Ice Cold Heart
Sky: I think our little Gray-sama has a crush on someone~!
Gray: No, you're just being stupid.
Sky: You know what; I'm not in the mood to talk to you -_-
~Chapter 3: A Sweet and Sour Mixture!
*Gray POV
"I'm Juvia Lockser, arigatou (thank you) for saving me, Gray-sama."
Gray-sama…
That damn nickname sounded disturbing. It was too proper and she said it as if we've known each other forever! I wish I could go back in time and let her get hit by that car.
"Gray, are you hungry?" Lyon popped his head into my room and I kept looking at the ceiling.
"Knock before you come in, baka." I said and he rolled his eyes.
"Are you gonna eat?" He asked and I shook my head. I turned to my side and he chuckled. "Wow, no smartass comebacks?"
"No, now get out before I spoon feed you broken glass." I waved him off and he slowly left my room. I sat up on my bed, pulling away the white curtain that surrounded my bed. I picked up my phone and pressed on a number.
"Yo, you've reached the sexy guy hotline, its Natsu speakin'."
"Oi, baka, it's Gray."
"Oh, what's up bro?" I could tell he was grinning over the phone. "Wait, let me guess! You want to talk about your future girlfriend~!" Natsu sang over the phone. I threw a pillow at the wall and glared, even though he couldn't see it.
"I don't like her!" I shouted and Natsu rolled his eyes.
"Come on stripper, it's obvious." Natsu chuckled. "You were daydreaming about her while we walked around the mall."
"I was thinking about how much of a bitch she was!" I defended and Natsu laughed.
"Sure, you're just mad because a girl other than Erza stood up to you." Natsu teased. "Admit it, you like the tough girls."
He wasn't wrong. I liked a girl who could stand up for herself. That's why I don't have that many female friends. Only Erza and her friends were the ones I was close to. "And you like the good looking ones, so what?"
"Oi, watch yourself!" Natsu growled into the phone. I chuckled and heard a door open from Natsu's end.
"Onii-chan (big brother), dinner is ready." A female voice smiled.
"Okay Wendy, I'll be there after I talk to Gray alright? Then you can tell me about your day at school." Natsu said warmly, even making me smile. Wendy was his younger sister who he loved more than anything. He was always nice around her and was always smiling with her.
"Hai (yes, okay), and tell Gray-san I said hello!" Wendy cried and she ran out the room. Natsu shook his head and sighed.
"I wonder what Juvia is doing…" I wondered aloud and Natsu chuckled.
"She's probably thinking about you too!" He grinned. "And something else…"
"URASAI, STUPID PERVERT!"
….
I entered the school's office and walked up to the front desk. I knew the face of the female behind the wide desk who was typing on the computer.
"Oi, Laki, Gramps said he wanted to see me." I said, leaning against the counter. Laki was another one of my friends, but just not as close. She was nice when you needed someone to talk to about your problems.
"Yeah, I know, he's waiting for you in his office." She typed in a code and the door opened. I walked in and she turned to me before I entered the office.
"What did you do this time?" She asked, shaking her head. I looked at her and smirked.
"What haven't I done yet?" I gave her a wink and walked into the office. Natsu was the first one I saw, lying upside down on the large couch eating peppermints from the cup on the coffee table. I saw Gajeel stuffing handfuls of peppermints into his pockets. Masanori blew a bubble with his gum and Laxus was balancing a pen on his nose. I sat down and looked at the desk. It slowly turned and Gramps lifted himself onto the desk.
"About time you showed up Fullbuster." He said, but I didn't respond. I just scoffed and kept watching Laxus' trick.
"All of you listen to me." Gramps said seriously. We all looked at him, not seriously but then again, it looked like it. "You are all close to being kicked out of this school. Not just for your grades, but for you behavior as well."
"And we care because~?" Natsu asked and I raised a hand.
"I can answer that question." I joked. "We don't give two shits."
"And the team has spoken." Gajeel nodded and high fived me. Gramps tapped his cane against my head and I yelped.
"This is serious, you all may not care but your parents do every single one of you is in danger of not only being kicked out of Fairy Tail Academy, but of your lives as well." Gramps glared and I felt the world drop for just a second.
"W-What are you talking about old man?" Laxus asked and Gramps coughed.
"Laxus, you're grades have gone from straight A's to straight F's for a long time now. Masanori has been the same. Gray has gotten into too many fights and Natsu has been arguing with several teachers. Gajeel has even been skipping out of school more than any of you!" Gramps complained. "You all need to get your grades up and behaviors straightened out before the end of the semester!"
"Let's get something straight you piece of trash! First off, the world doesn't care about the five of us!" Masanori said, looking at him. Gramps blinked and sighed.
"Has anyone ever told you all that no one cares about you? Your parents care a lot about all of you, however, they are just too busy for-" I shot up and slammed open the doors.
"I don't want to talk anymore." I said softly. "Oh, and if my parents ever drop another call here again, tell them my exact words for me…"
I looked at Gramps, trying to hold the tears back. I hadn't cried since- that day.
"I hate them." I said, making everyone's eyes widened. Sure, everyone knew I didn't like my parents, but I never said that before. "Tell them I said that and see what present they send then! I'm sick of all the damn presents! I wish they would face their son on their own!"
I stormed out and made sure no one followed. I didn't say bye to Laki and I wouldn't slow down until I got into the bathroom. I ran a hand through my hair and sighed. I bumped into someone on my way out, but flat out ignored the female.
"Gray, are you alright?!" I heard Erza call, but I didn't respond. I kept storming off, not even looking back at my friend.
Life sucks when things don't go the way you want them to…
*Normal POV
"I am so sleepy~!" Levy McGarden yawned and tilted her head to the side. The large theater with 200 seats was about as silent as a graveyard.
