#Gray's not an asshole promise but we need issues and he jsut wants the best for Lucy

[not-just-any-fangirl]

Days Of Summer CH 2

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Summer has arrived, and with it the start of the two month long music camp; Fairy Tail! Full of new songs, friends, and adventures, the campers learn things they never knew about themselves and one another. And just how easy it is to sneak booze and a full sized karaoke machine out into the middle of the woods.

Camp Rock!AU

Pairing: Nalu, Gajevy, Gruvia, others mentioned; Fairy Tail

Words: 5405

Rating: T

Parts: Chapter One, Chapter Two, Chapter Three, Chapter Four, Chapter Five, Chapter Six, Chapter Seven

Chapter Two: Teenage Wonderland

Cause when we are gone

We hope for the knowledge that you

Wanted us to stay

“See ya around!” Lucy waved at the stranger.

She let Cana drag her away, looking over her shoulder to see the boy that had somehow known her name staring after her with a dumbstruck expression on his face. She smiled slightly at his expression, deciding she’d have to find out later how exactly the cute stranger had come to know her name.

Right now, she had to focus on Cana’s incessant pulling on her arm. The brunette had managed to drag her almost halfway to the cabins while Lucy was pondering over the identity of the guitar-clutching stranger.

Lucy really had wanted to stay talking to that cute boy, something about him just seemed so... familiar. Like a song you hear when you’re asleep and faintly remember in the middle of the day. But when Cana actually wanted something, well, Lucy had learned it was easier to just go along with her friend's plans. Cana had held onto Lucy’s wrist the entire time they hurried along the gravel paths, passing between large buildings until they were in the designated cabin area. Grass and a few trees outlined the paths and gave the illusion of privacy between the cabins, Lucy’s eyes scanning the numbers that rested above the doorways along the wooden cottages. If Lucy had remembered correctly what the kind girl had said her cabin number was when she dropped off her suitcases, then they would be there in three, two, one..

“Ta da!” Cana announced proudly, throwing open the door to cabin 15. “Let’s fuck shit up!”

Lucy brought her hand and rubbed at her temple, apologetic grin already working it’s way onto her face before she was even looking at the other girls in the room. Cana half blocked the doorway, both hands on hips and chest thrust out like some sort of alcoholic super hero, and Lucy looked past her to see who they were going to be sharing a place with for the next ten weeks.

Both girls were looking at them with a mix of horror, amusement, and curiosity. Kind of like a car accident. Actually, Lucy was pretty sure she had just found the perfect way to describe Cana’s entrance into anything. As it was, a petite looking girl with an angular face and intelligent eyes was staring at them over the top of a book, obviously having been interrupted by the front door being kicked in. Blue locks framed her face, the rest pulled back by a bright orange bandana. Red reading glasses finally slipped off her nose, her wide brown eyes were too focused on Lucy and Cana to notice. The other girl, also with blue hair, was equally frozen over her bed. She was lying a few white ghost looking dolls on her pillow, her bunk apparently the one below the bookish one. Lucy squinted a little bit and felt her smile grow, this girl was the same one that Gray had over stimulated earlier in the parking lot! Bright blue eyes were blown wide as she gawked at Cana, most likely over the brunette’s skimpy clothing if the girl’s high collared jacket and floor length skirt said anything about her modesty. Lucy wiggled her fingers in a shy wave before deciding that maybe she should be the one to continue introductions. God knew what else Cana was about to say, the other girl’s eyes sharpening in on the standing blue haired girl in a way Lucy knew all too well.

“Hi, my name’s Lucy, and this is my friend Cana,” Lucy said sweetly as she pushed past her friend who was now leaning on the doorway. For support or laziness Lucy couldn’t tell. “I guess we’re roomies." The girl laying on the top bunk finally closed her book, hesitant smile returning Lucy’s bright one.

“I’m Levy, it’s a pleasure to meet you Lucy, Cana." The girl’s voice was high and light, fitting her pixie-ish look. The final girl slowly straightened, hands clasping timidly in front of her.

“Juvia is also pleased to meet her cabin mates, Lucy and Cana.” Juvia said, her voice soft. Lucy felt her forehead wrinkle at the girl’s odd speaking. Had she just used third person?

