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Here is chapter two.
Chapter 2: Tuesday
Lucy was the first to wake up. The blonde had her eyes still closed thinking about what happened on the previous day.
Could it be? Was it really true?
She slowly opened her eyes, expecting to find someone still there by her side.
"Lucy? You're awake already." Gray's voice told her all she needed to know.
"Good morning droopy-eyes." Lucy teased.
"Now you don't want to call me droopy-eyes this early in the morning, I'm not a morning person at all." The ice mage confessed.
"Neither am I." Lucy replied.
"Five more minutes?" Gray offered.
"Five more minutes." Lucy agreed with her sweetest smile. Something was different about her today, she was still beautiful, and cute like Gray is used to call her, at least on his mind he would, but today something was making her look beyond beautiful, if Gray went close to call someone perfect, this someone would be Lucy, and it would have to be now.
"Lucy..."
"Yeah?" Her voice was like music to him, something was wrong with him, or something was too right with her.
"You're beautiful." Gray let out without thinking too much.
"I didn't hear you right. Could you say it again?" Lucy sat beside him, now looking at his face.
"You're... beautiful. Why are you making me repeat that? I'm sure you heard it at the first time." Gray's face wasn't red as Lucy expected, but he still acted very shy.
"You're so cute when you're blushing. Why didn't you blush this time?" Lucy teased the ice mage once again.
"Because I don't feel like it." Gray smirked and then stood up. "Come on, we gotta go, or we'll be late for today's party."
"You're such a busy guy. How come you have something to do everyday?" Lucy was distracted, when she looked at Gray she realized he was changing right in front of her.
"What do you think you're doing?" The blonde covered her eyes with her hands, making sure she 'accidentally' left a gap between two fingers. "Gray... your clothes!"
"Shit. When did that happen?" The ice mage started looking all over for his pants. Lucy picked them up on the floor and threw them in his direction, causing Gray to go momentary go blind and lose balance. The ice maker slipped on the socks he'd just taken out and fell with a loud thud.
Lucy who had been trying to help up until now, couldn't help but laugh. The blonde laughed like there would be no tomorrow, to the point she had to wipe some tears from her eyes.
"Now get dressed you exhibitionist." Lucy left the house to take some fresh air. She thought about the party Gray had just mentioned.
"Hey Gray! What party is that?" Lucy asked from outside.
Gray joined her after a few seconds. "It's going to be on Fairy Tail. I thought Natsu told you, since you're always with him." The ice mage looked away for a while, but it was enough to show the slightest hint of jealous in his last words.
"That's not true. I do spend a lot of time with you and Erza as well." Lucy muttered.
"I didn't say you don't, I just pointed something obvious. You do spend a lot of time with Natsu, to the point people in the guild start making up rumors about you two being together." Gray looked a little uncomfortable with the current subject.
"But Gray, I'm staying at your house for a whole week. I could have asked Natsu to stay at his instead." The celestial spirit mage gave her friend a tight hug. "Don't tell me you're jealous?" The blonde asked in a teasing tone.
"Like I would..." Gray's face betrayed him. The boy's face was somewhere between nervous and anxious.
"Sure. Let's go, or we'll be late for the party." Said a giggling Lucy.
The two mages left Gray's house heading towards Fairy Tail. The way to Fairy Tail had never been so long for Gray. Lucy couldn't stop teasing the poor wizard, who pretended to be bothered when he was actually enjoying it.
Fairy Tail was within sight, but from far away the music could be heard already. The furniture was being tossed away through the windows along with some mages, Natsu being one of them. Erza came out of from the guild's door and brought Natsu back inside holding him by his scarf, Happy flew around them with a worried look.
"We're home." Gray said sweat dropping. "Noticed." Lucy agreed also sweat dropping.
As soon as the two wizards stepped inside their guild, they felt like stepping inside apocalypse. Gray could even picture happy with a sign saying the end is near, and with end it meant Erza's patience.
