A Heart as Cold as Ice (A Gray Fullbuster love story)

Chapter 7: A Day's Wait

Still walking home, Ayame was still questioned about her little dream; well more like nightmare she had by the river where she was taking a nap. She came to a halt and gave a sigh, her eyes shut for a moment of silence. And after shaking her head from her distress, she opened her eyes, revealing her stressed, depressed, silvery eyes that stared at her front door. She opened the door, creaking slightly as she did, finding the inside as clean and quiet as she left it. My, relieved she was that Gray didn't actually mean that he was sleeping over. She then walked into her living room, finding the Romeo fast asleep on her couch, making her give a motherly smile at him, seeing him say "Big sister Ayame."

After, she went to her bedroom and started to go to her closet that was filled with stakes of clothes, and got herself some pajamas. She wore a dark blue, spaghetti-strapped tang top and white, comfortable, short shorts. She then began to head to her bed and started to slide inside her warm blanket. Her eyes started to droop, beginning to dream of wonderful things.

Her dreams were sadly interrupted when a strong arm grasped her waist. She wanted to scream but she didn't want to wake up the sleeping Romeo.

She turned her head and found a soundless sleeping Gray.

"HE WAS SERIOUS!" Ayame screamed in her head.

She started to softly poke his cheeks to wake him up, her fingers jabbing his surprisingly rubbery flesh.

It didn't work.

She then began to poke a little harder which made him let go of her waist and roll over. Since poking obviously didn't work, she pushed him off her bed and landing on the hard, cold, wooden floor. She looked over the edge of her bed to find him groggily awake and massage his head from his fall.

"What's wrong with you?" he asked, a little bit annoyed, while giving a yawn. "I was sleeping you know."

"Why didn't you go back to your house?" Ayame whispered loudly but not enough to wake the sleeping Romeo.

"We slept over each other's houses before," Gray stared blankly. "Can't I sleep over here again?"

"Dumbass! that was when we were kids!"

"So?"

"Get out!"

"No, and it's too late to go home anyway," he said as he made her scoot a little, giving him room to lie in the warm bed again.

She was infuriated of him sleeping over her house since he was uninvited. But he was right about how he used to sleep over a bunch of times… and it was too late to go back home… Oh well~, since he was her friend she just gave a smile at him and let this tiny problem slide.

She laid down in her bed right beside her closest friend and dreamt off.

Next Day

The first cracks of dawn seeped through Ayame's window and her nose caught a wonderful scent in the air. This made her hazily get up from the sweet arousal. She came out of her bedroom and walked drowsily into the kitchen, to find Gray cooking and Romeo sitting down on the table.

"What are you 'Yawn'cooking?"

"Eggs, bacon, rice, and pancakes and also there's orange juice I bought since you were out," Gray said while flipping a pancake on the pan.

Ayame gave another yawn and started to sit on the other side of where Romeo sat. As usual, she bangs her head on the table due to drowsiness and how hungry she was. Her stomach started to rumble with hunger, which made Gray laugh due to how starved she was, and was rewarded with a smack on the head due to her embarrassment. After a few minutes of silence, Gray was done cooking and started to set their breakfast on the table. He then sat next to Ayame and began to eat.

"This is delicious!" the delighted teen said. Gray couldn't help but gaze at her with a smirk on his face from her tremendously nice compliment. Compliments from her were extremely rare but to Gray were like a daily basis for her. They would go on jobs together frequently and always complete them. His partner was Ayame and he hated when he couldn't go on a mission with her.

"Yo Gray, what's with you?" Ayame asked in a curious tone, while waving her hand in front of his face, which made him stop daydreaming.

"Sorry, my head was out in space."

"… Odd."

"Why don't you guys stop flirting and start eating or your food will get cold," Romeo said annoyingly at the two crimson red friends. Both of the wizards just looked at each other with a stunned expression and then stared at the young boy who sat there eating his breakfast like any supposedly 'innocent' boy. And after hearing of what he said, both of the mages just sat there and ate quietly.

After everyone was done, Ayame washed the dishes and started to get ready for the day. When they were all done dressing, they left the house and started to go to their magical, little guild, Fairy Tail.

