Grayza (One Shots)

THIRD STORY

Thanks to KayeVonStaddi for this story, entitled Three Minutes. Thank you so much! I really appreciate your help. Minna, please do FOLLOW her, and VOTE her stories.
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Three Minutes

"Do you really have to go?" the salmon haired boy sighed handling the lovely lady her luggage.

"Natsu, you know this really an awesome opportunity for me," the girl with scarlet hair smiled at him,

"Take care of Dad and Mom and Mira and Gray and the rest of the gang. Ok little bro?" Averting his onyx eyes, Natsu replied in a whining manner,

"I'm not little anymore so that call me one. But sure I'll look after mom and dad and the others as well."
Placing her hand over his brother's shoulder she smiled at him, her glintless honey brown eyes are quite noticeable,

"I'll be going now," she said making her way to the security check.

"Should I stay?" a scarlet haired girl mutters under her breath staring at the azure sky casted by the glass window of the airport.
Looking at the fallen strawberry shortcake on the floor,

"Gray you baka!" the red haired girl shouted fiercely at the raven haired boy who was on the verge of running away from her.

"I'm sorry Erza, I didn't mean to," Gray begged and begged to the fearsome girl but to no avail the sweet toothed beauty's anger didn't budge. Grabbing him by his collar, Erza looked at Gray sternly, "I'll treat you to your favorite pastry shop later," the raven haired guy told her. With a sudden smile appearing on her, the 18yr old beauty put Gray down and patted his head,

"Thanks Gray!"

"Calling all passengers of flight 504C Tokyo - Boston please proceed to gate 3"

Taking a deep breath, Erza grip the handle of her luggage,

"It's time," she sighed.
"This is amazing Gray~" the beautiful lady said as she take a bite of her favorite cake,

"I'm glad you like it," the raven haired teen answered not looking at her. This didn't go unnoticed by Erza.

"Hey what's the problem?" she worriedly asked.

"Well uhh you see..." getting out of character, Gray fidgeted as a red tint crawled on his face. *ching* The wind chimes sang, notifying everyone that a customer had entered. Averting her gaze away from Gray, Erza's eyes soften in disappointment and realization.

