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Sting and Natsu worked over a month for the perfect dare they had planned. They even went to the girls so that they could help them learn a few things and did extra jobs just to earn enough money. You see since the last double date was a real disaster Sting and Natsu had decided that they would learn how to be real gentlemen and would invite their mates to dinner in the most expensive restaurant in all of Fiore.

Now that they had everything, a reservation in said restaurant, fancy clothes and the knowhow of being a gentleman, Natsu and Sting had to face only one more problem. Getting their mates to agree with a second double date. This time it took them way longer and Gray as well as Rogue was actually against it. But as Erza and Minerva promised that it had to turn out well if the others didn't want to spend the next month in the infirmary, the ice-mage and the shadow dragon slayer agreed to the second try of a double date.

The day before the double date the four took the train to Crocus. The ride wasn't pleasant, for none of them. The three dragon slayer got sick and Gray had to deal with them. Once the train had arrived, the ice-mage dragged the others out of it and brought them to the hotel they were staying at. Natsu and Sting had booked two rooms before they went there. At the hotel they decided to rest a bit before meeting down in the lobby.

Around six pm the four went downstairs. "Since Sting and I planned the whole date we should choose what to do now." Natsu pointed out, looking very serious. "Oh please no..." Rogue whispered softly, not liking the idea of those two deciding what they would do. "Why not? It can't be so bad. Remember Minerva threatened to more or less kill me if I mess this up. I won't let this happen and not only because I'm scared of her." Sting mentioned, a bit hurt that Rogue didn't trust him. Rogue still wasn't so sure of it and looked over to Gray, silently asking him for his opinion. "I guess Sting is right. And Erza did the same with Natsu. We should at least listen to what they have to offer." Gray explained, understanding the look Rogue gave him. "Well we actually wanted to show you what we've planned for tonight." The ice-mage and the shadow dragon slayer once again seemed to exchange some thoughts by just looking at each other and decided to give their mates a chance. "Okay... Show us what you two have planned." Gray sighed, not sure if it was a good idea.

The fire and the white dragon slayer took the hand of their mates and started to walk through Crocus. It took them nearly an hour to reach their destination but once they were there neither Rogue nor Gray could believe their eyes and looked shocked at their mates. "Do you two like what we've planned?" Sting asked and grinned at them, Natsu doing the same. Both just nodded, still to shocked, that the two had brought them here of all places, to find the right words.

The four stood at the entrance of Crocus Gardens, a place no one would expect Sting and Natsu to visit, but since they've known that Gray and Rogue wanted to go there after the Grand Magic Games and hadn't enough time to visit it before they had to head home, they thought it would be a good idea to go now. Once inside of the garden they walked around for some time, admiring all the colourful plants neither of them had seen before, until they found a bench in front of a small pond. "How comes that you've decided to take us here?" Gray questioned as they sat down. "Yeah, how comes? I thought you'd go with us to a bar or something like that." Rogue added. "Well we know that both of you wanted to go here the last time we were in Crocus and thought that since we are in this city now and got nothing to do, we could visit the garden." Natsu answered honestly. After this little chat they sat there in silence, just enjoying being there with each other, until they had to leave due to it being pretty late already.

Once they were back at the hotel, both couples went to their room and got ready to go to bed. It took Natsu some time to fall asleep due to being nervous about the upcoming date. Unknown to him Sting, who was only a few meters away, had the same problem. Eventually both managed to fall asleep. Natsu with Gray cuddled up to him, his head rested on the dragon slayers chest and Sting while spooning Rogue and holding him really close so that the sweet but at the same time fresh smell of his mate could lull him to sleep.

The morning was there way too early for the four of them and so both couples decided to stay in bed a little longer. Sometime around eleven am Sting and Rogue went down to get some breakfast. Rogue actually wanted to stay in bed but since Sting stared to get really hungry and because he knew that a hungry Sting was an annoying Sting, he got up to get some food. Downstairs they met the other two, who were already having breakfast. "Good morning." Rogue greeted them while Sting just waved at them before going straight to be buffet. "Good morning." Gray said for himself and Natsu, who was busy eating.

