Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail

Chapter 1 - Just Friends

Nastu woke up to the sound of rain, drizzling outside and tapping his bedroom windows gently. He sighed in a frustrated tone and rubbed out the sleep in his eyes. The pinkette looked around his room with a slightly confused look then he remembered, he recently moved from his hometown. He let out a sigh and reminisced the fun times he had back at Tenrou City with his friends and a small smile appeared on his face. As he was lost in thought, his bedroom door slowly opened revealing a tall man with spiky pink hair, he had a relieved face as he looked at Natsu sitting up on his bed.

"Oh good, you're up" He said, snapping Natsu back into reality "Since you're awake already, might as well get ready"

"Dad? What? Get ready for what..?" Natsu stared

His dad sighed and entered the pinkette's room before saying, "First day at Fairy Tail High?"

Natsu took a moment to process what had been said and when he did, he shot out of his bed and ran to the shower while shouting "Oh crap Oh crap! I'm gonna be late!" He's fine with being late any other day but at the first day? Nope, no way, gotta make a good first impression.

Igneel watched as his son frantically got ready for school and he wore a cheeky grin, he 'forgot' to remind Natsu that school starts in 2 hours. Whoops. Igneel walked out of his son's bedroom and walked towards the kitchen to prepare breakfast.

In the bathroom

"Dammit, soap, why do you have to be so slippery?!" Natsu cursed after the soap slipped from his hand "I don't have time for this!"

Natsu quickly scrubbed shampoo on his hair followed by a generous amount of conditioner and rinsed it out after. (Dunno why I added this... Let's skip...)

Natsu got out of the shower and made his way to the white cabinet beside the door. Droplets of water trickled down his well-toned chest and abs and steam from the hot shower surrounded his slim but muscled arms. He picked up a clean towel and proceeded to dry himself before wrapping the small towel around his waste.

Fast forward (breakfast)

"Dad... You don't usually cook pancakes in the morning, what's so special?" Natsu muffled under the mouthful of pancakes in his mouth.

Igneel looked at the boy with a cheeky smile and said "I doubt you'd be interested"

"Just tell me" Natsu urged

"Well... I've just been hired at Fairy Tail Corp!" Igneel's smile grew bigger after he told the big news

"Fairy Tail? Isn't that the name of my school?" Natsu asked

"Well, your high schools' principal is also the owner of Fairy Tail Corp" Igneel said, smile never fading "And Fairy Tail Corp is the biggest company in all of Fiore and ranked number 4 around the world!"

"Really? Well congrats dad" Natsu smiled

"Now we just have to wait a few pay days and we'll be living in luxury!" Igneel joked, chuckling a little bit, Natsu joining soon after.

Natsu picked up his phone off of the table and looked at the time, 7:25AM. He quickly ate up his last bit of pancakes and picked up his school bag and headed towards the door.

"Well, I'm off now, bye dad!" Natsu waved as he walked towards the door before stopping at a picture on the wall, it was their whole family. They looked so happy in the picture, His mom was on the left side, holding Natsu's shoulder and Igneel was on the right, wrapping his arms around his wife. A single tear rolled down Natsu's cheek and a weak smile showed itself on the pinkette's mouth "Bye mom..." He whispered before proceeding to exit his home.

He sighed with relief as he watched the gray, gloomy clouds fading away revealing the sun shining ever so brightly. He smiled as he thought of what he would see in his new school, how many people he can be friends with and... How the food in the canteen will taste! He drooled at the thought of a bacon cheeseburger with fries on the side and a large milkshake. Natsu was again lost in thought until a blonde ran into him.

"Crap! What the-?" Natsu yelped "What's wrong with you?!" He stared at the blonde

"Dammit... Now my uniform's all wet..." The blonde girl pouted before turning his attention at the pinkette "I'm so sorry, I wasn't looking where I was going..."

"It's fine, not like you killed me or anything" Natsu chuckled

"That uniform, are you from Fairy Tail High?" The blonde asked

"Yeah, actually this is my first day, I recently moved from my hometown" Natsu replied

"So you're new? That's great! How about we be friends from now on?" Lucy smiled

"Sure! I'm Natsu by the way, Natsu Dragneel" Natsu held out his hand in front of Lucy.

