I own nothing But the plot. Sucks.

Story Title: Bouquet of genuine Love

Rate: T

Pairings: NatsuXGray

Warnings: Shounen AI, Yaoi

Beta Reader: gothpandaotaku, And after the long search for a capable Beta Reader, I finally found the suitable person. I absolutely appreciate your work and effort with me.

Author Note

A new story. Crossed my mind when I was in the taxi going to my university, believe it or not, then it started nagging and nagging. To tell you the truth, I wasn't going to publish this, but something made me change my mind... dunno. Well, if you are not a fan of Yaoi or Shounen Ai, then you can still read at some point and then you can do whatever you want.

Well, I got nothing to say except, I hope this will be a good read.


O.o.O Bouquet of genuine Love O.o.O

Chapter 1:

The start. Hidden feelings.


"Fairy Tail! I beg you! I'm in need of your help, and I've heard a great deal about your accomplishments in Magnolia. I'd be grateful to you forever! Just please accept my request!"

That was totally what Natsu Dragneel did NOT expect to hear when he first entered the guild in the sunny morning.

He saw his friends watching some kind of a man asking Makarov to do a favor for him, and Natsu didn't identify the issue exactly.

"I promise you'll not be alone in this! The most elite members of Blue Pegasus and an individual from Crime Sorcière will be helping you out. Please! I could think of no one else but all of you to fulfill this job."

Okay. Natsu did NOT know what this was all about, but from the sound of it, he was all fired up. Makarov was seriously thinking about it with a serious face that Natsu found exciting and he hurried to stand next to Lucy who smiled at him.

After the constant pleading of said 'Client', Makarov had accepted the job and the man was gone happily, satisfied knowing that Fairy Tail would be able to complete the job exactly the way he wanted it to be.

Makarov on the other hand, was confused. He had to choose from the members he has to the given mission and after discussing the matter with an excited Mirajane, he came up with the names while the crowd waited for him to announce them.

"Natsu, Laxus, Loke, Elfman, Gray, Gajeel and Erza."

Natsu's eyes widened. It must be a hell of a mission so that Makarov would dedicate three Dragon slayers and Erza for it. If possible, Natsu's grin widened because of the twisted rush of excitement that ran through all of his body at the mere thought of that assignment. It was exactly what he needed-Oh wait!

Did that old man say 'Gray'?

"You'll all be participating in tomorrow's assignment."

"Jii-chan! What exactly are we doing tomorrow?" Natsu asked grabbing the attention of the whole guild that looked at him with blank faces. Obviously they thought that Natsu was very late.

Makarov coughed, then tried to explain, "Gilbert-San was a former prisoner because of robbery, however, the man now wants to start honest work and so he is the owner of the new 'Grand Flowers Center' which was built recently. He is doing a small festival as an advertisement for his new shop and he needs help with the working staff."

Natsu scratched his chin. "So…. This mission doesn't involve fighting?"

"No."

"Doesn't involve catching bad guys?"

"No."

"And doesn't involve destroying big villages?"

"NO."

"Alright, count me out. Happy, let's go fishing."

"Aye Sir!"

"NOT so fast, Natsu!"

The boy was caught from his scarf by Lucy and Erza who sweat dropped.

"I decided that you're going to participate and that's final!"

Natsu groaned and whined trying to get rid of Erza's and Lucy's hold on his scarf. "But Jii-chaaaaan! That's NO FUN AT ALL! What are we supposed to do? Sniff flowers all day long?"

"No, you are supposed to sell them to people just for one day. And don't screw this up!"

After a long argument with Makarov, implying that Natsu Dragneel wasn't the right man to deal with delicate stuff, Makarov dismissed Natsu's complaints ordering the tango pink-haired boy to participate or else, Makarov will have to use power to settle it.

Natsu Dragneel had to surrender after Erza gave him the death glare and after the argument was over, the boy sat with Lucy who talked to Mirajane. Lucy wanted to know how they came up with the names.

"Oh that's easy! Tell me Lucy, who loves flowers the most? Men or women?" Mirajane enthusiastically asked.

"Ummm…." Lucy struggled to find the right answer then she guessed, "Well, that's hard to figure out. But I'd definitely go with women."

"Excellent! Assuming that most of the targeted market is females, if you were to go to a flower shop and find a man selling flowers for you, how'd you feel about it?"

