Story Title: Magnolia's Shonen Ai
Rated: T
Pairings: NatsuXGray
World: Anime World/Canon
Warning: Shonen AI/Yaoi. Language...
I don't own Fairy Tail.
O.o.O Magnolia's Shonen AI O.o.O
Chapter 4:
...THE DATE II
Gray kept reminding himself that in this world, there are some people who won't take 'No' for an answer.
Walking in that cursed route again for the second date made him want to kill himself. Every step he took felt like hundreds of miles, and he considered himself a victim to Erza scarlet's threats and Lucy Heartfilia's treason. He had always thought that his friends got his back. However, he got that thought shattered due to the current situation.
He felt like Eric Caesar.
'Wait a minute'. Or was it…. Julius?
Fuck them both. They were the same. Why should he worry about some ancient historical characters' names of mighty old Rome the empire when he was about to have a date with a guy? His dignity and image were at stake. Both of the assholes Eric and Julius didn't deserve conquering the sanity Gray's mind was still having. He needed to focus and don't screw the date up because if he does, there will be always a second one and he wasn't sure that his heart and mind could take it.
Magnolia's busy streets was adding to his stress and as he walked with the pride of a white Lion fully aware of the knowledge that it'll become the pride of mouse as soon as he walks in Magnolia with a guy as a date. Without even noticing he was making himself an article for girls' gossip and crazy fan mode. Some of them had the dare to take a photo of him. Oh, he was so going to blow up the fashion team of the damn Magazine who made him look like the three stupid faces of Blue Pegasus.
Ok. That was uncalled for. No need to make blue Pegasus involved in something they have no relationship with.
The fashion team just gave him the right choice of clothing with a little touch of charm. And they made him smell manly. Those assholes dared to put on him a fucking perfume. Gray had never used perfume before. And he didn't know how him putting on perfume, will enhance the resolution quality of the damn photo. He could swear that those crazy morons are trying to set him up and get him closer to Natsu, and he put a mental note to make them ice statues after all this shit is over. He was already thinking of various ways for how he is going to create those pieces of art.
"There he is!"
Sally the editor of the magazine showed up in the view along with the director who was waiting not so patiently for Gray. The freaking man looked very happy with that grin on his face and it reminded Gray, that that asshole, was the one who chose him and Natsu among all the participants in the competition so he was technically on the top of the 'Who will I murder?' list.
Fuck you Gildarts.
He had no fucking idea that the disassembly magic owner would be hooked up in something like this. Gildarts was a mystery. He had many homes, many lovers, many jobs, many lovers, and many identities.
And many lovers.
The man was hiding an evil aura that Gray could sense. And maybe…. Just maybe it was his imagination.
"Oi Gray! Move your ass faster!"
Gray kept quiet until he was face to face with the devil. "Let me ask you a question…."
"Mmm? What is it?"
"Are you the director?"
"Why do you want to know?"
"Just answer."
"Yeah about that. No. I'm the director's substitute. As soon as I heard of this competition and saw both of your idiots' faces as the new stars, I dumped my two year mission and came to magnolia, threatened the director and stuff-oh long story that was-and then he went to a holiday making me in charge of the new issue!"
Gray's eye-brows twitched in utter annoyance from the idiot old fool's enthusiasm and looked to the surroundings to find the girls squealing on the street after they had seen Gray and on the other side, Natsu. Way to go Gray. You're now the scandal of the year.
With three S-class mages hot on Gray's tail, the boy had no escape.
Gildarts. Erza. Freed.
'I will remember that.'
Gray didn't like being played like a ball, unfortunately, he was played like a basketball.
"Where the fuck do you want to go?"
Gray asked Natsu while tapping his foot on the floor angrily. Sally and the Mr. jackass director told him that he had to make the date real and that they didn't want to impose something on Gray and Natsu and left the choice of the date open to the boys. The thing is, Gray didn't want even to think what they could do.
"Why on Earth are you asking me?"
"Ahh, last time I checked, we were in this together. And that you've to work out that brain of yours!"
"Waaaaaaaah guys! I forgot the hug!" Mr. Director said making a vein pop in Gray's forehead. Shoot. He'd almost made Gildarts forget!
Gray had to hug Natsu at the beginning of the date.
"Gildarts. Can't we pass this?" Natsu begged.
"Nope! Why did I come here for?! Gray! You forgot the hug!"
Gray glared daggers at Gildarts.
Snap 1
Gray and Natsu hugging the air.
