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 14 – Happy /
"I quit."
The peaceful bright morning suddenly turned into a thunder storm inside Fairy Tail café.
"Excuse me what?!" Cana gaped widely.
"N-Natsu? What are you talking about?" Mirajane blinked a few times, didn't believe what she just heard.
"I quit. From Fairy Tail."
Dear, Mavis. Now what?
/ 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.
"Here's my resignation letter." Natsu put the envelope on the counter.
Without having to ask anything, Mirajane and Cana already knew what happened by seeing Natsu's poor state. Those red and puffy eyes. The girls were 99.99% sure it had something to do with Gray.
"Can't we talk this over?" Mirajane asked, only to be answered by Natsu shaking his head.
"Whatever problem you have, I don't care. But to give up and run away just like that? This is so unlike you, brat!" Cana irritably scolded.
"That's right. I'm not me anymore, okay? And I'll never be me again if I keep working here. So I quit." Natsu said.
"Who said you could quit?"
The three quarreled people were surprised by the familiar voice. They turned to see their raven haired boss was standing at the entrance door.
"Who said you could quit, Natsu?" Gray asked once again as he approached the pinkette.
"... I did." Natsu didn't budge at all from his spot until his boss finally stood a little bit too close in front of him. "I don't wanna be an eyesore to you so I'm helping you to get rid of me. Don't worry, I won't ever show up in front of you an–
Suddenly Natsu's head was pulled forward and his lips almost touched the raven's–
THWACK!
–if not because of his super quick punch reflex.
"The fuck did you just try to do?!" Natsu covered his lips with the back of his palm and his face was red, either because of anger or embarrassment or both.
"Kiss you. Because you wouldn't shut up." Gray calmly said as he stood up while rubbing his cheek.
"A-are you out of your mind?! Yesterday I told you and yet you tried to kiss me now?! I'm a GUY, dammit!" Natsu yelled in anger.
Mirajane and Cana's mouth agape. So Natsu had finally told Gray? Then how did it become like this?
"That's what I wanted to tell you. I knew about that." Gray said. "In fact, I've known you're a guy since long time ago."
"Yes! You knew and you still try to k– Wait... What?" Natsu frowned.
The raven didn't answer right away. And while the pinkette was in the middle of perfectly mixed emotions and confusion, Gray grabbed his wrist. He then said to the two speechless women as he pulled the half-conscious pinkette out of the café.
"I'm borrowing him."
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"Natsu."
"..."
"Natsu."
"..."
"NATSU!"
"WAHH!"
The boys were sitting face to face in Gray's house, separated by dining table with a mug of hot chocolate in front of Natsu. The pinkette didn't even know how or when he got there because he's too shocked by the fact Gray knew it all along.
Natsu stared at the mug and decided to take a small sip before he finally spoke. "... Why?"
"Why what?"
"I-if you already knew... Why did you still let me work at Fairy Tail? Why didn't you reveal it to everyone? Why..." Natsu paused. "... Why do you even like me?"
Gray sighed. It's going to be a very long answer.
"Remember that stormy night? When I was forced to stay over at your house? In the morning I overheard you and Wendy talked about that. Honestly I almost yelled at you. But then hearing you said you're gonna tell me yourself, I decided to wait. Because everybody has their own reasons behind their secrets and I thought why bother interfere other people's business? Also, you're doing a very great job in Fairy Tail and everyone's happy with you, so there's really no need for me to fire you."
Then the raven continued. "As for liking you... I did have a great struggle with myself. I never thought I would fall for a guy, for you. But I finally realized. Despite the secret, you're not fake. You're always being you, with that stupid grin of yours. You don't care what people say, or who they are, you just do whatever you think is right. But really, waiting for you to finally, finally, said it was pain in the ass, you know. No matter how I tried, you always brushed it off. Until I finally confessed, I thought you're gonna tell the truth. But what I got was rejection. Ouch, man."
Natsu was speechless. "... I... I see... So I, ah... ahaha... hahahahahahahaha!"
