It's that time! Mating Season!

Chapter 18

Last time: (Happy's POV:)

Oh my gosh, Lyon has done it this time! During a perfectly harmless game of Truth or Dare he did something that could possible change everything!

He kissed Gray!!!! Fufufu~ I knew he liked him!!

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Now:

Natsu's POV: Just before, 'that' happened:

"I dare you to kiss, if they are in the room, your crush, on the lips." Chelia dares Lyon once the bottle stops.

He waits a moment, as if thinking it all over. I see him glance at the floor, face red. He then stands and in one stride he's in front of Gray, lips on his.

Everyone gasps. I growl.

Lucy holds my arm and pulls me back as I lunge for the white haired male. "Natsu, calm down it was just a dare!" She exclaims.

"That's not the point Lucy! He likes him! And he just acted upon that crush!!" I pull away from her and dash up next to Lyon. "You, why! He's with me and you know it! Why!? you could've just said something! Like, I don't know, just say you didn't like anyone, that you didn't feel comfortable doing the dare! No body would've judged you! But no you had to do that!" I yell, he just turns his head away, hair casting a shadow over his eyes.

"Natsu, you don't understand, I did it upon instinct, I didn't mean to do it, my body acted on its own." He turns his head back up to face me before pushing me against the wall. "And for the record, you of all people have no right to tell me how I act! I've loved him longer than you've known him." My eyes widen. "Yeah, ever since I met him, I fell in love with him! So you can't say anything!"

A hand grabs his shoulder and pulls him away from me, it was Gray. "Gray." I whisper. His hair covered his eyes and a frown was plastered on his face. "Lyon, get away from my mate." He growls.

Lyon's eyes widen. He turns away and leans against a wall. "Oh my gosh, Natsu, I-I'm so sorry, I shouldn't have freaked out on you like that! Shit." He then turns and walks from the room.

"Natsu, are you okay?" Gray asks and lift my face to face his.

"Yeah." I whisper, "I'm sorry guys." Chelia says.

"No Chelia it's not your fault at all! There's no way that you could've known that this would happen!" I reply and walk over, sitting in front of her. I take her hand in reassurance.

She smiles and hugs me, and I can feel the tears run down my neck. "Oh Natsu you're so kind!!" She exclaims earing an 'aww' from the girls and a few laughs from the other guys.

I chuckle and stand.

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Lucy's POV:

I sat there watching the whole thing unfold. For the majority of it, Gray sat there, eyes glazed over and a stern but confused look on his face. Once Lyon started going off on Natsu, gray snapped out of it. He rushed over and stopped Lyon.

Lyon then apologized and left.

Then Chelia felt bad and Natsu of course being the sweetie he is comforted her.

We decided to call it a night and everyone else went back to their rooms. Loke laid back on his bed. "I don't think I've ever been more mentally exhausted in my life!" He chuckles. "Well they are our friends." I laugh out. We both burst out into a fit laughter. Loke sits up and gestures for me to sit next to him.

"So Princess, Mira has nothing scheduled for tomorrow, so I was thinking, maybe you and I could do something." I smile. "Sure, why not, everyone else is going to be hanging out with their lovers." I laugh. He chuckles slightly but gives me a serious look.

"Well I was thinking that maybe you and I could hang out, as more than just friends. If you understand where I'm going with this." He says, running a hand through his spikey, orange hair.

I gasp lowly in realization, he's asking me on a date. Well finally.

"Of course, it's a date." I smile along with him. "Awesome!" He hugs me and lets me go to get ready for bed.

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Natsu's POV:

I sat on the bed as I waited for Gray to finish his shower. Tonight's events ran through my head as I munched on some pockey.

Then an irreversible thought ran through my head. What if Gray continued to think about what Lyon said, what if... what if he falls in love with him! Tears well up at the thought and at that moment the door swings open, revealing a shirtless Gray. I try to hold back the tears as the thought continues to swirl around in my head. "Natsu?"

The tears fall at that moment and I turn away, trying to wipe them away before he sees. "Natsu?! Are you okay?" He exclaims and pulls me into a hug. We sat there in the middle of the bed, me in his arms, trying to stop my tears from continuing.

"Hey, what's wrong?"

"N-nothing, it doesn't matter." I reply and remove myself from his grip to lay down. He pull me back up into a sitting position and places a hand on my cheek. I nuzzle into it slightly. "Tell me what's wrong." He says, although his tone was almost demanding.

"I told you it wa-"

"Don't lie to me Natsu." He interrupts.

I hesitate and then sigh. "Well, it's just, what Lyon said-"

"Doesn't matter to me. I know that he likes me and that means nothing to me right. You're my mate and I would never want to be with anyone else." He explains and I nod, smiling. "You understand that right?" He asks.

"Yeah, thank you." I smile and he pulls me against his bare chest in a gentle hug.

"Gray."

"Yes?"

"Can we just stay here tomorrow, I feel exhausted and I don't, I feel almost different like, like something's going to happen tomorrow." I explain and he nods.

"Of course." We lay down next to each other and he pulls me close to his body. I snuggle into his neck and drift off into a dreamless sleep.

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A/n: Heyo lovelies! Hope you enjoyed! I knew I needed to get you all some more out soon due to that cliffhanger. so here it is!! Hope you liked, and don't forget to comment your favorite part of the chapter! Bye!!!