-Dumping Prank-

"Natsu, you should pull a prank on Gray!" Happy exclaimed suddenly, flying over his group of friends who, currently, have nothing better to do with their time.

Natsu, Lucy, and Erza were taking a break from missions, while Gray decided to stay at home.

The fire mage gave his best friend a questioning look, "Why?"

"Won't it be fun to see his reaction?" Happy said, tilting his head to a side.

"Hmm..." Natsu contemplated the suggestion before giving an answer, "Sure, why not?"

He sat straighter in his seat, arms crossed on his chest, putting his thinking face on. "What am I going to do though?"

"... Well, I have an idea, but it's kind of cruel," Lucy said, unsure if it's a good idea to say it in the first place.

"Let's hear it." Erza ordered, quite interested in the cruel suggestion.

She took a deep breath before responding. "Natsu could pretend to end things with Gray as a prank to see if Gray would give any reaction to that..."

All stared at her, flabbergasted that she even came up with that concept.

"You can be really cruel, Lucy," Happy said, while Erza nodded in agreement.

Natsu was silent, actually gave the idea some thought. 'Hmm... I wonder myself what Gray would do if he was met with this scenario.'

"... Alright, I'll do it."

All looked at him with eyes the size of dinner plates, yelling a "WHAT?!" in unison.

"I'm curious of what Gray's going to do. Besides, it's a prank. I'm not breaking up with him for real!" As he said this, he stood up from his seat and began heading out.

The trio just sat there, watching him go, and hoped that Gray doesn't take it to heart.

Gray strolled around town with no goal in particular. It was nice to take a breather now and then. Though, he preferred to have Natsu with him. It has been a while since they had any free time so they should spend it together.

He let out a soft sigh. '2 and a half years together is a long time,' he thought as a small smile sketched his features.

'I can't believe that we've been together for that long.' He stared up at the clear skies. 'We went through so much, but I'm glad that he managed to move on from Lisanna. I mean, he did love her, but after her 'death', I managed to be the one to have him allow me in. And I've never been so happy in my life. Even when Lisanna came back, I'm glad there's still that spark between us.'

He was startled out of his thoughts when he heard his name being called.

"Gray!"

He turned around, and let out a brief smile. "Natsu." Was his wish coming true? It'd be nice to spend the day together.

"What's up?" Gray asked, while Natsu took a while to respond, catching his breath. He had been searching for him all around town after all.

With his breath regulated, Natsu straightened himself and all became serious. With a stern tone, he said, "I need to tell you something, Gray."

That tone was used very rarely, and had Gray stiffened on the spot. It made him nervous and worried that he had done something wrong (as of late), and was scared from the sudden tension that hovered over them.

"What is it?" He manages to ask without stuttering, as he put on a mask of indifference.

Natsu looked at him in the eye and said, "I'm breaking it off."

'... Eh?'

"What?" was the only thing Gray could utter.

"I don't want to be with you anymore. I'm tired of this, and want out. So yeah, I'm breaking up with you."

The ice mage didn't know what to say. So many things was whirling in his head, he didn't even know where to start.

'Why?! Did I do something wrong? Did I make you mad? Did I go too far at some point?'

Then it hit him.

'... Is it because of Lisanna? Do you... love her again? ... Am I not enough? I thought that you'd love me more than you did with her, but... I guess that was wishful thinking. I should've known that I couldn't win against first love.'

He didn't say anything as he came to this conclusion. His head downcast as he simply nodded his reply and walked away. It was an unexpected reaction that the other seemed to take it with surprising calmness, and it left Natsu confused. Though, deciding to still play the role, he walked the opposite way from the other.

The next day, Gray didn't come to the guild, and it was worrying the fire mage now.

"Natsu, did you say that it was just a joke?" Lucy asks, also in worry about Gray.

The latter looks at her with confusion, "Was I supposed to?"

Lucy had to face palm, "That's the whole point of pranking! You're supposed to tell it to them afterwards."

"How am I suppose to do that when all he did was walk away? I didn't know what to do afterwards."

"Well, find him! I'll go tell Erza and Happy to help out as well when I see them." And with that, Natsu left running out of the guild, searching frantically for his lover.