"What's so fun– H-hey! Why are you crying?"
"B-because –sob– I thought –sob sob–... y-you hate me! D-disgusted by me! For being a liar, a guy, and have –sob– feeling for you..." Natsu sniffed.
"But the fact that I don't hate you and even like you should make you happy instead of crying, isn't it?" Gray patted the pinkette's head gently.
"M'hmm..." Natsu nodded weakly.
"Good. Now wipe those tears and runny nose of yours. You're ugly when you're crying like a baby." The raven joked a little to lighten the mood.
"Whose fault do you think it is?!"
When Natsu had finally calmed down, Gray asked him again. "Okay, so, no more secrets?"
Natsu shook his head.
"No more lies?"
Another head shaking.
"No more 'I-quit-from-Fairy-Tail'?"
Another head shaking.
"No more not trusting me?"
Another intense head shaking.
"Great. Then can you be mine?"
Aaaaand... Another even more intense head shaking.
"WHAT?! WHY?" Gray was shocked. What's there to disagree anymore?
"Eh... Don't get me wrong. I really do like you. But..." Natsu scratched the back of his head. "My gender has been troubling enough to keep. Can you imagine if, IF, we're in a relationship? Juvia and your rabid fans will castrate me for sure regardless of my gender, and I'll be forced to resign from Fairy Tail. Which I can't have all that. You understand, right?"
Of course. Gray understood it so well. But his desire to have the pinkette he had been longing for was a no-bargain thingy. Especially when it's only a single small step away to make him his.
"Alright." Gray exhaled after he finally reached a conclusion. "Let's keep it secret as well. Your gender, and our relationship. Until we're ready to tell everyone. How's that? Be mine now?"
Suddenly he was hug-tackled by Natsu and they're both sprawled on the floor. The action itself was more than enough to represent a huge 'YES!' answer from the pinkette.
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CLING. CLING.
"Welcome to Fai– Oh, welcome back, Natsu." Mirajane greeted.
"Mira..." Natsu hesitantly came back to the café after two hours disappearing. "Uh... I... I'm sorry. The thing is... I wasn't thinking straight when I said about quitting. Forgive me?"
"It's fine, I understand. So, are you and Gray good now?" Mirajane smiled.
"Yes. Perfectly good." Natsu smiled back.
"What are you doing here, brat?" Cana suddenly appeared after she finished the last cooking order.
"Ah, Cana... Well... I'm sorry. You're right, I shouldn't give up so easily like that. But it's all fine now and I won't run away anymore, especially not from Fairy Tail." Natsu bowed his head low. "So... Can I please stay and work here?"
Seeing the hopeful and regretful pinkette, and the gentle approval smile of the manager, Cana exhaled as she took the resignation letter and tore it apart. "Go get change and wash your face, brat. You're two hours late. And you better clean these paper shreds before more customers come."
"Aye! Aye!" The pinkette saluted eagerly. He's very happy.
How could he not be happy? Not only he managed to stay and work in Fairy Tail, his dream guy also accepted him for who he really was. Life just couldn't get any better than that.
Once again, hello Fairy Tail. Natsu's back.
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The days continued peacefully as usual. And Natsu couldn't deny that his mood was in a very great state.
"Good evening, Master! Welcome to Fairy Tail Café! Natsu's at your service!" The pinkette greeted happily.
"Looks like someone's in high spirit these days." Hibiki teased.
"What are you talking about, Master? I'm always like this." Natsu grinned even wider.
"But you do look brighter, especially your face. Somehow it's sparkling." Loke said. "Surely something good must've happened. A boyfriend, perhaps?"
"W-what boyfriend?!" Sting shouted.
"Don't be silly, Master. I'm just as happy as I always am, okay? Let's head over to your table, shall we?" Natsu chuckled. He didn't deny the question nor say no, only avoided and changed the topic immediately.
After the four sat down, the pinkette gave them the menu when suddenly Sting grabbed his wrist. "It's a joke, right? The boyfriend thing?"
