Title of story: The Other Man
Update: 02/01/13 (FRIDAY) 6:14 PM
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+Summary:
Gray Fullbuster threw his fiancé, Lucy Heartfilia out of his life when he thought she'd betrayed him with someone else! Six years later, and Gray learns that Lucy was innocent! His cousin and currently arranged fiancé, Juvia Lockser lied! But also he learns that Lucy was pregnant! However, Lucy wants nothing to do with Gray. He can't get her back, for she has a new man in her life now! What's Gray going to do now…? How is he going to get his Lucy back? And who is this damn Other Man?
+Pairings:
Gray x Lucy
Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail and this plot. The story belongs to "MizEvilBlossoms."
Chapter 9
Gray's Day Part III
The shopping mall… the busy shopping mall, which was supposed to be very noisy with people… but wasn't down an aisle where four tense adults and two cute identical boys stood, staring each other… silently….
Three of the adults were completely rooted on the spot with stunned shock. Their blocked up minds whizzing to somehow get out of this going-to-be-horrible situation!
'Lucy….' Gray looked helplessly at the fuming Lucy, reading her like an open book. 'I'm so sorry….'
Lucy was beyond livid, she was pulsing with angry poisonous venom of hatred, lose, and above all pain – deadly hot pain. 'Why? Why are they here? How dare they show their faces to me? How dare – ' But, Lucy's eyes snapped to Gray briefly. ' – he so bluntly? – lie to me!'
Gray winced at that cold hard hit of a gaze, he felt his body respond in a struggle. 'Fuck… what do I do now?' He simply clamped his hard mouth shut, and let the tense silence carry on. 'Someone has to end it though – before it kills us!' He grimaced. 'But what the fuck can I say?'
Well, someone did end it and it was – "Mummy, help help!" Grayson called out. And Gray, Jellal and Erza cringed. 'Cowards.' They all thought with a stab of hatred for each other and themselves.
Grey and Grayson were trying to climb out of the shopping trolley. Grey was holding onto Grayson's arm trying to steady him as one of Grayson's small legs was outside the trolley. The three adults never let their eyes fall off Lucy, however Gray did let his eyes glance at the twins.
"Hold on, Grayson." Came a firm reply. Lucy furiously ignored the shocked others, walked with her head held up high to her twins. When she reached them she picked up Grayson and put him on the ground. Then she picked up Grey and put him on the ground too. "Thanks, Okaa-san – Grayson is heavy!"
Gray watched all of this with fear in his icy eyes. 'What is she going to do?' He looked helplessly toward Jellal and Erza, who looked as blank and frightened as he did.
But Lucy just grabbed a hand of each of the twins, and started to walk away….
Gray's blood ran freezing cold in his big body. 'No… no… no! I won't let you walk away again!' And he started after them. "No, Lucy!"
"Talk to your nakama from Bosco." Lucy snapped with bitter ice attached to her angelic voice, still walking away. Her long blonde hair swaying as she furiously walked away from the "traitors and the liar" with the twins looking up at their Mummy with confused eyes.
"Daddy… see you at car?" Grey and Grayson waved, but Lucy only sent him one look to confirm that was not going to happen.
"At home. Boys, your daddy has some business to attend to so we are taking the bus home, okay?" Lucy sent Gray a look saying 'try and stop me'. 'See you at home you fucking bastard, so I can strangle your fucking neck until you drop dead!' Gray shivered at those looks that she sent, knowing what she's actually planning if he dares follows and knowing full well at what she can do. She continued to walk but slowed a little, sending an ugly look at Erza and Jellal. "Nice to meet you, Fernandes-es." Bitter hatred, nastiness and cold ice slapped them hard across the face and with that Lucy left.
Jellal and Erza looked taken aback. 'How did – how did she know that we are married?' They looked at Gray whose hands were buried tightly into his jeans pockets, and his handsome face darkened with a horrible sadness.
"Shit…." Gray cursed with deep shitty feeling. "I'm so screwed. She is going to hack me into little pieces when I get back." He looked at his friends, and you can't deny the fury in his eyes. "And now, she knows that you both are here, and you are married! When we didn't even fucking invite her to your wedding!" Deep shit~ X)
Jellal and Erza looked at each other then shamefully looked at the ground. "We are – we're so sorry…." Erza had tears pouring out of her eyes. Then she went into her husband's embrace. Jellal was startled at first but then gladly wrapped his arms around her, comforting her. Erza might be strong from the outside, but when it comes to her best friend Lucy, everything just crumbles.
Some says that Erza and Lucy were like sisters, if not cousins.
