Csilla: Whoa... I couldn't believe how fast the reviews were popping up on my phone so of course being the procrastinating college student I am - I went straight to work on this chapter~! XD

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After the run-in with the fan-girls, Gray managed to escape into the boys' locker room that meant the rabid girls couldn't reach him until they all gave up. Lunch was approaching and maybe it was from all the running but the raven was beginning to feel a little dizzy all of a sudden. Thinking if he sat down he'd feel better, the raven slid down the wooden door only to feel his body fall to the side, the moment he was sitting on the floor, as darkness took over his vision.

-Lunch Time-

Natsu waited on the rooftop for his friend to show up; lunch was nearly over and there was no sign of his friend! Something in his stomach refused to settle as some thing didn't seem right. He tossed his lunch, not having much of an appetite before heading off to class; by the end of the day: he still hadn't seen Gray. The teen didn't even show up to the class they shared! Not really understanding why, he ran out of his last period classroom once the bell rung but stopped when he heard: "Natsu! Wait!"

He turned around to see Lucy running towards him; she seemed upset and although the rosette had no idea how to actually comfort her before he could try out ones he read in books she spoke: "Gray's... in the hospital... he fainted in the locker room... Magnolia General," when he didn't move she added, "well go! You two are friends, after all!" in a more fiery tone that made Natsu run off.

As much as he didn't like hospitals, he let his feet take him in the direction of Magnolia General; he gave the raven's name only to hear his name being called once again, he glanced over his shoulder to see Ur walking through the door. He walked over asking if Gray was okay; she nodded only to point to an area behind him. Natsu looked behind him to see Gray walking through the doors of the emergency room with discharge papers.

"Natsu?"

"What happened?" Gray staggered forward a little and was surprised when he felt warmth in front of him suddenly; Natsu had rushed over to make sure he didn't fall forward.

"I fainted... that's all," The raven muttered as he put his weight on his own feet before walking along side with the other to the door, where Ur waited with her car parked right outside.

"but fainting doesn't require you to go to the hospital..." His voice suddenly was silenced when he earned a glare from his counterpart; onyx eyes quickly turned away in regret to what they had just done as they climbed into Ur's car.

It was just as they were pulling into the driveway of Gray's house that Natsu heard a soft 'sorry Natsu' from beside him; a small smile of relief found its way on his tanned features: he didn't want to lose his first friend. He was about to climb out of the car when he felt something tug on his wrist weakly; cobalt eyes followed his arm down to his wrist then to the pale hand wrapped around it and finally to the body it was connected to. Ur had gone inside when Gray spoke: "Remember I told I had surgery yesterday," the rosette nodded, "well... I really did faint. The doctor says it might have been because of all the running I did trying to get away from those rabid," chuckling, "fan-girls... They had to do a biopsy to make sure my body was still accepting my liver," He finished, looking over with a guilty look in his eye.

"I see," Natsu muttered, looking down unsure whether he should make a suggestion.

"I didn't mean to hide it from you... I didn't want you to worry about me,"

"But I was worried regardless!" His outburst made the two teens freeze as the words sank in; Gray immediately thought back to partial revelation in the bathroom followed closely by Natsu's question.

/Have you ever fallen for someone?/

"I have," confused cobalt eyes looked over at him before he continued, "You asked me if I had fallen for someone earlier," a look of realization appeared on the other's face, "well, I have... recently too" Gray's chuckle seemed empty as if forced to come out.

"S-so... h-how did you learn that you fell?" The knot from earlier made its re-appearance in Natsu's stomach making him queasy once again.

"It just," pausing for a moment, "pieced together one day," He added with a small content yet painful smile on his face; the raven knew that his feelings weren't likely to ever be returned the way he wanted them to but he wasn't going to just runaway from them either.

"...pieced together, huh" The rosette leaned forward; knowing in two days he would be back at his house with his dad, which meant he wouldn't see Gray as much as he had these past two weeks, he didn't have much time to understand the emotions he was feeling after their performance.

"Why do you ask?" Out of fear of learning the question to a later question the raven wanted to add on, 'You dated someone before wouldn't you know?', he bit his tongue to keep the question silent.

"I read a lot of books but they can never teach you what it really feels like... so I was just curious," The rosy-haired male muttered, looking off to the side in embarrassment of wondering whether he had fallen or not for his only friend.

Before Gray could push the issue any further they were called in by Ur, which ended their conversation; tonight would be their last night under the same roof. In those remaining hours, the issue continued to fester until the clock's glow shifted to show '12:00' and an irritated raven rolled over in bed sighing from the frustration of not being able to fall to sleep. He quietly climbed down off the top bunk; as if possessed by something Gray carefully maneuvered his body so that his torso hovered over the sleeping rosette. The pink plump lips moved slightly as Natsu slept, oblivious to his friend's actions; the raven wasn't entirely sure why he was doing this: it just felt right. He dipped himself lower until he was inches away; Natsu shifted in his sleep letting a soft moan slip past his lips. The raven froze; his onyx eyes staring wide-eyed, watching as tanned eyelids open to half-mast leaving him to stare at sleepy cobalt eyes. Right as Gray, deciding it would be best to move and hope the other didn't remember anything, began moving away: a tug on his wrist stopped him before he glanced down to see the person obviously attached.

"Natsu...?"

The raven waited but couldn't stop a smile from appearing on his face when he heard light snores coming from the other; the rosette still hadn't let go of his wrist so, glad that today had been Friday, he gently pushed his friend further onto the bunk before climbing in himself. Watching the sleeping teen made it even clearer to him that he really might have fallen for Natsu but, as he pushed a strand of rosy-hair from the face, he didn't want to rush things. His shoulders sagged once he remembered what he had just tried to do; he merely smiled guiltily before the sounds of the other's soft snores made his onyx eyes slowly close as sleep finally took over.

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Csilla: I had most of this written but I wanted to put some fluff in it so I just wrote this ending up last night and this morning :3