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This chapter's going to be in Gray's P.O.V.. I won't write all of the things he thinks. I wouldn't want to ruin the surprise for you. ;)
(Btw, whoever likes a One Piece Xover Fairy Tail fan fiction, just tell me. I'm working with Kawaii Neko Nami. The pairings are ZoroXNami and GrayXLucy. I'm really proud of how I've written the GrayLu parts. You see, I'm quite used to using past tense instead of present tense. So, I was able to write the Xover more elaborately. If you want me to make the next chapters into the past tense, just tell me.)
Anyway, Hope you enjoy the second chapter as well.
Gray's P.O.V.
Lucy quickly moves her head up and looks at me with those chocolate-brown eyes of hers. Her face suddenly goes red and I can't help but get more worried about her. She's even wearing her pajamas and sulking on her bed. I swear if Hibiki's the reason for this, I'll surely kill him. I make my way towards her while she prompts herself up. We find ourselves both sitting on her bed facing each other, her face is still red.
"Are you alright?" I want to hold her in my arms but I know she will not like it at all.
"Yeah." She smiles assuredly at me.
"Really? 'Cause you're red. Are you sick?" I put my hand on her forehead to check her temperature. It seems normal to me. I'm getting the hint that Hibiki has something to do with this. I ball my hand into a fist. Suddenly, she stands up and runs toward the mirror. Her eyes go huge then; she slaps her face with both hands gently. Her color slowly goes back to normal. She turns around to face me with a crook smile.
"All better! So, what brings you here?" She walks toward me while I stand up and stretch my body.
"Gramps told me to get you. He said something about a mission." I walk to her desk to look for her novel. I quickly find it lying on top of some books. Snatching it quickly, I sit on a chair facing away from Lucy. Good thing she doesn't notice.
"Oh. I'll just brush my teeth and change my clothes. You can go ahead if you want to." She goes to her closet and grabs a tank top, skirt and… underwear. I feel my face getting redder by the moment. I can't believe I just saw Lucy's black pair of undies. I quickly shake the thought out of my head. I don't know how she can make me feel/act this way. I disregard the thought and continue reading her novel.
"I'll wait for you." I hear the door close.
"No peeking, Gray." The door opens slightly as she peeks outside. I nod my head in response. She closes it again. Why does she have to give me such an idea? Just thinking of Lucy in the bathroom makes me blush. I won't peek at her. I already saw all of her assets when Virgo changed her clothes in front of me. I blush at the thought. I mentally slap myself and force myself to concentrate on what I am reading. Then something catches my eye. I see Hibiki's name scribbled down on the paper. I twitch at the thought of the said man.
"Lucy, how was your date with Hibiki?" I just have to ask her. Soon enough, I hear the door open as Lucy comes out ready to go to the guild.
"Fine. Why? Let's go." She heads to the door while I follow on her tail.
"Nothing. So, I'll be seeing of him more often, eh." I quicken up my pace so that I'm at her side.
"Actually, I told him that there's already someone else… you know, before our date even started but he insisted. He was a perfect gentleman. He said we could talk about him and then pretend that he never existed. That felt great! After our date, he said he'll be willing to wait." She sighs silently.
"Oh. So will you go out with him again?" I hope she says no. And remind me to beat the hell out of Natsu. Why can't he see that Lucy loves him? Seriously! He's so dense! If I were Natsu, I wouldn't disappoint Lucy like this. I would even do anything to make her happy. Anyone can tell that Lucy loves Natsu so much.
"Maybe. If I ever forget about him. How about you?" She faces me with her head tilt.
"What about me?" I turn my head sideways to look at her. She giggles.
"How are things with Juvia?" She quickly looks away from me and darts her gaze around the area.
"Fine." I lie. My eyes fixate on the road. I know I won't be able to lie while looking at her. She has this innocent look that I can't bear to lie upon. It's like lying to a sweet innocent kid.
Time Skip! At the Guild
I open the door for Lucy and patiently follow her from behind. We head to the bar to look for gramps but no one's there but Mirajane. Sitting beside each other on a stool, Mirajane gives us something to eat/drink. Shaved ice for me while a cup of tea for Lucy. I take hold of my spoon, put some ice on it and put it in my mouth. Then, I feel the ice dissolving in my mouth. I let out a sigh of pleasure.
"Mirajane, where's gramps? I thought he needs us." I say while eating my food.
"He'll be back soon. He just went to do some errands." Mirajane gives us a smile.
"How long had he been gone?" Lucy asks. She slowly blows her tea and sips out of it.
"About 10 minutes." Mirajne's currently cleaning the bar with a cloth.
"Gray-sama!" I groan without noticing it. I can't help it. I just need some time away from…
"Juvia!" Lucy exclaims. Yeah… Juvia… She's standing between me and Lucy. I ran my hand through my hair hoping that gramps will show up anytime soon.
"Love-rival!" Juvia points her index finger at Lucy. I completely ignore her and continue eating my shaved ice. Noticing that I run out of it, I ask more from Mirajane. She quickly makes me another one and hands it to me with grace.
"I'm not your love-rival! Besides, you're currently Gray's girlfriend. I'm just you're boyfriend's best friend." Lucy starts convincing Juvia that we're just friends. Friends. Just friends. That's what we'll ever be. I moan at the thought.
"Juvia, Lucy and I are just friends." I persuade her. From the corner of my eye, I see Lucy look at her tea sadly. She's holding the cup with both of her hands and starts swaying it around. What's she sad about? Maybe Juvia's annoying her. I grab Juvia's upper arm and pull her to my side. I turn my head to look at her. Moving my head closer to hers, I see her blush a couple shades of red. What the hell is she thinking? I'm just going to whisper something to her.
"Juvia, please go. We'll talk later. Just the two of us." I whisper to her ear. Then, she suddenly faints. I take no notice of her and return to eating my shaved ice.
"Shouldn't somebody help her?" Lucy's still looking at Juvia.
"No worries. This happens all the time. She'll stand up then run in 3, 2 and 1." Sure enough, I was right. Juvia's already out of the guild skipping merrily.
"Then you must be too good of a kisser if she faints every time you give her a kiss." I'm not sure if I'm sensing this right. But was Lucy jealous? Or was it just an innocent statement? And what does she mean by a kiss? Was that what's going on in Juvia's mind? Oh, damn! I must do something about this later.
"Kiss? I just whispered something to her. We never kissed before." I bluntly state to her avoiding her gaze.
"Oh. Then-" Lucy was cut off by gramps who unexpectedly appears out of nowhere. He's sitting on the bar with his beer on one hand and his stick on the other.
"So you two are finally here." Gramps looks at us seriously. Neither of us dares to speak. When gramps looks serious, it means business. No fooling around. So, we wait for him to continue with what he is saying.
"The mission will take you a long time to finish. Minimum of a week; maximum of 2 weeks. It all depends on how things are progressing." Gramps continued. Then I realized, why is that Lucy and me are the only ones standing here?
"Wait. It's just the two of us here. Don't you think we'll be able to finish it faster if there are more people?" I point it out to him.
"I agree with Gray, master." Lucy adds.
"The mission specifically says only 2 people are allowed. And those 2 people will be you two, Gray and Lucy."
Lucy and I both look at each other. Both of our eyes go wide as if we both just realize that we will be ALONE together for a week or more.
"WHAT?" We shout in unison.
So… What do you think? Good? Bad? Great? ;)
Also, I was thinking of making 2 or 3 OC's. Is that alright with you guys?