Secretly GrayLu by MangaJuiceXD

Summary: I'm sure Gray and Lucy have a platonic relationship, but would you want to know some behind the scenes of these two? I'm sure no one in Fairy Tail knows about the two's feelings…

Wait!

Before we proceed to next chapter….

Here's a GrayLu Omake from Isla de Verona Part 3:

The next morning:

Natsu: GRAY!

Lucy: (inside Gray's body) What? So early in the morning, do you have to scream like that?

Natsu: Gray! What did you do to Lucy?

Lucy: (puzzled) Wha-What? What are you saying? (Looks at the sleeping Gray beside her) AAAAAAHHHHH! NAKED! (Throws in a blanket to cover Gray and quickly got up the bed)

Gray: (Still inside Lucy's body, is very sleepy and gives Natsu an annoyed look) what's all this noise Natsu? Can't you see I'm sleeping here? (Drops back to bed)

Natsu: (Starts chasing Lucy) Gray! What did you do to Lucy?

Lucy: Nothing! (Starts running away) Believe me… I'm so fully clothed, see? (Deep inside: Damn you Gray!)

7: Isla de Verona: PART 4

Lucy:

A week has passed and still nothing. Gray and I stayed on each other's bodies, though, we are not giving up hope yet. I have visited every library in Magnolia, researched on every book about body swapping magic… I have found one, yet, it requires an "undo" spell from the mage who casted it. Since we do not know who casted it, it is useless. One book I've read, even said that we should need the hair of the mage who cursed us… as if…

Usually, I'll sigh defeated by the counter. The librarian would usually look at me with so much love in her eyes… Well, I couldn't help it… I just made Gray look like an intellectual, well-dressed bastard…

Although… these past few days, were just like a living hell…

For starters the scene goes like this:

After Natsu barged into Lucy's apartment, Gray (who pretended to be Lucy) pleaded with Natsu (he hated pleading) to leave the apartment and go to the guild. If only Lucy didn't restrain him, he would have sent Natsu flying out if he just wouldn't stop annoying them. Of course, Lucy had foreseen that Gray would attempt to do any ice magic techniques if he gets pissed early in the morning. So, standing behind Gray she grabbed his right arm and restrained it on his back like an officer capturing a criminal.

"You can leave now," Gray said when he finally calmed down. "I'm just going beat Gray up for getting me naked,"

Natsu jaw dropped.

Lucy smiled. "She's joking! Of course I never did anything to her…" then she gave an unsure giggle.

"Huh?" Natsu said

"Yes, I won't promise… "Then she winked. Gray looked at her with his eyes wide open. When a confused Natsu left the room, Gray began scolding her that her cutesy-seductive charm won't work… well, at least not while on his body.

As Gray decided to step into the shower, it made Lucy scream in alarm that he should STOP.

"Why?" he asked.

"Please!" Lucy said "That's my body; you have no right to give it a bath!"

"What the—are you out of your mind?"

Lucy then opened her drawer and fished out something. Later, she held a white bandana with blue floral designs on it. "Here," she handed it to him "Just cover your eyes, and I'll take care of everything,"

"That's sick," Gray reacted casually as he rubbed his nape "If you put it that way, then… I would bathe you too since you are in my body…"

Lucy's eyes grew wide. My words… why are they coming back?

She watched him as his eyes scanned the room. In the hamper, he got an item. "Here," he said as he tossed her a handkerchief. Lucy looked at him, he grinned. "If you want, we could bathe together blindfolded…"

"NO WAY!"

In the end… the two decided to take a sponge bath*

*sponge bath meaning: to soak face towels on a basin full of warm water and bathe the other person with clothes on. In short: the bath used on sick people.

"Sometimes, I wonder how you girls wear this stuff…" Gray said when Lucy taught him how to wear her bra.

She just rolled her eyes in response. Gray had been giving weird comments about her body lately, like she still had a lot of hidden baby fat. Sometimes, when Gray would comment, she'll just hit him with a book in the head so that he'd just keep quiet.

…

When they entered the guild, the two would always keep each other within their line of vision. They made sure that no one acts irresponsibly or does anything ridiculous. During one of those days of their "switched" lives, Juvia Lockser, a beautiful water-element user mage approached her one day. She knew that Juvia is hopelessly infatuated with Gray, so it's no wonder if Juvia happened to sit beside her that day.

"Gray-sama," Juvia would say as she sighed dreamily "Juvia really admires you so much,"

Lucy gave the girl a smile, unsure of how to react. "Y-you really think so?"

