Previously:

' I shouldn't have slept so much' Natsu groaned as he sat up rubbing his eyes. 'finally woken up eh, sleeping beauty?'

'huh?' Natsu opened his eyes to see everyone looking at him. he looked to the side as felt something cold pressed up to his side. Gray stood up and stretched, moaning a he felt his bones pop. 'im gonna go eat' Gray said walking past the others giving them a glare which told them not to say anything about what had transpired earlier.

'why are you all staring at me?' Natsu spoke breaking them out of their thoughts. 'just wondering how long you can sleep during the day.' Jellal spoke as looked at Natsu who had flopped back onto the futon. 'its Laxus's fault! he gave me a sleeping pill the stupid idiot!' Natsu mumbled as he stood up and walked into the bathroom. the triplets looked at each other before bursting out into laughter. even Erza had tears of mirth in her eyes.

Natsu walked back into the room to see everyone rolling on the floor laughing. 'what's so funny?' Natsu asked as he walked inside the room. 'nothing, lets go get breakfast' Seigrein said as he steered Natsu towards the dining room where Gray was already having his fill.

'You bastard! you didn't call us when the food was ready?' Seigrein yelled as he jumped across the table towards Gray. Gray looked up as he heard a yell and saw Seigrein's face looming towards him

'Ice-make box'

'LET ME OUT! YOU JUST DON'T PUT SOMEONE INSIDE A BOX YOU IDIOT!' Seigrein yelled pounding the ice encasement

'sorry, reflex' Gray said as he watched Natsu melt his ice. 'you don't seem sorry at all' Seigrein mumbled as he looked and his soaked clothes before glaring at Gray. he opened his mouth to say something when Erza spoke behind them.

'are you guys fighting again?' Gray and Seigrein froze in their steps before wrapping their arms around the others shoulders. 'ofcourse not Erza. we were just horsing around' Erza sighed and shook her head before sitting down at the table.

'Natsu. why don't you sit down and eat. standing there isn't going to make your stomach fill up' Mystogun said as he appeared next to Natsu who merely shrugged at the impromptu appearance. 'okay'

'so Natsu, who is Lucy?' Loki asked when everyone had settled themselves around the table and began to help themselves. 'is she your lover? Natsu spat out the water he was drinking at Loki's face. 'what the hell? no! she is just a close friend 'is all' Natsu said as he wiped his mouth and threw Loki a napkin.

'oh don't be shy, you don't have to hide it' Loki continued as he wiped his face. 'it oka-'

'What makes you think that the dragon slayers would give their body willingly to someone else apart from their mates?' Natsu cut in, his voice devoid of any emotion.

everyone froze, the fun sucked out of the room as tension mounted high. they looked at Natsu who didn't notice the changes.

'We mate for life,' Natsu continued as he curled up into himself. 'when we mate, our mates become everything. our life, our world, our everything. they are the ones who would complete our life. they are the other half of our soul. they become the reason why we breathe, live and the sole reason why we exist. they are the ones who will protect us, claim us and probably the only ones who can control us when we lose control of our powers. when mating is complete, we can feel what our mates feel and they can feel what we feel. ' Natsu stopped to catch his breath and looked straight at Loki. 'so, tell me why I want to do something by my own will that will get me rejected by my mate?'

the others were dumbfounded as they looked at Natsu who had a sad look on his face. 'Rejected?' Erza asked as she processed what Natsu had said, while Gray kept silent as he noticed the shiver that went through Natsu's body as he heard the word

'yes, rejected' a baritone voice spoke making everyone but Gray and Natsu turn their heads towards the source to see Laxus standing by the door. 'our mates have the right to make the choice of being with us or not. it is them , who choose whether they will be our mates or not. all we can do is tell them that they are our mates.' he spoke as he entered the room, looking at each one, giving Loki a small glare which sent the poor boy into a shivering mess before they landed on Natsu who was curled up into himself.

'what happens when you are rejected?' Gray asked hesitantly when Laxus focused on him.

'we die' Laxus said as Gray's head snapped towards Natsu while the others looked at Laxus with a look of disbelief. 'when we are rejected, we become nothing more than living dolls. we have to fight off a huge depression and the urge to just carry our mates away from everyone and suffer the greatest pain. we will still have our need to protect them and keep them close to us. it will be worse during our heat' All this while, Laxus kept an eye on Gray's reaction to his every word and wasn't disappointed.

'So Natsu, who is your mate?' Seigrein repeated his earlier question getting a shrug as a response. 'he wont know yet.' Laxus spoke for Natsu. ' he isn't of age and I doubt that he has gone into heat yet. however, when he does go into heat, he will be close to his mate as his instincts make sure of that, even if he himself does not know who his mate is. all they know is that they will feel safe and at home with them' Laxus elaborated as he got confused looks from everyone. at the end of his speech, he caught Natsu glancing at Gray with a look of confusion before curling back into himself. Laxus smirked to himself.

All of them looked towards Natsu who had yet to move from his position. Loki walked towards him but stopped when Natsu moved back in his chair.

'hey, Natsu.' someone whispered making Natsu look up.

'Gray' Natsu mumbled as he peeked from beneath the scarf wound around his neck. Gray gave a soft smile before speaking. 'wanna go get ice-cream?' At this, Natsu looked at Gray as if he had grown an extra head. 'why ice-cream? Natsu asked sitting up. seeing what Gray was doing Erza gave a small smile before walking towards Natsu and standing behind his chair. 'we can go the way we did last time' she said offering Natsu a smile as he craned his neck to see her face.

'Really?' Natsu asked as all thoughts of mating left his mind. 'can we go now. can we?' he asked looking back and forth between Erza and Gray. 'yeah, yeah' Gray replied as he ruffled Natsu's hair who gave a loud cheer before dragging Gray out of the room.

'we'll see you at school.' Erza said as she followed the boys.

by the time they made it school, Natsu had once again worn his hood. 'Hey Natsu, why do you wear a hood?' Erza asked as she looked at Natsu. ' because when I take it off there are way too many people staring at me and asking why my hair is the way it is every 5 minutes!' Natsu grumbled out making Gray and Erza laugh. 'its not funny!'

'what is not funny?'

they turned to see Juvia behind them with a white haired boy who was wearing only trousers. 'hey Juvia.' Natsu greeted the woman infront of him before looking at the boy next to her. 'who is the marshmallow stripper?' Natsu asked as Loki and the triplets joined them just in time to hear Natsu's question.

the others fell into bouts of laughter as the said "marshmallow stripper " choked on his own saliva

'im not a marshmallow!' he yelled as he pointed a finger at Natsu. 'So you're a stripper?' Natsu asked with pure confusion, sending the other into another round of laughter. 'NO! im Lyon. an –' Lyon started frustrated only to be interrupted by Natsu. 'yeah I know, an ice mage. that doesn't explain why you are stripping' Natsu said as he moved a few steps back towards Gray when Lyon stepped too close for comfort.

'that's because of my teacher!'

'what does she has to do with your stripping?'

'why you…!look. even Gray strips' at this everyone looked at Gray who was wearing all his clothes. Gray smirked at Lyon who face palmed as Natsu looked at the latter with a blank face.

'I cant believe Ur taught a pervert.' Natsu said as he shook his head.

'will you stop calling me that!' Lyon yelled as he failed to lock on to the fact that Natsu knew his teacher before he even said anything.

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