A/N: I'm so very sorry for the wait everyone. Trust me when I say that life just got sick and busy for me...arg. ;A; Still, I feel bad that I have all these dumb stories out and none of them are being continued. They really will be, I swear. Just not now. After this chapter I'm going to complete this story. I have more ideas for it but it's going to stop for a while. So I leave you with this long one shot and will continue when I can. I don't like putting things on hiatus because they just end up being complete. But I'm going to come back this eventually. Thank you all who've favorite, followed, reviewed and read this. I appreciate it all. :)
Shy
"Come on!"
"No, your friends are too loud."
"But they like you and want you to come."
"And I appreciate that but I feel like the odd man being around them... besides, I have homework to finish up."
A gruntle sigh was heard. "You are such a fucking nerd little brother. Forget homework for once and come out tonight! It'll be fun. Plus, my friends are just the group that'll get that shyness bug outta you."
"What if I like my shyness..."
"Don't be a square Natsu. You're coming and you will enjoy yourself."
"But-"
"Let's get you something sexy on! The shit you wear... uck."
Natsu took offense to that. "Uncalled for, Sting. I like my clothes, they're comfortable and-"
"Make you look like an old man. I can't have my baby brother looking like that. What the fuck is this?"
"Stop going through my closet, you're unorganizing everything!"
Natsu sat on his bed pouting as he watched his brother throw article after articles of clothing from his walk in. "Okay, plan. Some time this week we are burning this shit and taking you shopping."
"Um, no. Leave my clothes alone. And you know I hate shopping."
Giving up at trying to find something suitable for their night, Sting came over to his pink haired brother and fell over him. "Oof. Get off you lug!" Natsu smacked at the bigger boy's back.
"How are we related?" Sting whined. He was sprawled out and completely covering Natsu who was struggling to breathe.
"I ask myself the same thing every day!" The pinkette growled. He pushed at his brother's shoulders until he finally sat up wearing a lazy grin. "You ass. My glasses almost broke." Natsu gently fixed said glasses until they were properly back on his face.
Sting rolled his eyes and grabbed the younger's arm pulling him up and off the bed. "Where am I being manhandled to?" Natsu grumbled. He stumbled after his brother to his room and whined when he was carelessly flung on the bed.
"Okay okay." Sting hummed and went to his vanity where his phone lay. He checked it and groaned. "Shit, they're going to be here soon. We have to shower. Go shower Natsu."
"I showered this morning."
"Natsu, go fucking shower." Sting pointed to his bathroom. Natsu gave him a scathing look but stomped where the finger pointed. For good measures, he slammed the bathroom door shut. Sting ignored his tantrum throwing brother and hurried getting both their outfits together. He'd just finished when their doorbell rang. He headed for the door before glancing at the closed bathroom one. The sound of the shower made him nod in an approving manner and he left to go get the door.
"Fucking finally." Came the immediate rough voice of Gajeel. He stood in front of the group of teens waiting outside with his arms crossed over his chest. A scowl was on his ruggish handsome features and shouldered past Sting with his signature 'Tch'.
"Why don't you look ready?" Rogue asked as he brushed past Sting.
"Because I'm not." The blonde replied and waited for Gray, Loki, Cobra, Jellal, Midnight, Lucy and Erza to flood inside before closing and locking the door. Everyone had piled in the living room and were making themselves at home. Sting shook his head at his friends.
"It's going to be another hour before we leave."
A mixture of responses fired back at him making him wave his hand. "I had to convince Natsu. He's coming by the way. You're all welcome."
Lucy smiled from her spot on the couch. "He is? Yay!" Erza nodded her approval.
"Good," Gajeel smirked. "A new toy I can harrass."
"Not when I get him first." Cobra grinned wickedly and both thugs received an item thrown at their heads.
"None of you are going to harrass my lil bro, that is strictly my job." Sting said and glared half heartedly at his two friends.
"If Natsu is coming, Gray will surely enjoy his night." Loki grinned at the aforementioned and earned a blank stare.
Sting rolled his eyes. "Why the fuck is everyone after Natsu?" In his mind though he was pleasently surprised. Gray liked Natsu? His brother wasn't subtle about his feelings and knew about his crush he had on Gray.
