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 12 – Confession /
"Thank you for coming, Master. Have a nice weekend!" Mirajane said to a customer and then talked to herself. "I wonder how're my favorite boys doing?"
Don't worry, dear sweet Mirajane. They're doing just fine. Great, to be precise. Because your boss had finally made such big-ass progress.
Meanwhile, back to the main characters' place...
Natsu was inside Gray's bedroom.
And his brain initiated the warning: Alert, alert! Danger level 5.
Flat on Gray's bed.
Alert! Alert! Danger level 20!
With the raven on top of him. Like a wolf staring hungrily at a baby bunny.
Alert! ALERT! DANGER level 100!
"Do you really think... you can just walk away after I invited you into my room?" Gray smirked dangerously.
ALERT! ALERT! HIGH ALERT! SUPER DANGER LEVEL 1000000!
/ 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.
Natsu ran, and ran, and ran, until he was out of breath. But aloha, after the exhausting escape plan, he was still inside Gray's region; the huge front yard.
Again. Fucking rich bastard.
"AARGH!" The pinkette screamed before continued running away passing through the front gate, far far away from Gray's house.
All he wanted to do was to get home as fast as he could and wrapped himself inside his comfy blanket. But to reach his house, the shortest way was walking through the downtown area.
Whatever. It's only a fifteen-minute-walk through it. Better than the forty-minute-walk through the embankment. And then another extra ten minutes until he reached his home sweet home. Just walk fast, watch out for the crowd, no need to glance left or right, keep walking straight forward and–
'Hmm? Isn't that...' Natsu couldn't help stopping his pace because about twenty feet right in front of him, there was Sting, surrounded by a group of girls.
Their eyes accidentally met and somehow Sting's face was very glad?
"Natsu!" Sting shouted as he pushed his way passed the girls to approach the pinkette and whispered. "Please help me out. Just play along, 'kay?"
"Uh... Okay...?" Natsu agreed in confusion.
Turning around while putting his arm around Natsu's shoulder, Sting said to the girls who'd been following him. "Sorry, ladies. Today I'm with her."
With disappointed grunts, the girls left the two of them.
"Phew... Thanks a lot, Natsu. You saved me." Sting grinned. "I accidentally met them on my way back from hanging out with my friends. Those girls were so persistent. Lucky you're here."
"Sure, sure, no problem." Natsu didn't really care actually, pretending to go out with Sting. As long as the business was done and he could go home a.s.a.p.
The chance of meeting turned into a small chat between the two in which Natsu wasn't in the mood for. But Sting didn't do anything wrong, so it wouldn't do justice if Natsu rudely cut the conversation and fled. Eventually, it evolved into a dinner invitation from Sting.
Dear, Mavis, NO. Natsu really wanted to screamed. WHY. All he wanted to do was go home. It's not such an unreasonable wish, was it?
"Ah, just a moment." Suddenly Sting's cellphone rang and he picked it up.
Natsu really really reeeeaaaally wanted to run away. But his big, kind heart didn't let him do so. Abra-kadabra-alakazam-kaboom-kumbaya-asdfghjkl-whatever miracle magic please oh please–
"Sorry, Natsu. Looks like our dinner has to be canceled." Sting sighed as he hung up. "My little brother, Rogue, frets unstoppable for me to pick him up right now. He's kind of getting into some trouble out there."
Rogue, Roger, Romeo, or Ro-ever that was, just remind Natsu to give a huge thanks if there's a chance of meeting.
And finally. Home sweet home.
The house was quiet since Wendy was having a school trip for five days since two days ago. The silent atmosphere made the memory, no, the tragedy repeated in his head. And it's making him blush.
Stupid Gray and his stupid... sexy... seducing... everything...
Natsu shook his head to blow away the annoying-yet-tempting images inside his brain and went to take a quick shower before heading to bed, creating cocoon with his blanket.
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"Mornin', Mira." Natsu greeted the café manager the next morning. He decided not to let the tragedy defeat him. New day, new Natsu.
"Good morning, Nats–" Mirajane's gentle smile faded as soon as she saw a thing when Natsu removed his muffler. "That's..."
"Hmm?" Was Natsu's only response as he folded his muffler neatly.
"That... that... that... that..." Mirajane was out of words.
"What? What? What is it?" Natsu frowned his eyebrows.
"Good morning, everybo– OH MY GOSH CONGRATULATIONS BRAT!" Cana suddenly came into the café and smacked Natsu's back hard after she too saw the thing.
"Cough! Cough! C-Cana?! Congratulations for what? What's wrong with you both?" Natsu coughed in the middle of his confusion.
