Cold and Armored Hearts
Right, lets get with it for chapter seven! Sorry its been a while since my last update, I wasn't really in the ErzaxGray mood. But I've decided to at least try and give at least one update every month.
Now do you guys wanna know what inspired this story here? Well I'll tell ya anyway, has anyone heard the song Sweet Dreams by Beyonce? Luv it! And I found it highly appropriate since I have yet to give a story with a little ah...spice if you will.^-^
Hope you guys,
Enjoy!
You can be a sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare
Either way I, don't wanna wake up from you
Sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare
Somebody pinch me, your loves to good to be true
My guilty pleasure I ain't goin no where
Baby long as you're here
I'll be floating on air cause you're my
sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare
Either way I, don't wanna wake up from you~ Beyonce
Sweet Dreams
In short, plain and simple, the whole thing had been Natsu's fault.
Erza stood deprived of her usual armor, instead she stood wearing a velvet red bodice trimmed with black frills kept together with a dark lace that wove its way up the middle before coming to a stop in the form of a dainty bow just between the bust. No straps were needed to fall over her shoulders as the top was so tight it pressed her breasts up quite nicely, making them seem as though they may pop from the cruel restraints at any given moment. The skirt she wore was nothing more than an almost see through fabric of red and black frills and stopped teasingly high upon her thighs. She wore knee high black fishnet stockings and red pumps and her dark red hair was pulled into two low hanging pigtails.
Her ruby red lips pulled into a smile.
That night as a tribute to Fairy Tail's great and noble deeds throughout the land, the town's bakery had rewarded them with a large feast of sweets! An assortment of delicious cakes, pastries, chocolates, cupcakes, cookies, and ice cream, as well, was laid out all over the guild in a banquet of delectable treats!
It had taken place inside the guild which had been dimly light and was still crowded with the many sweet pastries.
He couldn't recall how he had been feeling but he remembered he had seemed relaxed, laid back as he stood leaning against one of the guilds many tables. His dark eyes roaming over Erza's scantily clad form with strong appreciation and a wolfish smirk growing across his face.
All the guild members relished in the sweet banquet far on into the night talking happily and drinking ravenously. Gray himself hadn't had that many sweets. He was a happy man with just a mug of ale in his hands. He had been sitting at the bar talking with Katana when Natsu saddled up at an empty stool and with an accomplished smirk and an irritating slap to his back, announced,
"Hey, Gray, guess who just bested Gazille in an all out pie eating contest!?"
Gray shot him an irritating glare, "Go away fire breath."
Natsu only gave a champions grin before saying, "Two hundred and thirty six pies! A new guild record!"
"The guild doesn't hold records for such retarded accomplishments!" Snapped Gray.
"And iron face passed out after two hundred! I was still able to eat an extra thirty six!"
Katana looked around for the second dragon mage, "Gazille's out?"
Natsu nodded with a smug look upon his features, "Apparently he didn't have the stomach to take down the new Lord of the pies!"
Gray felt his brow twitch.
Natsu's smirk grew, "What about you Gray? You willing to try and take down the king?"
Gray scowled, "Don't be ridiculous. As If I'd care about-"
"So you're scared then!?" Yelled Natsu boisterously with a large sharp toothed grin.
"Don't think you can take on the undefeatable in a pie eating contest!? Can't say I blame you, you'd just make a damn fool of yourself and pass out in your own sick like Gazille did!"
"Say what?" Gray ground out through clenched teeth turning to Natsu with a steely glare.
"You heard me." Natsu said with a mean and threatening glare his winning smirk rising to its max, "You don't stand a chance ice box."
Oh, it was so on!
With a swift ease she began to make her way slowly toward him. Her honey brown gaze trained on him as each step she took her hips sashayed temptingly from side to side her smile growing into a sexy smirk. His heart pounding with anticipation and want…
Lucy watched the two boys disapprovingly; it was like feeding time at the zoo.
They gorged down the sweet pastries at an alarming rate the other guild members now placing bets and cheering on the two fools!
The pies had long since run out and now it was a free for all match with any and all sweets up for grabs the first to give up, throw up, or pass out was the instant loser and lost the title of Lord of the pies!
Lucy grimaced as Natsu messily tore into a large jelly filled donut, with a loud disgusting noise.
"You guys really shouldn't be eating sweets like that so late at night." She declared.
It was well past midnight.
Standing from her front row seat of the eating catastrophe she began to make her leave. Her farewell words were,
"Don't you know eating sweets this late gives you weird dreams?"
Both boys ignored her and with a full mouth Gray messily snapped at Elfman,
"Pass me that plate of éclairs!"
She draped her arm around his shoulder languidly leaning in to press herself tantalizingly against him.
She smelled like strawberries.
Through it all their hungry gaze never lost tact. He raised one hand up to wrap around her waist. While her free hand raised gentle fingers up to brush over his thin button up long sleeved shirt, coming to the first button she began the task of slowly unbuttoning. One finger brushed pushed past the open fabric earning a second of skin on skin contact. It sent shivers down his spine.