“Hey, I know you!” Cana proclaimed, Lucy could practically see the light bulb flashing over her head as she watched Cana sling an arm around Juvia’s shoulders, “You’re the one who was getting all hot and heavy over our little drummer boy in the parking lot!”

Juvia noticeably blushed. She fidgeted nervously as Cana snickered in her ear. Lucy shook her head. Cana was such a sucker for making other people uncomfortable, and the girl herself was practically shame-proof.

“The way he just took off his shirt like that… so striking. So bold." Juvia seemed to mutter to herself before directing her gaze to Lucy, “Juvia envies you greatly. It seems we are to be love rivals."

There was a moment of silence before Cana burst out laughing. Lucy groaned, pinching the bridge of her nose as her friend's laughter rang in her ears. Juvia’s eyes flittered between them, her expression a mixture of confusion and concern. Poor girl, Lucy thought to herself. She seemed quite reserved, but Lucy knew that nothing brought you out of your shell better than overexposure to Cana.

“Really Juvia, there’s no rivalry for Gray’s love." Lucy assured her.

“Like, at all." Cana giggled before sighing to herself in amusement, “Our poor little emo friend is still a virgin."

Juvia’s face turned the colour of a tomato as she stared at Cana wide eyed. Cana noticed and fell into another fit of laughter. Even Levy couldn’t seem to hold back a laugh at Juvia’s expression. Lucy felt a little bad about allowing Cana to blab secrets about Gray’s- albeit non existent- sex life, but even she had to admit, it was funny.

“So who’s your ‘emo drummer’ friend?” Levy asked them once their laughter had calmed down.

“Oh, he’s one of the friends we came to camp with," Lucy explained, “His name’s Gray."

“You’ll probably recognise him when you see him,” Cana added, “Think 2007 Pete Wentz meets Edward Cullen and you’ve got Gray."

Lucy snorted.

“Yup, that’s our boy."

“No Lucy," Cana winked at her, voice dripping with mock seriousness, “he’s Juvia’s boy now."

“Juvia is not sure Gray would-”

“Don’t. Even." Cana cut her off, “If there’s one thing I won't tolerate in this cabin Juvia it’s self doubt and sobriety."

“That’s two things." Lucy pointed out.

From her perch on her bed Levy chuckled at their easy banter. Lucy caught her eyes and smiled. She had a feeling she’d get along just swell with her new roommates. Well, as long as Juvia remembered they weren’t love rivals.

“So you guys came with a friend?” Levy asked.

“Two actually,” Lucy replied as she made her way over to her own bed, “It’s me, Cana, Gray and Loke. And Cana’s dad is the guidance counsellor here this year."

“That’s so cool!” Levy smiled, “I came here with my friends Jet and Droy. We’re in a band; Shadow Gear. We need a few more members though."

“The four of us tried the whole band thing, but it didn’t really work out." Cana said as she finally moved away from a relieved looking Juvia and flopped down on her bed, “What with two drummers and Little Miss Classical over here, we were a disaster from the start."

“I don’t play classical, I’m just classically trained." Lucy ground out, staring pointedly at Cana who merely rolled her eyes at her. Lucy opted to change the subject, her performance history not really something she wanted to delve into just yet, “What about you Juvia? Any friends here at camp?”

“Juvia does not have friends,” she said as she looked away, fiddling with the multiple dolls Lucy had seen her placing earlier. Cana stormed over to Juvia so that she was gripping the pale girl's shoulders roughly, high pitched ‘eep’ tumbling from her lips at the sudden man handling.

“What the hell you going on about with this ‘I don't have friends’ bullshit?” Cana questioned sharply, eyes quickly sobering as she stared down Juvia. Just as quickly as the seriousness had come it was gone, Lucy infected by Cana’s easy grin and knowing by this point how to roll with the brunette’s mood swings. “Ya got us now! Who could want better friends than us bitches?" Lucy walked over and put her own hand gently on Juvia’s shoulder, looking pointedly at Cana over her word choice.