Lucy though about it for a minute then clapped her hands suddenly making Natsu's eyes flinch for a minute. "Wow…. Now I get it! Mira, I never thought you'd actually be able to come up with that idea in five minutes!"

"It's so romantic isn't it? Just standing there in front of a charming man arranging and giving you a bouquet of flowers~ wouldn't it be nice?"

"Yes, I understand! Mira, you're a genius!"

"I just gained some experience from working in our guild, that's all!"

Let them say what they want. If they repeated that thousands of times, Natsu Dragneel won't understand any of it.

At the end of the day, Natsu took Happy with him to go fishing which gave him a little bit of time to think this over. Especially in the matter of working with Gray.

Weeks ago, Natsu began seeing his supposedly best friend in ways that he didn't know they exist in this world. This was the asshole he was thinking about it, why did he feel some weird fairies dancing in his stomach? Natsu Dragneel thought it sucked. That's why he decided to distance himself from working with Gray as long as he could. He took several missions and completed them solo in order to busy himself with something and at the same time forget about the so called Gray Fullbuster.

"Natsuuu! I caught one! I caught one!" Happy joyfully said as he pulled his fishing net which had two struggling-to-live fish while Happy giggled proud of his work.

Natsu smiled and patted the cat between his ears. "Good job! But I will not lose!"

"It's a challenge then!"

"Yep!" Oh, well. Natsu had other things to worry about for the time being. He will see if he can manage to escape during work tomorrow.


Fiore was too busy as usual in the morning. Streets were crowded with people buying and selling, several festivals were held every day because of something new, and the visitors of the nation seemed to be enjoying themselves being lost in all the events. In a very distinguished corner, A Flower shop was having a festival full of dandelions and red petals stealing all the female population's attention, not only because of the beauty of the different flowers, but also because of the exotic beautiful sight of elegant men standing with bright smiles-

-Well, maybe not all of them. Gray had his trademark which was identified as 'Hot' by Juvia and other females who saw Gray's pissed of attitude as irresistible. Gray Fullbuster didn't care about all that shit, he wanted just to go on a real mission instead of acting as a man bitch to sell pathetic things such as…. Flowers?

He was dressed semi-causal for the occasion. Simple black pants and a white shirt that had its sleeves rolled up to Gray's elbow. His necklace was visible from the unbuttoned three top buttons and a lot of girls were thankful that they got to see a glimpse of his well-built chest and muscles while fantasizing about several inappropriate actions that could be done with a very sexy healthy man.

Standing about two meters next to him was Laxus who looked neutral. Not happy nor sad. Just a face that could express 'What the hell am I doing here?', but of course he sold flowers while replying with a simple 'Here' or 'Thanks' or 'There' in a very cold tone, not giving a room for small talk with any one of his fans. Laxus was after all, just another 'God' in the huge outdoor stand. His blond hair and deep eyes stood out along with his calm demeanor and lack of social connectivity. The guy could care less about the shitty (In his opinion) event. He didn't even notice that he was being watched by the rest of the Raijinshuu due to boredom. He was their precious Laxus, and being glued to those girls made them a little bit worried.

In about another two meters away from Laxus, Jellal Fernandes stood with a simple smile that made several girls swoon. Jellal was thinking of ways to meet Erza again for a friendly talk and just so happened to know about the event held in Fiore. Gilbert-San, the owner of the shop assured him that he had the connections to keep the council off his back for about a week, and they reached an agreement.

Jellal's outfit was similar to Gray's except for the shirt's color. People looked at him and instantly he became an idol. Guys included. Jellal's personality was just that strong and influential. After all, he was part of the council one day because of the nature of his attractive personality. So…. Selling flowers? Easy like a piece of cake.

On the other side, the three distinctive members of Blue Pegasus guild stood in their usual charismatic poses surrounded by comical sun rays that made them look handsome and stupid at the same time in Gray's eyes. Regardless of what Gray thought, everyone else loved them already.

The middle was conquered by Loke, Gajeel, Natsu and Erza.

Gray's eyebrow twitched. "By the way….. Why Erza? And what is this ridiculous outfit that she's wearing?"

Laxus acknowledged Gray's question (Thank god he was still in this world) and shrugged. "Maa…. Jii-chan thought that she could be useful. Apparently she acted in a theatre with you guys before as a man if what I heard is correct. You got to admit, she has an impressive charisma."

"But…. That's ridiculous! She's a girl for god sake! Why does she always dress up like a man?"

