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Chapter written by Tangledcharm
Natsu lay staring at the sleeping raven, he had woken up with a smile on his face and butterflies in his stomach. The morning sun was peering through the half opened curtains, the cool breeze slipped through the gap in the window, bringing with it the birds songs and conversations of people passing by.
Gray began to stir, his dark eyes fluttering open. Hos arm was resting over Natsu and the bed sheet was entangled around the pair of them.
"Morning" Natsu hummed, his smile growing
"Morning" Gray replied in a deep, sleepy voice. He leaned forward and placed a tender kiss on Natsu's warm lips
The pinkette blushed deeply as he melted into the sweet moment. He brought his arm up and entangled his fingers in Gray's dark hair.
"Gray..." he whispered softly
"Natsu" the front door slammed and Igneel's voice filled the small home "Natsu" he called once more
The blushing pinkette shot up, Gray went rolling off the bed. Grabbing his clothes, he quickly began jumping into them.
"Natsu...get down here, this place needs cleaning up!" Igneel now called from the stairs
"O-Ok..." he called back
Gray swung open the bedroom window and began climbing out. Natsu raced over towards him, not wanting the raven to leave.
"Gray..." Natsu mumbled, he felt tears forming in his eyes
Gray turned, balancing himself on the ledge. He gave a small smile and leaned towards the teen.
"I'll come back later tonight when your dad's gone to sleep" he promised, sealing his words with a deep, tender kiss "I love you..." he whispered
"I love you to..." Natsu smiled weakly
Slowly he stepped back from the window, wiping his eyes as he watched Gray disappear down the street. He caught his breath and composed himself, hearing his dad calling him once more. This time his voice was louder.
He eventually made his way downstairs, his father was pacing from room to room. Igneel had been out most of the night, Natsu had no idea why. It wasn't like his father to ever stay out during the late hours.
Natsu slumped down on the sofa while his father was on the phone. He wondered why Igneel had called him downstairs and why he was pacing around.
Maybe he knows about Gray being back here...no...only me and Lucy know that. Wait...Lucy wouldn't tell my dad...would she...?
Natsu's eyes averted down, under his father chair he could see a box. His brow pulled inwards, he had never seen the box before and never know his father to be secretive enough to hide things away. Slowly he crotched down and pulled out the rather large black box. It had no label on it nor was it sealed shut.
Igneel finished on the phone, he sighed deeply and called to his son. But Natsu ignored him as he pulled out the contents within the box. It was letters, loads of letters, all addressed to him. His brow creased, when had all these letters been posted to him?
He began tearing them open, Igneel came through to the front room from the kitchen.
"Natsu, what are you doing?" Igneel questioned
The young pinkette glanced up, his eyes wide as his lower lip trembling. The letters that had been hidden away were all from Gray. Every single one of them the raven had written about how much he loved him and how he could never love anyone else as much as he does him.
"D-Did you..." Natsu stuttered "Did you hide these from me...?"