"Jellal, Erza… I'm not blaming you for this mess… I'm blaming myself… I should have known… I should have warned you guys…." Gray bitterly felt tears bunching in his emotional eyes. But then he scowled at himself for being so weak. 'I'm Gray Fullbuster! A Fullbuster – for fuck's sake – I don't cry at a mess like this, I sort it out!' He felt a determination that clouded his emotions, and he hardened his aching heart. His eyes turned dark and cold.
"Gray? What's your plan now?" Jellal asked looking at his younger cousin in worry, seeing that he went rigid and still.
"I'm going to Lucy's house. I'll die fighting just to get her back. I won't give up. Not Now, not Ever." Gray started walking. "I won't make the same mistake of just letting her walk away this time. It hurt so damn much, and now that I know I have a family-" Gray paused.
"Now." He sped up. "I'm going to tell her – " He glanced back at his family/best friends. " – the truth." He was turning the corner. "Right now."
"Gray! Please think straight!" Jellal sped after him, and grabbed his arm. 'Fuck! The muscles in his arm are so tense!' "If you open that big mouth of yours and slipped all the beans – you can wave bye bye to everything we – you have done so far!"
Erza caught up with them. "Go." The men looked at her, puzzled. "Go tell her about us, and give her my cellphone number…." Erza looked directly at Gray. "Tell her I'm begging her to talk to me." Erza pulled Jellal's hand off Gray's strong arm. "Go, tell her – now." She gave Gray a gentle push. "Go."
Gray quickly went back to Erza, gave her a brief hug. "Don't worry… I promise I will." Gray started walking. "I'll sort it out." And was gone. 'It will definitely be alright.'
Lucy and the twins were sitting at the bus stop, a single shopping bag in Lucy's hand. Grey and Grayson had been complaining to her about Daddy and the car. "Mummy! We like daddy's car!" Lucy growled quietly. "Its cold!" She pulled her twins closer to her body, or. "I hate this, Mummy!" Lucy looked helplessly for a bus, and then- "Hey, look there's daddy and his car!"
Lucy snapped her eyes to the blue Ferrari that zoomed its way to stop right in front of them. 'I hate you! I hate you! I hate you!' Gray emerged from the car, and stood in front of Lucy and his twins. He looked right down at them, his eyes filled with determination, yet warmth for some strange reason. But nevertheless – the chanting kept coming. 'I hate you! I hate you! I hate you!' -ah huh~ xD
"It's freezing out here…." Gray opened his arms out wide. "Come with me – in the car, please?" The twins instantly wringed their way out of Lucy's embrace and went into their daddy's much warmer one. And Lucy looked at them with bleeding hurt and chilling shock. 'No… no… no!'
Gray quickly placed his twins securely into the car; the back seat belts were buckled in, and he carefully shut the door. "We'll be a second, okay?" Then he turned to see a furious and quiet Lucy. Her face was set in an ugly frown.
"Look, I want to get the twins home." Gray stepped right up to her, and looked down. "Now." His deep authoritarian voice pushed right into Lucy's face. They were in kissable distance, but Gray knew better than to make a great ass of himself.
Lucy only stared at him in loathing. Gray read this with a slight shudder running down his stiff spine. "I hate you." Came a reply that could have sent Gray to hell early.
Lucy got up from her sit and walked to the car, threw the door open of the back seat and went inside. 'If he thinks I'd sit next to him – he has another thing coming.' "Grey, Grayson are you two okay?"
Gray felt like glass arrows were being shot at him slowly and carefully to pierce his heart. The woman he love just told him she hates him. He slowly made his way around the car, opened the door and seated himself inside. Turning on the car, he zoomed into the road and straight to the Heartfilia residence.
The sky was darkened by now, as seven o'clock in the evening rolled outside. Rain and thunder sounded outside and lightening flashed harshly through the heavens above. "Mummy! Daddy!" Grayson cried, then suddenly started to cry as the thunder doomed loudly.
Lucy tried to comfort him, but she really couldn't because then Grey started to cry because Grayson was crying. 'Oh no! Oh no! Oh no!' Lucy got out of her seat belt and hugged her babies. "Its ok, Mummy and daddy are here." She spoke quietly. 'Damn, thunder storms!'
Gray was shocked when he heard his youngest child call for him, and then started crying. 'Grayson is scared of thunder just like Lucy is….' Then Grey started to cry seeing his sibling in distress, and Gray stepped on the pedal forcefully. He zoomed into the street two seconds later and parked swiftly in front of the house. "Calm down, Grayson, Grey…."
Gray threw his door open and slammed it shut. Then he went to where Grayson sat, and went inside. He closed the door, and locked it. Grayson and Grey were crying, rubbing their eyes as Lucy tried to hug them both and comfort them, keeping her own childhood fear down.
But Gray did the only thing he could think will help. He wound his arms around them all, but stopped when he felt Lucy recoil hitting the car door behind her. Catching her eyes, he saw fear with a swirl of coldness there.