“Cana’s right, you have us!” She encouraged, smiling brightly at Juvia's watery grin. Levy finally came down from her bunk, grinning up at the other girls. And look up she had to, as Lucy wasn't sure if Levy was over 5 feet.

“Besides, you really don’t have much of a choice," Levy winked, “Not if you want to get into this MCR wannabe’s good books."

Juvia glanced hesitantly at Lucy and Cana, waiting to see their response to Levy’s jab at their friend. The two girls merely giggled at Levy’s words.

“Oh honey,” Cana grinned at Levy, “You have no idea how right you are."

“Achoo!”

“Ha! I fucking told you it was too cold in this shitty cabin! Now piss off and let me at the thermostat."

Natsu jumped down from his bunk, choosing to ignore the ladder to his right. Gray, one of the other two boys that were sharing a cabin with him and Gajeel, still stood leaning against the wall -trying to act all cool, which Natsu thought was annoying and pathetic- shirtless and blocking the highly sought after control of the temperature. Gray’s upper lip pulled back in a sneer and he narrowed his eyes at Natsu as the boy slowly stalked towards him.

“It ain't fucking cold you dipshit, just ‘cus you have the body temp of a goddamn lizard doesn't mean the rest of us need to melt.”

“What did you call me Ice Dick?”

“Are you stupid and deaf, Ash Face?”

Natsu lunged at Gray with a roar, the other boy grappling him to the ground. Soon fists were flying and the scuffle was quickly developing into a full fight, and just as Natsu lifted a fist to bring down onto Gray’s jaw his arm was pulled back sharply and his body was flying through the air. His back hit with a painful smack and his head with a loud crack against the bed frame, an angry growl sounding in his throat as he glared at the person who had thrown him.

“The fuck was that for, Metal Ass?” He seethed, unable to actually stand as there were currently nine boys rather than the expected three in the cabin.

“You two were gettin’ on my nerves.” the tall boy said simply, shrugging before he returned to his bunk, slouching on the thin mattress and going back to tuning his guitar. Very poorly.

“That's it, I'm going to go find my beloved, or maybe some other pretty thing to play with. Anything is better than this shit show,” Loke groaned, hands thrown up in the air as he climbed down from his bunk above Gray’s. His orange hair was even spikier than Natsu’s was naturally, tinted glasses barely hiding his narrowed eyes as he looked at his cabin mates. Both him and Gray had this sense of superiority that made Natsu burn with anger and want to punch them in their stupid faces. They had shared a look when Natsu had stumbled through the front door, heartbroken after Lucy had crushed him with a simple blank look. Maybe he was projecting, but God did he hate being looked down on. Even Gajeel didn't really look down on him. Well, other than literally.

Natsu scowled at Loke’s back as he watched the slightly older boy head for the door, only to stop dead in his tracks and let out a piercing shriek when something black dashed across his path.

“WHAT IN THE HELL-” Loke screamed, but was cut off by Gray’s sharp laugh.

“Oh man, I wish I’d filmed that for Cana.”

Loke’s gaze snapped around the room as he backed away from the door. The boy looked panicked. Natsu raised an eyebrow as he watched Loke grab his friend by the shoulders. What were these people on?

“Gray, this is serious,” Loke pleaded, “What if our cabin is- is… haunted?”

Natsu shared an amused glance with Gajeel, who seemed to be barely containing his laughter.

“Christ Loke, did you watch Paranormal Activity again?” Gray rolled his eyes, “You’re worse than Lucy."

Natsu’s attention snapped back to the dark haired boy. Gray shot him a bored expression before turning away from his friend, and that’s when everything clicked.

“You…” Natsu whispered to himself.

The dark haired boy. The dark haired boy that had carried her away. That had literally dropped her on top of him. Lucy’s friend. Lucy’s maybe-boyfriend-maybe-just-friends-but-maybe-not but God he hoped he wasn’t her boyfriend or he’d just give up on love altogether. He was that Gray. The shirtless, handsy, emo-looking douchewad who had robbed him of the chance to speak to the prettiest girl at GMG Fest. Who had cut short the best and only kiss of his life.

“You,” Natsu growled at Gray.

