My Fair Dragon


Disclaimer – I do not own Fairy Tail


*Rated M for Mature


Summary: It's the day before Spring Break, and Natsu can't wait for some fun in the sun. But his dreams come crashing down when a school project not only winds up making him stay at the home of his worst enemy, but also his biggest crush—Gray Fullbuster! Modern/AU/High School


Chapter 9 – Saturday (Warning: Abuse/Alcohol)

"Hey, Pinky? Before we go and trick your friends, may I ask you a few things?" implored Gray as he finished buttoning up his shirt.

"Um, okay. Ask away," replied natsu, somewhat puzzled by his tone.

Now, how was he going to phrase this? "Were you just…pretending to believe in the whole alien thing? Because I honestly don't get it."

The blush on Natsu's face was answer enough. "Just because I may be a bit smart does not mean I'm Sherlock Holmes! Honestly, if you'd been in my shoes, you would have thought the same exact thing! Plus, aliens kind of freak me out anyway. How can we be the only living beings in existence with such a vast universe?"

Gray just smirked at his boyfriend's response. So, his boyfriend was smart, but still had his little gullible, naïve moments. That was good to know. He liked the goofball side of Natsu, too.

"Anything else you want to fucking know, Mr. Ice Prince?"

Gray frowned. Natsu had lapsed into his cursing. Or was it new? "Why are you talking like that again?"

"Huh? Oh. Sorry about that. Sometimes I just…well, it just happens. I trained myself to act and think that way. By continuously doing something, it becomes a habit. And it's hard to break. In order to act the way I did, I had to think it, feel it, and eventually become it. It will take some time before I can…get rid it."

"I understand," Gray said after some thought. "But you do know that I want you to talk to me about your old life, right?"

"Why? There's nothing I want to talk about."

"You may not want to talk about it, but you need to. How else do you think you're going to stop having nightmares?"

Natsu paused and looked down at the floor. "It's not that I don't want to talk about it. It's just…"

"It's hard for you to dwell on those memories."

When Natsu nodded, Gray stepped over to him and gave him a hug. "Just…don't push this. Everything is all so new and…we've only been together a week. I don't want to fight about this. Just give me time. I promise I'll talk to you when I'm ready."

"Okay, Pinky," Gray sighed. "Can I kiss you?"

Natsu pulled away from him, his eyebrow raised. "You really do know how to ruin the mood, don't you?"

"What? I've been waiting to kiss you forever! I'm getting really ticked that we keep being interrupted!" Gray exclaimed, growing flustered.

"Well, with that kind of attitude, you're just going to have to wait a little longer," replied Natsu, moving away from him and out the door. "Are you coming or not?"

Cursing under his breath, the frustrated teen burst through the door. Perhaps he could vent his anger elsewhere. Like on Natsu's friends.


"Are you still sure you want to do this, Pinky?" asked Gray as they both stood outside the entrance to the park.

"Absolutely," answered Natsu, but he sure didn't look like he was.

"Everything will be fine. Just play your part and we'll see what happens. When you want to leave, just say the word and we're gone," Gray said encouragingly.

Nodding ever so slightly, Natsu approached the area his friends normally hung out at.

"What are you doing here, Gray?" Loke demanded almost immediately. Apparently, the fact that Natsu was standing there went over the teen's head.

"It's a public park. Why else would I be here?" Gray snapped, guiding Natsu in front of him.

The pinkette noticed that practically all his friends were there. Loke, Lucy, Levy, Rogue, Sting, Erza, and Gajeel.

This is going to be a lot of fun, Natsu thought sarcastically.

"Hi."

Natsu looked toward the person's voice, only to see Lucy standing mere inches from him.

"Hello," the pinkette replied in a polite manner manner.

"We weren't properly introduced before. I'm Lucy," she said, offering Natsu her hand.

The pinkette took it eagerly. "I'm Nikko. Who are your friends?" he inquired sweetly.

"Oh! That's Loke, Rogue, Levy, Sting, Erza, and Gajeel!" Lucy exclaimed excitedly.

Natsu looked them over. "It's nice to meet all of you."