So, knowing he had to do something to help his twins at least, his arms went around them only and pulled them into his chest. "Grey… Grayson… its ok… Daddy's here now." And tightened his hold on them. Lucy was murmuring words of comfort softly and stroked the twin's dark soft hair.
Lucy was shaking with terror. 'My Okaa-san was buried on a thunderous day….' She kept on stroking her babies' heads to calm them, and prayed for them to settle down. She then heard Gray talking to them quietly, saying words of comfort, of being here, and of him never letting the thunder touch them.
Soon the twins stopped crying and fell asleep in his arms. They were hugging their daddy tightly fast asleep, while Lucy's eyes were closed. "Okaa-san…." She whispered in a broken voice. "I love you…." Gray watched as Lucy shivered with her long-term fear and slowly drifted to an uneasy sleep.
Gray looked at the thunderous dark sky behind him and sighed. 'Otou-san… please give me strength.'
The clouds were a dark grey hanging like misty buildings around the sky. No stars were around floating like diamonds. The rain turned into the tiniest drops of water that lightly hit the world.
Lucy stirred in her unrest-less sleep… she opened her tired eyes to see him… Gray staring right back at her with their twins sleeping snugly against him – dividing them.
"Are you alright?" Gray whispered looking extremely concerned. 'How in the world did she comfort the twins, when her own fear terrorizes her?'
"No." Came an unemotional reply. "Are the twins still asleep?" Lucy's voice softened though whenever she mentioned the twins.
"Ya… shall I bring them inside now?" Gray asked gently. "The rain stopped a while ago… and it's bloody cold!" He turned to smile a little but got a blank look.
"I'll go and open the door, just go upstairs." The car door flew open next and was shut quietly as Lucy moved to her gates and front door. Next, the front door swung open and Lucy came back to open Gray's door. Gray moved a bit to allow Lucy to lift Grayson into her arms, and hold him tight.
Gray next straightened up; Grey was tucked into his chest and he held him by one strong arm. Gray locked his car in a swift movement and put his other arm around Grey to keep him warm. Grey curled his small arm around his daddy's neck, and stuck his thumb in his mouth. "Daddy…."
Gray looked down at his first son's baby sleeping face. 'He is so gorgeous….' Dropping a sweet kiss to Grey's rosy cheek, Gray walked towards the house. 'They are all so gorgeous….' He watched Lucy entered the house with a sleeping Grayson, and left the door wide open for him.
The house was warm when Gray entered it, Grey hid his face into Gray's neck because of the lights, then Gray shut the door firmly behind him. Lucy was already going up the stairs. And so, Gray followed suit.
Upstairs, Lucy walked into the twin's room, which used to be Jude's, Lucy's papa's room. She converted it into a slightly navy blue room and different shades of blue, for some reason the twins love blue just like their daddy. The twins room have one bed in the middle where Grey and Grayson slept.
The walls were painted with snow flakes and trees with leaves and petals blowing off them, little Pikachus were running around on the grass with two little boys; who were sitting together laughing. Gray was stunned and delighted as his twin's bedroom.
He walked over to a silent Lucy who had already laid Grayson on the bed, and was searching the drawers for a pair of pajamas. She pulled out two identical blue ones with a huge Pikachu stitched on the back, and set it down on the bed. The twins love the same colors.
"Can you put Grey on the other side?" Lucy whispered quietly. Gray obeyed, and slowly sat down on the bed. He lifted Grey off him and gently laid him next to his younger brother. Then he looked at Lucy who was already taking the clothes off Grayson. And so again, he followed suit.
Grey was sleeping so soundly, his tiny thumb still stuck in his cute mouth. Gray tried not to chuckle, but he could not help the boyish grin coming from him. 'Now, I wonder who Grey inherited that from….' Then feeling a bit nervous and scared, Gray gently started to undress his eldest child.
"Here… can you put his pajamas on? I need to get Grayson's medication." Lucy moved away.
"Medication!" Gray shot up and exclaimed. The twins burst awake and screamed. "Okaa-san!" Then they went quiet seeing Lucy was in the room. She immediately went over to her twins and pulled them to her. "Hush, my tiny angels… I'm here…." Lucy patted their heads, and rocked them slowly.
The room fell silent… Lucy still rocked her babies gently as Gray stood watching them… thinking with a new anxiety washing over him. 'Grayson needs medication…? What type of medication? Is he ill? Seriously ill?' Frowning, he thought. 'Why didn't Lucy tell me?'
"Mummy… I had a dream…." Grey said sleepily. "-Daddy was here… and his name was daddy Gureei Fullbuster." Gray smiled at Grey's pronunciation of his name, but felt his heart hurt at his son thinking he was just a dream. Grey smiled sheepishly at Lucy. "I wish daddy was here…."
