I'm sooo sorry for not updating sooner! Anyway thank you all for your incredible support. Ok this idea popped into my mind out of nowhere. This one is longer than the first two chapters. The next one is dedicated to Medelie! Oh and do gimme some prompts. that would really be helpful! Ok! Without further delay presenting to you Chapter 3!

Matchmaker

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He did not know how he got himself into this mess.

He really did not know how he ended up getting the title of the resident matchmaker of Fairy Tail.

Well another thing he could be sure of is, getting his ass kicked by Mira for usurping her position.

It had all started off like this...

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It was an uneventful day in Fairy Tail. The usual rowdy guild was as usual...rowdy. Surprisingly Natsu and Gray weren't fighting. Maybe Natsu was fighting with Gajeel but Gray wasn't. He had decided to give himself a day off. He was a happy man, with a mug of ale in his hand, watching the guild hall get destroyed by Natsu and Gajeel.

He rolled his eyes as he watched Natsu get slammed to the nearest table. He ignored the two idiots and glanced around the guild for anything that would catch his interest. He spotted Romeo from a distance approaching him hesitantly. He looked quite uncomfortable.

'Weird'

When he was a couple of feet away from Gray he stopped. Gray waited patiently for him to speak. Romeo's eyes were fixed to the ground and he shifted uncomfortably in his position. Finally he opened his mouth to say something.

"T-the great ice-wizard Gray..." Romeo started, unsure of what to say next.

Gray raised an eyebrow.

'The great ice-wizard Gray?'

"What is it Romeo?" ' Or does he expect me to call him 'the great fire wizard Romeo'?' Gray thought, still hung with the way the young wizard had addressed him.

Romeo opened his mouth, trying to say something but closed it. He tried again but all he could do was stare at the ground. His face was red and he looked really embarrassed .

Gray grew a little impatient. He started tapping his finger on the table in annoyance. When Romeo still didn't say anything, his patience wore off.

"Just spit it out." Gray said, annoyance gracing his words.

"The great ice-wiza-"

"Cut that crap out!"

"I-I like Wendy!"

Gray had chosen the worst time to take a sip from his drink. He coughed violently, splattering the fizzy drink all over the table.

'What!?'

Gray gave Romeo an incredulous stare. He was a bit confused, actually a lot confused as to why out of all the people, this boy approached him for this sort of matter.

"And...?" Gray asked hesitantly.

By this time Romeo's face was a different shade of red.

"H-how do I tell her that I like her..." He trailed off uncertainly.

"Why are you asking me this?!"

"Cuz you were the only one approachable!"

"What?!"

"Natsu's too dense and Lucy and Mira would give me weird ideas and Cana...she would tell me stuff not appropriate for my age."

"Hell no!"

"Please the great ice-"

"I said to stop calling me that!"

"Please Gray..." Romeo's voice sounded so pleading that Gray had to give in to his request. He sighed and looked at Romeo, who was waiting expectantly for him to answer.

"Okay..." Gray started unsure of what to say next, "..tell her what you like about her.." He said really embarrassed that he was giving love suggestions. Romeo just stared at him. Why the hell was he playing cupid all of a sudden?

"ahm...make it special for her with roses and gifts and all..." He looked at Romeo. Still no response. Gray slanted his eyebrows in annoyance.

"Enough already!" Gray said, obviously irritated.

Romeo snapped out from his daze and gave Gray a small shy smile.

"Thank you 'The great ice-'"

"Shut up already!"

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The next morning, on his way to guild, Gray met up with Erza who happened to return from a S-class mission.

"Hey Gray." She smiled at him. He waved at her.

"On your way to the guild?" she asked."Yeah." He said and gestured for her to come along.

Once they reached the guild, they noticed a huge crowd at the centre of the guild hall.

"What the hell!?" Gray asked, taken aback by the commotion in the guild.

"Let's go check it out." Erza suggested and Gray just nodded. They squeezed their way through the crowd of people. Gray caught a sight of navy blue hair and immediately froze.

There, at the centre of the guild hall stood Romeo. He had a rose in his hand. He was blushing madly and so was the girl in front of him. Wendy.

The place was decorated with roses and banners saying,'I like you'. The boy took it seriously when Gray told him to make it special for her.

"I like you Wendy" He started, still blushing madly. "I like your hair, I like your face, I like your smile, I like how you're shy, I like the way you dress, I like your magic, I like.." and he continued on.

Gray face palmed. He did not expect the boy to take his word this seriously when he told to tell her what he likes about her.

Wendy placed a finger to his lips, ending his misery and Gray's as well.

"Enough Romeo...I like you too." She said like she was going to faint from embarrassment. The entire guild erupted into cheers and Gray just sighed in relief.

Macao slapped his son on the back, grinning widely. "I didn't think you could do that my boy." He said, feeling proud that his son was growing up.

Romeo scratched the back of his head and smiled in embarrassment.

"Oh it wasn't my idea."

Gray become pale.

'C-Crap'

The entire guild became silent. Gray tried to desperately squeeze his way out but was stuck.

