Story Title: Magnolia's Shounen Ai
Rated: T (For now...)
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 9:
REVELATIONS...
Natsu had been sitting in the dining corner of the Inn waiting for Gray to show up after shower to have breakfast together with him, remembering that he had to leave twenty minutes time span before he calls his friend out, but sadly, he wasn't patient enough and called Gray when it was ten minutes instead. And it didn't end wonderfully. He walked on the bastard naked, and dressing in Jeans, so as a reflex, Natsu had kicked him because one, he was so close when her opened the door, and two, he needed to stop doing that more often in front of Natsu.
Natsu was being so very much self-conscious whenever Gray was near and he didn't know why. He had seen the boy's naked body dozens and dozens and zillions of times since they were little kids and never once he had felt the embarrassment or that he needed to avert his gaze or acting like Gray had suddenly became a stranger. And Natsu needed to snap the shit out of it. At this rate, Gray will die soon, because Gray never notices himself naked all of the sudden which was a bit problematic.
Natsu didn't want to eradicate Gray. He really didn't.
"I feel like I was kicked by an elephant. Why the hell did you do that?!" Gray showed up sitting in front of Natsu who hid his red face in the menu not answering and it didn't go unnoticed by the looks Gray was giving the boy.
"What do you mean by 'Why did I do it?' Any one could've done it if they were in my place! No one wants to see any of your very manly body!"
"Man, What the fuck?! Are you a girl? You didn't have any problem with it before!"
"WHAT?!"
"Yeah, nothing that made you hit me for it. What are you getting all embarrassed about?"
"Oh shut up Fullbuster! Keep your complains, Pick the food, let us eat, and get the hell out of here." Natsu said all from behind the menu.
Gray honestly wanted to shove Natsu's head in that hot soup pot placed on the kitchen's visible counter and laugh his ass off from anger, but he calmed himself down and reminded himself that this was the usual Natsu and not the individual from this morning laying on the bed and looking fairly domestic. No No No. Natsu was the biggest sucker of the century. Honestly! Gray had seen what Natsu's body has to offer and Natsu did too. Loooooong time ago when they used to take baths together….. Along with Erza, so why the fuck that moron was getting all worked up for?!
"Hello Ladies, may I take your breakfast order?"
"Oh shit… weren't you just at the reception desk?" Gray snarled.
"Well yeah. I got bored. I thought picking up on you two would be fun."
"Buzz off woman!"
THWACK!
"That will teach him a thing or two…." Hotaru mumbled.
The lady was holding a note and a pencil and she surprised both of the boys by just showing up acting as if she was the waitress…. Except that she wasn't wearing any official uniform. And she just made Gray suffer from the blow directed at his head. So not only was he kicked and abused by Natsu this morning, but also this fucking stranger! And they both had pink hair! And they both were so damn irritating.
He sure as hell can beat the crap out of Natsu for what he had done, but Hotaru? No. Hitting a girl is utterly disrespectful.
The idiot laughed nervously at the sight and then ordered his share in a tone that was close to that which he talks in with Erza. Apparently, this girl was Crazy.
"You're so sweet Na-chan. Didn't I say that I liked you better than him?"
Gray stood up slamming his fist on the table irritably, "Hey! In case you didn't notice, I'm a guest here! And I can have you fucking fired for your unreasonable hatred towards me!"
"Sure thing, I will be too happy firing myself I tell you that."
"What the-? Who's the Manager?"
"Me."
"Then who's the owner?"
"Me."
"Who is the fucking higher authority in this rotten place?!"
THWACK!
"Me."
"Fuck you…."
Hotaru had hit him again for spelling the last one. "Just tell me your order. Be happy I'm tolerating this kind of attitude for Erza-chan. If it wasn't for her, I would've thrown you out."
Gray really, really didn't want to answer. And Natsu noticed that so he ordered for Gray what he ordered for himself.
Hotaru listened to Natsu smiling sweetly then glaring at Gray one more time, and finally going to give the chef what the two have ordered.
Natsu snickered. "Serves you right."
"I can understand why you are so fucking happy. Obviously she likes you."
"Sucks for you pal."
"Oh shut up."
A few minutes passed 'till the lady came holding their food in trays and placed the meals in front of them, then she went and grabbed another meal and sat down joining them for breakfast with the cigarette in her mouth and a familiar magazine in her hand, making Gray's eyes go as wide as possible.
"Why don't you just shoot me?!"
