Chapter 5

x Lyon's POV x

I smirked at Gray, then I left the hall, where the swimming pool was. I took a step away from the door, but then I heard Natsu's voice,

"He's not that much of a bastard, if you ask me."

Wait! Gray was talking shit about me again? I stopped right on my place to hear a little bit more of their conversation. Then lil' bro growled,

"Not you too!"

What the hell is that supposed to mean? My thoughts were interrupted by laughter. Their laughter. I had to admit that they sounded good together. Then, Gray spoke again,

"I'm gonna swim now. Mind detect the time?" So, nothing interesting here. I got to the dressing rooms and quickly put on my clothes. Then I walked back to the door of the big hall, only to hear another conversation,

"46.7 seconds. Wow, you're so fast!" fast, my ass..

"No, I'm not!" Did lil' bro just yelled at Natsu? You idiot, don't ruin your chance of getting a nice boyfriend! "Sorry.." Well, you should be, stupid lil bro! "It's just.. I've never actually been able to win against Nii-san." That's not your biggest problem right now! " He's just way better than me Wait, don't tell him I've said this!" Woah, I just overheard a conversation I wasn't supposed to.. Oh, well, I won't tease you this time, lil bro.. You should be thankful to Natsu.. And with these thoughts I left the building, leaving my stupid little brother alone with Natsu..

x Gray's POV x

We walked to the bar to find a drinking Cana (as always) and a quite annoyed Laxus. I sat next to her, while Natsu got to the other side of the bar table and put on one of the shirts, which he was supposed to wear at work. Every person working here had the same shirt with the emblem of the bar on it, but they were all different colors. Natsu's one was dark red, which suited him very well with that pink hair of his and that scarf.. Why does he always wear It, anyways?.. But, yeah, he looked nice in it..

"Gray, you're staring at Natsu for far too long.." Cana interrupted my daydreaming and I turned to her, only to see the wide smirk she had on her face,

"Well, Cana, you're staring at Laxus!"

"And? He's my boyfriend." She smirked again and, thank all the gods, Laxus and Natsu were giving drinks to some clients on the far side of the bar. "Anyway, up for a drinking contest?"

"Why? You're winning every single time!" and I was right. She took a few sips from her drink, then smirked at me once again,

"Well, I'm damn good. And you can do it to distract your attention from Natsu. You may like him.."

"I don't!" I blushed at my own lie.

"Yes, you do.. As I was saying, you may like him, but you don't have to stare at him so much, ya know.."

"Okay, damn it, I'll do the stupid contest with you!"

She chuckled, then she called the both barmen,

"Laxus, Natsu, I and Gray are having a little drinking contest here, so will you be good and bring us some drinks?"

Laxus sighted,

"Not again, Cana.."

She looked at him with that look of hers,

"Do it now, Laxus Dreyar."

"H-hai, ma'am!" he quickly walked (or, more like, ran) to where the hard liquor was and started mixing it. I chuckled at this, but then Natsu spoke,

"What about you, Gray?" I looked at him, only to see his soft smile again and I madly blushed (I could swear I heard Cana's quiet laughter beside me!).

"The same thing you got me the last time.."

He grinned,

"Coming right away!" he then walked to where Laxus was and started mixing my own drink.

"You so totally much like him!" Cana yelled happily in my ear.

"Gah, woman, stop it! What if I do?" I blushed once again, but looked at her. She was smirking again,

"Well, you do make a hot couple! And your personalities – you're ice cold, while Natsu's always fired up.. You've been created for each other!" She sang the last sentence, while I hid my crimson face in my palms, trying to calm myself down. You know she's right, Gray. Damn woman and her 'you've been created for each other' shit! I rose up my head at the sound of many glasses being placed in front of me. There was Natsu, putting down a huge amount of his cocktail in shot cups. I might've been looking confused, because he said,

"It's a drinking contest after all. There must be a lots of alcohol." He blinked at me and walked away, to come back with more tiny cups.

"But why that much?"

He let a small laugh out of his lips, which were forming a smile,

"Well, knowing Cana, you'll need all of this.." And he was right.