"Is it the party you mentioned before?" Lucy asked with an annoyed face. "Don't blame me, I'm also the victim here." Gray replied with the same annoyed look.
"Hey Lucy! Where have you been? Let's go on a mission now!" Natsu came out of freaking nowhere as fast as lightning. Jet secretly got envy. The fire mage dragged Lucy, who looked at Gray just to spot a frown on his face.
"Gray-sama! Juvia has been looking all over for you." Came Juvia also from who-knows-where. Must all the people in Fairy Tail appear when you less expect them? From afar, Lucy watched as Juvia hugged Gray's right arm, the same arm that she laid in so comfortably not so long ago. If Lucy would use take over right now, she'd take form of jealousy. On the other side Gray wasn't dealing that well with the jealousy subject either.
"So Lucy, pick a mission, any mission, right Happy?" Natsu looked like he had just won on lottery.
"Aye sir!" Happy shouted. "Lucy, we've been missing you. Why didn't you come to our house instead of Gray's? The cat looked as he was about to cry.
"Because... because..." Lucy couldn't tell them why, it would make them feel bad.
"I'm also interested in knowing the reason." Came Erza's voice from behind them, making Lucy jump in alarm.
"I... well you see." Lucy searched the depths of her mind looking for an excuse, but none could be found. Noticing that, Mira made the savior move.
"I know why she didn't go to Natsu and Happy's house." They all turned their attention to Mira, including Lucy.
"It's because I told her Gray was the one from the team who spent less time with her, so I thought it would be a good opportunity for them to know each other better." Mira smiled sweetly. Who would have thought that behind such a cute smile was such a meticulous mind.
"I see. Sounds like a good reason." Erza smiled in her own way. Erza's smiles weren't sweet, or cute. Even smiling the Titania's exposed her strong personality.
"I didn't understand it that well, but Lucy, let's get a mission and leave." Natsu insisted much to Lucy's dismay.
"I'm not going on a mission today Natsu. I'm tired from my last one." Lucy let out accidentally. The blonde automatically covered her mouth with her hands.
"But Lucy, our last mission was a month ago." Explained Happy making Lucy extremely unhappy. (A/N: Jokes with Happy's name, who can resist them? I can't)
"That's right. Why would you still be tired from such a mission?" Erza went back in her curiosity mode giving intense gazes at her team mate. Lucy at the other hand had a puzzled look and more gazes coming her way.
"She was in a mission with me." Gray's voice came to the blonde's rescue this time.
"With you?" Natsu asked in disbelief.
"Any problem with that flame-brain?" Gray glared at his rival.
"You bet I have snow flake!" Natsu threw a punch on Gray just to receive another in return. They engaged in a heated battle, but in the middle of it something unusual happened, something that caught the guild's attention. Lucy held Gray's arm very close to her.
"Stop it Gray. Please stop fighting." Lucy's voice wasn't demanding, or dangerous, instead it was calm and warm. No need to mention that Gray stop instantly. The guild mates around them exchanged looks and started gossiping, while Gray and Lucy left to sit on benches.
"Lucy, why did you stop me?" Gray asked in a calmer tone.
"I hate when you and Natsu start fighting over nothing." Lucy eyes were shining, she were surely hiding some tears behind them.
"You're crying. What happened Lucy?" Gray asked cupping her face with both hands.
"It's nothing. I'm not crying. Come on, it's a party let's have some fun." Lucy pulled Gray's arm and went to a place with no people. "I think this place is alright." Lucy stated.
"Alright? For what?" Asked a confused Gray.
"To tell you that I don't like Juvia behavior towards you, it makes you look like her boyfriend." Lucy blurted.
"I had no idea it bothered you. You never told me anything like this before." Gray's eyes were wide with surprise.
"It's not that I'm jealous. I just don't like people thinking wrong about my friends." Lucy closed her eyes in a narrow way before she kept talking. "And I can see you don't like or love her back, so you should stop giving her fake hope." The blonde had her eyes still closed. Lucy felt a hand caressing her cheek, which made her open her eyes.
