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Natsu's eyes were wide open while Gray's were firmly closed, it was clear that he was liking this. It took a while for Natsu to regain his composure and when he did, he quickly pushed Gray away.

"What the hell Gray?!" Natsu asked angrily, wiping his mouth with his arm "What the hell was that?!"

"I-I'm sorry Natsu... I couldn't..." Gray didn't finish his sentence as he watched the pinkette storming off. Gray's heart felt like it shattered into a million pieces and he felt his insides were trying to eat itself. I'm such a fucking idiot! He cursed to himself.

NATSU POV

What the hell just... Why'd he kiss me all of a sudden?! I asked myself as I walked towards my class, quickening my pace so Gray wouldn't catch up. As I neared my class, I stopped and took a deep breath in and entered inside. I was greeted by Sting who was already sitting down, he gestured me to sit next to him. The thoughts of the previous event circled around my mind as I sat down. I was snapped out of my train of thought by Sting's hand pressed onto my shoulder.

"What's up Natsu? Thinking about something?" Sting asked as he retracted his hand "Mind telling me?"

"It's nothing Sting... I'm fine" I said. I know that I didn't do a good job at hiding what I was thinking from looking at Sting's expression

"I know it's something, Natsu. But if you don't wanna talk about it, i'll leave you alone" Sting said as he turned to look away. He can be an understanding guy sometimes I smirked to myself before my focus was shifted at the raven haired teen in front of the door.

He made eye contact with me briefly before turning away and sat on a seat, five seats in front of me. I felt a sense of guilt surge through me and for some reason I felt lonely. I rested my chin on my palm and looked out the window. Why am I feeling like this? I asked myself. I mean, it's not like... I DID anything wrong... I tried to convince myself. Oh really? The voice from before asked mockingly. I'm not in the mood for your 'feelings lesson' all right? So just go away, I scolded in my mind. You don't understand, I won't go away until you accept your feelings, the voice replied in a mocking tone. How am I supposed to accept these 'feelings' if I don't have em, I asked. You do have them, your just in denial. I was now annoyed after that last comment and tried to ignore the voice.

The bell rang to signal the end of the day. Throughout the entire lesson, the voice didn't stop pestering me. I decided to just apologise to Gray and hope that the voice would leave me alone after that. After leaving the room, I told Sting to go wait by the main entrance and that I had to do something first. I looked desperately for Gray through the sea of students and nearly squealed when I saw him. I walked towards the raven, gently pushing away other people and latched my hand onto Gray's shoulder.

"Gray, we need to talk" I said in a stern but sorrowful tone

Gray shrugged me off and continued to walk through the sea of students which annoyed me very much so. I ran after Gray and once again latched my arm on his shoulder.

"Gray, don't ignore me" I said. Gray turned around and I saw his eyes were bloodshot and dried tears were along his cheeks.

"Look, if it's about before, I'm sorry, ok? Goodbye" Gray said blankly before turning around and walking away. I once again ran after him and grabbed his wrist and pulled him closer.

"Gray, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have acted like that, really, I'm sorry" I said with all honesty and sincerity

"It's fine. Just forget about it" It was obvious that it was most definitely NOT fine, just by looking at his eyes beginning to tear up again. Gray shook off my hand and once again continued to walk away. I wanted to stop him but I felt like something was preventing me to do so. It felt like I didn't deserve to be forgiven, why is that? It wasn't MY fault that he kissed me all of a sudden... I mean... Who does that? I convinced myself as I made my way to the main entrance. I just hope we can still be friends...

NORMAL POV

As Natsu made his way outside, he saw Erza scolding four players of the school's football team about not chucking balls at the members of the gaming club. Natsu walked over to the red head and greeted her.

"Hey Erza. What's all the commotion about?" Natsu asked

"Oh, hey Natsu. It's just that these four idiots decided it would be a good idea to bully the other students" Erza sighed while rubbing the bridge of her nose

"Hey cutie~" The four players chimed

"Uh... Hey..." Natsu said nervously

"Can I get your number?" One asked

"Cut it out, all of you." Erza said sternly, making the four jump and turn their attention back to the school president

"Sorry..." The four apologised

"Now. If you keep bullying the gaming club members or any students in general, I'd have no choice but to teach you a lesson myself. Right after informing the principal, of course" Erza threatened, making the four boys gulp and nod vigorously

"We promise it'll never happen again!" The four bowed before running away. Erza watched as the four cower in fear and let out a sigh.

