I Don't Own Fairy Tail
Gray was leaning against the wall next to his bed. He hadn't slept at all. He spent most of the night banging his head against his wall, trying to figure out what he did wrong.
Looking at his alarm clock, he saw that it was 6 am. Groaning, he sat up wincing at the sunrise peaking in through his blinds.
Looking to his bedside table, he saw that there was a picture. A picture of him and Erza.
He picked it up, getting a closer look at it. Gray had his arm slung around Erza's shoulder, while she had a single arm wrapped around his waist.
A smile crossed his lips, but faded soon after, as painful sorrow replaced it. He placed back into its rightful place, turning it to face the back wall.
He sighed, standing up and deciding to head to the guild to grab a drink. He needed that. He just needed to be a alone and think for a while.
A few hours later as more people seemed to arrive at the guild, the one and only Cana Alberona walked in, with her normal crooked smile on her face. Taking her spot at the end of the bar taking a gulp from her barrel, almost instantly she noticed something.
That something was Gray Fullbuster. He was sitting at the bar with a beer in hand, taking a swig.
It was an odd thing to see, Gray was more of a night drinker. She moved her eyes over to Mira, as she saw her pout at the depressed Demon Slayer.
"Oi, Mira. Can I ask you somethin?" Mira turned and smiled a little at her friend, walking up in front of her.
"Yes Cana, what is it?" She asked in what seemed to be her voice in a way more thoughtful tone.
Cana brought her voice down to a whisper. "What the hell is up with Gray? He seems all… depressed and shit. Yesterday he was basically bouncing off the walls with excitement." Cana noted.
Mira nodded frowning at the ice mage. "Maybe he and Erza had a fight or something. He didn't come in with her this morning." She commented with concern etching its way into her voice.
Cana nodded, seeing the logical side in the situation. Something just didn't feel right though. Then it seemed to hit her.
"I don't think that they fought Mira. Remember what we saw last week, ya the thing with-" A growl seemed to make its way out of Mira's throat.
"How could I forget. You don't think that they broke up, do you?" Mira asked, in what seemed to be sorrowful pity. Cana nodded.
"But, we can't be sure until we ask him." Mira nodded along to the point Cana was getting across.
"That's all up to you then. He won't tell me a thing. Never does about his relationships, so just report back to me what you found out." Mira said, flashing a teeny smile to the card mage.
Cana took a deep breath, looking back over to Gray. Sadly, she wasn't able to slide over just yet, for the fact that a certain Dragon Slayer had something to say.
"Alright Ice-princess. Let's fight! Hehe." Natsu shouted at his sparring partner, only to be meet by the scariest thing he had ever seen in his life.
Gray spun around in his chair, revealing his bloodshot eyes. The bags under his eyes were deep, his bottom lip had obviously been chewed on. Not to mention the triple deluxe 'I swear to god I will rip your throat out of its socket if you don't shut up' death glare.
"I'm not in the mood Natsu." His voice was scratched and full of bitter venom. Natsu would have been frozen in fear, if he didn't find the perfect opportunity to grapple on to Lucy for dear life.
Natsu's whole body was shaking. He threw his arms under her chest and his legs around her thighs.
"Natsu get off of me please!" Lucy yelled sending a (cute) little glare at him.
"Sorry Luce, it's just that Gray's never been so scary before." Natsu said, climbing down a bit, still standing behind, afraid that he might turn around again.
"You're right somethings up. I'm gonna go talk to him."Before Natsu could object, Lucy made her way to the bar, taking a seat on the right side of Gray, while Cana, slid down to his left.
"Hi Gray." Lucy said cheerfully. She smiled a bit at Cana, hoping that she was there for the same reason.
"Alright Gray. What the hell kind of depressing hell hole have you gotten yourself into?" Cana questioned in an impatient tone. Turning his head a little to the side, Gray got a good look at the seriousness on her face. He didn't like it one bit. Serious wasn't something that you would like to see in the card mage.
