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GRAY FOUND HIMSELF HAVING TO FIGHT BACK A SNARKY RESPONSE. you have. you just don't remember. that was the weirdest part about this entire... situation. natsu could see and hear him, but he was the only one. it irked the former ice mage, knowing he couldn't figure out why the dragon seemed to be the only exception. the only silver lining in it all was the fact that natsu still didn't remember him, which was the main intension of the spell. last thing i need is natsu realizing what happened.

Send "Open up" to pry my muse's mouth open to look at their teeth!

Laxus jerks his head back and growls, something low and annoyed, but surprisingly doesn't otherwise move to stop him. Sure enough, pointed fangs on top and bottom, though he does look pretty close to trying to use them. "Should be," he grunts after Natsu's let him go. "Been that way since the time I was in dragon force." That'd been...years ago, now.

IT WAS WEIRD, BEING SO CLEARLY DEAD AND YET... NOT. there really was no way to describe what he was now. a ghost ?? no, he wasn't dead. an apparition ?? also not exactly, because he didn't have a body to wake up in like mavis. in all honesty, he tried not to think about it all that much, opting instead to focus more on the positives of his predicament. he didn't know if he should thank zeref or curse him to the grave for what had happened. a shadow in the guild hall, watching all those who he gave everything up to protect going about their lives. it was almost a double edged sword, knowing the spell had worked because none of them were grieving, but also knowing that any memory of his truly was gone.

SO, GRAY JUST WATCHED FROM THE SHADOWS. he wasn't sure where he got the notion that one of them could see or hear him, but in the six months he has been hanging around, no one had glanced his way or commented on his presence, so maybe it was just the logical assumption. he didn't mind it though, happy to just act like he had in his life, watching the others get into trouble and muttering snarky comments to himself, not expecting an answer to them.

EXCEPT SOMEONE DID. NATSU.

THE ICE MAGE FELT HIS HEART DROP AT NATSU'S WORDS. at first he had assumed the dragon was talking to someone else, making a jab at someone else's remark on his antics, but when he glanced up and saw black eyes staring directly at him, he felt his body tense up. natsu heard him ?? no. there's no way natsu could see or hear him.

ERZA GRITS HER TEETH, TRYING to suppress another wince. She knows that Natsu isn't doing this on purpose. This is just how he is. He's clearly doing his best to keep a light hand.

          ❝You should focus on yourself. You probably have more wounds than me.❞ She will willingly help and patch him up or anyone else in the team, but she struggles to be on the receiving end of it. ❝Well, it's no problem. You would've done the same—like what you're doing now.❞ She sighs. ❝Yes, yes, I will. Now, hurry up and finish this.❞

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And that's officially the last straw.

1 ) Like... I need to start with the obvious that is Grat.su but like, specifically the grat.su Danny and I are writing because it's driving me insane ??? like you know and trust this person for most of your life, and one of them is inadvertently responsible for literally every bad thing that happened to them and the other just ??? doesn't care and what's to keep them safe and is willing to give up everything they have for the other despite it all. Also they're fucking idiots who still don't fucking understand the emotions and are just like "so what the fuck is this". I'm so very normal about our dynamic.