He smirked, "Anyway, our high school is so tolerant and accepting, that the outcasts are the in-crowd."
"Just tell me your stupid-ass plan." Gray groaned, buttoning up a light-blue shirt.
"I've found a way in, trust me! They'll never see it comin'!"
~o~o~
Natsu had a pair of blacked-out blind glasses over his eyes, one hand out-stretched and feeling around, the other hooked onto Gray. A very irritated Gray, who was trying really, really hard not to scream abuse at his friend and shove him in the dirt. Really hard.
"See? Look! They're all wondering what happened to me!" Natsu smirked, grinning his thousand-watt dazzler.
"Me too." Gray sneered, "How in the hell are we gonna explain how you went blind last night, Ash-face!?"
"Simple, brain tumour pressing on my optic nerve!" Gray looked at him incredulously, did he even know what that meant!? "Which I'll have removed to make an awesome recovery!"
Gray sat down at a bench, pulling the pink-haired idiot down with him, "You really need to work on your evil schemes, Doofenshmirtz."
"I'm just trying to get us into Luigi whatever-her-name-is' party tomorrow night!"
"Why?" Gray scoffed, "We hate high school during the day, I doubt we'd like it better at night, after it's been drinking."
"Head's up!"
A football ball was suddenly thrown at them out of nowhere, and to save from getting smashed in the face, Natsu snatched it from the air and cringed, "Damn it!" He threw it back and took off the glasses, pouting like he did whenever he did something stupid.
"Ooh, maybe people will believe you're other senses are heightened!" Gray encouraged sarcastically.
"Gray, we're teetering on the edge of the social higher achy! If we fall off in high school then we'll never get back on! Then we'll grow into socially awkward weirdos who marry people half their age and make their own organic medicines and sell them at farmers markets!" He growled.
"Like your mom?" Natsu sneered a 'Yes' and crossed his arms over his chest.
"And anyway!" He started up again, "Epic high school parties are a critical right of passage... For normal people."
"Since when are you normal?" Gray scoffed, rolling his eyes, "And, besides, I heard kids these days are chugging hand sanitizer."
"Nope, cute girls are chugging hand sanitizer." He flashed Gray a wink, "Which means they're lowering their standards!"
"Seriously? Since when had you ever shown interest in the other gender?" The black-haired boy mocked, leaning back on the bench.
"Pfft! I've shown interest... Just not with you there..." Natsu rushed to carry on, "Cause you scare them away with your stripping weirdness!"
"What you wanna go, Flame-face!?"
"You're on-," He was cut off as another boy with bleach-white hair approached them, two guys and a girl following close behind.
"You two are going to have to move." He sniffed, looking down at them in disgust, "You're in my light."
"What, the sun is your light?" Gray demanded, "Sorry Kim Jong-Un, this ain't North Korea."
"Any other school in Fiore and you wouldn't dare speak to me like that!" He exploded, taking a breath to seethe out, "But no, my stupid mother had to sign up for Christian Mingle and fall for a toy soldier!"
"My dad is a General, Lyon!" Gray snarled at his soon-to-be-brother-in-law.
"Whatever." He grunted, "He's the reason I'm here at this Kum-by-ya, socialist, freak-show of a high school! But! The one perk is, I can work on my base tan at Lunch break!" He stripped his shirt off and threw it behind him, one of his friends caught it and clutched to it, "Sherry! Spread out the blanket!"
"Lyon, I'm not thrilled our parents are engaged, either, but don't piss me off." He smirked devilishly, "I have access to your toothbrush."
Lyon gasped, snarling with venom as he yelled, "How dare you threaten me in my own home!"
"It was my home first!" Gray snapped.
"You've got five seconds hop in your canoe, and paddle back to the Isle of Gay Lords, so I can get my vitamin D!" Lyon raged, hardly noticing the blonde, brunette and white-haired girls approaching.
"Is that a real place?" The blonde questioned with fake curiosity, "And if so can we come?" She gestured to the seemingly drunk brunette next to her.
"This is none of your business, Heartfilia." Lyon spat, lip curling in distain as the brunette wrapped her arms around the blonde.