"You know very well that your friends including you love to tease me so much, don't you?" Natsu said.
"Yeah, I guess..." Sting then held the pinkette's chin and pulled him closer. "I was afraid because you're so beautiful and so many guys want you. Then it means I still have the chance to make you mine, right?"
Okay. Too close.
BANG!
When Sting's head came in rough contact with Natsu's tray, Gray was very relieved. His pink-haired boyfriend surely could take care of himself whenever and wherever. Because if he couldn't, the raven would probably have snapped at Sting for casually touching his boyfriend. The pain of secret relationship. Sigh.
"Guys... Natsu's humming." Lucy commented while seeing the pinkette bouncing happily towards the kitchen to input the order.
"And skipping." Levy nodded blankly.
"Well, at least she's happy and doing her work just fine. It's just funny seeing her like this." Lisanna giggled.
"Cana! New orders!" The pinkette called the cook while remaining oblivious about the girls comments.
"Coming." Cana approached him. She stared for a while and smiled. "So... Finally, huh?"
Knowing exactly what Cana meant, Natsu grinned. "Yep. Finally."
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Because the relationship was meant to be a secret, both boys had to put up with dating secretly as well. Which means, no public-date-show. So, the now-officially-couple were hanging out at Gray's house. It had become their routine for every Sunday since two months ago they started dating.
"This is so delicious! Where did you get it?" Natsu burped a little after finished drinking his strawberry milkshake.
"Mother bought it when she came back from US last week. By the way, you have some stain on your face." Gray pointed.
"Really? Where?" But Natsu rubbed the wrong spot.
"Here." Gray pulled Natsu's wrist and licked the pinkette's left cheek.
THWACK!
"Ouch! Hey!" Gray protested. "Why did you do that? I'm your boyfriend!"
"Even so, stop doing something pervert surprisingly! I think somehow my body has built a special immunity towards pervyness, thanks to you and your friends." Natsu said lightly.
"Even me?"
"Especially you."
"My feeling's hurt."
"Don't pout, you're not cute, Gray."
"Aye, aye. No one can beat your cuteness, dear Miss Natsu."
"I'm not a girl. Fuck you, Gray."
"Gladly."
"... Fuck. You."
After the lover's 'quarrel', they settled on the couch to watch some movies. Natsu, being very excited every time he watched new movie, since he rarely watched any, was so focused and absorbed by the TV he didn't care about anything else, including his boyfriend who actually wanted to do something... something... what lovers did.
"... Natsu..." Gray leaned closer to the pinkette.
"Sshh! It's the climax part!" Natsu shut the raven without parting his eyes from the screen.
Suddenly the pinkette was pushed down and laid on the couch with the raven on top of him.
"What are you doing, Gray! The killer almost–
"I'm asking for your permission nicely this time, no surprise attack. Can I kiss you?"
"W-what?!" Natsu blushed furiously as he pushed the raven away. "N-no! No way! You'll go crazy like a wolf-in-heat again!" (*A/N: refer to chapter 12)
"I won't! Promise! Just one kiss!" Gray pleaded, clasping his palms in front of his face. "We've been dating for two months and we still haven't kissed. So, please?"
Natsu just couldn't refuse his boyfriend cute pleading. "... Fine. One kiss!"
Gray 'yaay'ed like a child finally getting the toy he always wanted. He cupped Natsu's cheek and started leaning closer slowly. The raven stopped when their faces were only two inches away to admire his boyfriend. Pink locks, bright jade eyes, red cheeks, and the tempting soft lips. Unconsciously Gray gulped.
"... What are you looking at, pervert?" Natsu smirked in seducing tone. "Suddenly lost the nerve?"
Gray smirked back. "Never."
The wolf leaned his face towards the bunny to capture the tempting lips–
DING-DONG!
–but failed to do so and just fell hard on top of the bunny as the doorbell suddenly rang.
