It was a sad day for Fairy tail, well at least for Natsu, since it was the day he had lost his dragon parent, Igneel, for a unknown reason. The depressed dragon slayer was at his little house deep in the woods not planning to return to the guild anytime soon. The mage could be found crying on his bed which was located in his bedroom. It has been year's since he had begun his search for Igneel, but this was the year he gave up. A loud sigh was heard from him as tears streamed down his face like water rushes down a river.

Back at the guild hall many complaints were coming out of the ice-make mage, Gray.

"It's to quiet without flame brain here!" Gray whines from his spot where him, Lucy, and Erza were seated.

"If you want to go see him he is at his house." Lucy answers.

"That's where he has been huh? Thank's Lucy." Gray thanks the celestial mage as he gets up from his seat.

"Gray before you go... I would like to remind you that today is the day his dragon parent left him. So be easy on him... Ok?" Erza warns Gray as she looks up from the book she was reading.

"Yes ma'am!" Gray shouts as he runs out of the guild towards his rival's house.

Natsu was still laying silently on his bed practically drowning himself in tears as he hears a loud knock on the front door. The fire mage gets up stumbling towards the front door not expecting a visitor to show up at his house.

The mage opens the front door to find the unexpected standing right there, his muscular arms crossed.

"Eh?" Natsu mumbles as Gray walks into the house rudley pushing the fire mage to the side. The ice mage turns around looking at Natsu, seeing a tear stained face.

"You mean to tell me you have been here all day crying?! What a idiot!" Gray snaps at the dragon slayer.

"Gray if you came here to pick a fight with me i'm not in the mood!" Natsu replies looking down at the floor as he walks over to his couch and sits down.

"Look flame brain... you know just as well as I do what pain is. But remember what you told me on Galuna island?" Gray explains as he remembers Natsu saving him from his crazy attempt of suicide.

Natsu nods as he looks into the ice mages eyes.

"If you remember then shut the hell up and maybe use your own self advice! I don't want to see you so depressed! That could lead to suicide man!" Gray rants as Natsu starts to break out into tears again.

"Y-your yelling at m-me!" Natsu stutters as he covers his face with a pillow that was beside him on the couch.

Gray grins in annoyance but then sighs his grin turning into a frown as he pulls his rival into a hug.

The dragon mage hugs back at this point not caring if it was Gray who was the person he was going to for comfort.

The ice mage closes his eyes still hugging Natsu. The hug felt more peaceful then the other times they hugged to supposely make Erza think they were friends. Although this feeling was uncertain, little did Gray notice he was developing feelings for his childhood rival.