Once the two got everything they wanted they sat down next to the others. "Will you two tell us where we are going tonight?" Gray asked curious of where they were going to get dinner. "No. But dress fancy." Natsu smirked. "Fancy? But I didn't pack a suit." The shadow dragon slayer started to panic slightly. "Hey calm down. I've packed one for you." Sting chimed in and tried to calm Rogue down, fully aware of how his mate could be. "What do you say if we go back to our room after we had breakfast and I'll tell you everything you need to know?" The white dragon slayer offered, so that he could surprise his mate but at the same time didn't have to worry about Rogue starting to overreact due to not liking surprises. Rogue just nodded and calmed down after Sting's offer.

"You packed one for me as well didn't you?" Gray questioned, hoping that Natsu didn't forgot it. "No." "Natsu!" "Just kidding. Of cause I've packed one for you." Natsu smiled at the now glaring ice-mage. "Sometimes I really hate you flame brain." "Love you too, ice princess."

Once the twin dragons have finished their breakfast, they went back to their room. Not sure of what to do until they had to meet with the others in the lobby, Gray and Natsu decided to walk around Crocus for a while. After some time of walking around they found a small café where they sat down and brought something to eat for Natsu and something to drink for both of them. They stayed there for quite some time chatting about random stuff.

Around seven pm the four met at the lobby, all dressed in a suit and ready to go. "Since we want to surprise you would it be okay if we would blindfold you?" Sting asked Rogue as well as Gray. The ice-mage agreed immediately but the shadow dragon slayer wasn't so sure about it. "Does it have to be?"He complained and looked at Sting, hoping the other would change his mind. "Yes Rogue, it has to be." "But..." "Rogue please. I've told you everything I could earlier so that this whole surprise thing would be okay with you. So please trust me and let me blindfold you." Sting pleaded which made his mate agree with it, though he wasn't so comfortable with being not able to see and having to rely on someone else, even if the other one was Sting.

They walked to the restaurant nearly completely in silence the only things that interrupted the peaceful silence were coming from Gray and Natsu. "Gray, keep the blindfold on." Natsu scowled. "Be happy that I only try to strip out of that damn blindfold and am able to keep the suit on." Gray growled. In the end Natsu decided it would be better to put his hand over Gray's eyes since he kept trying to strip out of it.

Once they arrived Sting took the blindfold of and Natsu removed his hands. The moment Rogue and Gray could see again their mouths fell open because of what they saw. Right in front of them was Fiore's most expensive restaurant, even a water coasts nearly as much as a whole dinner in another restaurant. "Why...? How...?" The shadow dragon slayer stammered and looked over to Sting, knowing he would understand what he wanted to know. "To make up for the last double date." Sting explained sincerely. "We did a lot of extra work and got help from the girls." Natsu added and smiled at his mate who seemed to be quite shocked. "We should probably go inside, don't want to miss our reservation." The white dragon slayer mentioned after a moment of silence.

The four went inside and were guided to their table. Once they were sitting down they looked at the card and were horrified by the high prices. Not wanting to make their mates poor, Gray and Rogue decided to take something simple. Even Sting and Natsu didn't order so much. When they got everything they ate in silence and took in the beautiful ambiance of the restaurant.

Everything was made out of glass and with a colour changing lacrima crystal inside of it. In the middle of the restaurant was a little pond with Butterfly Koi's and sea roses. Everything seemed to be perfect and they really did enjoy being there but for Gray and Rogue it felt kind of wrong.

While they waited for the desert to arrive the two excused them self and went to the bathroom. "It's beautiful here isn't it?" Gray began when he was sure that neither Sting nor Natsu could hear them. "It is. And the two have been nothing but gentlemen since we got here." Rogue added as he recalled how the two had pulled out the chairs for them, always refilled their glass of wine when it was empty and way more important, knew how to behave them self. They acted just like normal people who didn't always leave a mess where ever they went. "But when it's so perfect why does it feel so wrong? I mean they've changed everything we complained about last time. We should be happy or not?" Gray asked, not understanding why he felt this way. "I guess it's because they've changed everything. Even though they behave now, and I'm really happy about that part, they're not acting like them self anymore. Maybe we just miss our chaotic, embarrassing and way livelier mates." Rogue tried to explain. "Maybe... We should probably go back to the others before they start to question what's taking us so long."

With that they went back to their mates and decided to just enjoy the rest of the date. Once they've all finished their desert and Sting and Natsu paid the bill, the four went back to the hotel and called it a night. Falling asleep the moment their heads hit the pillow. Natsu with Gray cuddled up to him and Sting with Rogue in his arms.

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AN: Next chapter will be on sometime next week.