After a while of cuddling and whispered words of affection, they decided it was time to head back to their hotel. The consequences of their former actions were starting to show. Dark wet spots were forming on their trousers where their cum had soaked through the layers of fabric.

Natsu had doubted they would manage to get to their room without having people notice the embarrassing proof of their sexual inexperience. It turned out to be an unnecessary worry, as the village, including all its inhabitants, were still frozen solid when they returned. Natsu regarded Gray with a rueful glance, but Gray only shook his head. He didn't want to think about what he would have done if Natsu had rejected him. What he already had done. Hell, he had frozen thousands of innocent people, stole about an hour of their living time. He wondered if that was even true, if maybe their inner clock had also stopped and their life would be prolonged for the time they had been frozen. He dismissed the thought as quickly as it had come to his mind. There was no way to ever find out the answer.

They were lucky the doors had been open when Gray cast his spell to freeze everything. As soon as they reached the inside of their hotel room, Gray dissipated all the ice at once, leaving not even a droplet of water behind. Nobody would ever know that they had been frozen at some point in their life, or so Gray hoped.

The door slammed shut and Gray was pushed back first against the nearest wall by strong arms. He gasped and Natsu took full advantage of his open mouth by sticking his hot tongue inside, kissing him fiercely. Gray was completely overwhelmed by the demanding and hot as fuck kiss, heat shooting straight to his groin, making his member stand tall in a matter of seconds. He moaned into the kiss. This spurred Natsu on even more; he pushed one of his legs between Gray's, spreading his thighs. The ice mage could feel the erection of his dragon poking against his hips.

They started rubbing their clothed lengths against each other while the kiss intensified. It felt so filthy, underwear rubbing against the underside of their cocks, lubricated by their half dried cum. Their lips parted only when both of them were panting, cheeks flushed and eyes glassy with need. Gray threw his head back and let out a loud moan that was sure to be heard in the neighbor room. The next second he could feel Natsu's mouth sucking and nibbling at the crook of his neck. One of his hands went up to Natsu's soft hair to encourage his actions, while the other groped Natsu's butt with urgency.

"Do you want to do me?" Natsu teasingly breathed against Gray's sensitive skin.

Gray moaned and rubbed his crotch hard against Natsu's. This was all he needed to reach his climax. He shivered in ecstasy while shooting cum into his already drenched pants. Natsu didn't give him any time to recover before he spoke again.

"Ooohh? Looks like someone really likes me talking dirty."

Gray felt his cheeks heat up. The thought of Natsu saying... things he would never say aloud was one of his favorite fantasies while jacking off. Now that it had become reality, it had sent him over the edge immediately. And Natsu knew now; there was no point denying that he loved Natsu talking dirty. He wanted to hide his face from the dragon slayer, but Natsu cupped his chin and made him look straight into his eyes.

"Hey, you don't need to be ashamed. I love you. I want to know everything about you. Your likes and dislikes, your every quirks, which kinks you are into... and if you have a thing for me spelling out what we're doing while we're doing it..." Gray's blush deepened and Natsu smirked. He resumed humping against Gray's thighs. "... then that's great, because I think that I like it as well... I would love to make you hard just by talking, make you beg me to fuck you or let you fuck me... ahh, oh god, just thinking that I could make you come closer by talking like this turns me on... I also want to listen to your voice... I can't wait to hear you moaning while we're having sex... hnng... Do you wanna top or bottom at our first time?"

"Uh... I- I don't really care..."

"Then I want you to top. Tell me... ahhh... what you would do to me..."

Gray hesitated. Natsu wanted him to talk dirty while humping against his thighs? Did he get off on that as well?

"Graaaay hhhnnn... C'mon, imagine you can f- fuck me. I- imagine I cleaned up my insides for you, s- so you don't need to worry about t- touching something disgusting i- in there..."

"Nothing about you is disgusting," Gray breathed. Natsu smiled at this.

Still, imagining Natsu cleaning up his bowel to make the sex as pleasurable as possible for him surprised him... He didn't really know why, but he'd never have expected Natsu to be this thoughtful.

"Imagine me lying on your bed, naked and sprawled out... What would you do?"

"I... first I would kiss you softly on your lips, then I'd s- slowly kiss my way down your body..."

He blushed. He found it embarrassing to say such things out loud. He wasn't like Natsu, who could say such dirty things as if he were talking about the weather.