"Bullying the gays, wow, someone reeks of the late nineties." Lucy snickered, electing a giggle from the white haired girl next to her.
"Nahhh," The brunette gurgled, "I think he's doin' some kinda performance art piece!"
"We applaud your commitment!" Lucy quipped.
"Oh brava!" Lisanna, the white-haired girl, tuned in.
"Fucking Magnolia!" Lyon screeched, "Any other place in Fiore and I would own you bitches!" He turned on his heel and sauntered off, cronies following close behind.
"Sorry, guys, for that hair-ball of hate." Lucy giggled, perching on the bench next to Natsu.
"Yeah, last week I stole his parking spot and he called me a communist." Lisanna laughed, as the guys smiled, "You can't take it personally. Hey, I'm Lisanna, by the way... And you are?"
"Ur... I... I-I-," Natsu shot up, face bright red and hand covering his mouth as he rushed off. Gray cringed slightly and looked sheepishly up at the girls who were staring blankly at him.
"I'm Gray... That was Natsu... He has really bad... motion sickness..."
"Well if he feels up to it," Lucy began, smiling warmly, "You two should totally come to my party tomorrow!"
"Um... Sure, thanks?" He glanced around nervously and stood, hardly noticing the raised eyebrows at the loss of his shirt, "Sometimes he passes out when he vomits... So I better go spot him..." He slung his bag over his shoulder and begrudgingly went to search for his puking friend.
Lucy watched with a glint in her eyes, arms wrapped around Cana's waist and watching Gray slink off, "You know how I've always wanted gay friends? Those two would be perfect."
~o~o~
Random teens and adults alike partied drunkenly, from downing shots with Cana to dancing saucily with Lucy and Lisanna. The party was alive and great music blasted through the sound system. Two boys, however, sat awkwardly on a couch in a living room. Natsu was eyeing everyone cautiously whilst Gray nervously stripped his shirt.
"I didn't think it'd be this intimidating..." Natsu mumbled, burying his face deeper into his scarf as a couple next to him heatedly made out. He inched closer to Gray, "Everyone's so much more... sluttier than they are at school."
"Seriously," Gray huffed, "This place must be dripping with HPV, I can't believe I let you drag me here!"
"We just need to relax..." Natsu scowled, looking around to see that most were clutching to cups of alcohol, "You know what we need? Alcohol."
"I am not getting drunk around these people." He snapped, "Jeez you must be denser than I thought."
"Screw you, I'll be right back." He stood and made his way to Cana, passing Lucy on his way.
"Everyone's wearing too many clothes!" Lucy slurred slightly, nodding in approval as Cana stripped off her top and threw it at the blonde, now wearing only a pair of short-shorts and a bikini top, "Better."
She made her way outside, checking that everyone was happy, when she spotted Gray. She squealed slightly and skipped over, "Hey! You made it!"
"Oh, um... Hey, great party... So much fun." He nodded, scratching the back of his head.
"Thanks!" Lucy grinned.
"Um... My friend's getting us beers, he'll be right back and he's much better at small talk." He glanced around the busty blonde, who gasped and smirked.
"Oh, your friend, right, wink wink, nudge nudge!" She flipped her hair over her shoulder and grinned, "Just tell me, who went under the covers first!?"
"Sorry, what?" Gray scowled, raising an eyebrow.
"I won't blab! Gay guide's honour!" She placed a hand over her heart, "I just really want us to be friends! I've been craving boy-love energy in my life!"
"Oh... Well I'm oddly flattered but, I'm not gay."
Lucy instantly placed herself down on the table opposite him, "I'm just gonna flip on this closet light," She made a tugging gesture and smiled, "For a sec, so we can talk, ok? You're gay." Gray's eyebrows shot up, "And it's ok. There's no shame."
"I promise I'm not ashamed of anything-,"
"I was you once! I was so terrified of rejection, that it took forever to come out! But when I did, everything got so much better, and I met Cana!"
"Thanks again for the party, but I need to not be here anymore." He stood and made his way back into the house, hell-bent on finding his friend and getting out of there.
