Natsu woke with a start. A few days had passed and, true to his word, Gajeel had made Natsu stay at his house until Gray got back. Sniffing the air, Natsu soon realized that he was the only one in Gajeel's apartment. He huffed. He and Levy must have went out to run a few errands.
The fire mage scowled. The two could've at least taken him along. He hated being holed away in a small apartment. He had always hated it. Instead, he preferred being outdoors. Being in a forest or a grassy field didn't give him a sense of being trapped like staying indoors did.
His heat was still, regrettably, very painful. Instead of heat pooling in Natsu's stomach like it usually did, it felt like the fire mage's intestines were trying to rip out of his stomach. What was worse, though, was that it wasn't constantly there like the burning sensation that usually was. No, the pain hit him at random times. It was terrible. Natsu had gotten accustomed to the heat in his stomach, but random, scorching pangs that shot through him like a bullet hurt like hell. There was no way he could get used to it when it hit without warning or consistency.
He shrugged it off as he got up. He was itching to do something. To go somewhere. Hastily, he pulled on some clothes and fixed his appearance. He had to get out of this stupid, crammed place before he went crazy. He was also rushing so that he could leave before Gajeel returned. If he was caught, Gajeel would most likely go mother-hen mode on him and drag him back. Hell, he'd probably even tie Natsu to the bed so he couldn't escape again.
Natsu made up his mind easily. He'd visit the guild and see if Gray was back yet. He should be, since it's been three days. The fire mage slipped out of the door and into the large hallway of the apartment complex. He walked down the opposite hallway before he returned and walked down the stairs. His scent going down a different hallway was sure to throw Gajeel off a little.
As he made his way to the Fairy Tail guild, he continuously walked in and out of stores to confuse Gajeel. It was bound to at least delay the iron mage from finding him. Unfortunately, as he ran into someone, causing them both to fall, luck wasn't on his side today.
The pinkette, who had landed on the other's chest, fumbled for an apology. "I am so so-" His apology was cut off as soon as he caught a glimpse of the person under him. "Cobra." He growled out.
The maroon-haired male shot him a sly, lop-sided smirk. "It's so nice to see you again, Pinky." The deep voice of the poison dragon-slayer purred.
Natsu, much to his dismay, soon caught a whiff of the other man's scent. The fire mage cursed. Of course, with his luck, he'd run into another dominant. Judging by the look in the poison dragon's eyes, his scent had also reached the other.
Natsu was quick to get on his feet and dart off, much to Cobra's own twisted pleasure. "Playing chase now are we?" He called out to the pink-haired mage. "Oh how I love chasing my prey!" He growled before running after the smaller man.
Natsu was in a panic. He knew, with the painful heat he had been subjected to, he wouldn't be able to keep his control much longer. Much sooner than he'd like, he would give into the dominant that was currently on his heels.
He made a swift turn, barging into the guild. Everyone jumped and turned to face the wild-eyed pinkette. They had never seen him so spooked before, but they soon realized why when he was tackled by a familiar poison mage. The members of Fairy Tail were soon hit by the poison, leaving them paralyzed.
They could only watch in horror, and shock, as Natsu was flipped onto his back, and his wrists were pinned above his head. The slightly taller dragon-slayer had begun to trail his lips down the pinkette's neck after he had thrown off the scarf. None of them could move to help their friend. They could only watch helplessly as he was assaulted by Cobra. Tears formed in the eyes of some of them as Natsu's vest was ripped off of his body, leaving his chest bare.
They all knew where this was heading, and they couldn't do anything about it. Natsu, always being the last one to give up, continued to fight the best he could. His fists swung at the other mage, and he squirmed away from his touches.
He felt the lips trail down his abs. He knew he couldn't hold on any longer. His heat would take over, and he'd give in soon. As his eyes swiftly raked over his guildmates, he realized that his team had still not made it back. He could only hope they'd get here in time.
Much to his amusement, the doors to the guild swung open as soon as the thought left him. There, his teammates stood proudly. However, that pride soon faltered as they took in the scene before them. The girls were frozen in shock. Cobra's lips were now covering Natsu's own in a heated, one-sided kiss. Gray, knowing how bad this situation actually was, was quick to hurry over to his rival.
"Goddamnit, Flame Brain. I can't even leave you alone for a few days without you causing trouble!" Gray's deep voice was like music to the fire mage's ears.
"Yeah, yeah. Hurry up and get him off of me, Ice Princess." Natsu answered as best as he could.
Gray gave a sharp nod before punching the poison mage. Hard. The hit sent Cobra stumbling, thus knocking him off of Natsu. The ice mage was quick to grab his best friend by the wrist before dragging him out of the guild.
"Erza, take care of that guy for us!" He called out. The female warrior gave a curt nod before turning to the attacker with a scary glare.
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"What the hell were you thinking, bastard?!" Gray's sharp voice caused the pinkette to flinch.
As soon as the ice mage had rescued him, he had dragged him back to Natsu's house. That led them to the position they were in now. Natsu was sitting on the couch, where Gray had pushed him in his anger, and the ice mage was reprimanding him. Gray was finally back, and Natsu didn't want to fight with him.
"You have no idea how much pain I've been in ever since you left, you stupid droopy-eyed bastard!" Natsu snarled as he stood up to face the ice mage.
Gray was shocked. Natsu was hurting...because of him? "What? Why?!" The raven-haired male was officially freaking out now.
Natsu huffed and sat down, motioning for Gray to do the same. "I don't know. Apparently my heat gets worse the farther away you are."
"How do you know?" Gray looked at him skeptically.
Natsu rolled his eyes and thumped the ice mage on the forehead. "Levy told me. She read it from a book on dragon mating."
Gray groaned and sat back. "That's just great." His words were laced with sarcasm.
"Yeah, I'm pretty sure my organs hate me right now. I swear they're trying to leave my body." The pinkette whined.
"Wow...it's that painful?" The raven asked.
Natsu pinned him with a look. "It's worse. Like, I need you in me. Right. Now."
Gray's eyes widened slightly at that, but he quickly got over with a shrug. "Don't need to ask me twice." He said before successfully ridding himself of his clothes, since he only really had his underwear on. When did that happen?