'Maybe that's why he doesn't like to go out with us. He's just shy with Gray.'
"Sting, you jerk!" Everyone fell silent as the voice from upstairs cut in. "There's no way in hell I'm wearing this flamboyant crap!"
Sting's thoughts vanished as his eye brow twitched with annoyance.
"That's a first I've heard him curse." Midnight mused.
"Punk, I'll beat your ass for insulting my fashion-" The rest of Sting's words were growing faint as he rushed up the stairs to his room.
Gajeel stood up. "Well now I have to go see this." Rogue, Cobra, Midnight, Loki and Erza (dragging Gray) trailed after him as he stomped up the stairs.
"Put it on!"
"NO!"
"The fuck I say?!"
"NO!"
"Natsu!"
"NO!"
Gajeel stepped inside the room with his followers and witnessed Sting straddling a body, only a pair of legs visible.
"You're getting it dirty!" The blonde whined and a velvet voice from beneath him shot back a defiant 'GOOD!'.
The two struggled a bit much to the amusement of the audience before a yelp was heard. "Ya lil shit, you bit me!" And Sting was suddenly flipped over revealing a naked Natsu only cladded with a towel.
Bunched in his clenched hands were bundles of clothes. He wavd them angrily in Sting's face. "I'm not wearing these!"
"You aren't wearing your nerdy crap either!"
"Go naked for all I care! At least Gray wouldn't mind." Sting added the last part slyly. The reaction he got was the one that confirmed his previous thoughts. Natsu's face went red all over and his eyes grew to the size of dinner plates.
What Sting didn't entail for was the reactions coming from behind them.
"WHAT?"
"Gihi."
"Oh ho ho ho!"
"See Gray? It works out now."
Natsu looked back, jumping in surprise and mortification when he saw all the people in the room with them. Sting lifted his head and saw his stupid friends standing there all wearing smirks. Except Gray who was staring at Natsu in surprise.
"What the fuck you guys." Sting shrieked and threw the nearest item (a shoe) at the group. Natsu burned up with embarrassment and Sting could feel it. He met eyes with Rogue sending him a message that he understood. Rogue ushered everyone out and had to physically shove Gajeel out who had the audacity to pout.
"Oh god," Sting let out once they were gone. He pushed his brother off him and stood him before grabbing Natsu from under the arms and hauled him to his feet. He roughly caressed the younger's hot cheeks and shook him a little from side to side.
"Don't freak, okay? Hey, breathe." Sting patted Natsu's cheeks until his eyes cleared out the hazy cloud they were in. Having his attention, Sting gently nudged Natsu away. "You can go put on your clothes if you want. Ya know, the ones you actually want to wear." He leaned down and picked up the ones Natsu dropped.
Natsu left without a word and Sting sighed harshly before going to take his shower.
...
"You're all idiots." Lucy concluded after having her friends fill her in on what happened. "He's shy enough to begin with but now you all probably made matters much worse. Especially you Sting, saying Gray wouldn't mind seeing Natsu naked."
"I wouldn't mind." Cobra offered and earned glares.
"How was I supposed to know they were eavesdropping!" The blonde whined.
"You still don't say that! Let's just hope he still comes. I happen to like Natsu but it's because of you all that he never goes out with us!" Lucy huffed. Meanwhile upstairs Natsu dug in his closet for the set of clothes he bought and swore he'd never wear. The mere thought of them made him cringe but those words kept circling in his head.
'See Gray, it works out now.' What did they mean by that. What works out? Natsu wanted to believe it meant that Gray liked him too but he didn't want to jump to conclusions. God knows how long he's liked Gray who was the sole reason why he always turned down invitations to go out. He's been shy from the start but with this crush he had, he just couldn't handle it.
The words had him under a weird spell and he wanted to find out for himself if his assumptions are correct. For that to happen he must not be timid and hold confidence like Sting does so well. The clothes would surely boost up his esteem but only for this purpose. Never again will he wear such atrocity. He made a face when he grasped them and held them up with a sigh.
"Here we go." he mumbled to himself and began undressing.
...