"I'm Lucy Heartfillia! Pleasure to meet you!" She said as she shook Natsu's hand

"Lucy..." Natsu's smile weakened as he thought of that name

"What's wrong Natsu?" Lucy asked worriedly

"I-It's nothing... It's just... Lucy is the name of my mom that passed away when I was just 5 years old..." Natsu's face saddened more.

"I'm so sorry to heart that..." Lucy said softly

"You don't need to apologise! I just get kind of emotional at that topic, it's not your fault!" Natsu's smile brightened once more. Lucy nodded and let out a big smile

"Why don't we walk to school together?" Lucy asked cheerfully

"No complaints here" Natsu replied with a grin

"By the way, Natsu" Lucy continued "I have a feeling you'd be welcomed in the school, I mean EXTREMELY welcomed" Lucy chuckled

"What do you mean?" Natsu asked in a confused tone.

"You'll see~" Lucy hummed.

At school (Lunch area outside)

Natsu looked around at the surprisingly big space around them, he saw other students walking around talking with each other or in their group and some people on the benches were making out.

"This whole area is used to eat at?!" Natsu asked, looking around to try and take it all in.

"Yep! There is also a lunch area indoors if you want to eat inside or if you want food from the canteen"

"Woah! Where do you sit Lucy?" Natsu asked, still looking around

"I sit with my friends indoors since Erza wanted to be closer to the canteen so she can order a strawberry cake whenever she wants" Lucy grinned nervously, looking around to see if the red head was around.

"Who's Erza?" Natsu turned to look at the blonde

"The absolute scariest woman in the history of scary women" Lucy shuddered "And she's also the school president"

"She sounds scary..." Natsu thought of what Erza may look like, a monster? A demon?

"Well, she can be pretty sweet when she's in a good mood, just don't agitate here" Lucy warned

Just as she finished talking, the bell rang for the first class of the day. Lucy waved goodbye to Natsu and started to run off to her class before stopping and turning to look at Natsu who was standing there looking confused.

"I should probably have told you earlier" Lucy yelled "New students have to go to the principal's office so you know what your classes will be"

"Thanks... I was starting to worry a bit" Natsu sighed with relief "Where is the office?"

"That building over there is the office" Lucy replied, pointing at a black and dark blue, two storey building

"Oh right, thanks Lucy!" Natsu waved at the blonde and made his way to the office.

Natsu sat on a bench in front of the counter where a lady was busy filing, stapling and printing papers. He waited patiently for the principal to call him in so he could make friends sooner. Natsu waited and waited until finally, the principal called for him through the door.

Natsu sat on a seat, wide eyed by the size of the principal, he was tiny.The principal was talking about Natsu's classes and how all of the students call him 'gramps'.

"Did you get all that Natsu?" Gramps asked

"Yes, sir" Natsu nodded, but of course, he was lying.

"Good. Now, please follow Ms Carla here to your first class" Gramps smiled

"Okay, thank you sir" Natsu bowed before following after Ms Carla who seemed to have left the room already.

Natsu's first class (Maths)

Natsu was standing outside the classroom, waiting for Ms Carla to finish talking with the teacher. After a while, Ms Carla motioned for the pinkette to come inside. As he walked inside, a few gasps can be heard. After Ms Carla left the room, the teacher introduced the new student.

"Okay class, this is Natsu Dragneel" The teacher said, pointing at the pinkette

"Can I get your number hot stuff?" Some random boy asked "Wanna come over tonight?" A girl sang "PLEASE MARRY ME" Another girl screamed

"I, uhhh... No... Sorry..." Natsu grinned nervously, rubbing the back of his neck earning an awwww from most girls. (Awww as in the 'admiring the cuteness' kind of Awww)

"Hey Natsu!" A cheery voice called out

"Lucy? Oh we're in the same class!" Natsu smiled

"OH MY GOD HIS SMILE! HIS SMILE CAN MELT LAVA!" Some girl squealed

"I'm pretty sure lava's already melted..." Natsu's sweat dropped

The teacher sighed and called out to Natsu to talk about some details. He said his name was Prof. Happy and that he was in the smartest class for maths which surprised him because he barely pays attention to his school work. After finishing their conversation, Prof. Happy pointed at the seat next to a dark haired boy with onyx eyes, the boy was staring at Natsu like it was the first time he saw another human being. Natsu shook off the intense staring given by the dark haired boy and walked up to his seat, there he was greeted by the school president.

