"Natsu… Natsu… Hey, flame brain…"
"Hm?" Natsu propped on his elbow as his eyes slowly adjusted to the dark. "Where are we?" He muttered as he looked around the unfamiliar room.
"We're at my house, idiot. Happy's sound asleep in the living room," Gray informed. Natsu still seemed confused. "Remember? We were paired up?"
Gray sighed, probably passed out before he heard, he thought.
"Hey Gray? You said there was something you wanted to ask me after the commotion, right?" Natsu whispered silently. He squirmed around, anxious to hear what the ice mage had been waiting to ask him.
"Oh… yeah, about that," Gray couldn't bear to face the Dragon Slayer, just do it! Just say those 6 words! He shakily began. "Natsu… w-will you g-g…" Natsu stared with anticipation and a faint smile on his face.
However, he noticed that Gray's face darkened. "I can't do it…" He mumbled to himself.
"Gray? What's wrong?" Natsu asked with great concern. He leaned forward as if to give a hug, but Gray gently pushed him away.
"Natsu…" Gray began with a deep breath. "Willyougooutwithme?" He blurted out quickly as embarrassment crept up his cheeks. He watched as Natsu slowly separated the words mentally and gave a little smile.
The Dragon Slayer reached over and held the icy hand. "Of course, Gray," He gave a light squeeze to the cold hand. Gray gave a blank look for a minute and leaned over and embraced the Dragon Slayer moments after.
"Thank you…" He mumbled lightly. "Thank you…" He gently savored the feeling of those hot arms wrapped around his waist as he gently stroked the pink hair.
Gray unwrapped his arms from the Dragon Slayer and tilted his chin up until the narrow eyes met his. "I love you…" He whispered and leaned in for their first kiss.
Natsu was shocked. Not only by the words. But his FIRST kiss! Natsu closed his eyes as his tongue tangled with Gray's. The icy tongue swirled against his, making saliva drip down to Natsu's throat. Slowly the ice mage pulled away, panting for air, and cheeks flushed.
"Well, aren't you a talented kisser?" Gray commented with a devilishly sexy smirk.
"Shut up, ice princess," Natsu snarled but overly proud of the compliment.
Bang! "Hey! Get ready! We need to go shopping for food!" Erza yelled from the other room.
"I expect everyone to have carts full of food!" Makarov yelled at everyone. "We don't know when would be the next time we'll be having food on our hands. Now go!"
Natsu and Gray looked at the aisles filled with food. The Dragon Slayer noticed that Gray had thrown in 6 cartons of ice cream, 4 bottles of whipped cream, and 2 bottles of chocolate syrup. 'Just what do you think you're doing, Gray…'
Gray went down the food aisle, and grabbed carrots, cucumbers, bananas and strawberries. He made sure they were all long shaped for a particular reason. After running back to the cart, he noticed more stuff appeared in the cart. Coffee, creamer, tea bags, sugar, herbs, eggs, bacon, basically everything you would need for a morning breakfast.
"Oi, how much should we get?" Gray looked in concern. The cart was almost half full already.
"As much as possible! The foods free anyways!" Natsu reminded him. Wizards were paid with food in order to fight. Well, for now.
There was a lot of stuff in the cart. Natsu recognized some of it. Like, white and milk chocolate chips, milk, sprinkles, and candies. "What do you think you're doing?" Natsu said seductively.
"You have no idea," Gray smirked, walking away and looking for more food.
Soon enough, the couple walked hands full of grocery bags, running from the refrigerator to the cabinets, desperately cramming all the food away.
"Damn, how much did you get?!" the ice mage growled. Natsu shrugged slighty and headed for the bedroom as Gray finished putting the rest of the groceries away. When Gray walked into the bedroom he noticed that the Dragon Slayer was on the bed breathing in and out soundly.
Gray walked over to the bed and caressed the soft pink hair gently, not wanting to disturb the Dragon Slayer. He leaned over and pecked a kiss on his cheek. Suddenly, the Dragon Slayer lunged forward into the ice mage's arms.
"Natsu?" Gray asked confused. He listened to the silence and heard gently sniffing. He gently stroked the Dragon Slayer's hair waiting for an answer.
"…I love you…" the pink haired teen mumbled into the chilly chest. "I love you…" he repeated, more to himself than to the ice mage astoundingly.
Gray smiled into the soft hair and whispered gently, "I love you too…"