"Hour is up." Gajeel announced. "We still need to figure out who rides with who."
Rogue nodded and stood up. "We have two cars but we probably will have to lap up." Groans were heard around the room.
"Whose cars do we have?" Sting asked, casting a glance to the stairs where Natsu was up hopefully still getting ready. Lucy saw this and stood up.
"I'll go check on him, you guys go get in the car. Cana texted me and said she and the rest of them are already there."
"Kk."
"As long as Blondie doesn't sit her fat ass on me, I'm okay." Midnight said softly earning a hard glare from Lucy.
"WHAT WAS THAT?"
"Don't worry, I won't mind it." Loki offered wearing a smirk. Lucy just groaned and trotted up the stairs. Everyone else piled out, Sting closing the door behind them.
"Natsu?" Lucy knocked quitely on the pinkette's closed door. A soft hum was heard. "May I come in please?"
A shaky 'Y-yeah' came from inside the room and Lucy let herself in. Her eyes widened when she saw him. "Wow! You look hot." She commented grinning. Natsu wrung his hands together nervously.
"You think so? You don't think it's over the top?"
The blonde looked him over shaking her head slowly. Starting from the bottom, Natsu wore (Lucy couldn't believe) black Zanotti combat boots laced up that went up to his shins. Black ripped skinny jeans that hugged his legs snuggly. A white V-neck shirt that fit tight around him, showing off his petiteness and taut muscles. A long sleeved army jacket complemented the white shirt and a gold chain went around his neck for a finishing touch. His pink hair spiked in every direction cutely and Lucy found herself glomping the small boy.
"AH! How can you be so adorable and sexy at the same time?" She gave him a squeeze before letting him go. A blush dusted his face and he looked anywhere but at her. Lucy smiled. "I'm sorry, couldn't hold back."
"N-no, it's okay. I should be apologizing." The girl tilt her head to the side and Natsu rubbed a hand to his limp arm looking at the ground bashfully. "You're the one who's inviting me to go out with you guys but I always turn you down. I'm surprised you still want me around..."
A warm hand pressed down on his shoulder. He looked up meeting soft brown eyes. "If I hadn't wanted you around still I wouldn't have kept on inviting you to events with us." Lucy smiled brightly. "There's nothing wrong with being shy, Natsu. I understand your hesitance with us, especially with us, we're kind of a hectic group." An annoyed look crossed over that pretty face. Lucy ran a hand through her blonde hair and growled. "God, how did I even become friends with these people?"
Natsu watched her as she seemed to remember times with her friends. It was quite amusing to him as she grumbled about getting kicked out of clubs due to brawles from Gajeel and Cobra. She went off on Loki for being a perv, for Midnight being a snarky soft spoken bastard, for Sting being an egotistical ass hole. She blinked when she realized she was rambling.
"Oh god, I'm sorry."
Natsu smiled surprising her. "It's okay, I liked listening to that." He laughed a little and Lucy grinned with a wink.
"Yeah, well, you'll very shortly be going off on them too once you hang out with them for a day. Despite all that, we have each other's backs. And perhaps more than others." The girl winked again and Natsu blushed after a moment, realizing she meant him and Gray.
"It's not like that..." He mumbled. Lucy took his hand and squealed.
"Not yet! Come on, they're waiting for us."
Natsu allowed himself be pulled out of the safety of his room and down the stairs. He grabbed his keys hanging by the door and let himself be pulled out. Lucy waited for him to lock it before trotting down the stone steps, Natsu struggling to keep up as Lucy still had a grip on him.
...
"Dude, he actually wore the clothes?" Cobra asked Sting who looked dumbstruck as well.
"Those aren't my clothes." 'How does he have sexier clothes than me?' Gajeel rolled down the passenger window and whistled. At that, Natsu stumbled and flushed, glaring at the pierced guy.
Lucy dragged him over there and peered in the window. In Gajeel's car they had Gajeel in the driver seat, Cobra in the passenger seat and Sting, Rogue, Jellal and Erza in the back with Erza nested on Jellal's lap.
"Isn't he cute?" Lucy cooed. Natsu squirmed from the attention he was getting. Sting rolled rolled down his window and eyed Natsu.