Hotaru smirked and huffed smoke making Gray even more angry, "Well, you better eat up before your food is too cold."
"Why are you doing this?"
"Hmmm. Well, you should be happy that the owner is eating with you. You might get free services in the future if you behaved."
"The hell that shit is gonna happen! I'm not coming back to this hut ever again!"
Natsu laughed and stomped on Gray's foot from under the table with the look that says, 'Do you want Erza to kill us?!'
"Well, Hotaru-san, can you tell us about yourself?" Natsu tried to distract the lady.
Gray glared at Natsu, eyes promising sweet revenge, but Natsu didn't care. Gray's revenge is better thousand times than Erza's.
"Ara Na-Chan! You don't have to call me Hotaru-san! Just Hotaru!"
"Hotaru-"
"Yeah piss off Hotaru." Gray hissed.
"It's Hotaru-Sama to you, asshole." Hotaru's expression totally changed when she looked at Gray. Her sea blue eyes were irritated with dark look spitting venom at the boy while Gray blinked several times awkwardly with the omelet hanging from his fork mid-way to his mouth and seriously this was so unfair. He didn't even know what had he done to make that woman hate him that much.
"You know what Hotaru-Sama? I think there is some discrimination here. Are you forming the pink-hair IDIOTS club or something against me?"
"Think what you want. To answer your question Na-Chan, My husband had died ten years ago and now I'm living here the rest of my life. I had one child, but he died shortly after birth before I could name him. And I had a mother, but she died two years ago. I used to have two sisters, but they died in a car accident. I also used to have a cute pet Hamster, but he fucking died yesterday night. The End." She finished smiling cutely to Natsu who looked at her as if she had grown zillions of heads at a time.
Gray stopped chewing his food awkwardly, staring at the women with horrified blue eyes and he choked on his food finally. He could've died if Natsu didn't give him that cup of water.
"Hey woman! Take your misfortune away from us!" Gray yelled attracting attention from all of the other tables.
Hotaru smiled sweetly. "Sit. Down. Gray-chan. You're causing a scene in my restaurant."
Gray shuddered. "God! Is it safe to be so close to you?!"
Hotaru smiled looking at Natsu. "Na-chan, don't worry. Nothing will happen to you as long as I'm surrounded by many people. Someone advised me to start this business because as long as I don't get close to someone in particular, everything will be fine. So don't be scared~"
Natsu's eyes couldn't be seen from under his pink bangs, but his gritted teeth were clearly visible and his hands suddenly slammed on the table.
"Please DON'T SAY THAT! I…. I…. I'm sorry for all what happened! But I don't think that you're a misfortune at all!" He blurted loudly causing Hotaru's eyes to slightly be wide. Had it be any other person, they could've gone completely shocked, but not Hotaru. She'd seen and witnessed death so many times that she couldn't feel anything. Not warmth, not coldness and absolutely not consideration. She lived as a void ghostly shell on earth and she wondered why God was still keeping her alive and taking away all the people and things she loved away from her.
After Gray had seen how Natsu was sad over the woman, the boy stopped shuddering eventually and thought of the matter over calmly. He didn't really mean those words he just spat at her; in fact, he was just hiding his concern to the woman's condition. Sure she was the queen of bitches, but she didn't deserve that at all.
"The idiot has a point. I was just kidding by the way, No Fuck! You scared the shit out of me, but anyway, I don't think that these things happened just because of misfortune shit. Does someone have a grudge against you?!"
Hotaru sighed and flipped through the magazine on her lap. "I don't care anymore. It's too late to pull that stunt on me Fullbuster. Oh look! There you are! And I was wondering where I saw you two before!"
They snapped looking at the magazine, recognizing it as Magnolia's Shounen Ai and damn those bastards were so good. They'd made Natsu and Gray appear like Real, affectionate, LOVERS.
"Oh boy, those are so hot…. Are you two still denying you're lovers?"
Gray snapped, snatching the magazine from the woman's hand, "No. we are certainly not. And fucking pay attention to what we are saying."
"Please Hotaru. If you know someone-" Natsu tried to talk to the woman.
"I DON'T know anyone, alright? Stop asking these stupid questions that I've asked myself so so many times!" She angrily shouted taking her cigarette and magazine back from Gray smacking him and leaving both of them with her food, untouched.
Gray rubbed his head and pouted then looked at Natsu who had a face of a kicked puppy.
"Cut it out Natsu. She doesn't want our help."
