Good Intentions

The Dragon Makes A Choice

Disclaimer: All Fairy Tail Characters Belong to Hiro Mashima

Chapter 13: The Dragon Makes a Choice

Natsu opened his eyes slowly and found himself in an unfamiliar room. He was not in his usual hammock but on a large bed and laying next to him was none other than the Ice Princess himself, Gray Fullbuster.

Gray was still asleep. He looked very peaceful, his chest rising and falling slowly with each breath. Natsu very gently ran his fingers through the ice mage's dark hair, enjoying the unexpected softness of it. Gray stirred, but did not wake up. He watched his love sleep and his heart was full. Their magic was back to normal and his feelings for his Ice Princess had not changed. In this moment, Natsu was truly happy.

He couldn't remember when he had started thinking of the Ice Block as his love but it did not matter. He had made his decision, he wanted to make Gray his mate. He wanted to spend the rest of his life with this amazing person and do everything in his power to make him happy. Having made the most important decision of his young life, Natsu snuggled up to his love and let the sound of Gray's even breathing lull him to sleep.

Gray woke up in a tangle of limbs and was amused to see that even in his sleep Natsu was unruly. He had been surprised that the Flame Brain had agreed to stay the night. Not that anything had happened, they were both so exhausted from the long day that they had fallen asleep immediately. However, Natsu had always made it a point to return to his own home at the end of the day. Gray was sure that it had to do with the whole mate issue. He couldn't fault him for that but he wondered if that meant that the dragon slayer had made his decision. He hoped so, he would like nothing more than to spend the rest of his life with Natsu by his side, as equals.

Wendy had made up her mind to talk to Natsu-san today. She was glad to see that their magic was back to normal but until she had scent confirmation she could not let herself believe that their problem was resolved. She had this feeling that they were running out of time. She headed over to his house so that she could catch him before he headed to the guild. She knocked on his door and waited but no one answered. She knocked louder and this time Happy came to the door.

"Oh hi Wendy! What are you doing here?", Happy looked at her groggily.

"Hi Happy, Is Natsu-san here?, I need to talk to him.", Wendy replied trying to hide the urgency she was feeling.

"No, Natsu never came home last night. Are you going to the guild? I'll come with you.", Happy said as he locked the door behind him.

Wendy had been planning on searching for Natsu-san but she didn't have the heart to say no to Happy. She led him towards the guild.

"Does Natsu-san not come home often?", Wendy asked curiously.

"No, this would be the first time. Usually if he sneaks into Lucy's I go with him.", Happy replied glumly.

Well, that's just great. Wendy wanted to cry in frustration. Her need to find him increased ten-fold but she did not know where Gray-san lived. They finally arrived at the guild hall and sat down for breakfast. Her best bet was to stick around the guild and wait for the two mages to show up.