Dark aura emitted from Gray's body. "I fucking swear if it's nothing important–
"Magnolia Pizza Delivery Service!" There's that voice from the intercom.
"My lovely PIZZA!" Natsu abruptly pushed the raven away from him to open the door in excitement.
Leaving the fallen raven laid down on the floor in silent and depression.
"Come on, Gray! Let's eat!" The pinkette happily opened the box to reveal the giant circle of pizza. It seemed like pizza would always be the absolute winner in Natsu's heart. With its pepperoni, tomato sauce, and especially the thick creamy cheese.
Well, but even the raven couldn't resist the pizza temptation himself.
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In the end, Gray never tasted the lips of his sweet boyfriend. But that's okay. There were still a lot of chances coming up for sure.
And the peaceful days continued. Still with no luck for the raven to kiss his pink haired boyfriend.
"Ahem. As we all know, Fairy Tail is going to celebrate its third birthday next week on Saturday night." Hibiki announced one night after the closing time. "We'll stand by in the morning to prepare everything since it's an open party for public."
Natsu was very excited. It's his first time celebrating Fairy Tail's birthday. And the best part of it was, free food and drink all night long! Whoophee!
"Don't forget to wear sexy party dress, okay?" Sting winked, in which the wink was specifically for his favorite pinkette.
'S-s-sexy party dress?!' Natsu blushed furiously and accidentally blurted out. "B-but I don't have any!" Yeah, right. Why would he have any?
"Dear, Natsu." Lucy suddenly wrapped her arms around the shivered pinkette. "How about, you joining me and the girls shopping this Sunday? It's day off, right? And actually, it's not an offer but a must. You must join us. So you can buy any kinds of sexy dress you want."
"B-but I don't–
"Leave the 'sexy' part. It's just girls-day-out, like hanging out together with your girl friends. And you can also search for the dress while at it." Levy smiled sweetly. "You rarely hang out with us, so... Okay? Natsu?"
Seeing Levy and the girls' puppy eyes, and Gray who only shrugged when it meant no Sundate for them, Natsu just couldn't say no.
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Time sure flew fast. And it's already Sunday again.
"Natsu! Try this one!"
"This would good on you!"
"This, this, and this! Try those!"
"This one too! Juvia thinks it's perfect!"
"Girls!" Natsu groaned. "Didn't I tell you I only need ONE piece of clothes? Besides, I don't have any money to buy all these."
'Girls-day-out'. More like 'disaster-day-out' for Natsu. So that's why his old man always looked super exhausted after accompanying his momma shopping back then. A tiiiiiiiiiiiiny liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitle biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitt respect for Papa Gildarts then.
Sadly, Mirajane and Cana couldn't join them, so it's just him, Lucy, Levy, Juvia, and Lisanna. But the pinkette couldn't deny the fact that he did enjoy the lunch, the gossips, the strolling around together, and especially the cheerful laughs. But this, this shopping thing was just... JUST... ugh...
"Oh, shush you. Trying is free. Just try them all and pick one you like the most. Aye?" Lucy said.
"... Aye..." Natsu sighed. There's no way the girl would leave him out of it if he didn't do as they said so he chose to comply. He dragged himself inside the empty changing room and closed the curtain, put all the clothes chosen for him on the small table inside.
"... Never in a million years I'm wearing this..." The pinkette took the most top dress from the pile and stared at it displeasingly.
Red bustier body-con super mini dress. It didn't even reach half his thigh. He immediately threw it back onto the pile and started searching for something more 'decent' to wear.
"Ah. I think this can do. And it's cheap enough." Short sleeved white swing dress was picked from the pile.
Natsu started stripping himself. He removed his muffler and hung it on the hanger on the wall, and then his jeans, lastly followed by taking off his shirt–
FHWUP!
"Natsu! I found another one you should try–
Lucy abruptly dropped the dress she'd been holding after she suddenly unfolded the curtain of the changing room. Because what she saw behind it was a flat sixpack abs and a bare chest of a shocked, shirtle– clothless, very MANLY Natsu.