"But…."
"I said cut it out. You're being dangerously concerned for this woman. She could be lying for all what we know."
Gray sternly warned as he left his fork on the table. And so did Natsu.
"Shit. I'm not hungry anymore."
Gray raised his right eye-brow, not believing what he just heard. "Dude. Do you like this woman or something? Is it the pink hair?"
Natsu shrugged. "I…. don't know. It's the first time I feel like this…. And I can't leave things like that. I lost Igneel one time and I was devastated back then-"
"Yeah, except that you are not that much now-"
"That's because I made a lot of friends back then. If I didn't join the guild, God knows what could've happened. But Hotaru…. She doesn't even have one friend. And she'd lost many of them."
Gray sighed and drank water and rubbed his head out of pain. That Hotaru knew how to get to his skull faster than Erza. "Well, if it bothers you so much, we can ask her one more time, but I don't think that she'll accept our help."
"Thanks Gray! Even though I know she might refuse, I want to help her…."
Gray gave out a little smile. If he liked anything about Natsu, it'd be his good heart and intentions. And yeah he'll do anything just to wipe that sad expression out of his face.
Bitch or not. He'll help.
After a few seconds of awkward silence between the two while thinking over and over about Hotaru, their stomachs grumbled strangely making them both sweat drop.
"Aw fuck it, I'm hungry again."
"Hell, me too."
Boys. How their body system operates….. It's still a mystery. They decided that sulking around acting like compassionate gentlemen wasn't their 'Fairy Tail' style. They'd be upset and still able to devour everything on the table.
"Damn! I completely forgot! Where are Erza and Lucy?" Gray asked after he took a few sips of his tea.
"Ah…. They went to complete the mission without us."
"What WHAT?! Why?!"
"How should I know? I just woke up like you."
"That's very strange. Why the hell did we suffer and come here then?"
"Trust me, your confusion is as good as mine, but we can't do anything if Erza is involved."
"Wow. Since when did you become a coward?" Gray flatly said.
"Since Erza's threats are not always empty."
"Bitch please. We still have our dicks in-tact and do you know how many times she threatened us that she'll cut them off?"
Natsu looked at Gray snickering, "Ha, well, I lost count, but let's not have our hopes up; she might actually do that one day. Gray, what the hell?! I'm having breakfast here!"
Natsu laughed as he threw a toast in Gray's direction playfully, looking at him in disbelief as the black haired smirked and dodged making someone grumble from behind because the toast had hit the back of his head, and Gray didn't give a damn. Erza had always wished to see them acting like normal friends so much that she would kill for it, only she didn't know that she had accomplished that already in her absence by being the topic of their leisure.
But soon…. The laughter died down, and both mages felt the Inn's temperature is dropping rapidly while their faces and bodies were covered in cold sweat. They didn't even want to look to their right, left, front, or behind.
That was so NOT good.
"My, My. And here I thought I was respected among my friends."
That voice…. That tone….. It wasn't happy which means, She wasn't happy. And when she is not happy, nobody can be happy including Natsu and Gray.
"I'm really disappointed in you two."
"Aye…. Erza is scary."
Gray and Natsu looked lifelessly ahead while walking with bruises behind Erza and Lucy to the lobby. Although their bodies ached in discomfort, they were still thankful that their very manly goods were safe. Could've been worse, they said to each other, accepting what has just happened.
"We'd like to check out please." Lucy sweetly requested from Hotaru who closed her magazine irritated.
"Honestly?! what's wrong with people interrupting my quality time with my readings?" Hotaru huffed and went through the procedure of checking out not sparing a second glance at Gray or Natsu who sadly looked at her.
Gray had stomped on Natsu's foot silently requesting from him to snap out of it.
"You'll pay back for this." Natsu whispered.
"I don't care. I told you not to dwell on the topic."
"But you promised that we'll ask her to help!"
"Does it look like we can ask her now? She's angry at us, Only God knows why."
Natsu glared at Erza's huge pile of luggage that was ready in front of him.
"What's the matter, Natsu?" Lucy asked, but Natsu shook his head slightly smiling, "Nothing, why do you ask?"
"You look like you're upset over something."
Natsu smiled again a smile that didn't reach his eyes, "Nah, just tired."
"Okay then." Lucy smiled back patting his shoulder and then going to grab her own luggage and they were ready to go.