“Huh?” Gray frowned at him.

Natsu made to lunge himself at Gray but his plans were cut short by Gajeel, who’d grabbed him by his shirt collar and was holding him up like a rag-doll, allowing his legs to flail wildly as his cousin stared at him with seemingly deep concern.

“You on something again Salamander?” Gajeel squinted at him.

“I WASN’T HALLUCINATING AND I CAN PROVE IT,” Natsu bellowed, pointing an accusing finger at Gray, “HE WAS THERE AND HE RUINED IT!”

“I was where now?” Gray scowled.

“Can we please direct our attention to the more pressing matters at hand?” Loke pleaded, “Like, oh, I don’t know, the possible demon lurking within our midsts?”

“WHY DOESN’T SHE REMEMBER ME, ICE FOR BRAINS? HUH? YOU GONNA TAKE THAT FROM ME TOO? LIKE WARMTH AND GENERAL HAPPINESS-”  

“Seriously, what are you talking about, you-”

“Guy, this isn’t a joke anymore, my pillow just moved-”

“ENOUGH!” Gajeel yelled.

Natsu and the others went silent. They all stared at Gajeel in surprise. Natsu recognised that look. Gajeel was annoyed. Very annoyed. Natsu resumed his feeble effort to break free.

“You," Gajeel pointed at Loke, “learn the difference between an agent of Satan and a goddamn cat. If you so much as attempt to exorcise Lily, I’ll be chopping you up into cat food."

Loke gulped audibly a moment before a black ball of fur bolted out from under his bed and shot between his legs. Natsu snickered to himself as Pantherlily, Gajeel’s own feline companion, wound his way around his master's ankles. Guess he hadn’t been the only one to sneak in a pet.

“And you," Gajeel continued, moving on to Gray, “Put a fucking shirt on. Now."

Natsu smirked to himself as Gray fumbled for a shirt, but his laugh was cut short when Gajeel abruptly let go and he hit the floor with thud, pain shooting up his spine from where his ass hit the wood.

“And you," His cousin stared down at him, “What in the hell are you shouting about. Did ya meet this moron in a strip club or somethin’?”

“No,” Natsu curled up his nose at the mental image, “He’s Lucy’s-" Natsu stuttered for a moment, not quite sure what Gray was to her, “H-He knows Lucy!”

Natsu gave his cousin a moment to let the news sink in. Gajeel leaned back. He seemed to consider a moment before nodding in understanding.

“I see,” He muttered, “So you’ve finally progressed from hallucinations to full blown conspiracy theories huh?”

Natsu grit his teeth as Gajeel laughed at his obvious annoyance. Why did everyone think he was crazy?! Was it really so hard to believe a girl would want to kiss him?

“Wait, wait, wait,” Loke rubbed at his temples, “What does Lucy have to do with anything? And, for the record, we’re both Lucy’s friends."

“Gajeel doesn’t think she’s real." Natsu huffed.

“Oooooohhhh-kay," Gray frowned, shaking his head as he rifled through his pockets. “Not that I would want to help Flame Brains case at all- or ever- but I’d like to think one of my best friends isn’t just a figment of my imagination. Does this help?”

Gray pulled out his phone from his pocket and held it in Natsu and Gajeel’s general direction. Gray clicked a button to bring the phone to life, causing Natsu to scramble across the floor to see the image that lit up the screen.

Under normal circumstances, Natsu would have mocked the corny nature of Gray’s lockscreen but right now he was too busy staring at his second glimpse of Lucy in three months. The photo was of Gray, Loke, Lucy, a brown-haired girl he vaguely recognised from pulling Lucy away from him earlier, and a silver-haired boy who looked not much older than Gray. The five of them lay sprawled across a couch, all looking slightly disheveled and bleary eyed as though they’d been out all night. On one end of the couch was Loke, his legs tossed over the armrest and his glasses sitting crookedly on his nose. He was sticking his finger in the ear of the brown haired girl who sat on the floor in front of him, her hands supporting a heavy head. The silver haired boy was clearly unconscious. His feet were thrown over the back of the couch and his face had gone red from all the blood rushing to his head. Or so it seemed from what Natsu could tell. The boy’s face was covered in crudely drawn mustaches, glasses, and… yup, that was a penis.