"And where the hell did this all come from?" He demanded.
"Oh, this?" Natsu glanced at himself and rubbed his arm. "I uh, had it for awhile."
"When were you going to tell me? Ugh, and where did you get it? I want it." Sting whined.
"He rocks it better than you, sorry boo." Lucy sang and Sting glared at her. "Alright, to the next car." Lucy dragged Natsu ahead where Midnight's car was on and ready. The passenger's window slid down revealing a smirking Loki.
"I like what I see." He purred, looking up and down at both people standing outside. Midnight sighed and pressed a button that made Loki's side slid up and open. Midnight was an only child, spoiled at heart who owned various types of sport cars.
"Get in." He ordered softly, pale hands on the wheel. Lucy gave a little nudge to Natsu who swallowed and climbed in the back where Gray was. He expected Lucy to come in after him but the girl let herself be pulled on Loki's lap. Midnight closed the door and told everyone to put their seat belts on.
Gray already had his on and Natsu, red face, fumbled with his only due to the fact that his crush was sitting so close to him. The sport car was flashy but had little room, especially in the back. Natsu felt his whole body heat up as he struggled with the stupid buckle.
"Need help?" A voice asked quietly and he looked up at Gray. 'Oh god, his eyes. What the fuck, I sound so stupid.'
"Um, yeah." He answered just as quietly. Gray took the leather strap from Natsu and pulled it across him in a smooth motion, clicking the buckle in in a matter of seconds. "Th-thanks." The pinkette stammered out. Gray gave him a small smile that made his heart jump. Suddenly the car was filled with loud music and the three up front started dancing. Well, Loki and Lucy.
Well.
Mainly Loki who'd turn the radio on.
"My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard and they're like-" Loki sang and Natsu gave him a weird look. A nudge had him looking at Gray who shook his head.
"Don't question him, he's a lil slow." Natsu found himself smiling and this time, unbeknownst to him, Gray's heart did the jump.
...
"Could you guys have taken ANY longer!" A brunette looking their age (17 - 19) grumped when all the passengers in the two cars that had pulled up exit out. A black haired teen stood beside her with an arm wrapped around her waist.
"We're here aren't we?" Gajeel grumped back and made his way into the lively building. It was a club owned by their friend's grandfather. The old man was out of town but gave the kids permission to use it while he was absent. When Gajeel opened the door, music blared out into the warm air making Natsu cringe ever so slightly.
An arm wrapped around his shoulder. "This club is the best in Magnolia, you'll love it." Came Lucy's voice in his ear. "Laxus Dreyar is the grand son's owner. He lets us book the whole club for free! You'll know most of everyone here, it's all Fairy Tail students." Lucy beamed and led Natsu towards the entrance.
Inside was hot. Almost everyone was on the dance floor and if not, there was various snack and drink tables. Not only that but a huge section of the place held a bar. The whole inside held a Club setting. Strobe lights, flashing lights, blinking lights, colorful lights lit up the room. Natsu blinked trying to get his eyes to adjust.
"Lu Lu!" A squeal was heard before Lucy was ripped from his side by a bluenette.
"Levy!" Lucy laughed. "We saw each other yesterday at the mall."
"Correct. Yesterday was yesterday, today's a new day and I've missed you." Levy giggled and placed a kiss on the blonde's cheek. "Gajeel came with you?" Levy let go of Lucy and looked around the lively room.
"Yeah. I see him at the bar with Panther Lily. Go get your man gurl." The blonde teased and gave a light shove to the blushing bluenette who made her way over to the bar. Turning back to Natsu who seemed to be glued to her side, Lucy clapped her hands. "Alright! You want to go dance?"
Natsu shook his head. "Dance isn't really my thing..."
"OOH, come on this is my favorite song!" Lucy squealed over his quiet words and all but dragged him to the heavily full dance floor. The girl kept their hands together so they wouldn't get separated and started moving with the beat of the blaring music. Natsu awkwardly went along (as if he had a choice...) and tried to make out what the song playing was.