"G- Gray... I want your h- hands on my ass... ahh, yes... squeeze... harder... ohh god, Gray, feels s- so good... say my name, p- please."

"Natsu. Natsu..."

The ice mage gulped. He could tell that the pink haired was really close. Gathering all his courage, he whispered "come for me, Natsu" close to the dragonslayer's ear.

"Ahh... I- I'm-"

A second later he felt Natsu's body writhing from the intensity of his climax. He didn't try to muffle his moans and Gray didn't want him to. This was pure joy, having the one he loved come undone in his arms, moaning his name or at least parts of it. When Natsu stilled and tried to calm his breathing, the ice mage felt a wave of blissful exhaustion wash over him.

"Natsu... I'm so tired..."

"Yeah... me, too... it's been a long day."

Gray slid down the wall he was leaning against; his knees just wouldn't support him any longer. He buried his face in his folded arms and closed his eyes, uncaring of the sticky fluid in his pants that spread out even more due to his movements.

"'wanna sleep..."

Natsu couldn't help but smile at the behavior of his mate. He was also tired as fuck but he knew that they had made a real mess of themselves and especially their clothes, and that they needed to at least take a quick shower before going to sleep.

He leaned down and picked Gray up, carrying him princess-style to their bathroom where he tried to set him down on his feet, with the result of his knees giving in as soon as Natsu's grip loosened.

"Gray, come on, just a quick shower and then we can sleep, hm?"

"mhh... lemme sleep..."

Natsu sighed. He tentatively laid Gray down back first onto the cold floor, then worked his buttons open and peeled him out of his clothes.

Seeing the ice mage completely naked with remnants of semen drying on his stomach and hips, he felt a stab in his heart he had never felt before. It felt like longing though the object of his desire was right in front of him. It was like a sudden realization that this was all he had ever wanted all this time. Knowing he was allowed to touch this beautiful boy now, that it was okay to kiss him and hold him close... it was suddenly too much. All the pain and heartache and longing - while never knowing what exactly he was longing for - over the past years culminated painfully in his chest, choked him. He couldn't breathe, couldn't think, couldn't move. All he was able to do was to let his tears channel their way down his face to the tip of his nose and drop onto Gray's beautiful chest.

Gray was the most important person in his life, the most important piece of his heart; he was his reason to live. He didn't know how he had ever survived a whole day without seeing his mate or how he should if it would ever happen again in the future. He was frightened by the extent of his own emotions, of how much he loved Gray Fullbuster. It felt like all his restrained feelings were exploding in his chest, now that they were set free.

His head spun and tears were streaming down his face, forming a salty pool between Gray's defined pecs. Natsu was so caught up in his own head that he didn't notice the movement of the ice mage until Gray's arms were wrapped tightly around his torso and his head was pulled in to rest in the crook of Gray's neck.

"Shhh... Geez, you start crying when you see me naked? Am I really that unattractive that you need to cry?"

"N- no, no! Th- that's not it... I just... you're so beautiful a- and I- I love you... so much, Gray... It's just h- hard to believe that y- you love me too... I mean, I do believe it, I- I know it's true, b- but... you're so perfect a- and I... I don't ever want to b- be separated from you, I couldn't- I don't-... I..."

"Natsu, oh god, I was joking. Hey, calm down, please. We won't be separated, at least not as long as I still have the power to fight any threat that wants to separate us."

This didn't have the effect Gray had probably been aiming for, as Natsu's sobbing only picked up. He had long since wrapped his arms around Gray and now he desperately clung to his shoulders.

"I c- can't live wi- without you anymore, Gray, I need y- you..." his voice was barely a whisper.

The ice mage ran his hand through Natsu's hair, reveling in the soft feeling of it.

"You won't need to. I'll be by your side from now on."

"Promise?"

"Yeah Natsu, I promise. I love you."

He finally calmed down to the point where only stray tears rolled down his cheeks and his breathing evened out. He unclenched his grasp on Gray's shoulders and brought a small distance between them so he could look his mate in the eyes. Their eyes were full of love and affection. They slowly leaned in and when their lips met, it was a sweet and affectionate kiss.

Gray helped Natsu with undressing and they washed each other in the shower while gently exploring each other's body in a way they hadn't been allowed to before. They didn't share a word while showering. They didn't need to. Their bodies were communicating in a way that didn't need vocal expression.

When they were finally in bed, wrapped up in each other's arms, they were more at peace than they had ever been in their entire life.