It's probably better to show him directly, so Cana forcefully and eagerly pulled Natsu into the restroom in excitement, leaving the speechless Mirajane, and yanked the pinkette's head to give him a better view of the 'thing'.
"Look. At. That." Cana said.
"What is t–" Natsu took a very good look at the mirror to see... "FUCK!"
And the memory of the previous day replayed inside his head.
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"Do you really think... you can just walk away after I invited you into my room?" Gray smirked dangerously.
Natsu gulped.
"Natsu..." Gray's eyes softened. "Natsu..."
"U-uh...?" Small trembling reaction was the pinkette's only reply.
Say... Could Gray please stop staring with that sexy predatory eyes of his? Because Natsu couldn't seem to breathe as his soul was pierced by that deep tempting gaze.
The raven leaned his face closer. His nose tip trailed slowly from Natsu's jaw down to his neck like a ghost as the pinkette's shut his eyes tightly.
"Natsu..."
"W-wait, Gray..."
"You smell... nice..."
"I... Y-you... Wha-AH!"
Cold touch on Natsu's exposed waist (since when did it get exposed?!) and the BITE on his neck (damn Gray was he a real wolf?!) made him snap his eyes open. Then he saw a pair of black orbs getting closer to his jade ones. And that sinful cold hand of the raven, slowly creeping up and up his waist, making the pinkette–
THWACK!
–smack his forehead to the raven's and–
BAM!
–kick the 'wolf' off of him.
Lesson of the day: Never misjudge bunny's powerful legs. And their ability to flee.
And so... The little pink bunny escaped from the wolf's nest, leaving it out cold just like that. The end.
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Back to the present time.
Yes. The 'thing'. A big red spot on the left side of Natsu's neck. Correction, big red bite mark. In general: HICKEY. Painted by none other than his wolf-boss.
"Aaawwh~. Someone has claimed our tiny wittle Natsu here~." Cana giggled.
"C-claimed?!" Natsu blushed furiously.
"What do you think that hickey is for, huh? A big one, on a pretty obvious spot where eeeeeeeveryone can see." Cana teased as she poked Natsu's chest. "That you. Belong. To a certain someone."
With the last laugh, Cana left the petrified blushing pinkette. Natsu's very wish of wanting to start a new day was gone, disappeared, poof. Thank you very much, boss.
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"Natsu! You don't wipe table with a broom!" Lucy shrieked and snatched the broom Natsu's holding.
Some customers giggled at Natsu's antic. But the pinkette himself didn't seem to realize what he had been doing. His mind was flying and floating all day, leaving his head blank.
Thank goodness the suspect who painted the hickey didn't show up that day. And thanks to his muffler as well, it's hidden, safe from everyone's sights. Except from Mirajane and Cana, who fortunately didn't tell a soul.
CLING. CLING.
"Oh. Good evening, Master Sting, Master Loke, Master Hibiki, and Master Gray." Levy greeted.
Natsu instantly hit the wall. Why oh why. Not more than an hour until closing time. Just why.
"Not again!" Lucy face-palmed.
"Natsu you okay?" Sting immediately approached the pinkette.
"Yeah, yeah, fine, great, good, awesome, thanks, sorry." Natsu blabbered.
"Sure? You don't look well. I mean, your face is all red." Then suddenly Sting placed his own forehead to the pinkette's. "Are you perhaps having a fever?"
With all the hysterical screams, and Sting's palms on his neck close to the hidden hickey, Natsu almost banged the tray he's holding on Sting's head out of embarrassment.
Almost. But he froze as he felt the chill running down his spine when his eyes locked with Gray's, who's been standing right behind Sting's shoulder. And it only made the pinkette's face even redder. So Natsu remained still with his eyes still locked with the raven's until his yellow haired boss pulled away.
"No fever. That's good." Sting was very satisfied. With the result of Natsu's perfect health, and the fact he didn't get hit by the pinkette for being so close to him. "By the way, thanks for yesterday. Sorry my little brother just had to interrupt, or we could continue until night."
Natsu nodded blankly. Only half paying attention on whatever Sting said. Because he's already frozen, bewitched by an 'ice mage'.
And the hickey just had to twitch at that faithful time.
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Everyone walked their separate ways to go home that night.
A few minutes after parting and walked alone, Natsu murmured to himself. "... Stupid Gray and his stupid... gaze..."
Suddenly a fancy black car stopped beside him. The window seat was open and reveled the most-must-avoid-person.
"... Good evening, Gray." Natsu tried to remain calm.