"It's ok Lucy. I won't give Juvia any fake hope. I don't like messing up with people's feelings."
"That's good to know... I mean... so I know you won't hurt m- Juvia." Lucy stuttered nervously, trying to find the right thing to say.
"Sorry? I didn't get the last part." Gray looked at her confused once again.
"You don't need to understand anything. Let's get back to the rest of the guild, or they'll think we're doing things here." Lucy smiled shyly.
"You're right." Gray replied.
The two of them went back to the party. Once back in their original seats on their benches, Juvia approached with a speed that made Jet go jealous again.
"What is Lucy doing with Gray-sama!" Juvia was fuming. Gray didn't mind the two girls glaring daggers at each other since Lucy never really cared about Juvia's strange behavior towards him. Foolish Gray. This time things wouldn't end up so well.
"Gray and I were just talking, but this place is all noisy, so we searched somewhere quiet to go." Lucy and Juvia kept the glaring contest going on. "But what is bothering you so much about me and Gray being closer than usual?" Lucy didn't threat the girl in any way, she was being as polite as she could, but her looks were betraying her dramatically.
"I knew it. So Lucy finally admits that Lucy is Juvia's love rival." Juvia smashed both hands on the bar's counter.
Lucy also stood up and did the same thing with her hands. "I'm not! I told you a million times, Gray and I are just friends." The ice mage felt something bad was coming his way, so he decided to calm them a bit. Foolish Gray for not noticing what he was about to do.
"Oi, calm down you two. I see both of you as good friends, so I don't want you two to-" Gray stopped in his track when he saw both girls turning their glares to him. Gray had never felt so small in front of girls in his entire life.
"Gray-sama... tell Lucy Gray-sama likes Juvia more!" Juvia threw her arms around Gray's torso.
"Come on Gray, tell her who is closer to you!" Lucy just crossed her arms and watched with boiling blood. Gray had lost his speech, and was now trying to find some excuse to get the hell out of this mess.
"What did you say match-head? You're not gonna get away with that!" Gray stood up and went flying towards Natsu. Now Jet and Happy were envious. Natsu didn't have time to dodge the Fullbuster's full speed blow that sent the fire mage flying through the window once again.
"You'll have to pay for that window." Said Mira with her trademark sweet smile.
"Don't run!" Gray went outside through another window breaking it in the process.
"Kids these days." Said Makarov already drunk before going back to drinking. Ignoring the battle outside the guild, Lucy went to another bench to stay away from Juvia. The blonde sat near Levy who was sitting with Droy, and comforting a depressed Jet.
"You're still the fastest. Don't worry." Levy offered him a smile.
"Lucy-chan?" Levy looked at her friend with a confused look. Levy noticed that Lucy didn't look all that well. "Jet, Droy, could you two please let me talk with Lucy-chan for a while?" Both mages agreed with hearts in their eyes, of course. After they left Levy started.
"What's wrong Lucy?" The blue haired girl looked really concerned about her friend.
"It's something that just happened, but I guess I'm just being selfish." Lucy smiled weakly.
"What happened Lucy? You know you can count on me for anything." Levy put a hand over Lucy's shoulder.
"It's about a boy, one that I never paid much attention up until now, and now I think I'm starting to like him." Lucy explained.
"Hm... so you're basically telling me you like Gray." Levy spoke making Lucy go all kinds of red.
"No, I didn't say that. I didn't give names, and... I said I think I'm starting to like, not that I already do!" Lucy had her eyes closed, and her head shaking in a denying motion.
"Ok, so you think you're starting to like Gray?" Levy insisted.
"No!" Lucy denied once again.
"You already do like him then?" Now Levy was really confused.
"No no no! Listen I don't like Gray. Let's change subject." Lucy let her body drop on the counter. What the celestial mage didn't know, was that not so far from there, Juvia was listening to the whole thing.
"Lucy really likes Gray-sama. No matter how much Lucy denies, Lucy does like him. Juvia must do something before Gray-sama is stolen from Juvia." Juvia quietly walked away from her hidden spot.