She tilted her head up whilst he leaned down, their noses brushed lightly, lips parted, breathes mingled, and just for a moment their lips touched…ever so slightly before she pulled back.
Erza was no stranger to torment.
That stupid Natsu had a gut like a bottomless pit! In the end he had lost the stupid challenge by throwing chunks all over the guild floor. Natsu's gloating had been merciless and had he not have been so nauseated he would have punched that cocky grin in shattering his set of glowing fangs.
Instead he left the Guild in a foul mood wanting nothing more than to get home and catch some Z's. Tomorrow he would kick salamander's ass.
But first he just needed a good night's sleep…
Gray was not in the mood for these games as he brought his hands to grip at Erza's waist moving in one swift action to turn them both so that it was Erza that leaned against the guild tables.
She grinned loving the way he took control but her amused grin was cut short as he promptly and quiet aggressively covered her mouth with his own. Rough and demanding their tongues clashing for dominance in a battle that seemed un-foreign to both of them.
A good night's sleep was denied the poor ice mage as his night was overcome with…frustrating dreams…dreams that kept him tossing and turning and…longing.
Dreams of sweets and…a certain armor wearing, sword wielding red head.
The kiss became more desperate as he pushed her up against the table, knocking plates of cookies and cupcakes to the ground. He moved to stand between her legs which she wrapped quite securely around his waist. His hands were everywhere memorizing every feel, every curve while her hands were up to tangle roughly in his hair gripping and pulling with strong encouragement!
She bite his bottom lip roughly enticing a primal growl from him they broke away from the heated kiss sharply both breathing heavy, faces flushed, and sharp narrowed eyes locked with a driven lust.
He had awakened with a start, body hot and sweaty, tangled messily in his white sheets. He breathed heavily as memories of the dream flashed like freshly taken pictures in his head causing the throbbing ache to worsen down lower.
What the hell…!?
Where had that come from!?
He swallowed thickly still shaking lightly at the incredulous dream.
If Erza were to ever find out…he was worse off than a dead man. He took a few calming breaths trying to shake the images from his head. With a deep and grueling frown he lifted the sheet to check his…growing problem before heaving an irritable sigh.
He needed a cold shower like no freakin' tomorrow.
Still breathing unsteadily she leaned back while he leaned in readily. He raised one hand up gripping lightly at one of the ribbons tied that made up her pigtails pulling it loose he soon did the same to the other allowing her hair to fall down in a soft wave of scarlet red. Neither one broke eye contact.
He licked his lips still able to make out the sweet taste of her.
He wanted more.
Gray hadn't meant to do it.
It was one thing to have wet dreams about her. Sure he felt guilty about that but that there was something he couldn't control. But to fixate on the dream while he was…trying to get it down…
And it hadn't started out that way, mind you. It had started out with the usual, naked wrinkled old men, drowning kittens, that sorta thing. But it…just wasn't doing it…he was…a little too far gone or so to speak. And…he just couldn't get over…the way she had looked, the way she smelt, the way she felt…the way she had tasted…
Again he licked his lips.
Once he finished the guilt had sunk in again.
He allowed his hand to rub up her milky thighs pushing up the frilly skirt. And for the first time her voice carried out to him low and seductive it was said in one breathe through lightly parted stark red petals,
"Gray…?"
He had not been able to go back to sleep. For two reasons, One: He just couldn't sleep, and Two: Part of him feared the dream would resurface again.
So much earlier than was regular for him he instead took off for the guild.
He had asked Mirajane for a large cup of coffee to which the pretty bartender supplied along with worried concern over his sleepless looking state to which he was quick to shrug off as nothing.
Soon enough the guild began to pile up with its usual members and somewhere along the way he had fallen asleep against the table he sat at.
But he was quick to jerk back to consciousness at the slam of a thick book against the wooden table looking up he was met with the grinning face of Lucy.
"Fancy seeing you here so early."
He scowled, she smirked,
"Rough night?"
He brought his arms up against the table re-lowering his head and shielding his face from view his only reply was a short incoherent mumble.
Lucy only smiled before taking her seat and opening her book to a pointed section, she began reading.
He had only grunted in question lowering his dark gaze to her lips which now held a teasing smirk.
And from seemingly nowhere she raised her hand to reveal a small deliciously red strawberry covered with a creamy coat of milk chocolate.
Gray blinked his gaze now redirected to the sweet snack held in her dainty grasp.
Her smirk grew, "Do you like strawberries?"
Gray was just borderline of falling back into a (hopefully) dreamless sleep when suddenly Lucy spoke again, her tone brimming happiness as she exclaimed,
"Oh look, Erza's back!"
Like a rude slap to the back of his head Gray was up with a start,
"What!? She's back!?"
But Lucy was no longer paying any attention to him instead she was now standing happily waving over the armored women.
Gray paled, his heart drumming madly as Erza, having seen Lucy's frantic waving, made her way happily toward the two.
"When did you get back!? Did your mission go well!?" Cried the blonde as she happily gave her friend a hug.
A loving smile on her face Erza returned the hug using only one arm seeing as her other hand was busy holding up a small plate.