And on the other end of the couch sat Gray and Lucy. She was seated in his lap, and the two smiled at eachother broadly as Lucy held a pen in the air. Her feet rested on the silver haired boy's chest, and Natsu noticed absently that she was missing a shoe. And that also- much to his dismay- Gray’s arm was circled protectively around her waist. Just like it had been at the festival.

“Well I’ll be Salamander,” Gajeel whisted behind him, “She looks just like you sing about in the shower."

“You sing about Lucy in the shower too?” Loke asked, surprised. It took a nudge from Gray for him to remember himself, “Wait a minute, how do you even know her in the first place? It’s rare that a man vying for her attention gets my much needed seal of approval. I’m sure I would remember you."

Natsu groaned to himself. This day had turned into one hell of an emotional rollercoaster for him. He didn’t need Gajeel making it worse by embarrassing him, and he certainly didn’t need ailurophobic morons questioning him about his love life.

He glanced at Gray. The dark haired boy was frowning to himself as his fingers brushed over the image on his phone. Natsu realised he hadn’t figured it out yet. Wow. Lucy didn’t remember him and apparently neither did her frozen-brained excuse of a friend.

Was he really that forgettable?

Natsu’s brows furrowed as the thought occurred to him. He didn’t notice Gray lunging at him until the last second.

The two of them fell to the floor, narrowly avoiding crushing Pantherlily. Gajeel picked up his cat, protectively clutching him to his chest as he watched his cousin squirm beneath their new roommate. Natsu tried to dislodge the dark haired boy, but was stunned into submission when Gray ripped of his beanie and held it victoriously in the air.

“Ah HA!” Gray cried, “I knew I recognised your ugly face from somewhere. The pink proves it!”

“Gray, you can’t condemn a man for dying his hair pink," Loke said seriously, “Let him make his own choices."

“I don’t give a shit about his fugly hair colour moron, it just proves my point," Gray stood up abruptly and turned to his friend, all the while pointing a finger down at Natsu, “This is the guy I told you about! The one from the festival."

“You mean the one who molested Lucy?” Loke raised a skeptical eyebrow.

“I did not molest her!” Natsu yelled as he shoved himself into a sitting position, “She kissed me."

“Yeah, and I highly doubt she would have done it if she hadn’t been blind drunk," Gray scoffed.

Natsu almost flinched. He felt a pain in his chest, the words stinging as they rang through his ears. Of course. Of fucking course. The thought had always been nagging at him in the back of his mind. It had been too good to be true, a pretty girl like that picking him out of a crowd full of people. He’d pegged her strange behaviour down as her just being a weirdo, but he saw how naive he had been now. Who in their right mind would go for him?

His three roommates continued to mutter about the past while Natsu became caught up in his thoughts. As if sensing his darkening mood, he heard a soft thud behind him and turned to see Happy stretching his legs and sauntering towards him. The cat brushed his face against Natsu’s knees as he crossed his legs beneath him. Natsu smiled down at his blue-furred friend. At least Happy didn’t need to be drunk or bored to hang around with him.

“I don’t know Gray, he doesn’t really seem like that type of guy…” Loke’s words drifted over to him.

“I’m pretty sure Salamander wouldn’t know what to do with a girl if he got one,” Gajeel snickered.

“I can hear you y’know," Natsu scowled at them.

“Then maybe you should- What is that?”

Natsu followed Loke’s concerned gaze to the bundle of fur in his lap.

“This is Happy," Natsu introduced him, “My cat."

“It’s… blue?”

Natsu sighed. And people said he was slow. He bundled Happy up into his arms before standing and making his way back to his bed.

“Great, so he abuses girls and animals," Gray huffed.

“Hey Ice Princess, do you ever hear the sound of your own voice and think ‘man, I should really shut the fuck up," Natsu inquired with fake politeness.

“No, but I’m guessing that’s what goes through your mind every time you open your mouth."

Happy let out a yelp as Natsu accidentally squeezed him too hard. He was nine hundred percent certain he wouldn’t be able to spend two months with this prick without breaking something. Preferably his neck.