In his favorite dragon-printed red boxer.
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Author's Note: HUUURAAAAAYYY FOR DA SOMEHOW-SUPER-FAST-UPDAAAAAAATEE~! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?!
First of all, I actually already had the rough idea of this chapter since I was writing chapter 13 and the blur plan for the next few chapters but couldn't find the 'connector' scene. Secondly, I THANK MY DEAR BEST FRIENDS SO MUCH! Because this chapter is based on my real life experience when I finally got a chance to hang out with my crazy lovely girls last week. When we were pointlessly trying some clothes, we would abruptly open the curtain (yes, curtain, not lockable-door) and screamed like maniacs to show one another's new clothes. Obviously we, girls, sometimes don't have the dignity or modesty, and will shamelessly bust into other girl's personal space, in which surprisingly none of us minds. But that's just me and my crazy girls, I don't think everyone's the same though. Regardless, thanks to them I got the idea and the 'connector'! YAAYY!
Hopefully the next chapter can also be published SOON! Wish me luck!
*EDIT: There were some tiny wittle stupid mistakes I did and I just felt the urge to fix those. Anyhoooww... ENJOY!
/REPLIES/
Daygon Yuuki: Sorry, but I updated fast! With another cliffy in the end? Thehe...
Alaer: Thank you very much! I'm so happy whenever I read your reviews! Because of the horribly crappy ending I first created and I didn't want to end up doing the same, I decided to lengthen the story a little bit and rewrite the whole ending scene. In which, it does take up so much time because even I myself didn't know how I want this story to end. Hahahaha! Btw, have I said I love you? Because I really DO! *smooch!* And no, you didn't need to wait for months because the new chapter is HEEEEERE!
darkhuntressxir: Proudly I tell you that I'm the BIGGEST fan of happy ending so yes, it's gonna be a happy ending for sure BUT I still don't know how to end this story. Yet. Hahaha.
MioRiChan: Yes! Yes! Here's moar to you! Thank you for reading and reviewing! Hehehe.
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InfinityZero1: OMG I'm flattered! Although there are so many fanfics better than mine out there (mine is kinda crappy hahaha), but thank you! Honestly I write this just for fun and for you all to enjoy! So, please enjoy it! Thanks again! Love ya!
cristallina: Somehow I enjoy 'torturing' Natsu. But just a little. Hahaha.
Ryuu91: Sometimes I want to slap them myself. And slap me for writing this story. Hahahaha. What language is it btw? I don't understand but thank you anyway!
ChaosDragonKing: I'm sowwyyyy... But this time I update so fast! (don't I?) So can I haz a candy, pwease?
HaileyElise02: Hahaha, I would never abandon this story. Since the beginning I wrote it, I had determined to finish it no matter how long it takes (and it does take so long). And I really appreciate your kindness and honesty. Thank you so much for reading this crappy story of mine! Hope you enjoy it 'til the end.
Guest: It is progressing but very very slow. Like a snail if I may say. Because my brain works like a snail. About the cliffy, sorry but I just love it so damn much I couldn't live without it. Oops. Anyway, you guessed it right, Natsu quits. Hahahaha! And thank you so much! I try so much to keep all of them in character but sometimes it's so hard because I want to... to... to... make them OOC (which I already did realize it or not). Enjoy the rest of the story and I love you!
Zane Takeshi: Yes, he can. But Gray won't let him of course. Mwahahaha!
WAIT: Uh... Because of cliffy?
Guest: You're very welcome. Don't worry, I have zero intention of leaving this story unfinished. I'll keep updating until the end but as you can see, it's very slow-progressed. Hahaha. And thank you very much for reading and reviewing!
Mistory: Guess what? The new chapter is arrived! Hehehe.
Mio563: You, dear, reviewed at the exact time when I was editing chapter 14 so your review can also be replied. And now it's ready to be published! Yipee! Thank you for loving this crappy of mine btw! Love you too! *hug!*
Thank you for everyone who read, fave, follow, 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.