Here's the new chapter! Hope you guys like it *grins*


Natsu woke up to the smell of coffee and to a room engulfed by the darkness. Still disoriented, he moved his hand to look for the missing warmth that was there last night. When his roaming limb was unable to find its target, he slowly opened his eyes to find that the spot next to him was empty. Because of the still lingering warmth in the sheets, he assumed that the ice mage left his side not too long ago. Lazily, he forced himself to get out of bed and slump towards the closed bedroom door. He stood there staring at the door knob as he contemplated his options on whether or not to turn it and start his day or go back to his sanctuary under the undeniably comfortable covers. He was this close to making a decision when the knob turned itself to reveal a dark haired male who stood there surprised to find Natsu standing a few inches away from the door with an extended hand-looking like he was going to fall back to sleep any second at that moment.

When he was done being surprised, Gray shortened the distance between him and the pink head by taking only two small steps and wrapped his arms around said boy. Natsu smiled and hugged him back because he liked it. It was different from hugging Wendy, Sting or Rogue (and in some occasions his older siblings). Hugging the ice mage had more of a soothing effect and he felt safer in his arms while embracing his younger siblings had more of warming feel. The raven head pulled back from the hug at a distance that allowed him to see the younger male's eyes but still kept him close to his chest.

"You seem like you need more sleep, why'd you get up?" asked Gray while he peered at the half-awake boy in front of him.

"You weren't there when I woke up and your room is really cold," he rested his chin on the other's chest, "You were my source of heat since the covers weren't enough," replied Natsu as he slowly pulled the raven head back to the bed.

Gray shook his head amused by the other's words but still followed him even though he just took a shower and was ready to start his day. Both boys were supposed to be at school right now but seeing that it was only yesterday that Natsu was released from the hospital, Laxus did not want to risk it and told them to take the day off from school-not that they were complaining about it.

Yesterday, while they were packing Natsu's belongings to leave the hospital, Laxus mentioned that their house was going to be empty the whole day today which means that there was going to be no one to take care of the pink head if something happened again, and that worried the physics teacher immensely (even if he'll never admit it). Gray's mother (who was there because she was the only adult they knew who had a car) suggested the magnificent idea of having Natsu sleep over the night, to which Laxus agreed after making her promise that she was going to return him to them in one piece.

Gray had to sweat drop at the thought of Laxus trying to intimidate Ur but to no avail-she is as monstrous as him. Nonetheless, he was still happy to have the fire mage over (especially since they had to share a bed because there was nowhere else for Natsu to sleep on and Ur was totally against the idea of having any of them use the couch as their sleeping sanctuary for the night-she cares for her furniture, they are expensive after all).

Natsu reached the bed and settled on it as he let go of Gray to let him lie next to him. He then curled up on his side as he pressed himself to the ice mage's chest and smiled when the other put an arm around his waist to pull him closer. He felt unrecognizable warmth in his chest and that is saying a lot since he is a fire mage. It was weird but not a bad weird, he was not able to put his finger on what was bothering him about it and he did not care, all that mattered was that he was feeling something he has not felt for a very long time now-safety and happiness. He snuggled closer to his lover and allowed the scent that was emanating from him to sooth him and lull him back to sleep.

As he felt the muscles under his arm start to relax, Gray peered at the boy who was now lost into a deep slumber and pecked his forehead before settling back and squeezing the sleeping boy in an embrace. The soft snores that invaded the room acted as a stimulant and made Gray's eyelids feel heavy until they shut down by themselves allowing the raven head to follow his boyfriend to dreamland. Little did they know that someone came in the house from the front door while they were asleep.


Ur finished work early (more like she fled the restaurant she was working in because she had a feeling she was going to see something interesting if she goes back home early. Besides, she owns the restaurants so she has the right to leave any time she wants) and went back home to check on the boys-hoping that the house was still intact. The last time Natsu came over and she left them alone with no surveillance, she came back to find it clean, there was no sign of destruction and the yard looked exactly like she left it…Except there was no house! The boys had annihilated it completely as a result from their daily bickering, not even the rumbles of the building were spared. Everything was turned to dust. From then on she made sure that whenever Natsu came over, someone else other than Gray had to be home.

