Night One: Let's Hold Hands
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GrayZaRocker I recalled Gray thinking that Lucy was cute, and so I made it seem like he liked blondes. Don't worry though, this is a Grayza fic!
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Raikiri80 Hi! Well, I'm working on the premise where they are both oblivious to their feelings regarding each other, this is practically how they'd come into terms with their feelings for each other through the different activities. Thanks for the review btw!
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Gray scratched his head in exasperation. How on earth did he find himself in such circumstances with Erza. Although, he wasn't particularly complaining, Erza was after all a fine woman, a very fine woman indeed, and men would literally kill to trade places with him.
"Tonight we just have to hold hands." Erza's cool voice broke the unsettling silence that had enveloped the room. She raised her hand and pointed her palm towards him. "Come" She motioned for him to take a seat beside her.
Gray sighed, at least that was all they had to do, for tonight at least. He cautiously approached her, smiling, trying hard to hide the nervousness that was overwhelming his being. He stopped in front of her and kneeled before her, taking both her armored hands in his.
"Well, this is awkward." He muttered under his breath, looking at everything aside from her face. To both of their surprise, Erza laughed easing the tension between them.
"Yeah, no kidding." She smiled at him. "But, we're doing this in the name of Fairy Tail!" she announced with resolve, her eyes twinkling with fortitude.
Gray wanted to cry-out loud, really, sometimes Erza was just as du- dense as Natsu.
"Erza please remove your gauntlets!" Leina's high pitched voice suddenly reverberated inside the room.
"Make her remove the breastplate too!" Marko's voice followed.
"Remove your breastplate too!" Leina added. "Good luck!" with that, the room was once again silent.
Erza frowned and furrowed her brows, she always had a hard time taking her armor off, without requiping. She gently removed her hands from Gray's bigger ones. "…this is such a bother." She said obviously displeased, as she carefully tugged on the belts, and other things that held her armor in place.
Gray watched with interest at the scarlet haired girl, who was obviously having a hard time removing her armors normally. "Let me help you" he said, taking her right hand and then unbuckling the gauntlet. Once he was done he set the gauntlet aside, and unintentionally caressed the palm of her hand. Surprised at the softness of her sword wielding hand, he gently pressed her gauntlet free hand one more time, before proceeding to the other one.
Erza blushed, not because of his touch, but because of her helplessness. She sighed at how weak she must seem at the moment.
He held both of her hands, eyeing them. He smiled, seemingly happy with his work. "Next is your breastplate." He said, slowly looking up to her face. He froze, as she saw her reddened face. Suddenly aware of his words and actions, he was practically stripping her.
"You-you need to unbuckle the belts on the side…" Erza whispered as she moved her body to gave him a better access.
Gray nodded silently, and tried his best to concentrate on his task at hand. Once all the belts were unbuckled, he lifted the breastplate of her chest, accidentally brushing his arm to the side of her breast. He swallowed hard, as he noticed something… Erza was not wearing a bra, and she was wearing her tight white blouse.
Erza stifled a squeal at the sudden contact of his hot hand. She cursed wildly on her head as she remembered that she doesn't have a bra on at the moment. Who could blame her? Why would she need a bra if she had a breast plate on, anyway?
"Wou-would you like to sit?" Erza gestured, and Gray sat. They faced each other, knees turned in but not touching. She had to scoot a little toward him in order to reach his hands, but he was already holding his out for her.
They both laughed when they took each other's hands. Nervous, awkward laughter.
There was no-way Gray could have subtly wiped his palms before he took her hands, he winced slightly as they slip- slid against each other. He sighed in relief inwardly, at least she was sweating too, he wasn't alone in his anxiety. Somehow this made it a little better.
"…this is a bit hard." Erza let out a shaky breath, her eyes casted down trying to hide her reddish face.
Gray smiled. "It's just holding hands. Kids do it all the time. No reason grown-ups like us should feel strange about it." Gray stated, although he really did agree with Erza.
They both looked at their hands, linked loosely. "How long are we supposed to do this anyway?"
