So i'll start by saying that I'm extremely sorry for this extremely late update! It's just right now I'm in the middle of my finals and to be honest I had to procrastinate really bad for me to upload this chappy! in fact, while I was stuDYING yesterday, I just went ahead and took a break by typing this chapter and ended up so into it that I found myself with it being completed... so anyways, have fun reading and hopefully it would be to your liking ^_^


"Pleeeeease!"

"No."

"Pretty pleeeeeease!"

"Nope."

"C'mon Natsu-nii, pleaaaaaaaase! With some whip cream and a cherry on top?"

"Still no."

"How about if I add some sprinkles?"

"The answer won't change Sting."

"But Natsu-niiiiiiiiii! Even if I add some chocolates?"

The mention of the succulent sweet chocolates made the pink haired teenager stop his movements and ponder quite a bit about his choices. If it were under other circumstances he would have succumbed to his younger brother's pleas. But that was the problem, today's outing was not under any other circumstances.

A few days ago, Loke ran from the third floor of the school building towards the second floor with five tickets to the amusement park located in the next town. To be more precise, it was the one situated in the other side of the kingdom of Fiore. The one built in the land of Tora where Sabertooth High was, which is literally the academy that both Sting and Rogue attended. So, in other words, the group of friends was going to hang out in the city both younger dragon-slayers spend most of their time in.

"I'm sorry Sting I can't take you with me to the amusement park, it's too risky! Trust me I would have said yes a long time ago if there was a logical explanation to you being with me," said Natsu exasperated while he was getting ready to leave and unlock the house door.

Sting has been nagging him since the early morning about accompanying him. Rogue left to play with his only real friend Yukino while Wendy would be joining the gang to go out and have fun so she left earlier so that she can get to the meeting point- the train station-before Natsu did. Which left the poor Sting alone because the others were either busy or out.

"Wait!" The light blond held on tight to the end of his older brother's shirt as he yelled for him to not leave yet.

"If you get to have a good excuse about you bringing me with you would you take me?" he asked with pleading eyes. It may seem like all he wanted to do was have fun but in reality, he just did not want to be left alone in the house. Sure Laxus would still be there but he was so busy correcting school work, he would not even realize Sting's presence and that was just plain lonely. That was why he hoped from the bottom of his heart that Natsu would give in and accept taking him with him. That was, also, why his face lighted with an intensive amount of happiness at the words that left the pink headed mage's lips.

"Yes I would."

Simple words yet they meant a lot to the younger boy whose chest swelled with excitement at the thought of leaving the house and not being alone for the day.

"Then can't you just tell them that something so important came up and a neighbor of yours asked if you could babysit me while they were away, out of town, for the day but that it was too late for you to cancel your plans with them for today so you just decided to drag me with you?"

Natsu stared amused at the boy in front of him as he thought of the pros and cons of the plan and found no harm in executing it. After ruffling his brother's hair to an unruly mess, he opened the door and held out his hand for the other to take.

"What're you waiting for? C'mon let's go!"

A smile so bright adorned the younger of the two's features as he jumped on the other making him stumble for a bit before he managed to find his equilibrium back and wrap his arms around the smaller body in contentment.


Sitting in the train, Natsu watched as his friends were giving curious looks to the unexpected child sitting on his lap. Said child tried ignoring them by engaging himself in a conversation with Wendy who was sitting next to Natsu. It worked until Lucy decided to let her curiosity take the lead and ask about him.

"So? Who's this child?" she said.

The fire mage who was dozing off replied with a non-committed noise and went back to wander in whatever his brain was thinking of as he tried to suppress the nauseating feeling he had at the moment.

Lucy, hating to be ignored, started whining and demanding answers from the unresponsive boy who just wanted to be left alone. How can he concentrate on not feeling sick if someone was trying to talk to him? All he was asking for was to be left alone during their trip towards their destination. He has motion sickness and others pestering him was not going to make him feel better. Definitely not.

Hearing the blond girl whine and throw a hissy fit about the matter made him feel bad for his other friends so he relented a bit to her demands and stared at her with a sickly shade of green and an aura demanding that she finishes her business with him as fast as possible or there will be hell to be seen.

