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Story Title: Gentle Summer Breeze

Rated: T

Pairings: NatsuXGray

Warnings: Swearing "Bad language", AU, Shonen Ai….. (You can call it Yaoi, BL, Anything you want. So please, if you are not a fan of it, you've been warned.)

I'll try to keep them in character as much as I can.

And finally, I don't Own Fairy tail. Or it's characters. This is just a fanfic that meant to be for entertainment.

…Chapter Begins ….

Lucy was in front of that dreaded board again.

The board which can make her financial status be completely strong or dramatically weak.

In the fairy tail bar, there was a corner which a board full of missions was set up for the employees to pick a mission and earn their living. For Lucy, it was to pay her apartment rent. She wasn't living in the bar's employees building because she newly joined the guild and the place was already cramped. So until they find a place for her to settle, she had to live temporarily alone. The side effect? She has to pay the rent every month.

Sometimes Erza joined her, and it ended normally with disasters. She couldn't say that it went the same for Gray…. Except when he loses his temper on somebody if he tagged with her.

She wasn't picky about her friends, and she didn't want to go on a solo-mission, but she wanted to get the full award for once.

Lucy cried herself and eventually she decided to let it go that day.

"Lucy-san, what are you doing?"

Lucy blinked and looked to her right side to find Wendy holding a tray with several glasses.

"Ah… I wanted to pick something to work at, but well. Let's leave it for today."

"Lucy-san, you don't know what to pick again?"

"Err…. Yeah…" Lucy sighed.

If she can't go with Erza, the red heard girl, then she might ask for Gray's help if he was available. She couldn't go to Cana because she was busy with her father, and she couldn't go with Loki because he went out on a freaking date. And it went so on with her other long lost friends.

So maybe Gray.

"You want me to go with you?"

Lucy tensed from the question. She was asking for her friend's help.

The blond with the big honey eyes looked pleadingly to Gray who seemed to be completely taken off guard.

"Well, as much as I want to help you, I can't do that. Master told me to take care of that guy who didn't wake up for two days. I wonder if he is gonna wake up at all."

Lucy smiled. "Don't worry Gray. It's fine. We can go any other time."

Gray sighed and went to get Lucy orange juice from his refrigerator. The girl breathed and decided to take in the details of Gray's room. It was simple and just….. Sky and dark blue. Wide windows and White curtains, Comfortable set of sofas and nice coffee table. She could see him from the kitchen pouring the orange liquid and smiled a little at his always grumpy figure. Usually he was a laid back guy, but maybe the new events caused him some pressure. After all, nothing irritates Gray more that staying home and doing nothing but watching after someone. That's what she has found out recently. Two days ago to be exact.

"Here you go." Gray placed the Juice in front of her with a tiny smile.

Ring! Ring! Ring! Riiiiiiiiing!

"God! Just who is the sucker who knocks the door in that way? COMING!"

Gray went to the apartment door to find Juvia, his so-called stalker on the threshold.

"Gray-sama! Why Lucy is in your home? What did you both do? D-d-d-did she c-c-c-confess?"

Gray's face went red in embarrassment and just sighed. "No Juvia. Don't get those weird nasty thoughts of yours!"

"B-b-but…. Gray-s-sama…. Isn't… w-wearing his clothes so Juvia th-thought that… that…."

When Lucy looked to Gray, she found him wearing only his jeans which was…. Normal for the black-haired male. She was finally getting used to Gray's disturbing habit, but maybe Juvia wasn't because she also newly joined the bar.

Lucy thought that she will be in Gray's house alone, but no. after a while; Master, Mirajane, Erza, and Loki were there. All because of one stranger which was a bit strange. She never thought one day that Gray will have this much of visitors! In his whole life.

Mirajane entered directly to the room that the pink-haired guy slept in and the rest stayed outside.

"So Gray. How is he?" Makrov was already taking a seat and drinking Lucy's juice.