Walking into the streets of Magnolia, Romeo came across his favorite bookstore and wanted to go inside. Gray and Ayame didn't seem to mind so they went in. Looking through the store, Ayame couldn't find anything interesting until she came across a book called "Romance Dawn: A Forgotten Past." It was a black book with bold red letters of the title but no author for some reason. It had a brunette woman in a white dress crying on the cover.

'This book seems interesting,' Ayame thought.

She then decided to find Gray and Romeo. She found Romeo reading a book on a table near the section where she got her book.

"Romeo, it's time to leave," she whispered in his ear which he only gave a nod. "I'll also buy you the book you're reading since you've behaved."

Romeo became happier and gave Ayame a tight hug, making her giggle and gave back a bone-crushing hug. She then grabbed Romeo's hand and went to find Gray. Luckily he was easy to spot since they heard some women screaming "PERVERT" knowing it was Gray asking for their underwear.

'Stupid Gray is always getting naked everywhere,' she thought while doing a face palm.

She then found Gray and was shocked that he had all his clothes on.

"What happened?" Ayame asked.

"Well I just asked the lady if-"

"Never mind," she said while grabbing his hand, which made his cheeks turn into a tint of rose. She then started to head to the register to pay for hers and Romeo's book.

At the register, she paid for the two books and started to leave the shop. On the way to the guild, they stopped at the park and sat on a bench to rest for a bit.

"Thank you big sister Ayame," Romeo joyfully said as she gave him his book she bought him.

"No problem," she replied back with a smile on her face.

Gray sat next to her and saw the book on her lap, which seemed to also interest him.

"Romance Dawn: A Forgotten Past," he mumbled when he glanced at the book, "sounds interesting."

"Thanks."

"Hey Ayame," Gray looked at her straight in her eyes.

"Yeah, what is it?" she stared at him.

"When we go back to the guild, would you want to go on a job with me?"

"Isn't obvious, of course I would!" she said cheerfully while giving a cheeky smile and a thumbs up at him. He could only laugh of how much enthusiasm she just put in right now. He liked it when she acted like a child because he could see how energetic she was. Ayame usually only showed her childish side to some of her close friends such as Gray, Macao, Cana, and more.

"Look!" Romeo shouted. Both of the mages looked at three people, and one cat, entering the park which was Natsu, Lucy, Happy, and a wounded Macao. Romeo then ran to his father, his face soon muffled in his coat.

"Daddy…I'm sorry," his voice choked up as his teary eyes gazed at his father.

"I caused you to worry! Forgive me!" Macao said while giving his son a hug. "I'm sorry for making you worry, Ayame too. I also want to thank you for watching Romeo while I was on my job."

"Don't worry," Ayame said with a soft smile on a face while giving Macao a hug.

"It's ok. I'm the son of a wizard."

"Next time those brats make fun of you, you can just ask them if their fathers can take down nineteen monsters all alone," Macao said while pulling away and staring at Romeo.

"Also tell them that if there still picking on you, you say that your big sister will kick their asses, ok?" Ayame winked at Romeo who started to wipe his runny nose on his sleeve and looked at wizard.

"Just say that," Ayame and Macao said at the same time.

Gray, Happy, Lucy, and Natsu just gazed at the small reunion. Lucy stared at Ayame who seemed tremendously happy.

"Natsu, Happy, and Lucy," Ayame said while getting up," I really want to thank you for bringing back Macao home." She then gave them a bow for their help.

"No problem Ayame-chan! I promised you that I'll bring him back remember!"

"Aye!"

"I also want to thank you too Lucy, for helping out Natsu and Happy. You could have declined but instead you helped them, which I am grateful for."

"She didn't want to go in the first place," Natsu said while looking away, with a smirk on his face.

"SHUT UP!" Lucy said while smacking Natsu on the head incredibly hard. Ayame couldn't help but laugh and so did the others.

Lucy, Gray, Natsu, and Happy decided to go back to the guild while Ayame stayed back to heal Macao's wounds and watch over Romeo.

Betaed by Avaron in Ama

I'm sorry everyone for the short chapter! I promise you that the next chapter will be extra long!

Happy Late Thanksgiving to everyone! ;D