-Morning Ritual-

(Ver. 1)

"Gaaah! I'm going to be late!" Natsu screamed as he ran down the stairs. Making him trip and fall down onto the floor.

He groaned in pain, and was met with laughter from the other mage.

"You look stupid, fire brain," Gray states, wearing only an apron and currently cooking their meal.

"Shut up... You would too if Erza was going to be onto you," he says, standing up and stretching his limbs. He was used to the man's stripping habit, and it would be a lie if he say that he doesn't enjoy it.

"Probably," the ice maker answers, throwing a slice of bread and 2 eggs at him.

"Oh! Thanks! Breakfast to go," the fire mage exclaims, and began running to the door.

Gray followed up to see him off. Though abruptly, Natsu stops in front of the door, making Gray bump into him.

"Wha? What did you stop all of a sudden?"

Natsu turned around, grinning, "I almost forgot." Planting a quick kiss on the other's lips.

Opening the door, he says, "Love the naked apron look by the way," and then turned to sprint.

"Gaah! I'm going to be late!" Natsu screams, using his magic to cook his food, and began eating it on the way.

Gray on the other hand, was stunned for a couple of moments, before letting out a small laugh. 'Maybe I should reward him for that compliment,' closing the door and resumes to his interrupted cooking.

(Ver. 2)

Upon waking up, the fire dragon slayer trudged his way downstairs.

"Morning," Natsu greeted groggily.

"Morning," the ice maker greeted back, wearing an apron and his boxer shorts, throwing a slice of bread and 2 eggs at him.

Natsu caught and toasted the bread with one hand, the other expertly breaking the eggs. He heated the air around them and by the time they landed on the piece of toast, the eggs were cooked, their yolks firm and pale yellow in colour.

Gray returned to cooking his own breakfast, as well as their lunches for later. Meanwhile, Natsu just continued to crunch away at the toast, staring openly at the other's behind. It wasn't long until he finished and dragged himself over to Gray, pulling him into a hug from behind.

"Cute apron," he muttered, nuzzling his face into the other's shoulder.

"... I'm not doubling your share of food, you know."

Natsu lets out a small laugh, "Can't you take it as just a compliment? I don't always flatter you expecting something in return."

Gray scoffed, "Uh huh, ri–ght."

The latter couldn't help but smile. Planting a kiss on Gray's shoulder and then on his nape. He sighs in content, "I love you, you know."

"I know. You've told me countless of times," the ice mage answers back, rolling his eyes in the process.

Natsu chuckled in amusement, "Just wanted to make sure."

"Right," and with that, Gray ends their conversation, reverting his attention back to cooking. Smilling at the comfortable silence that had settled between them, Natsu rests his chin on the ice mage's shoulder, relishing in the cool morning air and the warmth of his partner.

It was their morning as usual.

Now something like this is suppose to happen. The one that involved the cooking with magic from Natsu.

I know very well that these are drabbles instead of one-shots. However, I specifically made FT Drabbles only for the request of rare and obscure words. Also, this is the "Corner of Desires"! And I desired to write this and had then, posted it here.

Well, I hope you enjoy these as well~ Hooray for Natray!

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