Gray opened his mouth to say he was, but surprisingly Lucy beat him to it. "But your daddy is here… he is standing right there." And pointed to Gray, not looking at him. Instantly the twins sprung awake and looked at Gray. "So, it wasn't a dream?" Grey and Grayson ran across the room and each hugged Gray's legs. Their sleepiness disappearing miraculously. "You are real!"
Gray felt his emotions and heart sore to the heavens and stay there. However, Lucy was watching this feeling dreadfully hurt…. 'It hurts to watch them – father and sons – forming this bond, chatting, laughing, and just… being together. Hmm, I need a daughter.'
She realized now that her twins was completely relaxed with their new daddy, and they liked him too. The twins loved this new attention they were getting from him, which Lucy bitterly thought she could never give. 'Male attention. Male understanding. Male activity. Male bonding.'
"I'm real, sports." Gray lifted them up and held them comfortable. "And I love your room, did Mummy paint it?" Gray smiled at his twins, who immediately burst into speech. He chuckled while thinking. 'I won't let her off the hook. I may have fucked up here, but she has some things to own up to as well – like Grayson's medication!'
"Mummy had helped from that Reedus-oji-san."
" – and Okaa-san painted the Pikachus for us when we said we love them! Pikachu is cure, ne? Otou-san?" Grey smiled lovingly at his new daddy. 'I'm so happy you are here… Otou-san. You answered my tiny wish to be here... for Grayson, me and unhappy Mummy….' Then he went quiet and heard Grayson start to babble.
The day was coming to a rapid close now… Grey and Grayson refused to go to bed. But Lucy told the twins that by nine thirty they have to be in bed or no sweets next morning. Plus they have school tomorrow!
Downstairs… Gray was playing with his twins… not really getting the chance he wanted to talk to Lucy. Yet, even though she was responding now, he knew she is only doing it for the sake of their twins.
As for Lucy, she was in the kitchen preparing spaghetti bolognaise. 'Yum!' The twins love it, so she wanted to cheer them up a bit from the damning thunderstorm and rain… which Lucy noticed, still lurked on top of her house….For some reason, why do I keep remembering Juvia when it comes to thunderstorm and rain- Lucy thought for a second.
The clock ticked as quietly as the two parents stayed away from each other. Gray and the twins were having a jolly time bonding, laughing, joking, acting, chatting in different languages, and even quietly watching TV together….The twins asking what their daddy do for the living. The twins were confused when Gray said they do all types of missions, and then they started wondering about what types of mission, but of course those questions never really stays long-
Until Grayson got tired of just sitting quietly and watching the man save the lady on TV, so he shifted to sit on Gray's lap, and looked up at him.
"Daddy… before you come I ask Grey what willie is…." Gray jerked his gaze to Grayson looking shock mingled with amusement. "And Grey said… umm… what you say Onii-chan?"
"Hmmm…." Grey looked up and smiled at Grayson kindly. "I said it that dangly thing between your legs, Grayson." And he turned to the TV again. "Oh, and that girls don't have anything dangly." Grey looked at Gray. "Right, Otou-san?"
Gray was blushing like the ripest tomato on the whole planet! 'My God, where the hell did that come from? Does – ' Gray shot a look in the kitchen's direction. ' – does Lucy know?'
"Ummm… yes – yes, Grey… I think so…." Gray looked at them feeling a bit embarrassed. 'I hope they don't ask me how babies are made!' And that blush travelled throughout his body. 'I'm sure as heaven knows how babies are made!' Gray felt heat crossing through his body. 'No – No! Don't go there.'
"Mou, Daddy! Grey then said he heard it for making babies too!" Grayson pulled a disgusted face. "If true, then how babies made, Otou-san?"
'Aw, shit!' Gray groaned inwardly. 'Too late.' He closed his eyes briefly, feeling heat rushing to his high cheekbones, burning them to brilliant red! "I… ummm… well, you see… Lucyy!"
"Kyaaaaa!" Lucy ran into the living room, looking alarmed. "What's wrong?" She looked at a bright ruby Gray. 'And why is he blushing so much?'
"Ummm… Grayson has a question for you – I mean, us…." Gray hesitated. 'She is going to think I put this in their heads!'
"A question…?" Lucy asked curiously looking at Grayson. "Grayson, what's your question?" 'Why do I feel so tense… is he going to ask about why Gray and me are not together? Why we are not married like the other parents? Why Gray doesn't live here? My God… now I feel so nervous!'
"Ya, Mummy!" Grayson looked at her now, still sitting on Gray's lap. "How babies made?"
Silence….