"Outside the guild there were two mages completely exhausted, Gray and Natsu. The boys looked up to an incoming silhouette.
The party was over and all the Fairy Tail members were out to their own homes, but one in specific weren't going anywhere. It was raining heavily in Magnolia, and Lucy stood there waiting for Gray. The blonde haven't seen her friend since the battle between him and Natsu started. Lucy decided to walk alone, but in her way back to Gray's house, she saw a shirtless ice mage sitting on that edge she'd always walk over, earning concerned looks from those two men.
"Gray?" Lucy asked her soaked friend. Gray turned around not really minding the rain, he's an ice mage, what's the point in getting worried about catching a cold?
"What are you doing out in this rain?" Gray asked bluntly.
"Looking for you. Care if I ask you the same question?" Lucy took a seat besides the ice maker.
"I need to cool down a little."
"Cool down? You? Do you want to freeze everything around?" Lucy asked trying to light up the air around them, but it was useless, as Gray didn't seem to smile at all. "What's wrong Gray? Please tell me I'm worried about you."
"I'm worried about what you may think of me. Juvia told me-" Gray couldn't finish his sentence due to a wave crashing down over Lucy. Gray didn't know if he should be worried for his friend, or just amazed at the wave. Sure, it was raining a lot, but not enough to cause a wave in such a place, and then there's the fact that the wave hit only Lucy. Something was too wrong.
"Lucy dared to put her hands on Gray-sama for the last time. I told you to stay away from Gray-sama." Juvia emerged from the water with the lower half of her body still in water shape.
"Juvia what are you doing! I thought we were friends." Lucy shouted trying to stand up.
"Juvia stop it! Lucy has done nothing to deserve this." Gray rose to his feet looking very angry.
"But Juvia is doing this for Gray-sama. Gray-sama must be with Juvia." The rain got heavier, to the point that the water carried the boats away. Juvia's features became darker, and her magic stronger. "If I can't have Gray-sama... no one can." Juvia sent a massive amount of hot water at Gray who didn't move.
"Gray! What are you thinking? Get out of there!" Lucy ran as fast as she could to try and get her friend out of the way, but it was too late. The water crashed over the ice mage's body leaving only steam behind.
"Juvia... I can't believe you actually did that. Look! Look what you've done to the one you were supposed to be in love with." Lucy dropped to her knees already crying. The blonde didn't care about the psycho looking Juvia not so far from her. Instead, she felt weak, she's lost a good friend because of jealousy. What a sick feeling it could be.
"I won't forgive you for that!" Lucy said with rage emanating from her whole body. She didn't pick her keys. The blonde sprinted towards Juvia with her bare fists. She knew she wouldn't stand a chance, but she's lost control, and nothing could prevent her from doing what she was about to do. Nothing but a completely passed out Juvia, laying on an ice path. Besides the water mage was Gray carrying her to the land.
"Gray? Are you... really ok?" Lucy's enraged attitude disappeared into a relieved smile.
"I'm fine." Although the ice mage said so, his body was still suffering from the hot water. His shirt was gone, but not from strange habits this time, it was obliterated by the heat of the water.
Gray gently landed Juvia's body on the floor, and then turned to face Lucy.
"How did it happen? When did it happen?" Lucy was confused, but she didn't really care about the explanation, instead she rushed towards Gray and threw herself over the ice mage. Gray held her tightly.
"I used the steam created by the hot water to hide and approach Juvia. When she let her guard down thinking she had defeated me, I threw myself on the water and froze her from the part of her body that was still connected to the water." Gray explained.
"How did you think about all that so fast?" Lucy looked back into Gray's eyes. Their faces were almost touching, but they didn't seem to bother the proximity.