~o~o~
"Oh... Hey!" Lisanna smiled warmly down at Natsu, he stood awkwardly by the couch, staring weirdly at the still making out couple, holding two beers, "What'cha doing?"
"I was getting beers for me and Gray... But he's not here anymore... Bastard..." Lisanna giggled and pulled him away from the couple.
"So, do you like the party?"
"I guess... It's just... Everyone's acting so weird." He dodged a thrown chair and swirled around, hot temper flaring, "Who threw that! You wanna go, bastard!?"
"Wow... Calm down..." She placed a hand on his arm, causing him to freeze up, "Anyway, are you ok? You kinda threw up earlier."
"Yeah... S-sorry about that... Sometimes that happens when I'm around girls..." He set the beers down and rubbed the back of his head.
"Really? I would've thought you'd be cool around girls." She smirked, "Being gay and all."
"Wait, what-,"
"Get up, Flame-breath, we're leaving!" Gray cut in, grabbing Natsu's hand and dragging him off.
"Someone likes 'em pushy!" Lisanna giggled to herself.
"Lisanna thinks I'm gay!" Natsu yelled over the music, tugging away from his best friend.
"Who cares? Lets just go home and play some video games." Gray muttered, ignoring the pink haired boys protests. Just as they were about to leave loud claps for attention caused the room to go quiet.
"May I have your attention!" Lucy yelled, standing up on the table Cana was at and had her hands on her hips, "Two friends of ours are scared tonight! They're hiding away in this tiny tiney closet, afraid to come out! Afraid that we'll reject them!"
A chorus of 'boo's surrounded Gray and Natsu as they glanced around wide-eyed, Lucy carried on, "But here at Fairy Tail high, we do things differently! We accept everyone! Can I get an 'Amen', Cana?"
"Suuurrree!" She slurred, "Aaaaamennn!"
"But how do we prove to them," She stepped down off the table and made her way towards the two boys, "That we're not they're typical high school?" She was directly in front of them, grinning, "That we accept them? That they're safe?" She turned, grabbing one of their hands in each of hers, "There's only one way I can think of!" She pulled them into the middle of the crowd and lifted their arms into the air, "Let's elect them, Homecoming Kings!"
A roar of approval shimmered through the crowd as the two boys blinked blankly, hardly even realising what was going on, "All hail the kings! All hail the kings! All hail the kings!"
"I told you we shouldn't have come! This is your fault, idiot!" Gray yelled over the noise of the chanting students.
~o~o~
"We'll just walk in and tell them we're not gay." Gray clarified, pacing in front of Natsu as they waited for the school bus. He ran a hand through his hair and paused, "Thank hell the voting age is 18, teenagers are idiots!"
"I dunno..." Natsu shrugged, giving Gray a hesitant look, "Maybe... we should try it out?"
"You're kidding, right?" Gray scoffed, glaring at the floor, "They think we're gay together! I don't even like looking at my own penis!"
"Come on! We were invited to the hottest party of the year, Gray! We were elected Homecoming kings!" He grinned, flashing his pointed incisors, "You have to admit, this is working for us."
"Small problem, Flame-for-Brains! We're not gay!"
"Everyone has a gay phase in collage! We're just moving ours up!" Natsu insisted.
"What about Lisanna? She thinks we're a couple!" Gray flung his arms out in frustration.
"So? Straight girls love gay guys! Just watch any sit com!" He brushed Gray's outburst off, "And last night, I swear she flirted with me!"
"Ok, when we get to school, I'm taking you straight to Porlyusica, I think you have head trauma, or worse." Gray muttered into his palm.
"Why is that so hard to believe?"
"Because Lisanna Strauss can have any guy in school!" The school bus was just arriving and Natsu stood, glaring darkly at his 'best friend'.
"Why would she want me? Thanks." He shove Gray out of the way and got on the bus, leaving the black hair boy to wince in the dirt.
"Shit..." He hissed.
~o~o~
The bus ground to a stop and Natsu stormed off as soon as the doors opened, he hardly even acknowledged Gray's half-assed apologies as he followed after the pink-haired boy, "Look, Natsu, for the millionth time, I'm sorry! Ok? It's just you're naïve and you'll get yourself hurt!"