Here she is right now standing in front of the house and sighing in relief to find it still intact and in one piece. She slowly unlocked the door and poked her head inside the big enough crack and was surprised to see that it was silent. It might be true that they do not always end-up destroying everything around them but there was no way that they do not scream their throats out at each other when they are in the same room. She let herself in and locked the door behind her. She did not even bother taking her shoes off as she walked through the house looking for the boys. When they were nowhere in sight she stalked over her son's room and stuck her ear on the closed door but when she was unable to hear anything she opened the door very slowly and peeked through the crack that was made to find it too dark to see. Could they still have not woken up? She thought.

Resigned to that fact, she allowed herself in her son's room even if she knew that he abhorred the idea of having someone enter his room without his permission. But she ignored that, she was the one who paid for the rent after all. When she got in she saw a lump under the covers so she headed towards the bed to pound some sense into her son's head for sleeping in at this late of an hour. As soon as she got there she lifted her arm to whack the raven head but at the sight of what was on the bed she forgot all about it and gasped loudly.

In front of her laid the boys, on their sides, cuddling each other. Natsu was lightly curled up as a ball in front of her son's chest and his hands were tightly holding on the shirt the other was surprisingly still wearing. He was an adorable sight. As for Gray, he had an arm wrapped around the other's waist and the other arm was around the fire mage's neck. Gray's head was positioned on top of Natsu's and their legs were tangled with each other. Ur resisted from screaming at the utterly cute sight and took her cellphone out instead. She took a picture of the boys and left the room as she closed the door without making any noise and setting the new picture as her cellphone's new background with a huge grin. With that she went to prepare for supper in a very happy mood.


It was late in the evening when the couple left the room to officially start their day after Lyon came in and bothered them until they both threw their pillows at him to make him leave them alone. They were both cranky when woken up forcibly and Lyon already knew that about Gray but had to discover it the hard way about Natsu. The pillow Natsu threw was holding three times as much strength as the one Gray threw, which explained why they were all sitting at the dining table without Lyon who was still unconscious in front of Gray's room.

Ur had prepared a feast and seeing that she was an amazing chef, Gray had to control the drool that was about to come out of his mouth. On his side, he could see Natsu's eyes shining with interest at the food that was settled on the table and he chuckled lightly at that as he turned his attention to his mother who joined them at the table after bringing the plates.

"You seem happy," he said.

Ultear who was sitting in front of the raven head, raised a brow and said, "She does seem like something great happened."

Their mother smiled brightly as she replied, "I'm more than happy! Today I saw something amazing I would have never thought it would happen!"

Her children stared at her curiously, indicating her to continue with their eyes, which she did while serving them the food and smiling at Lyon who came back from the dead to join them at the table as well.

"Why don't you guys guess what happened first? It wouldn't be as fun if I immediately tell you about it, would it? And the looser will have to help me make dessert!"

They laughed and started playing the guess what game while Lyon (who was lost) and Natsu started eating their food as they ignored their surroundings from how tasty it was.

"You got promoted," started Gray.

"Idiot, how can she be promoted when she's the owner? I'd say she opened a new restaurant!" guessed Ultear.

Ur shook her head in the negative saying that they were both wrong. "Come on! I know you guys can guess it." She peeked at Gray as she said it and stared back at her plate as she took her first bite. They were so deep in thought that they have not realized the small peeks that she gave Gray now and then while they were not paying attention.

Natsu decided then to help them a bit, "I'm sure it has something to do with Gray."

"Why'd you think that Natsu?" asked Ultear.

He stood and took his plate with him as he walked towards the kitchen and said, "She's been peeking at him for a while now, I have no idea what it is about but I'm sure he's the reason she's happy right now."

Ur stared at him incredulously, "Wow! I never thought that you pay attention to such small details!"

He turned to face her, "Paying attention to these small details is what allows things to turn over and save you," he grinned and made his way to kitchen.

