Three Dates (Fairy Tail Fanfic)

Icemaker

Gray sat in his new seat that was uncommon for him. He usually sat by Erza, Natsa, and Lucy; but now with that bet going on, he felt strange even being near the pink haired. Everything he glanced at her, he couldn't help but think about that bet. How was he supposed to date her?! She was Natsa; and they were rivals. She couldn't even stand sitting next to him on a train ride, let alone being by themselves on a date.

He was rival zoned unlike the other two. He was always the rival, or friend; he had no clue what Natsa thought about it. For Gajeel it was easy; he didn't know her for that long and so he wasn't totally zoned, like Gray. Gajeel and Sting were both Natsa's rivals; but she only knew them for a year or more. She knew Gray for seven years from when they first meet in the guild hall.

She knew too much about him for her to think about boyfriend status.

He sighed and took a drink from his shake. Why couldn't he just be smooth like always? Even Gajeel had a moment to ask her out, yet Gray couldn't even sit near her. He also heard the whole thing from Loke when he came back that one night. Gajeel took her out to a boxing match and Sting was there spying. Loke even had to cancel a date because of the blonde; which Gray had to now repay him.

The raven haired needed to get his ass in gear before the others gotten their second chances.

"Gray~? Is something the matter~?" Mira asked with her usually cheery tone. She leaned over the table and refilled his cup without being asked to. She handed him back the glass and glanced over to his normal table.

"Nope. Nothing," he answered quickly. He turned around so he wasn't faced with the sliver haired anymore.

Mira giggled and poked him. "Does it have to do with Natsa?" she suggested.

Gray's skin shivered.

She chuckled with her hand over her mouth. She guessed right. "Are you jealous from all of her dates lately?"

Now Gray finally turned around and looked at Mira. He wanted to yell something along the lines of how did you know; but that would have gave him away. Instead he relaxed his tensed body and allowed all sigh of emotion to drop from his face. "What do you mean? Like I care," he rolled his eyes.

She couldn't help but giggle at his reactions. He was such a little kid. "You better get her before they do, Gray. I heard from Loke that even Gajeel asked her out." She turned around and tilted her head, "I didn't even think he liked Natsa. He kept it hidden well." It wasn't like her, the matchmaker, to miss such details.

"Damn it, Loke…" Gray mumbled under his breath. Loke didn't just tell him, but the whole guild of Natsa's affairs. Even if it wasn't for him to hide that secret, Gray wanted to smash Loke's face in.

Gray just wanted to protect his property; Natsa.

"What's that?" Mira questioned. She knew she heard something, but she didn't listen to it.

"Uh-Nothing. Just a fly," he waved his hand in the air.

"You know, Gray, that it's every girl's dream to go somewhere wonderful with a guy she likes," a smile formed on her lips, "Even if the boy is one of her friends."

He looked up from the counter. His eyebrows rose as if that was supposed to mean something to him.

"Just go ask her out before it's too late, or else," she smiled with her eyes closed and went on to serve the others. Lisanna walked out from behind the counter and went up to Mira to ask her something.

Gray didn't want to know what else was supposed to mean. He just knew he didn't want it. His skin shivered, and he took another drink from his shake. Somewhere wonderful… Her words swirled around in his mind. Were all girls this confusing? He sighed and thought about it some more.