"You guys heard?" a salmon haired boy shouted gaining the attention of everyone.
"Heard what Natsu?" a blonde girl asked. "Erza-neesan..." but before the boy could start his sentence a pair of two teens barged in hand in hand,
"Oh my gosh!" a blue eyed girl squealed. Though like everyone else present in the room her face shows delight, the blue eyed girl is somewhat confused deep inside her mind.
"You like that transfer student don't you?" Erza teased. "Hahi~" getting flustered with her words Gray averted his gaze, "How'd you know?" he muttered barely audible. "Oh please Gray I know you since kindergarten," she told him, "Now," she pouted her lips to the bluenette's direction.
"So what's the fuss guys?" the raven haired guy asked noticing the grief behind one his friend's face. "Erza-neesan she, she already left for Boston," the salmon haired boy explained not looking at any friend of his friends.
"W-what do you want me to do?" still flustered from how his friend just acted, Gray stuttered on his words, "Y-you can't p-possibly be suggesting..." With a obvious mocking pout, Erza stifle a laugh, "Grow a pair will you, Gray."
"Ehh? That's impossible Juvia and I just met her this morning by the park," the raven haired 18 year old explained, in a way of exasperation. "Yes. Juvia and Gray-sama saw Erza-san this morning," the lovely bluenette beside him added.
"Oh that's it," Gray growled and standing up from their table to approach the blue haired student sitting a few tables away from them. With his back away from the scarlet haired beauty, he didn't notice the glint dropping from her eyes as her teasing grin turned to a sad smile.
"You really didn't know?" the salmon haired boy muttered in disbelief. "Neither did we Natsu," the blonde girl said. "But Luce, it's Gray we're talking about," Natsu answered, "Mira-neesan knew, so did I. Are you sure you just didn't forget Gray?" "Why would I forget about it if I knew?" Gray said clearly getting annoyed but he's not sure whether because of the younger man pointing out how ignorant he is of the situation or the untold fact that his best friend didn't even tell him she was leaving. "Gray you forgot didn't you?" sighing, Mira now interfered, "Ever since the start of the school year all of us graduating students are planning for college. She did tell us that she would be applying for universities abroad." "I know but I never thought..." he sighed.
"Why are you playing matchmaker?" the blue eyed beauty approached Erza who was staring on her food. Rolling her eyes, the scarlet haired 18yr old uninterestingly looked at the girl in front of her, "Did I hurt your pride her highness?" "Erza, I'm serious. Why? I thought you like Gray?" the white haired girl told her. "I saw it," Erza returned her gaze back to her food; suddenly it became the most interesting thing around at the moment, "The same look in my eyes when I look at him. It's the same when he looks at her."
"...She could have told me this morning," Gray sighed. Looking at her boyfriend's uneasiness, Juvia squeezed his arm reassuringly, "I'm sure it was hard for Erza-san to say good bye." Oh you don't know half of it Mira thought.
"Wow! Erza I'm so proud of you!" Mira clapped her hands, "We should tell everyone you got accepted in Harvard University." "No... It'll only maks it hard for me to leave, and you of all people know that I have to," Erza said. "I understand..." the blue eyed 18 year old sighed.
The 12 hour long trip was a total hassle for Erza. Though she was in business class, it was still very tiring for her. Landing at JFK airport in New York, Erza decided to take a short walk around the airport to kill some time and have her limbs stretched. Though JFK is smaller than Narita Airport and it has no mall unlike the latter, the scarlet haired beauty still took a stroll; well it's still better than waiting for the 3hr long connecting flight in the lounge.
It wasn't much of a help if you ask the 18yr old lady, so she just decided to go back to the lounge and maybe get a quick nap without the interruption of turbulence. As she was making her way back to terminal 1 lounge, she bumped to some guy causing her to fall, "What the fudge. Are you blind?" she angrily spat at him. With her murderous glare, Erza tried to pick the guy who also fell on the floor by his collar but as she was about to, the boy slipped pass her and with a blink of an eye he had held her arm by her back, "Not this time mademoiselle," he grinned cheekily, "My apologies for not noticing a beautiful lady," he told her releasing his grasp on her arm and patting her head.
Anger still evident on her angelic features when she stomped her feet to get away from that lame excuse of a human being. An hour later, the announcer had place the report for the boarding call on the connecting flight to Boston. Walking towards the plane and to her assigned seat, Erza is beyond annoyed to discover the person who would be sitting next to her, "My my are you stalking me miss?" he said with a tone of tease and seduction. Raising her perfectly plucked brow, the scarlet haired beauty answered in a bored tone, "I could say the same to you my good sir."
Not waiting for any answer, Erza made herself comfortable on her seat and put a pair of ear buds on her ears and began to read the University handbook that came with the letter of acceptance. Poking her cheeks, the guy sitting beside her earned a death glare. "So you're going to Hardvard too?" he said, it's like her death glare is nothing to him. "What do you mean too?" Erza questioned. Answering her query, the guy pulled the same handbook as hers, "I'm taking Biomedical Engineering," he held out his hand which she just stared with her eyes blinking constantly at it. He grabbed her hand and shook it, "Laxus Dreyar," he gleefully told the girl. "Ahh ano, Erza Scarlet," she stuttered as she take in his buffy features which is the exact opposite of how she imagined his personality would be, "Biomedical Engineering."
