Hey! So I'm once again writing this for my best friend since I love her so much. Though, I'm pretty sure I'm supposed to love her, seeing as she's my sister... :)

Gray x Natsu

A Thunderstorm to Start; A Picnic to Finish

BANG! BOOM! Natsu flinched at the sound of the thunderstorm raging outside from under his bed. Where can I go? Natsu thought frantically. Happy's gone with Erza. Even if I went to Lucy's, it'd be empty since she went with Erza and Happy. The guild's closed. The only other person left is…Gray. But I can't go over there. I have a huge crush on him and I'm sure I'd probably end up telling him. So I'm stuck here. But I don't want to be alone. I just- Natsu was brought from his thoughts when more thunder and lightning could be heard. He made a split-second decision and darted from under the bed, still clothed in his pajamas, and ran out the door with and umbrella overhead.

Halfway to Gray's house, the sky cracked another bolt of lightning. It streaked down to the ground, striking Natsu's umbrella. Of course Natsu, being Natsu, was unharmed (and slightly itchy from the shock of the lightning) but twice as terrified as before and started running even faster than he had before, leaving the charred metal frame of the umbrella to lay in the street.

Was it a knock that had woken him? Gray wasn't sure and decided to ignore it. Just he lay his head back down, a sound came from the front hall. It was defiantly a knock. Looking at his clock, he groaned. It was 2:36 in the fucking morning. "Who the hell is at my fucking door?" Gray grumbled, making his way out of his bedroom and down the hall to the front door. Upon opening it, what he found made him stop in his tracks, not moving an inch, as if he was actually frozen. A soaking wet Natsu was there, shivering and looking slightly up at him with wide, pleading, and frightened eyes. Gray started to get angry. Why does he look like this? What reduced him to such a state of horror? Who the fuck did this to- Then it all clicked into place. He remembered a time when they were young and it and started to rain…

Natsu's eyes widened as he stared at the storm begging to form outside. As Gray watched, Natsu seemed to grow scared. Suddenly, Natsu whipped around and ran to the nearest closet. Gray continued to watch as he bolted past. Following, Gray tried to open the door but it was locked. "Natsu? What's wrong?" he asked through the door. "Go away." came a muffled reply. Gray stared at the door for a few more moments before walking away. "Mira? Can I have a bobby-pin?" he asked. Mira nodded and pulled one from her hair. "Yes, but what for?" He just thanked her and silently walked away, back to the closet door.

After picking the lock on the closet, Gray slipped into the small space beside Natsu and locked the door once again. "I thought I told you to go away." Natsu tried to sound threating, but his voice came put cracked as Gray realized he was shedding tears. "You did, and I asked what's wrong. Will you tell me?" Gray asked softly. "Nothing. I just don't like storms because…I guess…I'm just scared of them." Gray's eyes widened at the statement. Then he surprised Natsu. He smiled. "S'Ok. I completely understand. I'm the same with spiders. We'll just wait here till it's over." He smiled again, this time contagious as it spread to Natsu's face, too.

Pulling the shaking Natsu forward into his chest, Gray closed the door. He put his arms around the shorter boy's waist and lifted him off the floor, carrying him from the entry hall to the living room. As soon as Natsu's feet left the ground, he continued shaking and wrapped his legs around the ice mage's waist, burying his face in Gray's chest. As Gray put one hand under Natsu's left thigh and the other on his back, he felt something wet trail down his neck, down his bare chest, and soak up into the waist band of his sweats. At first, he thought it was just from the rain Natsu had been in, but then registered that the wet was warm, not cold like it was supposed to be. Natsu's afraid of storms. Gray thought. So maybe he's- "Natsu, are you…are you crying?" he asked, quietly, as he approached his couch. All he got was a slight nod in response and Natsu started shaking more. Taking his hand from rubbing Natsu's back, Gray carefully unwrapped Natsu's legs from his waist and put him down to stand in front of him. "Where's Happy?" Gray asked. "He went with Erza and Lucy on their trip." Natsu sobbed out quietly, still shaking. "I'll be back with some clothes." Gray sighed.

When Gray returned with a pair of sweats and a dark blue hoodie with a Fairy Tail symbol and a capital 'G', Natsu wasn't shaking as bad. "Here. I know they're gonna be a little big, but it's not like I have any of your clothes laying around." When Gray tried to hand the clothes to Natsu, he didn't budge. "I guess we're going to do this the hard way then, because you sure as hell aren't getting a cold on my watch." He approached Natsu slowly, setting the clothes on the coffee table. When the pink-haired boy didn't move away, Gray reached for his soaked pajama top that read 'Got torch?' lifting it over Natsu's head. "Oi…" Gray sighed, continuing to strip the smaller male and redress him.

After Natsu let Gray redress him, he was shaking a little less. Despite using ice-make magic, Gray's house was warm, as were his hands and body. Natsu had expected them to be as cold as his magic. But, warm and inviting or not, he was still alarmed. He wanted to find the smallest space he could and hide. So, as soon as Gray turned around, he took off. He bolted into the nearest room, Gray's bedroom. He saw the closet door and ran for it. It wasn't very small at all, though, so he shut it. Looking around again, he spotted the bathroom. The shower! It should be small enough! He thought. About to step into the shower, he saw another door inside the bathroom. He rushed over to it, yanking it open. It had three shelves, small spaces in between them. Blankets were stacked on the first shelf, towels on the second, hand towels, wash rags, and extra soaps on the third. I can probably squeeze into one if I scrunched up enough. So, throwing the towels carelessly to the floor, he climbed in. The space was a little bigger than it looked, so he could move around a bit. He pulled the door closed silently and pulled his kness to his chest, starting to cry again.

Gray thought Natsu was absolutely adorable in Gray's clothes. They were (obviously) too big and made Natsu look even smaller. When he turned back around, a towel for Natsu's hair in hand, Natsu wasn't there. He had no idea where he could've gone. "Mother fucking shit…" he whispered to himself. He was really getting worried. What if he gets lost and panics? What if he gets hurt? What if he starts to panic in general? Shit. Natsu… Gray was starting to get panicked himself. He had to find Natsu. Had to.