Hi guys! So I've been planning on writing a series of stories about when Gray, Jellal, and Natsu get sick (one at a time) and their love has to take care of them, but then they get sick and the boys have to take care of the girls. I hope it's not too cliche and I'll be good on updates this time since I'm not sick anymore (thankfully :) so please R & R and I hope you guys enjoy it!
Laryngitis Devil
Gray POV
I groaned as I swallowed more water into my irritating throat. I coughed heavily into my arm afraid not to wake Juvia up as my chest tried to heave itself out of my body. I'm an Ice Devil Slayer for heaven's sake! I don't get sick! I took my shirt off and sat down at my bed eating an ice cube. It was three in the morning and I was sweating like crazy. We had a mission tomorrow and I had no clue how to hide my sickness from Juvia.
No Gray, you're not sick I tell myself.
I went back to sleep and took some honey to soothe my throat. In the morning, the sunlight beamed down into our room as I felt for Juvia, but she wasn't there.
"J-Juvia?" I croak.
"Gray-sama!" Juvia shrieked as she turned around, "you didn't forget about our mission did you?"
I swallowed an upcoming cough and whispered, "No, of course not, my love,"
"Gray-sama, your voice,"
"Juvia I'm okay," I say through the pain.
"O-Okay," she says.
Phew, that was a close one. I go to brush my teeth and the iced water splashing in my face feels so amazing, but I'm starting to get cold. For once, I actually think about putting a shirt on. It was a cold winter day and I didn't want my laryngitis to get worse.
"Oi Juvia," I rasp, "what's for breakfast?"
"I made some soup and bread and butter!" she exclaimed happily. I sighed in relief in hearing that there would be some soup instead of something like bagels to irritate my throat.
I made my way downstairs and actually ate the soup when it was warm. It felt good sine I was really starting to freeze.
"Gray-sama, you're eating it hot! And you've worn a shirt!" she said "are you feeling okay?"
"Yeah! I'm totally fine!" I say as loud as I can, hurting my throat even more.
"Well we'd better get ready to meet up with Lucy (LOVE RIVAL)," she said through anger.
"Ok," I groan. Today is gonna be a long day.
We meet up with Lucy and Natsu and start our mission. Erza caught a cold, so she couldn't come with us. I wonder how mad she is if I get to go even though I have laryngitis.
"Ok so we need to ride this train here," Lucy said.
"WHAT?! TRAINS AGAIN!?" Natsu yelled.
"Three hours," Juvia said.
I groaned and thought of what would happen in these three tiring hours.
As soon as we got on the train, Natsu's face paled.
"Feel... sick..." he moaned as e covered his mouth.
"Natsu, if you're gonna barf, barf in the bag," I croak. I brought myself a bag in case I would throw up on the train. My head was spinning and my throat was hurting.
"Oi Gray, what's up with your voice?" Lucy asked.
"Yeah, when Juvia asked Gray-sama if he was feeling sick, he told me he was okay. But is he?" Juvia said.
"I'm FINE!" I yelled at them as Natsu started hurling into the bag.
I cringed and closed my eyes.
"I'm going to sleep," I tell them.
"Okay, so am I." Lucy said.
However, falling asleep was not as easy as I thought it would be. Every once in a while I would hear a retch and a splatter as Natsu's vomit filled the bag. I had to swallow many times to keep myself from vomiting. Finally around the two hour mark, I got up and wrapped myself with a blanket.
"Is it just me or s it cold in this tr-train," I shiver.
"Gray, how are you cold?" Lucy asked, "You're an ice wizard for heaven's sake!"
I shook my head and went into the bathroom. I closed the door behind me and coughed heavily so I wouldn't have to cough in front of the girls. I spat out some phlegm and rinsed my mouth. I cleared my throat, and was about to step out when I heard a crash.
I opened the door and saw Natsu, sick, but fighting another person. I hadn't seen this guy anywhere, so I struck him with an ice make lance.
He fell backwards and was heading towards me when Natsu screamed "FIRE DRAGON'S VOMIT!" and poured the whole bag of vomit onto him. I was so disgusted that I started gagging and puking. My throat flared as I coughed onto the train platform harshly.
"Gray-sama!" Juvia came screaming at me.
"Ugh Natsu is so gross, that't caused me to vomit." I quickly cough out.
"Are you sure? Because you look quite sick." she said.
Then the inevitable happened. The guy who was fighting Natsu got out of his vomit bath and came straight to me and I blocked with an iced shield. This didn't last long before the train exploded. Lucy summoned Horologium and carried all of the passengers out safely. But the problem was in the train. Smoke filled my lungs and I heaved and coughed with each breath sending a searing pain up my throat.
"Is that all you've got, suckers?" he sneered.
Natsu got angry. He sent a barrage of punches to him, but for some reason, the dude wasn't interested in Natsu. He was interested in me. I coughed even harder as he punched my face with his dynamite packed fist. My head sparked and flared with pain as my throat died.
I slunched down into the floor, unable to move, and gagging and coughing so hard that my body was shuddering. I had completely lost my voice.
All I heard then was an evil laugh.
Juvia POVI was outside the train cart and realized Gray-sama was still inside.
"Gray-sama!" I call out.
"Juvia no!" Lucy screamed.
I knew I had to do it. I rushed into the train cart and saw Gray-sama dead on the floor. No not dead, Juvia. Not dead, Juvia.
"Gray-sama!" I screamed as I shook him.
"JUVIA!" Lucy yelled as the hooded figure was about to strike me. Just in time, Loke came in and deflected the punch.
"Thank you Loke-san," I say. I carried Gray-sama outside as he was unconscious. His mouth was open and his throat was red as a tomato.
Loke finished up the hooded man, and then came back to Lucy.
"What happened to Gray?" Lucy asked.
"He's-He's-he's..." I start sobbing.
"No Juvia he's not dead!" Lucy yells at me. Suddenly, I see Gray-sama sputtering and spitting and coughing.
"Gray!" Natsu said.
"J-J-Juv-v-via," he rasps.
I go over to him and lie down next to him.
"What is it?" I ask.
He cringes and dry coughs onto the ground. I pat his back as he coughs out smoke from his lungs.
"G-G-G-G-Go... H-H-Home," he croaks.
"Yes, we will go home now," I tell him.
"Gray, are you-" Lucy didn't finish.
"SICK?" Natsu finished for her.
I saw Gray-sama give a slight nod and then he coughed up some phlegm.
"THEN WHY DID YOU COME WITH US?! WE HAVE TO GO HOME NOW!" Natsu yelled.
I saw Gray-sama close his eyes and cover his ears.
"Oi NATSU! SHUT YOUR MOUTH UP YOU STINKIN-" Lucy got cut off again by Gray-sama's coughing.
Gray POV
I feel like a pig. My throat itched and hurt as I coughed for 10000 times a day. At home Juvia mixed up some honey and herbal tea that Porlyusica had given her. It soothed my throat and before long, Erza was coming back.
"Gray..." she threatened.
"Why didn't you tell me you were SICK?!" she yelled as she banged my head into her armor. Black spots danced in my eyes as I coughed harshly and felt dizzy.
"B-B-Because you were throwing up wh-wh-when we left for the m-mission," I rasp.
Her face went a shade of red as she stared at me.
After about a week of coughing and gagging I was feeling better enough to challenge Natsu to a food contest. I won, of course.
That's Gray's story, how do you guys like it?
I basically incorporated things from when I got laryngitis :)
Next chapter: Heavenly Body Poisoning