Oops (Gray x OC)

C.30

We got back to Magnolia and crashed onto the bed, and laid in silence for a few minutes until Natsu rolled over onto his stomach and looked at me.

"You never did tell me that other reason why you like sleeping with me." He said and I stared up at the ceiling.

"I don't like sleeping alone. I'm scared of it, actually. I'm scared of being alone, in the dark, just with my thoughts." I closed my head and shook my eyes before looking at Natsu.

"When I was real little, I had a dad, and he was awful. Fucking awful. He was a drunk, he did drugs, he... had a temper. He was usually away at night, doing God knows what with God knows who, God knows where. Some nights I'd sleep alone, in my own bed, and when he would come home, I'd wake up to hear him screaming at my mom, hitting her, her crying. It terrified me, and there I would lie, all alone in the dark, just listening until one of them passed out." I said and Natsu took my hand.

"The nights I'd sleep with my mom, though, he'd somehow have enough sense not to do anything. He'd let us sleep, and he'd pass out on the couch or something, I never knew." I shook my head. "He left when I was young, too, but yeah. That's why I like sleeping with you. You're warm and I'm not alone." I admitted.

Natsu didn't say a word, but instead crawled up to hug me, and I let him, my arms coming around him, and I pressed my face into his shoulder.

"Guess that's part of the reason I became a prostitute... so I'd never sleep alone again." I hummed.

"Baz, shh." Natsu hushed me and hugged me tighter.

"What are you doing?" I asked.

"I promised I'd look out for you. This is me looking out for you." He said and I laughed.

"You're just hugging me."

"I'm letting you know that I'm here for you, for anything. Anything and everything, Baz." He said and I smiled into his shoulder.

"About what my mom said, she's right, you know. I do have my father's temper. I hate myself for it. It hurt so much after I beat up Juvia and I realised what I had done. I was just like him..." I said.

Natsu pulled back and looked me in the eye. "I don't ever want to hear you say that again. You are nothing like your dad, okay? Baz, you're nothing like him." He said and I nodded.

I soon sat up, and he removed his arms to let me, and I used the back of my hand to wipe away the tears that threatened to spill.

"Aw, you're not crying, are you? You know I hate it when you cry." Natsu sat up as well and turned me towards him. He removed my hands and wiped my tears himself.

"Almost there. Give me a smile or I'll force one out of ya." He said and I tried.

"Not good enough, Baz. I'm counting down until I get a real smile. Five... four..." He started and I gave him a larger one. "Oh, that's obviously fake... two... one! I warned you." He gave a wicked grin and began attacking my sides.

I screamed before I burst out in laughter as he tickled me, and tried to wiggle out of his grip, and somehow managed to, by slipping off the side of our bed and falling to the floor.

That made Natsu laugh, so I huffed and grabbed a pillow, slapping him with it. He froze and rose his eyebrow as if to say, 'oh, that's how you wanna play?' And grabbed his own pillow as I ran.

I made it to the living room when he attacked and we didn't have a pillow fight. We had a pillow war.

During this pillow war, Happy came home, and accidentally got knocked from the air by a flying pillow.

"Oh my God! Happy!" I yelled and we both ran over to him. "Are you okay?" I asked, a little panicked.

"Are you hurt, little buddy?" Natsu asked and Happy sat up and twisted around a little, checking himself out.

"Nope! I'm okay!" He announced, and Natsu and I were relieved.

"Tie?" Natsu offered, holding his hand out to me.

"Tie." I agreed and shook it, both of us breathless.

"You tired, Happy? We should get on to bed, anyways." Natsu said, picking up our pillows.

I gave a yawn as I settled back down, Happy at my legs, because he liked to sleep where I curled them in my fetus position. Natsu turned the light out and lied next to me, an arm taking place around my shoulder, and I settled into his warmth as I quickly fell asleep.

No nightmares tonight.