"I did the same thing during my last fight with her. Used the steam to my advantage. I've taken a good amount of the steaming water back there too, so I knew I'd endure." Gray had barely stopped talking when Lucy crossed her arms around his neck. Gray who was already holding her by her waist, understood what that meant and started leaning in for a kiss. They kept the approaching in almost slow motion, when they heard a noise, and for a moment they thought their minds were playing tricks on them, but then the noise came again. Juvia was waking up, and the last thing she needed to see was a kissing scene starred by her love, and her rival. So they broke apart with disappointed looks on their faces, and turned their attention to Juvia.
"What happened to Juvia? Juvia can't remember anything. What are Gray-sama and Lucy doing here?" Juvia had lost her dark features and her killing intent.
"Don't you remember? You've tried to kill Gray. You attacked us." Lucy explained calmly.
"Juvia would never want to hurt Gray-sama, because Juvia... loves Gray-sama." The water mage confessed her feeling, her tears starting to fall already. "Juvia is ashamed of what she did. Please forgive Juvia." The water mage let her tears fall freely, not really minding her rival in love could see her moment of weakness. "There is another thing to be confessed. Juvia bought a love potion on a strange market. The seller told Juvia that if she drink a little of the potion everyday, Gray-sama would notice her and confess his love."
"But it looks like the potion had a side effect right? You were out of control, and tried to kill your friends." Gray moved closer to Juvia. "I know you'd never do that." The ice mage helped Juvia stand up, but as soon as she did, she launched her arms around his neck holding him in a tight embrace, then collapsed in tears. Lucy couldn't help feeling bad for the water mage. After all she's done what she could to conquer the one she loves.
After they were done with their moment , the sky brightened again, and the three mages went back to their own lives. Before taking separated ways, Juvia looked at Lucy with confident eyes. "Juvia won't lose to Lucy-san, no matter what." The water mage had her hands held in fists close to her chest.
"Give me all you've got Juvia." Lucy answered also with a confident look. After that, they took their own ways, being Gray's house Lucy's destination as well. On their way to the ice mage's house, curiosity took the best of Gray, making him ask the following question.
"What did you mean with give me all you've got?" Asked the ice alchemist.
"Hm... who knows?" Answered the blonde with a playful smile.
"If I didn't know you well I'd think you were actually into that competition thing Juvia made up." Lucy's eyes snapped wide open.
"What are you talking about? That's nonsense." The blonde let out a sigh.
"You don't look so well." Gray pointed out.
"Really? Considering I'm soaked, and you have almost been killed by your..." Lucy hesitated while thinking about what to call Juvia. "...considering Juvia almost killed you."
"It's alright I'm fine, and we'll be home soon, but there is a problem." Gray scratched the back of his head with his hand.
"What could be worse than being soaked like this?" Lucy asked in already worried about the answer.
"We'll kind of have to eat frozen food today." Gray gave a wry smile.
"How do we kind of eat something?" Lucy asked crossing her arms over her chest, but before the ice maker could answer, she went ahead, and gave herself the answer she wanted to hear. "We're gonna buy us something to prepare right? That kitchen of yours look like it haven't been used for years."
"Why do you say that? My kitchen is clean." Gray asked indignant.
"Exactly. If you used your kitchen as much as you use the rest of your house, it would be a mess." Lucy pointed, and Gray couldn't help but agree with her.
"Alright. You won!"
"Yay! Don't worry I know how to cook something delicious." Lucy said radiant. Gray didn't need to know it was the only thing she knew how to cook besides those things even Natsu can cook, like rice and eggs.
(A/N: If you don't know how to cook rice and eggs, and felt offended with even Natsu knowing it, PM me and I'll teach you to cook these xD)
"And what would that be?" Gray asked with a curious look.
"What it is? It's a surprise." Lucy answered dragging Gray to the nearest market.
"Now I'm scared. Last time I ate a surprise something it was a surprise casserole from Erza which still makes me throw up every time I think about it. After that day I started to dislike surprises." Gray confessed much to Lucy's horror.
"I won't make you throw up, I promise." Lucy said while laughing softly.
