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Rule #2: When your fellow dragon slayer's special partner enquires about his whereabouts, you know nothing but help him from the sidelines.
"Gajeel, have you seen Natsu?" Lucy asked worriedly, having not seen a trace of pink all day.
"S…Sala...mander? Ohh… I haven't seen him. Not at all. Absolutely not at all." Gajeel stuttered, beads of sweat gathering on his forehead.
"…right..." Lucy trailed off, her suspicions completely confirmed that Gajeel knew something about Natsu's current disappearance.
"…Well alright then. It's pretty late so I might as well head home and finish up tidying everything." Lucy smiled awkwardly.
"W…wait! Bunny girl, do you wanna have a drink with me? The Shrimp's already gone home and it's pretty…lonely." Gajeel winced, feeling the strike to his male pride.
"…okay then…" Lucy said before sitting across from him.
Lucy inwardly cursed that she always had a soft spot for lonely people. And it's all Natsu's fault.
Gajeel inwardly cursed that he was such a bad liar. And it's all that damn Salamander's fault.
Yesterday night at the guild:
"Metal face, can we talk outside?" Natsu asked.
"No."
"Gajeel…please…" Natsu sounded incredibly vulnerable and him being nice to Gajeel drew shocked glances from everyone that was still there.
"No."
Levy who sat next to Gajeel gave him a rough shove to the side. Giving him a you-go-with-him-right-now look, Gajeel sighed and then heaved himself out of his comfortable position (by Levy of course) to join Natsu who was waiting at the guild doors.
"What's up with Natsu?" Levy wondered aloud.
"He acted like—" Mira began, putting a finger to her cheek, looking for the right words.
"Like he had a dirty secret." Cana smirked mischievously.
"Like they were having a bromance," Laki said, eyes glittering at the thought.
"Like they're having a lover's moment," Erza's face steamed bright red, so many pervy thoughts entering her head.
And then they all laughed. The where you start to cry and your sides hurt from laughing too much kind of laughter.
"HAH NATSU AND GAJEEL!" Cana choked on her alcohol.
"The chances of that happening are the same as Charle accepting Happy's fish! Impossible!"
Their laughter continued when a sudden high pitched shout grabbed their attention.
"Charle-sama, do you want my fish?!" A drunk Happy asked an equally drunk Charle.
"Hand it over, male cat and then bring me to Wendy!"
"Aye sir!"
Their laughter died down at once and they were all startled when they heard a loud bang outside followed by Natsu's shout of Gajeel's name. The girls consisting of Mira, Erza, Levy, Laki and Cana huddled together and discussed what had just transpired.
"Well shit just got real." Cana said gleefully, taking a swig from her beer.
Meanwhile, Natsu and Gajeel were still arguing outside, the moonlight shining brightly on the both of them, casting menacing shadows. Natsu looked up at the slightly taller dragon slayer and seeing his brighter than normal red eyes piercing at him, couldn't withhold his next comment.
"You really look ugly in the light." Natsu blurted.
Gajeel's eyes only shot daggers at him. "You're really not helping yourself right now."
"You have to help me! After Lucy hired someone to clean up her apartment, nothing carries my scent anymore! Instead it reeks of that male cleaner's scent."
"Sucks to be you."
"No it'll suck to be us. I heard Lucy recommended his services to the girls in Fairy Hill. Levy looked pretty excited."
Gajeel growled at the suggestive thought.
"Anyway, you have to help me."
"No. I have to help myself and eliminate that male cleaner." Gajeel smirked as he cracked his knuckles.
"All I need you to do is distract Lucy for the day so I can spread my scent in her apartment."
"…hell to the no." Gajeel spat out. However he was quickly silenced by Natsu's next seven words.
"Dragon slayer bro code…rule number two."
"…"
"When your fellow dragon slayer's special partner enquires about his whereabouts, you know nothing but help him from the sidelines."
"You can't even read properly. How the heck did you memorise all of that?" Gajeel said, stunned.
"My dragon instinct told me to." Natsu smirked, holding a thumbs up at him, practically oozing with smugness.
"I hate you."
"Gajeel…" Natsu said solemnly, a hint of emotion that Gajeel couldn't identify.
"I hope your lying skills are good!" And then Natsu cackled right in Gajeel's face.
Oh we'll see who has the last laugh. You may have won this battle, but I'll win this war.
So currently, Gajeel was drinking with Lucy, an unlikely combination that was drawing gazes. Unfortunately Lucy was a lightweight and a special type of drunk. The crazy cat drunk.
"Gajeel. Why wasn't Natsu here today? I wanted him to stroke my chin…" Lucy whined.
Fortunately, Gajeel was no lightweight but was still a horrible liar with a scary poker face.
"Well…" He's been in your apartment all day, soaking his scent in all your things 'cause he's one crazy ass possessive dragon slayer.
"…he's…" Lucy leaned closer, anticipating his next words. Gajeel deliberated on what he should say next and tried to figure out how best to get back at the dragon slayer without triggering the punishment from the dragon slayer bro code.
"…Salamander's been looking at porn. Guy on guy porn. I think he's becoming attracted to…" Gajeel smirked slightly.
"…other guys?!" Lucy exclaimed, slightly confused as to why she felt a tinge of disappointment.
"I always knew you were smart, bunny girl."
"…he has been looking at Gray strangely, lately…" Lucy thought back.
That's 'cause Gray's scent was hanging off on you and he wanted to know why. Gajeel thought. But that's on a need to know basis.
"Yeah, I think Salamander's scared of letting everyone find out…" He sent her a meaningful look.
"Then it's my duty as his best friend to support him." And it would've sounded a whole lot cooler if Lucy wasn't drunk off her ass and slurring her words.
"Gi hee." Mission accomplished.
The next day:
Natsu strolled in through the guild doors, an arm casually hung around Lucy's shoulders though the males knew it was a sign saying touch her and die, and a smug grin pasted on his face.
With a nod to a stoic Gajeel who was hiding his excitement about the upcoming events the pair sat on a bench, side by side, away from everyone else as if they were having an important discussion.
Gajeel sneakily moved closer to get a good view of Natsu's expressions. To amuse himself, he decided to commentate.
Analysis of Subject A, Natsu Dragneel. Current expression indicates smugness, happiness. Analyst Gajeel is annoyed.
Gajeel leaned in a bit closer to catch snippets of their conversation.
"…Natsu….I…k…you…s…cret."
Subject A appears nervous. Indicators: sweat, bucket loads of sweat. Analyst Gajeel recommends a shower and extreme deodorant.
"…I…kno…abo…your…por…"
Subject A appears extremely confused. Indicators: his ugly face, his frozen expression. Analyst Gajeel laughs, finding it amusing.
"…Luce…wha…por…wh…tol…you…tha…"
Subject A appears distressed and slightly frustrated. Indicators: his distressed, slightly frustrated ugly mug. Analyst Gajeel notes that karma is a bitch.
"…Nats…I..kno…you…a…clos…homo…and…that's…ok…I'm…he…wit…you…"
Subject A appears shocked. Indicators: his shocked face that I will forever remember. Analyst Gajeel determines that Bunny Girl probably told him she knew he was a secret gay.
"…I'm…not…"
"…it's…ok…"
"…no…I'm…serio…not…"
"…calm…down…it's…ok…"
"I AM NOT GAY!" Natsu shouted at the top of his lungs, frustrated and embarrassed. Everyone, hearing his declaration, burst out laughing.
"Shut up bastards! Luce, who even told you that?!"
And when Natsu shot a betrayed, furious glare towards Gajeel, Gajeel couldn't help make one last sidenote.
"Look who had the last laugh, Salamander."
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