Author's notes: Hey everyone! I've been writing Death Note and Skip Beat fanfics recently. If you like those series, please go check them out!! :) Anyway, I present to you chapter 3!! :D
Chapter 3
"Come on, I'll catch a cold like this!" whined Natsu.
"Idiots don't catch colds," retorted Gray as he let a small laugh escape his lips. Natsu, on the other hand, was angrily stomping his foot on the floor, pouting. Suddenly, his eyes lit up as an idea crossed his mind.
"It's your dare!!" exclaimed the fire mage, a large grin on his face.
"…fine," grumbled Gray as he turned his face away from the red head. "You've got to be kidding me," he thought as he stood up.
Flashback
"…"
Natsu was proudly grinning at Gray, who was shocked speechless. A few minutes passed before the ice mage regained the ability to speak.
"…and here I thought you weren't stupid enough to do that," sighed Gray, bringing his hand up to his forehead.
"Do what?"
"TO THROW YOUR FUTON OUT THE WINDOW!!" yelled Gray, clearly unimpressed by Natsu's actions.
"Well, it was my dare," said Natsu, shrugging his shoulders.
"Just don't come crying to me later…when you'll have to sleep on THE FLOOR," declared the ice mage, rolling his eyes.
Natsu froze.
"WHAT?!"
"Well what did you think? That I'd share my futon with…" Gray suddenly stopped talking as he noticed the pleading puppy eyes Natsu was flashing at him. "Shit, not the puppy eyes!!" he thought.
End of flashback
"Hey, you're hogging the pillow," complained Natsu as he pulled on the cushion under Gray's head.
"You have your own," retorted Gray, yanking his pillow back from his partner.
"…it was with my futon," mumbled Natsu, slightly embarrassed. As Gray was about to lend the red head part of his pillow, a thought suddenly popped into his mind. "Don't tell me…" he thought as he quickly grabbed Natsu by the collar.
"Take Truth!!" ordered Gray with an almost crazed expression.
"Umm, truth?" obeyed Natsu, a questioning look on his face.
"DID YOU ALSO THROW YOUR BLANKET AWAY WITH YOUR FUTON?!"
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"…"
"Yeah…mind passing me some of yours?" replied Natsu, slightly blushing.
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Inside the room, the girls giggled away. Suddenly a loud crash could be heard from the hallway, followed by the sound of branches cracking and something landing on the ground, outside. The girls immediately stuck their ears to the door, but the hallway fell silent. After a couple of minutes, they exchanged glances before giving up on eavesdropping.
"Erza, do you think we should check up on them?" said Lucy, feeling a little guilty about kicking the guys out. She waited a minute, but the sword mage didn't answer. "Erza?"
The elder girl had slightly opened the door to spy on the boys. However, what she saw clearly left her...thunderstruck. She quietly closed the door and held onto the wall for balance, stupefied.
"What's wrong?" asked Lucy, a little curious. But the sword mage seemed too occupied sorting her mind out. "Natsu and Gray…sleeping together and h-h-hugging. No wait, must not jump to conclusions. Stay calm and think this..." suddenly, a crooked grin curled up her lips. She quickly turned to face Lucy and grabbed her arm, surprising the latter.
"Lucy! Does your cellphone have a camera?"
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"…so anyway, why is that ant on my face right now?" said Natsu, the doll blocking his sight.
"Because I hit you with it…" replied Gray, still crushing his toy onto Natsu's visage.
"Oh right, makes sense…LIKE HELL!! TAKE IT OFF OR I'LL BURN IT!!" yelled Natsu, his temperature quickly rising. Gray immediately yanked his doll away from the fire mage, protectively hiding it in his arms.
"Burn it and I'll destroy your ice hat!!" threatened Gray, viciously hissing at the red head. Now it was Natsu's turn to grab his hat and hide it behind his back, away from the scary ice mage. They both glared at each other for a while, but finally got bored of it. Soon, they both slumped back down onto the futon, still slightly sleepy.
"Hey, whose turn was it before we fell asleep?" said Gray, letting a small yawn escape his lips.
"Think it was mine," answered Natsu. Before Gray could reply, he continued speaking. "And why'd you smash that ant on my face anyway?" he added, eyeing the doll in Gray's hands.
"…you were hugging me," replied Gray, looking away.
"Was not!" retorted Natsu. "…maybe?" he thought as he became increasingly uncertain the more he tried to remember.
"YES YOU WERE!!"
"NO I WASN'T!!"
And so began their daily argument…
Meanwhile, inside the room, the girls had solid proof…not that the guys were aware of that fact.
"Hey, I feel a breeze," said Gray, noticing that the hallway had become pretty cold.
"Oh…must be the window I broke," answered Natsu nonchalantly.
"…when did you break a window?" asked Gray in a confused tone as he began mulling over the events. Natsu opened his mouth to reply, but Gray quickly interrupted him. "Please tell me you opened the window when you threw the futon out," he said, connecting his eyes with the red head.
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"Master, there is nothing to worry about," said the rat-like butler as he prepared some tea.
"I-I'll trust you on that, Sebastian," muttered a man in his early forties as he grabbed the tea cup his butler handed him. "Will this really do?" he added after a few sips.
"Of course," replied Sebastian with a reassuring smile on his creepy face.
"W-Where's George?" asked the master. Suddenly, a shiver ran down his spine. "D-Don't tell me…it got him?" he murmured, his body shaking with fear and his eyes going wide in terror as he began imagining various scenarios.
"Oh no, it promised it wouldn't, remember?" answered the butler as he carefully poured more tea into the master's now empty cup.
"Y-Yes, that's true," mumbled the master, heaving a sigh of relief.
However, somewhere, in an unknown location, a mysterious figure walked towards the hallway, intrigued by the loud quarrel happening there…
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So who do you think "mysterious figure" is? XD Anyway, I hoped you liked this chapter and please comment!! :)