Snap 2
Natsu's head under Gray's arm.
Snap 3
Gray and Natsu bumping heads.
Snap 4
They are hugging….. With a full scary glare at each other.
Snap 5
Kicks and punches exchanged between both mages.
Snap 6…. 7… 8…. 9…
Biting each other's heads off.
"CUUUUUT!"
Gray and Natsu panted heavily on the floor and sweating. They were separated from the fight and now so tired from the hug shot. Freed didn't put his barrier on Natsu because if he did then Gray would burn to a crisp, but now Freed regretted his decision.
Gildarts wasn't the happiest person on earth either. "MORONS! I said a hug not hog! If you can't show this small amount of affection towards each other without killing yourselves then what will you do if I told you to have sex?! Blow up the bedroom from earth to mars?!"
Gray eyes were flabbergasted at the mentioning of sex between him and Natsu.
No.
Abso. fucking. Lutely. Not.
He wouldn't imagine that. He would not.
Natsu rubbed his head and looked dumbfounded, and grinned making Gray slap his forehead.
"Wow that sex sounds like something so challenging!" The pink haired fool beamed making the Camera crew and Gildarts fall on the floor flat on their faces.
Lucy was having a mind freeze while Erza just smirked.
"Never mind… please hug for now." The director relented.
Snap 1 trial 2
Gray's arms around Natsu's waist with confidence. And Natsu having a big shock on his face….and maybe some redness.
"PERFECT! Thank you very much Gray!" Gildarts actually cried.
"Ahhhh! My camera froze! It doesn't want to save the picture!" the camera man panicked making the people surrounding glare at him as if he had killed a helpless deer.
"COME AGAIN?!" They screamed.
"SON OF A BITCH!"
"AND YOU CALL YOURSELF A PROFESSIONAL?!"
"Guys…. It's… j-j-j-j-ust a ph-" The seemingly small camera man was trying to defend himself.
"YOU MOTHERFUCKER-"
And the crew had to restrain Gray and Gildarts from freezing and disassembling his ass.
"Again. Where do you want to go?"
They'd finished the hug photo after discarding a bleeding camera man from the scene. Natsu was still shocked in the second photo. And Gray was the one who controlled the hug as the first wasted photo.
"I d-don't know."
"Natsu. Where do you want to go?"
"Gray. I don't care. Anywhere is fine, let's just finish this; it's no fun at all!"
Gray's face hurt from scowling all day so he finally sighed giving Natsu some break.
"Fine. Come on! We'll figure something out when we are walking."
Gray was actually told to hold Natsu's hand while they are walking and he did it automatically…. Which was totally wrong. He hated himself for seconds then decided to relax his brain and just enjoy the electric warm sensation that ran all over his body from a gentle tiny touch as hand holding.
Natsu had actually gasped as soon as Gray's hand touched his and didn't know the reason for feeling so hot in the face.
After walking for a while followed by the camera crew, both boys were feeling a little bit relaxed as they watched different merchandise offered in Fiore's markets. Natsu had been fascinated by some of the magic tools and STUPID ones too. Gray had refused to let him buy any, especially that talking frog. Natsu already had Happy. He didn't need another addition.
Natsu had called him ass and earned a-not-so-comfortable-squeeze from Gray's hand making him wince.
Then they lost themselves in the streets watching people, merchandise, and public fraud from different merchants. Slowly, the old care free atmosphere returned between them, making them laugh and participate in stupid contests. Like the strong palm contest. Or the lucky contest. Or the 'eat million rock contest'. They were happy just wandering around in Fiore's busy noisy streets never letting go of each other's hands.
After a while Natsu felt hungry from all of the almost three hours of walking and challenging.
"Daddy! Daddy! I want from these!"
"Ohhh! Anything for my lovely boy! Which one do you want?"
"Ah, that one! Wait, that one looks good too. Daddy! I've decided! I want from that one!"
Gray was walking and stopped when he felt Natsu's hand not moving with him and he almost cursed the pink-haired. Almost.
When he saw Natsu's focal point, he decided not to curse.
A boy was with his father standing near a simple barbeque and chicken stand. The boy was in his father's hug and Gray was amazed. He felt the tiny tug from Natsu's hand and took a minute to watch the boy's face.
It was weird. Why on earth would Natsu be giving that awkward sad face? Natsu didn't give sad faces! He always had these cheek agonizing smiles and grins. So why?
"That's nice." He mumbled while having a tiny sad smile.
