~ The Thief Who Stole a Maiden's Heart

~hopelessblues

Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail and I never will.

I will now sit in a corner while you enjoy this chapter.

"Did your mother oppose of this idea?" he asked.

Without an inch of hesitation she answered. "My mother is dead."

Gray was at a loss for words. "I-I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that."

"It's okay, I'm sure she is happy for me to chose my own path." She said as she smiled at the ground.

Gray smiled inwardly, who knew that a princess like her could stand up to herself.

He thought all princesses were snobby, pampered and spoiled gemstone-covered brats. His job in particular was saving princesses that picked the interest of his boss.

"This girl may be worth my time." Gray mumbled.

"Huh?" Lucy asked, she thought Gray was talking to her.

"N-Nothing," He stuttered. "We should find you a more decent attire." He said as he pointed out Lucy's current get-up. He paced himself a bit faster towards a certain shop.

"S-Sure." She flustered a bit, while she struggled to catch up with Gray.

They went to a nearby store and browsed through the different articles of clothing. Lucy found herself a white cotton dress that reached her knees and had poofy sleeves, and a short brown leather vest. The neckline wasn't that revealing and it was easy for her to move around with.

As they left the store, Lucy remembered to give Gray his whip back.

"Keep it."

"Huh?" She asked, she wasn't sure if what she heard was correct.

"I said keep it, for protection and besides, you handled that whip more skilfully than me." He complimented.

"T-Thanks." She stuttered at his compliment.

"No problem. Let's go we have a long journey ahead of us."

"Yeah..."

Gray grabbed a map, observing possible stops along the way. "Since someone is after us, it will be best if we avoided train rides in particular. We will walk from here to Hargeon and we will stop by Acalypha to meet with someone in particular."

"Your boss?"

"Maybe." He slid the map into his bag. "We're leaving first thing tomorrow, sounds good?" He turned to Lucy, who was looking around stalls.

_time moved on..._

Lucy opened her eyes as she felt the rays of sunlight kiss her pale skin, when she tried to get out of bed, there were (very toned, if I must say) arms around her. When she plopped to her right she saw Gray, sleeping soundly. She caressed his face with her free hand, mesmerized by his face. He looks so cut- Wait, what? Lucy sat up suddenly, not minding her partners sleep. She clutched her head, trying to remember and process what was happening.

[Flashback]

After a bit of shopping for supplies, Gray and Lucy decided to head for a lodge near the route they were taking.
The lodge only had 3 floors and was painted with a white coat. A sign was posted that said "Snapper Lodge"

"Welcome to Snapper Lodge, may I help you?" A woman with long ebony hair greeted them warmly with a smile.

"We'd like to take 2 different rooms please." Lucy cheerfully stated.

"Sorry but we only have one room left." The receptionist pouted.

"W-What?" Lucy was in utter shock.

"We'll take it." Gray said, not minding the feelings of her companion.

Lucy was left dumbfounded. "B-But..."

"We have to, unless you want to be captured again and besides, the other lodge is almost a kilometer from here. Do you seriously want to go back there?" He asked. It was obvious that they were both tired from all the shopping and walking.

Lucy thought for a moment, 'this guy actually makes sense'. "Okay. Fine." She pouted.

"Oh, a young couple on a honeymoon?" the receptionist asked the two.

"No!" They both yelled in unison.

"Whatever you say..." The receptionist said with a smirk on her face, heading for the back door. The woman left the key on the counter, Gray took it and headed for their room.

The room was on the 3rd floor of the building on room 15.

When they entered the room, Lucy dropped her jaw to see that there was only one bed. The bed could easily fit in 2 people, but there was no way they would sleep next to one another.

"You sleep on the floor." Lucy blankly stated as she headed for the bed, mindlessly like a zombie.

"Ugh, no I sleep on the bed. You sleep on the floor." Gray pulled her out of the bed, she landed butt-flat on the floor.

"That isn't the proper way to treat a lady." She pushed Gray out of the bed.

"It's not my job to treat a lady." He said, grunting. He stood up, dragged Lucy out of the bed. She didn't seem to oblige.

After hours of pushing, pulling and bickering, Lucy won the bed.

Gray pulled out some pillows from the bed, trying to get comfortable on the floor.

Lucy felt her eyes slowly dropping, soon she fell asleep.

[End of Flashback]

Yes, this is an incredibly short chapter. I'll make it up for you peeps in the next chapter. I got caught up in reading manga and novels, again. T_T *sigh* If you see some kinks in this chapter, please send me a pm or you could review this chapter. For now, I'll try to eat rainbows out of the Nutella jar and and a pack of Oreos.

Thanks to my reviewers: gRayLu010, Hachibukai, MishaArsellecLune, Fullbuster1597, oshirajinda and ErzaScarlet17. :3

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