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Chapter 3
Confusing to the Core
Gray tried to focus on the mission. Really, he did. Erza led them like a captain, Natsu leaped forward with the eagerness of a berserker, which left Gray to keep an eye on Lucy. She had her Celestial Spirits and they fought amazingly well for her, plus her whip techniques were improving vastly.
God, she looked sexy cracking that whip! Gray smirked as he thought about how he wanted to see her in black leather, those spike-heeled boots he saw in her closet, that suggestive lingerie that shocked even Erza—and everyone knew Erza was a closet pervert—and have her crack the whip at him. If it was her, he would savor every bit of pain she could dole out. He would be her little slave, she the master, and he would beg her for more…
Focus! Focus!
Lucy had always been a bit cute, but since when had she become so goddamn sexy? Had she always looked this way and he just never noticed? Okay, so he had noticed. A lot! But after that kiss in the park, she was all he could think about. He kept staring at her from afar. Every time her eyes met his, his heart thumped faster, his chest burned, and the heat spread to his cheeks. His dreams were haunted by her voluptuous form, making him wake up to messed sheets.
"Gray, watch out!" Lucy shouted.
He had been looking back at her, worried about how she was handling the enemies, and had completely missed seeing a shot by his own opponent. A green blast of magic was already hurtling toward him. Gray cursed as he realized he had no time to dodge. Would a shield form fast enough? No time to think!
"Ice-Make…"
No! Not fast enough! His body tensed, realizing he was about to get blasted.
Just as he felt the edges of the blast, fire rushed past his face. He felt the flames singe his hair and stared at the breath of a dragon burning a mere inch from his nose. When the fire passed, the green blast was burned away and the opponent in front of him was a blackened lump of char groaning in pain. Then came a taunting voice.
"What's up with you, droopy-eyes?"
The ice wizard sneered at the gloating tone and glared at Natsu. "Bastard! You almost hit me with that."
The Dragon Slayer shrugged, still grinning widely. "Those long bangs of yours could use a trim." Then Natsu walked right up to him and glared in a challenge. "Your fighting sucks today. Feeling a little … impotent?"
Gray's knuckles cracked as his fist tightened. The anger in his face delighted Natsu. Instead of pushing the ice wizard into one of their usual fights, the Dragon Slayer turned around and walked to where Erza had rounded up the rest of the enemies.
"You need to keep on your toes, stripper," he shouted back loudly. "Stop being a pervert staring at Lucy's boobs and try focusing on your opponent instead. Lucy's strong. She can handle herself without you."
"Aww, thanks, Natsu," Lucy smiled.
"It's just the truth," he told her amiably. "You've improved a lot, Lucy."
"Aye!" Happy agreed. "Lucy doesn't yell kyaa kyaa like she used to."
Lucy glared at the Exceed. "When did I ever yell kyaa like that, you stupid cat?"
Erza loomed up behind her. "Lucy!"
"Kyaaaa!" she shouted in surprise.
"Like that," Happy giggled.
Erza looked disapproving. "Happy just complimented you. Don't insult him."
"Yeah, don't insult me!" Happy scolded.
"S-sorry, Happy," Lucy muttered.
Happy folded his arms. "I'll forgive you if you buy me a fish."
They headed back to town. Gray followed far behind, watching over the others. Erza handled a horse and cart that carried away the enemies to be locked up. Happy flew overhead. Lucy and Natsu were walking along the side of the cart, talking and laughing together just like old times. Gray stared at them hard. Every time Natsu put his hand on Lucy's arm, Gray felt his heart freeze a little. He wanted Lucy to push him away and yell at him to stop being so damn friendly. Gray wanted to shove the Dragon Slayer aside and warn him not to be so casual with touching Lucy.
Natsu suddenly laughed at some comment the celestial summoner made. "Haha! Lucy, you're so funny." He threw his arm around her and yanked her close, almost pulling her off her feet. "That's what I like about you, Lucy."
