Title: Who Says Fairy Tales Only Happens In Books?
Summary: Natsu is a very "keep-to-myself"-sort of person who has had a hard time making friends, mostly because he doesn't share the same interests that most people of his age. He works at bookstore in the busy city of Magnolia, which has been in the Dragneel family for generations. It's a really cozy place away from his peers and Natsu would love to just spend the entire day there. Then, he meets Gray Fullbuster…
Couple: Natsu x Gray (NatGray / Graysu)
- Author Notes found at the bottom -
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Chapter Four: Day One
Natsu stood alone on the doorstep of two-story condo; he could hear his dad behind him in the car telling him to ring the doorbell already. He couldn't believe his dad was doing this to him; the rosette was perfectly capable of taking care of himself for two weeks but no! His dad had to ask if he was planning on going anywhere within two weeks and of course the rosette had to explain about the joint English project (of course he didn't go into detail). Inhaling deeply, the rosette pressed the taunting opal button and shortly after heard yells coming towards him: "I'm serious, mom! I don't need anybody's help- ah! N-Natsu... w-what are you d-doing here?" Gray, in Natsu's opinion, appeared not to know who was the one helping him watch over his siblings; the duo turned their heads as they heard the roar of an engine driving away.
"Natsu, you're here? Come in," Ur greeted the rosette, motioning for him to enter; Natsu did as he was told, brushing past the raven quietly that in turn shut the door.
"She should have just told me it was you," Gray muttered, hiding the dusting on his cheeks from the curious cobalt eyes.
Natsu stood, unsure what to do; he had never been over anyone's house but-
"Y-You can d-drop your s-stuff in my room," The rosette's attention dove straight onto the raven, who was motioning for the other to follow him up the stairs. Natsu did as he was told, not wanting to lose the only friend he's made since- Again, the rosette's thoughts were interrupted by Gray's voice: "You'll be sharing my room with me - There's plenty of space but I'll warn you that you get to have the bottom bunk... Lyon has a habit of pouncing into the room on the weekends,"
"Thanks for the warning," Natsu couldn't help but smile a little because of the raven's warning.
Gray opened a door at the end of a short hallway; inside cobalt eyes flew all over, taking in: the television set with a X-Box Kinetic; the small shelf unit of games; the two tall bookcases of books (mixing manga with hardback books). A small dark oak desk sat beside a window framed with dark blue curtains. A metal futon bunk bed sat in the opposite wall, which was adorned in silver bedding with a large blue comforter on the top and a black one on bottom. Natsu could only assume that the other had made the bed for him; the thought alone made a pink dusting spread across his face. He placed his duffle bag on the wooden floor; the raven moved past him chuckling: "Do you want to get started on practicing on our project? I don't like to push things off until the end,"
"I-I guess..." Butterflies had suddenly began fluttering inside Natsu's stomach as he knelt down to retrieved the scene script Carla-sensei had emailed them yesterday along with additional info on their project.
"I can't believe we have to do our own interpretation of Act Three - Scene Five... and we can't even skip over the kiss part," The raven muttered out, displeased with how the awkwardness of their scene grew.
"L-Let's just improvise and write down the good lines we come up with," The rosette suggested, earning a swift nod from the other.
Their practice today, needless to say, was very awkward; they had agreed to figure something out about the kiss Romeo gives Juliet in the beginning. Somehow by the end, both boys had ended up sitting on the futon side by side staring at one another; realization that they both became too entranced into the scene to notice how close they had gotten sent both teens flying away from one another in embarrassment.
"S-S-Sorry," Both flustered teens only turned darker with their apologies coming out at the same time.
Their awkward silence was finally ended with Ur calling both teens for dinner; neither spoke to one another as they headed down the stairs and into the dining room. Natsu followed behind Gray, taking a seat across from said teen; dinner tonight was pizza, wings, and bread sticks. The rosette couldn't help but smile a little; the meal in front of him was something his dad and him always had on a Friday night. He knew his dad must have said something to Ur about the meal; his smile didn't go unseen by the raven, who was now more flustered than he had been upstairs. He watched, careful not to get caught staring at Natsu by anyone, as the rosette's mood resembled one he always had on at the bookstore: contentment.
"Mommy! How come Natsu is here?" Lyon's question gathered everyone's attention at the table; Ur chuckled, reaching to ruffle the small boy's, sitting to her right, silver hair: "You see... Your big brother and Natsu have an important project to work on so Mommy and Natsu's Daddy thought it would be easier for the two to get an A this way,"
"Hmm... make sense, I guess" Ultear sighed, clearing her used plate off the table and moved it into the kitchen.
"Hey mom, do you mind if we take what's left upstairs? I promise I'll bring the box back down," Gray spoke up upon watching his mother and Lyon clearing their dishes.
"Only if you take out the trash tonight and the two of you babysit Lyon tomorrow while your sister and I go out for a bit," Natsu glanced over at the raven curious as to why he wanted to bring the pizza upstairs just to come all the way down to clean up.