Gray and Natsu had asked both girls why they ditched them and went to the mission alone, and the answer was that they discovered the mission had to be accomplished by girls only. And they discovered that the night before, so they didn't have a choice. Happy was….. a cat, so it was okay.
Natsu had said something about Lucy being an idiot for choosing that poster, but he choked on his words because Erza made him. Something Lucy was so grateful for.
They began approaching towards the exit, leaving the reception which wasn't so far and Natsu's heart seemed to drop every time he walked away from it. It hurt so much that he couldn't go on.
"Guys. I'm sorry. Just wait a minute."
Erza wanted to protest, but couldn't as Natsu had already ran to the reception with his back bag on while Gray slapped his forehead and sighed sitting on a chair waiting, knowing that the matter won't take only a minute.
He watched silently with Happy, Lucy and Erza how Natsu looked like he was pleading the woman to let him help, and from the looks of it, he was met with an absolute rejection and Hotaru looked angrier every second.
"Stop it!"
And finally her voice could be heard because she yelled. Gray didn't know what she told him after that, and after a while she smiled sadly and hugged him. Gray was surprised. He knew that Natsu probably will resist, but he didn't put up much of a fight letting a stranger woman hug him in that manner.
He snapped out of it when Natsu walked back slowly to them with a hurt expression and told Gray to go see the Lady because she had something to say to him.
Gray nodded and went looking at Hotaru's emotionless face.
"Listen brat, I know that you're a brat, but God, if I didn't tell this to anyone, I'm gonna explode, and I kinda feel that you are not the one who break promises."
"Ok?"
"Promise that you won't tell this to any soul."
"I will do that, depending on what you want to say-"
THWACK!
"Geeeeez! I promise!"
"Good boy." She said satisfied.
"Before you tell me, you've to know that Natsu has a very interesting strong hearing sense. If anything leaked, it's your problem."
"Don't worry. He is talking with the girls. He can't do two things at once."
"Fine."
"I know this will sound utterly unbelievable, but hear me out. Do you remember when I said that I had a baby who died shortly after birth?"
"Yeah, I do."
"Do you remember when I told you that I hadn't named him yet at that time?"
"Yeah?"
"My baby…. I wanted to name him Natsu."
"Yeah—WHAT?!"
"That's not the time to open your mouth. Just listen to me. I know that you're familiar with Edolas from your previous fights, and you've to know, that Edolas isn't the only parallel world to Earth Land. I'm actually from a parallel world called Airis. After my husband died and My 'Natsu' died too, I was desperate with no one by my side. I looked for various ways to revive both of my loved ones. Only I knew it wasn't possible." (1)
Gray nodded slowly as his eyes were still not in their normal size.
"I went to a magician in Airis. She told me that I can't revive my son, but I can see him in another parallel world called Earth Land. She also told me that the boy's name was 'Natsu Dragneel'. At first I didn't believe her since my baby is 'Natsu Melinda', but she told me that the last name doesn't matter as there is another Natsu in Edolas called 'Natsu Dragion', but I couldn't go to the one in Edolas. It was too far."
Gray remembered Natsu Dragion. Actually he was Natsu's counterpart in Edolas, and if Hotaru says this information without anybody of his team telling her, then…. Everything she was saying is true?
It has to be. Or else how did she know about Natsu Dragion?
"I came here searching frantically for him, forgetting that I was dangerous to his well-being anyway, and I had all the time to think it over while looking for him. I decided lastly that I would stop doing it since we both have no future together wherever we are. I just continued on living here because I heard about him one day from my clients and it gave me a little hope. Just being close to where he is…. It was enough for me."
Gray took in every word and looked back to where Natsu was sitting seeing the boy looking back at him with a confused look and suddenly, he had the urge to scream 'This is you freaking mother?!' and actually he almost did, so Hotaru whacked him.
"You promised Gray."
"But, but, but! Don't you feel sorry for him?! I'm sure as hell that he'll be happier knowing you are his mother!"
"No, because I will not tell him, and you won't either. He lived a good portion of his life away from me, and I'm not intending to change that. As long as I hear about him, I'm satisfied. If I became greedy, his life is as good as gone."
"Hotaru be reasonable. Do you honestly believe that you bring death to people?"
"Yes I do. And you'll do too when you see people important to you losing their lives because they are just so damn near."
"… I don't suppose I can change your mind that easily, but if you think that I don't understand then you're probably wrong. I lost my parents and I lost my only guardian when I was young. I was also close from losing my only brother, but I kept on living and I made a decent amount of friends. I suggest you think it over. You got to let Natsu have a say in this."
