"I CAN'T KEEP IT TO MYSELF ANYMORE, I NEED TO GET THIS OUT!" the ice mage looked like he was close to an emotional meltdown, his eyes showing how threatened he felt, "I've been gettin' this feeling that I'm being watched all the time, I don't know what's wrong with me. Wherever I go, I can feel someone's eyes on me. I can't even sleep at night, it's gettin' worse and worse everyday. I didn't want to tell anyone because I'd sound like a pussy, but I just can't handle this by myself any-"
"SHUT UP, BASTARD! What are you gonna do about it? Stop thinking that you're actually interesting enough to be stalked!." Natsu said to him after bitchlapping him epically, then falling on the ground heavily.
"I'm scared, Natsu. I'm actually watching Juvia everywhere... When I go on a mission she's there, when I head home she's there, her face's in the bushes, and behind stuff and just everywhere. I CAN'T EVEN TELL WHEN SHE'S ACTUALLY THERE ANYMORE! I'M GETTIN' MORE PARANOID WITH EVERY PASSING DAY!" Gray was crying. Really crying. With sobbing included.
"YOU'RE FUCKIN' DRUNK, PERVERT! AND PUT YOUR UNDERWEAR ON, IT'S FUCKIN' DISGUSTING'!" Natsu shouted, trying hard to get in a sitting position.
"You don't know what's like, dumbass... Everywhere I go I just keep gettin' creeped by people, even men for God's sake! I can't feel like I have any privacy."
"All I know it's that you're naked and that's plain disturbing. How do you even think of privacy when you go around like this? IT MAKES NO FUCKIN' SENSE!" Natsu shouted while he grabbed Gray's shoulders and started to shake him violently "STOP EMBARRASSING YOURSELF ANY MORE! YOU SOUND RIDICULOUS AND YOU'RE STILL NAKED!"
"WHY, NATSU? WHY DO I GIVE PEOPLE BAD LUCK?" Gray cried again.
"Because you're an unlucky bastard and you can't help it" Natsu answered simply, stoping the shaking.
"I'm serious here. I don't want anyone to protect me so much ever again. What the hell have I done to deserve it? It's always my fault, isn't it? Ul, Ultear... Everything ends up in my salvation, it's always me the one who gets out of it, it's not fair! WHY THE HELL DO PEOPLE EVEN LIKE ME? WHAT THE HELL DOES JUVIA SEE IN ME?"
"STOP!" the fire mage gave the ice maker a punch in the face "Listen to me, because there is no way in hell that I'm sayin' this again: the guild would be very different without you, and not in a good way. You're a pervert (and a damn huge one) but you wouldn't be yourself if you weren't naked half the time... It's just the way you are. You've proven to be brave an loyal and (no, stop sobbing, you pussy! I'm not done here!) you're a damn hard rival. I'm still better than you, but I don't expect you to be an easy win... Ul knew that you were all those, and she did what she did so that you could move on. Ultear wanted to atone, and her sacrifice is what let not only you, but most of us, stay alive. DON'T YOU DARE WEEP AND QUESTION THEIR CHOICES, BECAUSE THEY KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WAS GONNA COME WITH THEM!" Natsu spit, now looking angry "With Juvia... She's weird like that, but don't question it too much... Just don't hurt her either." Natsu was now calm. A deep silence took over the room as both of them laid on the floor looking at the ceiling and got into deep thought (yes, even Natsu).
"Natsu... Are you still looking for Igneel?" Gray asked, his sobs now gone. The usual calmness tool over his voice again.
"Yeah, of course I am. I will find him someday... After all, he's my father. I want to show him how strong I am now and... Just see him again. Oh, and introduce him to Happy, of course..."
"You'll find him, I'm sure... He'll be proud" Gray sat up slowly and with great difficulty, taking the bottle with him. Natsu did the same while Gray poured the next round "To Ul and Igneel And Ultear!"
"And future Lucy, too." said the dragon slayer.
And both of them drank the liqueur in one gulp.