Lisanna throws her arms around Gray the minute the Ice Mage arrives in the guild.

"I'm so sorry," she whispers. "Mira-nee wanted to find out if you and Natsu liked each other,"

And suddenly, all Gray's anger at her disappears.

Because Lisanna has always been a good friend, really, and her supposed flirting with Natsu irked Gray more than it would have had it been some distant acquaintance (not that he isn't overprotective of his Dragon Slayer fiancé, but still...), and it's good to know that this is only one of Mirajane's crazy romantic projects.

Really, she didn't need to set them up. Gray had already made his move.

He smirks and quickly informs Erza that she has to pick a job fast otherwise they'll be late for their mission.

He can't wait to see Natsu.


They are at the station, and are boarding the train. Gray drags Natsu on, laughing happily, and seats the Dragon Slayer next to himself. Opposite them, Erza smiles gently at Natsu and then proceeds to deliver him a punch to the gut, effectively knocking him out.

Gray gives her a warning glare.

"Careful, now," he says in that honey-smooth voice dripping with poison that he has mastered over the years. He is not the fourth strongest in Fairy Tail for nothing (sure he shares that position with the rest of the team, including Erza, but still...). "That's my fiancé you're punching there."

Erza looks slightly paler than normal, and Gray gives her another withering glare.

She doesn't talk the whole ride except to give out the mission details, and doesn't dare to try beating Natsu up for doing something stupid the whole time – though admittedly, that has come down a lot since he and Gray barely fight on missions any more. The guild fights were only for show the past two years, anyway.

Gray's protective side can come in handy sometimes, thinks a woozy Natsu (he's just been caught by a giant spiked tail and goddamn it, it hurts like hell. He just hopes the team can take the rest of the monsters without him). He finally remembers what it feels like to not be sore all over from Erza beating him up. Thankfully, both he and his boyfriend – fiancé – have power reserves and skill almost matching Erza's now.

He smiles dazedly up at Gray and kisses him before falling unconscious in his lover's lap.

"Natsu!" he hears Gray scream.


Later, he wakes up in a hospital and is immediately torn into by a worried, haggard-looking Ice Mage.

"You fool, they were poisoned spikes! What would I do without you, huh? Be happy? No way in hell. You're the only person that made my life worth living." Gray yells.

Natsu clutches Gray's hand. "I'm sorry," he murmurs. "I love you. Please don't be mad."

"I'm mad because I love you, idiot," glares Gray. "But it's hard to stay mad when you act this way, you know?"

"Hate you too," Natsu mumbles with a cheeky grin. "You have anything to eat on you? I'm so hungry."

Gray rolls his eyes, but fetches a plate of bread and steaming hot, spicy tomato soup anyway. And he insists on feeding every bite to the injured Dragon Slayer, who whines and fusses but secretly doesn't mind at all.


Four years later

Natsu swallows.

He can't believe he is here, being led down the aisle by Gildarts, watching Gray beam brighter with every step Natsu takes, flanked by the bridesmaids. Erza and Lucy, obviously.

He fiddles with the buttons of his suit jacket, but Gray looks so calm and composed and so damn handsome in that suit that Natsu wants to drag him away, damn the wedding, and have Gray kiss him senseless.

He takes a deep breath in and listens. Hard.

The priest, Reverend Agnier, begins to speak.

"Dear friends, family, all who are gathered; today we are here to join Natsu Dragneel and Gray Fullbuster in holy matrimony."

Everything is a blur after that. They exchange 'I do's and rings, and Natsu only really comes back to earth when Gray dips him and kisses him, gentle and slow and soft, their first kiss as a married couple, and is that Erza wiping away a tear?

Natsu smiles, and he does not think he will ever be happier.

Later in the night, back at the guild, the Fairies are partying it up.

"I – hic – can't believe you two are married – hic – it's like something out of a dream," hiccoughs Mirajane.

She's absolutely right. It is like a dream.

Natsu gazes up at Gray, his boyfriend-fiance-husband, and he can't help but smile.

Natsu Dragneel-Fullbuster.

It sounds perfect.


End.

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