"Hello, Natsu, I'm the school president, Erza Scarlet" Erza smiled

"Hey! Nice to meet ya!" Natsu grinned before turning to the black haired boy he was gonna sit next to.

"Yo" Natsu gave a small wave to the black haired boy as he sat down next to him.

"Huh? Oh hey..." The black haired boy replied

"And what do I call you ice block?" Natsu teased

"Ice block? Why the-? Where'd you get that insult from all of a sudden?" The black haired teen growled

"Relax, ice block" Natsu snickered "I called you that because of that cold ass greeting just now"

"Shut up... Flame brain" Gray huffed

"Flame brain? How'd you come up with that?" Natsu chuckled

"Because I can feel your body heat from here..." Gray replied

"Huh? You can feel it from there?" Natsu asked in a confused tone before turning to Lucy and Erza "Can you guys feel it?"

"Nope" Lucy shook her head

"Neither do I" Erza said "It seems only Gray can feel it" Erza shot Gray a knowing look making the latter lightly blush and turn away.

GRAY POV

As the new student sat next to me, I felt butterflies in my stomach and my cheeks growing hotter. Wait a minute, why do I feel like this all of a sudden?! It's exactly like the time I met Juvia... Oh no... Don't tell me... AM I IN LOVE WITH THIS LOSER?!

"Yo" Natsu waved at me

"Huh? Oh hey..." I said back

"And what do I call you ice block?" Natsu teased

ICE BLOCK?! Where'd the hell did that come from? Why ice block? I'm so confused...

"Ice block? Why the-? Where'd you get that insult from all of a sudden" I mimicked my thoughts

"Relax, ice block" He snickered, what a jackass... "I called you that because of that cold ass greeting just now" He did have a point... I guess I was kinda rude to him... But still...

"Shut up... Flame brain" I huffed as I noticed the intense body heat coming off of him.

"Flame brain? How'd you come up with that?" He snickered

"Because I can feel your body heat from here..." I replied like it was the most obvious answer

"Huh? You can feel it from there?" Natsu asked, looking confused then he turned to Erza and Lucy "Can you guys feel it?"

"Nope" Lucy shook her head

"Neither do I" Erza said "It seems only Gray can feel it" Erza gave me a look that says 'I know what's going on here' and I couldn't help but blush again so I turned away to hide it.

I can't believe this! I can't be in love with this idiot! He's a guy for fuck's sake! I can't be in love with a guy, how would everyone else react? God dammit... But... It's strange... At the same time... I can feel something in me that wants Natsu... NO! SHUT UP BRAIN! DON'T THINK THAT! I AM NOT IN LOVE WITH NATSU!

Next class (Gym)

NORMAL POV

Natsu was genuinely excited for his next class. Gym was his favourite out of all the subjects, it's fun and you don't have to do boring work. Natsu listened to his teacher, Mr Clive, as he explained what they will be doing for today. After his talk finished, he grabbed a couple of balls and cones from the sports rack and asked Natsu and Gray to set up the dodgeball game. Natsu happily accepted the job whilst Gray grumbled and sighed a 'fine'. The two grabbed the cones and balls from Mr Clive and started to set up their game.

"Why so excited Gray?" Natsu teased, looking at the annoyed face of Gray

"Shut up flame brain and set it up properly" Gray grumbled, putting another cone on the floor

"I am setting it up properly ice block" Natsu huffed

"Just shut up..." Gray sighed

"What's wrong with you ice block?" Natsu asked, placing a ball beside a cone "Going through a break up?"

"Why would I tell you...?" Gray hissed

"Cause we're friends!" Natsu replied with a toothy grin

"I am not your friend..." Gray retorted with a disgusted tone

"Why not?" Natsu pouted

"Cause you're annoying, obnoxious and you won't leave me alone" Gray snapped "Just stop talking to me..."

"Woah... That escalated quickly..." Natsu snickered making Gray sigh "But seriously, I thought we were friends..."

"Well, we never were" Gray huffed as he placed the last cone

"Maybe we can be?" Natsu grinned with hopeful eyes "I promise I won't bug you... As much..."

"No." Gray said sternly, walking back to the rest of the students

Natsu jogged up to Gray and placed his hand on his shoulder "Please? I mean... Wouldn't it be awkward if we sit on the same table in lunch but never talk?"

"No, it would not" Gray said, shrugging off the pinkette's arm

"Cmon, ice block, we only just met. Can't you give me a chance?" Natsu chuckled, jogging up to Gray again.

