There are times

A pang of guilt wracked the male with Gray’s final words. Still, he kept his expression calm. He wasn’t going to let his emotions get the best of him. No, not after he’d been away so long specifically to outgrow that phase. Or so he hoped. 

It was months later that Fairy Tail found him. They were a gang of misfits, simply enjoying each other's company and taking up the odd jobs that surfaced in Magnolia. While Gray still felt the pain of losing his rival and mentor, it was numbed by the rowdy guild. Leaving them was the hardest thing he had to do, but unlike the white-haired sitting in front of him, he at least said goodbye and kept in touch with the bunch. Letters and phone calls could surprisingly offer a lot of closure.

During the long silence, Gray hadn't noticed his own body beginning to shake. He wouldn't admit the sense of relief he felt at hearing Lyon's words. Even if they weren't true, it still gave Gray a sense of closure. They didn't take away his anger and they didn't gain his forgiveness, but it was a start.

"It’s good to see you again too, Gray." Lyon replied, though monotonous. After the initial shock of seeing his rival and friend, Lyon couldn’t decide whether to embrace the boy for the gleeful reunion, or head down to the front desk and demand a different apartment. He leaned towards the latter. 

A soft chuckle passed through the boys lips. He remained glued to his position in the living room, his expression remaining cold. Somewhere within Lyon, he felt slight happiness to see Gray again after everything that had happened. And what a coincidence that they’d managed to room together, unintentionally! 

"I’ve moved here. Years of traveling takes a lot out of someone, you know." he stated, as if it were obvious. His shoulders slumped, as if he were almost disappointed. And, maybe he was. Lyon hadn’t realized it while he was traveling, but he felt a bad about up and leaving the other, especially after everything that happened.

His eyes didn't dare move to look at Lyon. He couldn't. If he did, he knew he'd somehow lose his temper. He'd scream, he'd lose the composure that took him years to gain. He'd break. 

Gray then spoke in a dry tone.

Years he had spent traversing many different elements for one goal; a goal so very important that it lead to an obsession, one causing him to give up everything he had, even if it wasn’t much at all. The burning rage inside Lyon had taken, quite literally, years to simmer down. It’d taken years of searching  Lyon to finally realize he’d have to move on at some point- and that he did. 

Lyon approached Toshi City with an open mind. His grieving process had been long and caused pain for both himself and his "best friend". And, even after resolving those conflicts, Lyon found himself out on the streets: traveling and trying to find himself. Cutting communications off seemed most logical, even those he’d managed to patch up. 

But those hard feelings were gone. Lyon was ready to start anew- or so he told himself. He’d moved into the apartment with no more than a bag of belongings. The male had been made aware that he would be living with a roommate, though he had no idea just who that individual would be. 

He’d find out sooner than he’d expected. Lyon stood by the window of the apartment, gazing down at the street blow when he caught the faint click of an unlocking door. He winced a bit, turning to view the person in question. Lyon had to bite back a grunt of surprise. 

That was tiring. 

With a soft sigh and a quick check over his body to be sure he had everything he left the house with, the male soon found himself back on the trail home. It wasn't long before he found himself jamming keys into the door and shoving his way in, only to stifle his own gasp of surprise. 

At first, he found himself almost... joyful to see his old rival standing in front of him. It had been a long while since the two had been reunited, and even then their meeting hadn't been pretty. In fact, it ended with a few broken bones and a loss of pride. 

They had pieced their relationship back together after that, but Gray soon found it shattered once more when Lyon decided to disappear into thin air, leaving him behind just as Ur had done. 

To say that Gray was seething to find the man in his home was far more than an understatement.