A/N: Yay! New chapter! Anyway, thanks to every single one of you who have reviewed, followed, favorited, whatever, even if you just saw this and were like, "this is a good fic" I thank ye, good people. So, Enjoy! Warning/Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot. The characters and such belong to Hiro Mashima, the mangaka who blessed us with the work of art known as Fairy Tail. You guys should know at this point that this is a yaoi meaning it ships two guys, yadayadayada. On with the story! :3
Gray woke up slowly, heat surrounding his body in uncomfortable waves. He had always hated heat, ever since that fire that killed his parents. Although he was saved by a young woman called Ur and a young boy about his age, his parents weren't so lucky. After months of anxiety and fear, he eventually managed to overcome his depression at losing them when he was so young and was able to see the white-haired boy, Lyon, who was with Ur as a step-brother of sorts. However, he had never lost his hatred for heat since that terror filled night.
As he woke up, he turned his head to look over at the bed next to him and found Natsu asleep with one arm hanging off the side and his mouth wide open with saliva dripping out. He made his way into a sitting position on the side of his bed, causing waves of nausea to wash over him. He held a hand to his head, trying to calm himself down and breathe properly. He regretted passing out in the cold water.
He attempted to stand up but dizziness and pain coursed through his body, forcing him to sit back down on the edge of the bed. His throat was dry. He felt like he hadn't drank anything in days. He looked around the room, trying to find some form of liquid he could reach from the bed. He noticed a mug on his desk. He slowly inched over and reached out to grab the handle. He brought it to his lips and took a long drink, not even caring that it tasted terrible after chilling over night. He placed it back on the desk and laid down, suddenly feeling lethargic after satisfying his thirst. He looked over at Natsu with half lidded eyes. He actually looks pretty cute like that now that I think about it. He thought tiredly, slowly falling into the dark abyss of sleep.
Natsu slowly opened his eyes, reaching up to rub the sleep out of them. He didn't realize just how close to the edge of the bed he was and felt himself fall through the air for a moment before landing loudly on the floor. He began to stand up slowly, but noticed that he couldn't breath very well through his nose. He reached up to rub it, hoping that it might help a little bit. Dammit, that idiot got me sick, didn't he? He thought, irritated that someone like him, who never got sick for anything, had caught a cold from his boyfriend. This relationship is not going well. Day One and he's already making up fictitious girlfriends and passing out in cold showers only to end up getting us both sick. He thought, looking over at Gray's sleeping form. He noticed the mug of tea he had set on his desk last night was almost empty. He figured that Gray woke up earlier than he did and drank some. He saw slight furrows in Gray's forehead and a thin layer of sweat covering his face. He decided to try and wake Gray up.
"Gray..." He tried, pushing against Gray slightly. "Wake up." Gray's brow tensed further and he turned away from Natsu onto his side.
"Gray, come on. You have to get some sort of medicine so we can go to class tomorrow." Natsu felt like he was speaking to himself. He tried pushing Gray again. Gray simply began to roll more and more towards the wall.
"Fine, sleep for a bit more. I'm gonna go take a shower. You better be awake by the time I finish." Natsu said, walking over to the closet to grab some clothes before heading towards the bathroom. He turned the water to almost scalding hot before getting in, barely noticing the heat. Ugh, Why did that idiot have to go and get sick? He thought to himself, massaging shampoo into his pink hair. He was hoping that the overly hot water would help clear his breathing. After a few minutes of letting the hot water hit his head, he heard the door creak open slowly and a shuffling walk. He saw a bulky figure that looked like it had been absorbed by a mass of blankets reach up to the medicine cabinet and grab a bottle before shuffling back out. Well, at least he's trying. Natsu thought to himself as he turned off the water and stepped out. After drying off and getting dressed, he went out to the room to find Gray, covered in a mountain of blankets and sheets in his strange sitting position on his chair with a headset on staring intensely at his laptop and muttering into the microphone. Natsu felt anger rise up inside of him as he strode over to the chair and whipped it around, causing the headphones to fall off with small voices crackling from inside.