Baby, you lookin' fire hot
I have you open all day like you I.H.O.P
I take you home, baby, let you keep me company
You gimme some of you, I give you some of me
You look good, baby, must taste heavenly
I'm pretty sure that you got your own recipe
So pick it up, pick it up, yeah, I like you
I just can't get enough
I gotta drive through
" 'Cause it's me you, you me, me you, all night' !" Lucy sang along with the deep voice rapper, popping her hips in time of the beat. " 'Have it your way, foreplay, before I eat your appetite'!" Natsu watched the girl dance in time when the music picked up tempo. "Come on Natsu, dance!" Lucy suddenly yelled at him wearing a joyful grin. He blinked at her.
"But I said that-" He started but the blonde shook his hands held in hers to stop him.
"It's not your thing, I got it. Sometimes though, it's good to just let go." Lucy beamed at his shocked (cute) expression before dropping his hands and full out dancing when the chorus came.
Take my order 'cause your body like a carry out
Let me walk it to your body 'til you hear me out
Turn me on, my baby, don't you cut me out
Turn me on, my baby, don't you cut me out
Natsu, after taking in Lucy's words, began to hesitantly move from side to side, as if he didn't know what he was doing. Frankly, he didn't but Lucy never left his side despite her dancing like she was in her own world. The pinkette found himself struck on how the girl moved and how she didn't seem to have a care in the world. He started mimicking her actions, not as wildly but it was a start.
Take my order 'cause your body like a carry out
Let me walk it to your body 'til it's lights out
Turn me on, my baby, don't you cut me out
Turn me on, my baby, don't you cut me out
"That's it!" Lucy cheered when she saw Natsu finally dancing along with her. She held herself back from hugging him again when she noticed his already flushed face. 'God, how cute is he. Too friggin' bad he's got it for Gray.' As Natsu returned her outburst with a timid smile, she thought 'Speaking of him, where'd he run off to?'
Natsu stopped paying mind to the blonde and was determined to dance to the song all the way through. He probably looked like an idiot flailing around and such but Lucy's words rang in his head still. 'It's good to just let go.' For the majority of his life he's isolated himself from as much socializing as he could. Having Sting for a brother made that very difficult for the blonde was the more outgoing out there person out of the two of them. Everyone calls him stuck up and uptight but the accusations are false.
Natsu is just shy and doesn't know how to handle situations where he's in big groups or when he's in the lime light. He especially can't do well being in the same room with the person he likes. Sting always tells him that it's natural to feel that way but Sting doesn't understand how Natsu operates. The pinkette to put simply, is relevant to a squirrel. Skiddish, cautious, and always on alert. And when all attention is on him, he freezes first before high tailing in the opposite direction.
He's always been this way and despite Sting's attempts at getting him to come out of his shell, it will always be this way. 'Will it?' Natsu closed his eyes and spun in a half circle on the beat before twisting his hips in a soft motion. 'I mean, I'm out of the house with people... actual people! And I'm enjoying myself- I think.' The pinkette raised his arms above his head and bumped his body to the music, a smile slowly spreading across his lips.
'I am. I definitely need to thank Lucy for this.' Natsu opened his eyes and startled when Lucy was not with him any longer. His mouth hung open slightly and his heart began to race. Well, shoot. His eyes darted around the mass of people dancing still, trying to scope out a wild blonde. 'Did I... dance away from her?'
Natsu bit his lip. The feeling of being uncomfortable slowly began to wash over him when he saw no one he recognized. And he was fairly certain a couple of seniors were looking his way... in a way... so... The pinkette chose a direction where the seniors weren't in and prayed that Lucy was over there.
A hand locked around his wrist and yanked him back. "Ah!" Natsu yelped when his back collided with something hard. "Hey cutie, I saw you looking my way. Kinda rude not to come talk to me, eh?" A husky voice smelling heavily of alcohol drawled into Natsu's ear making him freeze.
"U-um," The pinkette whirled around and away as far as he could get due to the hand around him and stared up at one of the seniors. "I was l-looking for someone actually so I didn't have time..." He mumbled, eyes flickering down and then up, then around the place to see if he could see Sting or Lucy, hell even Gajeel anywhere. Anyone that looked remotely familiar could be of help! Natsu bit his lip when the hand on him tightened. "P-please let go of me, I need to go-"
"No you don't." The senior smirked. "At least, you ain't goin no where without me."
