A/N: So I really haven't had as much time as I thought I would to write this story. Honestly, I think I want to make this continue on past Chirstmas anyways, so I'm just going to update when I can, but still prioritize it.
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Gray squinted his eyes shut farther. He carefully opened them, wondering why the sun was filtering through his window. If he remembered correctly, not once has he been woken up to the sun, it rising above all else in his frozen world. He didn't exactly want to wake up at six in the morning. Really, why was the stupid sun there? He went to roll over to fix his problem, but he couldn't. There was someone hugging his waist. He tried to remember the night before. Did he go back with Juvia? He didn't think so. She usually came to his place, anyways.
Then he remembered.
He had found Lucy in the snow. He brought her back to his castle to help her. Lyon said that he'd ask around town to see if anyone knew her, so she should stay at the castle until then. Wendy and Romeo had to go home for dinner, leaving him alone with the blonde. He had thrown her in one of the guest rooms, but apparently she found her way back to him.
He rolled over carefully, making sure not to wake her. She had her head buried between his chest and the pillows. She was shivering against him. He never even thought to turn the heat up. Wendy and Romeo used to complain about the cold, but after their powers were awoken they didn't get cold just from the heat not being on. He glanced across the room to the rocking chair in the corner. There was a stack of blankets there. He carefully got out of bed and went over to grab them. The moment he put them on the bed he heard her sigh in content.
Gray wasn't sure how long he watched the girl before he noticed it. How could he not? It was almost too obvious. The sunlight was shining right on her, making her hair seem to glow. No sooner did he notice this, she woke up. She make a cute mumbling noise before opening her big brown eyes. Rather than the confusion he expected, he saw curiosity flash across her face. She reached out to touch his face, which made him flinch back.
"What are you doing?" he asked, trying not to sound nervous. He wasn't quite sure why he would even be nervous. Maybe it was because he was laying in his bed with a girl that couldn't remember anything but her name, while he was a powerful Guardian. What could go wrong?
"I was cold in my room," she mumbled, blushing slightly.
Gray was taken aback slightly. She was worried about being in his bed? She thought he would be mad? It made him wonder how old she was. She had to be young to be worried about innocently sleeping next to a guy. She looked about fifteen. Just the thought made him feel like a creep. He was seven years older apart from her, if his guess on her age was correct.
"Wh-what are you looking at?" Lucy stuttered, pulling the blankets halfway over her face. The parts Gray could see were cherry red.
Gray resisted the urge to laugh. She was just full of surprises. He faintly heard her stomach growl, followed by his. That time he did laugh. "How about some breakfast?" He saw her nod sheepishly.
The two climbed out of bed. He almost liked how she looked with his shirt on, which was way too big for her. He shook the thought away. How could he possibly be thinking things like that about her? Juvia has worn his shirts plenty of times; it wasn't a big deal. He quickly led her out of the room, walking down to the kitchen a little faster than he should. He could hear Luvy running to keep. It was a little funny, so he went with he stopped in front of the kitchen, Lucy slammed into his back. He spun around to catch her arm. She just blushed and laughed.
Lyon swung the door open for them. "Good, you're up." He pushed the two inside. On the table sat two empty plates, one heaping pile of pancakes, and two mugs. He had coffee in the one for Gray, but Lucy's was empty. "I made breakfast for you guys. We have a lot to do today."
Gray rolled his eyes and took his seat. Lyon always felt the need to be his secretary, which was annoying. "Lucy, what do you want to drink?" he asked, pinching his temples. He just wanted a day off from all the stress. He only had to work a couple months out of the year, and he hated each one, aside from getting to play in the snow.
"Juice?" Lucy asked. Ultear never let her have coffee. She was wild enough, apparently.
Lyon poured apple juice into Lucy's glass. "Anyways, Gray, Erza would like to come over to discuss the amount of snow for the next fall holidays. Laxus and Juvia need to come over to discuss more about the Season Change coming up." He looked up to see if Lucy was listening. He didn't really think to keep the conversation secret, since he didn't want her knowing about Guardians. Luckily, she was too busy with her pancakes to pay attention. He sighed and continued. "Then there's the issue with Lucy."
"She isn't an issue," Gray interjected sharply. He smiled at the blonde, who had already eaten half the stack, which had about twenty pancakes originally. He only ever ate two, so all he thought was that she was being cute.
"Yes, I know," Lyon said, rolling his eyes. "That doesn't mean that we shouldn't do something about her. She needs clothes, first of all. I think you should take her down shopping today sometime. I checked around town and no one was missing anyone, so I think if something doesn't come up in the next couple days we should just report a missing child. All of Fiore will be notified."
"No." Gray took a long sip of coffee. "I'm not going to do that to her. If you really want to do something, get on your Santa Software, or whatever you want to call it. Just look at the past records to see if you can find her."
Lyon was surprised with the idea. "That will be heard, since there are so many girls named Lucy. I have to look at every one. But I'll start on that when I get the chance."
"Graaaayyy~"
Lyon shivered.
Gray smirked.
Then he realized he had to hid Lucy.
"Shit!"