"It was..." Romeo searched the crowd and when his eyes landed on Gray, he pointed towards his direction. " ' The great ice-wizard' Gray's idea."

"WHAAaaaat?!"

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Later that morning, Gray was in an extremely foul mood and so was Mira. She kept giving death glares to the poor ice mage, scaring the living daylights out of him.

"I didn't think you would play cupid Gray." Erza, who was seated beside him, said. She was actually quite amused at what Gray did. Gray just groaned and slammed his head on the table. Erza just laughed and left to speak with Lucy. Gray just sighed in relief that she was gone. He was scarred for life. He faced public humiliation today. He would rather forget this day.

After a few minutes Gray noticed Natsu approaching him looking very stern and serious. Gray sat up straight, thinking Natsu was going to say something important.

Natsu approached him. He sat across from Gray, that serious expression never leaving his face. Then suddenly he turned a little red. Gray grew a little suspicious.

"The great ice-wizard Gray..." Natsu said hesitantly like someone punched him in the stomach.

'This sounds familiar'

Then he realized what Natsu just called him. He was speechless for a moment. Natsu looked up. He could see that Gray was still speechless. His hand covered his mouth trying to fight off laughter.

Natsu banged his fist on the table. " Damn it you bastard! I like Lucy! Just tell me how to get her!"

Gray swallowed his laughter. He did not feel like laughing anymore and he went extremely pale.

"Get away!"

"aw c'mon ice-princess."

"No!"

"I'll whoop your ass if you don't."

"Let me see you try flame brain."

Natsu sighed."Please.." He said like he desperately wanted to punch Gray. A devilish smile made it's way to Gray's lips. "Say it again." Natsu let out a frustrated sigh. 'This is for Luce' he reminded himself. "Please.." Gray smiled victoriously. He looked at Natsu who looked like he wanted to tear him into pieces.

'A few words won't hurt', Gray uttered to himself completely forgetting what 'a few words' could do.

He really didn't know much about romance except for the book he had recently found Lucy reading. It was some sort of romantic comedy. Not that he's been reading it...skimming isn't the same as reading it every day.

"Try giving her a surprise. She usually likes surprises...a gift maybe...?" Then realization hit him hard as he remembered what happened with Romeo. "Nothing too grand." he added.

Natsu just stared at him stupidly before getting up and leaving the guild.

'That was fast.'

Barely ten minutes had passed that he saw Natsu entering the guild with a balloon in his hand and a box of chocolates in the other. He was grinning widely.

'For the love of God..'

Natsu walked towards the direction where Lucy was and handed her the box of chocolates. He had that stupid goofy grin still plastered on his face. Everyone in the guild were confused well save for a certain ice mage. Erza who was beside Lucy blinked stupidly at Natsu and so did Lucy.

"I like you Lucy!" he said and put his arms around her.

Silence...

Gray banged his head on the table. That idiot was hopeless.

Lucy turned the colour of Erza's hair. She attacked Natsu with a bone crushing hug. " I like you too!"

And the guild erupted once again. That was a strange turn of events from morning. Gray was just thankful that Natsu didn't take his name. He was about to leave the guild from the chaos when-

"Hey Gray thanks! I couldn't have done it without you!" Nastu's loud voice echoed throughout the guild.

"WHAAAaaaaat?!"

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Everything was over. His reputation was ruined. Just when he thought the Romeo incident was over Natsu just had to come up with this brilliant idea to scar his life forever. He would never hear the end of this. Why the fuck did he get into this mess? Mira's definitely going to kill him. He might as well plan his own funeral.

"Yup, you are definitely playing cupid." He looked up and was greeted by Erza's teasing face.

"Shut up!" he said, still embarrassed. Erza slipped to the seat next to him. She stared at him for some time, occasionally laughing at his pitiful state.

"Say Gray, how would you want a girl to confess her feelings to you?" she asked nonchalantly like it was the most normal thing to ask a person.

Gray turned towards her irritably. He was seriously not in the mood for romantic talk. He had had enough of it from morning.

"Yeah, I would like her to jump out of nowhere and give me a kiss. Just like in movies and fair tales." he replied sarcastically. "Seriously do you think I even care about that. Why the hell are you ask-" the rest of his words came out muffled as his lips were blocked by Erza's lips. It took him a few good seconds to realize what was happening. Erza Scarlet was kissing him and he was too shocked to kiss back. She sucked on his lower lip before pulling away. A devilish smirk graced her lips.

"Good enough?" she asked wickedly and Gray could only stare back.

The guild was once again silent after what they had witnessed. Juvia was the first to recover.

"Gray-sama..." she cried, a rain cloud on top of her.

"Guess Gray played matchmaker for himself."

"Way to go Gray!"

"Hey ice princess-"

And he never heard the end of it.

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And that's how Gray ended up getting the title of the matchmaker of Fairy Tail.

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Crappy? I think so. Sorry if this is bad. Please do review. I accept all kinds of reviews. So stay tuned for the next chapter!

Happy reading-PF