It took a while to call Freed, since Natsu, still fearing the 'retribution' for Bickslow's death, didn't want to talk to Freed out of fear of that once Freed knew where to find the pinkette, he would immediately alert Evergreen and Laxus and the three of them would flock to his location, beat him and possibly kill him.
"There's no way I can prove to them it was an accident! They won't listen!"
It also sounded like the pinkette hadn't really seen or heard from either Freed, Laxus or Evergreen since the night Gray was shot and had to be taken to the hospital and only heard of Freed's actions through Lucy and Cana, though Natsu maintained feircly that it was because Freed probably didn't know of Bickslow's death just then at the time. It took everything in Gray's power to convince the pinkette to not only hand over his new cell phone but to help ease his fears.
"Baby, he's not gonna be mad at you-"
"You don't know that!"
"But I do-"
"No- You don't-"
"How about I talk to him then?"
"What good will that do?"
"I'll explain everything," Gray smiled, holding his hand out toward Natsu. "Don't you trust me?"
"Wha-" Natsu was completely baffled and wounded by Gray's question. "Of course I do! How could you think I don't?!"
"Then give me your phone..."
Natsu bit his lip before he felt Gray's warm hand on his cheek. He let out a soft sigh, closing his eyes before he leaned into the touch, placing his hand over Gray's own just as the thumb began to stroke his cheek. He opened his eyes and found himself staring into gentle waves of dark blue.
"Trust me."
Natsu nodded numbly before pulling out his cellphone and shakily handing Gray the celluar device allowing Gray to take it and type in a few numbers before raising the phone to his ear. Listening to it ring.
"Hello?"
"Freed, it's Gray."
"Gray? Oh how wonderful! Sounds like you recovered fine."
"Yeah... So I heard you confiscated my clothes."
"What? OH! Yes. Yes, I did- They're around here somewhere... I take it you want them back? And now?"
"If it's not too much trouble."
"Most certainly. Give me half an hour."
"Gladly."
"Does Natsu know...?"
"No... You might want to get that cleared up."
"Hmm... OH! I know just what to do."
After the phone call, Gray waited patiently while watching Natsu squirming in his seat. It seemed that the pinkette was having a bit of a conflicting battle with himself; torn between wanting to stay with Gray, the man of his life who saved his life in order to take care of him or running. He clearly wanted to choose the later, he wanted to run as far away from Magnolia as possible before Freed showed up with not only Gray's clothes but with the remaining Raijinshu gang so they could 'punish' him for Bickslow's death. Natsu stressed to the point the poor boy broke down into tears, started screaming and had a bit of a panic attack that immediately had Owen called into the room and inject a type of sedative into his system that not only helped relax the pinkette but made him a little too cheery and spacey.
Gray couldn't help but feel sorry for the poor boy, hoping that whatever Freed had planned would help destroy Natsu's fears once and for all.
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK
Speaking of the devil-
"Come in," Gray called just as Natsu hummed and started massaging his temples.
"Heya Gray! Natsu!"
Natsu froze at the sound of that familiar voice, a voice that he knew was dead.
It couldn't be...
He slowly turned to look behind him while Gray grinned and waved at the voice's owners and found himself facing both Freed, who was carrying a large paper bag in one hand and-
"Bickslow?" Natsu whispered, eyes wide. "Is... Is that-"
Did Bickslow come back to haunt him?
"Yep! The one and only," Bickslow smirked, bowing mockingly while Freed rolled his eyes and shook his head. "Heard you believed I was dead and been avoiding Mr. Grumpypants, Freed baby and Ever baby like the plague since my 'death' as a result."
Natsu's brain decided to catch up with the rest of him. "You can't be alive! It's impossible!"
"Why is that impossible?" Bickslow asked, still smiling as Freed moved around him and held out the bag to Gray. "I don't see what's wrong with me living."
"But I saw you. I saw the blood and your heart explode," Natsu said, eyes still wide and swimming in tears. "You fell... You didn't move!"
"Yeah. Gained a rather ugly bruise and a nasty headache from all that," Bickslow laughed reaching his hands up and unbuttoned his shirt, pulling it to side to reveal his heart that had a large faint bruise. "Huh... What do ya' know? It's still there- Oof!"
Bickslow stumbled back at the sudden weight of Natsu throwing himself at the tall man, lightly crying as he clung to the blue-black haired man.
"I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm so sorry!"