"Dunno, maybe in her second life she'd be a man. Like it's not bad enough now." Laxus mumbled chuckling, making Gray snicker. Erza sneezed while she was handing some dreamy girl the flowers. The poor girl didn't know that she didn't need Erza as a bed material. If only she could identify her gender which was proven to be difficult because of Erza's very spectacular changing techniques . Yes, Erza made a very promising and devastatingly charming man, but the rest of her team didn't appreciate that including Lucy who watched the whole thing with her jaw on the floor.

Seriously Mirajane? Lucy would have to admit that the bartender was taking it too far. Even though it was a very small event, Mirajane took it very seriously, planning each and every detail, and even mentioned that a very important member of Fairy Tail will be joining them soon.

Like it wasn't enough with the current outstanding staff.

Everyone standing and serving in that stand was admired from afar because they gave off an aura of intimidation yet at the same time closeness. Something that Lucy can't explain. However, Natsu was excluded from the previous description.

Even though Natsu hated the idea at the beginning, calling it boring and stuff, he found himself enjoying the busy morning displaying his breathtaking grins and smiles. Natsu was dressed in dark blue jeans and long sleeve white shirt while his scarf was tied loosely around his waist allowing a good portion of his tan neck to be visible. He treated customers with a very welcoming aura that made them think that they were Natsu's long lost buddies while the girls just fell in love with his pink hair and utter cuteness. They went even as far as ruffling his hair as an appreciation gesture.

Gray watched that last ruffle of the hair and whispered to laxus, "My radar detects another dumbass about six yards clockwise."

Laxus actually offered his customer a small barely seen smile, if you can call the agonized twist of the lips as a smile, and turned slightly to see what Gray was talking about.

"So It wasn't just me, huh?" The blonde asked.

"Nope. He's having the time of his life."

Laxus sighed. "As long as he's not asking me for another challenge, I'm fine with it. You should enjoy that too while it lasts."

"Who said I'm not enjoying it Ah-yes ma'am, I'm currently purifying my ears from his loud obnoxious voice." Gray said while trying hardly to smile to the lady who looked in her forties and who in fact, was creeping Gray out with her heart shaped eyes.

"Hmmm. Why am I feeling that you're pissed off then?"

"WHA-I'm not pissed off!"

"It's either you're aggravated for some unknown reason or you have something against anyone ruffling the Dumbass's hair."

"For someone who looks so bored, you sure are observant! No, I don't have anything against anyone. His grin just tortures my entire being."

Laxus grunted and was already working on the next request. "Yeah I used to be like you. But then I came to realize, that it was probably the wisdom of God to place a dumbass between us. Like we don't have enough of them in our guild."

"Man, you're twisted, you know that?" Gray smiled to the lady thanking god that she is finally getting off his back.

"Oh keep looking at Natsu like that and I might think you're far more twisted than I am."

"Shut up! Geez, I'm not looking at him with any look, why are-Hello, how can I serve you?"

Laxus snickered seeing Gray's cheeks drowned in dark vermillion. And was even more delighted because he got to shut up and leave him alone to focus on the request in his hands.

"Yes. PLEASE come again!" Natsu grinned and handed the thirty years old man a bouquet of elegantly organized flowers (Made by Ezra since Natsu couldn't get the hang of it, or better yet, he WON'T get the hang of it). The man smiled and decided to ruffle his hair like the others.

"You're a good kid Natsu. See you."

Gray's eyes widened a bit and accidentally poured water on the counter instead of in the vase causing a bit of disturbance to the customer who happened to be a young lady. He apologized, and when Gray apologizes, not a single girl would refuse to forgive him, if not fall in love with him. So it was all good.

Nevertheless, Gray asked Laxus to cover for him because he had something to do. Laxus groaned, and asked Gray to be fast. It was enough dealing with his own customers and he didn't need for the amount to double. The sun was getting hot, and everything seemed to be triggering annoyance for the blond dragon slayer.

Gray marched forward and grabbed Natsu's wrist angrily guiding him to the back of the stand. The pink-haired yelled and tried to take back his hand not understanding what's wrong with the ice-freak all of the sudden. "HEY! YOU! DO YOU WANT TO DIE?!" Gray ignored his 'lame' threat and failed to see Natsu's burning red face. The ice user was ignorant to the fact that Natsu was feeling big trouble when his heart made loud sounds because of Gray's simple hold on his wrist.