Gray's fists tightened. However, he could say nothing. The team was acting just like they used to. Having Natsu and Lucy like this was reminiscent, and he told himself it was probably healthy for their friendship to go back to how it used to be. If he warned either of them, they might get too self-conscious, and then things would be awkward again. Although Gray hated it, he told himself it was best to let Natsu and Lucy work out their issues.
After dropping off the perpetrators, Lucy cheerfully suggested that they stop at a ryokan, and Erza agreed. Natsu raced out to be first in the onsen with Happy flying right after him, cheering him on. Erza dressed in the yukata the inn provided and headed to the main dining hall to eat some cake before dinner. Gray really did not feel like soaking in the hot springs—hot water just wasn't fun for him—so he hung out in the room, sitting on the balcony and enjoying a cigarette. He had not smoked in a while, but he was feeling stressed trying to sort out his feelings.
I just pushed myself onto Lucy before. She probably doesn't feel that way about me. Besides, she and Loke just broke up. It's too soon. But … but what if I hesitate again and she gets back together with that flame-brain?
Gray let out a long stream of smoke and watched it float away into the early evening sky.
I really don't want her to go through that again. He'd just use her and discard her when he's no longer interested. That idiot has the attention span of a five-year-old. Lucy deserves someone with a sense of loyalty, someone who knows how to treat a lady, not just a fuck-buddy. And what the fuck is taking her so long in the bathroom? Constipation again?
"Gray," Lucy called just then. "I … sheesh, this is embarrassing…"
The bathroom door opened and Lucy slowly stepped out with her yukata barely even wrapped around. The cigarette dropped from Gray's loose mouth, fell onto his leg, and burned. He cried out, brushed it off, and crushed it out with his foot. Lucy giggled softly at the comical reaction.
"I hurt my arm in the fight and can't hold the yukata in place while tying it at the same time. Can you help me out a little?"
"I … um…" His cheeks burned hot as he came forward. "Okay, just … just tell me what you need."
The smile she gave him was devious and made Gray's throat go dry. "If you can hold the robe together, I can probably tie it. I don't want you to accidentally see, so come around behind."
He stood behind her and also looked aside to fight the temptation to look while Lucy tried to adjust the yukata around her massive breasts.
"Okay, it's in place. Now hold it."
He stretched around her body and meant to grab the edges of the robe, but his hands took hold of her breasts instead.
Whoa, soft!
He let go with a jolt, yanking the cloth with him, and the robe came completely undone.
"Gray!" she shouted, trying to reach the edges to keep them together discreetly. Lucy suddenly jolted in a stab of pain. "Oww! My arm."
"I'm sorry," he cried out.
Just then, the yukata came off her shoulders and fell to the ground in a rumpled pile around her thin ankles. Gray stared in absolute shock to see that Lucy was wearing nothing under the robe.
"L-Lucy!" he cried out in astonishment. His eyes dropped down along her bare shoulders, her slim back, over wide hips, and down to two round, full, pale globes.
My God, her ass is perfect!
"Sheesh, and here I had hoped to wear such a cute yukata while staying at the ryokan," she sighed.
Lucy bent over to grab the robe. Gray coughed at how her soft butt cheeks popped out when she did that, and he got a view of her breasts hanging down like ripe fruits of sinful temptation as she leaned over. She hoisted the yukata back around her body and held it together in the front. When she turned around, she saw Gray's face had gone completely red, and a tiny bit of blood was coming from his nose. The gawking expression made her want to chuckle. She totally had him reeled in!
"What's the matter, Gray?" she teased. "We have to see you naked all the time, so why are you staring at me like that?"
He jolted and looked back up at her face. "I … I wasn't…"
She reached up to his face. He leaned back a little in terror. Was she going to slap him? Or maybe hold him still and kiss him? Instead, she squeezed his cheeks together until his mouth puckered out like a fish.
"Cute little pervert," she teased flirtatiously. "Since you've seen everything already, how about you just help me from the front."
"I … I didn't see all of it," he muttered.
"Do you want to?" Lucy began to open the robe again.