"Do you even understand how sick you are?!" Natsu yelled, beginning to pace the floor. Gray simply stared on in confusion and anger.
"What do you even care?!" He responded, getting out of his chair to stand in front of Natsu. "You're just using me as a plaything anyway!" He got into a fighting position, but ended up stumbling into Natsu after a wave of nausea washed over him.
"You don't care about me..." Natsu could feel Gray relax in his arms and warm water spread through his shirt as he heard muffled sobs vibrating through the air. He picked Gray up and placed him onto his bed.
"Yeah, I do. You just don't want to accept it." Natsu said quietly to a passed out Gray. He knew he was basically just talking to himself but a small part of him hoped that Gray understood how he felt. Natsu crawled into the bed next to Gray, pressing his chest against Gray's back, nuzzling his nose into Gray's hair. Slowly, he drifted off into a dreamland of a wintery pine forest.
Gray was surrounded by walls of ice on all sides with a large window with ice bars towards the ceiling. He noticed a large wooden table with many different kinds of delicious foods on platters. He suddenly felt extremely hungry and moved to walk towards the table, but was held back by large chains on his hands and feet, keeping him against the cold wall of ice. He saw a pink head ravenously scarfing down everything. Once this man noticed him, he walked over to Gray with a large plate of well cooked meat and steaming bowls of assorted stews with vegetables and meats. He pulled against his chains with all his might to get towards it, but they were too strong. The pink-haired man stopped just a few feet away from Gray, allowing the aromas to waft towards his nose, making his hunger even worse. He could hear the man laughing, mocking him, using him as a plaything for his own entertainment.
Gray jolted awake. He remembered everything about the dream, the cold of the ice around him, the cruel laughter of the man he now identified as Natsu, the sweet aromas of well cooked food. He felt his stomach grumble. He realized that the scents of food he could smell were not memories of a dream. He looked over to his desk to find Natsu with multiple bowls of soup and two steaming mugs of tea. Natsu noticed that Gray had woken up.
"Good morning, ice princess." He said sweetly, bringing a bowl of soup and a hot mug of tea over to the bed. Gray moved into a sitting position on the side of it.
"Did you make this, Natsu?" He asked, wolfing down the delicious soup.
"Yeah, my grandad owns a restaurant so he taught me how to cook." Natsu responded, setting the mug onto the desk for later. "And we're taking Culinary Arts as a major so you should know how to cook yourself, right?" He asked, grabbing a bowl of soup and sitting next to Gray on the bed before calmly eating it. Gray slowed down and felt his cheeks heat up.
"Hehe..." He began nervously. "Not exactly, I, uh, I just took it as my major because it seemed pretty easy. I mean, how hard can cooking be really?" He said, setting the bowl in his lap.
"I can show you how to cook." Natsu responded nonchalantly. "Although, you have to get better first." He continued, sternly looking into Gray's eyes like a mother at a child who hasn't done their homework.
"Yes, sir!" Gray replied, happily scarfing down the rest of his soup. Ahhh, he's so cute when he's happy. I just wanna kiss him. Natsu thought, momentarily losing himself in fantasies. Gray noticed the strange smile on Natsu's face.
"Natsu…?" Gray began, waving his hand in front of Natsu's face. "Are you feeling okay? You didn't catch my cold, did you?" He asked, snapping Natsu out of his reverie. Natsu shook his head slightly.
"Yeah, I'm fine." He said sweetly as he wrapped his arms around Gray, slowly bringing him into a warm embrace. Gray felt anger rise up inside him.
"Would you stop?" He asked, angry that Natsu would continue this act even when he was sick. "I've already figured out that you're just using me to entertain yourself." He said, pushing Natsu away.
"How about you stop? What will it take for me to prove that I honestly like you?" Natsu asked, setting both bowls onto the desk before turning back towards Gray. He didn't want them to break in the fighting that would definitely ensue.