The rest of them seemed indifferent, but Gajeel just narrowed his eyes contemplatively.

It was Gray's clearing of his throat that drew the attention of the others. Everyone seemed to freeze in his presence, giving him distant glares and such. So Natsu decided that he should break the ice; it was becoming quite frigid.

"This is my boyfriend, Gray Fullbuster," Natsu stated cheerfully.

"How much did he pay you to say that?" quipped Sting.

Natsu's demeanor changed in an instant, much to the surprise of everyone there. "Sting, was it? Do you have a problem with me? Because I can assure you that I have no ill feelings toward you," he stated in an astonishingly calm manner.

This response shocked Sting somewhat, and it took him a while to respond. "I just can't imagine why anyone would want to befriend that bastard, let alone be his boyfriend."

"And how well do you think you know him?" asked Natsu.

"He's a jerk to us!" Loke exclaimed.

"He always insults us," added Levy defiantly.

"I'm not sure you know him," said Rogue, directing his comment to Natsu. "How long have the two of you been…dating, anyway?"

Natsu crossed his arms. "About a week."

Sting burst out laughing. "You guys have only been at it a week? So you're just in it for the money?"

Natsu balked. "I came here with the intent of becoming friends with all of you. Would you judge me so quickly because Gray is my boyfriend? You don't even know me."

"When you're with Gray, you're probably no good," said Sting.

"Then what about his brother…Lyon?" Natsu questioned, his voice becoming quieter.

"I like him! He was always great to us in school before he started college," Lucy butted in, trying to be the appeasing one.

"Yeah, but he's still Gray's brother," argued Sting.

Natsu felt himself growing more and more distant. These were his friends. They didn't like him because he was with Gray? And they didn't care much for Lyon either? Sure, Lucy was friendly, but she was friendly to everyone.

Gray watched as his boyfriend grew upset. He knew he shouldn't have let Natsu do this, but he had insisted. His eyes softened slightly, and he took the pinkette's hand in his own to comfort him.

No one noticed this brief exchange other than Gajeel, and he put two and two together. Erza happened to notice Gajeel tense and wondered what had made him react that way. When she looked in Gajeel's eyes, she knew something was up.

"How can you be so harsh?" Natsu asked quietly, his confidence in his friends slipping.

"We're harsh? Who you're dating is harsh," exclaimed Loke. "He thinks he's some hotshot just because he's got looks and money."

"No," Natsu began defiantly. It almost seemed as if he wasn't really there anymore, like he was lost in his thoughts, talking to himself rather than them. "He's nice to me. He's helped me."

"Loke, stop it," begged Lucy.

"Why? He should know the truth. Gray is the type of person who uses people. But I see now that you'd rather be used by him than be friends with us," continued Loke.

"So let me get this straight," snapped Natsu suddenly. "You would only be my friends if I had nothing to do with Gray?"

"You hit the nail right on the head," said Sting.

"But…what if one of your friends befriended him? What would you do then?" Natsu asked, trying to reason with them.

"Think they're on drugs," mumbled Sting.

Levy elbowed him in the stomach. "That just wouldn't happen. And besides, if it did, we would probably do everything that we could to make our friend see that they're being…deceived," she said.

"And if your friend wouldn't listen?"

"Then they probably wouldn't be our friend for very much longer, I suppose," answered Loke. "You must understand that Gray is not someone you should associate yourself with. He'll only bring you a great deal of pain."

"No…you are," Natsu said, fighting back tears, but everyone could see the sobs that threatened to wrack his body.

"We're going," Gray said suddenly, leading Natsu away from them. When he saw that the pinkette was safely away, he turned and glared at them. "You have no right to speak to him that way. Not after what he's been through. You didn't even…" He paused as an idea came to his head. "Where's the Flamebrain?"

"Not here," said Sting.

"Do you even know where he is? Or even if he's okay?" inquired Gray. When he received no answer, he continued. "He could be beaten to a pulp in some alleyway and you're all here. Have you even tried to locate him? Some friends you are."

And with that, Gray left the park.

Everyone else remained silent for a while, but it was Gajeel who broke the silence.