Ur stared at his back as he disappeared from the room they were in and chuckled, "He's not as stupid as people believe he is."

Gray slid his chair back so he can leave, "Of course not! He's smart! Very smart, he just doesn't like to show it off," he winked and joined the pink head to wash the dishes.

"So? Will you tell us what made you happy about Gray?" wondered Ultear.

A smirk made its way on her mother's lips as she said, "He got himself a lover."

The other two occupants of the table stared at her as if she grew a second head and started laughing so hard that Lyon fell from his chair to roll on the floor. His older sister whipped a tear from the rim of her eye and said in between chuckles, "G-Gray, haha, Gray has a lover? Impossible! No way! Not happening! Did you see the guy? He's not interested in any girl! And his stuck-up personality makes them all run away!"

Ur shook her head lightly and sighed softly at her children's antics, "I'm not asking you guys to believe me. I saw it with my own eyes and who said it was a girl?"

As soon as she uttered these words Lyon froze on the floor and Ultear gasped. When the shock subsided the white head went back to laughing with ten times more of the energy from before, and Ultear started fangirling and imagining her brother in a relationship with another boy.

"Who is it? Is it a cute guy or the handsome type? Or wait! Could it be the macho type? Ah! Is Gray the uke or the seme? I knew the guy wasn't into girls! His face is too cute for that! Oh my god! He is cute so if he's the seme then that means his boyfriend is fucking adorable! Oh man! Now I wanna see him! Do you have a picture? I know you have a picture! You always do! Show me, show me! Pretty please!"

Ur had to laugh at how excited her daughter was about the situation, although she felt like pounding her son to death for laughing but she tried to ignore that feeling and opted to answering her daughter's question, "Yeah his boyfriend is pretty adorable if I dare say. He might even pass for a girl but don't ever tell him that, I'm sure he'd punch the hell out of you if you did. And yup! I obviously have a picture that I took a few hours ago!"

She took out her phone and showed Ultear the picture she took. The moment Ultear saw who played the role of being her younger brother's lover she yelled, "NATSUUUUUUU!"

Said boy whipped his hand clean when he heard his name being yelled. He knew why since his keen sense of hearing allowed him to listen to most of the conversation when Gray was not distracting him with tiny pecks on the lips. He had to smile at the craziness that was emanating from this family even though he had no right to say that because his family was nothing close to being better. Oh well! At least they're not against our relationship, he thought.

On the other hand, Gray did not know about what happened at the dining table after he left, so he was clueless about why his older sister would yell for Natsu and that worried him since she can be crazy sometimes. He ignored his thoughts when the pink head pulled him towards where his family was and hoped that nothing embarrassing or crazy would happen. But as usual, they always went against his wishes.

Ultear left her mother's side to stand next to the fire mage and pinched his cheeks as she grinned from ear to ear. "He really is cute and adorable! Why haven't I realized this before?"

"Maybe because they're usually fighting and so we never got the chance to think about his appearance since we'd be busy groaning about the destruction he caused with Gray?" offered Ur.

Lyon stopped laughing a while ago but he started again when he heard that Natsu was the lover they were talking about, "This is unbelievable! It needs to be spread in the news! Two incredibly destructive riv-" he was unable to finish his sentence for Ultear swiftly kicked him on the stomach (which silenced him for a few hours) while she was still pinching the pink head's cheeks.

"Maybe, but who cares about that now?" She turned to look at Gray, "What matters is when you are planning to make him my brother in law? He's too cute! I want to replace him with Lyon! Can I replace him with Lyon?"

Gray blushed, "We've been a couple for only a few days! You can't expect me to marry him already! Besides, we're still highschoolers and seriously? I'm not really into incest so, no, you can't exchange him with Lyon!"

"Well…You have a point but don't you dare let him go! I want him in my family and, right now, him being your wife, is the only way!"

"W-Wife?!" stuttered Natsu as he yelled. "I'm a man! If anything I'd be his husband not wife!"

