I wake up in the morning of the next day to the sight of my bookshelf that had fallen.

"Ugggh," I groan, getting up to inspect the fallen bookshelf. "At this rate, there won't be a floor anymore."

When I am able to right the heavy oak bookshelf, I see two people that were by the bookshelf when it had fallen-Natsu and Harper. Harper must have gone to see Natsu, and then the bookshelf had fallen on top of them. It had fallen on me several times, but then I realize that Natsu and Harper are actually quite fragile-looking. Harper is underneath Natsu, so her brother must have taken most of the impact.

"Hm?" Harper mutters, pushing some of the books of of her. Then she sees Natsu.

"Niisan!" Harper exclaims, pulling herself out from under him. Her blue hair sticks to her face.

"Gray!" my mother yells, bursting into the room. "Is anyone hurt?!" She is in her work clothes.

"I think Natsu's hurt," I reply. "The bookshelf hit him in full when it fell. Harper might have a bruise or two." I crouch down to check on Natsu. His ribs might have been broken, and a large bloody red lump is on the back of his head.

"I think he has to go to a hospital," comes Harper's small, scared whisper.

"You can't take Natsu to the hospital," says my mother, extracting Natsu from the small amount of books that covered him and then lifting him up. "They'll arrest him on the spot. And Gray," she says to me. "Better hurry or you'll be late for school."

I heed her words and dash outside to get to school.

-At FTA-

At school, everyone is aflutter with the news about Natsu and Harper.

"I don't give a crap," says Gajeel, folding his arms.

"But Harper would never murder someone!" retorts Mavis.

"Actually," says a small blue-haired girl called Levy. "It's their dad being accused, not them."

"Gray, what do you think?" Lucy asks, turning toward me.

I open my mouth to say something rude in response, but Ms. Scarlet interrupts the commotion.

"WILL YOU PLEASE STOP WITH THE CHATTER?!" she yells, getting up onto a table.

"YES, MA'AM!" all the students squeak, and they all stop. I slump against the wall. Crap, now what? Natsu and Harper can't stay at our house forever.

"Gray-sama, what's wrong?" asks Juvia, noticing my distress.

"Juvia, its nothing. I'm just tired."

She gets the hint and walks away, her blue curly hair bobbing up and down.

-At Gray's house-

"Mom, how's Natsu?" I ask the second I step into the house.

"He's getting better," my mother says, taking my bag away from me. "But he's using your bed."

I groan. I was so ready to plop into bed and sleep away the chaos of the school day.

Then I decide to go up and see Natsu. He's sleeping, but he's tightly clenching the sheets with his fists, and Natsu's face is twisted up into a expression of pain. I feel really sorry for him, so I give him a little kiss on the cheek.

WAIT A MOMENT WHAT DID I JUST DO?

It's fine, Gray. I tell myself. Natsu won't notice, and I'm pretty sure no one saw.

I run downstairs to go do my homework.