Gray's dark eye-brow twitched. "He has been sleeping soundly since two days. Until when exactly do I have to watch him?"

"Until he wakes up! Mirajane, are you done?"

"Yes Master. His condition is stable."

"And when the hell will he be able to do so? Jii-chan! We can't keep him! What if he was dangerous?"

Makarov chuckled. "Why did you bring him from the first place? It's your mess Gray. You have to take care of it. And don't treat him like he is some kind of a pet."

Gray huffed. He didn't need a pet. Why the hell would he need another passed-out human in his house?

He tried to remember why he took the pink-haired Zombie from the beginning…. Oh yes… it was that tiny piece in his body which was called "Humanity". Gray never thought that it will cause him trouble one day, but it did.

Oh joy.

"Good. Let's go. See you Gray!"

"Ah! Jii-chan! wait!"

Lucy and the rest were gone. Gray was by himself.

Gray closed the lights and was prepared to sleep. Somehow he felt that sleeping in the same room of the stranger was dangerous, but he needed to check up on the guy…. What if he woke up any minute? What if he was a thief or criminal that ran away or something. It was all mysterious about this guy. His appearance, his hair, his skin color….

Ok… so his skin color had a slight red tan, and that made him mysteriously unique… Where did he come from exactly?

Gray had all the questions popping up in his mind while sitting on the Futon that he laid out on the floor. The zombie was sleeping on his bed, and he was kind enough to do that. That counts as 'Humanity' too if he had one.

The Window's moon light was washing both figures inside the shared room. Gray looked outside and let the breeze play with his hair while thinking about the possibilities as to where that boy's home.

"Ze…"

Gray flinched and quickly looked to the bed where the boy's figure slightly shook.

"Ze…. Re…"

Gray was too busy thinking what do that he couldn't hear the boy's mumbles accurately. He couldn't understand anything.

"Ze… re…. f…"

Gray thought for a while… Zeref?

The boy's body moved. Suddenly his eyes opened and quickly got up gasping for air and looking so tired.

Gray's sweat was forming on his forehead. He was so nervous…. He tried to come closer from the bed, only to see the boy glaring at him with a hostile attitude that implied 'Touch-me-and-you-are-so-dead' words. Gray wasn't afraid. Nope.

"Hey. You are up?"

The boy's glaring eyes didn't stop stabbing him from far away. His eye was so shiny with anger and too narrow for showing that clearly. So suddenly it felt that he was the bad guy.

"Zeref….."

"Huh…?"

"…."

The boy slowly turned to Gray, his hair covering his eyes, and that gave the black-haired male the creeps. Never did he see a very angry human before like this one in front of him.

"Zeref….. ZEREF!"

In a blink of an eye, Gray found himself being attacked. Punches, kicks and painful hits were directed to his body with such an incredible force that made Gray's stomach clench from the pain.

Gray wasn't weak himself. So he stood up and tried to stop the mad man before he does something completely stupid.

"What the hell….? Is this how you repay the favor bastard?"

Gray just tried to seize the movement of the guy, and try to have a decent talk with him. He pinned him to the ground and held both of his hands behind his back.

"Who the hell are you? What is 'Zeref'?"

The boy beneath him started to gasp for air… he was tired. It did seem as if he wasn't the one moving his body. It was the anger that made him go out of the bed and attack Gray.

The pink-haired coughed and the sweat was covering his body.

After a few more punches and kicks, Gray was able to finally stop the boy from moving. Boy it was hard. He felt that he could lose in physical strength to this tired zombie.

"Calm the hell down! You are going to kill yourself idiot!"

The fierce glare almost made Gray speechless, but he gulped and tried to be not defeated by a glare. Beneath him, there wasn't a human. There was a wild animal that was going to tear him apart if he got the slightest chance.

The room was already torn apart…. Some wood and furniture was broken and the bed was already destroyed from when they both were fighting on it.

