"G-gray?!" the man shouted in shock

Gray turned his head towards the sound and his eyes widened.

The two started staring at each other before taking slow steps towards the other.

"Lyon!" Gray shouted in joy as he started running towards the sliver-haired man like a girl who is in a long-distance relationship with her boyfriend and finally got to see him.

"Oh my God Gray, is it really you?" Lyon crouched down to welcome the young boy who jumped into his arms. Lyon hugged Gray tightly as though he would disappear if he let go. "Where have you been all this time? I thought they took you too" Lyon was almost in tears at the sight of the raven-haired boy. Gray grinned at Lyon when he released him from his embrace.

"I'm living with Natsu and Lucy now. They are nice people" Gray said with a smile

"Natsu and Lucy? Humans?" Lyon questioned worriedly as he started to search Gray for any injuries or any sort of unusual appearance. He sighed in relief to see that Gray was fine. "Yea! But they are really nice, they bought me this jacket! And shoes!" Gray excitedly pointed to his white jacket that he was wearing and blue sneakers. They had to buy Gray some new clothes as he was going to stay longer than expected, Lucy didn't have many clothes that fit Gray anyway.

"Do they know?" Lyon asked as he grabbed Gray's shoulders, edging the boy to tell him the answer.

"Know?" Gray just tilted his head to one side in confusion

"About us"

"Us?"

"You know, how we are different from them" Lyon was getting impatient as he tightened the grip on Gray's shoulders

Gray's face suddenly lit up as he finally understood what the other meant. He put his hands to his mouth and shook his head, indicating that he said nothing about what Lyon was referring to. Lyon let go of Gray and smiled in relief "Good boy" he patted Gray on the head.

"Gray!"

Gray turned around as he heard his name being called and saw Lucy running towards them.

"What are you doing to him?! Gray come here!" Lucy pulled Gray's hand to separate him and the silver-haired stranger. Gray stumbled to Lucy's side as he was pulled. Lucy glared at the man like a mother protecting her child.

"Woah woah, I think there's been a mistake" Lyon held up his hands in defence, but Lucy was too busy attending to Gray to hear what he said. "I told you not to wander off so far! You made me so worried" Lucy scolded as she checked his face for anything strange. "But Lucy…" Gray tried to protest but couldn't talk properly as Lucy started squeezing his cheeks. "This stranger would have took you away if I didn't come earlier"

"Hey lady, if anyone's a stranger here it would be you. I'll known Gray since he was a baby" Lyon was clearly annoyed that she wasn't listening and was ticked off when she labelled him as a stranger.

"How do I know that's true" Lucy took a step forward and challenged him

Lyon just shrugged "You can ask Gray" he pointed out confidently

Lucy glared at him and turned to Gray. "Is that true? You know this man Gray?"

Gray nodded "He is big brother Lyon!" he answered with a happy grin

"Lyon? You have a brother?" Lucy lifted an eyebrow at the new discovery

"Not really blood related, but like I said, I have known him since he was a baby." Lyon interjected with his explanation.

"Fine. You made your point" Lucy crossed her arms. "Wait" she suddenly said in realization "How come you never responded to all the "child found" notices we put up then?" It struck her that she found someone that knows Gray and probably can take him back home.

"Oh, I just moved here a few days ago, so I didn't notice I guess" Lyon answered plainly

"I see. You wanna come over to my place so we can talk about this more?" Lucy offered as she realised they were still in the supermarket and her legs were killing her due to all the walking they did today.

"Umm, sure" Lyon shrugged, surprised at the sudden change in attitude.

"Come on Gray, let's go pay and go home" Lucy grabbed Gray's hand and started to walk towards the cashiers.

"Ooiii! Lucy!"

Lucy turned her head to see Natsu running towards them. "Shit! I almost forgot about Natsu!"

"Why didn't… you tell me …you found Gray?" Natsu asked between pants "And who is this guy?" he added as he pointed towards the silver-haired man

"Oh, this is Lyon, apparently he knows Gray, we'll talk about it later at our place. Lyon, this is Natsu, he is the one who found Gray" Lucy introduced the two guys to each other.

"Ne Lucy" Gray suddenly pulled her shirt to get her attention "Can we get pizza for dinner?"

"Dinner? Oh yea!" Due to some sudden events, she had forgot that they were supposed to have dinner before going back. "Sure! You guys ok with pizza?"

"Sounds good to me!"