He searched the whole town several times, and made sure that he didn't miss him by any chance. He couldn't pinpoint his location because the guy just had to take strolls around town.

He already went everywhere for hours at end, but he didn't want to give up. He panted heavily from the nonstop running, and roughly sat down on the ground to rest his legs a bit.

Though all of a sudden, he caught a familiar scent, leading outside of town. At the sign of hope, he gathered enough energy to sprint once more, and followed the lingering trail.

He found himself running towards the foot a cliff, and his eyes widened in fear when he saw Gray just at its edge.

Then... Gray fell from the cliff.

"Gray!" Natsu screamed, running at top speed.

As Gray was neared the bottom, Natsu managed to lessen their distance and jumped through the air. He grabbed Gray out of his trajectory, the both of them tumbling and rolling on the ground from the rough landing. Never minding that they were slightly dirty, Natsu felt relieved as he hugged Gray in his arms. He found his lover and he was safe. That's all that really mattered to him.

"Gray-"

"Let go of me!" Gray protested, struggling to free himself, but Natsu was strong enough to prevent him from doing so.

"Why? Why would you try to kill yourself?" Natsu asked with seriousness and worry in his tone.

"Why do you care?! You don't love me anymore. Yo-you fell for Lisanna again right? That's why you broke it off with me, right?!" Tears began to fall from his red and puffed eyes. "Le-let me go! I can do whatever I wa-mmph!"

Natsu forcibly pressed his lips onto the other male's in order to stop his rambling, but even then, Gray still futilely tries to escape. So he grabbed at the ice mage's wrists to stop him, and it worked, for Gray had no choice but to succumb to the kiss.

Separating, the two panted lightly, and the ice mage was confused as to why the other would do that since he was the one who said that he doesn't feel anything for him anymore.

His tears stopped in the midst of his confusion, "Why? ...I don't understand."

Natsu sighed, placing his forehead against the other's. "I'm sorry," he said.

It was enough to bring a new spring of tears from Gray, but the latter wasn't finished yet.

"It was a prank, albeit a mean one, but a prank nonetheless! I didn't mean for you to take it so seriously... I was a jerk for doing that and shouldn't have been curious of what you'd do if the situation were to happen."

He opened his eyes and was met with red puffed teary ones. "I'm really sorry, Gray. I love you, only you... Will you forgive this idiot?"

Gray couldn't find his voice to answer, so he went with nodding instead. It relieved Natsu, and embraced him. "God, I love you so much! I'm luckiest man in the universe to have you!"

The ice maker's face turned into a deep shade of red, burying it onto the other's shoulder. "Shut up... I won't forgive you if you do that again."

Natsu laughed, "I promise!" And they stayed in each other's embrace, quite content where they are.

Only up until they realized that it was getting dark that they decided to head home. Hand in hand, they walked back, and was met with the group. Lucy and Happy profusely apologizing and in compensation, promise to treat Gray to anything he wants. The ice maker told the two that it was ok now but they wouldn't relent until they've given him something. So he decided that he'll think about what he wanted first and will tell them tomorrow. They all agreed and left the couple alone.

When they reached home, Natsu, once again, embraced Gray and began planting kisses on him. Gray didn't protest at first before it was starting to annoy him a bit.

"Stop it, Natsu," he said, pushing him back.

The latter stopped this attempt by a passionate searing kiss on the lips. It was minutes before they broke apart, panting heavily from the lack of air.

"I love you, Gray," he rested his head on the Gray's shoulder, "I really, really do," tightening his hold around the other's waist in the process.

The ice mage stroked the wild rosy pink hair, "I know... I love- I mean, really, really love you too."

It made Natsu laugh, and Gray followed as well. Yes, they were truly in love with the other, and nothing will separate them anymore.

Here's another one! Since, I haven't been updating Corner of Desires often... But! Believe me when I say that I've been working on a lot, and I mean, A LOT of stories for this story collection. One more story is coming up after the next one, then there are SEVERAL rated M fics that I've been working on. ^/^ Don't know why but I've become slightly embarrassed writing them, so don't expect much and do pardon the mistakes. I'm still learning and trying to get used to things.

Hope you enjoy story and if confused about something. Pm me or put it on the reviews or something, and I'll clarify it. :D

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