Disclaimer: I still don't own them. Don't worry, I'll work through my pain... somehow.
When winter set in, Lucy told Gray that she wouldn't be able to handle the cold outside. So they had to meet at her house.
Interestingly enough, this gave Gray the opportunity to see her in several pairs of pajamas.
Before that she would get dressed to go outside.
But in her own home...
Lucy seemed to have an inexhaustible supply if them.
As far as Gray knew, she had never worn the same pair twice.
One day he commented on this.
"How many sets of pajamas do you have?" he asked as she set out the familiar cookies and milk.
She was wearing a pink satin pair that night.
"I don't know." Lucy replied, "Maybe ten?"
"It seems like more than ten." Gray said, raising an eyebrow, "You have satin ones in every color of the rainbow, black ones with stars, pink ones with bunnies, blue ones with clouds, plaid ones, I think you even wore some with the Fairy Tail insignia on them..."
"I get it!" she snapped, "I like my pajamas, okay?"
"I like your pajamas too," Gray said "They suit you."
"Pervert!" Lucy shouted, then said quietly, "Thank you though."
"Your welcome." Gray solemnly said.
"What about you?" Lucy questioned, "Do you ever sleep in anything besides boxers? And why do all your boxers look the same? Or do you only have one pair?"
"Um... It's way too hot to sleep in anything more, and I bought all of my boxers this one time when they were on sale. I think I bought a hundred, just to be sure that I would never run out." Gray explained.
"What happens if you do run out?" she inquired.
"If I do run out, which I highly doubt will happen, I'll have to go back to that store. Or just not wear underwear." Gray seemed entirely serious about this, but Lucy wasn't certain whether or not he was kidding.
"I'm sure you could find something else." Lucy told him, "Because if you didn't wear underwear, you would be naked a lot of the time. I don't think anyone could handle that."
"Why, because I'm so attractive?" Gray teased.
"No," Lucy blushed, "Not because of that."
It took Gray a minute to realize that Lucy had never denied his sex appeal.
"You want to talk about your nightmare?" Gray asked, changing the subject.
"No, it was good enough to just talk to you. You always make me feel better, just by being here." Lucy said, struggling not to be embarrassed by her words.
"You want to know something Luce?"
"What?"
"Your my anti-nightmare medicine too. Thanks for being there." despite their lack of elegance, Grays words were heartfelt, and they touched Lucy.
"I'll always be here." she said.
"I will to." Gray agreed.
"To the extinction of nightmares!" Lucy toasted, raising her glass of milk.
"Agreed!" Gray said, raising his.
As he sipped his milk, munched his cookie, and stated into her chocolate brown eyes, Gray realized something.
He was falling for Lucy.
It would be a long fall, but it would hurt when he hit the bottom.
Lucy knew she had already fallen for Gray.
And she knew one day, they would be together.
But...
It may take a while.