"….. I don't want you to change my mind. I told you that because I wouldn't be able to convey to you how much Natsu means to me without knowing the details. I wish that you and your friends watch over him, I know it's a selfish thing to ask, but please. I can't afford losing him here too. Airis was more than enough."
Gray shrugged and nodded feeling somehow defeated, but then he remembered something.
"How is the Airis counterpart of me then?" He asked curious.
Hotaru wacked him on the head.
"Why did you do that?! Evil woman!"
"You Gray….. You were the only magician who volunteered to escort me here and you…. Sacrificed your life for me. Just like the others. You promised me that you won't die like them. You promised… and I was so desperate that I believed you….. I wanted to strangle you while crying and you were already dead."
Gray's eyes widened, looking at Hotaru absolutely astonished from hearing that little Info. After a while of silence, he spotted Hotaru's hidden tears in her eyes and how she nervously bit her lip not to blink and release them looking up with a hot sigh coming out.
"You were an idiot….. I hate you Gray. You made me believe in you so much that I thought nothing bad will ever happen to you, and just like that, Baaam! You disappeared from my sight."
Gray looked down flatly, but a faint red could be seen on his cheeks. He didn't know why, but he certainly felt his heart clench in agony.
"So you were kidding when you told me that you think I don't break promises." Gray asked.
He saw the irony in her face. "YOU… Damn right I'm. I don't even know why I still trust you after what you have done to me. You were the person who crushed every fiber of hope in my fucking body, Gray. You are the worst of them all!"
Gray rubbed his hair irritated that he had to be blamed for something he didn't do. He couldn't imagine himself or any counterpart of him swearing devotion and loyalty to this bitch. Correction. He didn't think of her as a bitch. Obviously, he understood from where did her hatred and grudge against him come from. And it was so stupid because it came out of love itself. He didn't do anything wrong.
"Alright, now you listen. I'm different than the one who was with you. I'm not gonna die. And I'm definitely going to protect you whether you liked it or not. And Natsu doesn't even need me. He is very full of life as you can see him, and he can take care of himself. Hotaru, we're not over here. There is certainly something wrong in this story and I'm gonna prove it, but in the meantime I can't because I'm dealing with some stupid magazine for a while. As soon as this matter is over, I'm gonna come back and look for a solution—and don't say no. It's inevitable."
Hotaru almost punched him in the face, but soon she sighed letting some of her tears fall. "You idiot…. You're just like him. You're just like Gray…"
Gray blushed and sweat dropped at the same time. "That's because I'm Gray."
She patted him on the back and ruffled his hair playfully. "Well…. Liar or not… I missed you Gray. You don't know how much your counterpart meant to me. He was loyal, brave, and he made me feel safe whenever he was around."
"Ahem… were you involved in any…. Relationship with my counterpart?"
She smacked him instead of ruffling his hair. "No bastard. He was a loyal friend and He was already in love with someone else."
Gray raised his eye-brow. "Oh…. Really?"
"Yeah. Gray Diovery was the best catch in town. All he has to do is to walk around, and he'd get any girl he wanted. He had the looks, the talent, the…. God! Just everything." She bitterly chuckled with two more tears falling.
Gray blushed and looked at the woman dumbfounded. "um-"
"But that wasn't you. So don't be so proud. Your personalities are totally different."
Gray scowled. "Yeah right. I know I got what it takes lady. So who was it?"
"Who?"
"The one that my counterpart loved."
"Sorry, I don't know. But even if I knew, I wouldn't have told you."
"Why not?" Gray almost groaned.
"Because I knew that hearing about your counterpart in other worlds might affect your personal decisions and that's…. not good. You must not be influenced and make your own strong confident choices."
"….." Gray huffed and crossed his arms over his chest. Che. He really wanted to know who that Gray Diovery liked, but oh well, he's dead.
"Gray. I think you should go now. Your friends are waiting." Hotaru whispered softly to the boy who had been lost in the conversation.
"Fine. But I'm telling you, we're not over yet."
"Go home Fullbuster." She playfully punched his arm earning looks from the people in the Inn and from Gray's friends, but she could care less. Old habits die hard. She used to act this care-free with Airis Gray, and she seemed to notice the look on This Gray's face.
"Um, sorry. Sorry. I'm a little nuts and I know it's weird, but…. I can't help it. Your um-faces are the same…. Except he's older, and prettier, and… and-"
Without another word, Gray chuckled and wrapped his arms around the lady making the words stop in her throat and some tears jump out of her eyes.
