Circle of Truth (18+)

Chapter Eleven

"I mean seriously, Gray!" Natsu exclaimed, they walked side by side as they headed home from their beach trip. Natsu's eyes had a dark look as he recalled what he had witnessed. Gray rolled his eyes, ignoring the loud pyro who kept ranting. "In the water?! Like, SERIOUSLY? In the water! What about the fish!" He argued using his hands to exaggerate the magnitude of the situation. "Come on, Natsu... Just forget about it." Gray replied, glaring at him with an irritated sigh as Natsu made an exaggerated eye roll at the response. "I try, Gray! I tried the first time, the second and now your bare butt is burned in my brain!" He said, holding his head in despair. The two men finally reached their house, which they shared. As they approached their front door, a familiar white haired woman made herself known by running towards Gray and wrapping her arms around him in a hug. "Gray!" She exclaimed, Gray blinked as he looked down to his girlfriend, Sorano. Natsu stared at this interaction and made an extremely loud, and exaggerated sigh as he headed inside, letting the couple reunite.

"Sorano, hey. What are you doing here?" Gray smiled down at her, the angel like girl hugged his arm as they walked into the house. "I got the weekend off and just had to come see you. I missed you so much, did you miss me?" She enquired happily, Gray smiled and nodded. "I did." He responded, as Sorano continued ranting away, his mind drifted to the previous day trip at the beach, his interactions with Juvia, her eyes, her wet hair, the way her skin glistened under the sun and the way her natural scent mixed with sea salt was so intoxicating. He remembered how he became so lost in the pleasure of being inside her, not just physically but holding her in his arms and making her his. It was the most relieving, pleasuring feeling he had ever experienced and he longed for her. His body ached and yearned for her proximity, wanting nothing else than to hold her, to be with her just for the possibility that his hands might graze against her skin and make him feel that familiar zap of electricity. He knew he would dream about how her lips taste, how her hair curled, and the curves of her body that hypnotised him. The day dream trance seemed to last a while until he was snapped out of it by Sorano calling his name. "Gray? Gray?" She questioned. "Sorry, got a lot on my mind." He responded with a weak smile. Unfortunately for Gray, Sorano had visited with needs for her boyfriend. Gray was quick to shut down her advances, he couldn't even think of anything else besides Juvia and their divine experience together.

Natsu had left Gray to deal with the mess that is his love life, he went to his room. Natsu laid down on his bed, groaning as he tried to shake away the image of Gray's bare butt moving behind Juvia. He shivered, turning over and pulling his phone out. He caught himself smiling as he stared at the message from Lucy.

Lucy : Hey Natsu! Today was a lot of fun, I don't think your sandcastle was bad at all. Gajeel and Levy are blind! Haha. Anyway, I was wondering if you wanted to go to the amusement park tomorrow at 3? It could be fun.

Natsu blinked at the message, the amusement park? Lucy was asking him? Is this a date? He blushed profusely, thinking about a date with Lucy. He frowned slightly at the location, he had extreme motion sickness, amusement parks sounded like hell... but he didn't want to miss this chance to go on a real date with Lucy. Natsu sighed as he typed.

Natsu : Hey Lucy. Sure. See you at 3.

Natsu nodded at the simple message, cool and nonchalant he thought to himself as he responded to her.

The next day rolled around, Natsu eagerly awaited 3pm. He had freshly showered, shaved, even combed his hair so it was soft. He chose a pair of black shorts and a brown t shirt for his outfit. He left the house 40 minutes early, arriving to the park much to early and standing around for Lucy. He was nervous, he didn't know why, this was Lucy so it really shouldn't be so nerve-wracking. "Natsu!" A familiar voice called him, he turned around with a smile, that quickly faded when he was met with the sight of Lucy, as well as the rest of their friends. All of them. Even Juvia, Gajeel and Laxus. Natsu stood with his mouth agape as he greeted them, feeling a little defeated. He was mentally kicking himself for not asking more information and immediately assuming it was a date, but he also was a little irritated Lucy hadn't disclosed this initially. Noticing the annoyed look on his face, Lucy pinched him slightly as the group conversed. She leaned in and whispered "what's wrong?". Natsu sighed, he shrugged at the blonde. "I thought this was a date" He confessed, walking away from her in obvious disappointment as he joins Gajeel, Laxus and Juvia's conversation. Lucy stops walking in shock, blinking in confusion before blushing profusely. She immediately felt guilty upon seeing the disappointed look on Natsu's face. He wanted to go on a date? Was this an indirect confession? It felt like it!