"What do you mean?" Gray asked, confused and angry at himself for even slightly believing Natsu.
"I mean..." Natsu steeled himself, ready to say three words he had never said to anyone but close family, not even Sting. "I.." He began, feeling his cheeks heat up. He couldn't quite get the words out. "really… care… about… you… I-I just… I don't want to lose you to some jealous feelings towards a girlfriend you made up." He turned away from Gray, letting his bangs cover his face. Gray just sat there, shocked that something so romantic and sensitive could be directed at him from a guy, of all things. Natsu could feel embarrassed anger well up inside him at Gray's silence. But just as he was opening his mouth to yell at Gray, he felt cold arms wrap around him and the flavor of peppermints overwhelm his taste buds. Natsu's eyes stayed wide open for a moment, tears forming at the edges before closing and forcing the last few droplets to fall onto his cheeks. He wrapped his arms around Gray, his warmth conflicting against Gray's natural chill. They eventually pulled apart, allowing themselves to breath.
"Did you really mean what you said?" Gray asked breathlessly, feeling an uncomfortable bulge forming in his shorts.
"Do you really think I would joke about something like that?" Natsu responded, forcing Gray back onto the bed and climbing over top of him. He pinned Gray's hands to the bed with his own and began to rock his hips back and forth over Gray's obvious arousal.
"Nngh, Natsu…" Gray groaned, not feeling quite ready for something like this. Natsu looked at Gray's tighly closed eyes and slight frown in worry.
"Is this okay?" He asked, loosening his grip on Gray's hands. Gray peered up at him in shock. Before he had just done whatever, only using Gray's moans as a confirmation that Gray had wanted it, but this time, Natsu had learned his lesson.
"Not exactly..." Gray responded nervously, half wanting it and half not. "Sorry, Natsu. I just don't think I'm quite prepared mentally for something like this. I mean I've only had one partner and she was a girl, so for me to suddenly rush into this with a guy is just kinda strange." Natsu looked at him in surprise.
"You've only had one partner?" He asked, not fully believing what Gray had told him. "But you're sooo," He leaned in towards Gray's ear and whispered seductively. "sexy~" Gray could feel his erection bump into Natsu's hips which were still over top of Gray.
"Natsu, come on, get off of me. I already told you that I'm not ready for this, okay?" He said, attempting to push Natsu away without the use of his hands. He noticed a slight change in the gleam in Natsu's eyes. It became more ravenous, more animalistic. He felt Natsu's hands clamp tightly around his own and his legs being pinned down by Natsu's hips. This is kinda hot, actually… Gray thought for a moment before shaking his head lightly. Come on Gray, really? He thought to himself.
"Natsu, get off." He said sternly, looking Natsu in the eye coldly. His only response was Natsu's hips thrusting against his painful arousal.
"Nngh, Natsu..." He groaned, hating himself for taking pleasure in this. "Natsu, come on." He tried to push against Natsu's hands, but found that when he needed to be Natsu was much stronger than him. No matter how hard he pushed, Gray couldn't fight the impenetrable barrier presented by Natsu. He tried wiggling his legs to force Natsu's hips off of him, but that only made his erection even worse. Natsu removed one hand from Gray's to reach down and begin pulling Gray's shirt off. Well, if I can't fight him, I can at least keep him from going too far. He thought as he pushed himself against the bed so his shirt couldn't be taken off.
"Hahahaha." Gray heard the same cruel and unforgiving laugh from his dream. "So, you're feisty one, eh? Well, we can fix that." Natsu's voice was different somehow. It was colder and didn't leave any room for argument. Gray felt Natsu's hand brush over his nipple through the shirt. He forced his eyes tightly closed and bit back a moan. He refused to let him win.
"Gray." He said, drawing out the sound, chilling Gray to the bone.
