This is a BOYS-LOVE STORY and also contains BOY CROSS-DRESSING AS GIRL! So, please for everyone who don't like this kind of story, don't bother to read and review if it's only for bashing me. Thank you very much for understanding, people! I love you all!
/ CHAPTER 11 – Attempts /
"Mornin', Master Gray! Welcome to Fai–
Rub. Rub. Squeeze. Squeeze.
'Right. Of course it's still a very flat chest–
THWACK!
"OUCH! What's that for, you crazy woman?!" The flat chest definitely wasn't a dream because the chop Gray received on his head was hurt like bitch.
"What's THAT for?! The very first thing you do in the morning is being a pervert-chest-grabber!" Natsu yelled. "Do you always do that to every girl you met? Geez..."
Morning nag was the last thing Gray needed that time, or else his ears would bleed to deaf.
/ WELCOME TO FAIRY TAIL CAFÉ /
Fairy Tail © Hiro Mashima
Info(s): AU human world, no magic
Pairing(s): Gray x Natsu, (oneside)Sting x Natsu
Warning(s): !BOYS LOVE!, cross-dressing, cursing, OOC, bad writing and English
I don't make any profit from this story. It's purely just for fun.
"You like him. He thinks you like girls with their... huge breasts. You feel he likes you back. And now you're asking me if he likes girls? I'm sorry but, are you an idiot?" Mirajane using a curse word was never a good sign of anything.
"Erm... So he doesn't?" Gray hesitantly asked.
On a bright sunny noon, our lovely manager of Fairy Tail excused herself from the café, saying she had some 'private' business to do.
"Can't you see he's head over heels for you?" Mirajane pinched the bridge of her nose.
"Is he?" Gray's face turned brighter.
"Stop answering question with question, Mister. Really, both of you need some serious help for that stupidity." Mirajane huffed. "And here I thought Natsu is the oblivious one."
"If he likes me, why does he always hit me? Where's the love?"
"Because obviously you're being a stupid pervert to him, that's why. I'm with Natsu in this one." Mirajane calmly sipped her tea.
"I'm NOT a pervert! Ugh, fine! An idiot, yes, I admit. But that dumbass is also at fault for not telling me the truth!"
"Then make him tell you the truth."
"How?"
Dear lord, bless these two children of yours. If there's a competition of 'relationship-for-dummies', they would win for sure. No contest.
Anyway, the 'tug-of-war' of the two idiots' relationship had to come to an end. Soon. Somebody must cut the rope and fast-forward their incredibly messed up relationship. And Mirajane was more than willing to be that 'somebody' before she herself exploded due to their stupidity.
Because stupidity was contagious. And she didn't want to be contaminated by it, thank you very much.
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"... Come again?" Natsu stopped his sweeping activity the moment Lisanna asked him about something.
It was a usual fine night and all the employees of Fairy Tail were cleaning up the café. But since when did this weird, sensitive topic start?
"We've been talking about, you know, boys. So, what types do you like?" Lisanna eagerly asked.
Types? Let's see. Raven haired, squinty eyes, muscular body, handsome face, and rich as hell. Hint? Four-letter-name starts with G and ends with Y.
Hell NO.
"I... don't know...?" Natsu grinned sheepishly.
"Seriously? What age are you? Oh! Or maybe you already have someone you like? Secretly?" Lucy teased.
Natsu felt shivers running down his spine. Girls and their super intuitions. Creepy.
But seriously, he didn't know what to answer. Because the pinkette had always liked girls. Until a few months ago a certain male started to make him feel like a girl.
A male. One, single male, not plural.
The wall seemed to be very tempting for Natsu to bang his head onto.
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"You like that Gray, eh brat?"
Natsu instantly dropped the broom.
Last night he just managed to avoid the sensitive topic, and now this? Luckily it's just him and Cana in the morning, preparing to open the café while waiting for Mirajane to come.
Cana then smirked at his silly reaction. "And I think he likes you back."
"... What's with you girls and your scary wild animal instinct?" Natsu took the broom from the floor. "Even if, IF he happens to like me, it's because he thinks I'm a girl. And when I tell him the truth, BOOM! Bye-bye Fairy Tail, bye-bye Gray."
"How positive of you." Cana rolled her eyes. "Then I dare you to tell him and prove your absurd theory."
"... Not now."
"Coward."
"... Don't call me that."
"Coward."
"Hey! I'm not a–
"Coward."
"Okay alright I'LL TELL HIM!"