Gray finally stopped dragging the other when he realized what he has just done. He turned to see Natsu glaring at him like he was the devil.

"What the HELL do you want?!" Natsu yelled snatching his hand back and avoiding looking at Gray in the eye.

Gray crossed his arms on his chest and thought for a second. Shit… what the hell did he want from Natsu?!

He didn't understand. He suddenly felt irritated because…. Why again?! He didn't know. Something just snapped when he saw that man laying his hands on the other's hedgehog head. And earlier the girls. And this has got to stop before he goes completely nuts.

"OI! Where are you going? Enchanted land?!"

"Shut up, I can hear you alright." Gray replied coldly.

"THEN?! What do you want?!"

"Ah…." Fuck. What was he supposed to say? Gray slapped his forehead softly and answered, "You know what? Just….. Forget it. It's nothing." He began to return to the shop, but Natsu stopped him with his loud voice.

"You ARE kidding, right? You dragged me all the way to say it's NOTHING?"

"YES. God, you are so annoying."

"Hey! If you got something that you want to say, then say it!"

"I told you I've nothing to say to you. Now let's get back to work before Erza gets our heads first."

Natsu raised an eyebrow while burning Gray with his stare while the black-haired stood unaffected by such childish act.

"Boys, boys, why aren't you playing nice?"

Both heads looked to the source of the sound and found the mighty Gildarts standing before them in white pants and black sleeve shirt.

"You!" "YOU!"

"Heya."

Those clothes….. Could it be…

"Are you the 'surprise' extra worker?" Gray retorted.

Gildarts simply shrugged Gray's offensive tone with a wide Grin and opened his arms wide because Natsu was jumping on him.

"GILDARTS! I didn't see you in a long time! Where were you?!"

The man sweat dropped offering a nervous smile and wrapped his arms around Natsu returning the fierce hug. He was INJURED there, why kids always had to be so insensitive?

"N-Natsu… do you mind… I'm dying here…" He said trying not to sweat too much.

"Ok! Wait… what's wrong?" Natsu sniffed and got greeted by the smell of metallic blood. "Are you alright?! That smells so serious!"

"Ha?" Gray asked confused.

"He's severely injured. What happened?!" Natsu demanded an answer.

Gildarts smiled and smacked Natsu on the head lightly, "It's nothing that I can't handle, brat. Just something to remind me of my awesome fight with mountain gorillas. I couldn't take my eyes off the beautiful lady hostage, and got distracted a bit."

Gray sighed. Same old pervert.

"Anyway, let's get to work, brats!"

Gray grunted, "Sure, so that you can hunt one, huh?"

"Don't talk like that, Gray. We all have needs." Gray groaned from the smack on the back.

"Yeah, apparently your needs are the same size as your S-class category."

"Why you little-!"

Gray was suffering while Gildarts playfully tried to choke him. Natsu snickered enjoying the sight of tortured Gray as the black haired's face was getting bluer and bluer.

"Ok OK! I…. Give up!"

"Gooood, now let's get to work!"


In the end, Natsu wondered again about what Gray wanted from him earlier. He even noticed Gray looks at him from a distance and every time, Natsu gives him a questioning stare. Gray just avoids it and gets busy with a customer which was getting on Natsu's nerves. It was enough to distract him from the fact that he was blushing like a little girl.

He tried to focus on working with Gildarts, Erza and Loke who was by the way, attacked by his previous girlfriends. Several were questioning why did he suddenly disappear, but the light brown-haired teen avoided their questions politely and flirted as always.

Afternoon came by so quickly, and the crowd increased to the point that some people thought the day was an official occasion in Fiore or something.

Blue Pegasus, and Loke were all disappointed a little bit because the chick magnet, also known as Gildarts, was in town, and there was nothing they can do. Gildarts just seemed to memorize each and every word that women liked in general, not to mention his dirty ways in getting himself date(s) for the night. Loke's girlfriends left him and all the female crowd seemed to be clustered in the middle around the perverted bastard. How dare he take all of their 'instant' fans? Not fair.

Mirajane smiled while she held her camera taking various pictures of the event. Reedus had his brush painting different poses for the individuals and selling those paintings for seemingly interested squealing girls. Fairy Tail was making huge profits by the passing seconds.

Girls weren't only fanning over the males' breathtaking looks, but also their interaction with each other. In order to understand this, the Fairy Tail's Narrator will have to give examples.