"Ah! no, sorry sweetie," she smiled at him with a not so sweet smile that actually sent a cold shiver down his spine, "but the other day when Gray came home from the hospital for a change of clothes he boasted about how amazing your cooking is and that's one of the many criteria a good housewife needs!"

Gray sighed and Ur chuckled as she said, "Ultear leave the poor boy alone. You're embarrassing him."

Said girl reluctantly let go of the fire mage and tried to think about something that bugged her when she mentioned Gray talking to them when he came back home from the hospital. She snapped her fingers as soon as she remembered something, "That's right!" she pointed her finger at Natsu, "You! Gray also told us that you knew that he's a devil-slayer, what did you do to make him say it?" Her tone had an over-protective feel to it and Natsu sighed as he replied, "Nothing, just told him that I was a dragon-slayer."

Ultear's eyes widened and her jaw slacked but instantly she regained her composure and excitement took over her feelings, "Seriously?! That is so cool! This is the second dragon-slayer I've ever met!"

"Wait what?" the pink head stared at her as his eyes widened as well, "Second? Who's the first? And you seem awfully calm knowing about dragon-slayers…"

"Ah yes, I don't really mind them. I hate the prejudices created about them. I mean, here you are right now and look at you," she waved her hand at him, "Do you look anything close to someone who's ready to kill and cause disasters to the human kind? And I'm not talking about your appearance or how cute you are! I'm saying that you have such a caring and gentle character that I can't imagine or believe that you'd want to harm anyone for no apparent reason! Besides! You might be a dragon-slayer but you're still human! So there's no way I'll ever doubt any of you! I'll always believe in you, after all, you are my baby brother's cute little boyfriend," she pulled her tong out in a teasing way but smiled softly when she saw the fire mage's eyes glaze with unshed tears and patted him on the head.

Natsu smiled brightly, "You guys really are siblings!" He threw a quick glance at Gray and his smile brightened when the raven head stared back with a small grin. Beside the ice mage, Ur was unable to hold back the seemingly infectious smile that she was holding and got up to clear the table from the dishes as she said, "Seeing that you're going to be a part of us from now on, do please take good care of us!" With that she disappeared in the kitchen.

Natsu laughed and walked to Gray while staring at Ultear, "You still haven't told me who the other dragon-slayer is."

"Oh yeah!" She lightly slapped her forehead for forgetting about it, "His name is Cobra, or more like Erik," when she saw the baffled expression that drew itself on the pink head's face she added, "Do you know him?"

"Kn-Know him?" he took a deep breath and repeated with a snarl, "Know him? I more than know him."

He turned on his heels and continued, "Excuse me, I have to leave."

"Do you want me to accompany you?" asked Gray

"If you feel like discovering what a bar-b-cued human looks like than you're all welcomed," Natsu's voice was scary and a dark aura was surrounding his frame.

"Eh? What'll you do?" wondered Ultear who was oblivious about what is going on and Gray shrugged his shoulders resigned as he said, "Just put your shoes on and come with us if you really want to know…It's easier for you to find out this way anyway."

Ultear did not hesitate for a second, she wore her shoes but still repeated her question to the fire mage, "Seriously, why do you look like you're so pissed off? What're you going to do?"

Natsu left with them through the gates of the house and started walking on the path that was going to lead them to Laxus's mansion, "Nothing. Nothing will happen. I'll just make sure to make a bastard who always insisted on keeping our lives a secret burn immensely under my flames!"

For some unknown reason, these words sent a shiver down Ultear's spine and she hugged herself to subside the feeling. Meanwhile, in the middle of the forest, as he was unlocking the mansion's gates Cobra sneezed and had a bad feeling about it. "Someone must be talking shit behind my back," he whispered as he walked through the gates and reached the mansion's entrance. When he went in and settled in his room, he sneezed again and said, while scratching his nose, "Yup, someone must be talking shit about me…"


Thank you so much for reading!

hope you enjoyed it :D

and sorry for the very late update it's just school went ahead and sucked most of my free time! m(_ _)m sorry!