The two made their way to the market, but had to wait outside for a while, at least until the water stopped dropping from their clothes, which wasn't that bad since Gray decided he could just freeze the water on their body, and then break it. Unfortunately, the ice mage's idea caught Lucy by surprise sending shivers all over her body when she felt the cold air surrounding her.
"I have to agree with you surprises can be quite annoying some times." Lucy said holding her arms around her torso to see if she could heat her own body.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Gray jumped in place making all the ice fall from his body. Lucy stood there amazed and annoyed at the same time. It was surely a smart way to dry himself, but just for himself.
"I'm cold Gray." Lucy stated.
"Of course you are. You're covered by ice." Gray said the obvious making Lucy's cheeks heat with anger.
"That part I've noticed, but what do I do with this ice now?" Lucy pointed to her own body.
"Just do as I did. Jump and it'll fall." Gray explained. Lucy jumped, but it was such a small jump, being not enough to make the ice fall. The blonde looked back at Gray with question in her eyes.
"Do it again." Gray said nonchalantly earning him angry looks from his friend.
"I won't do it. I won't stay here jumping in the same place, it's embarrassing." Lucy looked around to see if there were too many people.
"What do we do then?" Gray asked raising his hands at his sides.
"I'll do it... if you do it too." Lucy looked at the ice mage innocently.
"No way, that's embarrassing." Gray had to dodge an incoming slap on the back of his head.
"You'll jump with me. I didn't ask you to freaking freeze my body!" Lucy glared. Gray agreed immediately with a nervous look.
And then it started. Lucy and Gray in front of the market jumping in place like they were trying to peek over a wall. People started to look at them with confusion written all over their faces, Lucy looked at Gray, and somehow the way he jumped was beginning to change. The ice mage was doing tricks while jumping, after noticing that Lucy couldn't hold her laughter. The blonde kept jumping not realizing the ice was gone from her body. Gray looked back at his laughing friend, and started laughing as well.
"Mom is this the way grown ups play with each other?" A passing by child asked her mother who had a confused look.
"No my dear, I think these two drank something they shouldn't." The mother said pulling the little girl by her small hand.
"I think it's enough already." Gray suggested. Lucy stopped jumping, and blushed instantly when she realized the people around saying things like do a back flip.
"Let's go inside this market already." Lucy dragged Gray inside in full speed.
"Coming through!" Gray said out loud making Lucy even more embarrassed. Lucy was as red as Erza's hair, but that didn't prevent her from starting to laugh again.
"Stop that, you hear me?" Lucy ordered, her smile never leaving her face. "Why do you do that to me? Do you enjoy making me blush?"
"I do." Gray confessed.
"May I know why?" Lucy pouted.
"Because I think girls are cute when they blush." Gray let it escape his mouth. "I mean... well not all the girls... not that you're not cute, you are the cutest... wait..." The ice mage felt his face going crimson, as if he could hate the color red even more. Lucy just giggled, her cheeks still suffering the effects of blushing.
"Let's just get what we need." Lucy changed the subject trying to help her usually so calm friend. They went through the market with a cart picking up the ingredients for Lucy's surprise meal. Gray made Lucy go through a lot of embarrassing moments, but the celestial spirit mage didn't really mind it, she found Gray being funny without being stupid, which is a rare thing to be found in boys at his age.
"Let's see if we got everything I need." said Lucy looking at Gray who was checking the cart for the ingredients.
"Alright." Gray replied.
"Cayenne pepper?" Asked Lucy.
"Check." Replied the ice mage.
"Black pepper?"
"Check." Gray made a face.
"White pepper?" Lucy looked at her friend to see his reaction. She may not look like, but she was worried about Gray liking her cooking or not.
"Check." Gray's eyes met Lucy's.
"Is something wrong Gray? You look disgusted." Asked a worried Lucy.
"Why so many kinds of peppers? Looks like you're gonna cook something for Natsu." Gray teased.