"All of you are fucking idiots," Gajeel snapped, drawing them out of their stupor. "That was Natsu."

"Huh? But he said his name was Nikko," said Lucy.

"I've known Natsu a long time. He didn't look or even sound like him," stated Sting.

"Oh, really? Then go find him and ask him yourself. Erza, let's go," said Gajeel, leaving the park, too.

Erza hurried after him. "That really was natsu, wasn't it?"

"Yes. But there's still something that's bothering me."

"What's that?"

"What has he been through that Gray's apparently helped him with?"


"Eat your ice cream. It'll make you feel better," said Gray.

He and Natsu were sitting in a small café. After the pinkette had completely broken down in his arms, they'd done a little shopping, and settled down in the café to cheer his boyfriend up.

"Okay," Natsu said listlessly, staring at his ice cream.

"I got you something."

Natsu's head perked up. "When?"

"I…actually got it for you yesterday. I was going to give it to you, but then we'd been so engrossed in talking that I forgot about it."

"What is it?" Natsu sniffed.

"It's back at the house. Do you want to go home now?"

Natsu sighed halfheartedly. "Sure."


As soon as they'd reached the house, Natsu was feeling a bit better, even though he'd lost almost all of his friends. He still believed he would have Lucy on his side no matter what, but if she had to choose between him and Loke, Lucy would probably pick the latter.

"So what's this surprise?"

Gray smiled and led him to the living room. "Wait here."

Natsu plopped himself on the couch and stared at the wall listlessly. Even if he did lose all of his friends, he still had Gray…and Lyon…and his sister. That's all he really needed, right?

"Okay, Pinky. Close your eyes."

The pinkette did so. "I swear, if I feel your lips on mine, you're getting a black eye."

"Wouldn't think of it, Pinky," Gray chuckled.

Soon, Natsu heard something placed before him.

"Open your eyes."

Natsu did. "Why did you tell me to close my eyes if my gift is in a gift bag?"

Gray's expression turned blank. "Shut up, and open your gift," he replied, sitting next to Natsu.

Leaning forward, Natsu reached into the bag and pulled out a heavy wooden box, elaborately decorated. It was an art kit. It had paints, pencils, oils, and everything he could possibly ever need.

"There's more, Pinky."

And there was. Paint brush sets, an easel, canvases, sketchbooks.

"Thank you so much, Gray!" Natsu said through his tears, but these were happy ones now.

"You're welcome."

Natsu put everything back in the bag and turned toward Gray. "I think I'd like my kiss now."

Gray didn't have to hear that twice. He pulled the pinkette onto his lap, wrapping his arms around his waist. Natsu leaned down, and when their lips met for the first time, it was complete bliss.

After what seemed like a few minutes of clumsy kissing, Gray grew bolder and nibbled Natsu's bottom lip, eliciting a gasp from his boyfriend. Not taking any chances, he slipped his tongue into the pinkette's mouth, consequences be damned.

Natsu melted in his arms as Gray mapped out the contours of his mouth, drawing a delightful moan from him in the process.

When they finally pulled away because the need for air was too great, they stared at each other.

"I love you," Gray said softly.

"What?" gasped Natsu.

Gray then realized what he'd said, and he'd said it out loud. His boyfriend wasn't ready for that kind of confession yet. "I didn't mean it," he said quickly. "I like you, though. I really like you."

"You like me."

"Yes. Very much," replied Gray, getting ready to pull Natsu down for another kiss, but the pinkette pulled away.

"I need to get you your gift. It's upstairs, so wait right here," said Natsu as he wandered off.

Gray leaned back on the couch, arguing with himself over his little mishap. He didn't even give Natsu time to answer. What kind of a person was he to just blurt out that he loved him and just…take it back as if it had never happened? He was an idiot!

"I'm back, Gray," said Natsu. "I was going to wear this when we went to bed tonight." He handed over a small gift bag to his boyfriend.

Gray took the gift bag and peeked inside. "But there's nothing in here."

"Exactly," Natsu replied with a smirk as he sauntered away sexily. "Now suffer."


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