#blackrosary

Chapter 9

Dramatic Exits

"Hey Natsu are you okay?" Lucy repeated leaning closer to get a better look.

She figured that he'd still be pissed at her for going on a mission without him and Happy but this was weird even by his standards.

"Hellooooo," She waved her hand in front of his face. "Anyone home?"

The sudden change in proximity seemed to wake Natsu out of his stupor. He blinked, as if processing Lucy's presence for the first time and his face pale further turning him a sickly grey.

"AHHHHHHHHHHH!" He shouted loudly.

Chapter 8

Keep Quiet

Turning slowly like protagonists in a horror movie Gray and Natsu turned to find themselves face to face with a familiar smile. Lucy stood patiently with one hand on her rolling suitcase and the other on her hip.

"Is he okay?" She asked curiously, gesturing to Natsu. "He looks like he's seen a ghost."

Gray could only shrug non-commentary. There was no way he was telling Lucy what was wrong with her friend. Sure he and Natsu fought all the time but there was a code and guys didn't rat on other guys to their crushes.

Chapter 7

Broken Record

"Ya I know," Gray grumbled as he lay his head back onto the table.

Natsu didn't say anything in return, only continued to stare with his shocked/horrified look. Gray was starting to feel that maybe notifying Natsu of his own feelings had not been the best idea. The guy was so dense he might never have noticed them on his own.

"Are you okay?" Gray grunted, hoping he hadn't broken what little brain Natsu had.

"I like Lucy." Panic seemed to be creeping into Natsu's tone.

Gray smacked his forehead. Great now he was stuck.

Chapter 6

Getting It

Gray lay with his head on the table, completely exhausted.

It had taken over five hours to get Natsu to realize what was obvious to pretty much everyone else in the guild. He'd had it explained to him, examples were given, character witnesses were brought in, hell they had even used bar graphs, before he finally got the picture.

Raising his head slightly Gray watched the other boy sitting across the table.

Natsu was pale as a sheet as he sat stiffly on the bench. A look of shock, bordering on horror, had set on his face.

Chapter 4

Missing Limb

Natsu sprawled across the table and put his head down.

"I don't feel sick. I just keep getting distracted and stuff."

"And this has been going on for a while?" Gray pressed.

"Only the past couple days."

Gray thought hard. He was no doctor but he'd once read a book about a doctor.

"Did anything different happen around that time? Did you eat anything weird or something?"

Natsu shook his head.