Gray knocked out the monster beneath him for his own safety and decided to call his Master and friends.

It was almost one in the morning when Gray had bothered the members of fairy tail.

And it didn't matter! Because the bar was very lively.

"That moron almost killed me." Gray said.

"Oh… looks like he doesn't like you."

"No Lucy. I don't think he likes anyone."

"That's weird. I thought that he was going to be thankful to you. Why did he do that?"

"Dunno… He mentioned something about…. Zeref. But I'm not sure what does that mean."

Everyone stayed silent. In the End, they couldn't do much for Gray.

"Look Gray… The choice is yours. Do you still want to keep him home? Or… Do you want to hand him over to the higher-ups?"

Erza was crystal clear. Gray was just confused from all what was happening with him. As if knowing his inner-conflict, Lucy placed a comforting hand on his shoulder, relieving his stress a bit. Of course it made Juvia jealous, but she tried not to think about that right then.

In the morning, Gray was making sure that whoever that was, is tied well to the bed posts. And if he had to, he would use his physical strength to teach him a lesson if he needed to. In the End, Gray couldn't hand him over. He didn't know why he risked that, knowing the fact that he is hosting a mad man in his house.

He wasn't doing a torture. Maybe the first minute you see it, you will think that he is doing a torture…. Or sex torture to be exact, but no. It was completely to serve the purpose of his safety.

So he waited. The guy in front of him begun to stir, and Gray was on the chair before him, his legs crossed. He didn't care what this boy will do. He's safe with the bastard's hand tied up nicely like that. Damn, he had a monster's strength.

The pink-haired winced first from the apparent headache then hardly opened his eyes and tried to focus his blurry vision, to find himself in a very messy room. It had a lot of broken stuff and more importantly, it looked like a human was sitting in front of him. After awhile of doing some observing, His vision became concentrated and he realized that his hands weren't free. And the guy in front of him had his foot almost touching his nose.

He tried to break free, but surprisingly he couldn't move a muscle from tiredness.

"What is…. The meaning of this?" He also tried to release a growl, but couldn't too.

"This? Insuring my safety."

Looks like the guy in front of him was pissed for some unknown reason.

"Huh…? Who the hell are you?"

"That's my line idiot. How are YOU?"

"Why should I tell YOU?"

"Because I may have saved your sorry ass. Is this a good enough reason?"

The boy flinched and looked to the bandages he had on his body and winced again. Damn his head hurt…. Like someone had hit him on the back of it.

That was what exactly Gray had done the previous night.

"Where am I? And why the hell am I tied up?"

"I told you. To insure my safety."

"What the…?"

"Yes. Last night you attacked me like I've killed all of your loved ones, and I don't know why. So tell me now. Who are you? And who is Zeref?"

The boy went silent, but his eyes widened with a shock. "H-how… How did you know about Zeref?"

"When you attacked me, you mentioned that name. Who the hell is it?"

The boy instantly tried to break free, but Gray watched in amusement his useless attempts, but actually at some point, he began worrying because the boy almost took off the bed posts. Scary.

"Y-your attempts are useless. Who are you? Ok ok, what's your name?"

"Why should I tell that to someone who is sealing my freedom? Are you an idiot?"

"You brat! I'm doing that because you were the one who started it! Put yourself in my shoes."

"No thanks. They are smelly."

Gray was exploding.

"Ok I will tell you what I can, if you released me."

"How do I know that you won't do anything that hurts my face?"

"Trust your instincts pal."

"I'm not your pal. Give me a minute to think about it."

Gray sat down and took a glass of water. He drunk a bit of it then looked to the guy in front.

What was the worst that can happen if he released him? Another fight. He didn't think that someone like him can kill for example.

He huffed then stood up again. "Fine fine fine…"

He went to free the boy who was hiding a smirk.

As soon as the pink-haired was free, he pushed Gray backwards, and ran to the closest window to jump from it. Gray was alerted and went to hold back the crazy idiot while cursing.