Erza shrugged, the motion moving their linked hands. "For the whole session? Four hours?" Erza made a face. "That's an awful long time to hold hands with someone without taking a break!"
"I guess it depends on who the someone is" Against Gray's better judgment he winked at her, he was mortified at what he had just done.
Erza wanted to laugh, what was the cheesy wink about? "I guess it's what this experiment is about, sort of" She said.
Gray nodded and shifted a little on the couch, which forced the scarlet haired girl to do the same. Now, they were both snuggled into the overstuffed cushions.
"This feels awkward, and strained." Erza said, realizing that holding hands in this way wasn't going to work for very long. "Maybe just one hand, then we can at least get comfortable."
The ice mage nodded and looked around the room, his gaze lingering on the bed. "Do you think they have surveillance lacrima hidden around the room?"
It had occurred to her, except for one thing – there'd be no release stating that the sessions were to be recorded. "I don't think so, we didn't have to sign a waiver or anything. It's against the law to record us without our permission"
Gray's fingers squeezed hers gently unintentionally. "Have you done other requests from this place before?"
"Yes, the last one was seven years ago, before the s-class exam. They were a bit interesting, and easy." She tilted her head, studying him. "Is this your first?"
Gray nodded, "I'm a virgin at this" he winced at his words.
Erza rolled her eyes, and bit back a chuckle "Idiot" She then shifted her gaze to his face, her eyes suddenly serious. "I'm sorry for dragging you into this Gray…"
Gray frowned, "It's fine… it's not that bad of a mission" He looked at her with his dark eyes. "This is a bit crazy though… that this, is supposed to lead to…" he trailed off.
They both looked over at the bed in the corner. Then they looked everywhere but each other. Their palms clung and stuck, moist.
But after that, the conversation didn't tangle as much as Gray thought it would. Their conversations shifted to the antics of their guildmembers. They exchanged stories, making each other laugh a lot.
Erza enjoyed his stories, they've been friends for a long time, but this felt like the longest time they had speaking with each other. She marveled at how he had a nice voice, low and deep, and a really nice laugh.
By the time the buzzer sounded, alerting them the end of their time, Erza had completely forgotten she was holding Gray's hand. The door soon reappeared and they left the room.
Gray sighed lightly as they entered the quiet, dim hallway. The only sound other than their footsteps was the shush-shush of the janitor's mop ahead of them. He was happy that they were finally done with the first night.
Erza noticed they'd fallen into step naturally, Gray had shortened his strides to match hers. "So… what do you think is going to happen here?" she asked, genuinely curious about his thoughts on the matter.
Gray scratched his head, he already knew what the possible outcomes were, but he didn't really want to make it more awkward between them. "I don't know" He answered. "I guess we'll have to wait and see."
At the end of the hall, Leina and Marko greeted them, and then led them to their quarters, at the opposite ends of the compound. Erza and Gray bid their goodnights at each other, neither one of them would admit it, but they had already missed the feeling of the others hand on their own.
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Gray laid down on his bed and grinned, he'd practically went with a date with Erza. He was pleased, that he had finally had her, his childhood crush to himself.
On the other hand, Erza was clutching her pounding chest, somehow she'd find herself in a similar situation with the heroines of her erotic novels – and obviously, they all ended up on their man's bed. Was she going to have sex with Gray? She shook her head fervently, Gray would never see her in that light. She sighed, somehow disappointed with that realization.
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Actually, it wasn't a bad first "Date", Gray thought as he showered, brushed his teeth and picked out clothes for the next night's session. He hasn't seen her for the entire day, and he was actually looking forward to tonight.
Erza and Gray soon found themselves, in the same room. Tonight's task was again printed on the pristine white wall, it read Holding hands with the addition of Hugging. Gray had no idea how this was going to go, but he was up for it.
"Are you ready, Gray?" Erza asked, her voice filled with energy and determination. She walked towards him, and pulled him in an embrace.
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That ends the first night of their challenge, I think I'd be posting a chapter per activity. Next chapter would be for holding hands & hugging, next is kissing, petting and then the final chapter would be… well I'm not sure, depends on your reviews!
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