After a week of Gray being at the guild it was safe to say he and Cana were best friends. The two were seemingly joined at the hip and had set up a permanent 'home' under their table for playing house. The baby doll Gray originally chose was now spending its time in the crib-box unless they were playing. Cana and Gray had other games, obviously. There was Puppy, Space Ship, and normal games like hide-n-seek or Doggy Where's Your Bone? Out of all their games, Puppy was Cana's favorite because they both pretended to be dogs. They had bowls to drink and eat from and their 'home' was transformed into a dog house. Though, they didn't spend much time in the dog house because they were too busy running around on their hands and feet or barking at the other guild members. They sure had lots of fun.
Until Gray didn't show up at normal time!
"Where is he?" Cana asked no one in particular one morning. It had been half an hour since she got to the guild. She was used to seeing Gray eating breakfast at their table when she walked in but this morning he was nowhere in sight. Cana asked some others if Gray had shown up but everyone said they hadn't seen him. Clearly upset, Cana plopped onto her seat and sunk her face into her hands. The guild was so boring without her buddy!
"Somebody looks upset," a voice said from behind Cana.
"Evergreen!" Cana called, surprise in her voice. Evergreen hardly ever spoke to anyone so seeing her talking was quite the sight.
"Where's the little boy you always pal around with?" Evergreen asked.
Cana looked down and shook her head. "He hasn't been here all morning…"
Evergreen sat down beside Cana with a lime green bag in hand. "Well he probably overslept or something. Wanna surprise him when he gets here?"
It was a strange question, one Cana didn't know how to answer. She nodded slowly and watched as Evergreen took a few items out of her bag. It was a few vibrantly colored plastic tubes and cases. "Makeup?"
"Uh-huh. I'm going to give you a makeover," Evergreen explained.
Cana beamed and adjusted her sitting position. The older girl told her to close her eyes. Evergreen put silver eyeshadow on Cana's eyelids and mascara on her already-long lashes. She put blusher on her cheeks, making them a light rose color. Then it was lip-gloss time. The shiny gloss tasted a bit like apples and glittered in the light.
Evergreen leaned back and pulled out a mirror. "All done," she announced.
Cana opened her eyes and met her reflection. "Pretty," she gasped, smiling at her own face.
"You like it?"
"I love it! Thank you, Evergreen!" Cana laughed. She wanted hug her, but figured that would be pushing it with the normally anti-social girl.
"No problem, squirt." Evergreen smiled and put her makeup supplies away. She got up and left Cana alone yet again.
Cana decided to doodle while she waited for her very, very late friend. Not ten minutes passed, however, before the doors opened to reveal a very worried Gray.
"Cana!" he yelled and ran over to her, "I'm sorry! I overslept and then there was a kitty and then some old lady started yellin' at me and-" he paused in his explanation when he noticed something was off about Cana's look. "What did you do?" he asked, pointing to her new makeup.
Cana smiled, glad he actually noticed. "Like it? Evergreen did my makeup since I was alone with no one to play with," Cana explained. She hopped down and posed with one hand on her hip and the other behind her head. She winked and pursed her lips as well, thoroughly enjoying being a little girly for once.
Gray's eyes narrowed and he examined the changes. "Your mouth looks sticky," he criticized.
Cana scowled, turning away from him, "What do you know, streaker!" Stupid Gray. He wouldn't know pretty if it slapped him upside the head.
"Whatever," he waved her off and played cool. "We should play Puppy," he suggested. Cana dropped the angry-act and agreed. They dropped on all fours and ran around together. Gray froze the floor for them to glide around on, which was difficult to do well while bare foot. The game was over was over when they decided they were hungry. Neither child really wanted to eat their lunch out of a bowl with no hands or utensils. Gray brought over their food and set it down while Cana giggled at him.
"Clothes, Gray." Cana said to his very confused expression.
"GAH!"
He would've gone looking for his shirt and pants if a dog didn't come running inside the guild hall. Everyone looked toward it when it barked. The dog's fur was matted and a few patches were missing around its paws. Other than that and the obvious under-feeding the dog appeared okay to the kids.
"Doggy!" they screeched, dashing over to pet it.
"Careful you two!" Macao warned.
Cana rolled her eyes at the man and stuck down a hand to pet the pup. It looked up at her and growled. The dog snapped at her and barked. Cana froze in fear which opened the dog up to tackle her to the floor. She screamed and wiggled under its paws and snapping teeth. The dog attempted to bite her but Cana was able to squirm farther under it and shield her face.
"Cana!" Gray cried. Everyone jumped to their feet, ready to save the girl. Gray grabbed the dog's shoulders and pulled, yanking the animal back. He stood in front of Cana protectively.
The dog foamed at the mouth and growled. Gray stood his ground, even trying to growl himself.
"Gray get away from it!" someone yelled. He screamed a firm 'no!' that seemed to set the animal off again.
It charged at him. "Ice Make: Shield!" A small wall of ice formed in front of him, knocking the dog back just in time. "Ice Make: Cage!" Gray jumped up and formed a kennel over the animal. It jumped at the ice and gnawed on it but was unable to get out. Some of the older guild members got the dog outside and away from the younger kids so they could dispose of it before causing any more harm. Gray helped Cana to her feet, grinning ear-to-ear.
"What're you so happy about?" Cana asked, brushing off dirt and hair from her dress.
Gray beamed brightly, "I just saved you. And it was cool. Why wouldn't I be happy?" He rocked back and forth on his heels, ego sky-rocketing at that moment.
Cana rolled her eyes. Then a thought popped in her head of how to bring him down from Cloud 9. "My hero," she swooned, wrapping her arms around Gray's neck and planting a kiss on his cheek. She released the stunned boy and skipped back to their table with a smirk on her face.
Wakaba came up behind Gray and chuckled, "Great job protecting your girlfriend," he teased.
Gray blushed bright and quickly spun around to face the older man, "She's not my girlfriend!" he insisted quite loudly.
Wakaba laughed, "Tell that to the kiss mark on your cheek." He walked off, ruffling Gray's midnight black hair. Gray blushed harder and rubbed at his face violently in a desperate attempt to get the lip-gloss off his cheek.
Cana was NOT his girlfriend! Blech! Why would she kiss him like that? Gray crossed his arms and walked back to her with his lower lip stuck out in a pout.
"What's wrong with you, streaker?" Cana asked. She loved picking on him, and it was quite easy to do, surprisingly.
"Jeez, I dunno! Might have somethin' to do with the fact you kissed me!" Gray fussed. He sat on the table and refused to turn his head in Cana's direction.
"Only on the cheek, you big baby." Cana rolled her eyes and sipped her juice box. "Why do you care about it, anyway?"
"Because they all think you's my girlfriend now!"
"And that's a bad thing because…?"
"Cana!" Gray dropped to the floor and crawled under the table and laid down on the mat, taking to pouting rather than explaining his embarrassment any farther.
Cana looked under the table at the curled up boy and sighed. He was such a baby. She slipped under the table and landed on top of him, moving silently off and sitting beside him. "I'm sorry, Gray…" she mumbled, raking a hand through his hair.
"It's OK…" he replied, scooting over and placing his head on her lap. She giggled and poked at his face, making Gray laugh. "Stop!" he pleaded when she tickled under his chin and his underarms.
"Whatever, boyfriend," Cana snickered.
"You're weird, Cana…" Gray laughed.
"Says the one who got freaked out by a kiss on the cheek."
There, normal length for me. Also half of what the first chapter was...chapter lengths will vary depending on what ever idea is in my head...
Anyway, you guys can leave suggestions if there is something you wanna see these two cuties do together!