'Okay, never going out again. Like, ever. In my life.'
"I want a dance. I saw you over there teasing me," Natsu was yanked none too gently in to the senior's chest and found himself trapped when the guy's arms wrapped around his small frame.
"I wasn't teasing anyone!" Natsu's voice shook as he protested. A big hand rested on his left hip and gave it a bruising squeeze.
"Yes you were bitch. Moving your hips like that, biting your lips like that- like you doing now," Natsu flinched away from the guy and struggled to get loose.
"Please let go!"
People were starting to stare so the senior began walking towards a set of stairs, Natsu in tow. "Come on, let's go have some fun." His putrid breath washed over Natsu's face making him cringe. The pinkette planted, tried to, his feet on the ground but the guy lifted him slightly.
"Let go of me!"
Before anything else was said or done, there were several blurs of black and then sounds that sounded suspiciously like grunts of pain before Natsu was flung backwards into a set of arms and a "Gihi" was emitted. "Zancrow, you did not go get your ears checked like I suggested you do the last time I stopped you from harrassing a friend o' mine."
Natsu stared with wide eyes at the mass of black spiky hair going down the back of Gajeel. Flocked around him were older teens Natsu had yet to meet. "I guess you haven't learned." Gajeel cracked his hands wearing a crazed grin as he stared at the other senior who looked pale.
The music was cut off suddenly and a loud voice broke in. "Oi! If you brats are going to brawl, do it outside. Last time one of you bastards broke an expensive decor that I had to pay out of my check." A young blonde hunk appeared on the second floor, peering over the balcony with narrowed eyes at the idiots below. He was shirtless and ripped and had various tattoos on his body. A lightning shape mark graced the side of his face though his blonde spiky hair covered bits of it.
A green haired male popped up next to him looking flushed.
"Damn Laxus!" Came a knowing drawl from the crowd.
"Get it, tiger! Purrrwrrr!"
"Oh my god- all of you get the fuck out!" Laxus yelled, slamming his fist down on the rail. The green haired beauty next to him gently pulled him away and Natsu wondered what he just witnessed.
"Don't worry, he's just saying that 'cause he's embarrassed." Lucy's voice startled him and he turned to see her standing there with an apologetic look on her face. As if reading his mind, she continued. "I am so sorry us splitting up happened! If I'd paid more attention then you wouldn't have ran into Zancrow. He's a douche, don't worry about it. Especially now that Gajeel and the others are going to to give it to him."
Natsu felt a little dizzy. "N-no, don't apologize. I just-" The pinkette swallowed. "I'm just glad they came when they did."
"Yeah, all of your knights and knightressess in shining armour. It even looks like you have a personal prince. Lucy winked. "I'll leave you two alone." With a giggle, Lucy sauntered off. And that was when Natsu remembered being pushed back and caught by someone. He looked down and sure enough, a pair of arms were still wrapped around his middle. He turned to face Gray.
There goes his heart racing like some nascar driver. Gray stared down at him not caring about their position. "Are you okay?" He asked and Natsu manage a nod. Immediately the arms dropped and the warmth he felt vanished. "Come on, I'll take you home."
"Where's Sting?" 'I don't recall him driving here.'
"He heard what happened and is outside beating Zancrow and the creeps up. I'm under strict orders to return his highness safely back home." Gray mocked and gave Natsu a smirk. Said boy felt his thoughts stutter at the crookedness of Gray's mouth. "Come on, I'm this way." Gray grabbed Natsu's wirst where Zancrow's had been but the difference was that Gray's touch was cooler and gentler whilst Zancrow's simply was not.
Natsu allowed himself to be pulled through a different set of doors and was met with cool air. He breathed in deep and glanced up at the dark sky. 'What a night. And I end it with him. Stupid blush, go away...' "Um Gray."
"What's up."
"Where exactly are we going?" The pinkette asked, looking around cutely. Gray smiled and led him around the building where a parking lot was.
"I'm taking you home, remember?" The older boy answered and pulled Natsu up to a stop at a sleek black car with all tintend windows. Natsu stared at the vehicle. "You look confused." Gray's voice held amusement in it.
