Sorry if I took so long to upload. But here it is! This chapter is dedicated to my friend, Anna. Happy Birthday!
Thank you for all the reviews. I hope all of you (readers) would like this one. :D
Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail. Hiro Mashima does.
My New, One-of-a-Kind Celebration
"It's going to be your birthday onii-san!" Natsu said with a huge smile on his face.
"Thanks but I don't think that it is such a big deal." The eldest son said.
"Why not? Isn't your birthday something you should be looking forward to?" Gray asked
"Usually yes, but…"
"You wish to have levy-neechan on your celebration." Natsu interrupted his elder brother.
"Who?" Mira asked who seems surprised
"It's le…" Now it's Natsu's turn to be interrupted by Gajeel.
"It's nothing mom!" Gajeel told Mira before looking at Natsu saying that he should not say anything like that. Mira and Freed just laughed at the commotion their kids are having.
The next morning, on school, the kids were so busy with their class. Natsu and Lucy are having their tutorial session again (He never escaped any one of those before. Not that he can't run away from her, it is just that he's too afraid when she's mad.) Gray's having that argument with Erza about their homework. It seems like there answers are worlds apart. And Gajeel… he's been busy trying to focus on his class. With the blue-haired girl just sitting beside him, how can he focus? Hours have passed and it is finally their break time. Gray went to see Natsu in his classroom.
"Hey Natsu!" Gray called him from outside his room. Natsu excused himself from the conversation between Lucy, Romeo and himself.
"Let's go. We don't have much time." Gray said then they both ran towards Gajeel's classroom. They took a peak and saw Gajeel wasn't around. This gave the boys the perfect opportunity to talk to Levy.
"Levy-neechan!" Natsu yelled which made every student in the room look at him. Levy waved her hand and walked towards the two.
"Gajeel isn't around yet. I think he bought something with Aria, Sol and Totomaru. Wait here. I'll call him. Levy said
"No!" The boys reacted in surprise.
"We came to talk to you nee-chan" Natsu added.
"About what?"
"It's going to be onii-san's birthday on thursday and we want to surprise him. Umm… And will you come?" Gray asked the elder blue-haired girl.
"Sure, I'll go!"
"Really? Thank you nee-chan!" Natsu said while hugging Levy.
"Thank you nee-chan! See you on Thursday!" The boys said hurriedly while waving their goodbyes. Then Gajeel arrived with Aria, Sol and Totomaru.
"Who are you waving at?"
"Secret" Levy said teasingly before walking back into the room.
The next day, Gray and Natsu knew that Gajeel would have soccer practice before going home. So the two younger boys asked Mira to accompany them to some stores. They went in and out of stores just to find something that Gajeel may want. Finally, they found something. Mira just smiled at the boys' effort to make their brother's birthday more special. The boys bought the item with the money they saved up. Then they went home. While on the car…
"Mom, please help us wrap nii-san's gift." Gray said while eagerly starring at the item.
"Of course, I'll be happy to."
When they arrived home, Gray and Natsu ran towards the living room. They took some wrappers, scissors and tape.
"Both of you are really excited." Mira told his eagerly waiting boys.
"We need to hide it before nii-san goes home." Natsu replied
After a few days…
Gray's alarm clock rang. He stood up, went to the bathroom to wash his face and rinsed his mouth. Then he dashed towards Natsu's room to wake the younger boy.
"Natsu! Stop being so lazy and wake up!"
"Just five more minutes…"
"No! Wake up! It's Thursday!"
Natsu's eyes widened and stood up. "Thursday!"
The boys snuck into their elder brother's room and lay beside him. They covered themselves with Gajeel's blanket and waited for him to wake up. After a few minutes, the alarm clock rang and woke the birthday boy. He reached out for it and turned it off, and as he opened his eyes, the two boys jumped out and yelled…
"Happy Birthday!"
"Thank you Natsu. Thank you Gray." Gajeel patted the head of his two young brothers.
Even though they want to just stay home and celebrate, the kids have to go to school. They fixed themselves up and had their meal. They were then brought by Mira and Freed to school. They departed ways after they entered the school premises. Gajeel went in their classroom and was greeted by almost every student in the place. Though he was happy with their greetings, he was waiting for a certain blue-haired girl to complete his day.
"Gajeel!" A familiar voice called him
"Happy Birthday!" Levy added
"T-thanks"
Unknowingly, Aria, Sol and Totomaru were watching from afar. After Levy left, they were mimicking Gajeel's reaction a while ago.
