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Fight Me, Bite Me	By : Rhov Category: +. to F > Fairy Tail Views: 39446 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 3
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Chapter 28

Between Alleys

The next morning, Natsu returned home to find Happy just finishing with a late breakfast.
"Welcome home," the Exceed called out. "Did dinner go well?"
Natsu felt light and wonderful. He smiled to himself as he thought about their romantic evening. "Yeah, it was awesome."
"What'd you eat?"
Natsu opened the refrigerator and pulled out a juice. "Gray cooked spaghetti."
Happy frowned. Not even fish? What sort of date didn't involve fish? "Spaghetti? Well that's kinda boring."
"He cooked it himself." Natsu blushed as he looked down at the bottle of juice. "It was really sweet of him."
"Awww," Happy soughed. He had a devious kitty grin. "And you stayed the night?"
Natsu shrugged guiltily. "Well, yeah," he muttered.
"Did you two…?" Happy gave a crude hand gesture.
"Wha-…? Happy! Where did you learn that?"
"From Loke."
"How many times have I told you not to hang around that playboy?"
"He's not a playboy; he's a grownup cat. So, did you?"
Natsu was still shocked Happy had asked something like that, let alone that hand gesture. "We … um … no. We didn't do that."
"Oh. You're being very gentle with Gray."
Natsu felt fire in his cheeks and muttered, "It's not quite like that."
"Do you wanna … you know … with Gray?"
Natsu twisted the juice bottle bashfully in his hands. "Well, yeah," he mumbled. "I just wasn't ready last night."
Happy knew Natsu did not have much experience, and he assumed his best friend was merely a nervous virgin worried about his first time. "Was he ready?"
Natsu laughed wryly. "Yeah, he definitely was." He chugged back the juice.
Happy realized a lot more than Natsu was willing to say … and misunderstood a lot that Natsu did not feel like explaining. "You said he's done it before with a guy, right?"
"Yeah, he has," Natsu frowned.
Two other men before him: one was a serious boyfriend who dumped Gray because of all the long missions; the other was a nameless one-night-stand who topped Gray. Natsu felt jealous of these two mysterious past men. No matter how much Gray insisted that he had never felt as open and comfortable with a partner as he did with Natsu, the Dragon Slayer still could not help but realize that he could not give to Gray what any normal partner could, and it made him feel inferior whenever he thought about Gray's vast experience.
"Are you okay with that?" Happy asked worriedly.
"It's in the past. It's fine."
Happy tilted his head and looked up at Natsu's face. "It doesn't look like it's fine to me."
"It is, really," he insisted, but Natsu knew that Happy was way more observant than he let on. It was almost impossible to hide things from him. "I mean, yeah, it kinda … upsets me once in a while. I'm not his first, but expectations like being one another's firsts are pretty silly. If I hold a grudge against him for something he did in the past that has nothing to do with us, that's pretty crappy, and it's not fair to Gray."
Happy was honestly impressed with an answer like that. "That's really mature of you, Natsu."
Happy tried to imagine if it was him and Carla, if he found out Carla had slept around, yet here he had never even had a kiss … well, besides that time Lucy held him up to block Natsu from kissing her. Happy had decided quite firmly, that didn't count! It was Lucy's fault, and a first kiss did not count unless the person gave it willingly. What he and Natsu did was just lips touching each other and no more weird than elbows touching, or foreheads touching.
Anyway, if Carla had slept around, would he be able to forgive her? Maybe Natsu was right, and what happened in the past should not be held against that person. Maybe the guy Gray had sex with in the past was someone he really loved, someone he thought would last forever, and so he gave over heart, soul, and body to that person, only to lose that loved one. (Happy really had no clue about Gray's indiscriminate past, but his daydreams were adorably idealistic.)
"You two are really good together," he declared. "You're always fighting, but … opposites attract, as they say. You two really look cute as a couple." Happy half covered his mouth with his paw. "So, is he a tsundere?"