'Kyaa!' Lucy blinked rapidly, trying to focus on Grayson – and not a certain damn sexy species of pure hot-blooded male with sheer blazing masculinity attached sitting on her turquoise sofas. 'That's Grayson's question!' She began to blush also, hard. "Ah… ummm… well, you see… Daddy can explain to you!" Lucy looked at a now shocked bright red Gray.
"Me?" Gray said hoarsely, turning redder with a tint of pink in his hot cheeks. "But I… I – "
Both adults looked at each other feeling sex-crazed sparks fly across the room to each other. Lucy blinked even more, her sooty dark and long eye lashes crushing against her soft cheeks as Gray's eyes glazed over with blazing desire. 'I remember exactly how we made our children, Lucy….' His 'eye-contact' message was seeping through to her like high boiling blood pressure!
"Mummy… Daddy…." Grayson broke the intense silence. He was now standing up on the sofa, looking at his stomach in discomfort. "Me hungry!" Grey looked up at Grayson in amusement. "And sleepy!" Then Grayson folded his small arms in front of his small chest crossly.
Grey only looked up, rubbing his navy blue – light brown eyes, saying. "I'm sleepy too…."
Smiling gracefully, Lucy broke Gray's piercing gaze and looked at Grayson. 'Thank God for something called hunger and exhaustion!' She stretched out her arms. "Come on then, my babies." The twins slowly walked to her. "Lets go eat din dins?"
"Yay Mummy…." The twins walked to their seats and a rosy Gray walked silently behind them. He picked up Grey, who giggled cutely at his daddy's face. 'Why is it all pink? Did he paint it?' And then felt himself being placed on the seat next to his daddy Gray.
"Ok, let's see… what do you think Mummy made?" Lucy laughed sweetly, making Gray looked up, astonished. 'So pretty damn cute… She is so beautiful….'
"Hmmm…." Grey frowned in concentration. "Pasta?"
"Close… but no." Lucy set the dinner down on the table, but cleverly covered it from sight.
"More rice and curries?" Graysob piped up, clapping his tiny hands together excitedly.
"Mmm…." Lucy shook her head slowly. "Sorry, Grayson."
"Mou, Mummy…." Grey held his small dark head in his small hands. "Roasty chicken?"
Again Lucy shook her head. "See if you can smell it."
The twins sniffed, making Gray's frown turn into a slight smile and Lucy chuckled quietly. But the fact was that she ignored Gray completely.
"Pizza!" Grey shouted!
"No, milk!" Grayson cried out excitedly.
"Chocolate pudding!" Grey said thoughtfully.
"Apple pie!" Grayson cried out again.
"Err… no, that's desserts boys." Lucy sweat dropped. Gray chuckled, then –
"How about spaghetti bolognaise?" Came his deep husky masculine voice from across the table.
"Yay!" The twins laughed loudly, and smiled happily. "Mummy cooks the best spaghetti bolognaisy!"
Lucy blushed a bit. 'Let's just desperately hope and pray to dear God, that they don't remember the prize I give for guessing correctly.' Lucy's luck didn't seem to work out. The twins were persistent to seeing their Mummy kiss their daddy.
After Lucy pecked Gray on the lips, Lucy was blushing all over her face while Gray had a smirk on. (≥/p/≤)
Dinner went smoothly after the little guessing game that the Heartfilia family does every night. Gray was again fascinated and delighted at how his twins developed such perfect manners and welcoming company. Yet, he also grew to love Lucy's wonderful cooking and desserts – not that he didn't love them already.
"Otou-san, do you like chocolate ice cream and pudding?" Grey asked curiously as they dug into their chocolate melting pudding for desserts.
Gray smiled warmly. "Yes, I actually love chocolate ice cream, anything cold." He ate a big spoon of melting pudding. "Mmm…." Gray closed his dazed eyes for a few seconds, savouring the chocolate taste in his hot mouth… his tongue soaked in melting chocolate…. "It is my favourite food in the whole world." He looked a quiet Lucy. "You are a very talented dessert maker, Luce…."
'Oh ho… don't you think that will cut with me.' Lucy smiled a fake smile. "That's not true."
"But, Mummy – you are!" Grey let his teaspoon drop into his messy pudding bowl. "The best, Okaa-san!"
"I say that too!" Grayson linked his small arm with Lucy's, smiling.
"And I agree – one hundred percent." Gray smiled warmly at the three people surrounding him. His heart began to beat heavily. 'Oh God, how much I already love them!' He sighed softly. 'Dinner back in Bosco was never like this….'
Lucy frown slightly at what Gray said. 'One hundred percent, my lovely backside! He didn't trust me one hundred percent six years ago. So what's one hundred percent now?'
"Can we go bed now?" Grayson asked, leaning against his Mummy. Lucy had her arm around him.