"Really? Hmmh that's good news," he grinned at her, "to have such a lovely kohai." "Y-you're Japanese?" she still couldn't digest all the information the buffy guy told him. "I'm a quarter actually," he replied nonchalantly, "My dad's half Greek, half Japanese, my mom well she's half Italian, half Jamaican. Oh before I forgot sorry for a while ago." "No biggie," she shrugged booting her laptop, "I was just surprised someone could intercept me with such ease." "Erzaaaaa!!!" a loud high pitch voice echoed even if she had put it on such a low volume. "What is it Mira?" the hazel eyed teen hissed at the person on the other end of the video call, "I misss yooouuuu!" the blue eyed beauty cried. She chuckled lightly, "I've been gone for only 12 hours and you've gone hysteric? My my Mira." The conversation didn't last long because the plane is about to land, finally, "We're about to land Mira. I'll talk to you once I'm unpacking. Watch Natsu for me would you," with that she shut her laptop and fix her hand luggage.
At the arrival area, was a man dressed in suit and tie carrying a board with the names Erza Scarlet and Laxus Dreyar written on it, "It looks like we have the same chauffer," the blonde man put his arms around Erza which she abruptly took off. "Why do I have such a terrible luck?" she sighed then glaring at the man she's currently with in the car.
Days pass and Laxus with his persistence and flirtatious trait had become friends with Erza. Not to mention that they are under the same department, these have become quite close. Days turn to weeks and weeks turn to months before she knew it, three years had already passed. Gray has long been buried in the back of her mind. With Laxus's influence mixed with her natural desires, Erza became a woman none of her old friends would recognize. She partied, day and night got high received a fair share of flings and have a number of fuck buddies. Yes sure she's still that ever studious girl that passed Harvard but the conservative and demure lady that was once Erza Scarlet is long gone.
One time during summer, Erza was lying on her bed naked after a night of hard partying on the mattress. It was always like that, it was very rare for her to wake up with someone there with her on bed, because most of the time her partners which she likes to call them, leaves before the sun is up. As it was, she's there asleep when familiar voices crash to her room, only to find her in that state. "Oi oi Erza," Mira was the first to notice and push the two boys with her out of the door, "Care to explain this?" she glared at the half asleep female looking at her, "Oh hey Mira." "Don't hey Mira me young miss," the blue eyed beauty glared at her. "You're clearly have drunk too much last night and to top it all..." she couldn't say anything any further. "Why are you here Mirajane?" Erza sighed wrapping herself with the blanket and choosing some clothes for her to change, "it's clearly not just to lecture me."
"You haven't been answering our emails for a year now, your parents and brother were worried. I was worried, Gray became hysteric even," Mira animatedly told her the whole thing. "Gray," Erza echoed splashing some water on her face, as she hesitate to ask some more, "How was he and Juvia?" Cleaning herself in a flash Erza is now on her immaculate white sundress and as if on cue the two boys barged to the room, "Erzaa-nee!" the pink haired boy hugged his older sister. "Natsu how are you? You're taking Culinary Arts weren't you?" Erza asked patting the head of her younger brother. Looking around her hazel orbs landed on a certain man's eyes and pain suddenly surge on her system and it wasn't just because of the hangover she's sure of that.
"Could you guys please give Erza and I some privacy?" he asked the two. Without a second thought Mira grabbed Natsu by his ear saying something like tour her around Boston or the like. "It's been a long time neh Erza?" the raven haired 21 yr old started casually, "Three years if I remember correctly." She just look at him, not knowing what to say she's prepared for the lecturing she's most likely going to receive from him but his next words has totally surprised her, "Do you like someone, Erza?" "Nani?" she answered a bit confused with his query, "No, none," she timidly said. "Let me rephrase my question, who do you love?" Her brows knitted forming a v on her forehead, "No one." "Who do you love?" he repeated again. "How many times are you planning to ask me that?" she growled growing piss. "As many times as it takes for you to say my name..." he said and with a swift move, Gray had already pinned her arms on the wall.
With a menacing look on her face, Erza glared at the boy who is centimeters away from her face, "Your pick up lines aren't going to work on me idiot. Plus you already have Juvia..." Slamming his lips against hers, effectively silencing her. "It was always you..." he smiled as he leaned his head on hers. Her knees growing weak, she could still taste the alcohol and pain. She just wanted to run away from him.
It's been three years since she decided to leave. Three years when she buried the memories of him in the back of her mind. It took for her three years to finally forget him, three years for her to finally fall out of love. But in just under three minutes, he had made all those feelings resurface, three minutes for her to remember the feel of his arms wrapped around her. Just three minutes for her to fall in love all over again. Just three minutes for her to forget the idea of bolting out to the door. Three freaking minutes for her to change her mind from taking off once again to taking off her clothes.
Their lips moved in perfect sync, as Gray carried her to the bed.