"I'm fine with anything"

"Yay!" Gray cheered while throwing his arms up to celebrate

It was already quite late when they got home, the sat together and ate the pizza that they just bought as they got to know each other more. They chuckled as Gray was nodding off with a half-eaten pizza in his hands. The little guy sure eat a lot, it was already his 3rd piece.

"Come on Gray, time for bed" Lucy said as she took the pizza out of his hands and lifted him out of the chair. "But I'm not... sleepy yet" he protested between a yawn as he rubbed his eyes. "Of course you're not" Lucy snickered as she carried him to the bathroom to get cleaned up before putting him bed.

Lyon smiled at the scene. "Looks like he is in good hands"

"So, are you and Lucy together?" Lyon asked suddenly, making Natsu choke on his pizza.

"W-What?!" Natsu managed to say before drinking some water to wash down the pizza.

"Why are you so shocked? You know, a girl and a guy living under the same roof? There's bound to be something" Lyon pointed out flatly with a smirk

"What?! No! We are just housemates! That's all!" Natsu defended himself while waving his pizza at Lyon.

"Is that so?"

"Shut up before I shove this pizza up your ass!"

"Ok Ok, calm down dude" Lyon waved his hands as a sign of surrendering while giving a laugh

"What are you guys talking about?" Lucy asked as she returned to the table after putting Gray to sleep.

"N-Nothing!" Natsu stuttered at her sudden reappearance

"Is Gray asleep?" Lyon asked while he shifted his seat in attempt to peek into Gray's room

"Yea. He drifted off as soon as his head hit the pillow, and he was still saying that he wasn't tired" Lucy exhaustedly flopped down on the chair

"Haha yea, typical Gray" Lyon chuckled

"So, are you going to bring Gray back to his parents? Where does he live anyway?"

"He lives in Tohio. And no, his parents are… not exactly available… to take care of him right now" Lyon answered awkwardly, trying to phrase his sentence without exposing the truth. "It's best that they don't know"

"Tohio?! That's like the next town!" Natsu jolted up from his seat in shock "I found him like a few blocks away from here. How did he…"

"I guess he was wandering on the streets for more than a couple of days" Lucy said as she solemnly looked down. "Why don't you take him home then? Since you do know him better" Lucy teased him a bit

"As much as I would like to, I can't, I live in a dorm, so there's not much room for Gray to stay"

"Dorm? Are you still a student or something?" Natsu eyed the man as he certainly didn't look that young to be a student.

"I'm a doctor. I recently transferred here so I haven't had the time to look for a proper place to stay yet" Lyon answered casually as Lucy looked at him with an impressed face.

"Hmmm what happened to his parents exactly? Gray said they were gone, did they… abandoned him or something?" Lucy frowned at the thought

"No! Of course not. They love him dearly. It's just that… something came up…" Lyon stayed silent after saying that and didn't seem to want to expose any more information regarding the matter.

Lucy and Natsu gave each other a look and decided not to pry further about Gray's parents as they saw that Lyon was getting uncomfortable.

"Well, I guess it's not really a problem if he stays here for the moment, we can decide what to do later. And it's getting late, do you wanna stay the night? The couch is always opened" Lucy offered jokingly with a smile

"Yea, thanks for taking care of him." Lyon smiled and look down "I never thought I would see him again" he whispered softly. "Oh, and it's ok, I can go back on my own, thanks for the offer" he regained his composure and stood up to head for the door.

Lucy and Natsu accompanied Lyon to the door. "Call me if anything happens" Lyon made a phone gesture with his hand and put on his shoes. "You can stop by anytime to check up on Gray" Lucy said with a smile. Lyon nodded with a thanks and walked out the door.

"That was something, right Natsu?" Lucy said after she closed the door. When she didn't get a reply she turned around to see that Natsu was already heading to his room.

"Mou, at least go take a bath Natsu!" Lucy's shout was futile as she heard Natsu closed his room door. She sighed as she went to the bathroom to wash up before heading to bed herself. She found out more about Gray today, but the more she knew the more questions arise. "It doesn't seem that we will be getting more answers soon" Lucy thought as she looked at herself in the mirror. "But it's going to be ok I guess" Lucy thought as she laid on her bed and drifted off to dreamland not long after that.

Lucy and Natsu slept the night away, unknowing of the changes that Gray would be facing and that the answers to their questions would come sooner than they thought.