"Tell whom what?" Gray suddenly entered the café.
"NOTHING TO NO ONE!" Natsu screamed in a speed of light.
"... Coward." Cana whispered to the pink haired maid.
"Shut up, Cana." Natsu hissed back before turning to Gray. "So, uh, breakfast as usual?"
"No, I just have some reports to submit." The raven opened the drawer under cashier machine and put some papers inside. "Tell Mira to check them as soon as possible. I'm leaving for class now."
"Gray!"
The raven turned around. "Yeah?"
"... Uh..." Natsu looked at the raven's face. "H-happy studying!"
Right, it wasn't the 'something' Gray had been expecting, but he grinned anyway and ruffled the pinkette's hair before leaving the café.
"... Coward..." Once again, Cana mocked the scaredy pink cat, uh, maid.
"... Shut up..." Natsu just blushed in frustration while staring down at his own shoes.
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"I heard the new water park has finally opened." Gray said in the middle of his usual breakfast at the café.
"Oh, yeah! I saw the poster and it looks awesome! The pools are all huge and those water-sliders are wicked!" Natsu said eagerly.
"Wanna go there tomorrow? It's Sunday." Gray asked.
"Just you and I? No can do, thank you. I'll be damned if your fans saw us." Natsu shook his head.
"You can bring Wendy if you want. Or Lucy, or Mira, or anyone. You pick."
"... Eh... No..."
"Why? Don't tell me you can't swim? I'll teach you tomorrow."
"No! I can perfectly swim!"
"Then why?"
"Because... I..." Natsu struggling to find an absolute reason to reject Gray's request. And finally he found one. "B-because I'm having a p-period now!"
"... You're... having a... period...?"
"Yes! So I can't go swimming! Haha..." Natsu grinned sheepishly.
"... Right... period..." The raven just blankly nodded.
Natsu's terrible knowledge about female's period cycle was confusing Gray. Because every time the raved asked him to go swimming on Sunday, the reason of the rejection was always 'having a period'.
Just what kind of female having period in every-single-fucking-WEEK?
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Telling Natsu to strip out of the blue was a very, very bad idea because Gray knew he would be beaten into pulp instantly for being a pervert.
So it's clearly out of option.
Because he still loved his dear life.
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"Just because drunk people tend to speak the truth doesn't mean you can force him to get drunk!" Gray shouted.
"Listen. First of all, I'm just trying to help here. Second, I did NOT force him, he drank the juice himself, I just offered nicely. Third, I didn't know his tolerance for alcohol is minus beyond zero!" Cana snorted.
Gray, Mirajane, and Cana were at the café after the closing time, surrounding the drunk unconscious Natsu.
"Okay, thanks for trying to help. And that's not a juice but strawberry flavored beer!" Gray then sighed. "So what are we gonna do now?
"Obviously you take him home. He said Wendy's staying over at her friend's house 'til tomorrow. Isn't that why we called you here?" Cana said. "You're the only one who know where Natsu lives and his true identity in case he did something stupid. Besides, us women won't be able to carry him while you have your car."
Having no excuse to argue with, Gray ended up dragging Natsu's drunk body into his car and drove to the pinkette's house.
"... Urgh... Head... heavy...–hic–" Natsu groaned. "–hic– I smell... Gray..."
"Yes, yes, Gray's here." The raven wrapped Natsu's arm around his shoulder and fixed the supporting arm on the pinkette's waist to get him out of the car. "Arrived at your home sweet home. Now go inside, lock the door, and put your drunk-ass to sleep."
"Heeeeyyy... You –hic– do look like –hic–... him..." Instead of standing up, Natsu leaned even more to Gray and sniffed him. "Smell...–hic–nice..."
"I told you I'm Gra–
CHU!
The pinkette suddenly kissed the raven's cheek. "... 'lways wont to –hic– do dat... –hic– Coz I rrreaaaalllyyy like you Gray! –hic–Hehe..."
What was it again? Oh. Drunk people always told the truth.
Gray froze. "... Bye, Natsu. Good night."
Just when Gray turned around to leave, Natsu suddenly grabbed his arm. And started to fucking scream.
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"... Ugh..."
The next morning, Natsu woke up while holding his heavy head painfully. "What time is...? Think I'm late for work..."
"Almost 9 o'clock. Don't worry, it's Sunday, your day-off."
"Oh, yeah... Sunday... I can sleep some more then. Thanks, Gray."
"No problem, Natsu."
"..."
"..."
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!"