"Hey now... It's okay Pinkie Pie," Bickslow smiled warmly just as Gray began digging through the contents of the paper bag. "I'm alive and so are you. That's all that matters."
"Stop calling me that," Natsu muttered childishly into Bickslow's chest. "I'm not some stupid pink horse..."
Everyone laughed. Gray blinked when his hand brushed over the very item he was looking for. He grinned as he closed his fingers around the object slowly bring it closer and closer to the surface but without it peeking out of the bag or even removing it.
He found it.
He quickly looked to Freed who immediately understood and nodded, smiling. He turned on his heel and made his way to the door before turning to Bickslow.
"Come Bickslow," Freed's smile seemed to unsettle Natsu for some odd reason. "We must go."
"What? Why?"
"I'll explain later," Freed sighed, annoyed. "Now let's go."
Bickslow blinked before he was suddenly had his arm grabbed by the green haired man and pulled to the door. Bickslow giggled before he gave Natsu a mock salute.
"See you around Pinkie Pie."
"I SAID STOP CALLING ME THAT!"
"Umm- Hey Natsu?"
"Hmm?"
Natsu blinked before turning to face Gray as he was in the process of flipping the now gone blue-black haired man off. Now that the pinkette's attention was on him, those doe-like eyes regarding him rather curiously, made the dark haired man feel strained; stressed for everything that he planned seemed to disappear. His brain forgetting what he wanted to say right off the bat. Gray could feel even hear his heart beating rapidly as cold sweat started to drench his body and his breathing became irregular. Gray mentally cursed himself.
Now wasn't the time to be nervous!
"Gray? Are you okay?"
He blinked. His focus back on Natsu who regarded him with concern. He smiled.
"You know that I love you, right Natsu?" Gray said pulling Natsu by his hand toward him again kissing the pinkette gently on the lips.
"Of course I know you love me," Natsu muttered against the cool chapped lips, he was confused but a little scared at the same time. "W-why do you ask?"
"I-I know that this…This isn't the best place for this but…" Gray stuttered and hesitated, a bright blush appearing across his face. "But it seems that Life doesn't want to give me right opportunity… No matter how hard I try."
"What are you about?" Natsu asked quietly, now more lost as Gray gently tugged him closer and closer.
"Would you…" Gray bit his lip as he hesitated once more.
'Why is it so hard to say?' He screamed at himself in his mind. 'If Lyon can do it, so can I! It's just like asking him out in high school all over again!'
"Yes?" the pinkette prodded.
He was starting to get worried.
"Natsu Dragneel," Natsu blinked. Gray's never called by his full name before. "This is now or never and don't need something else coming along and screwing me up. I've been wanting to ask you ever since I finished my last mission but Jeremy and his buddy Montoya had to get their dumbasses involved and- And-"
"And-?"
"Fuck it- Would- Would you marry me?" Gray finally managed to ask.
Natsu blinked, brain slowly working to catch up with the rest of him.
"What?" Natsu whispered his eyes wide as tears began to prickle at the corner of his eyes.
Did he-
"You and I have known each other since we were just kids in grade school. We started as rivals we then became friends that soon morphed into friends, best friends and then six years ago, we became boyfriends, lovers," Gray spoke carefully. He could feel his very nerves giving out from under him as his grip on the mystery item in the bag tightened. "You mean everything to me. You are the sun, the stars, the very light in the darkness that is my life despite our fights, our harsh words and physical confrontations."
Natsu brought both hands up to his mouth and could feel a smile tugging at his lips from behind his fingertips.
He did.
"The week I was to come home, I wanted to surprise you with 'The Question' over a romantic dinner date to set the moment but they just had to butt in and ruin everything." Natsu trembled and a shiver ran up his spine at that mention of the two men. "The week you spent in that Hell they designed- enduring the torture and humiliation they put you through- Was Hell for me as well. There were nights were I couldn't sleep and days where I just about given up hope and when I saw that disk that showed a brief glimmer of what he did to you-"
Natsu flinched.
"I'll admit it. I was angry. I was heartbroken that you were forced to suffer. I broke down. I cried."
"Gray..." Natsu breathed.
"When we caught one of the bastards responsible- I was excited! I was going to get you back!" Gray smiled, laughing a little. "But when Montoya lead us to the shallow grave that carried the remains of an old man who once lived in that cabin and a rather convincing story- I was devastated and I practically beat him to death..."