The blond celestial mage being herself, shivered in fright and backed away before remembering that there was no way out behind her. So she simply took hold of her boyfriend's arm, staring to her side and pouting at the same time.

"I just wanted to know who the child was," muttered the busty blond, still clinging to Loke's arm.

"Sting Eucliff, son of my neighbor who got busy at the last second and demanded I take care of him," responded Natsu in a tone proving his unease of sitting in a moving vehicle.

In front of him, Erza nodded her head in approval, " I praise your decision to bring him with you and not being irresponsible and leaving him behind on his own or refusing to take care of him during his parents' absence."

If he was not so frightened of her, Natsu would have glared daggers at her comment that he interpreted as him being usually irresponsible. But, these past few days made him realize that he valued his life a tad bit more than in the past so arguing with the scarlet headed demon was not an option. He wisely chose to just nod back following it with laying his head on the raven head's shoulder that was at his left.

Seeing the picture viewed to her, the re-equip mage smiled softly before giving another of her opinions.

"You guys look just like a family it's so adorable."

The ice mage's attention to the greeneries outside the window got interrupted by that statement, he turned his head to face the scarlet headed girl who was wearing a black simple dress adorned with a white ribbon at her cleavage area with a raised eyebrow demanding explanations.

She mirrored his actions before answering, "I mean look at yourselves, Natsu's leaning on your shoulder while he has a child on his lap and Wendy sitting next to him. Doesn't it hit you as a family picture when you look at it like this?"

Next to her, Loke chuckled and could not agree more whilst Lucy took out her phone lacrima and shot a quick picture of what they were talking about before Natsu or Gray catches her in the act.

Contrarily to the majority of the teenagers' reaction, Gray was not finding this amusing. In fact, he was so embarrassed he did not know what to say, so he contented himself by avoiding their gaze and directing his eyes over the outside scenery once again.

On the other hand, Natsu was registering their words in his momentarily non-functional brain and if he were honest it made him somewhat happy to hear them. Even if he was sure it would never happen for him to have his own family, he still hoped. There was nothing wrong with imagining things and it hurts no one so there was no harm done with creating some sort of fictive memories. Besides, his friends would not be able to perceive his thoughts since he masked his face with a blank expression. Well that was, except for the tiny smile he drew on his lips when he saw the happy blush on Sting's cheeks. Wendy was swinging her legs back and forth trying to contain her emotions so that she would not overreact.

Feeling Gray's arm wrap itself around his waist Natsu leaned more onto the other's shoulder and finally gave in to sleep with a smile so relaxed Wendy and Sting just had to grin and confuse the others surrounding them (in exception of the ice mage who was busy smiling on his own while still watching out the train's window).


After arriving they walked for a few minutes before reaching this huge amusement park that was built in the middle of town. Dubbed as the 'Sea Park', this theme park was, apparently, the pride and joy of the townspeople since it was known as the best one in the whole kingdom of Fiore.

The group of friends entered after paying for Sting and handing in their tickets to be stamped. They all stopped in their tracks at the same moment at the sight in front of them. Huge could not describe how big it was and how stunning it was. Many tracks and slides were built hanging in the air with the help of magic. Not only that, but there was water everywhere! It was like entering an incredibly monstrous dome of water that was held up with the help of magic as well. The lighting was leaning towards the blue and some sunlight could be seen here and there thanks to the water being pure and transparent and allowing the rays of the sun to transpierce it with no problems.

The four elder teenagers may have been stunned to silence, but being a bit more mature than two youngest ones they were able to compose themselves faster whilst Wendy and Sting were still gasping in amazement.

Loke was the first to break the silence, "Okay young lads, it's been fun and all but Lucy and I will be going on our way now to have fun alone as a couple! So later!"

Lucy only had the time to exclaim, "But we just arrived," before being pulled along by Loke to start their date alone, leaving the others to stare at their retreating backs.

Erza not knowing what to say or do uttered whatever came out in her mind first.

"So uuuh…I guess that means I'll take the kids and let you guys have your own fun as couple right?" a slight disappointment was clear in her tone, indicating how much she was looking forward to having fun with her friends but was willing to sacrifice that fun for their sakes.