"Shut up, Snow-cone, I don't want to hear your stupid grovelling!"
"Hey, um," A guy with blue hair and a red tattoo approached the arguing boys, interrupting them mid-argument to hand them each a cake, "I had my mom bake these for you guys, they're gluten free. Oh, and you guys've got my vote!"
"Well maybe I wanna get hurt! Maybe I wanna feel something other than boredom!" Natsu snarled, whipping around to shove Gray in the chest. Gray stumbled back, stabilising himself before letting out a growl and shoving Natsu back.
"Oh, well I'm sorry if being my friend is so boring to you, Squinty-eyes!" He roared back, shoving past him.
"Hey, um, are you two free this afternoon?" A girl with blue hair and an orange bandana skipped up behind them, "I'm doing a photo shoot for the school's Tumblr?"
"Don't do that! Do not make this about you, you Droopy-eyed bastard!" The pink-haired boy stormed, freezing to grab Gray by the collar and yank him threateningly.
Gray scoffed, butting heads with him as he snarled back, "Oh, 'cause God forbid it ain't about you for one second!"
"I kinda need to know now, because-," Gray shoved Natsu off to scowl at the petite girl.
"What the hell are you talking about!?" Levy, the girl, raised her hands in mock surrender.
"Photo shoot this afternoon..." She trailed off, "You guys are all this school can talk about." She gestured to the hundreds of posters plastered all over the school, Natsu and Gray's faces were printed on the front, crowns photo shopped onto their heads and the words, 'Vote Gratsu!' were written over the top. They looked around, still pumped full of adrenalin from their half fight. Gray stepped back slightly and shook his head.
"Look we're not-,"
"Going to deny our fans! Are we? Sugar-bear..." Natsu cut Gray off and leant forwards, grabbing his hand and lacing their fingers together.
"What the hell are you doing?" Gray hissed, eyes narrowed and snarl fierce on his lips.
"He hates it when I call him that!" Natsu assured, turning to Levy, "We'll be there! I'll see you at lunch, Gray! Made your favourite! Tuna salad!" He pulled on Gray's arm, yanking him forwards slightly to peck him on the cheek, before pulling back and giving him a look. He then rushed off to class, leaving the poor, confused guy with nothing to do but drop his shirt to the floor in shock.
"What the fuck?" He mutter once Levy was gone.
~o~o~
"They're here! They're queer! They need your votes!" Lucy sang as she, Cana, Levy and Lisanna were passing out flyers and pinning posters up on the walls. With an exhausted sigh she gave up pinning them and just threw them in the air, making her way to the other girls, "Good work, minions!" She joked.
"Hey, anyone else think the pink-haired one is kinda hot?" Lisanna questioned, eyes running over the poster.
"Urgh, typical straight girl!" Cana chided drunkenly, "Even tryin'a turn a gay guy straight!"
A roar of rage echoed down the halls as Lyon suddenly appeared, his girlfriend, Meredy in toe, "Hey, guys, look at Lyon!" The blonde snorted as the white-haired boy ripped posters off of the walls, "Don't stare it's rude." She sniggered.
~o~o~
Natsu grinned as he placed his hand on Bisca's swollen stomach, "Wow that's awesome!"
"Thank you, sweetheart!" She drawled, smiling tenderly at the pink-haired boy.
"What the hell are you doing!?" Gray demanded, standing in front of the two as they sat on the steps.
"Talk to you later, Natsu." She smiled, heaving her and her enlarged belly up, "You guys make a very cute couple!"
"Thanks! And congrats on the twins!" Natsu grinned after her, after a moment his face pulled into a scowl as he glared at Gray, "I'm seizing an opportunity! Last week a total of about five people in this school knew our names, and one of them was Mira the principal, and she knows practically everything about everyone! And today, everyone loves us! You have to admit, it's kinda awesome."
Gray sighed, sitting down next to him, "I have been getting a lot of free baked goods..." He confessed.
"Let's just go with it, see what happens." Natsu coaxed, ginning as he stood, "Levy talked to me earlier, ya know the Tumblr girl? She want's me to bond with the jocks and do some working out, kay?"