"You handled that like a champ!" Natsu chuckled, also watching the four boys

"It's always like this with those football players..." Erza sighed, shaking her head "I'm in the brink of giving up"

"Well, they've learnt their lesson by the looks of it" Natsu snickered

"I hope so..." Erza sighed "By the way, Gray isn't with you? I haven't seen him at all since second lunch"

"Oh... Him..." Natsu trailed off, smile fading into a blank expression "He went home early..."

"Is that so? How come?" Erza asked in a curious expression

"Dunno" Natsu replied, obviously lying, he didn't feel like telling anyone about his predicament

Erza nodded in agreement but she knew something was up. She thought it might be personal so she just left it alone for the time being.

"Hmmm... Well, if you see him tomorrow, tell him to meet me by the big tree at the back of the school" Erza said before waving goodbye to the pinkette and made her way home.

Natsu sighed as he watched Erza walking away. Keeping this a secret's gonna be hard... Natsu said to himself as he too made his way outside.

Outside of School

Natsu looked around for Sting but couldn't find the blonde anywhere. He searched and searched until eventually spotting blonde hair, which wasn't Sting's. Lucy walked up to Natsu with a big smile and a small wave.

"Heya, Natsu" She greeted "Looking for someone?"

"Yeah, have you seen Sting anywhere?" Natsu questioned, looking around to emphasise

"No, why're you looking for him?" Lucy smirked, she had ideas for why the pinkette was looking for him.

"I'm coming over his house and I said to wait by the main entrance" Natsu sighed with an irritated look "Where'd that idiot go?!"

"I'm sure you'll find him soon" Lucy assured "Anyway, have you seen Erza or Gray anywhere?"

"Well, Erza already made her way home.." Natsu answered before trailing off "As for Gray... I... I think he went home early too"

Lucy looked at Natsu, confused as to why Natsu hesitated a bit before speaking up "I see... Did something happen Natsu?"

Natsu looked at Lucy with a shocked expression, he wasn't expecting a question like that...

"Nothing happened, we just... had a fight, that's all" Natsu said, not entirely lying

Lucy's confused look relaxed into a smile "Oh, same old same old I guess" she giggled "well, I best be going as well, cya Natsu!" Lucy waved before walking away

"Bye" Natsu called out before continuing to look for Sting

After minutes of searching, he spotted the blonde leaning against a tree, talking to a group of girls. Natsu rolled his eyes and walked towards the blonde.

"I've been looking everywhere for you!" Natsu said as he placed an arm on Sting's shoulder

"Oh, Natsu. I was getting tired of waiting so I decided to walk around" Sting replied

"So impatient..." Natsu huffed, taking his arm off the blonde's shoulder making the latter mentally wince

"Your one to talk" Sting teased, a smirk showing itself across his face

"You guys are so cute! Are you together?" A girl squealed "Yeah! You're like the cutest couple!" Another added

Sting held back his blush and glanced at Natsu who was completely unfazed by the question.

"No. We're just friends" Natsu replied making Sting's heart shatter

"We can be a thing you know" Sting said, trying to make it sound as much like a joke as possible

"Maybe when I'm dead" Natsu chuckled making the group of girls giggle "Anyway, see ya tomorrow girls, we're off" he continued, gesturing Sting to go

"Right..." Sting followed

"Remind me again why we're going to your house first?" Sting whined at Natsu

"Cause I need to get permission from dad" Natsu replied looking quite annoyed at the blonde's whining

"Can't you just call or something?" Sting groaned making Natsu roll his eyes

"Phone's dead" Natsu replied blankly, Sting letting a sigh out

As Natsu and Sting walked, a familiar raven haired boy walked towards them, not paying attention to his surroundings. In a matter of seconds, Gray and Natsu collided and both fell on the ground.

"Watch where your going!" Natsu yelled as he carefully stood up

"Sorry..." Gray apologised, not knowing who he bumped into

"Gray? Oh, it's you!" Natsu said cheerfully "Listen, I wanna ask you something"

"I-I'm busy... Sorry" Gray said, looking at the floor. Natsu went to say something but Gray already walked away leaving a disappointed Natsu and a curious Sting.

Natsu's house

Natsu opened the front door and gestured Sting to wait outside. He walked inside and called for his father but no one answered. He tried again and this time, heard a flush and a door opening.

"Sorry, I was in the bathroom" Igneel apologised

"That's fine. Anyway, can I come over Sting's? It won't be a sleepover, just to hang out" Natsu said hopefully

"Hmm... So long as you don't stay for the night" Igneel sighed "By the way, Gray visited and dropped off your clothes, he said you left them at his house" He continued, pointing at the neatly stacked clothes on the coffee table in the living room.