"Err… sure, yes." Gray stood up and picked up a drowsy Grey. "Let's get you little Pikachus cleaned up first though. How about a warm bath?" Gray looked at Lucy. "Is that alright?"
"Ya… it's been a long day." Lucy moved Grayson in her embrace. "Lets go, I'll clean up later."
The adults walked out of the kitchen and up the stairs, towards the bathroom. Lucy and Gray quickly gave the twins a nice warm bath. But Gray was having some trouble because he has never done this before. The new experience was delightful to him and he really enjoyed himself. Even the twins enjoyed his company as all of them played with the boats, sponges, ducks, soapy bubbles and water.
Once the twins were wrapped in the softest blue towels, the parents walked into the twin's bedroom. Moonlight splashed across the darken surfaces like rippling waters. Gray gasped softly and stared in awe at the bedroom, which looked so breathtaking. 'No wonder the twins love their bedroom… Lucy has put her heart and soul in it!'
"Can you dress Grey please?" Lucy whispered quietly, while pulling a vest on Grayson. Gray nodded silently, laid Grey on the bed, and saw tiny five years old clothes next to him.
Gently Gray began to dress his beautiful baby. Carefully, he pulled each garment on the drowsy Grey, smiling like a truly proud father. And then he made sure that the buttons were done up on Grey's pajama top and the pajama bottoms were put on comfortable.
"Daddy, can you read us a story?" Grey said sleepily. Grayson was on the brink of falling asleep himself.
"Sure Sports…." Gray said warmly. Together, Lucy and Gray laid their sons on the bed, and placed the dark blue thick duvet snugly around them. Then Lucy handed Gray a book, and slowly started to walk out.
Gray was just about to say something, but Lucy cut in first. "I'll be downstairs, if you need me." And was gone.
"Shit…." Gray cursed under his breath. Then he looked at his twins, their cute eyes shutting. 'Right, better start – or they won't even hear it.' He took in a huge breath and in a deep soothing, warm voice… he began to read 'The Three Little Pigs'. "Once upon a time, there were three little pigs… and they lived in their mother's house…."
Downstairs… Lucy was washing the dishes. She had an exhausting day and she felt absolutely shattered! Her mind and body were slowly drifting to sleep land.
After she left Gray to put the boys asleep, Lucy felt a huge relief flood her. 'He'll be going home – away soon….' She sighed tiredly as she started to wipe the plates dry. 'And leave me in peace.' She closed her eyes sleepily.
"Lucy…." Came a gentle warm voice in front of her.
"Hmmm…." She acknowledged. 'I wonder who that is….'
"We need to talk…." Came the voice again, with a slight firm tone to it.
"Hmmm…." She acknowledged again. 'That voice is…?'
"Now." Came an authoritarian drawl.
"Hmmm… what?" Lucy's tired eyes snapped open to find Gray standing right in front of her! "You!" She stepped back and hit the kitchen lower cupboards. 'Ouch…!'
Gray saw a needle of pain flash in Lucy's eyes as she stepped back. He stretched out his hand, but with one hard glare from her, let it fall to his side. "We need to talk." He repeated. "Now."
"Why the hell do I need to talk to you?" Lucy said with venom, inwardly hissing with pain. "As far as I'm concerned you can leave now." She walked passed him making no contact, and gave him a salute. "Bye."
"No." Gray said firmly standing his ground. "I want and need to talk to you." She gave him a disgusted look. "Now."
"I don't care of what you want and need, Fullbuster-san." Lucy threw back rudely. "What part of 'you can leave now didn't you understand?"
"All of it." Gray said clearly, ignoring what she called him and then walked to sit down on a kitchen stool. His eyes showed hard determination. 'The deadly feline leaps out….'
"Then you are very stupid." Lucy said dryly, walking out of the kitchen. "You can let yourself out. Good riddance for today."
"Oh no, I think not." Gray ignored her last remark. "You are going to talk to me whether you like it or not."
Lucy couldn't even answer that and so gave him a very ugly and angry look. 'Leave me alone, you horrible Fullbastard!' She reached the stairs and was about to ascend, but flinched back instantly.
Gray had somehow came behind her, and without touching her at all – wedged himself in front of her and blocked the stairway! "Right, now we can talk."
The wall was behind her stiff aching back, and Lucy felt a blast of hatred hit her hard for the man who stood straight before her. "I've had it up to here – " Lucy made a gesture indicating her frustration. " – with you. And I want you to leave." She stood her ground. "Now."
"No." Came back an easy but cold answer.
Then suddenly, Gray 'un-wedged' himself and started to walk forward – to her!
'Oh my God! What is he doing?' Lucy jerked back move, then backed into the kitchen. Gray still moved forward, forcing Lucy to retreat back even more. His powerful yet controlled strides were tearing Lucy apart. "Just – just go away!"