"Get in."
"Why should I?"
"Because I'll drive you home. Get in. Now."
After thinking for a while, Natsu decided to comply and got into the fancy car. Maybe Gray wanted to talk about the tragedy. And apologize. Now that's what you called an unreasonable wish, dear Natsu.
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Natsu understood so well that the apologize would never ever happen, even after he left this world. But he also didn't expect the drive to be the worst ten-minute-fucking -silent-moment he had ever had in his entire eighteen-year life.
Gray didn't say a word. Heck, he also refused to reply anything Natsu said to him. Fine. Let's play the silent game then.
"Thanks for the ride." Natsu said as he closed the car door. Finally he could escape the silent game. Although he had been ignored, the pinkette still thanked his boss for driving him home. It's only about manner, nothing else.
Gray followed by getting out of the car. And while Natsu was about to insert the key to the keyhole, the raven grabbed his shoulder and spun him around, pinning him on the front door. The only sound followed was the clanging sound of the keys falling.
And the soundless fall of Natsu's precious muffler.
Gray's eyes widened. His hand slowly moved up to touch the hickey.
SMACK!
"Ah! S-sorry!" The hit wasn't a hate sign or anything, but the pinkette's fear.
Yesterday was a terrible sweet mistake. Natsu was too consumed by the 'need', by the 'want'. He did want it badly. But for Gray to suddenly claim him without knowing the truth about him yet, it's just... wrong. So before they both fall too deep, before the truth was revealed, it's probably the best for Natsu to put some safe measures between them.
"I came to prove myself wrong, but looks like I'm right." Gray got up and wiped some dust off his shirt. "So that's it? You let Sting touch you but you hit me?"
Whoah, whoah, whoah, whoah, wait, wait, wait. Natsu frowned.
"You didn't have to force yourself to come to my house yesterday. Should just go and have fun with your beloved Sting." Gray stressed a few words sarcastically. "Oh, right! You already did and would have so much fun with him if not for his stupid brother interrupting."
"Look, Master. I don't know what's gotten into you, but me and Sting have nothing to do with anything except we accidentally met while I was on my way back from your house." Natsu growled.
"Oh? OH? Yes I beliiiieve you, dear Natsu." Gray mocked. "Of course that hickey proves that nothing happened between you and your beloved Sting."
"... The fuck, Gray?"
"I shouldn't have trusted you. Liar." With that, Gray turned away and left. "And I shouldn't have liked you."
Ouch. That hurt. It's stinging. Inside Natsu's chest. At the same time his heart had to process so many emotions.
Gray. Sting. Trust. Gray. Confussed. Hickey. Angry. Gray. Hurt. Liar. Gray... Like.
Fuck.
Natsu didn't know anymore, didn't care anymore. But his body knew that there's no time to waste. So it moved forward, forward, until he reached the raven's back and tackled him from behind.
"Fuck! Natsu?!" Gray cursed as he fell being tackled. He was so angry, so disappointed.
And somehow they started hitting each other.
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How long had the fight lasted?
Ten minute? Thirty minutes? Almost an hour?
Their clothes were dirty as the result of rolling on the ground. Their body and face were covered with some scratches and bruises. And the exhaustion completed all of it. Unable to move, both boys panted as they stayed in their position, with Natsu sitting on top of Gray.
One long deep breath before finally Natsu started talking. "Since we've both calmed down and released some steam, now listen well, you drop dead gorgeous yet idiot Master."
Gray opened his mouth to retort but Natsu put his fingers on it and continued talking. "This... thing–" He pointed at the hickey with his other hand. "–as much as I'm very ashamed to tell, was YOUR doing. Not Sting's, not anyone, but YOURS."
"... What?" Was only Gray's reply as Nastu pulled his fingers away from the raven's lips.
"You're really an idiot, you know. Either you're drunk, or possessed, or whatever yesterday, it's YOU who did this. You BIT me, genius." Natsu then rolled over his body to switch their position with the raven on top of him. "Does this remind you? No?"
Of course Gray remembered it so well without Natsu needed to do this. The night was dark with so little lights around. But Gray could still see the red tint on Natsu's cheeks. Clearly the pinkette was refraining himself.
"T-the hickey... I didn't know it's there until Mira and Cana saw it this morning." Natsu glanced to the side, refused to look at the raven in the eye. "Damn... I don't know why I bother explaining all these to you and–
"Did I bite that hard?" Gray just had to cut with a very stupid question.
And it made Natsu chuckled. "Haha... Yes, yes, you did, bastard."