"That's so mean!" Lucy pouted crossing her arms over her chest. "Let's just continue with the checking." Lucy kept saying the names of the ingredients she needed, and Gray kept answering, but the ice mage seemed to be distracted. Lucy noticed that, and decided to check if he really was distracted.
"Chicken?" Lucy asked.
"Check."
"Strawberries?" Lucy looked at the ice mage.
"Check."
"Chantilly?" Lucy was almost glaring at her friend.
"Check."
"Condoms and maid outfit?" The blonde made a final attempt to make the ice maker get back to earth.
"Che... Lucy?" Gray winked twice. The ice alchemist was dumbstruck. Lucy just laughed, she laughed so hard she had to wipe some tears in her eyes.
"That's what you get for not paying attention." The blonde teased. Lucy mentioned the rest of the ingredients making sure Gray was paying attention this time.
"Do we have everything we need?" Gray asked annoyed.
"Yes we do Gray." Lucy kissed her friend's cheek, and smiled. They went back to Gray's house talking about the latest events concerning Juvia and all the potion subject. As soon as they were home, Lucy hurried to the bathroom leaving Gray behind to put away all the stuff they bought.
Lucy changed and left the bathroom, so Gray could also take his shower. Gray went inside his bathroom and had to deal with the steam on the mirror, something he'd never seen in his bathroom before. Cold showers were never a problem for the ice maker. Gray left wrapped in a towel, and rushed to his room as soon as he realized that, but to his horror, it was exactly where Lucy was. The blonde stood there speechless looking at Gray for a while before throwing anything in her reach at the boy, who managed to leave the room barely dodging the incoming objects.
"You perv. Stay away from my room!" Lucy shouted from the other side of the door.
"I'm sorry, but can I at least pick my clothes. I know it's a little awkward for my clothes to be in your room, but they happen to be there... so would you be so kind and let me get them?" As soon as the ice mage finished, the door was open, but when he was about to say thank you, a bunch of clothes came flying, and his face was their final destination. After a while, Lucy finally left Gray's room, just to realize the ice maker was wearing only shorts.
"What is that supposed to mean? I'm pretty sure I gave you a t-shirt." Lucy pointed at Gray's bare chest.
"If by gave you mean threw, then yes, you did, but I don't know where I left it." Gray laid lazily on his couch.
"I'm gonna cook dinner. You make sure you're dressed when I'm done." Lucy went to the kitchen, and started separating the ingredients. "Gray can you give me a hand over here?"
"If I stop to help you, I won't find my shirt." Gray stated. Lucy sighed.
"I found your shirt, it's over here at the kitchen." The ice mage went after his shirt, but found a bunch of potatoes instead."Start peeling." Lucy ordered. Gray made a mental note reminding him not to call her more naive than she looks ever again.
"What are you cooking anyway?" Asked the ice alchemist.
"Roast Sticky Chicken-Rotisserie style." Lucy answered happily.
"I bet you had a harder time memorizing the name than actually preparing it." Gray said bluntly. Lucy glared at him intensely. The two of them prepared the meal, and Gray had to admit it looked tasty, but instead he teased the poor blonde once again. "Why didn't you tell me before that we were going to have chicken for dinner?" This time Lucy didn't seem to be angry, she got upset instead.
"I wanted to make a surprise." The blonde answered looking down.
"Don't be sad please I was just kidding..." Gray shook his hands in front of him.
"So tell me... does it taste good? Be honest!" The celestial spirit mage ordered regaining her composure. Gray pierced a slice of chicken with a fork, and took it to his mouth.
"So how is it?" Lucy leaned closer to watch his reaction, if he'd make the slightest face showing disgust, she'd surely see it. Gray chewed for a while before answering.
"It's delicious! I wanna ask you something." The blonde's head was light as a feather.
"Sure Gray. Ask me anything."
"Will you marry me?" Gray asked teasingly, which made Lucy almost choke with her juice.
"What did you say?" Lucy froze.
"I'm just kidding Lucy, I meant to ask that, so you could marry me, and cook for me everyday." The ice mage smiled. Lucy also smiled, but the blush on her face was still there. They finished their dinner, and went to sleep.