"Do you mind helping me watch the shrimp tomorrow?" Onyx eyes met cobalt ones curiously; the rosette was the first to look away muttering a: "It's fine," along the way.
Gray snatched up the pizza box and motioned for Natsu to follow him upstairs again; "So how come we're eating the rest upstairs?" Natsu wondered, hoping the raven wouldn't think he was weird or anything. Instead of making the rosette feel like an idiot, the other ended up making relief wash over Natsu with a small chuckle: "It's something friends do,"
"...and besides you seemed really happy when you saw my video games so I thought we'd play a few," Gray added, opening his bedroom door.
Cobalt eyes smiled over the fact that the other considered them 'friends'; the duo took their spot on two black bean bag chairs that lazily sat in front of the television set. It wasn't long before they were pushing button as the duo sat playing Mortal Combat: Deception; mumbling and agreeing that the first to get seven wins would win.
- Six Hours Later -
"Yes! I won!" Natsu smiled, standing up to do a victory dance earning a grunt from the loser; being that the duo had stayed in those position for six hours straight the next should have been obvious to happen...
"!" Natsu's leg, having been forced to support the weight of the one who they were attached to, gave out causing the rosette to fall forward into Gray's arms; his knee landing right in between the raven's legs. Wide eyes met each other as the two stared at one another, trying to figure out what happened to lead to their current situation. Gravity taking its toll on Natsu's body made said body start moving lower - closer to the one underneath him; the raven's body seemed closer with each passing moment before they were inches apart and from anyone's point-of-view appeared to be about to kiss...
Suddenly Gray's bedroom door creaked open slowly, both teens glanced over in paralyzing fear of being caught in such a compromising position; Lyon, wearing lion footed pajamas, poked his head through the crack mumbling as he rubbed his eyes: "Graah, I had a nightmare,"
"I-Is t-that s-so?" The raven, sliding out away from the warmth that was Natsu's body to walk over to his little brother; leading him out back into the hallway.
Natsu got up as well following the duo to Lyon's room, feeling a little awkward being alone in Gray's room; he stood outside the dim room, illuminated only by the small nightlight beside the bed. He listened as Gray comforted the scared seven-year-old: "Don't worry - I'll be here until you fall asleep... Don't worry, remember what mom said 'the dream-catcher will take away all your bad dreams'," not catching what Lyon was saying.
He stood still, watching as Gray sat on the edge of the bed and rubbed his brother's bad in a comforting manner; a tinge of jealousy (possibly?) sparked inside the rosette. Minutes passed before the raven moved; exiting the room, the raven was surprised to see Natsu standing so nearby: "He's asleep again... he should be okay for the rest of the night," Gray smiled as the two walked back.
"Let's just go to bed ourselves," The raven suggested once he shut the door behind Natsu; the rosette grabbed his sweatpants out of his bag while Gray grabbed his from the dresser drawer.
With their backs turned to one another, they changed into nothing but the pants they pulled out. Finishing first, Gray took a sneak peek behind him to see Natsu pulling his shirt off over his head; onyx eyes travelling around the smooth tanned back before darting away embarrassed. Coughing, the raven quickly climbed up onto the top bunk and not long after Natsu flicked the switch, engulfing the room in darkness, and climbed onto the bottom bunk. Hours had seemed to pass and with only the regret of not finishing before mixed with the sound of an obvious fast-asleep teen, Gray quietly crept down off the top bunk landing on the floor with a soft thud. Hovering over the sleeping rosette, Gray dipped down softly capturing the soft lips beneath him. He pulled away hoping he hadn't awaken the other; once he was sure he hadn't, the raven climbed back into bed.
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Csilla: Okay~ the fourth chapter is out! :D I hope this one provide all of you with plenty of Natsu and Gray (Gray and Natsu) moments :3
BIG BIG BIG BIG BIG thanks to Kris (once again) for helping me come up with ideas for them! :D
Next chapter will be about them watching Lyon - so if anyone has any request of what they might like to see: I'm curious to hear your thoughts :D
By the way (if anyone doesn't know the scene they have to do - it's copy & pasted below)
ROMEO
Farewell, farewell! one kiss, and I'll descend.
He goeth down
JULIET
Art thou gone so? love, lord, ay, husband, friend!
I must hear from thee every day in the hour,
For in a minute there are many days:
O, by this count I shall be much in years
Ere I again behold my Romeo!
ROMEO
Farewell!
I will omit no opportunity
That may convey my greetings, love, to thee.
JULIET
O think'st thou we shall ever meet again?
ROMEO
I doubt it not; and all these woes shall serve
For sweet discourses in our time to come.
JULIET
O God, I have an ill-divining soul!
Methinks I see thee, now thou art below,
As one dead in the bottom of a tomb:
Either my eyesight fails, or thou look'st pale.
ROMEO
And trust me, love, in my eye so do you:
Dry sorrow drinks our blood. Adieu, adieu!
Exit
JULIET
O fortune, fortune! all men call thee fickle:
If thou art fickle, what dost thou with him.
That is renown'd for faith? Be fickle, fortune;
For then, I hope, thou wilt not keep him long,
But send him back.