Natsu laughed at the conspiratorial question. "Actually, yeah, he kinda is."
"I knew it!" Happy shouted triumphantly. "So, are you guys gonna tell the guild?"
"We want to."
"You really should."
"I know," he sighed. "It's just a bad time. Gray just got over that illness, so people would be worried."
"Oh. I guess so. When are you gonna tell them?"
"Soon."
"Make it really soon."
Natsu arched an eyebrow. "Why?"
"Um … uh … nothing!" he cried out guiltily.
"Happy…" Natsu said sternly.
"Nothing! But, you know, if you two happen to come out to the guild on Wednesday, that would be a really good time."
"Wednesday? Why? What's happening on Wednesday?"
"Wednesdays are … um … lucky. Yeah, they're lucky days. You know, like the saying: Wednesday wedding day."
"Wednesday wedding what?"
Happy tried to smile innocently, but he crumbled under the weight of the secret. "There's a betting pool going on in the guild," he confessed with drooping ears.
"What?" Natsu screamed.
"Almost everyone has figured it out, Natsu."
"Wha-…? Bu-…? H-How?" he stammered in shock.
"Mostly from yesterday. Gray asked you out on a date."
"It was just food. He was just saying thank you."
Happy stared hard at him. "Natsu, we're not that dumb."
He cringed down as he realized their acting probably was rather obvious.
"Lucy figured it out, and she told Levy. Cana overheard, and before dinner started everyone was taking bets. Is … is that bad?" he asked worriedly.
"N-no," Natsu said, still flustered. "But … um … how was everyone reacting?"
Happy tapped his chin. "Well, Erza seemed like she already knew, Lucy said she wanted to see you two kiss, Levy agreed with her and both of them started to act all weird and girlie, Juvia insisted they were all insane and stormed out, Cana started up a betting board, and Mira said that you two would come out on the weekend, and Lucy said next Sunday, and I said you'd come out this Wednesday, so if you two tell everyone on Wednesday, then I win."
Natsu face-palmed. "Happyyyyyy!"
The Exceed gave a huge shrug. "I'm just saying."
Natsu shook his head and patted the Exceed with a warm smile. "I swear, we're such good friends, sometimes it's like you can read my mind."
Happy blinked in confusion. "Huh?"
"We had already planned to tell everyone on Wednesday."
Happy grinned excitedly. "You and Gray already planned that?"
"Yeah. It'll give us some time between him getting well and letting everyone know."
"Good, then I'm not cheating."
Natsu chuckled at his justification, but doubts slipped into his mind. He dropped his gaze and muttered, "That's what we planned, at least. We're still not sure."
"Well, you should!" Happy cheered, glad to think that he would win the betting pool without even cheating. However, he saw the worries on Natsu's face. Cautiously, he asked, "Do you not wanna tell everyone?"
Natsu scoffed softly. "Well, if they've already figured it out, there's no point hiding it. Just … I guess I'm worried."
Happy pouted at his hesitancy. It was not like Natsu at all. "Are you worried how they'll react? Is it because you're both guys? It's not that big of a deal, really."
Natsu gave a reluctant smile. "I'm glad you think so. I'm also worried about Juvia."
Happy chimed in, "Well, you see, that's why I put my bet on Wednesday. I heard Juvia tell Mira that she's leaving on a mission on Tuesday and won't be back until Friday, so I thought you could tell the guild when she's gone, and she might come home early because she's really strong, so you don't want to chance that and tell people on Thursday, but she might not leave until late Tuesday, so you don't want to tell people then, so Wednesday would be the perfect day. That's what I thought, anyway."
Natsu had to admit, "Having Juvia away would make things easier. That lady is going to freak out."
"I'll protect you," Happy promised.
"She'll use water. You hate water."
"Oh yeah. I could fly you away, though. Just you. I can't carry Gray also, but I don't think Juvia would hurt Gray no matter what he did."
"Nah, it should be fine. It's not like she'd kill me." Then he muttered under his breath, "Hopefully not."