"Start whenever you're ready." Laxus didn't sound like he appreciated what we were doing at the moment (I couldn't blame him), but he was still sitting before Cana, so it was no such a big deal. Cana picked up a cup and shouted 'Start!' , before swallowing all the liquid, that was in the cup in only one sip. I did the same. Then again. And again. Again, again..

x Natsu's POV x

I was just sitting there, watching Gray and Cana drinking shot after shot, like there was no tomorrow (well, of course, I sometimes went to other clients to take their orders and bring them their drinks, but that's not the important stuff here). Soon, Gray's features went crimson and I knew he was drunk already, but he just continued drinking, and drinking.. Until he placed the last cup down,

"Ha! I drank 'em all *hic* this time *hic*, Cana! I *hic* win!"

"Not so fast *hic*, icy-boy! I *hic* did it before you *hic*! That means *hic* I win again *hic*!"

They continued talking nonsense and hiccupping and I shot Laxus a worried look.

"Hey, if you're worried about Gray, you're free for tonight, I'll cover you up. BUT, I want an exchange!"

I sighted,

"Whatever you want, just say it faster.."

"You're gonna pay the next dinner I take Cana to!"

"Wha- NO WAY IN HELL-" he pointed at Gray, who was now laughing with Cana, but both were still hiccupping. "Okay, fine. You bastard.."

"Watch your mouth, Dragneel. Gramps owns the place and I can kick ya out whenever I want.."

"Yeah, whatever, thanks, Laxus!" I quickly slipped off my shirt and took Gray out of the club, "Come on, now, swimmer, you're coming with me!"

"Aaaw, *hic* Natsu, *hic* you're so *hic* cute!"

"Yeah, yeah, sure.." I blushed, while he continued talking nonsense and hiccupping all the way to my apartment. I shut the door behind my back, locking it up, so no one from my neighbors will see what was going on (mostly because of Erza and Lucy, who are mad yaoi fangirls and won't stop teasing me if they see me with Gray now). I gently put Gray on the bed and walked to the bathroom, where I stripped off my shirt and put my head under the water, so I could cool down my face a little bit (yes, I was still madly blushing). After a while, I stopped the water, took a towel and dried my hair and face. Then I threw it somewhere on the floor and walked back to the bedroom to find an almost naked Gray (he still had his boxers on, though) laying on the bed in a sexy manner. I could feel my whole body heating up by the sight and I turned around,

"I'm gonna sleep on the couch tonight, so the bed is all yours."

But before I could make a single step, two arms got my waist and turned me around. I was met by Gray's lips, crashing against my burning ones. I tried to push him away, but he pulled me closer. When he licked my bottom lip, I senseless let a small moan out of my mouth. He didn't wait for a second chance and slipped his tongue between my lips. I spread my lips a little wider to allow him a better access to my inside, but then I realized what was going on and pushed him onto the bed,

"We should stop this, Gray. You're drunk and you're out of your mind."

"I know *hic* exactly what I'm *hic* doing, Natsu!"

"No, you don't!" I laid on the bed next to him, catching his body in my arms, so he couldn't move. "Now, just sleep and don't do anything you're going to regret later."

He continued to mumble complains, but I was thinking how good was that I wasn't living with my family anymore. Or with Gajeel in the high school dorms. Not like he didn't bring Levy in our room whenever he wanted to.. Soon, lost in my thoughts, I fell asleep with Gray in my arms..

A/N: so, yeah, here it is, chapter 5 ... i changed the rating from K to M, because of the kiss in this chapter and .. well, whatever is going to be in the next chapters .. :D ... and i added Lyon's POV cuz I find it fun to write fom different POVs and i kinda wanted to show you what Lyon thinks about the whole Gratsu thing... I'm sorry if anyone of them is OOC, but I really tried... i'm really sorry for the late upload, but it's all Naruhincho's fault, cuz she didn't uploaded her own Gratsu earlier, and i told her that I'm not gonna publish my own, until she does (go check out her account, her stories are nice!)... so, yeah ... that's all I could come up with late in the night after my best buddy's birthday .. :D yeah ...

AsDarknessSpreads , I hope you liked it that way better, when every character tells a different part of the story.. but, in the present chapters, i did write it that way, because I wanted to tell what they both feel/think ... and I'm used to role-playing ... and I really like writing from Gray's POV ... and yeah.. hope this answers your question ... i really appreciate the fact that you liked the story! :)