Then it smacked Gray hard in the head. Right. Natsu envied that little boy. Gray knew that Natsu missed his father and that he was discarded without parents from almost 14 years now and it must have been a painful experience especially after Igneel had left Natsu without any explanations given. It wasn't like Gray had known his father to miss him in the first place, so he thought he knew nothing about Natsu.
Natsu had always smiled…. And that face was kind of new to Gray. He felt like it was another side for his friend.
"Oiiii! Gray! Bastard! Are you listening?!"
"A-Ah. What is it?"
"What is what? Let's go!"
"W-wait!" Gray stopped Natsu before he could move. "I'm hungry. How about we eat from there?" He pointed his finger towards the stand where the boy and his father were standing.
"….. Um, I don't kn-"
"It's decided! Let's go!"
"W-wait!"
Gray didn't know what he was doing.
"Oi Oji-san! We want 3 pounds of those."
"But Gray!"
He didn't know…. He just wanted to give Natsu something to replace whatever void he has in his heart.
"Shut up! Come on! Pick the salad."
Natsu smiled widely and nodded after a while. "Ok. Don't regret this!"
"I won't. Hurry up and choose idiot!"
He wanted to see that smile. He wanted to give him everything that he'd lost knowing that he couldn't do that in a blink of an eye as much as he wanted to. He understood the fact that he couldn't be a father to Natsu. He just wanted to be at least a good friend.
Yeah, wherever shit like that came from.
He cursed himself for blushing.
"That was delicious! We should go again sometime!" Natsu said happily blinding Gray with the light and beauty that was evident on the pink-haird's face. Gray thought that it was better making Natsu sulk. What the hell was he thinking?! He was harming himself!
"Yeah yeah whatever. You know what? If that date was with a girl, she would have kicked me where it hurts the most and blew me off." Gray grunted.
"Eeeeh?! Why? Why? WHY?!"
"Sheesh I can hear you just fine!"
"S-sorry."
"It's because girls always want the most expensive and the dandiest. Taking a girl to eat at a public stand would be utterly disrespectful to their sex."
"Haa…. I don't think all of them would do that. Lucy would-"
"Yeah maybe some exceptions, but I'm not so sure."
"And IF some of them did it, then girls are stupid! Gray is the best date ever!"
"….."
That's it.
That's really it.
Natsu needed a punch on his face!
"Thank you Gray, I had so much fun!"
Gray quickly grunted and let go of Natsu's hand walking in front of him quickly.
"Hey! Wait for me!"
Snap 2 Trial 2
Gray walking with a glowing pissed face, with Natsu running after him confused as to why Gray had suddenly changed.
Gildarts smirked.
This was going to be one hell of an issue to all of Magnolia's fangirls.
Good thing he came back.
…. To be Continued….
I know you are all mad at meeeeeeee... Forgive me guys, the chapter was very hard and Gray didn't make it any easy on me.
Please don't kill me... I'm sorry. *sniffles*
My reviewers:
YolandaStargazer
Wooooow, thanks! *blushes!* Please enjoy reading my poor thing. I wish I had written something more interesting for you all….
Hehehe, Thanks for your lovely comment!
darkhuntressxir
Yep. He did. Isn't that just hilarious?
Thanks dear for the wonderful review!
Hope you enjoy reading!
grayXnatsuFT
I'm sorry to disappoint you. I'll have those hot scenes written but not in this chapter still… please be patient and do not kill meeee!
I loooved your comment. Thank you for loving my stories, and I will try to put an extra chapter for a walk on the beach for you soon.
In the meantime….
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Llaelien
Awww thanks! It's not that great, but you made it something to me. you'll make me get so high and I'll never get down. Hehehe.
Thanks.
AznAkatsuki
Long time and I didn't hear from you. Hehehe, everyone is so busy at some point don't worry.
I sure hope you like this chapter too. And thanks for your comment that was full of love.
BohemianRebel
Wooooooh thanks! I'm always afraid that my characters are out of character, but you made me a little bit more relaxed. Please enjoy this chapter, and if you feel like it, review~
theabridgedkuriboh
Thanks! I wonder what do you think of Gray this chapter?
It'll be fun to discover that!
The Metallic Blue Otaku
Now that you know what happened, please don't kill me~
I know my writing style is not comparable to yours fantastic! So go easy on me TT^TT
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zakky492
Arigatou Zakky-san!
I loved your review, and I know that I didn't give much hints on their relationship development this chapter, but I hope it was enjoyable.
Thanks!
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