Natsu smirked.
"Then you showed up. Proving him wrong. I was beyond ecstatic! I had you back. But when Erza ran you down, I felt that the world finally caved in on me. I thought I lost you for good. No more miracles."
Natsu smiled as the tears finally fell and he gently cupped both of his hands around Gray's own just the dark haired male pulled the item out of the bag.
"It made me realize that- that I can't live without you. That I need you by my side indefinitely... So please," Gray whispered as he held the object out to the pinkette. He looked to the boy, eyes full of love and tears. "Please marry me?"
Natsu carefully pulled the object, a ring box, from Gray's hand, carefully and gently opened the lid to reveal a simple, yet beautiful, gold engagement ring that had a few topaz gems that along the lines of the ring before twisted into a beautiful knot that ended with a large ruby. Natsu couldn't hold back his tears anymore, allowing them to run down as he held the engagement ring close to his heart, hair shielding his face.
"Yes..."
"What?" Gray leaned in closer, heart beating awfully fast. He hoped Natsu said what he thought he said. "What did you say?"
"Yes." Natsu repeated, a little louder smiling as he lifted his head to face his dark haired lover. "Yes..."
"Natsu- Mmmn! Mmmmmm-"
Gray gasped as Natsu suddenly tackled him into a hug causing a brief sharp pain to erupt in shoulder before it disappeared under the intense heat of Natsu's passion-filled kiss. Gray chuckled at Natsu's enthusiasm, returning the kiss with just as much vigor but was still surprised when the pinkette's kiss became more deeper, more sensual. Gray gasped when he felt a warm hand crawl up his leg, the fingertips dancing up to his thigh and gently pinched it earning the pinkette a throaty moan, allowing Natsu's tongue make its way into his cool mouth. The pinkette smilied as he massaged his thigh in apology. Gray was able to get out of his trance of bewilderment and fought Natsu's tongue, pushing it back and winning dominance. They broke apart when the need for air became too much.
"Is that a 'yes'?" Gray asked breathlessly, face flushed.
"Yes," Natsu breathed, climbing up onto the bed, crawling up Gray's body before settling himself onto Gray's stomach straddling him, leaning forward til he was nose to nose. "Yes, yes and a million times yes..."
"Natsu... What are you doing, babe?" Gray smiled as he watched the pinkette.
"I want to celebrate our new status as fiances…" The pinkette said with a smoldering look in his eyes. "And I want to make you feel better. You can't deny that this was practically my fault. Plus, I'm hot and horny." Natsu whispered, his hot breath ghosting across Gray's ear earning him a delightful shiver.
"Is that so?" Gray whispered seductively, hand trailing up Natsu's leg before stopping at his hip, giving it a gentle squeeze. "Are you sure you want to do it here, though?" Gray asked, suddenly stern. "Now don't get me wrong, the very idea of having sex in a hospital is rather alluring..."
"I-I… Well,…" the pinkette stuttered, blushing and standing upright, fiddling with his hands before he swallowed and regained his composer.
"Hey- You alright, Babe?" Gray asked, patting his hip. Natsu put a finger over his lips to silence him once more.
"I love you, Gray Fullbuster." the pinkette whispered softly, leaning forward and shook his head when Gray tried to speak. He leaned forward, lips barely an inch from the raven-haired man's own. "Don't speak. Not now. I just want you to make love to me."
"Gladly." Gray smirked against those soft petal pink lips, completely forgetting where they were at at that exact moment.
Natsu smiled before, once again connecting his lips with Gray's, wrapping them in a soft blanket of heat and love. Gray smiled into the kiss as the pinkette began nipping at his bottom lip, pulling into his mouth. Gray chuckled before finally complying and opening his mouth, allowing the tongues to gain access to there waiting mouths as Natsu did his best to kiss the breath out of Gray while the dark haired man stroked the pinkette's neck. Natsu was moaning contently when Gray finally pulled away from the kiss, a string of saliva connecting their lips.
"But you know- I can't really do much, Babe." He said, smiling sadly as he silently lifting his stitched arm while his other used his index finger to break the saliva string.
"Oh. Right," Natsu whispered disheartened, flushed.
"Buuuut~ If you still want to continue our little 'game'..." Gray started and had to refrain from the temptation at laughing at the hope that sparkled in Natsu's large doe-like eyes. "You're gonna have to ride me baby."
Gray finished, grinning and waggling his eyebrows that had Natsu blushed.
