When I get downstairs (after putting clothes on, of course), my mother is waiting for me with some bacon-like stuff. I snatch it out of her hands and eat it.
"Gray, you don't have school today." my mom says.
"Why?" I ask, still chewing on the bacon thing.
"One of your classmate's parent was accused of murder the other day. The two kids are minor suspects. The police said that if you see a small blue-haired girl or a tall pink-haired boy, call them and they will take the kids into custody."
Ultear drops her book in shock. I gasp.
"Mom, I know those kids," I say, struggling to keep my cool. "Harper and Natsu. They would never murder someone!"
My mom looks mildly surprised. She opens her mouth to say something, but someone rings the doorbell a few times.
"I'll get it!" I yell and run over to the front door and open it. There I find a collapsed Harper and a worried Natsu attempting to try to wake her up by flicking a lighter in front of her face. They look pretty wet, since they have no coats (except for a black vest thing that's on Harper), and it's raining.
"Gray!" exclaims Natsu when he sees me standing in the doorway. "Umm...The police are after us, and we need to hide, and I think I can trust you."
"Come in, then," I say, and Natsu picks up Harper and carries her inside.
Ul and my mom look a bit surprised, but they didn't seem to mind when Natsu places Harper on the couch that's near the kitchen.
Harper coughs and opens her eyes. "You won't report us, please?"
"I won't," my mom promises. "Ultear, take Harper up to your room. Gray, take Natsu up to your own room, " she commands, taking control of the situation.
Ultear puts her arm around Harper and helps her up the stairs. Natsu plops himself on the couch and refuses to move.
"I'll just stay here," he says, folding his arms.
"Well, " I retort, yanking his arm. "You don't wanna get found by other people, do you? So come on up."
Natsu grumbles and comes up the stairs with me. I note that he still has that weird tiled scarf.
-That night-
I sit on my bed, reading, while Natsu sleeps on the floor, wearing the same clothes as before. Ultear pronounced that Harper had a very high fever, and that made her older brother worry a lot, so he just curled up and slept on the floor.
During the day, the police knocked on the door twice asking where the Dragoneel siblings are. Ultear and I had to hide them, which was actually quite easy. But, when the one time when Natsu was almost found, the expression of pure terror on his face was stuck in my head until dinnertime.
Natsu rolls over in his sleep with a grumble. I then realize how darned cute he looks when he sleeps.
"The idiot," I grumble. "At this rate he's gonna get hypothermia." I take a spare blanket off my bed and drape it over him. The small touch of the blanket wakes him up, and he turns and stares at me.
"Where am I?" he asks, the looks around. "I guess I'm in your room."
"You are."
"Mrhp," he mumbles, and goes back to sleep.