"I am. This is your car?" Natsu looked over at the other male who nodded and unlocked it. He slid in while Natsu stood there in slight uncertainty. "Are you sure?"
Gray chuckled unoffended. "I promise." Natsu slowly opened the door and got inside. "It's a ridiculous story on how it got here but Lyon, my brother, drove here in this and hitched a ride with his girlfriend." Once the two were buckled, Gray started up and took off.
Natsu looked over at him and opened his mouth before shutting it with a snap. The relevation of him alone with his crush just dawned on him. And it escalated when he realized he'd be home alone with him too (if Gray chose to stay...) because his brother was still at the party.
'Oh shit.' Natsu felt himself close up and look out the dark window.
"You okay?" Gray asked. He just nodded. It was quiet for a few moments before he spoke up again. "If you're still upset about Zancrow-"
"No." Natsu cut him off. Then he shyly changed the subject. "S-so, tell me why you're brother used your car..." 'The hell did I ask him that for? He probably thinks I'm weird for it, asking about his brother. I'd be too having someone ask me about Sting, he's such an idiot'
But Gray just gave him a warm smile and started on about Lyon being grounded but hearing about the party tonight and wanting to go. Natsu found himself just listening. Not the story really but to Gray's voice. It was such a guy's voice. Smooth. Raspy. Husky. Deep. Sexy. Especially when he cleared his throat from time to time. He did catch bits and pieces of the story that had him laughing. Then he found himself telling stories about Sting and when something made Gray laugh he'd press a hand to his mouth all adorable like and his eyes would scrunch up and Natsu would just stare like the creepy dork that he was.
By the time they reached Natsu's house, he and Gray were giggling like old school friends.
"I'll be using that against Sting in the future," Gray said as he parked the car and turned it off. He turned to Natsu smiling wickedly. "Thanks."
The pinkette found himself blushing and looked away. "Y-yeah. And uh, thanks for taking me home. Even if you were on strict orders... thanks." Natsu mustered up some courage to give Gray a genuinue birght, rare and adorable smile. Gray's eyes widened as Natsu fumbled with the door. "Uh, Gray-"
"Hold on Natsu." Natsu looked back at the raven haired male and settled back into the seat.
"O-okay." The younger male waited for Gray who was looking at his steering wheel.
"This is about earlier on what Sting said. It's not the words that he said, it was the story behind the words that I was interested in," Gray started and Natsu felt like right about now would be the perfect time to bolt out the car and run into the safety of his house, locking himself inside his room.
Instead he steeled himself and let everything pour out. He knew what Gray was ensuing so he might as well make it easy for the both of them.
"I've liked you when you first became friends with Sting. I thought it was something that would go away but every time I saw you the feeling would intensify. After a while I stopped hanging out with you guys because it was too much for me... but don't go thinking that it's your fault, I just can't help that I'm a shy person. A-and it's okay if you don't return my feelings, I'm okay with that but uh, yeah. That's pretty much it..." Natsu stared out the window refusing to look Gray's way. The silence was too thick and was suffocating him. He wanted out the car, already tasting the rejection on the tip of Gray's tongue. Natsu's insecuritues began to get the best of him and he tried to force down the tears beginning to water his eyes up.
The sounds of movement from Gray's side made Natsu glance over there to see Gray getting out the car in time, slamming the door shut. Natsu flinched and hugged himself. Well, there went that. He unlocked the door himself and was moving the lever to open it when the door swung open by Gray.
'Oh god, is he going to beat me up? In front of my own house?' Natsu only thought that before his mind went blank when he was grabbed by the front of his army jacket and pulled out the car and shoved up against it with a mouth covering his. When his brain finally broke it down to him that Gray was kissing him, his whole body reacted in different ways. His eyes widened but he arched into Gray, kissing him back. His arms were frozen at his sides but his leg was off the ground in that cheesy way where someone gets their first kiss. And then he was gasping when the kiss escalated by Gray slipping his tongue inside his mouth, running it through any crevice his mouth owned. Gray's hands were eagerly roaming his body, ending up at his pert ass where his jean cladded cheeks were massaged so deeply that he rose off the ground.