He was about to offer a snappy retort littered with curse words and maybe a punch or two when a soft voice filled the cabin. Natsu scowled to himself. Was that… Bruno Mars?

All heads turned to Loke as he patted at his jeans pockets, fishing out his phone and pressing a button just before they could hear about beautiful girls all over the world.

“Hey babe,” Loke smiled into the receiver, glancing at his unpacked bags as he turned away from the others, “Yeah we’re all unpacked. Uh huh… I’m glad one of us has nice roommates then. What? Oh yeah, they can hear me. Wanna say hi? Just kidding. They’re not Loke approved yet. Yeah… alright, no problem babe. Alright, Sunshine. Don’t pretend you don’t love it. See ya in a few."

Gray rolled his eyes when Loke turned back to him, even as a rueful smile played on his lips.

“That was Lucy,” Loke informed him, “She wants us to meet her at the cafeteria."

Natsu curled tighter around Happy. Why had Loke called her babe? And sunshine? Were they a thing? Were Lucy and Gray a thing? Did it even matter? Lucy would never go for a guy like him, she was too full of life and sweetness and weird in the best way to ever sink down to his level.

“She's gonna punch you if you keep calling her pet names,” Gray drawled out as he shrugged off his shirt -again. “You know she's hates how flirty you are. Cana has a better chance of getting in her pants than you do.” he finished, dry smile twisting his face as Loke ‘hrmphed’ irritably.

“You're just jealous of our love. Lucy will see it too, sooner or later.” Loke shot back as he fixed his glasses on his nose.

“Now who's the creepy one.” Gajeel mumbled under his breath, Gray quickly stifling his laugh into a cough at Loke’s sharp glare. Natsu however was too focused on the small flame of hope that had ignited in his chest at Gray’s scoffing at Loke. Lucy wasn't with either of them? She was single? Even if she didn't remember him, that at least meant there might be some hope. A chance.

“Well, we shouldn't keep the girls waiting too long. Cana is probably already on her fifth drink.” Loke said flippantly, signalling that he was ready to leave. Gray sneered at Natsu when he looked over, obviously wanting to crush any life that had returned to his slanted eyes as his brain was over working.

“You better stay the fuck away from her, Pinky. Attacking her once is enough, don'tcha think?” he said sharply, Natsu leaping from his bed and stepping towards Gray in a challenge. Before he could speak Loke’s exasperated voice cut in.

“Graaaay,” Loke whined, already halfway out the door. Gray made a final face at Natsu before turning on his heel and walking past Loke out the door. He heard Loke's quiet voice, even as the door was falling shut behind them. “Do you have to be a complete ass?"

“Hey,” Gajeel’s gruff voice drew Natsu’s attention to where the taller boy sat, back on his bed with his damn guitar in his lap again. Except now Pantherlily was curled up in his unruly black hair. “They’re justa bunch of pricks, ignore ‘em." Gajeel went back to strumming his black guitar, a -not completely horrible- melody sounding in his throat as he hummed along, Pantherlily purring as well. Natsu looked up at where he had left Happy, the blue cat peeking his head out between the wooden beams that bordered the bed. He let out a gentle meow, Natsu figuring if Happy could make facial expressions he would be making one of concern.

“I’mma go for a walk,” Natsu mumbled, head lowered as he swiped his beanie from where Gray had left it on the floor. He walked quickly to his bunk as he pulled his beanie harshly over his head so that it covered his hair again and took out Fev, the strings pushing into his palm as he held it by the neck.

“Don’t do nothin’ stupid.” Gajeel called as Natsu left the cabin, a grunt his only reply as he fled down the porch steps. He had two hours before the camp was meeting for announcements, and he had seen a river on a map of the camp before. He just needed some alone time, maybe sit on the grass and watch the river swim by, oblivious of all the heartbreak and angst of the people that surrounded it. The good thing about the river not caring about him is that it wasn’t supposed to, and somehow that comforted Natsu.

