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His breath caught in his throat, candy-floss hued note crumpled in hand. Gray Fullbuster was 'JASA'?
Who even was Gray Fullbuster?
He combed through his memory, and a pair of electrifying cerulean eyes and a sweep of onyx hair surfaced. That quiet boy in his English class, the one Erza thought was cute? That was JASA?
He imagined the stony face he was used to seeing smiling, looking at him with the tenderness JASA seemed to hold.
And suddenly, a rush of emotions filtered through him, choking him, pulling him to his knees. The hallway quietened, probably wondering by Natsu Dragneel, The Natsu Dragneel, was kneeling in the middle of the corridor, but he didn't care, because a thrum of colours was blinding him.
That Gray Fullbuster, who always seemed so, so, sad, could feel happy because of him.
He barely noticed himself racing down the hallways, ignoring everyone, ignoring the cake sale ninth grade was putting on, even ignoring Freed and Laxus, who seemed to be having a very heated make out session, (although he did make a mental note of it- Rogue owed him ten bucks now, he thought it'd take them another year to get together) and, before he knew it, he was in the gym hall, and damn, he should get more exercise, cos no matter what those slutty grade ten girls said, he wasn't exactly 'Well fit'.
Bottle green eyes swept the darkened hall, trying to pick out any signs of movement, when he felt a soft swish of air against the back of his neck, and a hoarse whisper, that just formed into intelligible words.
"You came,"
He smiled into the darkness. "I came,"
"I just-" the voice paused, and Natsu noticed how it was warm and husky, drizzling thickly over the air between them. "Fuck, Natsu, you actually came."
He was too scared to say anything, scared he would disappoint Gray with his shitty personality, so he just laughed. And because, in all the (admittedly many) romantic movies, this was when the two characters lurched into a passionate kiss.
so he turned around, and his mouth dropped open, and he briefly wondered, Oh my Igneel, is he naked or is that the lighting, fuck he's naked, fuck his dick his big, fuck does he want sex? Shit im not ready for sex this is so embarrassing omg but I cant ask him cos what if he's a naturist and is it normal for six packs to be that defined? Oh FFuuckkkk WHY IS HE NAKED but holy shitttt that is one way to make a helluva good impression.
He didn't realise he had been staring open-mouthed at Gray's dick for at least five minutes, until the blue-eyed boy cleared his throat awkwardly.
"Natsu?"
The boy in question coughed. "Um. Yes?" God, how does anyone live with a naturist? Wouldn't they get aroused every time you see them? Why-
"Is everything alright?"
SHIT SHIT HE NOTICED ABORT just run Natsu, he wont find you, don't worry! Run! Run!
"Yeah...um...So! Didn't realise you were a naturist! That's cool! That's....really cool" CANT I JUST NOT BE THE MOST IDIOTIC PERSON EVER FOR ONE SECOND, I SWEAR TO GOD-
"What?" Gray laughed nervously. "I am not a- a-" Cobalt eyes widened. "Shit. Am I naked?"
Nastu smiled gently. "Uh, yeah, Is this normal?"
Gray blushed, the cherry colour completely enveloping his face. "Um. Kind of.. a hobby of mine. Yeah. Lets call it that."
his eyes shone with laughter. "Interesting hobby"
"You could call it that,"
There eyes met for a second, olive green fizzling against cerulean blue, and suddenly, the same thought seemed to pass through both their heads.
Why the fuck aren't we kissing yet?
and then they were. And it was like nothing Natsu had ever experienced before.
he had kissed a lot of people. Lisanna, in one last-ditch attempt to disprove his sexuality. Gajeel, in one long and hormone-filled night. His ex, Midnight. His other ex, Max. Freed, (and he was 99% sure Laxus still hated him for that)
But none had matched up to this. They moaned, gasped, clawed at eachother, Grays tongue nipping at his, teeth clashing, lips softly lapping against eachother.
Gray tasted of peppermint, and forest pine, and stale cigarettes. And in that moment he became Natsu's lifeline. And that was okay, because he was all Natsu needed. And he was all Gray needed.
They were perfect together.