"I returned yesterday afternoon." She replied happily, "I was able to finish the mission sooner than I had thought." She smirked almost smugly, "It was easier than I had first anticipated."
Lucy pouted scolding the armor woman on not joining the guild last night for the sweet celebration.
They sat down at the table talking and doing well to catch up all the while Gray sat tense and terrified as though Erza would suddenly earn the ability to read minds and know every little thing that had been going through his head since early this morning.
He swallowed nothing lowering his gaze to the ground trying not to get to worked up that the star of his coarse dreams was sitting right across from him.
Calm down, calm down, calm down! She doesn't know anything! How the hell could she know!? Just be cool and it'll be alright! Breath…just breath…There is no way she could possibly-
"Gray."
His head snapped up to find Erza's honey brown gaze watching him closely, curiously.
Oh, crap…
"You have yet to say a word."
Gray's gaze shifted from Erza than back again. Where was Lucy?
He leaned in resting against his crossed arms he gave a forced smile saying, "Er…yeah sorry about that."
She stared at him quizzically before giving her head a slight tilt,
Suddenly she smiled, "Don't you like strawberries?"
Gray watched as she raised the treat up to ruby parted lips a pink tongue flickered out to run slow and smooth up the strawberry taking of the soft coating of chocolate and doing a damn good job of driving the ice mage crazy as she did so.
She then raised her hand up to grab hold of the front of his shirt pulling him in tilting her head up as she did so.
Her lips brushed over his own in the lightest feather touch, his grip tightened against the table.
Against his lips she murmured, "Do you want a taste?"
Gray stared at her incredulously, "Wh-what!?"
Oh, god she knew!!!
Erza furrowed her brow giving the boy a strange look, "Strawberry's." she said plainly, "I asked if you like strawberry's."
She then gestured to the small plate she had been holding earlier. It was piled with small chocolate covered strawberries.
Gray stared at the snack wide eyed the corner of his mouth twitching just so.
"They were left over from last night." Erza explained, "Lucy just went to get her a plate."
The armored woman than raised a brow at him, "What's your problem?"
It was just a coincidence. They really had been serving chocolate covered strawberries last night.
He was fine…she didn't know anything…everything was going to be okay.
So long as he kept it together.
He gave a short nervous chuckle as he said, "Problem? There's no problem. I just…have a lot on my mind."
She gave him a dull look, "I find that hard to believe."
He returned her dull look with a dull glare but didn't say anything.
She gave a light smirk before reaching a hand out to take hold of one of the chocolate covered strawberries. Gray suddenly found himself watching the scarlet haired woman intently as he once again swallowed nothing hard.
His dark gaze didn't miss a beat as he watched Erza take a small bite from the delicious treat. And he caught the flash of her tongue as it moved to lick the chocolate crumbs from her lips.
Gray bit his bottom lip feeling a strong stirring in his chest.
He was caught completely off guard when her gaze flashed up to return to his and she asked,
"You wanna taste?"
He once again lowered his lips down to ravage her own. Erza moaned as she pressed herself securely against him pulling apart his shirt and in doing so ripping off the last few buttons as Gray began to unhook the bindings of her bodice.
Hands moving, groping, anxious, and desperate. She pulled him in to move on the table over her as she leaned back hearts pounding sensation's running wild.
There had been nothing to sugar coat, the dream had been wild, and impulsive, lewd, and hungry, forceful, and oh, so delicious.
Gray would never look at the scarlet haired woman the same ever again.
He, once again, stared at her incredulously.
This…was not… Something was very wrong here.
Again she raised a brow at him, "Gray? You okay?"
"Ah…Um y-yeah…um," He gave his head a light shake, "I-I'm sorry, what did you say again?"
Erza gave him an exasperated look with an annoyed sigh, "The strawberries idiot. I asked if you wanted to taste one."
"Yes that's right!" Gray quickly agreed, "You were talking about the chocolate covered strawberries and not…!"
Erza furrowed her brow waiting for him to continue; instead Gray gave a light shake to his head with another uneasy chuckle.
"Yeah." He said finally, "I'll have one of those…ah strawberries."
Plopping the rest of the treat into her mouth Erza then slid the plate toward the boy. As casually as possible he reached out to take one of the strawberries before quickly devouring the whole snack in one bite. He tried not to think too much about how the taste didn't differ much even from his dreams.
Bringing her elbow up to prop against the table whilst leaning her head in her palm she watched him closely with sharp eyes.
Finally she asked, "Have you not been sleeping well Gray?"
His eyes flashed up to meet hers.
She said, "Cause you look a little drained."
Gray shifted, "I'm fine...I…I just didn't get a full night's sleep last night." He muttered.
Again she watched him closely for a moment, and if he had blinked he was sure he would have missed it as her eyes flashed with an almost coy and knowing look before she said,
"Well you should be careful with the sweets. They give you weird dreams you know."
And then, her lips pulled back into a sultry smile almost as if to say:
You don't need any more sweets today.
Gray couldn't have agreed more.
~Fin~
I hope I didn't scare anyone into thinking this would be a song fic, ugh can't stand those. But either way let me know what ya thinks! Till next time!
Peace)-AR