"No!" he shouted, and she pouted a little. "I mean … I…" He looked away petulantly. There was no way to recover this conversation. "You hold it in place, I'll tie it."
Lucy chuckled softly and pulled the yukata into its proper place. Gray tied it well, maybe even a little too tightly to make sure it did not come apart again, then he turned out of the room in a rush.
"Where are you heading?" she asked, following close behind.
"The bar," he grumbled. "I need a drink."
"Ooh, sounds good. Maybe they have those fruit drinks with the little umbrellas."
He had to laugh at that. It was such a "Lucy" drink.
Their team met for dinner. Gray already had three strong drinks down him and was nursing one of the fruit drinks Lucy mentioned, although he had asked for a triple shot of rum to buzz away any last frustrations.
It didn't work!
Lucy sat beside Natsu and flirted with him all through dinner. Or at least, Gray saw it as flirting. Erza said nothing about it, yet Natsu had begun to act like Lucy was his again. Lucy was flushed from alcohol and laughed loudly at Natsu and Happy's antics, the same dumb things that normally would have her shouting in anger. She leaned into him more than once and slapped his arm when he teased that she laughed like Cana after her fifth barrel.
Gray rubbed out a headache and look away from their playfulness. The vision from earlier, Lucy's naked body bending over to pick up the yukata, haunted him. Had she been flirting? Lucy normally would have freaked out and ran to hide, not leaned over right in front of him like that. So if she was flirting, why was she now hanging onto Natsu? It completely confused him, he hated how she was acting, yet her provocativeness had worked its charm. When he looked at her, he could see the cleavage and knew she wore nothing underneath. Knowing that aroused him uncomfortably.
"Hey Lucy," Happy said. "Your cheeks are the same color as Natsu's hair."
"Hmm," she smiled drunkenly. "You mean we match?" She grabbed Natsu's head and yanked it down so that his hair was right against her flushed face and his nose was down near her chest. "Is it really the same, Happy?"
"Aye!" the Exceed nodded. "You two match perfectly."
"We already knew that," Natsu smiled, and his eyes slid over to the Ice-Make wizard. "Isn't that right, Gray?" he asked poignantly. "Lucy and I are a perfect match."
Gray ground his teeth. "Bastard," he growled.
This time even Erza caught what the Dragon Slayer said. "Natsu, don't take advantage of Lucy while she's drunk."
Lucy huffed. "I ain't drunk!" The hiccup at the end proved otherwise.
"I'm not doing anything," Natsu insisted with an innocent shrug. "She's the one who grabbed me. It's just lowering her inhibitions is all, loosening her up…" He gave another hard gaze at Gray. "…letting her do what she secretly desires."
Gray rose quickly and left the table with a low growl.
Erza rubbed out a headache. "Natsu, that was totally uncalled for."
"Sorry, Erza. Did I say something bad?" He simpered quietly.
The Titania glared at him. "I'm serious, Natsu. Stop it before I beat the pink out of your hair!"
His face immediately straightened up. "Aye, sir," he said obediently.
Lucy watched Gray stomp off, and the frustration in his face made her chuckle to herself. Thanks to Gray, Natsu was warming back up to her. These little actions of jealousy were exactly what she was aiming for.
Happy tilted his head and frowned. "Your face is a different color now, Lucy. You look somehow darker."
"It's the lighting," she said distractedly. "I'll go talk to Gray."
"Leave him alone," Natsu insisted, looking angry now.
"I'm worried for him," she said, smiling to see the hardness in his eyes. "Gray's special to me too, you know." Then she ran off after the fleeing ice wizard.
Natsu's eyes narrowed as he watched her go. "Gray," he sneered too soft for them to hear.
Happy watched him with a worried expression. "Now Natsu looks as dark as Lucy. I liked it better when you two matched pink, not dark."
Lucy found Gray in the hallway heading back toward their room. The drinks she had were definitely enough to make the room spin, but not so bad as she had been acting at the dinner table. She slowed down at seeing Gray, straightened her hair, and walked forward slowly, one foot in front of the other as she fought the alcohol's effects.