"Damn you Diovery."
"So you two had a pretty good talk, huh?"
"Yeah. We did."
"Okaaaay, You are not going to tell me what was it about anytime soon?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"Can't tell."
"Is it something personal? Because it was weird with you all over Hotaru."
"Can't tell."
"You sure you don't want to tell me anything?"
"Absolutely sure."
"Are you really REALLY sure?"
"Positive."
"Come on Gray, how am I supposed to sleep the night if you don't tell me? Just a small bite to this hungry salamander?"
"Can't tell. And beat it Natsu. From now on, if you have something to say, Don't, or I'll fucking break your jaw. You need to fucking shut the fuck up or God helps me, I'll stuff Happy's most disgusting rotten fish in your mouth!"
Natsu had been thoroughly investigating and pestering Gray with questions after they had left the Inn. Of course Gray was so nice that he endured and endured and endured 'till things were getting worse and worse and he couldn't take it anymore. Natsu was like a small child who couldn't wait until he unwraps the birthday present which pushed Gray to the end. He wanted to kill Hotaru for telling him all those stuff. If she didn't, he'd be a free pigeon right now.
Natsu glared at Gray and huffed as they walked behind the girls.
"Why won't you say anything Gray?" Erza said in a casual threatening way.
"Listen Erza. You can slice me into a million pieces and I still won't talk. So dispose the idea because it'll only make your sword dirty."
Erza laughed. "Don't worry. I respect a man's honesty and privacy. If you're not comfortable with it, then we won't bother you anymore."
Gray sighed relieved.
"Only you'll face the worst silence treatment ever." She darkly said dropping the kind face very quickly.
And she was so damn right. No one would talk to him all the way to the guild and he must say… it was extremely boring. Usually, he was being yelled at because of a one remark or two, but this time, his friends acted as if he was invisible including Natsu who were glaring from a time to time. Of course, that's the only thing Gray got from Natsu. Glaring from a motion-sick Natsu on the train.
Well, that didn't bother him. He was used to Natsu being silent on the train most of the time.
When they reached the guild, Gray didn't even bother saying that he was going home because no one would've cared anyway.
Geez, I have such great friends. The boy released a very annoyed sigh then was on his way home, of course, noticing a very annoying Natsu behind.
"Go. Home." Gray simply said not bothering to look in the back.
"Hey."
Gray looked back and suddenly he noticed that Natsu was so close who were dressed in simple blue Jeans and V-black sleeveless neck exposing his Fairy Tail mark on his shoulder with his precious scarf tied loosely around his waist. Well, Gray had seen him all the trip from the Inn, 'till fiore, but it certainly was different with him being…. Close. Actually so intimate.
It was scary.
"Look at me in the eye, and say that you weren't talking about me."
Gray lost words as he turned slowly to see Natsu having a pleading look that looked somehow scary? Sue him if that came out wrong.
"….." Gray opened his mouth to say something, but while looking at Natsu, he knew that he couldn't lie. Gray was a very good liar and he always had accomplished many successful pranks because of his perfectly innocent mask, however, as he stands in front of Natsu Dragneel who was silently begging him to tell the truth with the biggest hurt expression in the world…..
That was tough.
"Natsu. Sorry, I can't tell you anything."
Natsu looked like someone had drenched him in cold water. "I…. I can't believe you. You know WHAT? That's it! That's really it! I'm not talking to you ever EVER NEVER again! You Keep your secrets for yourself moron!"
Gray sighed as Natsu stomped walking in the opposite direction.
Fine with me. Gray headed to his home and dropped his bags on the sofa and was about to drink some really old cold lemonade juice from the fridge and from the carton directly like good old days when he heard some annoying banging on the door.
The fuck?! He held on to the (Drinking Lemonade juice directly from the carton) thought as he went and opened the door with pure hatred to whoever disturbed him.
"Are you actually going to tell me anything at all anytime soon?"
"FUCK Natsu! I'm sick. Of. You! Just go home and stop it already!"
"But I can't help it…."
Gray really wanted to drink that juice. "Get the hell inside. I'm not holding the door." And he almost slammed it in the boy's face who got inside watching as Gray opened the fridge annoyed and drank the old lemonade juice. Finally.
Natsu watched amazed.
"Want some?"
"….. Ah… I really don't like lemonade, thanks."