"She wouldn't go that far. Hey, since we don't have anything planned, how about we do something with Gray? Like a group thing, with Lucy and Erza and Wendy and Carla, not a mission necessarily, but just helping people around town. We haven't done that in a while, and it's always fun."
Something fun, huh? Natsu had to admit, with his focus on Gray, he had lost touch with Lucy and Erza. He wondered what the girls were up to, and he had not seen Wendy around in some time. A normal outing with the team sounded pretty good.
"Tell ya what! Let's go to the guild and see if there are any fliers left for missions in Magnolia."
"Aye, sir!" Happy cheered, and they left together for the walk into town.

When Natsu and Happy entered the guild, the first thing Natsu noticed was a familiar white coat and black turtleneck. He was surprised Gray was still wearing his clothes, but then Natsu realized he had scratched and marked the ice wizard the previous night. His hand went up to his scarf, right over where he knew he still had a dark pink oval. They had reclaimed one another last night, even if all Natsu did was touch Gray and kiss him a bit.

Suddenly, Natsu felt bashful. Happy said the guild was slowly figuring out that there was something happening between them. He knew that was their plan, to ease the guild into the idea of them being a couple, so he decided to play up to how Gray had been acting the previous day. He walked up to the ice wizard.
"Hey, Gray," he called out.
The ice wizard jolted at his voice, and Natsu saw his cheeks flush briefly. Mira stood a little to the side wiping glasses, but Natsu heard her giggle. Indeed, Mira probably had figure it out long ago. She was sharp on things like that.
"Um, thanks for dinner," Natsu said awkwardly.
"Oh! Yeah, um … not a problem."
"You cook really good," Natsu smiled.
Mira swooped right in. "Oooh? Gray cooked for you, huh?"
"Yeah," Natsu grinned. "He made spaghetti."
Mira looked slightly disappointed. "Spaghetti? Isn't that rather … um … simple?"
"Hey!" Gray said defensively. "I handmade meatballs."
"Yeah, and they were tasty balls," Natsu nodded. Mira's eyes went huge, and Gray stared at him in horror. Too late, Natsu realized what he said. "I … I mean meatballs. He made good … good meatballs. Shit," he muttered under his breath.
Gray dropped his voice and growled. "Natsu!"
"I'm sorry," he whispered. "It just came out wrong."
He moved aside before he said anything else stupid. That was when he saw Lucy at a table, beckoning him over. He decided to sit by her to escape from his embarrassment.
"Hey Lucy," he said cheerfully, straddling a chair and looking at her journal. "Writing anything good?"
"Oh, not much, just ideas. Hey, I've got a question."
"Shoot!" he grinned eagerly.
He thought it would be something about money, maybe asking for help with a mission. Instead, Lucy covered half her mouth and spoke quietly with eyes shifting around. "Are you and Gray maybe slowly becoming a couple?"
His eyes widened in shock. Was Happy right and everyone knew? He could not tell her yet, though. He and Gray had planned this already. The timing had to be right. Too soon after Gray's sickness, and their friends would worry. Too late, and they looked like they were hiding a secret. But if everyone already knew their secret, what then?
"We're just hanging out. We're trying to not be at each other's throats. Gray is pretty cool when he's not being a perverted stripper."
"You think Gray is cool, huh?" Lucy smirked.
"Well, he is … for a guy who's normally an asshole."
Lucy giggled, and Natsu was unsure why. She dropped her voice again. "You probably wanna ask him out, right?"
"Wh-what?" he cried in shock.
"It's obvious, Natsu. He asked you on a date yesterday, right?"
Natsu turned his head aside stubbornly. "It was just food." He did not want to tell Lucy that he had already asked Gray out.
"If you ask him out, maaaaaybe tell the guild on Sunday." She winked at Natsu in the way she often did when trying to sweet-talk shop owners into giving her a cheaper deal.
"Sun- … What?" he shouted. Was she also trying to influence her bet?
