AN: Been a little while, huh?

I've started back to school, so updates will come very slowly. I haven't forgotten about requests, however, I hope everyone who asked something of me will be patient with me as I'm rather slow to write unless I'm very inspired and motivated.

This oneshot isn't a request and just something humorous I thought of. I hope you all like it.

Title: A Reason (among many) for why Natsu and Gray shouldn't be Roomates

Summary: Gray finds out his and Natsu's rent money is gone. He has a feeling he knows who is behind it.

Rating: T

Pairing: Nalu with minor Gruvia

Timeline: Modern AU

Disclaimer: I don't own FT or any of the characters.

Gray heaved an insufferable sigh as he entered the apartment he shared with his friend (and pain in the ass) Natsu.

Today had just not been his day. First he slept through his alarm, thus being fifteen minutes late for work. Gray's boss wasn't too happy with him as this was the third time that month he showed up tardy. Then, when he went to grab lunch, the cashier put in his order wrong (how hard is it to not put mayonnaise on a freaking burger?). Then, once he got back to his job, he realized that somehow he lost his shirt and had to go to the building's shitty Lost And Found to find a replacement. The new shirt was two sizes too big on Gray, and smelled rank due to having not been washed in who-knows-how-long. Gray was thankful when his shift was over so he could take the awful article off.

And now—just when he thought he could rest comfortably in his own home without the world shitting on him—his bitch of a landlady flagged him down in the parking lot demanding he pay his and Natsu's rent. Gray rolled his eyes at her because the rent wasn't due until the end of that week! They had plenty of time, what's the rush? She needed to chill.

Wanting to end the woman's nagging before he got a headache, Gray told the landlady that the rent was inside the apartment, and if she waited a few moments he would go ahead and give it to her. Placated, she demanded he hurry up and Gray more than happily left her standing in the parking lot like the batshit insane person she is.

"I'm home," Gray grumbled to his roommate, Natsu, who was currently lounging on the couch playing Call of Duty. After getting a "'sup" for a reply, the black haired man walked into the kitchen to get the money both he and Natsu put aside for the rent. Gray walked to one of the drawers, opened it up, grabbed the white envelope where he and his friend preferred to stow their cash…

And promptly gawked when he found it was empty.

"What the—? NATSU!"

"What?" came the bored reply of his pink haired friend.

Gray marched into the living room and unplugged the Xbox from the tv. No way he was getting a proper conversation with Natsu if he was too busy focusing on shooting virtual people.

Natsu gasped at Gray's action before glaring at him, "What the actual fuck, Gray?! You ruined my kill streak!"

Gray ignored his roommate as he held up the empty envelope, "That's not important. What is important, however, is where the fuck is our rent money?!"

Natsu stared at the object in Gray's hands for a second before a sheepish and almost ashamed look came upon his face. He scratched the back of his head as he said, "Yeah… About that…"

Gray knew it.

"You spent it didn't you?! What the hell, you ass, the money here was supposed to be for rent and nothing else! What on earth was so important that you just had to splurge on to the point you would get into the rent fund?"

Since the moment Gray and Natsu moved in together they had basic ground rules (or rules that Erza made after she found out they were going to live together…but the boys agreed on them nonetheless). Some of these rules included:

1. No fighting inside the apartment unless they really want to break something (wrestling was okay unless it got serious)

2. Let each other know beforehand if they wanted some alone time with their girlfriends

3. Pull their own weight and do their part of house chores (lot of good it did considering Juvia and Lucy often complained about how much of a pigsty the boys' home was)

And the most important rule: never spend the money they will put aside for the month's rent.

Natsu gave a nervous chuckle as he answered Gray's question, "Well, you see, it's funny actually. Lucy's birthday is coming up and—"

Gray covered his face with his hands and let out a frustrated groan. Of course this story involved Lucy. He adored the girl, don't get him wrong, but the problem lied in that Natsu adored her more. To the point he would go to any lengths to do things for her, even if the girl didn't want him to. Lengths that would naturally include breaking one of their rules and taking the rent money so he could spoil her a little.

"There was a little over eight hundred dollars in the envelope. What the hell did you have to buy her that was eight hundred dollars?!" Gray demanded. Seriously, Natsu had a job of his own. Why couldn't he dip into his own bank account?

Oh, yeah, because the doofus likes to splurge on something every time he gets a paycheck…

If Natsu ends up surviving Gray's wrath after this, Gray is going to teach his friend the value of saving money.

"Well at first I just needed some extra cash for another charm to add to her bracelet, but then I found this really cool looking leather jacket that I think she'd look really sexy in so I figured, why not? Then I found this book that she had been going on about forever and knew I had to buy that for her too. Then there was the locket necklace I thought about getting her. One side could have her parents in it and the other side could have me, of course. That was a lot more expensive than I thought… Oh, then I remembered how she said she wanted a new mixer—"

As Natsu rattled off every item he bought for his girlfriend, Gray's brain started to shut down.

Natsu spent all of their rent money—money that was due by the end of the week. Even if both Gray and Natsu manged to work overtime at their jobs they still wouldn't be able to make up all that money. And they can't ask for an extension because that hag of a landlady hates them so much she's been dying for a reason to kick them out.

The landlady… Oh fuck.

"Uh, Gray? You okay? You're really quiet right now. Come on, buddy, speak to me."

"I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!"

Needless to say, when Lucy and Juvia came over to have dinner with their respective boyfriends, they were quite shocked to find the police there.

After getting closer to the situation, they found two burley cops trying to hold back both Gray and Natsu from each other—the two looking more beat up than the girls had ever seen them. On the other side of the circle of cops was the boys' landlady who was ranting her side of the story to an officer. In the background, Lucy noticed that the front door of the boys' apartment was broken off its hinges.

"I wonder what set them off this time?" the blonde sighed.

"Juvia's not sure," said girl replied, "but Gray-sama has an envelope in his fist, so perhaps that has something to do with it?"

Lucy doesn't know, but she hopes her boyfriend and his friend don't get evicted for this stunt…

AN: I wasn't quite sure what to make Natsu and Gray's rent money. My apartment's rent is reasonable, however, I wanted to raise theirs a little just because the place I'm imagining them living in seems like the rent would be a bit pricier. But I also didn't want to make it too expensive.

Hope you all enjoyed this. Drop me a review and tell me what you think!