Gray was being sarcastic. He knew that no way in hell, someone would watch him do what he did and still want to drink some. But Natsu truly surprised him. He didn't want NOT because of Gray's behavior, but because he didn't like Lemonade.
That's the problem?! What an idiot!
"Natsu. I'm tired. I want to sleep and never wake up again. Can you make this quick?"
"Okay, just tell me what happened?"
"No. No. No. and oh what do you know? NO. Ugh listen! She made me promise her not to tell, and I can't break that promise!"
"Why not? Weren't you the one WHO told me that she is a stranger and that we can't trust her? Why are you acting like me now?"
Gray rubbed his forehead from the headache. "Look Jackass. Why do you want to know so badly?"
"Because Gray! It's about me! She told you something about me and I'm just sure of it!"
"If that mattered to you so much, why didn't you just pick up our conversation with your super ear?"
"Because I knew that you'd tell me eventually and not just act like an asshole which is exactly what you are doing now. I trusted our friendship for nothing!"
"God… listen-sit down. Look, I'm terribly sorry for shattering whatever you believed in. I will be a very happy man now if I told you everything, but actually I can't Natsu. I want to. I really really want to, but I just can't. It's a very sensitive matter, and… I don't want to give you hope, but you'll know soon. So be patient until the right time comes. Please. I'm begging you."
Natsu glared then stood up and went to the door. "If you didn't tell me what she told you now, I will walk out of that door and you'll regret it for the rest of your life!"
Gray thought about it for a while, then sighed. "I'm really sorry. I can't."
Natsu crossed his arms over his chest and glared for a while then shrugged. "Fine, and I was kidding."
Gray almost killed Natsu.
"I understand that a promise is a promise and…. I actually feel sorry for nagging on you."
"Woah. Great. Now get out I want to live my life."
Natsu laughed nervously and asked one question. "I know it's terrible to ask you this after we'd just come back, but um, can I sleep here today?"
"What… why?" Gray was a little shocked.
"Well, I went to my home and found Gildarts in it while being with a lady, and he told me to go away and not to disturb him because they were having fun."
"…"
"Although I don't understand those noises that came out from the women, I felt that she was very happy. And I don't know why I got the feeling that I don't want to share them the fun they were having. Strange."
"…"
"And so I can't enter my house now. I also got warned by Lucy not to sleep on her bed today because Erza was taking my place so…." Natsu looked at Gray who gave him a blank look then sighed.
"Whatever, just don't snore." Gray grunted and then went to kitchen to make something to eat. That dirty old man! HOW DARE HE?!
"Thanks! Oh, can I use your shower? I spoiled myself bad in that damn train….."
"….. Sure. Uh, you have everything you need, go ahead."
Natsu smiled and went through his bag to get himself something to wear, then ran to the shower.
Gray was regretting his decision. Just thinking that Natsu was in his shower…. it was very very weird. And disgusting and not by all means seducing.
"Gray! There is no towel here!"
"Freeze to death!"
"It'll be a pain dressing myself again just to get a towel. Can you be nice and give it to me?"
Gray almost cut his finger when Natsu said that.
Shit.
He had just made one terrible mistake and it'll be a long torturing night for sure.
… Chapter Ends….
Pretty long? Sorry ^^ …. Couldn't help myself and my fingers. Actually half of this chapter was supposed to be with the previous chapter, but I thought that I would revise it a little, since there was a hell a lot in it to digest.
(1) Well, that's not mentioned in the anime really, but I thought, why not? And then I invented this fact, so yeah I know it might sound a little odd. So, if you are a writer and thought that this was some fact about the anime and wanted to build your WHOLE story on it…. Don't do it. It's a bad idea. Because all of it came from my good for nothing head.
Point two. I don't know if Dragon slayers have parents or not. I've searched in the internet countless times for the matter, but I couldn't find anything about it, so forgive me. I've invented a plot for the anime world.
I hope that was enjoyable.
Until next chapter~~
For my reviewers:
ansjovisjj
Wow. I believe you when you said three in the morning since I was awake at that time working on my graduation project, and I have to say, receiving your reviews was very nice. I'm glad you could read all the chapters at once. Sometimes it could be a real pain in the ass, but I'm glad you could catch up. And I don't think that your comments were annoying, as I enjoyed them after midnight.
I sense that you somehow liked my poor poor writing, so thank you very much. Hopefully this chapter is good too. Enjoy!