Lucy gave a wide, innocent shrug. "I'm just saying. Weekends are good for confessions. Go on a date Saturday, ask him out, and then tell everyone on Sunday."
"I can't believe this," he muttered. "Besides, why do you think I'd be the one to ask him out? It was Gray who offered me food yesterday."
"You seem more … you know." She blushed slightly and shrugged.
"More what? I don't get it."
"More … well … aggressive. If one of you is going to be … um … in charge, then my guess is it'd be you."
Natsu's mouth dropped. First, Happy assumed Natsu was the seme in their relationship, now Lucy seemed to feel the same way. It made Natsu even more ashamed that his issues with sex actually put him as the receiver.
Especially after what Gray said last night and with how Natsu had reacted in the bathroom, could it be that if he did not have issues like that, Natsu would be a natural seme? Would Gray even want that? If Natsu overcame his issues and felt more comfortable as a seme than as an uke, would Gray not be interested in that sort of relationship?
Irritated by these questions, Natsu snapped, "If I ask him out, I'll do it when I'm ready."
He stood up and marched to the mission board. He was not even really reading the fliers. His ears were picking up bits of conversations all through the guild, and he wondered how many were actually discussing him.
"It seems like those two…"
"… but yesterday really surprised me."
"It would be weird if it's true."
"Where do you think they went?"
"Does Cana still have that thing?"
"Never thought that would happen."
"I don't envy them. When Juvia finds out…"
He wished he could tune out all the voices around him.
Amidst the cacophony, he heard familiar footsteps drawing closer and felt a chill like an approaching winter storm.
"Hey flame-brain! What's wrong with you, spacing out like that?"
"Nothing!" Natsu snapped, not turning around to look at him.
Gray came up cautiously, worried about the anger in Natsu's voice. "Hey," he whispered. Gray touched Natsu's shoulder, but the Dragon Slayer pulled away. "What's wrong?" he asked quietly.
Natsu glanced around. Gajeel and Laxus were not there, and Wendy was far across the room. No one else had hearing as acute as a Dragon Slayer. He dropped his voice low enough so nobody could hear. "Have you heard about the betting pool?"
"Which?"
"About us. Everyone knows, Gray."
Gray was stunned for only a few seconds. They had wanted to ease everyone into the idea, not have the whole guild start betting on them. "Let's just tell them."
"Can we wait until Wednesday?"
"Why Wednesday?"
"Happy bet on Wednesday?"
"W-what?"
"I don't know what he bet, but it would make him happy."
"Oh," Gray muttered. "I owe it to Happy, I guess. Wednesday, huh?"
"Yeah," Natsu laughed nervously.
Suddenly, it seemed so much more real. They were going to come out as a couple. Everyone would know he was gay. It would be an uproar, even if most of the guild had their suspicions already. Sorcerer Magazine's tabloid section would definitely be buzzing about them. He could imagine it already.
EXTRA: Fire and Ice: Opposites Attract!
Gray brushed his fingers against Natsu's arm. "Are you nervous?"
"Shut up," he snapped. "I've been wanting to tell them, but when I realize we're really gonna do it, it's … scary."
"It scares me, too," Gray admitted. "But we've got each other."
Natsu gazed up into Gray's eyes, and he felt confidence returning to his heart. "Right! We've got each other's back, like always. If anyone says anything bad, I'll burn them!"
"I'll freeze them first." Gray gazed up and down Natsu's body. "How about we tickle their imagination and go on another date?"
"Oh! Happy wanted to go on a mission."
Gray felt stung with disappointment. "A mission?"
"A small one. I guess mostly to take my mind off of things."
"Oh. Yeah, makes sense. Any good ones?" Gray stood beside Natsu and scanned the mission board.
Natsu tried to read the board, but the nearness of the ice wizard distracted him too much. "You're too close."
"I'm reading the board, idiot."
"I can feel your icy skin."
"I'm not even touching you."
"It's radiating off, and it's cold."
"Che! Fine!" Gray took a wide step to the side. "How's that?"