"What?" Gray croaked. Lucy shot Cana a look that said 'let me take over for a bit.' She continued, and smiled a little at the ice mage, placing her hand on his shoulder. He tilted his head to the other side and raised his eyebrows.
He didn't like the fact that they were teaming up on him. Sure, those two made a great team, but on the subject that involves Gray and feelings, he wasn't so quick to jump to action.
"It's just that you seem a bit down Gray. I mean, you did just kinda scare Natsu, so we're just worried about you, alright?" Lucy said with worry etched into her features.
Gray breathed out a sigh, leaning back a little from the bar. "I don't want to talk about it alright?" He said quietly.
"Did you and Erza get into a fight yesterday?" Cana asked, her eyes shifting over to Mirajane. Mira returned the glance with a small encouraging smile.
In response to Cana's question, Gray shook his head no. Cana let some breath escape from her, as Lucy took over the next question.
"Did Erza not have fun?" Gray shook his head once more. Cana was secretly praying that it wouldn't be so serious. She gave into the dreadful thought that clouded her brain.
"Did you guys break up?" Gray leaned back a bit more, removing the shadow over his face. It was the saddest looks ether mage had ever seen. He looked like a sad little puppy that was shoved into a box and placed on a street corner in the rain with no owner in sight.
"I don't wanna talk about it alright." Gray said, not really wanting ether girls help, mostly for the fact that they would give him advice, even though they both have never gone out with a boy before.
Cana moved her glance towards Mira, who automatically understood. She moved over to the bar and put down the plate that she was holding.
Cana stood, and by guessing that she was supposed to, Lucy stood as well.
Seeing these sudden courses of action, Gray couldn't help but feel like his fate was sealed. He was going to get advice shoved down his throat, and if he didn't go through… well, he didn't want to think about that.
"You're coming with us Fullbuster!" Cana said, pulling Gray up from his stool and onto his feet with Lucy in tow.
Using most of her strength to try and drag the ice mage out of the guild, Mira and Lucy came to her aid, making it a little less of struggle as Gray tried to escape his complete and utter doom.
He gave up soon after he was dragged out of the guild, figuring out that Mira would most likely kill him if he didn't cooperate.
On the way to Lucy's house, they had seemed to walk past a certain redhead and bluenette. They seemed to be having an okay time, both Jellal and Erza were smiling.
After the incident a week ago, it was surprising to see them as close friends. It was most likely for the fact that Jellal was a bit (who am I kidding, really) drunk. He had apologized and as soon as he did, just like that, Erza forgave him.
Erza seemed to notice Gray out of everyone in their group. Her smile turned into a smaller one and she waved a little.
Gray returned it with the first smile that he had all day. It was one of a broken heart, but still a smile. He brought two fingers up to his head and saluted her, in a weird guy-like way to silently say hello.
He turned his head in front of him, as his smile disappeared. 'Erza seemed so happy. With Jellal.' Gray thought. The name Jellal was inlaced with bitterness in his thoughts. She was happy, so no matter what bitter hatred Gray had against him, he had to deal with it. For her.
Lucy, noticing the disturbance Gray just had, she gave him a soft smile and placed her hand on his shoulder, squeezing it a bit. He looked at her and rolled his eyes, letting a smile curl at the edges of his lips.
Erza all the way back there, took note of this action. She frowned a little, believing that Gray had already moved along. She ignored the sinking feeling that she had, and smiled at Jellal once more. Trying to act like nothing in the conversation had changed.
Mira was brainstorming the whole way, and to see everything with Gray, Lucy, Erza and Jellal, gave her plan F. She had a lot of ideas ready to go.
Finally arriving at Lucy's, they set up everything. Mira had gotten one of those magical air pen thingies that let you write on air. (It's not like I forgot it's name or anything… no…)
Cana had gotten the drinks, and Lucy had gotten everything comfortable. Somehow, during all this, no one seemed to notice a certain dragon slayer, sitting in the middle of Lucy's bed.
Letting out a sigh, they all turned towards Gray, even Natsu, not having any idea what was going on.
"Alright. Spill. I want all the details Gray. Not a single one out of it." Mira said, using a very demanding tone, which wasn't needed.