"Great, I guess that makes me the girly one." He growled, eyes narrowing as Natsu laughed.
"Great we're agreed! Now, I gotta go before I'm too late!"
"Just so ya know, I'm not the bottom, alright?" Natsu's cheeks flared slightly at the bold statement, but he just tuck his tongue out at Gray, ignoring the comment.
~o~o~
Natsu jogged out of the gym, stretching and placing his hands behind his back. He glanced up at a clock and noted that it was almost time for his and Gray's photo shoot. He smiled as people walked past him, grinning at every 'Hey' and 'You got my vote!'.
"Nice work out." He turned his head to see Lisanna smiling up at him, "I hope you don't mind, but I was watching you guys..."
"Erm... thanks I guess?" She giggled, motioning for him to follow as they came to a quieter place in the court yard, "So, what's up?"
"Not much..." She sighed, sketch book clutched to her chest, "Just on my way to art."
"Can I see?" He held out a hand beaming as she reluctantly handed him her book. He flicked through the pages, "Wow, this is amazing, you wanna be an artist, right?"
"Yeah... How did you...?" She trailed off, capturing him in her gaze.
"Your art says a lot..." Lisanna leant forwards, swiping a stray strand of Natsu's pink hair from his forehead.
~o~o~
"Where is he?" Levy questioned as she and Gray made their way around the school in an attempt to find Gray's boyfriend.
"Urgh, that Flame-Brain would be late to his own funeral! Drives me crazy, but, I love him." He smiled slightly, "Hey, I'll look down here, you go that way."
"Sure." She nodded as they split up. Gray rounded the corner, only to come face-to-face with his boyfriend. Well, his boyfriend and Lisanna making out. His face fell, a stabbing pain began to jolt in his chest, and for some reason he felt on the verge of tears.
~o~o~
The bell's ear-splitting roar prompted that it was the end of the day. Boys were quickly emptying the locker room, seemingly leaving the two 'boyfriends' alone to get dressed after showering.
"Her lip were so soft!" Natsu marvelled, towel-drying his hair as he, for the fifth time, told Gray about his and Lisanna's kiss, "And her eyes! If was like they were peering into my soul!"
"You said the same thing about Kiera Knightly." Gray growled, already dressed (well half dressed, but dressed in his standards) and shoving his things into his bag, "Just shut up already, gym class was torture enough."
"Okay, I don't know what crawled up your ass today, Popsicle-face, but I hope it crawls back out by our speech at Homecoming assembly, tomorrow." Natsu snorted, pulling his shirt up over his head.
"I'm not going to that." Gray snapped, causing Natsu to glare in confusion.
"What?"
"I'm done pretending to be gay, and I'm not gonna do it anymore." He wasn't even looking at Natsu anymore, he was just glaring at the floor, contemplating whether or not he should punch a locker in.
"What? But being gay is the best thing that's ever happened to us!" Natsu argued, pulling up his pants.
"No!" He shouted, standing abruptly to glower at his fake boyfriend, "It's the best thing that ever happened to you. You got your popularity and your photo shoot and you fucking kiss with Lisanna! I never wanted any of this!"
"Then why did you go along with it, moron?" Natsu grunted, "I never forced you to do this!"
"Because you're... We're best friends! And wanted you to be happy!" Gray laughed bitterly as Natsu scowled;
"Well it worked! I'm happy!" But he was cut off before he could utter another word.
"But I'm not!" Silence cloaked them as Gray sighed, he leant back against the lockers and gave Natsu an almost pleading look, "Can't we just forget the past few days ever happened and go back to punching each other in the face every five seconds?"
"Well what if I don't wanna go back?" Natsu dared, swallowing his nerves and watching in shock as Gray swung his bag over his shoulder. He shot Natsu one last frosty glare before making his way out of the locker room.
"Then good luck finding a new boyfriend."
Lyon smirked, neither boys had noticed that he'd been on the other side of the lockers the entire time. He, like Gray, took hold of his back and sauntered out, this was going to be good.