Natsu looked at the gap between them. "Now you're too far."
"Idiot! Make up your mind. If you don't like it, get as close to me as you want. I'm not moving again."
Natsu pouted, but the distance annoyed him. Now he could not feel that coolness at all. Natsu slowly shifted to the side until his arm was right up against Gray.
"Now you're closer than you were at first," Gray pointed out.
"This is what I want," he mumbled with flushed cheeks. "See anything good?"
Gray glanced down at his pink hair, then back up at the posters. "Not on the mission board."
Natsu looked up, realizing the unsaid words. Nothing good on the board, but something good beside him. "Hey Gray," he whispered. "How about we skip the mission … and go to your place?"
Gray gulped hard to keep his happiness from showing too much. "Are you sure?"
Natsu glanced around again, but there were not many people around this side of the guild hall. He leaned up into Gray's ear. "I need it. I need you."
Gray felt a rushing surge straight down to his groin. That hungry moan was something he dared not ignore. "Tell Happy, and meet me there."
"Yeah," he said breathlessly.
Gray turned and stomped away, but one glance down told Natsu that the hands in Gray's pockets were not just him acting cool. He was trying to hide the fact that he had gotten hard. He stood facing the board for another minute until he could calm himself. Then he walked over to where Happy was drinking a shake.
"Hey Happy, um … I might be gone again tonight."
Happy had a devious smile. "Oooh? You and Gray again?"
Natsu glanced around with embarrassment, but only Mira was close enough to hear, and she already had one of her devilish smiles. "Uh, yeah," he mumbled.
Happy giggled softly. "Are you two gonna…?"
"Yeah," Natsu answered before he had to hear his best friend actually say it.
That apparently surprised Happy. "Oh." He blinked in shock for a moment. Then Happy leaned over, and Natsu tilted his head down to listen. "Be easy on him."
"Happy!"
"I won't say anything," he promised. "Oh, and Natsu? Um, lean down." The Dragon Slayer leaned over again so Happy could whisper. The Exceed cupped his hands around his mouth and said as softly as he could, "Do you have protection?"
Natsu leaned up in astonishment. "Happy!" However, the Exceed looked dead serious. Natsu realized he had only the supplies Gray kept, but he knew the ice wizard had plenty of those things lying around. "Yeah, I do," he muttered.
"Okay!" Happy said cheerfully. "Have fun."
Natsu knew his cheeks were crimson. "Y-yeah, thanks. Sorry about skipping on the mission."
"No, no, no!" Happy grinned. "Go on. Have fun. Make him happy." Natsu nodded awkwardly and hurried off. Happy giggled to himself. "Such a cute couple!"

Natsu rushed out before too many saw his face. If the guild had their suspicions, they would probably be in an uproar if they saw any of the exchanges just now. He ran through the streets and finally caught up to Gray making his way through the marketplace.

"Hey! Wait up, ice-stripper."
"What do you want?" Gray snapped.
Natsu jolted back. Sure, that was Gray's normal reply, but it sounded more harsh than it used to in the past. He had gotten used to hearing Gray's softer words. "I wanted to walk with you."
"Fine." They walked together through the crowd. "Did you tell Happy?"
"Yeah." Natsu laughed as he thought about his best friend. "He asked if I had a condom."
Gray sputtered out a laugh. "Oh God!" He covered his mouth to not laugh so loudly in public. "That cat of yours is too mature."
"He's just looking out for me." Natsu glanced over and said softly, "You … um … you don't have to use one, though."
Gray jolted with wide eyes. "What? You mean…" His voice dropped. "No condom?"
"You always did, which is good. I wasn't sick because you were that careful with me. Now I know you're clean, so … you don't have to this time."
Gray snapped, "Can we not talk about it here?"
Natsu suddenly realized they were in a busy part of the marketplace. "Oh crap. Sorry."
Gray paused, and Natsu realized he was using the hands in his pockets to adjust himself. "Dammit, you're making me…" He did not say more, but he did not need to. Natsu could smell it.
