Hello and welcome to 'Sleepy's Emo Corner'. This is not going to be a happy story but I'll make up for it with lots of smut (as this is written for my NaNoWriMo 50,000 Smuts challenge). This is more a prologue than an actual chapter and, I don't think I really specified but, in this chapter everyone is how ever old they are in the flashbacks. This is also set in Season 1 cannon. Hope you enjoy :D

"Ow! Erza that hurts!" Natsu whined wincing as she rubbed the antiseptic soaked cotton pad over the wound under his eye again. She glared up at him from underneath her brilliant red fringe, eyes blazing.

"If you stopped squirming all the damn time it wouldn't hurt as much!" she snapped. Natsu pouted and turned his face away. Mira, who had been watching from the next table over with Lisanna and Elfman, laughed harshly.

"It's because your first aid skills are rubbish Scarlet." she stated. Erza glared at her as she jumped down from the table top and sauntered over. "I could do a much better job with my eyes closed."

"Beat it Strauss or I will make you." Erza growled dropping the cotton pad and squaring up to Mira, anger radiating off her. Mira scoffed.

"Save it Scarlet you don't stand a chance against me." she stated.

"You want a bet?" Erza growled. "Or are you too scared to show you're all talk and skanky clothes."

"What did you say to me?" Mira growled. Waves of anger could be felt coming off the both of them as they glared at each other. The air became thick with tension and the promise of a fight, making many other members of the guild look round. Erza reached out a hand to summon her sword when another, larger one grabbed her wrist. She looked round in surprise to see Macao standing behind her restraining her.

"Now," he said sternly looking at both of them. "is this any way for young ladies to behave?"

"She started it!" Erza cried petulantly.

"What's it got to do with you anyway, old man?" Mira growled folding her arms over her chest and turning away, angry that their fight had been interrupted.

"Well nothing," Macao replied. "but don't you think rather than fighting each other you should be helping Natsu out?" The 'and not destroying the guild hall again' was hugely implied. Both girls glared at each other before looking over at Natsu, who was still looking rather pitiful covered in grazes.

"Fine." Erza growled turning away from Mira and back to Natsu. Mira went back to where she had been sitting on the table top. She smirked, folding her arms over her chest again as Erza picked up a new cotton pad and poured some antiseptic onto it. She laughed harshly again as Natsu supressed another wince.

"You want to let me have a go at patching you up, Natsu." she stated. "I'd be better than Ham Hands over there."

"No thanks you're crazier than she is!" Natsu shot back. "Ow!" he cried again as Erza stuck the antiseptic covered cotton over one of his wounds a little harder than before.

"Will you stop squirming!" Erza shouted angrily and Natsu immediately stopped wriggling in his seat and sat stock still. Grumbling to herself Erza pulled a plaster out of the first aid box on the floor and began opening it. "Didn't I tell you?" she snapped as she stuck it over the graze under Natsu's eye. "Didn't I tell you that if you walked on the edge of the curb you'd fall off and get yourself hurt?"

"I didn't fall!" Natsu snapped angrily. "Gray pushed me!"

"Is this true Gray?" Erza asked tuning in my direction. Throughout this whole exchange I had been watching, leaning on the wall a few feet away, arms folded. I looked round when she said my name and scoffed.

"No, Flame Brain just wants to blame someone so he doesn't come off as a total idiot for face-planting the curb." I was lying I had pushed him. No way I was going to admit that though. Erza turned back to Natsu.

"Honestly Natsu you can't blame Gray for this." she scolded. "I told you not to walk on the edge of the curb; you didn't listen and now you're going to have to deal with it."

"But Erza…" Natsu whined as she finished putting a plaster on another of his grazes.

"No Natsu, I don't want to hear it!" she snapped. "You shouldn't have disobeyed me in the first place. Now apologise to Gray for trying to get him in trouble." Natsu glared in my direction before catching a glance at the death glare Erza was giving him and he relented.

"Sorry for trying to get you in trouble Gray." he snarled through gritted teeth. I gave him a look of utter disdain and disinterest.

"Whatever." I replied pushing myself off the wall and leaving the hall. Once I was out in one of the empty corridors I allowed myself to smirk. I know I shouldn't have gotten Natsu into trouble like that, or pushed him in the first place, but he had been pissing me off more than usual lately and I couldn't deal with the reason why so acting out was my best way of coping.

"Hey!" His angry voice rang out down that corridor. I turned to face him, still looking perpetually bored with my hands in my pockets. He was glaring at me with the fire in his eyes that he always has when he wants to fight.

"What do you want?" I asked flatly as he stormed down the corridor towards me. Once he reached me he jabbed me angrily in the shoulder.

"You're a jerk!" he shouted. "You did push me, you know you did, and then you went and denied it! Why?" I shrugged.

"It was fun."

"You're such a jerk!" he shouted again and I could see tears forming in the corner of his eyes. He blinked furiously obviously not wanting me to see. "I don't get why you're like this with me!" I could have just come out and said it. I could have just told him the real reason why I had been giving him such a hard time recently. I could have but I didn't. Instead I grabbed him by that stupid scarf he's always wearing and pulled him into a harsh kiss.

I pulled away almost instantly and when I opened my eyes he was staring at me, his own huge with surprise. I let go of his scarf and took a step back but he continued to stare at me as if I was some kind of demon. Slowly he lifted his hand to his lips, his fingers gently brushing against the plump flesh, still unable to take his eyes off mine. I couldn't stand the way he was looking at me and not reacting so I took a step towards him.

As soon as I move he seemed to spring back to life. He jumped violently before turning and running down the corridor, clearly desperate to put as much distance between us as humanly possible. I sighed as he disappeared. I knew he would have reacted that way but there was nothing I could have done about it. (Ok I could have thought that through a little more but there we go). The thing is that the harsh truth of the matter is that I'm in love with Natsu Dragneel and I had no idea how to deal with it.

Author's Disclaimer: I also recently found out (because I don't care enough about the series) that this is also the name of the Game of Thrones series... ooops, oh well