"Aren't you the moody one!" she teased. "Natsu doesn't like me, you know. He broke up with me."
"Well, he's sure acting like he does," Gray muttered. "You're not helping."
"Oh?" she asked innocently. "Am I doing something bad?"
He fell silent as two people walked through the hall, and they both waited until the couple were in their room. Then he lashed out at Lucy in anger. "Why'd you have to act like that? You're flirting with me, then you're flirting with Natsu. How exactly do you feel about him?" he shouted, then calmed down a little. "And how do you feel for me?"
She huffed and looked away. "I'm not flirting with anyone. Are you going to accuse me of flirting with Happy just because I bought him a fish? Or maybe you'll accuse me of flirting with Erza just because we're sharing a room." She sauntered up to him close enough so her breasts brushed up against him. "Next thing you know, Natsu will accuse me of flirting with you just because I came here to talk to you. It's the same as the rumors in the guild. People accuse the cute blonde of anything they feel like."
Gray's eyes narrowed as he stared down at her. Of course he noticed her soft breasts with how she squeezed her arms together to push them out. "You're up to something. I refuse to think you're this slutty by nature."
She backed off in shock. "Slutty? How dare you! I'd slap you if you weren't my friend."
"And I'd knock some sense into you if you weren't mine," he warned. "Look, Lucy…"
He paused, tried to collect his feelings, and looked down at her. He could hardly help it. His hand reached out and lightly stroked her cheek. Her skin was so soft, and the alcohol she had been drinking all night warmed her cheeks up. She leaned into the touch, and her smiling face melted his icy heart.
"If you want to be with me, I'm up to that," he assured her, letting his fingers stroke back to her neck. "I'd treat you well, not at all like those other guys. No one will have a reason to spread bad rumors about you. If they did, I'd kick the crap out of them."
"Oh Gray," she chuckled, snuggling her cheek into the palm of his hand.
"But," he warned directly, "I'm not going to be pitted against Natsu."
Lucy's eyes opened quickly at that. Had she made it too obvious? Why was he firm about this issue? Gray was always fighting with Natsu, so why was he on his side now, after everything she set up? His icy gaze thrilled her and chilled her.
Gray saw the momentary fear in Lucy's eyes. As he had guessed, she was up to something. What Mira said about Lucy treating her boyfriends like pets couldn't be true … right? It pained him to think Lucy was even capable of toying with his emotions. Just wondering if that was what she had planned made him furious.
"If that's what you want, you can forget it," he yelled, swishing his hand out in rejection. "I hate that flame-brain, but he's our teammate. You can't lead us both on like this. It isn't fair to either of us. Pick one guy and stick to him. Maybe…" His hand fisted up, and he looked aside in regret. "Maybe kissing you was a bad idea. Our team was almost destroyed last time. The same thing will happen if we get together."
She glared at him. "We're not even dating and yet you're dumping me?" she said softly, barely holding back fury.
"I'm saving us both," he explained, although his heart hurt to say that. "I'm sorry, Lucy. I like you … a lot," he muttered, embarrassed to confess that. "However, our friendship and the bond we have within this team means a lot to me. Sort out your issue with Natsu first. Then we'll talk."
She stared at him for a silent moment, her brown eyes simmering in emotions she hid deep in her heart, too deep for Gray to read them clearly. Then Lucy turned away sharply and ran off. Gray watched her go with a weary sigh. Slowly, the tension in his shoulders and arms loosened, and a tight fist he did not know he had been making dropped with a weary shudder.
"Sorry, Lucy," he muttered to himself. "A relationship would complicate everything. I know you want it, but … maybe it's too soon. Maybe you need time. Please … please don't hate me." Then Gray walked off to their room. He threw off his clothes, curled down into his bed, slammed his eyes shut, and hoped he could at least pretend to be asleep before the rest of them came into the hotel room.
End of Chapter 3
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