Levy looked behind the curtains and watched the females who were covered in paint. Different scenes and props were painted and now drying off to the side as they worked on their next board.
"Hey girls, is anyone else sleepy?" Levy asked and the females who were also in the drama club looked up.
"Not really, I'm wide awake!" Erza smiled, wiping her forehead. Another girl yelped as a thud was heard. Paint flew everywhere and she pouted.
"Lu-chan, are you okay?!" Levy cried, running to the blonde female on the ground. The blonde had her hair in a messy bun and she wore a grey sweat suit and a white tank top. She pouted as she wiped green paint off her face.
"Y-Yeah, I'm okay Levy-chan." Lucy Heartifilia smiled and stood up, looking at the paints she dropped. "Gomen about the paints I wasted. I carried more than I could."
"That's alright Lucy, just be more careful next time okay?" Erza smiled and the doors to the theater opened.
"Sorry that I'm late!" Juvia Lockser cried, running up the steps to the stage. "I had to finish up some homework in the library. (A/N: okay, Juvia doesn't speak 1st person in this story! Sorry, but I'm trying to make her sound kinda… normal since she's trying to help someone out in this story and I'll be using her POV at times and I don't feel like typing 'Juvia' cuz it'll sound weird ya know?)
"Actually, you're just in time Juvia. We're painting the rest of the scenes and props." Levy smiled. "Cana went to the bathroom; she'll be back in a second."
Speaking of which…
"Oi, girls, I just peed in the boy's bathroom!" Cana grinned, running up towards them. "Good thing it's after school hours! It looks so different in there than in our lame ass bathrooms!"
"Um… Cana, what if boys were in there?" Lucy chuckled and Cana laughed loudly as she sipped from her canteen filled with booze. Levy sweat dropped and the all the girls laughed.
"OMG, did you hear what happened to Nanami's friend Bora today?" Lucy waved her arms frantically as the others kept painting.
"Yeah, Bora got beat up by Gray again." Cana smirked proudly. "They should know by now not to piss off Gray and his gang."
Juvia blinked and looked at the ground, stopping her paintbrush. "Gray Fullbuster…" She whispered softly.
"I heard Natsu rejected another girl today too. Gajeel and Masanori were caught skipping yet again. I wish they would just grow up!" Levy said, frustrated. "Are they ever gonna learn or change?!"
"Yeah they'll change when cats fly." Lucy rolled her eyes (Yeah, I went there with the flying cat joke! XD) "Why can't they be the same as when they were kids before all this shit happened?!"
"Well, Masanori's always been a silent guy so that's nothing new. Laxus was kinda the same and so was Gajeel but… Natsu and Gray went through a big change." Cana leaned back in her chair, sighing. "I liked the old childhood days better."
It got silent and Erza broke it. "I heard something… About Gray's gang when I went to drop off some papers at the office. I overheard it."
"What did they say?" Juvia asked and Erza sighed.
"I didn't hear it all. Something about if the boys don't get their grades up something bad is going to happen. I don't remember what or why, but Gray was upset about it. Master Makarov must have said something awful to push him away like that."
"Wow, did you catch anything Master said?" Lucy asked, dipping her brush into the purple paint.
"Your parents do care, every single one of you is in danger of not only being kicked out of Fairy Tail Academy, but of your lives as well. Fix yourselves by the end of the semester."
"He really said that Erza?!" Cana asked and Erza nodded.
"Yeah, after that I zoned out because I was processing it all down. Then Gray stormed out and he wouldn't slow down. He looked so upset. I wish we could help them all out somehow…" Erza sighed and Juvia put down her brush. She stood up and grabbed her purse.
"Juvia-san, where are you going?" Levy asked as Juvia ran down the stage steps quickly.
"There's something I have to do!" Juvia called. "I promise I'll make up my work tomorrow~!"
"Okay, see you later Juvia-chan!" Lucy and Levy called in unison. Juvia ran out the door and it closed behind her. Cana dipped her brush in the brown paint as Erza dipped her in an orange paint.
"Where do you think she's going?" Cana sighed. "We could use all the help we can get on all of this."
"Knowing Juvia, she went to go do something that will make it all worthwhile in the end, like always…" Erza smiled softly as Lucy and Levy giggled. Cana grinned and tapped her brush against the board.
*Gray POV
'Damn old man, telling me what to do. He should just get drunk and find a new mom for Laxus already!'
I hardly spoke after Gramps told me about all that shit in the office. I zoned out and decided to skip the rest of school. I was just walking around Magnolia and went home when the buses went by. Except, I got home later than I expected when I had to fight these lowlifes who were trying to hurt an innocent girl on the street.
"I'm home, sadly." I groaned, opening the front door. I closed the door and looked around the large lobby. "I guess everyone is in their rooms. The maids must be cooking dinner."
I sat my bag and shoes down by the door and hung up my jacket. I walked up several sets of stairs and down thousands of hallways. I finally got to a blue door and opened it, ready to take a short nap and then have dinner. I threw off my shirt and heard something behind me as my bathroom door opened. I blinked and looked up at the figure that was drying their hands with a towel.
"Welcome home, Gray-sama!" Juvia smiled wide at me and I dropped my shirt. I ignored the fact that I was shirtless in front of some chick I barely even knew…
"JUVIA WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE?!"
You would think finding a girl in your room who was kinda cute walking out of your bathroom would be a blessing…
What did I do to deserve this?!
Bam! Another chapter done!
I love the ending! XD
Sky: I don't have much to say so…
Juvia: Review everyone, we like reading them! We smile everytime~!
Gray: *rolls eyes*
Sky: Get out Gray… -_-