When the Snow Falls (Gratsu)

Chapter 7- Ticklish

Natsu's POV

Once we had finished eating and Lucy had taken away the dishes, I laid down on the blanket.

"Man, I need a nap. I ate too much." Gray laughed at my comment and laid beside me.

"How do you eat so much and not get fat? Your metabolism must be crazy." He poked at my stomach.

"You and I have very different definitions of fat." I said, laughing and poking him back. He grinned and poked me again. Of course I couldn't just let him be the poke winner so I pressed my fingertip to his cheek. He laughed and poked me on the eyebrow.

"I declare a poke war!" I stabbed him in the ribs. He stabbed me in the shoulder. I poked him gently on the stomach a few times and his breath caught. I raised my eyebrow at him and his eyes widened.

"Don't tell me you're ticklish." He shook his head quickly, much too quickly for someone who wasn't ticklish. I grinned at him mischievously before reaching out and brushing my fingers on his side. He squealed and tried to squirm away, but I jumped on top of him before he could escape. I straddled his waist and slid my fingers across his stomach. He shrieked loudly and laughed harder than I've ever heard him laugh. He started smacking my chest trying to get me to stop tickling him but I didn't.

"Mercy! Stop...stop...stop! Oh...my...god! I...can't...breathe!" He howled between cackles. I paused my movements for him to catch his breath.

"Hmm...let me think about it..." I pretended to think about it. "No." I began the tickle torture again. He screamed. I pinned his wrists above his head with one hand so he couldn't smack me anymore.

"Natsu! Oh...my...god! I can't...take it...anymore! Natsu!" He yelled breathlessly. I decided that I had probably tortured him enough (for now) so I stopped tickling him and laughed. He was panting heavily and his cheeks were bright pink. I stared down at him, a wide grin plastered on my face. He glared back up at me once he had caught his breath. "You suck." I couldn't help but laugh again.

No one's POV

Three girls pressed their ears to the door of the room Gray and Natsu were in. They had heard screaming coming from inside the room and wanted to check and make sure everything was okay, but they surely hadn't expected to hear what they were hearing now.

"Oh...my...god! I...can't...breathe!" Their eyes widened.

"If we take a quick peek, is that okay? Just to make sure they're fine?" Lucy asked the other girls. Erza and Juvia looked once at each other and then nodded. They were both as curious as Lucy. Erza silently opened the door and all three girls stuck their head inside, hoping not to be noticed by the boys. The couch blocked part of their view but they all clearly saw the top of Gray's head with his hands pinned above his head. Then they all clearly saw Natsu's head and shoulders peeking above the top of the couch as he straddled Gray's hips. Then they all clearly heard...

"Natsu! Oh...my...god!" The girls hurried to shut the door as silently as they could, hardly believing what they just saw and heard.

"I can't...take it...anymore! Natsu!" The girls stared at each other in silence. Lucy and Juvia glanced at each other once before their noses started bleeding heavily. Erza dragged both the girls away from the room before they could start fangirling too loudly.

Gray's POV

"Well that's what you get for being friends with me." I stuck my tongue out at him and pouted. "What did I tell you? Pouting never works on me." I continued sticking my lower lip out. After a few seconds of him grinning at me like a crazy person, his smile dropped off his face and he averted his eyes. His cheeks went red and he mumbled something before crawling off of my hips and laying down next to me. I giggled.