Gray stopped dead. He looked at the fragile angel putting the kitchen table between them. 'Is she frightened of me?' He frowned. "I just want to thank you, Lucy…."
Lucy looked upset, lost and trouble – very trouble. She crossed her arms across her breasts and hugged herself, stepping near the double glass doors of the back garden.
"I don't want you to be scared of me…." Gray stepped closer, and said with sharp concern.
"Then please just leave." Lucy's voice grew desperate. "You have had your day with the twins. And now you have said thank you." She looked at him. "There is no reason for you to stay any longer."
But Gray only shook his head, his frown deepen. "Look, I know today was far from pleasant for you… especially when Jellal and Erza showed up – " He stopped having an instant chilling thought. "Did I do anything wrong with Grey and Grayson?"
Her expression darkened. "I don't want to talk about the Fernandes." Lucy shook her head slowly. "No. They had a great and happy first day with you."
Gray took the chance, raising his hands in a gesture of appeal. "So why can't we talk about it?"
"Oh My God! What do you want?" Lucy angrily snapped at him. "My stamp of approval?" All the emotions she kept locked tight inside started to snap like tooth picks instead staying up like walls of titanium. She was screaming inside for him to just go away because any more time with him was simply unbearable.
Lucy had to put up with so many things for their twin's sake, pretending she was happy for them to have their daddy, giving Gray freedom, space and time with his sons… while the whole time feeling that the safe haven she created from scratch was being terrorizes and forced under agonizing attack.
Gray only stared at her with searching intensity, for her hostile stance had reason behind them. "Is it so hard to share to share our twins with me, Lucy?" Gray asked Lucy in a gentle soft tone that broke through all of her defences.
Lucy's hand shot out and gripped the back on the nearest chair. Tears were welling – tears of emotional exhaustion – and threatening to fall. Her throat closed up making it extremely difficult to speak, and so she choked. "You have won them over." She pushed out. "You've won." She swallowed hard. "Please… just go… now!"
Lucy swung round blindly as the tears blurred her vision. She quickly unlocked the glass doors to the back garden and ran out. Heavy rain instantly soaked her to the bone, and the strong bitter cold winds tore at her clothes.
Helplessly, Lucy ran to the dark cherry blossom trees that thrashed wildly with the see-through winds. Lucy hid behind the hugest and furthest tree away from her home. Feeling dreadfully cold and frightened, Lucy flattened her aching back against the tree, her arms stuck right by her sides. 'Dear, God….'
Gray felt his heart drop out of his body as he saw Lucy run away from him. 'But I'm not going to let her!' He forced his way out and shut the glass doors behind him. Instantly he was drenched and cold, but he was determined to find her. "Lucy!"
Someone was calling out her name… and Lucy felt a relief then a terror befall her. 'I'm not here.' Lucy thought desperately, clutching her hands shut and letting the rain and winds hurt her. 'I'm not here.'
"Lucy! Where are you?" Gray searched the front bit of the back garden. "Shit!" He cursed. "I have to find her!" He said to the blowing wind. He ran further away from the house, looking frantically for any sighs – anything – of Lucy.
The cold night sky darkened even more if that was possible, and suddenly gigantic bolts of white-hot lightening flashed alive! A few seconds later a roar of thunder boomed across the sky!
"Kyaaaa!" Lucy let out an ear-piercing scream, and closed her eyes tightly. Her fists banged against the tree in a fright. Her heart-shaped face contacted into a face full of fear.
Gray's wet dark head snapped to the instant sharp scream he heard. He swung round to see a white skirt peeping out behind the furthest and biggest tree of the back garden. "Lucy!"
The ground was wet with mud, and Gray found it a bit difficult to run. But nevertheless he ran. 'Hold on, Lucy!''
The dark tree looked threatening towards Gray as he neared it. But only one thing was on his mind, Lucy. He fought his way around the wide tree – to find his angel plastered against it. Her frozen hands clutched tightly, and her eyes glued shut. She was shivering. Badly.
Instantly, Gray went to her and pulled her – feeling her under his fingers for the first time in six whole goddamn years! – into his strong embrace. He held her, held like he would never let go – again, and if God would let him have his way, he would never...ever..let her get away. 'Lucy… Luce, my Lucy!''
Lucy was so shocked, but she felt it all! She felt Gray's presences before her again, felt his intense concern swiping at her body, felt him pull her roughly to him and straight into his string embrace. She felt...safe.
She tried – tried so fucking hard – but finally the titanium tsunami gates to her painfully tears smashed open and Lucy let out a storm of hysterical weeping.
Gray felt and heard her… and so he immediately backed her up against the tree, shielding her from the horrid nightmarish weather. And forced her cold wet face into soft place between his strong neck and broad shoulder.
