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Sorry I'm so slow to update - I promise to speed a little up. :)

I was a little nervous to update this chapter - you'll find out why. xD Hope you'll like. ^_^

Chapter 4.

Gray didn't say anything the rest of the day. Natsu kept insisting on bringing Lucy back, but Gray didn't want to talk about it. They sat by a table in the guild and Gray was holding a cup filled with something Mira had given him. He took big mouthfuls of the strong drink. Natsu had gotten one too, but he was too busy worrying.

"She didn't want to be married," He said and made big movements with his hands, "We should at least see if she's okay, right?" He tried.

"If she wants to get married, she can do that." Gray said and rested his hand in the palm. A weird feeling was filling him, but he couldn't put a finger on it.

"Don't you care?" Natsu said angrily. Happy was flying near the fire mage and looked at Gray with the same expression as Natsu.

"Of course I care!" Gray said angrily and slammed the cup down the table. Happy flicked back in surprise, but Natsu didn't even blink. He just got angrier.

"Then come with us – it didn't bother you last time," Natsu said, "Why now?"

"Thing's has gotten complicated," Gray just said and bottomed the cup. No way, he told Natsu about his crush.

"Fine, suit yourself." Natsu said with a rejecting movement. He rose from his chair and left his cup full. Happy looked back and forth between the two boys, but off course he followed Natsu. He didn't like this. The bond between the two mages was complicated – they used to get their anger out, in fight. When they just walked away from each other it felt wrong. It felt more serious, then when they fought.

"We're you going?" Happy asked and flew around Natsu's head.

"Packing …" Natsu said and suddenly got a pained expression on, "I guess, I have a train to catch."

Gray looked at his cup. It was refilled with the strong drink. He took a sip – the liquid was starting to work, he felt the warmth spread in his body. He sat the cup down and his eyes flicked a little.

´Of course he cared about Lucy, ´ He thought and clenched around the cup, ´but he couldn't stop her from getting married. Could he? He was in love with her, that was for sure, but if she had fallen in love with another. ´ It felt like a defeat, and he had to clench his hand around his shirt (that apparently hadn't disappeared yet).

"You're really stupid," A voice suddenly said beside him. He turned his head, just to see a fist slam into his face. He flew meters back and landed on the floor. He hurried to sit up and lay a hand on his cheek.

"Hallo Ersa." He murmured and robbed his sore spot, "when did you get back?" He asked while he got to his feet.

"Just now," She answered and lowered her hand.

Lucy looked at herself in the mirror. Twelve young girls ran around and tried to make the dress sit perfectly. Lucy had agreed to try her wedding dress on. It wasn't really her taste, but the wedding wasn't serious, so it didn't really matter.

She hadn't seen her father all day. He was probably already making business with the Duke.

"You look beautiful," Supetto said from the door, Lucy turned toward her and smiled. Her eyes were filled with tears and she looked very fragile. Lucy almost felt bad. She just wanted to hug the old woman and tell her, she had a front-seat at the wedding.

"Lucy," A voice suddenly said from the hall. Mako suddenly showed in the door, but he hadn't even taken a step inside, before a shoe was slammed into his face.

"You can't see the bride in her dress, before the wedding!" Supetto yelled and Mako fell backwards. He landed hard on the floor, while covering his nose with a hand and cried out in pain.

"Mako," Lucy exclaimed surprised and lifted all of her many skirts to run toward him.

"I'm fine," He said with closed eyes and waved a hand, "She's right. Sorry."

"Nonsense," Lucy mumbled and hurried to grab a handkerchief of silk, on a little table, and kneeled beside him, "You're bleeding."

"It's nothing." He mumbled.

Supetto looked at them for a second, then she waved all the young girls out of the room and hurried to close the door. She was clearly unhappy that Mako saw Lucy's dress, but she didn't say anything.

Lucy waited till the door closed, then she grabbed around Mako's cheek to get a better look at his bleeding nose.

"Move your hand," She mumbled and he did as she said, still with his eyes closed. She gently wiped the blood away. She couldn't help looking at his face a little closer. His skin was a light brown and soft under her hand, it reminded her of chocolate. He had a handsome, yet childish look. His orange-brown hair was messy, but yet shiny and looked soft. She almost wanted to touch it, just to fell if it was as soft as it looked.

"I can do that, myself." He mumbled and she realized he had opened his eyes. His green eyes stared right at her. She tried to look away, but his eyes captured her gaze.

He was the first to look away.

"Lucy," He mumbled and took the handkerchief out of her hands. His head was lowered and a pained look shined from his eyes, "Please …"

She hurried to lower her gaze too and got to her feet. She hurried to smooth the dress and turned her back to him. What was she doing? She removed a hair from her cheek.

"What did you want?" She asked and clenched her hands around the dress. Suddenly she felt a hand on her shoulder and immediately turned around and looked into Mako's green eyes again. His look was flustered.

"I forgot," He said quietly.

He laid both hands on her shoulders and held her an arm's length from his body and looked at her.

"You look good," He said uneasy and his eyes flicked.

"Thanks." Lucy mumbled and looked down for a second. When she looked up again, he stood even closer. She could smell his scent. He smelled of mint and cinnamon – a weird combination, but very tempting.

He put a hand under her cheek and pulled her face a little up. She widen her eyes by the touch, but didn't resist. He came closer and she could fell the warmth from his body. His mouth was only an inch from hers.

Then he dropped her chin and stormed out of the room, without looking back. Leaving a flustered and confused Lucy on the floor.

She had her hand lifted toward the door, he had disappeared out of. Then she fell to her knees and ran a hand trough her hair. What had just happened?

Natsu ran down the road, toward the train station. His bag slammed a little toward his back. He had only packed the most important. Food, and a shirt.

"Natsu." A voice suddenly yelled behind him. He stopped running and looked back in surprise. Gray was running toward him.

"What made you change your mind?" Natsu asked. Not surprised.

"Not your speech, that's for sure." Gray said rejecting and hurried to walk past him. Natsu made a little smile and hurried to follow him.

"I knew it would work." He said and smirked.

"I didn't do it because you told me to." Gray said angrily, "I do this to get Lucy back – she's a part of our team after all."

"You're so easy to figure out." Natsu laughed and began to run again.

"What did you say?" Gray said angrily and ran after him.

What do you think about MakoLucy. xD I just wanted to make it more complicated. Yeah ... sorry. :I

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