Okay, so it was his own damn fault that he let it happen but fuck it if it didn't still hurt like a bitch. Lucy had been his childhood friend, his, always together through elementary, middle, high school and now college. She was his friend! The girl he had pinned over for so many years but too damn afraid to make a real move on until he was backed into a corner.

And that corner became of all people his best friend. He had met Gray in high school and despite the fact they bickered over everything, he had become the one person aside from Lucy he thought he could trust, and while he had never actually revealed the way he felt about the blonde, Natsu was sure Gray suspected his true feelings, at least enough to tease him constantly about it.

So, why had he done it?

Natsu wraps his arms tighter around his sleeping girlfriend and buries his face in her hair. Lucy was blissfully unaware that he had such feelings of treachery over Gray and he wanted to keep it that way. He knew, that she would feel horrible if she thought it was her fault for breaking up their friendship and so he had played it cool no matter how much it hurt… because it wasn't her fault, it wasn't all Gray's either, and if he was painfully honest with himself, much of that blame laid on his own doorstep.

That it still didn't excuse Gray in his mind. If he had suspected Natsu's feelings for the blonde, why the hell did he make out with her? He wasn't going to accept the bullshit excuse that alcohol was a contributing factor that night of the party. There were lots of other girls that night, several trying to garner Gray's attention, so why did he pick Lucy?

The only saving grace was she had no real feelings for Gray other than the alcohol induced tryst, or at least one that had not developed yet and that was why he was forced to act quickly. So, one week after the party, Natsu confessed his affections for the blonde and she had happily reciprocated, even going so far as to admitting she'd hoped he'd come around one day.

But, why couldn't he just let it go?

It was just some heavy petting, Gray swore they never went any further though he didn't know if he wanted to believe the pervert and hell if he was going to ask Lucy. Didn't he have everything he could ever want now? The girl of his dreams and they were graduating from college in a couple years with bright futures ahead of them. On the surface it all seemed idyllic and it would be ludicrous for him to rock the boat now.

'Ugh, maybe in time it'll get better…' It had only been a couple of months and what was the saying? Time will heal all wounds. Natsu didn't want to hold a grudge but, 'no, a real friend wouldn't have done what he had done,' he'll keep Gray around, keep your enemies closer, but they'll never be as close as they once were.