"I forgot about that... I'll make sure to thank him then" Natsu smiled before heading outside again "Cya tonight dad"

"Probably not. I'm working over night at Fairy Tail, you won't see me until 11:30PM" Igneel grinned, heading towards his bedroom to get changed "Have fun"

And with their goodbyes said, Natsu and Sting once again hit the road to Sting's house.

Walk to Sting's house

Natsu walked side by side with Sting, deep in thought. He didn't care about what's happening right now, he only cared about what happened before, with Gray. He was snapped out of his train of thought when he bumped into a lamp post. Natsu shook his head and rubbed his forehead to ease the pain while Sting laughed at the pinkette.

"Oh man, that was gold" Sting mocked, wiping a tear off his eye

"Why didn't you warn me? Jerk..." Natsu huffed as he continued to rub his forehead

"Sorry 'bout that" Sting said, trying to subside his laughter "What were you thinking about anyway?

"Nothing" Natsu said blankly as he continued to walk

Sting jogged after the pinkette to catch up with him and rested a hand on his shoulder "It's about Gray, isn't it?"

"What? No..." Natsu lied, he didn't want Sting to be poking his nose in other people's business

"I know it is, I'm not stupid" Sting said "I saw how you didn't talk to each other in business class let alone sit near each other" He smirked, he knows he's cornered Natsu now.

"I didn't know you payed attention to anything" Natsu snickered, wearing a weak smile "Yea... It's about him" He sighed

"Well, care to tell me?" Sting urged, nudging the pinkette

"I don't really wanna talk about it, sorry" Natsu said as he put his hands behind his head and interlocked his fingers "Maybe some other time"

"Cmon, Natsu. Tell me." Sting once again urged, slightly frustrating Natsu

"I told you, maybe some other time" He reminded

Sting POV

Maybe some other time? Everyone knows that's code for 'I'll never tell you', I said to myself. I really wanna know... I tried to guess what Natsu is thinking about and came up with a lot of questions. What if Natsu likes Gray? That can't be right... They hate each other, right? I convinced myself. I glanced at Natsu beside me and wore a dark grin. I wonder what it takes for this oblivious idiot to like someone... I thought of ways to make Natsu like me, no, LOVE me and my thoughts shifted to... More dirtier thoughts. I shook my head to get those fantasies out of my mind, I didn't want to pitch a tent in public...

We kept walking and eventually got to my two storey house. I opened the door and gestured Natsu to come inside.

"Ladies first" I teased, a smirk spread across my face

Natsu seemed like he didn't hear anything and casually walked inside. My smile died and a frown took its place. He's still thinking about that idiot, huh? Just WHAT did they do?! I pondered as I followed Natsu in. I closed the door behind me and made my way to the couch where Natsu was sat. He seemed like he was lost in thought AGAIN. I sat on the far right side of the couch and leaned my back on the arm rest, putting my feet on Natsu's lap to get him to snap out of it, but to no avail. I let out a sigh and hoped that Natsu would tell me what's bugging him.

"Natsu, are you still thinking about Gray?" I asked but it fell into deaf ears. I let out a frustrated sigh and moved my foot to get his attention "Oi! Snap out of it"

"What? Oh, sorry, was just lost in thought" He said with a grin while rubbing the back of his neck

"I know. You've been doing that quiet a lot recently" I frowned "Just tell me what's wrong"

"I told you already..." Natsu reminded but I wasn't gonna give up that easily this time

"I don't care, Natsu. Tell me what's wrong" That sentence came out more aggressive that I intended it to be

Natsu looked startled by my sudden aggressiveness and sighed in defeat. Yes! Finally got to him!

"If you really want to know that much..." He trailed off for a while then once again made eye contact "Gray kinda...went and kissed me..." THEY KISSED?! Anger and jealousy ran around my entire being.

"Like... like on the cheeks?" Hopefully it was just that... Hopefully...

"No... Lips" Natsu replied which devastated me

"Lips, huh?" I tried to keep a cool facade "Well... Did you... Enjoy it?"

"What?! No! I'm not... I didn't enjoy it!" Natsu retorted, calming me a little bit, but by the way he was speaking, it didn't seem like he was sure himself

"Alright then... But tell me this, Natsu" I said "Why were you thinking about that like it was such a big deal? I mean, sure, your both guys and all but... I feel as though there was another reason"

Natsu paused for a while before proceeding to answer "Well... you see... there's this voice in my head" Oh no... "This voice keeps telling me that... I have 'feelings' for Gray and that I was denying it... And by the way, this voice is really annoying"

"Is this voice... telling the truth?" I asked eagerly, I desperately hoped that he doesn't end up being with Gray...