"Sorry! I'm really sorry. I'm just … just letting you know."
Gray gulped hard. "I'll take that into consideration. Would you be okay? With that? Not using one?"
Natsu had thought about it a lot lately, and he felt confident. "Yeah. I … I want it. I wanna feel how it's like. We've never done that. Maybe that will help me realize it's okay to come inside you, too. I don't know, but I want to try it."
Gray stopped in his tracks, and Natsu saw him lean over slightly. The bulge in his trousers was too noticeable now. Gray looked like merely walking was painful.
"I'm sorry. I'll stop talking."
"No, just … dammit! Come over here."
Gray grabbed Natsu's arm and yanked him between carts of fresh fruits and busy shoppers. They slipped out of the market and to some tall brick buildings. Gray yanked Natsu between two buildings and into an alley. Halfway in, right where it was darkest, Gray slammed Natsu against the bricks and kissed him fiercely. Natsu moaned at the taste that invaded his mouth. Then suddenly a cold hand palmed him through his pants, and Natsu shivered at the urgent touch.
"I thought you said … mmmph … you don't … nngh … want it in alleyways."
"I don't," Gray sneered, and he palmed Natsu harder. His tongue thrust in, savoring the spicy taste of that mouth. "God, your talking is just…" He thrust his hips up tight against Natsu. "…too much for me!"
Gray slowly humped up against Natsu, easing the ache in his pants, wanting this fiery body right now. The badly concealed moans urged him on, but Gray knew he had to back off. He reluctantly pulled his hips away and rested his head on Natsu's chest.
"Gray…" Natsu whimpered.
"Not here. Dammit, not here." He panted heavily as he forced his body to regain control. "I just want to hide here until I can calm down."
Natsu swallowed the saliva that had built up in his mouth. He could smell intense arousal wafting all around Gray's body. "Do you wanna try just a little here?" Gray looked up with shock widening his eyes. "Just me touching you. I can smell if anyone is approaching."
"Wha-…? No!" This time he pulled completely back and rested his shoulders against the opposite wall. "Not in an alleyway."
"Why?"
Gray sneered and looked away with a soft curse muttering under his breath. "I got caught once in an alley."
The embarrassment in Gray's pale cheeks made Natsu laugh loudly, and Gray glared in annoyance. "Are you serious?"
Gray just muttered something.
"What happened? Were you arrested? I never heard about this in the guild."
"I made sure the guild never found out. I got a fine for public indecency, paid it, and no one else had to know. Still, actually getting caught … it was the most humiliating moment of my life. I don't want that to ever happen again."
"Got it. No alleys." Still, Natsu saw that Gray looked painfully aroused. "Hey, calm down."
"I'm trying," he shouted in sexual frustration.
"Gray, look at me. Deep breath in. Let it out slowly." Natsu watched as Gray breathed in a meditative way. "Don't focus down there. Focus on your breathing. Feel your lungs, and focus on your air."
Gray followed the gentle instructions, and he soon felt himself loosening up. "Is this how you do it?"
Natsu flinched back. He had not realized that he was guiding Gray through the same techniques he used to calm himself so he did not have to resort to masturbating. "I … y-yeah."
Gray took a few steps back across the narrow alley and caressed Natsu's face. "Sorry. That was a bad thing to ask."
"No, it's … it's fine."
Natsu gulped hard. He had learned how to focus elsewhere with that man, how to ignore the touches and divert his thoughts to other sensations. It was natural now to Natsu, but when he stopped and realized how he learned this, why he preferred to ignore his arousal, what made him nauseous at the idea of masturbating … it made him tremble.
"Thanks." Gray kissed Natsu on the cheek.
The Dragon Slayer was yanked out of his thoughts. "Huh?"
"I'm feeling better. Let's go."
They left the alley and did not speak again through the rest of the walk.

End of Chapter 28

A/N: Not much sexiness, but I uploaded the audio ad-lib anyway. - http://chirb.it/H0rna7
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