t had been two days of loneliness until Natsumi came back. She was violently shaking, and Gray could see the tear tracks on her face. He cringed. How could he allow her to be tortured like this? Nothing made her cry, but he let this happen. It's his fault. And everyone knew it.
Gray was sure it had been two days by now. No one had come, and he was sure this building should be on fire by now. Maybe it was another building?...
Anyway, it didn't matter. Fairy Tail should have been here by now and they weren't. It was at least Sunday, and him and Natsumi weren't out yet. This was such a stupid situation. If only he had just hone with Erza's mission.
While the ice mage had been caught up in his thoughts, he failed to notice the dragon-like girl whimpering out for... for him. "Gray... I'm... scared...What if they hurt you next... I don't want you to die..." He was shocked, to say the least. Why would she be worrying about him? "It's okay", he whispered. "I'll free us. Don't worry about me." He repeated these words in his mind, lulling him into a false security as a wave of sleep overcame him.
~One nap later~
Gray...
Gray...
"Gray!"Lucy whispered to him. How did she know he wasn't a living doll? Had he blown his cover? " I know you can hear me." She hissed. "Listen, I'm not in their control. Tomorrow, we're leaving. I had Loke tell Fairy Tail to bring Mira, Master, Elfman, and anyone else that can come. I promise, we're leaving." She rushed out of the room to avoid getting caught, and Gray let out a sigh of relief. They were going home.
~A Flashback~
"Hey! Let's do this one!"
"No Natsumi! You'll eat all of the food again!"
"No I won't!"
"Wanna bet?"
Gray sat at a table, slowly massaging his temple. It was pouring outside, and he's headache was becoming more painful with . . He couldn't take much more of this. They were supposed to be getting a job that paid good, but those two managed to end up in a cat fight.
He stood up and snatched a paper off the board, not even caring to look. "Wait up!" Lucy called. Happy followed.
Natsumi growled.
Ezra, already out the door, called for Natsumi and stalked off.
Gray, unlike the rest of his team, had noticed Natsumi had been acting strangely, not picking fights with him, getting into more heated arguments with Lucy, heck, he had even heard that Happy moved in with Lucy, stating she's more "responsible"!
As the team got on the train, Gray heard whimpering.
"I hate her..."
~ End of Chapter ~
Sorry I'm 3 months late! Between weather, STAAR test, which determine whether I go to the next grade, benchmarks, fights, Undertale fandom, babysitting, basketball, and slight unhappiness, updating has become a chore. Please favorite and review! I'm sorry that it's short, so here's a little bonus!... man these chapters were rushed.
~Bonus~
"You... like Gray? Eww!" Natsumi groaned. "He's so ugly!" Lucy smiled. Her friend was so funny. "Well, I'm gonna ask him out tomorrow! I don't want anyone getting him before I do!" Lucy glared at Natsumi, and you could see the trouble brewing.
"H-huh? Why are you looking at me?" The pink hair girl asked. "Oh, I can see how he looks at you. And how you return the look. Hate to break it up but he's mine." Lucy hissed. "And I promise, if he tells me no, forget our friendship." The blonde stalked off, leaving a hurt Dragon Slayer on the sidewalk by herself.
~ The Next Day~
"You (insert word)" Lucy growled to Natsumi. "You told him, didn't you?" The blonde was absolutely livid, thinking that the pinkette would choose the blonde's friendship over her mate. " What? No, of course not." Natsumi said, wondering what may have happened. "Liar", Lucy hissed angrily, slapping her face. As Natsumi looked at Lucy in shock, the girl began to speak. "Don't ever try to talk to me unless it's important. Also," the girl continued, " Happy wanted to moved in with me. Something about you being irresponsible?" The blonde swayed, and walked away, leaving a shocked girl alone.