Both slayer mages shook their heads in the negative as an answer to her question and they both knew that they made the right decision when they saw their childhood friend's face brighten up by their answer.

"Erza, we came here to have fun with our friends, not on a date," confirmed the fire dragon-slayer.

"That's right, if I wanted to take Natsu on a date I would do it when we're alone," reinforced the ice devil-slayer.

Erza chuckled under her breath before replying fondly, "That's why you guys are the best."

Her interlocutors grinned at her as they walked ahead with the children to start their day in what they have been anticipating for days now.


As the day passed, it started to become hot and humid which was expected since the land of Tora was situated near a shore where the temperature was never stable during the day. The weather would usually get them to be cranky with each other and not want to be near each other for the mere reason that their natural body heat would cause them to sweat even more. But, the level of fun they were into made them forget all about it. Although it would not have made any difference for Natsu since fire was his domain and heat always came with it. The one who surprisingly succeeded so well in ignoring it was Gray since him and heat were never able to get along together.

The thing here was that Wendy and Sting being of a smaller stature than the others, the heat would get to them easier and faster, so Erza forced them all to a playground area that had all sorts and kinds of water spouts to keep them cool and wet (not that any of them complained).

During their water games, a slide caught Sting's eyes and he insisted on going down the slide with his older brother who could not resist in any way the puppy eyes he was making. In resignation to his fate, he went along with the young blond and rode with him on it. On the side you could see Erza and Gray giggling as Natsu did his best to restrain his self from puking his guts out while sliding down with Sting on his lap being held tightly by the fire mage's arms.

Sting came down in a fit of laughter while the pink headed teenager was acquiring a sickly shade of green on his facial skin with his eyebrows scrunched together. Even thought that, he still had a tiny grin etched on his features when he heard his brother laugh so much and feeling glad for bringing him with them instead of leaving him at home doing nothing on his own.

When the slide ride was over, Natsu stumbled over to Gray's side while Sting jumped energetically asking for more but getting a firm no from the fire mage who was now sitting on a bench near the slides to recompose his self. Seeing the dejected face of the youngster for being told no, Erza proposed she accompanies him which instantly brought back the smile to the light dragon-slayer's face.

After a couple times of running back to ride the water slide with Gray, Wendy and Erza again, Sting and Wendy's stomachs manifested their hunger by making some weird grumbling sounds, thus leading them to decide that it was time for lunch.

Erza being the eldest and most responsible out of them decided to start looking for a restaurant or a food stand they would all agree on. But, the hand that held her forearm thought otherwise.

"It's alright Erza, I've brought food with me," smiled Natsu, lightly bouncing a bag in the air.

"You did? Why?" asked the scarlet head astonished.

"Gray begged me to cook and make our own food so I did," he nonchalantly replied while shrugging his shoulders.

"That's because his cooking is heavenly! You gotta try it Erza!" interjected the ice mage.

"It's true!" added Sting, Wendy nodded in approval.

"Well then I must taste it! And it does save us on the money side," she folded her arms in front of her chest, "Okay, let's just go find us a nice spot to settle in for lunch."

And find a nice spot they did.


"Goodness! How is it possible for you to make such an exquisitely delicious meal?!" exclaimed the re-equip mage while she was enjoying a piece of mango mousse cake, earning a light blush from the pink headed boy.

"I really don't see why you guys make a big deal out of it, I only follow the recipe in the book," muttered Natsu embarrassed from all the attention he was getting. He then felt someone lean on his shoulder and found Gray's face merely inches away from his face with a fork held between his teeth as he smiled widely at him.

"C'mon Natsu, stop being so modest, admit it, you have talent in this thing and don't go spouting some nonsense about following a recipe from a book because last time I checked, I did the same thing with chocolate chip cookies and they came out of the oven as a couple of piles of ashes!"

Natsu's blush spread up until his ears when the ice mage decided to close his words with a tiny peck to his lips.

"I must say Natsu, Gray has a point, following the book does not imply delicious food! Only talent does! Well…following a recipe can also unsure great food but not this yummy!" Erza completely forgot to use her usual formal manner of speech by the end of her sentence since she was still surprised by how great Natsu, the Natsu, was as a cook. His boisterous personality was far from showing this quality of his.

