Secrets

Chappie 26

After a while, Wendy had come back and sat down beside Natsu; giggling and blushing with a slight nosebleed. She raised her eyebrow and looked over to Romeo, who was extremely red. 

'Maybe I shouldn't have given her that talk yet.' Natsu thought to herself. Elli sat in her hoodie and baby blue yoga pants on top of Gray's knee as he bounced her. She gurgled and giggled as she watched Happy make faces at her. The parents laughed and Asuka ran to Natsu, asking to sit on her lap. Natsu nodded and lifted the toddler. Bisca and Alzack asked Natsu and Gray to watch her for an hour or two while they 'took care of some errands', but Natsu knew it was adult talk for 'we need some time alone without this kid running into our bedroom'. So Natsu, knowing what it feels like to have a child disrupt your alone time, complied and now here she was. At least Asuka liked Natsu. 

"Hey, Natsu, Elli needs a nap. Why don't we just take Asuka home with us and leave a note or something for them?" 

Natsu thought it over before nodding.

"Okay, sounds better than staying here for 2 hours. Kids, time to go, Elli needs her nap!" 

"But Mama!" Sayuri started. 

"Uncle Rogue and Uncle Sting always bring Raijin and Freydis over onThursdays, Saturdays, and Mondays! It's Monday, Mama, they'll be here any minute!" 

"Yeah, Mama! Can we stay?" Seiichi asked. Natsu looked at her 7 year old twins and sighed. 

"Fine." 

"Yay!" 

"BUT! You have a few rules. So listen carefully, I'm only saying this once."

 They nodded as they sat at a bench while Gray stood behind her with Elli starting to get fussy. 

"First, you don't leave the guild. Second, you listen to Aunt Erza and Auntie Lucy; along with the other adults in here. Third, when Uncle Rogue gets here and if you go anywhere, you do not leave his side. Okay?" 

They nodded excitedly. This would be the first time their parents left them at the guild by themselves! She kissed their foreheads. 

"Can I stay, too?" 

She turned and looked at Haru. He smiled, and the other two held onto Natsu's pant legs while yawning. 

"Well... Fine, but you heard the rules, right?" 

He nodded. 

"Don't leave the guild, listen to the adults, and if Uncle Rogue takes us anywhere, we can't leave his side." 

He may look just like Natsu, but he was smart and cocky just like his father. 

"Okay, good boy." 

She kissed his forehead and lifted Aki into her other arm with Asuka, and Gray held Yuki. 

"Be good!" She called to them as the doors shut. As they walked home, Gray watched Natsu carefully. She had a worried expression painted across her features. 

"Natsu, If you weren't ready to leave them, you should've just told them no." 

"Yeah, but Seiichi and Sayuri are about to turn 8 soon, we can't just shelter them forever. The only reason I let Haru stay is because I trust our guild mates. Especially Erza and her eagle eye." 

Gray laughed and they entered the house. Asuka, Yuki, and Aki were laid down on the triplet's bed in their room watching cartoons. Gray and Natsu temporarily moved Elli into the kids' room so she could watch cartoons with them, and Gray and Natsu had time to themselves in their bedroom.

"See, we could be doing other things, but nooOo, someone forgot the condom a few nights ago, didn't they?" 

Gray chuckled and rolled on his side, pulling her into a hug. 

"I'm sorry." 

"No you're not." 

"You're probably right." 

"I swear, Gray, if there's more than one kid inside of here, I'm gonna kill you." 

He laughed, and they continued their light conversation in each other's arms; checking on the kids every once in a while.