"I'll- I'll do it," Natsu said firmly, clenching his fist with a look of determination. "I'll do it."
Gray smirked at the pink haired male's determination. He kissed his pinkette once more, assuring the boy it would be okay and made to move his hand up and start to remove his clothes but stopped short at the sudden shot of pain in his shoulder and realized he couldn't strip the boy on top of him with one hand. Breaking the kiss again he looked into Natsu's half-lidded eyes.
"That means you're gonna have to strip for me, Baby," Gray smirked. Natsu blinked, flushing a light pink before nodded. "Think you can give me a good show?"
"I'll do it," Natsu said as a smirk began to paint itself across his lips. "For my fiance..."
Gray smiled, heart fluttering at the new title. He was never going to get tired of it. The pinkette squirmed a little moving down till he was sitting on Gray's thighs and looked down at him. Natsu smiled and bit his lip as he started to pull his shirt up slowly until it was pulled up and around his chest exposing a huge expanse of flesh, leaving it and his scarf on. Gray licked his lips as he slowly leaned in, allowing his only good hand to roam over that delicious body before him, pinching and playing with the boy's nipples. The pinkette bit his lip, trying to keep his moan in check but grinned as he moved, shifting his weight a little and grinding his hips down. Gray dropped his hand and moaned, leaned back into his pillow as he watched Natsu continue his little ministration, growing hard due to the show that was being displayed. Natsu smirked as he a little to push the blanket down out from under him and down his fiance's body to get a little 'closer' contact.
"Oh what do ya know~ Seems like someone's all ready to go," Natsu whispered, hands roaming over a now bare chest.
Gray blinked. He looked down and that he was now only wearing his dark boxers under the covers.
Odd.
Where did his hospital gown go?
Natsu grinned as he leaned forward and began to kiss, lick and nibble on the expanse of Gray's exposed throat, making the dark haired man to groan, tip his head back as far as the hospital bed would allow him and squeezed the pinkette's slim hips. Natsu may have or may have not accidentally stroked Gray's growing erection while pushing the blanket further and further down the raven's body as he moved down south, playing with the raven's nipples; sucking, licking and biting the little flesh nubs until they harden, making Gray throatily moan out Natsu's name. Natsu smirked, lifting himself onto his hands and knees, kissing down his abdomen and allowing let his hands travel over his chest to rest at the hem of Gray's boxers. The pinkette saw how Gray couldn't tear his eyes away from him. This made the pink haired boy proud of himself with his lover's- no- fiance's reaction as he sat up and began to play with the button and zipper of his jeans.
Once Natsu had managed to pop the button, he began to slowly pull down the zipper while watching Gray carefully as the dark haired male's eyes went wide and licked his lips in anticipation. The pinkette smirked deviously and began to, slowly push his jeans down to his knees while still straddling Gray who couldn't help but just wonder how this boy could look both cute and sexy at the same time. When Natsu started to push his own boxers so as to have them join his jeans, Gray slowly reached out to touch him but the pinkette lightly slapped his hand away. Natsu giggled at the child-like pout on Gray's face before resuming sliding his underwear downwards to his knees.
"Mean..."
Gray huffed before throwing his head back, groaning at Natsu's god damned torturous display. God damned fucking tease. Natsu let out a breathy moan as the elastic ring of his boxers rubbed and pulled against his stiff member. He gasped as the cool air in the hospital room hit his sensitive skin when his erect cock sprang free from its confinement that had Gray moaning from the sight of a bright red blush with a matching look of pleasure on Natsu's face. Natsu slowly reached his hands forward and grabbed a hold of the elastic hem of Gray's boxers.
Natsu halted in his process, fingertips gently drumming against the waistline, large eyes looking to Gray's own, seeking further permission. Gray bit his lip and nodded fervently his grip tightening on Natsu's hip. He held his breath and his heart quickened as he watched Natsu removed Gray's underwear and throwing it somewhere onto the ground before taking a moment to admire the erect penis that stood proud before him. Natsu's eyes shone brightly with a large smile followed by a soft pink tongue that darted out and licked his lips. Gray couldn't help but feel a tinge of pride knowing that the pinkette found his length to be both amazing and impressive.
Gray sat more upright as best as he could while Natsu slowly reached out and delicately tapped the head with the pad of his middle finger, snatching his hand back as it twitched and Gray gasped making the pinkette giggle. He leaned forward and gave the head a tender kiss and was about to open his mouth when an idea popped into Gray's head.