Before falling asleep Gray kept looking at the ceiling, letting his mind travel. Gray thought about Fairy Tail, and the party, then he thought about Juvia and the whole incident with the love potion, and finally, Lucy. The ice mage's brain seemed to get stuck with processing the same information, because all Gray could think about in the past ten minutes was Lucy, and how his life changed after she moved to his house. The blonde even kissed him, he didn't forget it, but it would be awkward to spend the rest of the week with her if he asked her out and she refused it, or if they would go out and do nothing. One thing was for sure, Gray started to look at Lucy in a different way.
In the middle of the night Gray sat on the couch fully awake. The ice maker stayed like that for a while, too much in his mind, he didn't want to sleep alone after he had Lucy by his side. Gray heard some steps, and turned to see Lucy also fully awake.
"Have you tried counting sheep yet?" Lucy came from the kitchen with two cups of hot chocolate drink in her hands.
"I always lose the count at forty five when I try." Gray smiled.
"Can I join you?" Lucy asked already positioning herself to take a seat.
"Sure."
"I don't know if you like warm drinks, but I did this for you." Lucy handed the drink to Gray. The ice mage took it with both hands. "It's cooler outside tonight, so I guess I warm drink won't kill the ice mage." Lucy smiled.
"Thanks for the drink Lucy. I think it's snowing." Gray looked from the window, and spotted some snow flakes falling gently. They finished their drinks before one of them would spill it over the other.
"You're welcome. I'm still feeling cold even with the hot drink." Lucy nuzzled against Gray's chest. Gray didn't seem to mind, as he embraced her. "When I first met you, I thought your skin would be cold as ice, but it's warm, it's so warm." Lucy's hands were pressed against Gray's chest.
"I'm not ice myself as you can see." Said Gray.
"I see you're still having trouble with falling asleep." Lucy pointed.
"Wanna count the sheep now?" Gray teased, but the answer he got made his smirk disappear.
"I can do better than that. I'm sure I'm gonna make you fall asleep." Lucy started stroking Gray's hair gently. The ice maker closed his eyes and enjoyed her touch, while Lucy covered their bodies with a blanket. Gray lifted Lucy's chin making eye contact, and almost instinctively pulled her to a kiss. Lucy didn't hesitate in kissing back. It was a slow kiss, full of affection, they played with each others tongues, but it wasn't in a desperate way, they weren't going for the sexual moves, they just sank in the moment enjoying it to the most, since they didn't know if they would ever do it again. Nothing was for sure, nothing was clear, but they didn't mind, they just wanted to keep as close as they were for now.
Lucy broke the kiss with her eyes half closed, and laid her face against Gray's neck. Gray could feel the blonde's breath caressing his neck.
"You know I meant to thank you for more than just the meal. I saw you putting yourself in danger today for my sake, even when you thought I was already dead. That's more than I could have ever wished for." Gray confessed. "But I don't want you to risk yourself like that again."
"As if I would actually listen to you. I know you'd have done the exact same thing for me." Lucy lightly kissed Gray's neck. "Can I ask you something Gray?"
"Sure." Gray replied.
"Don't change... please." Lucy asked with some concern in her voice.
"I promise I won't... if you promise me the same." Gray answered.
"You don't have to worry about that." Lucy smiled. "Now we should probably catch some sleep."
"You're right."
Only the sound of their breaths could be heard in Gray's living room after they laid together. Their thoughts about each other kept them awake, but their presence alone made them feel comfortable and peaceful. There were so much they wanted to share, so much they needed to say, but now was not the time. For now, just being together fulfilled their needs...
For now that is.
I'm having such a great time writing this fic. I kind of envy their relationship T-T
The story makes me feel really good, but I feel bad for Juvia, I even considered making a one shot for her.
Any spelling, or grammatical mistakes please contact me, so I can fix it. I'm still in a learning process, so I'm counting with your patience.
Hope you guys enjoyed it :)