"Juvia thinks that she and Gray-sama must go on a mission together…" the girl with blue hair said as she scooted nearer Lucy. Lucy froze as Juvia leaned her head on her shoulder. It feels weird if a girl would flirt with her. She wondered how Gray should have felt everytime somebody flirts with him. Is he pleased? Or he'll just find it annoying?

"Huh? What was that?" Juvia suddenly said.

"What?" Lucy asked.

"There," Juvia said pointing at Lucy over there by the counter. "Isn't that Lucy-san? But, how come she just became too revealing this time?"

Lucy's eyes became wide when she saw Gray talking with Cana and Mirajane by the counter and he is… NAKED AGAIN?

That guy… !

"Will you excuse me Juvia?" Lucy said to her "I think I just forgot something from Lucy. You wouldn't mind will you?"

She clearly saw disappointment in the water-element mage but when she gave her a smile, the girl instantly brightened up. "As you wish Gray-sama," she would say. Lucy gave an inward sigh of relief.

She then went over Gray and pulled him away to the stock room.

…

"What the heck are you doing?" Lucy told the guy once they were alone.

"What?" Gray said, until he realized "Oh shoot, I forgot my clothes…"

"You're so… aaaaarrrghhhh!" Lucy exclaimed, as if she wanted to hurt him but refuses to since she would be leaving unwanted marks on her body. Luckily, she found a polo shirt that randomly lie around, and tossed it for Gray to wear. "You're still a pervert…" she pouted as she hugged her knees when she sat on the floor, defeated.

Gray joined her and sat opposite her. He just stared at her for a period of time. The intensity of his gaze was enough to make Lucy look at him. "What…?"

"Why a long face?" he asked her.

"Is there any particular reason aside from this?" she answered. "You know it, I know it, and don't you feel tired of this masquerade? It's been days, but still nothing. We aren't even close to the real answer… and you ask me why a long face? You really are something…"

"Indeed it's tiring," Gray answered his face serious with thought. "I'm forbidden to do the things I like, I'm forbidden to do my habits, I can't practice my magic out in the open like I used to, the heck, I can't even touch my own body! All these I can't do because there is someone I have to think of before I do certain activities…"

Lucy smirked "Your statement seems to be contradicting your actions…"

"Well, except the part where I strip, my unconscious does it… it's not in my will anymore," When he said this he grinned. "The switch between the two of us taught me a lot of things… particularly things about you."

"Me…?"

"Yup," he said casually "Want to know?"

Lucy made a face. Curious, she wanted to know. What is there interesting? She doesn't find herself interesting enough… what is there to hide? Is she supposed to hide something? Finally she asked "What?"

Gray's eyes looked up as if trying to recall some facts "Like, how you look like everyday… I always wondered how you'd look like up close, ever since when did you look so pretty? Did you always look like this? Or your mom must look very pretty?"

Lucy gulped. She was fighting very hard to blush hard. It seemed like for the first time, somebody had said that she was very beautiful… and the best part is: he isn't lying! She nodded at his question to avoid the adjective being addressed t her "My mom is very beautiful…"

"I thought so," Gray said and leaned on the wall. Lucy gave a sigh "By the way Luce… I found this on your dresser… I figured that it is a letter addressed to somebody…"

Before Gray could finish, Lucy's head suddenly went into an alarm. Oh no! That's my letter for…HIM! She suddenly tried to snatch it away, but Gray had quick reflexes and she wasn't able to get it from him. To further tease her, he put the letter on his cleavage. The two began to chase each other around the room knocking several items in the process. It was by pinning Gray to the floor which made Lucy get the letter from him. She instantly put the piece of scented paper deep within the pockets of her clothes.

For a few seconds, they stared at each other in a very awkward position only to be interrupted when Levy accidentally walked inside the room. Just imagine the shock in her eyes when she saw the two in a very unpredictable position.

"Levy-chan!" Lucy said "It isn't what you think…"

"I'm sorry! I thought, there were just some noises in the stockroom so I had to check it out…" Levy said "I didn't know you two had a private moment…"

As quickly as she appeared, she quickly disappeared.

"Clearly, she misunderstood everything," Gray said.

"It's your entire… stupid fault!" Lucy said.

Gray:

I never imagined things would turn out this way… At first, I thought the switch between me and Lucy seemed like a brilliant idea. Imagine I could just stare at girls without them hating me. Just the other day, some female mages in fairy tail would always hug me whenever they are happy… why are girls like that? If guys would do that to each other, it would seem so gay…

For a few days, Erza hadn't scold me… in fact, she was so sweet to me and I'll just pretend that I'm awed by her… but Lucy says I'm doing a horrible job of impersonating her. As if she could impersonate me well… she does a horrible job by being the "gay" version of me.