~o~o~
Natsu glared at his lunch, left over chilly from last night, and began stabbing at it repeatedly, he sat alone on the steps, hardly noticing Lisanna as she approached him. He hadn't spoken to Gray since he 'broke up' with him yesterday in the locker room. He hadn't answered his phone this morning, he was gone before Natsu got to his window and he hadn't taken the bus. The black-haired bastard had even blanked him in lessons!
He set the fork down and sighed, "Hey," Lisanna smiled, yanking Natsu from his thoughts, "Can I join you?"
"Um... Sure." He gave a sad smile and set his lunch down.
"Oh, where's your boyfriend?" The girl questioned, glancing around.
"We... Um... We broke up." Natsu glared at the floor, he didn't understand why he was so upset about it! They'd had fights bigger than this before! But then again, they were generally physical fights...
"What, no!" Lisanna gasped, "I'm so sorry. Wait, it's not because of the kiss yesterday, is it?"
"Huh? Oh! Oh, no... no..."
"You wanna talk about it?" She pressed, sensing there was more to this story.
"No." He scoffed, electing a raised eyebrow from the girl.
"Ok, then," She dug into her bag and fished out her sandwiches, "So there's this art exhibition that I wanted to go to, and I thought it'd be cool if-,"
Natsu had no idea why, but at that moment he just blurted it all out, "We're just different people!" He ranted, "We always have been, and if I'm being honest I think we were holding onto a relationship that we've both outgrown!" Lisanna smiled, taking a bite of her peanut butter and jelly sandwich, "Did you know, I haven't had peanut butter in a decade because that droopy-eyed bastard has an allergy!?"
Lisanna giggled, "That sounds horrible, here, take a bite of freedom." She handed Natsu the other half, he bit into it and hummed.
"I mean... It wasn't all bad, sure it started off with us randomly getting into fights every few seconds but... He's the only guy I can watch Game of Thrones marathons with because he only talks at commercials. And every year for my birthday, he does these little scavenger hunts!" Lisanna smiled warmly, "And a few years back when my dad left, he was the only person who could make me laugh..."
He scowled slightly, swallowing the sandwich in one and standing up, "Sorry, I have to go..." He muttered, grabbing his bag and rushing off down the steps. Lisanna grinned to herself, eating the rest of her sandwich.
"Another couple back together! Well done 'Anna!" She cheered to herself.
~o~o~
Natsu barrelled through the door to the roof, glancing around the empty space before spotting Gray. He grinned and bounded over, he was sat on the edge of the building feet over the side and watching over everyone, "Don't jump..." Natsu joked.
"Don't flatter yourself, Squinty-eyes." He muttered bitterly, "How did you find me?"
"Well, I knew you'd find the least populated place in the school, cause, unlike a normal human being you hate interacting with other people." Gray shot him a glare as he sat down next to him, "Look, I'm here to apologise ok? You were right... I dragged you into my stupid plan against your will..."
Gray didn't say anything for a moment, before glancing up at the pink-haired boy with his eyebrows raised, "Don't stop when it's getting good."
"I really, really hate to admit this, Ice Princess, but I'm not as strong as you." Gray smirked, "Shut up, I'm not talking about physically! I'm talking about... I care way to much about what those people down there think. I shouldn't and its stupid and I act like I don't... But I do, ok?" He ran a hand through his hair, "In this weirdo school ya have to stand out to fit in... And I'm just so fucking ordinary."
"Are you kidding me? Just shut up."
"Please," Natsu snorted, "Being gay finally made me interesting... But if being popular means I loose you... Then... It's not worth it. I enjoy beating you up too much."
"We both know that I could knock you out cold in less then five seconds." Gray rolled his eyes, turning around fully to give Natsu a half-smile, "And if you need to stand out then... I'm gonna help make that happen. But not cause we're friends or anything..."
"Are you saying what I think you're saying?"
"Let's be boyfriends." Gray caved, electing a 'Hell yeah!' from his best friend and a massive bear hug.
~o~o~
Lyon and Meredy stood on the stage in front of the entire school, one mic between the two as Meredy began to talk, "I believe in tradition. What is society but a patch-work of traditions that have been handed down by those before us?"
"Yeah like slavery!" Lucy screeched, a rowdy circle of laughs echoed the room.