"Fuck! Why are you screaming?!"
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!"
"Me? I've just woken up like you! And stop screaming!"
"GET! OUT!"
"Calm the fuck dow–Omph!" A pillow landed on Gray's face.
"OUT!"
The next thing landed painfully on Gray's butt was Natsu's infamous kick, sending him flying out of the bedroom. It was the worst experience to have his ass kicked as the very first greeting in the morning, thanks to his lovely crazy crush.
"AAAAAAHHH! GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY!"
"WHAT?!" Gray abruptly re-entered the bedroom. "First, you kicked me out of the room! Then in less than ten-fucking-seconds you screamed my name like you're being raped or someth–
"Did. You. SEE?" Suddenly Natsu grabbed Gray's shoulder and stared dangerously close at the raven.
"S-see what?"
"M–... m-me?" Natsu's voice turned trembling. "My clothes! Th-they... CHANGED! What did you DO to ME?!"
"You changed the clothes yourself! Inside the bathroom! And NO, I didn't see nor do anything to you!"
"Then WHY are you HERE?! In my HOUSE! Sleeping on my BED! With ME?!"
"Last night you're drunk! Cana and Mira called me to drive you home. But once we arrived, you clung onto me like a stupid freaking baby monkey! Crying, screaming, trashing, and begging me not to go because you said you couldn't sleep alone! Your neighbors were going to kill me if I didn't do something to stop you from shrilling hellishly like a fucking Mandrake!"
"LIAR! LIAR! LIAR!"
"For Mavis's sake, STOP screaming you're tearing my eardrums!" Gray had had enough of this morning madness and pushed Natsu until they both fell on the bed with the raven on top.
"Get OFF of ME!" Natsu struggled to break free.
"No until you start using your tiny little brain and stop screaming!" Gray sighed. "I really truly honestly didn't do anything! Give me some credit, will you?"
After his struggle attempt failed, the pinkette finally calmed down. "... Fine. Take that credit of yours. Now get off of me."
"Credit accepted. But getting-off not accepted."
"You wanna die? Get the fuck OFF."
"Nope."
Natsu's another struggle only made himself even more trapped because Gray grabbed his wrists and locked them above the pinkette's head. 'Why does this stupid position just HAVE to be more dangerous?!' "Get OFF–
"Natsu, I'm home. Are you still sleepi–
"Oh hey, Wendy. Good morning. Welcome home." Regardless being trapped under Gray, Natsu just greeted a very shocked Wendy as usual, as if nothing happened.
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"What is wrong with both of you crazy siblings and your crazy super power?" Gray was putting an ice-pack on his bruised cheek.
"... Sorry..." Wendy bowed down her head to apologize for hitting the raven. "It was reflex for self-defense."
"I'm the one who should say sorry. Gray helped me out when I accidentally got drunk and only slept next to me, nothing else. I– we swear." Natsu said assuring his little sister.
It was the second time Gray received the siblings-combo-hit on the second time he visited Natsu's house.
Wonderful.
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The meaning of Mirajane's text: 'I'm sending you the report along with a 'gift'. So you better MAKE progress and don't SCREW up.' was this.
Standing outside Gray's front door was none other than not-so-secret crush.
"As much as I don't want to come to a pervert's house, or should I say palace, I owe Mirajane so much to reject her request." Natsu then handed the report. "Here you go."
"Ah, thanks. And let me remind you that I did NOT do anything to you." Gray said.
"... Whatever, so... see you later." Natsu shrugged and turned around to leave.
The image of demon Mirajane screaming 'PROGRESS!' popped inside Gray's head and it freaked him out. "Wait! Natsu!"
The pinkette stopped his pace and looked back at the raven.
"... Wanna come in?"
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Fucking rich bastard.
It was the first thing Natsu thought when he stepped inside the house. When he first proceeded through the huge front yard, he felt like crossing a prairie of Africa rather than a yard. Not to mention those five-layer security systems he had to go through just to reach the enormous front door.
And then the palace and it's interior. With a single wrong step, one of the super-duper-expensive-billion-gazillion-thingies would break and there's no way Natsu could repay it even if he sold his body for the rest of his life.
"Are you gonna just stand there like a frozen gaping fish?"
"... I'm just taking my time appreciating this incredible scene in front of my eyes and WHY THE HECK ARE YOU STRIPPING?!" Natsu yelled.
"Huh? Oh, shit! Not again!" Gray looked around to search for his already missing shirt.