"Gray." He could hear a slight difference in his voice, as if it had gone back to normal. He opened his eyes slowly to look up at Natsu.
"I'm so so sorry, Gray." Natsu apologized, quickly pushing himself off of Gray. "I-I don't know what came over me. I just felt this really strong need to, you know, do that to you and I don't remember much after that." Gray felt dizzy at the sudden loss of pressure against his groin.
"It's fine, Natsu." He said, moving into a sitting position in front of Natsu. "It was actually kind of hot, to be honest." He admitted, feeling heat spread across his face.
"But, uh," He looked down at Natsu's boxers and his own shorts. "What are we gonna do about this, uh, dilemma we've gotten ourselves into?" He asked nervously, thinking that his face could not get any redder. He's so damn cute! Natsu thought to himself, ready to attack Gray at any moment.
"Hmm, you're right." Natsu placed a finger on his chin in mock confusion.
"What ever shall we do?" He asked, his eyes lowering to stare at Gray seductively as he began to walk forward, his hips swaying back and forth suggestively. Gray felt his arousal throbbing painfully under his shorts. Natsu's sexiness overloaded his senses. He couldn't keep himself in a sitting position any longer and fell back onto his elbows, trying his best to fight against this. Half of him wanted to let Natsu do whatever he wanted, but the other half felt he wasn't quite ready.
"Is this okay?" Natsu asked, not wanting to step over any boundaries Gray had laid out. The first half won his inner battle.
"Y-yeah..." He began hesitantly. "Just n-not too far..." Natsu walked towards him with a suggestive gleam in his eyes and a carnal smile crossing his face. Gray couldn't take it any more. His elbows buckled under him and he stared up at the ceiling fan in their room slowly rotating. He jumped a bit when he felt warm hands begin to pull his shorts down.
"Natsu..." He hissed as he felt the cold air hit his erection. He felt overly exposed, unable to see what Natsu was doing.
"Are you sure this is fine?" Natsu asked, stopping after pulling Gray's shorts off until they fell to the floor in a heap.
"Yes, Natsu." Gray responded, annoyed that Natsu didn't just get on with it already. It was embarrassing enough with a guy doing this to him.
"Ahhn..." He cried out, feeling a hot tongue begin to lap at the pre-cum forming on the top of his erection. Unable to see what was happening, he didn't know when to cover his moans. Suddenly, he felt as if he couldn't breathe and began coughing uncontrollably. Natsu pulled away to avoid the spasms of his roommate.
"Gray?!" He yelled, worried for the raven-haired boy's safety. "Are you okay?!" He didn't know what to do. Quickly, he grabbed his phone to dial 9-1-1, but Gray's fits of coughing stopped before he managed to call for an ambulance. He sat on the bed next to Gray and lifted him up to rest on his shoulder, slowly rubbing circles into his back.
"Are you alright?" He asked quietly, looking down at Gray in concern. Gray coughed one last time before answering hoarsely.
"Yeah… I'll be okay." He answered, leaning into Natsu's shoulder, slowly closing his eyes. "Can I sleep here?" He asked, letting his head fall towards Natsu's neck.
"You're too cute to say 'No' to, but I don't think I can hold you like this for too long so just lay back and I'll comfort you that way." Natsu responded before realizing that Gray had already fallen asleep. His arousal was still throbbing painfully, so he allowed Gray to lean back towards the pillow and comfortably sleep before going off towards the bathroom to take care of it.
A/N: I'm really really really sorry for the late update, so as a reward, extra long chapter, yay! Thanks to anyone who has reviewed, favorited, followed, etc. Seriously, though, that's basically the only thing that keeps these updates somewhat weekly. So, I encourage you to do all of that so you can enjoy sooner updates. It's a win-win situation. You guys get sooner updates and I get feedback on how my work is. Unless you don't want to, then you don't have to. I don't control your decisions. Trying to convince you guys to review, etc. aside, I hope you all thoroughly enjoyed this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it so, yeah. Bai :3