"No." Lyon hissed through gritted teeth, "Not like slavery. Like a man, opening a door for a lady. Like not talking with your mouth full. Like being able to hand out roses to beautiful women who pass the flower cart without being fired by your boss." The mic squeaked, "So, remember, a vote for me." Meredy coughed, "I mean us, is a vote for tradition."
There was a bout of silence and awkward clapping as Mira stepped forwards, taking the mic from Lyon, "Thank you Lyon for that very stirring speech. And now we'll hear from Fairy Tail's very first, same gender candidates for homecoming royalty; Natsu Dragneel, and Gray Fullbuster!"
A chorus of 'woop's and excited claps rippled through the bleachers. Lucy was clapping extremely hard, and as soon as the two entered the room, holding hands, the blonde stood and the noise loudened. Natsu grinned, whilst Gray smiled awkwardly, lifting their interlaced hands into the air, "What an entrance! I'm such a proud momma!" Lucy squealed.
"Looks like you won't be getting your gay guy." Levy joked, leaning over to Lisanna.
"Yeah, looks like I won't." Lisanna smiled, "They really are an adorable couple."
Lyon abruptly shoved Mirajane out of the way, grabbing the mic and yelling, "Can I just say something!? I know that you think you're all being open-minded by electing these two Homecoming Kings, but! I think you all should know, they're not really gay!" Mira attempted to interject, tussling with Lyon for the mic, "No! They're just pretending to be so that all of you will like them!" Their eyes widened and the two glanced around fearfully, "I heard them talking about it in the locker room yesterday! They're mocking the gay-rights movement!"
"Stop! Give me the mic!" Mira hissed as Lyon stepped back, "Natsu, Gray, is this true?"
Lyon gave a smug sneer as they glanced around the crowd. Gray caught Lucy's heartbroken face and Lisanna's distressed gaze as Natsu began to speak, "Look, we can explain-,"
"If we're faking it!" Gray interrupted, he had no idea what the hell he was doing but... It felt right, "Would I do this?" He turned to his best friend, taking him by the waist and jolting them closer so their noses were touching.
He took a deep breath and quickly pressed their lips together. Natsu's eyes widened for a second before drifting shut, he wrapped ins arms around his shirtless, fake-boyfriend's neck, heart pounding in his chest as he began to kiss back. Gray's instincts took over, he leant forwards, pushing Natsu back slightly as they twisted around in their lip-lock. The crowd boomed an applause, "Gratsu! Gratsu! Gratsu!" Lucy began to chant as the Homecoming confetti tumbled from the celling.
"What's with the confetti, Mira?" Lyon growled, glaring at the school's sweethearts.
"It dropped early." Mira smirked back, everyone in the room stood, screaming out Natsu and Gray's names as they kissed.
Gray's blood thundered through his veins, his cheeks darkening as he pulled Natsu closer. He ignored the nagging voice that screamed 'What the fuck are you doing!?' in the back of his head and focused on Natsu. They pulled back, everything around them slowing as they stared at one another.
"Woah..." Natsu breathed, grinning his million watt smile.
"I know..." Gray agreed, smiling back. Did that mean Natsu felt what he just felt? What had he just felt? He panted slightly, taking a step back.
"Way to sell it!" Natsu whispered, winking, before turning to the crowd to grin and wave. Gray's face fell and a look of horror swiped the smile from his lips.
He had just kissed his best friend. He had just kissed Natsu. And liked it. No, more than liked it. He wanted to kiss him again, over and over until the pink-haired idiot was left completely breathless. He wanted to kiss him until Natsu could no longer think a coherent thought, until he was weak at the knees, until he forgot his own name.
He faked a half smile as he remembered where he was, in front of the entire school. His eyes widened.
I just kissed Natsu Dragneel.
Next time on Faking it: Fairy Style -
Homecoming Out.
A/N: So, this is one of my first Gratsu fics, I hope you guys liked it! I know it's a little OCC, I need to work on my gratsu portrayals, but, I think it's good.
But it's not about me! Did you guys like it? Love it? Hate it? Want more? Just drop a review in the little box below and I'll be sure to give you guys another chapter! ;)