"... I've already heard about this from your friends but I still can't get why it can become one's habit. So unique it makes you really are a pervert."
"At least I don't do that in public."
"Yet." Natsu smirked.
Ever since the tour of the palace started, Natsu eagerly tailed the owner. And yes, everything he saw was beyond expensive he didn't have the courage to touch.
"Damn, you have a private pool?" Natsu was amazed when they reached the backyard. Another prairie with a pool in the middle.
Gray nodded. "Wanna swim?"
"Can't. Having a period, sorry."
The raven only rolled his eyes without giving out any reply.
"By the way, where are your parents? I think I should be greeting them first." Natsu asked.
"Don't know. They're not here. Almost never here to be exact." Gray just shrugged.
Hearing that somehow made Natsu's heart ache. Sure, his parents also didn't live together with him, but he had Wendy. With just the two of them, their small house was very lively. But in Gray's case, in such a huge and beautiful house, even with all the maids and housekeepers, it's just... different and... lonely.
"Don't worry. I already get used to it since I was a kid." Gray ruffled Natsu's pink lock.
"W-who said I was worry?"
"Your face shows it all so don't deny it." Gray touched Natsu's cheek gently. "Besides, you're here now. So I'm not felling lonely at all."
Natsu blushed. Honestly poker face wasn't one of his strong abilities. He tried to hide his face under his bangs while obediently followed the raven around.
"And this is my room." Gray said. "Welcome to my sanctuary."
CLICK.
The click sound of the door closing (or locking?) snapped Natsu out of his deep thought. 'When did we...'
There's a bed. Of course, it's a bedroom after all. Gray's bed. Seeing it reminded Natsu about the sleeping-together incident a few weeks ago. Damn that cursed bed. Why did it seem to be calling out for the pinkette? And he's slowly drawn to it.
It smelled... nice and so Gray-ish.
NO. It smelled dangerous.
Crap. Must get out of there. NOW.
"T-thanks for the great tour, Gray... I better l-leave now." Natsu turned around to reach the door knob when he was suddenly pulled back and when he realized, he was already flat on his back.
On Gray's bed.
With the owner on top of him.
Like a wolf staring hungrily at a petrified baby bunny.
"Do you really think... you can just walk away after I invited you into my room?" Gray smirked dangerously.
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Author's Note: Hi, there people. How are you? I'm still alive and well, fortunately. And here's the new update for ya'all: Chapter 11! So sorry for the long delay, my laziness is killing me *hides*. Anywaaaaayyzzz... It's the time for Gray to come out of his coccoon and start doing SOMETHING. Thanks to Mirajane and her lovelyness. And also special thanks to my lovely reader Nega Kris for the precious input in the last chapter! *smooch!*
P.S: I've decided to end this story in maybe... no more than 3 chapters ahead? So that I can start new story(s) as well. Hehe... And I'll try to update chapter 12 faster.
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Nega Kris: Your review gives me the urge to 'push' the two (especially Gray) to actually do something. Thank you so much for that! I love every reviews of yours! Enjoy this newest chapter and keep reading, my dear! Love 'ya!
cristallina: Thank you so much! I actually was afraid because I've never written any story before and had zero experience about plot. Hahaha. I'm so glad you like it! And here's a hint: the confession is coming soon! Psstt... Don't tell anybody, 'kay?
darkhuntressxir: All hail Mirajane the superwoman! Seriously, I really like her with that cunning-under-the-lovely attitude. Here's chapter 11 for you! Thanks for always reviewing in every chapters! Kisses and hugs for you!
Guest: Ahahaha don't worry, because Mirajane is there to save the day! Thanks for the review, dear Guest!
O. Fairy Blue .O: Hope you enjoy those chapters! And yes, you didn't have to suffer because of my lovely cliffy, you cheater! Oops, peace, just joking. Hahaha. Here's the next chapter!
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Daygon Yuuki: The easiest way really is to ask the person himself. But Gray had already made promise (to himself) to wait until Natsu tell him the truth himself. And he would likely keep that promise. Yes, Gray, get your guy! Thanks for reviewing btw!
Capsnowy: Hey there NaLu shipper pal! Nice to meet you! And yes, GraTsu is also my not-so-secret sheep- I mean ship! Hahaha. Here's your update!
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Thank you for everyone who read, fave, and review on my story. I accept every critiques and inputs for this story progress. I'll try to keep every characters to their own personality.
Sorry for the typos, wrong grammars, bad spellings, etc.; English is not my mother language.