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Chapter 3

Gray's POV

"Hey Gray!"

I looked up from my dinner to see Lisanna staring at me, blue eyes wide and innocent. Her short white hair was a tangled mess from working in the fields and her face filthy. She smiled brightly and sat down next to me, holding her own tray of dinner. Potato stew again.

"Hey Lisanna," I greeted, turning back to my bowl. I took another sip. It was good, but I've had this since I was a kid, every night.

"I saw you looking at the young Master today."

"I think everyone looked at him, Lisanna."

"No I mean you looked him in the eyes. What were they like?" She put her hand under her chin and gazed at me with stars in her eyes. We only see the young Master a few times a year. Despite that, Lisanna seemed to have a crush on him. I couldn't blame her. He was handsome, although his pink hair was a strange fashion statement.

"Uh, they were black and white?" I described, unsure what she was looking for.

Obviously it wasn't, because she rolled her eyes and her gaze intensified. "NO, were they dreamy or thoughtful? What? Tell me the details!"

"You're asking the wrong person Lisanna. I'm not a girl," I told her.

"But you are gay."

I choked… How did she know that? I've only told Lyon that. I looked over to the white-haired man and glared. It took him a few seconds to notice, but he looked at me surprised and then smirked. He still looked confused, but amusement was in his eyes. I sighed frustrated and glared at Lisanna.

"Who told you that? How long have you known? Does anyone else know? Did you tell anyone?" I interrogated her.

She just laughed, like it was no big deal. "No one told me. It's clear in the way you act." I didn't know what that meant, but I think it was an insult.

"Oh, don't look so offended," she laughed. "I'm just kidding. Lyon took a bet and he was to tell a dark secret you've told him if he lost. Obviously he lost."

"Who was the bet with?" I inquired.

She grinned. "Cana. He was to tell a dark secret, she was to stop making her own alcohol from stolen barley." It was a mystery how Cana was capable of doing that. This time I glared at said infamous drunkard.

"Who did he have to tell?" I asked, turning back to Lisanna, hoping it was just her and Cana.

"Everyone." Of course it was everyone.

"Is there anything else I should know about?"

She thought about that. "No I don't think so." We sat in silence after that.

"Hey Lis."

"Hm?" Her spoon was in her mouth.

"What's the young Master's name?" Seriously, it's been bothering me. She swallowed quickly.

"Natsu. Natsu Dragneel." That's right. Natatusu? What was I thinking?

"Ahhhhhhhh!" Lisanna threw her bowl on me and ran away. And I saw why. There was a huge spider coming near me. I dropped my tray and backed away.

"Crap." I looked around and grabbed the first thing I saw that was big enough to smash it. By then everyone was staring, puzzled. It was almost laughable.

"What? There was a spider." Everyone expressed a knowing look and turned back to their food and chatter. Lisanna came over to me with a damp rag.

"I'm so sorry Gray! I didn't mean to get you dirty," she apologized. She started to wipe me down, but I stopped her.

"It's cool Lis." I took the rag from her. "I got it." I started walking to the back entrance.

"Well at least let me help you," she insisted. She followed me to the door but I halted and stopped her. I was about to tell her no when I heard a call from across the cabin.

"Lisanna, come here!" I looked past the young girl and saw Mira waving her arm. Elfman, Cana, Makarov, Erza, Wendy and Gajeel were there with her.

"Nah, it's cool Lisanna. Go with your sister. Some of it's on my clothes anyway. I'd rather you not be there when I strip." I smiled and gave her a push to our friends. Reluctantly, she walked over to them. She turned back to me, making sure if it was alright. I nodded and turned to go out back. There was a well there that we used to bathe when we could.

I made sure I was out of site before I stripped down and out of my trousers. I took the bucket from the side of the well and threw it down the hole. I took the rope and pulled the cold water back up. With that, I dumped half of it on my clothes and half of it on myself.

"You could've at least brought back a dry towel. You'll catch a cold." I turned around and saw Lyon standing there. He was smiling. I almost smiled back, until I remembered how he told everyone how I was gay. I glared at him and turned away. I grabbed the cloth I got from Lisanna and started scrubbing the stew off my pants.

"Ok, you're obviously mad. What did I do?" he asked innocently. I didn't turn around.

"You told," I said bluntly, not really expanding.

"Told what? I can't read minds Gray. You're going to have to tell me what I did." I stopped washing my pants and hung them on the side of the well. I turned back to him, still glaring.

"You told everyone I was gay." He complexion turned ashen, more so than it already was. For working out in the sun so much, he had very pale skin. Luckily our cabin came up with our own sun protector.

"So you found out."

"You couldn't have told anything else?"

"There wasn't anything else I could think of at the time. You're not exactly Mr. Blabber Mouth." I sighed.

I noticed he had a dry towel in hand. He saw me staring and smirked. Instead of letting me do it myself, he came over and did it for me.

"L-Lyon," I stuttered. My felt my ears heat up. He smirked but kept going. When he finished, he put the towel on my head and looked at me, his face was inches from mine. My face felt as if it was on fire. He smirked.

"Gray, you're too cute." He leaned in.

Natsu's POV

"Natsuuuuuuu!"

A big blue ball of fur launched itself at my face. It took me a second to realize that the blue ball was my cat, Happy.

"Hey Happy," I mumbled into his belly. I took him off my face and gave him a proper hug. I smiled down to him. He was crying.

"Natsuuuuu. You disappeared! Where did you go?" He cried harder.

"Don't you remember? I had to go to school."

"Oh yeah." He hopped off my torso and wiped his eyes. "How was it?"

"Extremely boring. Nothing is fun without you buddy." I rubbed his head. He was so cute. I could never stop smiling whenever he was with me. "Let's go to my room." He nodded his little head and climbed on top of mine.

"Did you do any pranks?" he asked, making himself comfortable in my pink locks. Some of them fell into my eyes, but I didn't mind. I missed him too much to care about anything else.

"Yeah, a few, but let's not talk about school now. I'm really sick of that place."

"Ok, then what do you wanna talk about?" he asked drowsily. I smiled.

"Just go to sleep buddy. I was planning on doing that when we got in my room." I felt him nod slightly. A few seconds later, I heard soft snores.

When I got to my room, I gently took Happy off my head and put him on my bed. I took off my suit and put on my initial sweat pants and t-shirt. Happy spread himself out across my comforter. I picked him up and got under the covers and placed him next to me. It may only be eight in the evening, but I'm exhausted from all the traveling. I snuggled closer to my blue friend, keeping each other warm.

I thought back to the events that happened after we watched the field. Dad brought me to the overly large dining hall for dinner. Appetizers, main course and dessert. I was stuffed. Then I thought back earlier, when I was actually on the field. I remember how the raven haired slave came so close. His deep blue eyes bore into mine, giving me shivers. Even now his gaze is still fresh in my mind, giving me goose bumps under my warm comforter. His handsome face coated in dirt and dust. He only wore grey pants, showing off well-toned upper body muscles, although he did look skinnier than the average boy his age should look. And the scars on his back….there was so many of them.

That made me wonder; what happened to the slaves that caused them to have so many scars?

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