YaoiFanaticFreak
Thank you very much for reviewing. Well, yes they will continue working for the magazine for a while since this fic indicates that. If you're having fun reading about their photo shoots, then you'll probably have more fun in the coming chapters. And sorry…. *Hides!* Gray might actually hurt Natsu….. I'm just telling you so that you can protect Natsu beforehand.
Thank you so much for the lovely comment. I'll see you next chapter~~
titaniacherry
Oh…. Am I fast? Does three weeks and a week count as fast? Hehehe, well, believe me, sometimes I tend to update in months and some other times, I update in days…. I'm just that weird, but really. I don't update fast. You didn't suffer with me enough hehehe. I'm also glad that you find it amusing so far. I guess you won't after this long chapter, but what can I do. I had to write it that long or my mind will suffer a bit.
Hmmm, hope you enjoy it as well~~
Guest
Hhaha, thanks for the funny review~ and enjoy~
Daiki-chan
Oh Hi dear. Well, the woman is not a fairy tail character. I just tend to put her in my stories more often. I don't know if you're familiar with my other stories or not, but I tend do just make her blend easily with the flow. I don't know why though. I should inspect that brain of mine. Do you know a good doctor?
Hehe, well she is mean, but not always, and I hope you like her personality more as the story goes on.
Have a good day~~ and enjoy~~ and sorry if I made the chapter too long.
grayXnatsuFT
Thanks so much for reviewing as always. Hehe, well I read your review to my one-shot. And man…. You really…. really….. need to create an account or give me your mail or do something so that I can contact you. Because even if I wanted to participate in your event, I won't be able when on the 13th or where (which website?) or anything, so I really need to find a way to contact you. If you had an account we could work it out By PM but if not, then please give me your mail~
About Hotaru…. Well it's funny that you said out of character since she is not a character and you made me so happy by that because that proves that you know her character very well and that you…. Like my fictional awkward character. Something like that yeah. Well, rest assured, she'll be in character and I think I did that in this chapter. Although she is a bit different here because of what happened with her. Of course she'll change if she lost too many loved ones right? hehe.
Just for your beautiful eyes, I will make some more cute scenes for both of them soon. So stay tuned~
Enjoy~
BohemianRebel
Wow, you have a very active mind… I sure hope Gray's mind is like yours or else I'm in big trouble. *Smirks!* well, thanks for being patient so far because I think people are ready to fire a bazooka in my head. Please, don't fire me.
^^ enjoy the chapter.
GratsuLover13
Haha, thanks for your clearly conveyed enthusiasm. It's very nice to always have someone new reviewing and following my story. I sure hope you like it to the end.
Enjoy~
AsDarknessSpreads
Indeed. Except that I don't know who are the characters. But I assure you that it was funny enough for me. Shampoo in the eye…. That's really tough. Well, I hope you don't get bored with the extra-long chapter. And enjoy it while you can~
zakky492
Hahaha, well no they didn't sleep together unfortunately. I mean they slept together, but not that far yet. I don't make any sense do I? well, aaaaaany way, I sure hope this long chapter doesn't sound so boring.
Enjoy it dear~
I like your ryder by the way Zakky-san ^^
dreamscometrue410
Aw I get the feeling. I know that Natsu's loud, stupid and many many things, but eventually, when there is something going on in your mind about someone you love and you just wake up from sleeping, your personality is a little bit calmer than the usual and won't really be so enthusiastic. I sure remember how I'm when I just woke up.
A total nightmare.
Doesn't mean that he won't be so loud anymore! It's just in moments like these…. Well, god helps me, he encourages the idea of them two being together. Or else. This story is a goner. I gave up.
Haha, just kidding. Please don't be annoyed by the length of this chapter~~
I hope you have a good read.
And don't worry. I won't make him too cute. *smiles*
AznAkatsuki
Thanks. Glad I'm hearing from you again. Well, in the future, there will be moments like these yes, but let's just hope that they get together soon first. Then we can watch all the yaoi that we deserve in our entire lives. Do I sound like an idiot?
Probably yeah.
Don't mind me. just keep on reading.
darkhuntressxir
I sure am glad that you like Hotaru. Making an Oc that is easy to like is just like…. A dream that never comes true. But really, I hope you have a good time reading this ^^
theabridgedkuriboh
Yep he does like watching Natsu. That sucker. Hehe. You just make the right comments as always. I find it very interesting how you come up with some conclusions. Very interesting. And looking for more ^^