As for Natsu… well, I just discovered he would ask Lucy lots of annoying questions, and would often times drag me to go on a mission with him. It sometimes made me think if this guy in particular liked her. One day, I asked him without Lucy's knowledge. I asked Natsu "Do you perhaps… like me?"

Then the pink haired boy beamed and answered "Of course I like you Lucy!"

Hmmm… "like" with much enthusiasm, could it be a joke? "What do you mean by 'like' Natsu?"

He looked at me and then answered "You're becoming weird again Luce…" and then he spotted some guild members and ran off. Sometimes I think if this is how girls feel… I mean, they can't do anything if the boy that they like didn't like them, and I personally think it'd be weird if the girl was the one who'd woo the guy…

If you think Levy's accidental discovery of two mages in the stock room (one half naked under the other) wouldn't cause an uproar within the guild, sad to say, it did. An angry Natsu suddenly burst in and started to threaten and beat up Gray. It was a good thing Lucy was quick at running away and dogging his advances.

"Why wouldn't you fight me like a man?" Natsu would roar comically (though he is serious) around "It's been days since we haven't had a match Gray!"

Gray sighed. Poor Lucy he'd say, such an innocent girl getting caught up with my trouble… hmmm… is there anything I can do to help in this situation? Gray leaned by the cabinets as he watched Natsu chase Lucy all around the guild.

"Gray! Fight with me, one on one! You'll be forgiven if you win this duel!" Natsu challenged Gray whose statement made Lucy shout 'NO' and Gray spark up and say 'BRING IT ON, FIREBOY!'

Unable to contain his excitement any further, Gray stepped in between Natsu and Lucy. His eyes were glaring at the pink haired boy who didn't seem to give any additional interest in him. Later, Natsu said "going to fight with me too Lucy?"

"Yeah" Gray said with a devilish smirk etched in his face. (Imagine a wild Lucy challenging Natsu)

"Don't expect me to go easy on you Luce"

"Whatever…"

"It would be a two on one… Gray fights with Lucy…"

"Wha-!" Lucy exclaimed in the farthest corner.

As the mages eyed each other with mutual feelings of a heated battle coming up, (Well, only Gray and Natsu… Lucy, well she retreated to the farthest corner) Erza, the Titania suddenly stormed into the scene and grabbed Natsu, Gray and Lucy by the collars and dragged them outside the guild.

…

The four mages settled inside Lucy's living room; the only place wherein they could talk privately amongst themselves. Erza sat at the biggest couch, her legs crossed and a teacup held by her hands. The three remaining mages sat by the floor looking at her as if she was their god.

"I've learned something about Isla de Verona," she started as she took a sip from her teacup. Gray couldn't help but gulp. He gave Lucy a slight nudge which she responded the same way.

"A request came to the guild earlier this morning. It was given by Cedric. Apparently, the mission we had in Isla de Verona isn't complete." Erza said.

"Why?" Natsu said "Is there still some monsters that we didn't finish?"

"No, we defeated all of them." Erza said "It so happened that the curse still remains."

"What kind of curse?" Gray said as he noticed Lucy sitting in deep thought beside him. "Any idea…?"

"Hmmm… come to think of it," Lucy said "The whole island was dry the time we arrived, isn't Isla de Verona an island which uses water as its life source? If so… if the water didn't return…"

"Yes, the water did not return." Erza said. "That is the mystery. Why did it not return? Does anyone of you know?"

Gray tried to remember the things that might have led to such incident… maybe… maybe this could also be an answer to the problem he and Lucy were trying to solve the whole time. The switch… the water… Scenes of the past mission flooded his brain; things seemed to get clearer… The grave! Romeo and Juliet! Something was written… perhaps it might…

EUREKA! I got it!

As he was about to turn to Lucy who sat beside him and tell her about his thoughts, he saw her trembling, her hands balled into fists as if she was debating something inside her mind. Later she spoke in a serious tone "Erza… there is something you need to know, something that might lead us to solve this mystery… Gray and I must confess something…"

Lucy said the words…

Erza's eyes grew wide and Natsu's jaws reached the floor.

A/N: Sorry guys for the late update… a lot of things happened to me lately that I seem to have pushed this project aside.

Here are my excuses for such a late update: (you could skip reading this)

Passed national licensure exam, so I had a feast and then had to fix lots of things… documents and the likes…

Job hunting…. T.T

Trainings…

Reading books… LOL (^^)

Hope I could be forgiven… and like I said, this arc is extended. Hoping I could give this a decent ending. I wanted to hear from you if you are well entertained by the story so far. Thanks for reading! Hoping for reviews… it's been a while since I've received one…