Gray had him pinned against the car with his body as he was ravished. Tongues slid wetly over another, teeths clashed together, lips bruised and swelled up and then breathing was over do so they pulled apart. It seemed like Natsu was the only one gasping for breath while Gray stared down at him looking slightly amused but nervous. Natsu wondered why but then he got distracted by Gray's slick lips. Almost in a trance, the pinkette grasped the other's face and gently pulled him down to his level until their lips sealed once again but in a sweeter, more gentle kiss.
Natsu tilted his head to the side to taste more of Gray. He really didn't know what he was doing but he loved every second of it. Gray chuckled in the back of his throat at the messy, timid kiss he was receiving from Natsu. He pulled away and earned a whine. "Wow, you turn into a lil nympho." Natsu's face resembled his hair as Gray poked his nose.
"I'm sorry..." He looked away embarrassed.
Gray smiled and nuzzled the younger's cheek with his nose. "Don't be, I like it."
Natsu wrung his hands together cutely. "You do?" He asked shyly. A trail of soft kisses were trailed from the edge of his jaw up to his ear where Gray took the lobe between the tip of his teeth.
"Yesss..~" Gray moved his mouth up ever so slightly to breathe into the ear, grinning when Natsu shivered in his arms. "But-" The raven pulled away to looked down at the flushed boy. "I don't want you to think I'm taking advantage of you Natsu. I've liked you for awhile now too but I do-" The rest of Gray's words were swallowed by Natsu's soft lips silencing his own.
Small hands caressed Gray's cheeks and he was visibly shocked when Natsu pulled away, biting his lip signaling that he was embarrassed but looking determined. "You don't need to think that way with me." And just like that the pinkette's moment of bravery deflated under the intense dark stare Gray gave him. Natsu forced himself to keep eye contact with the older male while he said, "I know what I'm getting myself into and that's all the reason why I want to get into what I'm, ya know, hoping I'm getting into..."
A laugh broke out of Gray and he wrapped Natsu up in his arms and held him against his chest. "I don't know what you just said but I think I know the answer to my 'will you be my boyfriend' question is."
Natsu red face and all looked up at Gray wearing that smile he's hidden away making Gray pull him into a searing kiss.
...
"Last time I'm ever asking you to take my baby brother home!" Sting grouched as he grumpily passed Natsu and Gray in the kitchen who were cutely sharing a Cutie. Gray was currently offering the small slice of fruit to Natsu with his mouth. The pinkette blushed now that his brother was in the room but took it anyway, giggling sofly when Gray pecked the corner of his mouth afterwards.
"Sweet." His boyfriend purred.
"Disgusting." Sting begged to differ.
"Sting get your pmsing ass out of there right now and leave them alone!" Lucy commanded, poking her head in the room. Sting seethed at her.
"I'm getting some food Miss Prissy."
"Hurry the fuck up." The blonde grouched before disappearing back into the living room.
Sting grumbled some as he made himself food while throwing glances at Natsu and Gray who were whispering to each other. "Ugh! How did this happen.." Sting started putting things away and once he was done, he turned to get his plate of food but paused when he saw Gray pull his brother in for a kiss.
Lucy popped her head back in and stopped when she saw what Sting was witnessing. Usually Sting would be fussing by now but his face was gentle, wearing an approving smile. Lucy smirked at her idiot best friend knowing well that he was just as happy as she was when after the night of the party they came back to find Gray and Natsu in the position they're in now.
Ever since that night last month, Natsu has been opening up more than he's ever done. They all knew, even Natsu himself, that it was Gray that was having him being less shy and more out there. Though the pinkette still had his moments, it was a much difference from what he was like before.
Although Sting liked to play the over protective father role, he secretly (or so he thought) was happy for Natsu and Gray. The blonde shook his head fondly of the pair lip locked in a gentle kiss and picked up his plate of food before heading out the kitchen. Lucy was there, no real surprise to him, and she stuck her tongue out at him.
"You big softy." She teashed. He bumped her head.
"You saw nothing." And the two returned to the lively living room where the rest of their friends were while the couple in the kitchen were left in their own little world.