"Turn around." Gray growled, voice seeped in lust and when Natsu regarded him with a rather confused look, he quickly reached a hand behind the boy and gave a rough squeeze to one of Natsu's ass cheeks. "I have to prep you."
"Oh- Right..." Natsu breathed, voice husked and without any further questions, obeyed Gray's orders and carefully lifted himself onto his knees and pivoted in the bed. His ass right in Gray's face with pinkette looking over his shoulder timidly. "I'm... I-I'm ready."
Gray smirked as he moved Natsu's rear a bit closer to his face making the pinkette blush a darker shade of red and stutter something incomprehensible before he blinked as something splattered on his cheek. He looked down, his breath hitched and found himself face to face with Gray's throbbing cock, dripping pre cum. He gasped as he felt Gray brushed his thumb over the puckered entrance making the pink haired boy shiver and moan softly. Gray smirked before running his tongue down through the valley of Natsu's ass and licking over the puckered entrance. Natsu threw his head back and gasped, his golden eyes widening in surprise at the sudden action. When Gray stuck his tongue into that tight star-shaped entrance, the pinkette let out a startled cry, breath ghosting over Gray's cock earning him a throaty gasp.
"Nya- AH! GRAY!"
Natsu lowered his head and a dark smile crossed his lips.
'If that's how you wanna play...'
Gray gasped and threw his head back into his pillow when he felt his throbbing cock was taken into a familiar heated mouth where the pink haired boy suck the head of his cock lightly before pulling back briefly to lick his lips, savoring the taste before diving back in. Gray groaned and bit his lip in pleasure and starting sucking on his own fingers to make them wet enough to begin stretch the pinkette as he watched Natsu gripped Gray's cock, dragging his tongue up and up the long shaft until he reached the very tip of the cock. He paused briefly placing a tender kiss on the swollen head, he slowly peeked an eye over his shoulder that had Gray gulp before he wrapped his lips around Gray's cock slowly, painfully slowly brought that thick juicy member into his mouth. Inch by inch. Natsu continued to lavish attention on his erection, licking and sucking and moving his head so as to have Gray's cock rub every inch of his mouth, grinning and humming as he did so.
"Nnh- AH! Fuck! N-Natsu-!"
Gray grit his teeth. It was hard to keep his hips in place so as not throw Natsu into a world of hurt. He was having difficulties to concentrate on what he was doing as the pinkette blobbed his head while every once in a while, stopping to sucking and placing a few well placed nibbles on his erection. He tried to snap out of it long enough to continue to prepare his pinkette. Gray managed to push one finger past the tight ring of muscle making Natsu moan against his member. Gray shivered against the sensation but managed to push his finger in and out of his fiance. Once he felt Natsu relaxing, he added another finger and starting to scissor the both of them. The pinkette's hole clenched tighter deliciously in response but he able to relax. Soon Gray managed to push in three fingers and that had Natsu cry out around his cock that had Gray bite back a moan.
"Gods, Natsu! That- That was good," He shivered, breathing hard. "You're just eating me up..."
Natsu released Gray's cock with a 'pop', licking his lips and looked up at the raven haired man with a dark blush and half-lid lust filled eyes, semen dribbling from his mouth. That quickly got Gray back up to full mast.
"Gray," He whimpered, "Gray. I want you. I want you now."
Gray smirked as he pulled his fingers out and patted the side of Natsu's thigh that the pinkette quickly but unsteadily lift himself onto his knees and once again pivoted in the bed to straddle himself over his erection. Natsu and Gray shared a rough but passionate kiss. Gray grinned against those lips as helped the pinkette get into position lowering the boy down onto his erect member by holding it still. Natsu moaned when Gray's cock nudged at his entrance and hissed as he felt his hips being pushed down on it.
"Ah- GRAY!"
Natsu bit his lip, shaking slightly as he managed to gain control briefly before he allowed his ass to fall upon the harden member. A hand immediately clasped itself onto his hip, trying to stop him from lowering down too fast letting him adjust to the feeling little by little, but Natsu was completely inside of Gray. At first, Gray didn't let the pinkette move, holding him still with the one hand on his hip when Natsu suddenly began to wiggle and whine in his grasp that had Gray moaning, he relented and allowed the boy to start moving with the raven haired man letting him set the pace but when Natsu's muscles eased around his aching cock he started to rise up and fall back down, full out riding on Gray. They moved slowly making the most of it before Gray became impatient and thrust hips upward to meet with Natsu's plump ass just as the pink haired male lowered himself down hitting it just the right way that made the boy cry out and squirm.