Kicking a large pebble Natsu wandered off the gravel path and into the thicker part of trees that was supposed to discourage people from venturing too far. A humourless smile pulled at one corner of his mouth as Natsu thought about how if there was anything he was good at it was playing guitar and disappearing.

“Small world, huh.” Loke questioned as he walked beside Gray, the two boys slowly making their way to the large mess hall beside the outdoor auditorium.

“Too small.” he muttered under his breath, ignoring Loke’s curious glance. His shoulders were hunched farther forward than usual, the silver pendant his dad had given him swaying gently and banging on his skin as he walked. When the fuck had he lost his shirt? Whatever, he got too hot with it on anyway. Loke’s voice brought him out of his glower, head whipping towards the ginger.

“I don’t see why you’re so pissy about it, honestly Lucy could have picked a worse guy.” he said carefully, cautious of Gray’s reaction. As he should be, because Gray was one more comment away from breaking his stupid glasses. Bastard didn’t even need them.

“You weren’t there,” he snapped, glare turning to a bottle cap that Gray kicked at harshly. “Lucy was blind drunk and I was supposed to look after her. And what happens? I lose her for five fucking minutes and find her trying to shove her tongue down some guy’s throat. A shirtless guy!” he continued to rant, ignoring the odd look his friend was giving him.

“You aren’t actually her keeper, y’know?” Loke questioned, jumping back with a yelp as Gray turned to him sharply.

“Yes I am.” he hissed, breaking eye contact and looking out the corner of his eye when he saw Loke’s eyebrows pinch together in concern and his lips thin. “I don’t have the best relationship with Lyon or Ultear, and Lucy’s like a sister. Like my favourite sister. She tries to rebel out from under her old man’s thumb, and sometimes she pushes herself too far. I need’a watch out for her.” he mumbled, hands stuffed roughly into the pockets of his black jeans, silver chain jingling at the forceful movement.

“If you think Lucy’s gonna punch me for flirting with her and not you for talking about her like that you’re dumber than you think Natsu is.” Loke warned, eyes completely serious as he stared down Gray. The black haired boy lifted his hand and rubbed at the scar on his forehead, letting out a long breath.

“I know, I know. And I know that she is more than capable of looking out for herself and making her own decisions and living with her own mistakes blah blah blah,” Gray said, rolling his eyes as he imagined Lucy’s furious lecture. “But she’s family.”

Loke’s eyes widened at Gray’s statement before he nodded in understanding, starting to walk forward towards where the girls were waiting again.

“Fine, but just don’t let Lucy hear you talking like that, got it? I’d rather not take you to the infirmary, even if I feel like both you and Natsu will be constant visitors there anyway,” Loke said, mumbling the last part so that Gray couldn’t hear him. Gray did anyway, but he chose to ignore it. Loke was his best guy friend, and he didn’t really have the energy to fight him right now. What he wanted was a smoke, but Lucy would kill him if she found out he had started again. And the camp forbid it. But Lucy was scarier.

“So what are you going to tell Lucy?”

“What?” Gray asked, confused by Loke’s random question. His friend just rolled his eyes and fixed his glasses in annoyance.

“About Natsu, duh.” Loke said slowly, eyebrow quirking at Gray’s loud snort.

“Nothing.”

Loke almost tripped over his feet at Gray’s quick dismissal, gaping at the raven haired boy. “You can’t not tell her who her first kiss was.” he protested, Gray shrugging his shoulder while his fist clenched in his pocket.

“Ain’t nothing to tell her, she was drunk so it doesn’t count as her first kiss. And didn’t you hear what that idiot was saying?” Gray questioned, a hard smirk pulling at his lips. “She already met him and didn’t remember him at all. So it’s all good.”

Loke looked at Gray from the corner of his eyes, disapproval clear in his face. “You sure?” he questioned hesitantly, giving Gray the chance to reconsider. Instead Gray looked him dead in the eye as he pulled the cafeteria door open harshly.

“Definitely.”

Playlist:

Teenage Wonderland - Kids In Glass Houses

Nothin’ On You - B.o.B. ft Bruno Mars

This Is How We Roll - Fifth Harmony

Good Girl - Carrie Underwood

Everybody’s Got A Secret - AWOLNATION