"Please stop... You're annoying" Gray sighed

"I won't stop till you like me~" Natsu sang

"But I do like you..." Gray unconsciously whispered then realising what he said.

"What was that?" Natsu asked in a confused tone

"N-nothing... none of your business flame brain..." Gray tried to sound frustrated but failing miserably and to top it off, he was blushing uncontrollably

"Okay?..." Natsu said "You okay dude? Your cheeks are really red..."

"I-I'm fine! Worry about yourself!" Gray growled

"Alright then... Oh wait! How about we make a bet?" Natsu grinned

Gray stopped and turned to Natsu looking intrigued "Go on"

"We'll be on opposite teams, if I win, you have to do what I say and vise versa!" Natsu continued

"Sounds good. You're on" Gray said with a determined look

"Are you two finished?" Mr Clive yelled from the other side of the gym "We would like this game to start soon, you know?"

"Yes, sir! We're finished here!" Natsu yelled back before running towards the group assembled around Mr Clive, Gray following soon after.

"Get em, Gray!" Blue team yelled

"You got this Natsu!" Red team cheered

After a long battle of ball throwing, it has come down to 2 people to duke it out. Natsu from red team and Gray from blue team. Fortunately for everyone, Erza decided not to play and be the referee, it gave nightmares to the students who saw her play.

"Remember our bet, ice block!" Natsu laughed

"I will! Don't cry when you lose flame brain!" Gray smirked

"As if! You're the one losing, ice block!" Natsu retaliated

"Oh yeah?! Well I'm gonna make sure you eat those words, flame brain!" Gray retorted

"Would you two shut up and get on with it already?!" Erza boomed

"YES MA'AM!" The two yelled as they picked up a ball and lunged it at each other.

"EAT THIS!" Gray yelled, hurling a ball at Natsu which he dodged

"Your aim's a little rusty Gray!" Natsu chuckled

"Shut up! You can't do any better!" Gray huffed

"Watch me" Natsu replied as he threw a ball at Gray which missed

Gray stared at the ball that missed him and laughed "Looks like your aim's as ba-" Gray didn't have time to finish his sentence as a speeding ball collided with his face.

"WHAT THE HELL BASTARD?!" Gray yelped as he fell to the ground

"I win!" Natsu cheered before being joined by his teammates

Gray sat up and rubbed his red, swollen face and cursed under his breath. 'Stupid pink haired, lame ass, small brained fucktard...' He cursed, glaring at the celebrating pinkette. Natsu stopped his cheering and stared at Gray before walking up to him.

"That was fun" Natsu grinned, holding a hand in front of Gray to help him up

"Shut up, idiot..." Gray flicked the pinkette's hand away and got himself up

"Sorry for hitting you in the face" Natsu grinned, rubbing the back of his neck "I was meant to hit your legs"

"Well you fucking hit my face!" Gray growled

"Sorry..." Natsu said with sincerity and honesty in his eyes "Really, I'm so sorry"

"...it's fine..." Gray sighed

"Really? Good! I guess you ain't mad anymore so now will probably a good time to say this" Natsu said with a cheeky grin "Make good on our bet ice block~"

"Geez... Fine..." Gray sighed in an irritated tone

"Oh good! Now we're officially best friends!" Natsu smiled as he draped an arm over Gray's shoulders

"That's all you want? No embarrassing stuff?" Gray asked with a confused tone

"Yep! I just wanted to be best friends!" Natsu grinned

"No. Just friends." Gray said

"Well... was worth a try at least..." Natsu grinned

"Idiot..." Gray sighed

Lunch (Indoor eating area)

Natsu drooled as he looked at all of the tasty food in the canteen, there was cheesecake, fries, burgers, salads and today's special: Fried calamari drizzled with lemon juice. Natsu ordered bucket loads of food and carefully walked towards his friend's table, trying not to drop anything. As he got closer, he noticed a group of people running in his direction so he quickly moved out of the way to save his food, but unfortunately, he tripped over someone's bag and dropped everything he was carrying.

"NOOOOOOOOOO!" Natsu cried out, looking at the big pile of mess in front of him "My.. Food..."

A bunch of people chuckled at him as he stood up looking angry as hell. Natsu glared at the table where the people laughing at him were before walking up to them. Suddenly, the table didn't find it funny anymore.

