I hope this has been as much fun for you as it is for me. Ha, there I go again with the double entendres. I'm such a troll.
I apologize for nothing. NOTHING!
This is another short chapter. It's been a little difficult for me to get into and all I want to do is dialogue so you'll just have to fill in the blanks and use your imagination.
Chapter Four - Harder
"Harder," she groaned.
"Are you sure about that? I don't want to br-"
"You're not going to break anything. Now harder."
"But-"
"Oh, for the love- Gray! Put your back into it!"
"Why don't you put your back into it?"
She glared at him and he shuddered, "I mean, I'll put my back into it."
He reluctantly smacked harder but only slightly and that elicited another frustrated groan, "I said harder!"
"I did go harder!"
"Well, that was pathetic. Twelve year old me can smack harder than that," she grumbled not so quietly.
He gaped at her, "you know what? Our power levels have narrowed considerably so I don't appreciate particular comment!"
"Doesn't look like our power levels have narrowed at all, noodle arms."
He fumed at that, "okay, fine. You want hard? I'll give you hard!" He forcibly brought down his arm in quick succession and she grinned in triumph.
Gray began to cough and bat his hands; as if he were warding off a swarm of mosquitoes, "see?! You see this? This is why I didn't want to smack it so hard!"
"Relax. It's just a little dust."
"That was not a little dust! That was a lot of dust! A LOT."
"Well, at the very least now I know you can hit harder than 12 year old me."
"Erza..."
"Anyway, good job."
He tossed the stick to the side and stood next to her, "I don't see why this is necessary anyway. Just give Lucy the damn rug. There's no need to beat the damn thing."
"Of course there's a need! I'm not going to give Lucy a dirty rug! What am I, a barbarian?
"It stupid."
"You're just upset because instead of inviting you to watch Thunderball, I asked you to do this."
"Yes! Yes, I am!"
"Well, I needed help! My arm is still healing after breaking it because of yours and Natsu's fight!"
"You know, you can only milk that for so long before I stop feeling guilty about it."
"And until then, I'm going to continue to milk it."
Gray frowned, folded his arms across his chest, and leaned back against the tree, "why are you giving this thing to Lucy anyway?"
"I need to get rid of some stuff. The new house won't fit all this and she wanted it. I don't want to throw it away if I don't have to."
"I can't believe you're moving." He sighed and then frowned, "I'm going to have to help with that too, aren't I."
"Yep!"
"Fucking brilliant."
To be honest, I didn't think I'd have enough troll material beyond three chapters. But then inspiration struck and that pleases me greatly.