#caregiver!natsu

[littletail]

Please may I have a Fairy tail age regression scenario of when Caregiver! Natsu knew exactly what he was doing when he basically hung little! You (his sister age 4 by the ankles..she is biologically four and she is four but it was proven that she had little! traits anyway) upside down by the ankles to get you to pipe down when you got upset for no reason at all with Team Natsu and you started laughing when he did that..honestly..you are a handful..Caregiver! Natsu didn't really have a clue what went on when he was in the toilet (he asked them to watch you) but it was definitely silly..honestly.

https://youtu.be/0BR1Na7w-jA?si=EzgBBg5WF68ie7uR (to help you with what I mean and it was typical toddler stuff)

(Sorry for the really late post. I've been struggling juggling finals ((Which are done by now, so yay, one less thing to worry about lol.)), writing, writer's block, and just overall being tired. I am still trying to work on the requests, I've just been struggling with them for the time being lol.)

Big Brother Rescue

You weren’t entirely sure what caused it. Heck, nothing could’ve caused it, really. You were just four and had a harder time growing up compared to your peers, so it could’ve easily just been toddler nonsense.

That being said, you were still sobbing and wailing as everyone around you tried to get you to settle down.

“Here, Sweetie, look at me,” Lucy tried as she waved a toy in front of you. No dice.

Gray attempted to entertain you by creating a functional rattle with his magic, but you just swatted it away.

“Easy, we do not hit,” Erza gently scolded. You didn’t care to hear it, you just kept crying.

“What set her off?” Lucy asked.

“I don’t know. I think she might’ve tripped? Or maybe she saw something that upset her?” Gray offered, but he didn’t sound so sure.

“Maybe Natsu can find out when he gets back..” Erza sighed, “Right now, let’s just try to get her to calm down.”

“Maybe she’s hungry. Or thirsty!” Lucy said, “I’ll grab a bottle,” she hurried off, before soon returning with said bottle in hand.

“Here, how about some milk? It’s nice and cold!” she offered, but you just turned your head away.

“Aww, don’t be like that. You love your bottle,” Lucy tried to coax you into it. Still nothing. You just kept turning your head away while trying to hit the bottle away.

Lucy sighed, backing away.

“What happened?”

The three turned, spotting Natsu. Your brother.

“She’s got herself worked up and we don’t know what happened,” Lucy explained, “Which means we also don’t know how to fix it.”

“I leave for a couple minutes to use the bathroom…” he sighed, “Alright, leave it to me. C’mere, you little rascal!”

He walked up to you, then grabbed your ankles and lifted you up, holding you upside down. He grinned down at you, before gently bouncing you. Your tears stopped, and you even giggled back up at him.

“There we go. There’s the smile I was looking for!” Natsu said, then spun around, letting you fly around. “Weeee!” you laughed happily.

“Alright, up we go,” he pulled you up, then held you in his arms upright, “That’s my girl.” 

You babbled happily, reaching up to grip his scarf.

“That worked?” Gray asked.

“Well, if it got her to calm down, I see no issue with it,” Lucy said, handing the bottle over to Natsu. “Think she wants it now?”

You reached for it, babbling away, “Ah! Ah!”

“I’d say so,” he chuckled, slipping it into your mouth. “My sweet happy little sister.”

You cooed happily.

[pl4n3t-plut0]

Haikyuu asks?? Kenma and Hinata both being littles, but Kenma is a sleepy little and Hinata is very energetic! They still like playing together though, and their teams think they’re adorable together. -🦐

HAIKYUU ASKS I’m resisting the urge to make another side blog specifically for it because I don’t know how big the audience is ALSO hello I think you’re a new anon that I’ve never seen before

Anyways time to do my job, as with most pairs I think they can exist in a balance together

Especially because they initially got along when they first met canonically

I think they share an animal crossing island but they both do very different things

Honestly, I live for the idea of babysitter/cg coach nekomata and old coach ukai I think that would be adorable

But still primary cg for kenma would be kuroo

I don’t think hinata would have a primary caregiver but I think he would play with Natsu

Kenma likes sitting in trees because hinata like climbing them (Kenma is placed in the tree by Lev)

Kenma sits on the floor because Hinata keeps jumping on the bed and it shakes him around

[hyperdragon24calm]

Haikyuu SickFic.

Warning!!

Sick : Hinata

Caregiver : Kageyama

Warning, mention of death, self harm, sickness, hospitals, depression.

×

In a world in which Kageyama imagined a life without Hinata.

Hinata has been in and out of hospital with a rare illness that is slowly killing him, Kageyama visits him every day.

The volleyball team will also occasionally visit when Hinata has some good or bad news come his way, but in the end, Kageyama is always there every day.

