Ten Ways to Propose

Disclaimer – I do not own Fairy Tail

Summary: Marriage Proposal Drabble Collection! This set of ten separate One-Shots features Gray proposing to Natsu in ten very different ways.

Taco Bell (Rated T; Modern/AU)

Gray knew this was sappy, cheesy, and completely unlike him, but he knew that his boyfriend would get all mushy over it anyway. As long as he had the guts to actually go through with it.

Natsu dragged his lover into his favorite place to eat of all time: Taco Bell. He loved ordering the special deals because it meant he could eat ten or more tacos without getting any weird looks. And to top it off, the hot sauce was to die for!

"Are you sure you don't want anything?" the pinkette asked, looking up at his blue-eyed boyfriend.

"I'm…not really hungry right now. Just go ahead and order," replied Gray nervously.

Not sure why he was acting this way, Natsu thought he'd inquire further, but his stomach protested…loudly. Placing his order, he received it almost immediately. Giddy over the thought of devouring his tacos, the pinkette pranced over to a booth, Gray trailing behind.

As Natsu bit into his first taco, he stopped. "I forgot the hot sauce!" he gasped, looking appalled.

"I'll get it, Natsu," offered Gray, rising to go to the container holding the hot sauce packets. Normally, he'd just grab a handful and drop it on the table in front of his boyfriend, but he was a man on a mission.

"Can I help you sir?" asked the manager as he watched the man before him dig through the hot sauce packets.

Gray glared at him. The manager backed away slowly.

Turning his attention back to the hot sauce packets, he found what he was looking for and pocketed it. Then he grabbed a handful of hot sauce packets and returned to Natsu.

"What took you so long?" Natsu pouted.

"They, uh, had to refill the thing with hot sauce," stated Gray as he dropped the packets in front of him. "I need to…go to the bathroom."

And then he left.

Well, that was weird. Gray didn't normally use the word 'thing,' and he sure as hell didn't use public restrooms. Just what was going on?

Too bad his stomach took over again. Dousing his tacos in hot sauce, he soon began to devour them.

By the time Gray came back, Natsu had finished his tacos. And when he slid into the booth next to the pinkette, his boyfriend immediately began asking questions.

"What's with you today? You didn't eat! You took way too long getting hot sauce! And why'd you say 'thing'? And why were you in the bathroom for so long?"

"I have a very good reason for all of those things." Gray cringed when he used the word 'thing' again.

His boyfriend looked at him skeptically.

Gray suddenly slid something across the table, placing it directly in front of Natsu. "You missed one."

"Huh?" Natsu looked down. There was a hot sauce packet in front of him. "So. It's just a hot sauce packet."

"Look closer, Natsu."

And he did. Natsu hadn't noticed that the hot sauce packet actually had sayings on them and this one…this one said…'Will you marry me?' Shakily picking up the packet, he felt something on the other side. Turning it around, he saw that a ring had been taped to it. His head shot up, looking at Gray expectantly.

"Well? What's your answer?" Gray asked timidly.

"A hot sauce packet? You asked me to marry you with a hot sauce packet?"

Gray had the audacity to look sheepish.

"I think it's cute. You really are a sappy romantic," said Natsu as he hugged his lover, making him blush.

"Natsu, an answer please?" Gray begged softly, his face getting even hotter.

"I would love to marry you!"

Gray smiled and kissed him.

"Do you think Taco Bell caters?"

End Drabble