Of Fire and Ice

C.17

"This time I'm ready to run. Escape from the city and follow the sun. Cos I wanna be yours, don't you wanna be mine? I don't wanna get lost in the dark of the night. This time I'm ready to run. Wherever you are is the place I belong. Cos I wanna be free, and I wanna be yours. I will never look back now I'm ready to run." I sang as Ari and I danced around my room in my underwear. Well, Ari flew. I danced.

The door opened and we both froze and stared at Grey, who looked very amused. "I'm gonna go..." Ari said and flew out the window.

"Whatcha doing?" Grey asked with a smile, now taking his clothes off. "Nothing. What are you doing?" I asked, rocking back and forth on my feet. "Nothing." Grey smiled.

"I'm hungry. Have you eaten yet?" I asked. Grey shook his head so I took his hand and dragged him to the kitchen. "Well, you're helping me cook, because I can't cook for shit. I'm kinda like Natsu in that way. I literally burn everything." I sighed.

Half an hour later we had a stir fry ready to eat. I dumped it on a huge plate and grabbed two forks and we sat across from each other and ate the whole thing.

We were drinking tea and talking when the rest of our team walked in. "Okay. No. I already have to deal with you walking around naked all the time, Henley. I don't need you and Grey in your underwear in my house." Lucy said. "It's my house too, Lucy. That's kinda the point of roommates. Besides, everyone's seem Grey in his underwear and you've seen me stark naked. Don't see why you're embarrassed." I shrugged.

"Anyway, why's the whole team here?" I asked. "We all just got tickets to a beach resort. We can leave in less than an hour if you're packed." Natsu grinned. "Oh. This is a beach?" I asked. "Yes." "With water?" "Yes." "And sun?" "Yes!"

"Sorry, I can't go." I shrugged, turning back to my tea. "What? Why not?" They asked. "I'll just be a complete downer there. I can't be in the sun for too long. The most I can handle is about twenty minutes. It's just be better for you all if I wasn't there." I said.

"What happens if you're in the sun for too long?" Natsu asked. "Well... Natsu you wouldn't know what it feels like... So Lucy, come here and give me your hand. Actually. The three of you come here." I said and Lucy, Erza, and Grey all held their hands out to me.

"This is going to hurt." I said before holding their hands in place and gently blowing the hottest fire I could muster on to of it, just brushing their skin. They all screamed and took their hands back.

"Exactly like that, but now add little needles pricking every little pore." I shrugged. "That hurt! Like A LOT!" Lucy exclaimed. "Oh that's not even all. Once I get out of the sunlight, my skin turns bright red and stays that way for a little over a month. Around two weeks into that, you can see pinpoints of where my melanocytes get angry. That looks like little blood red dots against the bright red with people outlining, cos guess what? My skin is starting to bruise. Also around three weeks in, my skin will start peeling off. Oh, and I'll also get temporary scarring that'll last around three months." I smiled.

(A/n: this legit happens to me.)

"That's horrible. But you forget something. We have sun umbrellas." Erza said. "Sun umbrellas only let me stay out longer. Maybe an hour at most." I shrugged. "Oh please just come with us! You can stay in the hotel room the whole time! We won't mind!" Natsu begged. "Okay, that works. Lemme go pack and try to find my cutest underwear." I got up, walking out.

"If that's not her cutest, I would love to see what is." I heard Grey say, then get hit by the girls. I only laughed.

"Maybe you'll get to see, Grey." I called before packing.