"G- Gray- GRAY!"
Natsu began to quicken the pace, despite the tender pain he felt in his stitched shoulder, Gray reached his hand out and took a hold of his erection stroking it in time with the bucking of their hips causing the pinkette to moan loudly and throw his head back. He could feel himself coming closer and closer to release as he bucked down harder an faster, desperate to get the man below him to come with him. Their earlier slow pace was completely forgotten as Natsu harshly impaled himself on Gray's pulsing member over and over again.
"Shit! NATSU!"
Gray could feel his balls growing restricted and tight as he came closer and closer to completion but his pride and combative nature kept him from cumming before Natsu as he stroked and tugged at the erection rather harshly. He grinned as heard Natsu whimper his name and that got Gray even more riled into getting the pinkette come so he began to caressed the very tip of Natsu's member with his thumb, digging it into the slit. It was too much for the poor pinkette and he soon came shouting Gray's name, his load shooting upward, covering not only his and Gray's stomachs but along his chest, neck and face as his ass tightened around Gray's cock.
"Shit..."
That face.
That face was what had Gray groaned and released his seed deep into Natsu, his muscles milking everything he had while Natsu moaned and gasped when the warm liquid splashed against his inner walls. He collapsed onto Gray's chest who didn't complain in the slightest and allowed him cuddle closer and closer into his chest, Natsu was already dozing off as Gray struggled to pull sheet up over his nude and Natsu's half-nude bodies just as the waves of exhaustion trying was trying reach and consume him too.
He almost allowed sleep to consume him when-
"Oh! Uh- Oops... Oops oops. Oops."
He blinked and looked to the door and found himself staring into a red and embarrassed faced Owen Lane who was stuttering and backing up with his hands in the air as he try to find his way back. He eventually found the door and managed to exit it quietly and closing the door behind him with a soft click.
'Oops indeed.' Gray smirked in thought as he finally succeeded in getting the blanket out from under him. 'Guess he came to check in on me and instead got quite an eyeful.'
Then he gently nudged Natsu gently pulled the sheet closer to their bodies just as Natsu began to stir awake.
"Huh-?" Natsu looked up at Gray with sleepy eyes, rubbing one of his eyes. "Wha-"
"We should get dressed before someone else comes in," He whispered, patting Natsu's bare ass gently. "Come on. Up."
"Yeah... Sure..." The pinkette slurred sleepily.
He rose unsteadily to his hands his hands and knees, wincing as Gray's cock slipped out of his abused hole. He reached out behind him to get a grasp on the hem of both his jeans and boxers, shivering as cool cum started dripping out of his hole and down his thigh when his brain decided to catch up with the rest of him.
"Someone else!" Natsu shouted, eyes wide and stood straight up. He looked scared. "You mean there was someone in the room? Watching?!"
"Yeah..." Gray chuckled. "Owen got a pretty good look at your sweet ass."
His compliment earned him a smack upside his head while still laughing from the pinkette who steadied himself on the bed and quickly dressed himself and helped Gray back into his boxers and into his hospital gown that was on the floor.
"Hey- At least it was Owen," Gray defended with a smile. "If it was Erza, Laxus or god forbid- Hayden- Then we would never live it down..."
"Whatever." Natsu settled down back onto Gray's chest and snuggled. "Whatever..."
Gray smiled as he pulled Natsu closer before pulling the sheet over his and Natsu's bodies before his eyes fell upon the ring box on the side. Natsu watched as Gray scooped up the ring box and removed the ring from its pillow and gently lifted Natsu's left hand and placed the ring on the ring finger. Natsu smiled as Gray pulled him into a passionate kiss before they pulled away and gazed into each other's eyes before Gray leaned back.
"Now sleep."
"Okay..."
And so Natsu fell asleep content in Gray's arms as he fell suit both knowing that in the next morning they would wake up from each others arms. And the next day. And the next, for as long as they both lived knowing that as they slept, nothing in the world or universe could bother them. Not even the nurses or their friends or even the embarrassed Owen Lane coming into the room and leaving after seeing them asleep. Nothing worried them about the future at this particular moment.
They were happy.
And nothing could stop them.