Reality:

Gray was standing arranging different dandelions and pink tulips tentatively when suddenly the sharp thorns of the wild bitchy dandelions decided to cut his finger and arm's skin so cruelly.

"FUCK! What is this?! Is it alive or what?! Fuck! Fuck!"

Laxus almost cringed at the cursing words that Gray kept spatting and finally huffed holding the other's scratched arm.

"Stop acting like a child. Here. Take this, it'll stop the bleeding."

"Sheesh! Can't a man complain in peace in this country?!"

"Drama queen."

"Shut the fuck up! It hurts like a bitch!"


Fantasy Number 1:

The dreadful plants cut Gray's arm's pure perfect pale complexion. Gray the prince charming, gently groans from pain, but he didn't have to worry. Laxus the famous sexiest member of the Raijinshuu holds his arm ever so gently, like he would break it if he did, and leans down to kiss the small injury's place.

"L-Laxus-san…"

"I'm sorry….. It's my fault. If I acted like a man and handled this order myself, this could never have happened to you…"

A small tear was visible on the boy's red cheeks, and he shook his head. "Laxus-san! You didn't do anything wrong…. I…. I was careless so…."

"Gray…. Can you forgive me?" Laxus whispered as he cradled Gray's waist making the boy blush harder as their lips were a kiss away.

"….. Ha…. L-Laxus….."

"Kyaaaaa! That's the cutest thing I've ever seen!" (Screamed by a worthless group of girls)

End Of the Fantasy 1.


Reality 2:

Jellal Fernandes came running from the store, bringing proper wrapping sheets and small artificial pearls for the bouquet decoration (because they were finished), however, the blue haired's foot tripped and before he faced a world of pain, Hibiki Lates was just in time for the rescue.

"Thanks man. I Thought I was doomed."

Hibiki waved his hand dismissing the appreciation, "Nah, don't thank me. Those must be heavy, huh?"

"Sure. I don't know how our stock was finished that fast."

" HA! That my friend, would be my Hibiki charm effect."

Jellal sweat dropped while emptying the stuff and organizing it in the stand. "I have no doubt….."


Fantasy Number 2:

Hibiki Lates, lord of chivalry and manners was arranging the bloody red passionate flowers that looked less beautiful in contrast to the blonde.

"Ahh…." The other captivating sea blue-haired sex beast was taken into the blond prince's chest before he could fall harshly on the floor. Hibiki had a very troubled and worried face, and his eyes were examining the boy in his arms checking up on him.

"Love, Are you alright? Are you hurt anywhere?"

"….. N-No…. Thanks to you." Jellal's breath was caught in his throat at the mesmerizing look the other was giving him while blushing madly.

"Thank god…." And they hugged with the passion of the brutal wave behind the rough rocks in the whole wide ocean.

"…. It's…. It's the rumored boys love! Juvia is witnessing it again!" (Said by Juvia who had a very bright imagination.)

"Nooo, I don't think I can take anymore!" Squealed out another group of forbidden love
fangirls.

End Of Fantasy 2


Laxus and Gray's reaction to their Scandal:

"WHAT THE FUCK?! LAXUS-SAN MY ASS!" Yelled Gray almost breaking the vase that he already organized.

"Seriously…?" Laxus' brain seemed to be frozen because the flowers slipped from between his fingers while lightening threatened to destroy the whole stand.


Hibiki and Jellal's reaction to their scandal:

"… Oh please shoot me." Hibiki whispered horrified, "LADIES YOU ARE MY ONLY LOVE!"

Jellal's blank face never changed, but smacked Hibiki's head. "No one told you to save me….. You bastard."

"Why are you blaming me?!"

"Fuck. Just shut up, or you'll make them imagine we are having sex!"


These series of misunderstandings made the members of the different bars to switch places. Jellal was now next to Laxus sighing, Gray was next to Natsu annoyed, and Erza was next Hibiki who still couldn't get over his picture with the blue haired from earlier. "Someone…. Just shoot me….."

Natsu sighed feeling that he was the victim. He wanted to work in peace far from Gray's intimidating presence chasing his ass. He was fine being next to ERZA!

If he just ignored him….. Everything will be alright.

He should've known that he was a fool because the day was still in its beginning.

…. Chapter Ends…..

Well, Ladies and gentlemen, that's was that.

Looking forward your reactions as well haha.

See you~

Flame-Belt