"Yeah! Natsu-nii's cooking is always the best! He always feeds me good food and it makes me happy all the time!" Sting added to the conversation.

"You can't deny that it is worth a five star hotel," smiled Wendy as she stared at her older brother.

"Can we please change the subject? I'm starting to turn red from these compliments," he hid his face with an arm as Gray started to pull him up to his chest from how cute his boyfriend was acting.

"I will if you bake me strawberry shortcake next time!" said Erza.

"Geh! Why?" the fire mage leaned onto his lover's chest, sipping some fruit punch juice out of a paper cup.

"Do you need to ask?" the scarlet head spoke with so much enthusiasm it made the boys stare at her in amusement, "Strawberry shortcake is my favorite dessert, meal, lunch and snack ever! If it were possible I would have married it a veeeeery long time ago!"

She then went on and on about the varieties of strawberries that exist in the world and how each and every specie would make an incredible cake. She also kept on fantasizing out loud about living in a cake paradise, swimming amongst all the different varieties of strawberry shortcakes. Thus, making Wendy, Gray and Natsu start chuckling which transformed into giggles when Erza decided to go into more details about how incredibly amazing it would be if she were to marry a cream and strawberry filled cake. Their giggles went out to become full out laughter after Sting joined the re-equip mage into her fantasies about living in a world filled with cakes and their different flavors.


It was really late in the evening and the group of friends thought it was time to start heading home, especially after they saw how the kids' eyes started drooping from the tiredness they felt thanks to the amusing day they had.

Erza had gotten a text message through her lacrima induced phone from Lucy telling her that they can leave without them since Loke had decided to prolong their date until really late at night. So, Gray and the others were now sitting in the train whereas their overly-flirty friends left to go continue their date somewhere more romantic, or so Loke stated.

When the train arrived back to Magnolia city, they walked together towards the path where they meet at before leaving for school together. They decided that since it was late at night, it would be safer to walk together instead of going each their separate ways at the train station. Besides, they were all heading the same anyways since they did not live extremely far from each other. Not that Erza would have known anything about it.

"With this I bid you a good night and be careful on your way back," she said, already walking away towards her house, "Also, thank you for not going your own way back at the theme park and having us play together!"

"It was no problem Erza," yelled Gray, nodding his head to the retreating form of their friend.

"Sweet dreams to you as well," added Natsu, waving his hand to her.

"You be careful as well!" exclaimed Wendy while cupping her mouth with her hands.

Erza gave them a last nod before retreating without looking back.

"Okay, I'll be leaving as well now," Gray said it while leaning in closer to Natsu's face as if demanding for a kiss.

The fire mage gave him what he wanted without any hesitations, a peck on the lips which transformed into a deeper kiss with a lot more meaning thanks to Gray and said mage waved at them before leaving his own way.

Natsu stayed to stare at the retreating back of their friends, when their forms completely disappeared he took hold of Wendy's hand and walked his way back home with Sting sleeping in his arm.


After putting the kids to sleep and taking a long hot shower, the pink headed mage went downstairs in the kitchen to have a small snack before going to sleep.

When he left the kitchen he found his brothers-Cobra, Gajeel and Laxus-in the living room talking about something that seemed so serious from their facial expression.

He decided to enter and when he did he caught Gajeel warning Laxus about something.

"What're you guys talking about?"

All three of them turned their heads towards the fire dragon-slayer when he spoke.

"Natsu!" Cobra grinned his way, "You're back, how was your outing today? Was it fun?"

"It was really fun and Sting and Wendy were fully entertained, they played so much they ended up sleeping on the way home."

"Gihi! At least they had a change of environment for once, you as well."

"Yeah," Natsu smiled his brothers' way, "How about you guys, how was your day?"

A silence so deafening took place in the room while the fire mage went and took a spot next to Laxus on the sofa. Not liking the atmosphere he stared around him at his brothers and waited with unease for one of them to speak. He did not need to wait long for Laxus sighed deeply before he spoke.

"We have big problems coming up," he pinched the bridge of his nose before going on, "Phantom Lord High is planning on attacking Fairy Tail high soon."


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