Magic
Chapter 4
Another night, another fit of lustful dreams. Though that was the case, Gray didn't mind it. It had been awhile since he felt that "excitement," and dream-loving on Natsu was perfectly fine. Nobody had to know who it was he dreaming about, except him. It was when he woke up that caused him more of his usual nerves.
The sun peeked through the trees, warming his face. He felt himself waking, feeling more than content with where he was, how he was feeling…Bring on the day! He opened his eyes, and the first thing he saw was pink. Despite the oddity of the color, especially in the middle of the forest, he didn't see any reason to be upset. He was feeling good, so why should he react any other way?
"Hmmrph…"
Well, he wanted to feel that way, but as soon as he realized it was Natsu who he was cuddling up against - and, by the sound of it, Natsu was waking up as well - Gray jumped and crab-walked as far and as fast away from Natsu as he could.
He had his arms around Natsu, and the other didn't seem to care! Then again, Natsu didn't usually wake up for anything, but it still would have been bad if he had woken up first instead of Gray.
Gray rolled over and placed his forehead against the cool ground. He and Natsu slept outside, after agreeing with Erza - who teased Natsu endlessly about his crush on Lucy - to let the girls sleep in the barn, making sure Natsu didn't sneak up on Lucy in her sleep.
In reality Gray was the one who ended up sneaking up on Natsu in their sleep, though he didn't realize it until he woke up just now. His heart was still pounding at the surprise of waking up next to Natsu. Not that it bothered him too much; it actually felt…nice. It felt right to wake up like that, but the fact that it felt right to Gray made him all the more uneasy.
This was just all too sudden! How was it possible that a completely straight guy suddenly developed feelings for his best friend, who also happened to be guy, in twenty-four hours?
"Gray? You okay?" Natsu sat up and rubbed his eyes.
"Yeah, just had a surprising dream is all." Gray picked his head up and smiled at Natsu. "I'll be fine. Go wake up the girls so we can get going."
They had found it, the house. The team had developed a plan for a surprise attack on all sides, so now each person stood against the outside wall of the house. Erza had taken the duty of the front. It was still early in the morning, so whether their enemy was still asleep or not was up in the air. No one could see any movement from inside the house, so Erza decided to walk in.
The area around the house looked like it was part of any neighborhood - a white picket fence surrounding the property, beautiful green grass just inside the fence, flower beds, and even a mailbox. The house itself was small, a one story that was barely the size of the barn they stayed at the previous night.
There was no sign of any haystack, large or small, anywhere near the house. Upon approaching the house, Erza decided they take on the enemy, taking them prisoner and forcing them to give up the location of the needle. It seemed like a good plan, and, really, the only plausible one they could think of in a short amount of time.
It was Erza's duty to enter the house first and subdue their target. If she encountered any difficulties, Gray would step in, then Natsu, and finally Lucy. Hopefully, though, the enemy wasn't strong enough that all four of them would need to subdue him.
Gray looked up at the sky from his place against the wall in the back. Now really wasn't the time to be analyzing his dream, but he couldn't help it. He was alone, it was quiet, and his mind kept returning to the images his subconscious conjured up while he was sleeping. Honestly, was his mind and body against him? He wasn't a guy who liked other guys, especially Natsu!
He was never attracted to the muscular toned woman, so why was Natsu's body so appealing to him? The years and years of training had equipped him with a good body that it was actually rude of Gray not to be appreciative, right? Yeah, that's all it was; Gray was just being a good friend by thinking his friend looked good. Not just good, but downright sexy, and it was rude of Gray not to think so!
He closed his eyes and groaned. When he was touching the dream Natsu, it felt so real against his fingers. Natsu's body was so warm, but it didn't bother Gray in the least. In fact, it aroused him even more to feel the heat of Natsu's body wherever they touched. At first, it was just their hands touching, but even so, it felt like his body was on fire, a very pleasurable, comforting fire. He wanted to feel it again and again, and as Gray was throwing himself onto Natsu, other things happened, and before they knew it, Gray had Natsu on his stomach while Gray…
No! Can't think of that right now! Gray groaned. Damn his body betraying him. He opened his eyes and looked down. Yep, standing at attention. Great, how could this situation possibly get any worse? How sick would it be for Gray to battle the enemy with an erection? If someone were to see it they might get the wrong idea that might mean the end of his involvement in the team. They'd probably throw him with someone who gets his rocks off by fighting, and, honestly, Gray can't stand any of those people, even if they were in Fairy Tail.
Man, there were things his mind showed him that he didn't even know was possible. Apparently his subconscious seemed to expect Natsu to be very limber, very flexible.
Gray shuddered as the images raced through his mind. He had to stop thinking about those things! It was all Erza and Lucy's fault. If they had just charged in like Natsu had wanted to do, he wouldn't be standing out here, alone, with nothing but his memories of his dream to keep him company. Oh well, at least he was alone, right? No one around to see his pants tented.
The door flew open next to him. It almost caught him off guard, but after that quick second of being surprised he immediately jumped into action. He was standing right next to the door, so it wasn't difficult for him to catch the escapee using force instead of magic. He would have like to, but as he jumped on the man trying to run, they man tripped and fell on his face, Gray landing on top of him.
The man lay still under him, and Gray prayed that it wasn't because the man was getting poked in his leg. He leaned up, keeping his arms on the man's shoulders, holding him down, but the man still lay still. Erza ran out the door, and stopped and looked at the two on the ground.
"It looks like you knocked him out," she said, bending next to the man's head. "You tackled him onto a rock. He's not dead, though. Good job."
"That was disappointingly easy," Gray mumbled, moving to stand up. He sat on his knees, but stopped. He had forgotten about his erection for a second, and almost stood up to reveal it to Erza, who would have been eye to eye with it. Thankfully his pants were crumpled at the waist so it wouldn't be obvious.
Lucy and Natsu joined them, Lucy carrying a rope.
"Wow, good work, Gray!" Natsu exclaimed. "You killed him!" He pat Gray on the back, showing his big toothy smile. Gray blushed and looked away, very aware of the heat from Natsu's hand on his shoulder.
Erza grabbed the rope from Lucy and began tying his hands together. The man groaned, causing Natsu to jump, thinking the man was dead since no one denied it, and kicked the man on the ground. When they had him tied, Erza and Natsu picked him up and carried him into the house. Lucy followed, but stopped when she noticed Gray hadn't moved from his spot on the ground.
"You coming, Gray?" she asked.
Gray looked behind him and smiled at her. "Yeah. You go ahead, I'll follow." He slowly stood up, and tried to situate himself so his erection wasn't showing. It wasn't as hard as it was a moment ago, but it was still visible. Glancing behind him, he checked to see if Lucy was still there. She wasn't, so he took that opportunity to fix himself so it didn't seem obvious that he was aroused.
A/N: So so sooo sorry for the long wait. I've been busy, writer's block, sorta, and distracted with my manga reading. But, hey, I've been researching with all those yaoi that I've read, so it's not like it was pointless reading! Anyway, once again, thank you for the reviews/faves/alerts. They keep me wanting to update, so as long as I get something, I'll always put something up! I promise that the next chapter won't take 3 weeks. =)