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''Come Happy, time to go home!''
''Aye!''
''G'night Natsu!''
''See ya tomorrow!''
''Yeah!''
''Oi, Natsu!''
''Hm?'' He was just going to step outside when Mira's voice stopped him.
''Would you go and check on Gray to see if he's okay?'' the woman said sounding a bit worried. Natsu needed only a moment to come up with an answer. He nodded to Mira.
''I will!''
The door closed behind him after he walked out. There was pretty dark, but the streetlights illuminated some light on the surface of the road. There was no people – everybody seemed to be inside of their houses even though this was the only time of day when it was bearable to be outside.
'Dumb people', Natsu thought while walking down the street. Well, it was pretty late so people were inside propably because of that.
''Naaaaaatsuuuuuu, I'm tired'', Happy complained. Natsu patted its head and smiled.
''You can go straight home if you want to, but I promised to Mira that I would go to check on Gray.''
Happy's inner fight lasted at least two second before it mumbled ''aye'' and flew to a different direction. Natsu sighed, he would've hoped that the cat would keep him company.
When finally standing before the door of Gray's apartment Natsu knocked the wood yawning at the same time. He was sure that Gray would be angry being woken up at night by Natsu, but it was too late to back away now.
To Natsu's suprise the door opened rather quickly and there stood Gray – completely wrapped inside of blankets. He looked grumby but not agressive, which was a good sign.
''Hi, I was asked to check if you were still alive, and I guess you are even though to me you look more like a mummy...''
Gray let out a grunt but keeped his mouth shut. He wrapped the blankets more tightly around himself and looked really tired. Natsu frowned and stepped one step closer.
''But you do not look like you're completely alive... are you okay?'' he asked curiously. Gray shrugged and coughed into his blankets to Natsu's suprise. Had the ice mage caught a cold? That would be ironic and weird as hell.
''Can I come in?'' he then asked suprising himself too. Gray just stepped aside, giving the other space to come in. And Natsu had been sure that he would never get inside of that house, at least if he didn't want to go in like he did to Lucy's house... and that would never happen!
Natsu stepped inside and waited for the ice mage to shut the door. He then took his shoes off and walked behind Gray to the livingroom. The couch was full of blankets and pillows, making Natsu to wonder if Gray seriously had caught a cold – how absurd was that?
''Can you speak or have you become mute?'' Natsu asked boldly. Gray shot daggers from his eyes towards Natsu before answering:
''I'd rather not.''
A small puff of steam escaped from his mouth and Natsu forgot to shut his own. Gray's body temperature had always been lower than normal person's, but this?
''Whoa, I never knew you could be so cold'', Natsu said eyes large, and didn't even realize the double meaning behind those words. Gray shivered a little.
''Me neither'', he muttered.
''Can you feel the coolness? Why are you freezing in this heat? You're supposed to melt or something like that because of the hotness, but-'' Natsu started to gabble, but was stopped by Gray's annoyed voice:
''Yes I can feel it, and I have no idea. Really Natsu, I am a human and not some ice cube, humans don't melt.''
''Yeah you're right, they roast...''
''What?''
''Well human body isn't really made of materials which would melt, because meat obviously isn't gonna-''
''Yeah, yeah, I got it! just shut up.''
Silence was between them for a moment.
''I really think I'm not capable-'' Natsu started, just to be interrupted by Gray again:
''Geez, would you shut up or not?''
''Hey I'm offering my help here!''
''It sure doesn't seem like it...''
''Do you wanna start a fight or something?'' Natsu yelled looking ready to start it at any moment.
Gray gritted his teeth in frustration.
''Actually...'', he started in even sound, ''no.''
''Okay then-! Wait what?'' Natsu said stumbling in his words.
''You heard me, I don't want to fight with you'', Gray said sounding irritated. The steam was still flowing from his mouth every time he opened it.
''So... you accept my help?'' the dragon mage asked testing the other a little bit. Gray sighed.
''I don't think you can help me in any way... but I guess I will. I really don't care for telling anyone else about this...'' he mumbled and sat on the couch. Natsu sat on the floor because he didn't really want to sit next to the irritated ice mage.
''For how long?'' he asked. Gray rolled his eyes.
''Are you my doctor or something?'' he rasped from his dry throat.
''Hey, I thought you accepted my help?''
''Mh, it started to get bad today when the heat was at its worst, but I guess it has been from the beginning of the week'', Gray muttered gazing at the floor. Natsu didn't actually do anything with this information, but he didn't know what else to ask to help his friend.
''Okay... Do you have anything to keep you warm? Because obviously those blankets don't help if your body doesn't make its own heat...'' he pointed out, without looking at Gray's face. He wasn't sure if the ice mage had tought of that at all...