"ARE YOU CRAZY? YOU WANT TO KILL YOURSELF?"

He was holding the pink-haired waist from behind and trying to push him in. "LET GO! I can handle myself! I don't need an idiot like you to tie me again!"

"I'm not gonna do it! Just get IN!" Gray used his full force to push the guy in, but he didn't notice that he was putting a very dangerous pressure on the pink-haired injury in the front.

"Ah…. L-let go…." The boy almost sounded like he was pleading. The next thing Gray knew, he was flat on the floor, with the boy on top of him.

"That… hurt…"

Gray's hand was still on his waist, the boy's back was on his chest, and Gray raised his hands to find a stain of blood on his hand.

"I-I-am sorry!"

Gray quickly stood up and checked up on the boy to find him sweating a little. "I hate you!"

"Thank you very much! Who the hell does jump of a three story like it was a habit?"

"It is a habit you idiot! I would've been completely fine! Thanks to your saving!"

"Some weird habits you got there pal."

The pink-haired winced when Gray tried to stop the blood small stream.

Gray panted and got up. "Just…. Stay where you are. I'm gonna get help."

The pink-haired grunted. "Like I can move now thanks to you!"

Gray smacked him on the head before he stood up and headed for the door quickly. "STAY! Don't move."

"I'm not your DOG!"

"Please. Stay."

Gray dashed after that leaving the pink-haired losing his words.

"Hahahaha! Looks like you two started on the wrong foot!"

"Jii-chan, He started it!"

Gray called for Mirajane and Master again. But this time a huge number of members were in his room, excited to meet the stranger after he finally woke up.

"Who who who again started it? I am not the one who ties people for pleasure!"

"For the thousand time…. I was doing that for my safety!"

"Yeah right! Don't you know things like Tasers? You are so old-fashioned!"

Gray's jaw dropped down and he couldn't take being with that creature in the same room. "Fine!" he tried to get out, but Erza stopped him. "Gray!" The black-haired eep-ed and a little bit of sweat formed on the back of his head. "Yes….."

"Stay."

Gray couldn't say no.

"So umm…. What's your name boy?" Makarov asked the pink-haired who looked so hesitant to say it.

"Don't worry. Gray and none of us will harm you."

"Ah….. it's…. it's not like that Jii-chan."

"Then?"

"It's…."

"Ah. Boring. Sorry Erza but I will get out." Gray said while putting his finger in his ear carelessly.

"Ok."

"It's fine if you don't want to say it… We'll give you time until you are comfortable with it." Lucy said offering the boy a smile which was returned.

"Thank you um…"

"Lucy."

"Thanks Lucy."

"Aww! You are actually very sweet!"

The boy blushed a little and chuckled sheepishly when Lucy ruffled his pink-hair.

Out of the room, Gray was grunting. "Very very sweet my ass."

So it was almost noon when Gray was in the kitchen trying to cook something for him and the other occupant to eat. Jii-chan and others were gone after treating mister 'XYZ's' Wounds and left them again. Gray was not thrilled.

The other was sitting on a stool and leaning on the counter while Gray worked.

"Listen…. Stop glaring daggers at me. And stop think of ways to kill me." Gray mumbles when he was stirring the Vegetables.

"Why do you keep me here?"

"I'm not 'Keeping' you. When you are very healthy, you can leave I won't stop you." Gray said sighing.

"….. Your name is Gray right?"

"Yes yes. Gray Fullbuster. Nice to meet you 'XYZ'."

The pink-haired glared. "My name is not 'XYZ' Idiot!"

"Oooh. Then what is it?"

"….." The guy opened his mouth, but closed it again. He looked like he was thinking of something.

"Hai hai. Don't say it I don't need to hear anything—"

"Natsu."

Gray paused and looked to the boy, eyes wide. "H-ha….?"

"My name's Natsu baaaka."

Natsu.

Summer.

…... Chapter Ends ….

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