Of Fire and Ice

C.28

I woke up with Grey beside me and smiled, curling even deeper to him. "I take it you're awake?" I heard his voice and I just sighed deeply. "We have to get up, Hen." Grey said. "No we don't. I'm comfortable and you're comfy, so I'm not moving an inch." I said, hugging his middle even tighter.

"You're so difficult." Grey chuckled and kissed my forehead before unraveling my limbs from around him.

"Nooo, please don't leave. I was comfy." I whined as he got out of bed. Grey leaned over and pressed a long kiss to my forehead. "Get up, Henley." "No. I don't want to. Come back to bed." I shook my head and curled up to a warm, fluffy pillow. "Fine. Stay here and sleep. I'm getting a shower." He said and I had no complaints.

I thought about sneaking in and joining him, but God I was tired.

But to my body, my tiredness didn't seem to matter, because I felt an uncomfort in my groin and a wetness between my thighs. I sat up and immediately felt that sinking feeling.

"Shit." I whispered with wide eyes. I stood up and went to Lucy's room. Natsu, Happy, and Ari were in there, and I didn't care. I went straight to her bathroom and found a pack of pads under the counter and grabbed a few in my hand and went back up to my room.

I cleaned myself up a bit and got dressed just a Grey was getting out of the shower. Once I was dressed, I fell back on my bed and moved my clothes out of the way and heated my hands and held them to my lower stomach.

"Uh... you okay?" Grey asked as he pulled up his shorts. "I'm fine. Just a cramp." I hummed, closing my eyes and trying to relax. "Aw, how are you feeling?" He asked, sitting beside me.

"Well, besides being in pain, kinda bummed." I hummed, looking up at him and reaching up with one of my hands to play with his hair. "Why bummed?" He asked. "Well, if we're at an intimate stage now, we can't do anything for about a week." I sighed. "That's true. But there's always other things to do. Not all relationships have to be physical." He pushed my hair back and I smiled at him softly.

"You are the sweetest guy on Earth." I sighed, pushing myself up to press a kiss to his lips. It hurt a bit to move, so I fell back down when I was done.

I got about fifty seconds of rest with Grey playing with my hair before the other four came in. "Natsu? When did he get here?" Grey asked. "Who cares? What is it, Luce?" I asked.

"Erza sent a message. Apparently there's a message waiting at the guild for us." She said. "So stop being lazy and get up." Natsu said. "Eh, I'm tired." I rolled over onto my side. "You shouldn't be! If anyone's tired, it's me! You kept us up all night with your moaning!" Lucy snapped and I turned to her and Natsu with a grin.

"Us? As in... plural?" I smirked and Natsu threw Lucy a glance and my grin only grew wider. "I'm not implying or assuming anything, but... anything you'd like to share, Lucy? Natsu?" I chuckled. "Shut up! Let's go!" Lucy stormed out, so I got up and followed her.

The minute we stepped out of the house, I immediately felt like we were being watched. I slowed my pace to the back of the group and did a quick scan. I saw three people in all black with some light blue metal accents a few paces behind us.

"You okay, Hen?" Grey asked when I turned back around. "Yeah, I'm good." I smiled and stretched up a little to peck his lips. He smiled at me with soft eyes and it was so easy to see that he was in love.

Whoops.

I took another quick glance and the dudes in black were almost directly behind us. I pulled Grey up to the others. "When I say so, I want you guys to run to Fairy Tail as fast as you can. I think some people are following us." I said and all of their eyes widened.

"Well we're not gonna leave you! We're gonna help you get rid of them!" Natsu said. "No. These guys look dark. We all know I'm good with dark." I hummed, then felt a hand on my shoulder.

"NOW!" I yelled and they all took off running or flying. I turned and blasted the three of them. I kept my hands outstretched as they blasted into a wall.