Lucy was reduced to a helpless state that wound her aching arms around Gray's huge broad torso and held him to her, tightly. His support, contact and intense strength was like the softest blanket of comfort to her.
It has been a long… long time since anyone held her, held her close to them showing they cared….
"Luce…." Gray said emotionally in her ear. "I'm not trying to win our twins from you." He crushed her closer to him. "Please believe that." Gray squeezed her tight. "Please believe me."
"Gray…." She said in utter – love – abandonment.
Gray snapped his dark navy blue eyes to Lucy's face, she was staring back. Her darken eyes held a look of innocence and vulnerability.
Lucy's heart-shaped face tilted up to his, her breath stopped, her hands clutched at his robustious broad back, her eyes closed, and –
Gray's mouth covered hers.
'Oh, God….' They both thought as their lips met and finally kissed….
Slowly their cold lips started to move against each other. Gray's hard lips pressed against her soft ones, and they both began to swell. Electricity so scorching hot erupted between them as Gray kissed harder and more passionately.
But, he had to stop before this burning kiss got out of control! Yet, his demanding urges got the better of him, and so Gray grinds his lips fiercely to hers. Leaving no mercy, no protest, no control or possession – Gray finally kissed the woman he wanted to kiss for the rest of his life….
The powerful chemistry between them flared rapidly throughout their arousing bodies. Lucy pushed herself to him more forcefully, her tender breasts squashed snugly against his rock hard chest. She threaded her cold fingers through his wet dark hair, and pulled his face closer to hers.
They both let out a well longed for moan…. Gray eagerly begged to enter her mouth, sliding his hot tongue across her top lip and nibbling at her swollen bottom lip. And they both shuddered.
Shyly, Lucy opened her heated sexy lips a little feeling overwhelmed with blazing desire and passion. The complex chemistry between them was indescribable! So intense that it could go on forever. So hot that it burnt out the sun's heat. So passionate that Romeo and Juliet were nothing. So right that Gray and Lucy felt nothing apart from each other….
Tongues danced an erotic tango with one another, Gray groaned as Lucy moaned, both lost in the world of desire, passion and bliss. Gray wanted to taste all of her, his tongue licked every inch of her sweet mouth… tasting chocolate… and Gray felt himself starting to harden.
Both were running out of breath, but didn't care. They both needed this, needed comfort, needed each other – even if they didn't know it. Red in the face, fully heated up despite the weather and aroused like hell – they tore apart.
Lucy slammed back into the tree as she gasped in pain, air and bliss.
Gray staggered backwards, nearly losing his balance as he panted for air.
They stared at each other, seeing the heat and redness of their cheeks, seeing the swollenness of their throbbing lips, and seeing the sighs of passionate desire in each other's darken eyes and aroused bodies.
When the two finally catch their breath, Gray got his brain to start working and realized with astonishment and awe that they were kissing – passionately – in a rainy thunderstorm. 'Wow….'
Silently, Gray held out one strong and wet hand out towards Lucy. She stared at him intently, and then with some hesitation took his hand firmly. Closing around Lucy's small frozen hand, Gray pulled her to him, tucked her into his big embrace again, and started walking quickly towards the house.
The double glass doors flew open next as Gray pulled Lucy inside with him, and turned to lock the doors. Lucy had her back to him, and was leaning against the kitchen table, breathing tiredly.
Sighing with relief of being out of the rainy thunderstorm, Gray turned around seeing Lucy shivering like crazy. "Lucy…." He whispered gently as he stepped behind her and turned her to face him.
Lucy instantly threw herself into his arms, crying hard again. Her heart hurt and she felt the whole world collapse on her petite shoulders. "Take me to bed…." She said desperately. "Please….Gray, I lo-"
Gray looked into her eyes full of exhaustion, stained with emotionally tears. He strongly scooped her off her feet and carried her upstairs….
Lucy instantly melted in Gray's powerful arms…that held her so tightly and comfortably to his big masculine body. She gently wounded her cold arms around his neck, and rested her heavy head on his broad shoulder, and finally closing her eyes in sheer exhaustion….
'I need to check on her and our twins….' Gray thought warmly as he mounted the stairs. 'She weighs like a feather!' He opened a bedroom door and walked in shutting the door behind him with his foot. Only then did Gray let out a sigh of exhaustion. 'Damn… what a hectic Sunday it's been….'
~to be continued~
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"Graylu Fan Service: The original story line~ The twins forgot about the "prize" for guessing the correct question≤ which was "A kiss from their Mummy ^^" This was from the Dinner Scene. ^^ I just had to add "Lucy pecking Gray on the LIPS" ≥/p/≤, HAhaha! Being EDITOR rocks!"
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