"I..." Just as he was about to answer my question, the door swung open. Dammit!

"Sting? You here hun?" My mother called out from the house entrance

"In the living room!" I called back "A friend's here as well"

"A friend? Already Sting?" My dad teased, obviously pointing out my flirtatious behaviour towards people I like

I sighed as I stood up and made my way upstairs, to my bedroom. I gestured Natsu to follow and we both made our way towards my bedroom.

Natsu laid down on my bed while I was sat on my study desk. I observed Natsu as he was once again lost in thought. I got up from my chair and made my way on the bed, sitting at the edge.

"So... what do you wanna do" I asked, looking back at the pinkette

"Dunno, watch a movie?" Natsu suggested, pointing at my movie shelf

"Sure, what are you into?" I asked as I stood up and made my way to the shelf

"Have any horror movies?" Natsu asked. Horror isn't my favourite genre but if the pinky wants horror then I'll oblige, I smirked.

"Yea, I got... Fairy Tail of the Dead Meeen" I suggested

"Fairy Tail is everywhere..." Natsu said, amazed that Fairy Tail made a movie "let's watch it then"

I walked over to the DVD player and inserted the CD inside. After a few moments, the movie was up and running. I glanced at Natsu behind me who sat up on the bed looking adorably eager to watch the movie. So cute... I said to myself before turning away to watch the movie.

I decided to join Natsu on the bed, hoping that we can somehow end up cuddling. Probably not gonna happen but, who knows? It was halfway through the movie and I heard Natsu yawn, clearly he wasn't at all scared of the zombies eating people turning them into other zombies. The entire time the movie was playing, I had done nothing but gaze at the pinkette and pointing out his attractive features in my head.

"I don't get it... some guy spilled some perfume in the drain and everyone got turned into zombies? How does that work?" Natsu asked in a confused tone. I mentally blushed at that adorable face he was making.

"I don't get it either" I replied "Let's just stop watching it" I continued before standing up and making my way to the DVD player

"Eh, I guess" Natsu sighed, rolling over to the middle of the bed and rested his hands behind his head

After I took out the CD and placed it back inside the case, I made my way to the side of the bed and sat down. I still need to ask about that voice... What was it gonna say?! I let out a sigh and turned to make eye contact with the pinkette.

"You didn't finish what you were gonna say" I reminded as I turned to make eye contact with the pinkette

"What? What was I gonna say?" He asked in a baffled look

"You know, you were about to answer my question" I reminded

"What question?" He asked, getting me slightly frustrated

"About the voice, is it telling the truth or not?!" I asked, more aggressively than before

"Oh... That..." Natsu trailed off

"Well?" I urged

"I honestly don't know..." He continued. He doesn't know?! Are you kidding me?!

"You don't know?! How could you not know your own feelings?! Are you that stupid?" I hissed, regretting my words right after

"Hey, man! It's not my fault, don't get mad at me!" Natsu retaliated with an angry expression that shot daggers right at me

"Sorry... that came out more aggressively than I thought..." I apologised

"It's fine... I think I'll be going now, if you don't mind" Natsu said as he sat up and waited for my approval, which I didn't want to give.

"No! Stay, at least just a little while longer..." I said with hope in my eyes

"No... It's getting pretty late, I should head back now" Natsu started to walk towards the door. I quickly stood up and grabbed his wrist "Let go, Sting..."

"Don't go... I don't want you to..." I replied

"I can't stay, we have school tomorrow, remember?" Natsu reminded, but I don't give up easily

"Then you can sleep over!" I suggested

"I told you, I'm not allowed to sleep over someone's house for a while" Natsu said, trying to get out of my grip "Besides, I have no spare clothes here"

"Natsu... please..." I pleaded, tightening my grip

"I... can you stop with the stupid face" Natsu teased, shocking me from the sudden change of tone "Look, I promise I'll sleep over next week, that's when I'm allowed to"

"...fine..." I sighed, letting go of the pinkette's wrist

"Geez, I didn't know being best friends with me meant a lot to you" Natsu teased. What an oblivious idiot... I mentally snickered

"You belong to me and nobody else" I chuckled, making it sound as jokingly as possible

"I don't belong to anyone" Natsu pouted before heading towards the door "Well I'm off, see ya" He waved. I tried to resist the urge to pin him down and attack him with kisses, which proved very hard to do.

"See you tomorrow" I waved back with a weak smile. Damn I wish I could just kiss him right now...

To me, this chapter seemed like it was 'slow' or something, i dont really know. Anyways, thank you for taking the time to read my story, i really do appreciate it :D