Secrets

Chappie 1

It was winter in Magnolia, and team Natsu all sat at the table. The guild was awfully hot... Well, at least for Gray it was.

"Why's it so hot in here?" He questioned to no one in particular. Natsu scoffed.

"Well, that's because you're weird and hate fire!" She exclaimed.

"I don't necessarily hate it," he mumbled.

"What?"

"Nothing, flame-brain!"

"Pervy streaker!"

"Mouth breather!"

"Jerk!"

"Fire clown!"

"Panda boy!"

"Why you-"

Just then, Erza walked in and bonked them both on their heads.

"OW!" They yelled.

"Stop arguing."

Lucy stood up. "Did you find a mission for us, Erza?"

She shook her head. "No, there weren't any left. Unless you guys would like to do the housemaid jobs..."

"No!" They shouted in unison. Lucy sat down and sighed; a somber look upon her face.

"What's wrong with you?" Gray asked while Natsu silently pouted.

'Why does he acknowledge her and not me?' She thought.

"I need to pay rent!" Lucy whined. Gray chuckled as Natsu pouted more. That was, until Gray noticed. His voice and face softened by just a tiny bit.

"What's wrong, Natsu?"

Now, even though his voice was still cold, even for just a little bit, Natsu heard the soft, gentle side.

"N-Nothing, d-don't worry about it." She stuttered.

'Did she just stutter?' Gray thought as he racked his brain of why she would just stutter out-of-the-blue like that. But, even though he thought hard, he thought of all but one explanation.

"Gray?"

The voice brought him out of his thoughts.

'That's weird, she called me by my name.'

"What is it now, pinkie?"

She sighed and the others looked on; wondering what was wrong with her.

"Can I talk to you?"

"I'm right here, ya know."

"I mean outside."

"Don't you hate the cold, though?"

"Y-Yeah, but it's important!"

He sighed and got up as Natsu put on her coat and gloves. As soon as the doors opened, Natsu's teeth started to chatter. Gray pulled her outside by her hand and closed the door as the other guild members watched in curiosity.

"So, what do you need to talk about?"

He looked at her and held back a laugh as she was already freezing; nose and cheeks red.

"You okay, Natsu?"

"Y-Yeah, i-it just f-freezing out here."

He chuckled and she glared at him. But the glare diminished as Gray pulled her to his chest, arms around her shoulders. She wrapped her arms around his waist and nuzzled into his shirt.

"So, what do you need to tell me?"

She sighed and looked up at him

"I-Iloveyou." She said quickly as she let go of him and looked down with her eyes tightly closed. She didn't want to see how he reacted. Luckily, she didn't. She was just pulled back into his chest. Now his hands rested on her hips.

'Wh-What? Why's he doing this?" Natsu thought, surprised.

"It's about time," he whispered. "I've been waiting to hear you say that."

"Really?"

She thought back to all the times when she would get upset, he would sit by her and get her mind off of things, when she was mad at him, he'd smile and call her a name; to which she'd do the same, and when she felt like giving up, he was always there to help her and boost her up. Her arms wrapped around his neck and she sobbed into his shoulder. "Th-thank you, Gray." She cried. But they weren't tears of sadness... Oh no, they were tears of joy and overwhelming rejection flooding back into her mind; realizing that she was finally accepted..

Then something popped into her head.

"How are we gonna tell the others?"

Gray looked into space as he thought. Just then his lips crashed down onto hers. After a few seconds of no air, they pulled apart; Gray smiled like an idiot while Natsu blushed profusely, a small smile gracing her lips.

"We tell no one."

But, unbeknownst to them, Erza, Happy, and Lucy all watched as Mirajane snapped a few pictures.

"They're so cute, eh?" Mirajane asked.

"Yeah!" Lucy and Happy whisper-yelled.