"Stop it!"
"But you should have seen the look on your face! It's way too funny." Totomaru said while continuously laughing at Gajeel.
After classes, the Justine trio were fetched by Mira and Freed. When they arrived home, the boys went into their rooms, changed their clothes and took their rest. Gray and Natsu quietly went out of their rooms and waited at their front yard. As expected, some of their friends arrived. When they entered the dining room, they saw a number of dishes prepared by Mira. A number of gifts were also arranged at the living room. Freed asked Gray and Natsu to call out their elder brother. They excitedly did as they were told. They ran upstairs and knocked at the door. Gajeel opened it and saw two grinning boys in front of him.
"Time for snacks, onii-san!" Gray said as they try to pull their elder brother out of his room.
When they arrived, everyone yelled…
"Surprise! Happy Birthday Gajeel!"
The birthday boy just smiled and thanked those who attended. He thanked his parents and messed with the hair of his two mischievous younger brothers.
"Nii-san!" Gray never liked it when someone messes with his hair (Which Gajeel thought is weird because it was messy to begin with.)
"Nii-san's happy because Levy-neechan's here!" Natsu yelled with a grin on his face.
"I agree with you Natsu. I think Gajeel's blushing." Totomaru added
"W-w-what! Natsu!" Gajeel yelled which made everyone laughed. After all the teasing and laughing, Mira invited everyone to eat.
After eating…
"It feels like my stomach's going to burst." Natsu said while rubbing his tummy.
"That's because you ate way too much." The middle son replied
"You ate a lot too!" Natsu said
"I did not!"
"You did!"
And before things went out of hand, Gajeel intervened as usual.
"Stop it. It's fine. After all, the food taste great."
"Time for gifts!" Natsu yelled
"Shut it! It's not for you to decide!" Gray replied
"Alright Natsu. So where is it?" Gajeel immediately said just to stop Natsu from saying anything that might start another argument.
"Living room!" The young Natsu excitedly replied. He dashed towards the said room leaving the rest behind.
"He sure is excited." Levy said
As they walk towards the said room, Gajeel asked them how they get invited to this party.
"Natsu left a note at my locker." Sol replied
"Gray told me at the library." Aria said
"Levy told me." Replied by Totomaru
"They both arrived at the classroom; remember when you saw me waving?" Levy told him. Gajeel just smiled at the fact that his brothers worked so hard just for today. As they arrive, they saw the table full of gifts. Gajeel opened all except one.
"Why not open our gift nii-san?" Natsu asked
"I'll save it for later."
"Why so?"
"Because I want to"
This made the youngest boy even more excited, if that is even possible, yet curious as of my Gajeel didn't open it.
Time has passed as the group talked and laughed about anything under the sun. And finally, the sun has set and everyone went home with a smile. Mira cleaned the dining while Freed did so at the living room, while the kids helped each other to bring all the gifts to Gajeel's room. They placed them on the floor. There were a few clothes, a bag, a pair of shoes and a still wrapped gift. After placing it, the two boys left the room. Gajeel arranged hi gifts in his room before picking up the last gift. He opened it up and saw a pair of gloves (the pair that Gajeel used in the series). The young boys knew that he loves to collect those. Just as he was about to throw the wrapper, he saw a small plastic inside it containing a number of pictures of the three of them. He placed them on the table and went out of his room.
He first went to Gray's room and saw his younger brother sleeping. He placed the blanket over the sleeping boy and played with his hair.
"Thanks a bunch, Gray." He said so softly before going out of the room
Then he visited the room of the youngest boy. He did the same with Natsu, as he did with Gray. But this time, Natsu replied with his eyes closed.
"You're welcome, nii-san." Gajeel just smiled and walked out of the room.
The next morning, the Justine family had their breakfast.
"Thanks for the gift."
"You're welcome nii-san."
"Oh! And I didn't know you have all those pictures."
"What pictures?" The boys looked at each other. There were never pictures in that gift. They bought a pair of gloves and that's it. Except… Then they looked at Mira.
"Mom!"
"Don't you think it's cute?" Mira replied with her sweet smile. Gajeel went up to take the pictures included in the gift. The kids just laughed at their pictures before they headed out to school.
That's the last chapter as the Justine trio being kids. They will be teens for the next one. Pairings will start to evolve.
I'll probably upload a holiday-themed chapter in probably 2-3 days.
Sorry if there are grammatical errors. All reviews are appreciated.
Thank you :D