"Did it hurt?"
"Yes! Didn't you hear me scream? Well of course you didn't, seeing you stupidly clueless right now." Natsu was still chuckling. "And don't be mad. I knocked you out purely by reflex. To prevent the 'ship' sail way too far. You know what I mean. Haha."
Gray then helped Natsu getting up to sitting position. They didn't care if their clothes were dirty, or if they're sitting on the ground outside, or if someone saw them with all the bruises. All they cared was each other.
"Natsu, I..." Gray spoke.
"Sorry? Yeah, you better be. Haha... Kidding." Natsu grinned playfully."
"Well... That and..." Once again, Gray touched the hickey, but this time gentler. "... And like I said before... I like you..."
"Gray..."
"I'm not apologizing for this... mark. For claiming you. I do want you, Natsu." And finally, the confession. "Will you be mine?"
Natsu's wide grin turned into a gentle smile. "Thank you for liking me. I'm really happy you do."
Gray smiled back. "Then, you–
"No."
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Author's Note: PLEASE DON'T KILL ME. For being a lazy bastard who couldn't type 3000 words within a week and even a MONTH. That one, and also...
Like I've mentioned in the previous chapter, I thought of having the story ended in about 3 more chapters. I was so eager and FINISHED writing the ending. Can you believe that? THE STORY ENDS. But after I re-read again and again and again and again aaaaanndd... I was like, "What the fuck did I just write...? This is unbelievably HORRIBLE." And so, because I was disgusted by my own writing and how the story stupidly ended just like that, I decided to RE-WRITE the whole ending. And it took longer than I expected, in which I don't even know it's gonna be better than my first plan, or same trashy as the first, or even (hopefully NOT) worse. Yikes...
Also, thank you so much my lecturers for giving me a MOUNTAIN PILE OF HOMEWORK AND EXAMS! WooHoo! #canyoufeelthesarcasm
Once again... PLEASE DON'T KILL ME.
/REPLIES/
cristallina: I try, with the comedy. But I'm not confident enough, though. So happy if you enjoy it! Hehe... Yes, I too would bleed to death if having period weekly. Hahaha.
Nega Kris: About the story ending, I messed up badly. Like, really terrible. I decided to rewrite it in hope to get a better result. Let's see what happen next. And have I mentioned that I love you so much? Because I really do!
darkhuntressxir: Yes for the cliffy! Sorry for being an asshole with all those cliffies and the super long update. #hides. Of course the level of their relationship is supposed to be growing. Hehe.
Daygon Yuuki: Hahaha I agree, Mirajane the angelic demon. Go, go Gray!
Serial Letters: Thank you so much! Here's your long awaited chapter 12! Hope you like it! Hehe.
O. Fairy Blue .O: I must say it's a wise decision to leave it for a few months, seeing that my laziness is as hard as a rock. #sob. I love you nonetheless. #hug!
Kei-kei Yuki: Thank you so much! I try not to make Natsu too uke and keep him in character, which is hard because there are times when I want to *beep*, and let Gray *beep* him, and make Natsu *beep*. Oops? Hahaha. Keep the cheering on! Hehe.
Guest: I agree, Mirajane deserves some bonus for helping her boss in his love life. Hahaha.
Shiona Acitiu: Hahaha yes Gray's finally making a real move.
ShipperGirl123: Here you go, dear. Chapter 12. Please don't kill me for my laziness.
Tee: Thank you for coming and reading and reviewing! Hope you enjoy chapter 12 here.
Ryuu91: I'm happy you enjoy it! Yes I'm sorry I'm in love with cliffy so you'll be seeing it for the next chapters as well. Because cliffy helps a lot as a reminder for me to continue from the last chapter. Hehehe.
Mistory: Sooooooorrryyyy... Here's the update.
Tee: Wow you even came to review twice. I really am a horrible writer... #sobinthecorner
Nigggerz777: Ah, now that you mention it. Actually Natsu is based on this one male friend of mine. He doesn't have a high pitch tone but his voice does sound like a tomboyish another female friend I have. Me and my friends often mistaken them as each other if we hear them talking without seeing their face. It's hard to explain. Or I'm just bad in explaining something. Or both. Hahaha. Anyway, thank you so much! Hehehe.
Alaer: Hi, hi, hi. Here's your update. I'm so sorry for making you wait for 2 months. No, 3 months until now... Damn... that long already? I'm such a lazy ass please don't kill me...
DLKnightwalker: Yes, yes, finally chapter 12!
ChaosDragonKing: Thank you so much for liking it! Hehehe.
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.