Gray told them everything that happened. Mira was crying and needing mental support, while Cana, Lucy and Natsu (who still hadn't been noticed yet) gave him a hug. Natsu's was more out of pity, and the others were for comfort.
Pulling away from the embrace, Gray looked at Natsu, utterly confused about 1. Why he was there, 2. What he hugged him and 3. Why was he fucking hugging him?
"Did you guys invite Natsu?" He asked, not understanding why they hadn't noticed him before. The girls turned their heads slowly, shocked by the fact that he had been so quiet for so long.
"How long have you been here?" Lucy questioned in a growl. She glared at him, not really knowing what to do.
"I came here after the whole thing that happened in the guild…" Natsu said cringing, glancing a bit a Gray. Never in a thousand years did Natsu Dragneel feel like he could get nightmares from Gray Fullbuster. So, it must have been over a thousand years. "I just needed to get out of there, and with Happy trying to wow Carla, I thought that I could come here. It's always so nice here anyways so… yeah."
Lucy would never admit, but, that made her heart do a backflip. He just said that he was lonely, and wanted to go somewhere else and choose her home. A little spray of blush ran across her nose.
"Alright, fine whatever. He already knows about it so… what the plan Mira." Lucy said, rushing to change the subject. Mira nodded, turning to begin and sketch out her plans.
Cana on the other hand, was wiggling her eyebrows at Lucy. She leaning up on the side of Gray's seat, her flask in hand. The smirk was wide and suggestive, causing Lucy to puff out her cheeks.
"Alright, so here I have plan A." This snapped everyone back to reality. Gray's heart was pounding. He didn't want to have plans made for him. He just didn't. He wanted to protest, oh so badly, but went with the smarter path. Mira would probably just kill him, and proceed with her plans anyway.
"So, in plan A, I believe that we at least need to improve your friendship at the moment." Mira said turning towards the group around her.
Gray let a sigh escape. It shouldn't be too too crazy. I mean. It just a starter friendship level.
"So, Natsu, Lucy, you two are going to invite Erza and Gray onto a request mission. This mission, will include for you guys to split up into groups. Natsu and Lucy will go one way, and Gray and Erza will go the other." Mira stated, smiling brightly, stepping away from her diagram.
It was a picture that was, well, poorly drawn, but some how got the point across.
"While that is going on, me and Cana will be supervising. The mission should be soon, but not to soon. We need to give them some space. Any questions." Mira said, still smiling. Gray stood from his chair, causing Cana to stumble a bit.
She shot him a glare and pushed him back down into his seat, tsking a bit in the process.
"Oh, we're not done yet. I believe that there's still plenty to go over, right Mira?" Cana glanced at Mira, who nodded.
"We need a name!" She squealed excitedly. Grays left eye was twitching.
"What?" He asked in a low of voice as possible. Mira gave him a questioning look.
"A name for our new founded organization and operations. Duh." Lucy seemed to understand with ease. Gray grumbled.
"So? What should it be then?" After a long silence settled into the air.
"Um… the 'Let's stop Gray Fullbuster from being depressed' squad?" Cana suggested, uncertain of what would be good enough. Gray huffed and placed his chin into his hands.
"Or how about the 'Please stop torturing me, and let me live my life and fix my own shit' squad." Gray suggested, being extremely grumpy about the situation.
"I know! The Heartfixers!" Lucy said with enthusiasm. The others shrugged at the notion, it seemed good, but not good enough. Natsu snapped his fingers. His bright smile plastered on his face.
"How about the Heartmakers?" Everyone looked at Natsu. He made a good idea. It wasn't something that you saw everyday.
"What a great name Luce!" The other girls shouted. Natsu's smile flattered. It was his idea and he knew that they would never give him credit.
He was still a bit happy though, because Lucy got the glory. It was better than anyone else in that room to claim his ideas in his opinion.
As the exchange went on, Gray rolled his eyes and smirked. 'They are a bunch of idiots.' He thought, his smirk changed into a genuine (small) smile.
'At least they're my idiots.'