"Whose bag was that huh?" Natsu grinned darkly with red glowing eyes as he picked up a boy by his collar shirt

"I-It wasn't mine! I-I swear! I-I'm sorry!" The boy shivered nervously

"Ugh... It's fine... Sorry bout that..." Natsu sighed as he put the boy back down and walked towards his friend's table with his head drooping down.

"What a waste..." Natsu sighed as he sat down on the table

"That was the funniest thing I've seen all day!" Gray chuckled

"I don't think that table over there found it as funny anymore..." Lucy sighed, looking at the table where the kid that Natsu picked up was sitting on

"You made a good choice backing down, Natsu." Erza said, taking another bite of here strawberry cake "If you went through with it, I would have probably given you detention. Before I knock some sense in to you of course."

"Couldn't help it... I just hate wasting food" Natsu pouted "...they would have been delicious too..."

"Guess you'll starve then..." A teen with long black hair chuckled

"Shut up... Wait... Who are you again?" Natsu looked up at the boy

"If you really want to know, it's Gajeel" Gajeel scoffed

"How come you weren't in my maths class?" Natsu asked

"Because he's a big dummy" A petite girl with short blue hair giggled

"Shut up, shrimp" Gajeel chuckled, pulling the girl closer

"Stop calling me shrimp! It's Levy! L-E-V-Y" Levy huffed

"Hey... I didn't see you in my class either" Natsu asked the blue haired girl

"That's because Levy here is smarter than us so she was put into an even harder class" Lucy said making Levy blush slightly

"I just love books and learning..." Levy mumbled

Next class (Biology)

Natsu arrived in his class 5 minutes late. He looked around the room to see everyone talking to each other and out of their seats, he looked at the front of the room and saw that there was no teacher. Excitement filled him and walked towards where his friends were sitting.

"Hey guys? Why is everyone going crazy?" Natsu asked

"Because the teacher's not here and Erza's in a different class" Lucy replied

"Oh... Then where's the teacher?" Natsu asked as he sat down next to Gray

"Not here yet, and why are you sitting next to me" Gray huffed

"Cause we're best buds now, aren't we?" Natsu teased, wrapping an arm over Gray's shoulders

"I told you, we're just friends" Gray said, letting Natsu's arm rest on his shoulders

"Then why aren't you taking my arm off like last time?" Natsu snickered

"Cause I'm cold" Gray said

"Hey! I ain't your personal heater!" Natsu yanked his arm off of the teen

"Get back here flame brain" Gray said as he grabbed Natsu's arm and laid it on his shoulders

"Weirdo..." Natsu mumbled, letting his arm stay

"Natsu..." Gray whispered "I wanna... tell you something..."

"What is it, ice block?" Natsu asked

"I lo-" Gray stopped himself from uttering another word then quickly took off Natsu's arm. 'What the hell am I doing?! I can't do this! Dammit!" Gray cursed to himself.

"What we're you gonna say Gray?" Natsu asked, looking at the black haired teen.

"N-nothing... Just forget about it..." Gray replied with a flushed face. Lucy shook her head as he looked at Gray and sighed.

Flashback - Biology class (5 minutes before Natsu arrived)

"Just tell him how you feel Gray..." Lucy whispered

"No! I can't do that! Besides, I don't like him!" Gray blushed

"You can't lie your way out of this one, I know how you've been looking at Natsu when he's not looking at you" Lucy smirked

"That's not what it looks like!" Gray's blush intensified "I was just... amazed by how... stupid... he is..."

"Yeah, totally..." Lucy rolled her eyes "Just tell him Gray, he'll probably understand how you feel and maybe he'll return it"

"Maybe, huh?" Gray sighed "Fine... But what if he isn't into guys..."

"I asked him, he said he never had a girlfriend before" Lucy reassured "I mean, look how good looking he is! It's impossible for someone that looks like that to never have had a girlfriend in their life!"

"Maybe he's just shy..." Gray sighed

"Really? Shy? Natsu? I don't see that happening" Lucy giggled as she noticed the pinkette bursting through the door "Oh look, there he is. Cmon Gray! This is your chance to finally let go of the weight on your chest!"

"Fine... fine I'll do it..." Gray said hesitantly

End Flashback

I ended it with a flashback (Never saw that coming did ya?) ._.

Anyways, this is the first chapter of my second fanfic, let me know if you liked it :D