Hinata begs for Kageyama to go home and have a break, but Kageyama refuses to leave his smaller boyfriends side.

" Kageyama, please go home. It's getting late. "

" No, I won't leave your side. "

Kageyama retorted, crossing his arms as he looked at the orange haired boy that was hooked up to so many monitors.

It pained Kageyama to see Hinata in such a state. Kageyama only wished for Hinata to get better, but the doctors didn't have high hopes.

At about 3am Kageyama had drifted off to sleep.

When Kageyama woke up, Hinata's monitors were going crazy and the doctors rushed in the room, hurrying Kageyama out of the way so they could start helping Hinata.

After what felt like 2 painful long hours, the doctor came out of the room with a sorrowful look on his face.

Kageyama's whole world stopped in that moment as the doctor told him that Hinata didn't make it.

Kageyama was frozen, tears pricking at the sides of his eyes as he refused to believe the doctors words.

" N-No... "

Kageyama rushed into the room. He saw Hinata laying lifeless on the hospital bed. The monitors had been turned off. It was silent.

Kageyama stared at Hinata's lifeless body as he watched the nurses place a cloth over the dead body.

Hours had passed, and Kageyama was still standing in the room.

The doctors had called Daichi and Sugawara to come and pick up Kageyama.

" Tobio? Come on, Tobio, you need to leave. "

Sugawara said softly. Kageyama looked at the two upperclassmen who came to take him away.

" But.... Hinata. "

Kageyama said.

" Tobio, come on.. the team is all waiting outside. We are going to make a shrine. "

Daichi said with a gentle smile.

Kageyama stumbled, his legs trembling. Daichi and Suga both took hold of one of Kageyama's arms to help keep him steady.

" It's okay, Tobio.. "

Suga said, comforting the first year setter.

Suga and Daichi helped Kageyama walk outside where the whole volleyball team was waiting, including Hinata's mother and little sister Natsu.

Only now realisation hit Kageyama. Kageyama's eyes filled with tears as they poured down his face.

Kageyama screamed with such pain as his legs buckled beneath him, Daichi and Suga helped Kageyama to the floor gently.  

" HINATA! "

Kageyama screamed.

The whole team's heart broke hearing those screams. Hinata's mother and Natsu were both crying and hugging each other.

Tanaka and Noya were silent. They didn't cry. They just stayed silent.

Yachi was holding onto Kiyoko, sobbing her eyes out while Kiyoko was holding back her tears.

Ennoshita, Kinoshita, and Narita all just looked away, feeling nothing but pain and sorrow.

Asahi was a sobbing mess, struggling to catch his breath as he clung onto Tanaka.

Tsukishima was silent, Tadashi was crying into Tsukishima's shoulder.

Coach Ukai was silent, Takeda was also very silent.

Everyone felt so much pain, and nobody knew what to say or do, other than stand there in silence while Kageyama screamed and cried.

After a few hours, Daichi and Suga took Kageyama home. They had all placed a shrine at the school where everyone placed flowers and pictures of Hinata.

Kageyama was broken. He was silent, his eyes dull without emotion.

" Kageyama, you should eat. "

Suga said as he helped Kageyama inside his home.

Kageyama shook his head, refusing to eat. Though he was starving.

" Please, Tobio, you need to eat. "

Kageyama glared at them.

" Just leave!! "

He yelled. His next stage of grief was pure anger. He just wanted to be left alone.

Daichi and Suga decided they should leave, Kageyama needed alone time and some space to process what had happened.

When they left, Kageyama started to throw shit all around the room.

" No!! This is fucking stupid! "

Kageyama yelled, making a mess in his house. When he had calmed down, he was in the bathroom with a razor blade. He started to make deep cuts into his arms.

" I can join him..."

Kageyama muttered softly to himself, hoping that maybe he could join Hinata in the afterlife.

But after many failed attempts of trying to cut deeper, he decided to just give up.

Days had passed, Kageyama hadn't left his room, he hadn't eaten or gone to school, he just wanted to give up on it all. What was the point of life without Hinata there?

Daichi knocked on the door.

" Kageyama? "

Kageyama came to the door and opened it, Kageyama was covered in sweat, his arms layered with bruised cuts, and he looked extremely pale.

" Oh Tobio... "

Sugawara said as he pulled the boy into a hug, Kageyama just accepted the hug. He couldn't be bothered to push away.

" W-why are you guys here? "

Daichi frowned.

" We came to check on you, you haven't been at school... and we were worried you hadn't eaten. "

Daichi said while holding up a bag with some of Kageyama's favourite pork buns from Ukai's shop.

" We brought you food. "

Kageyama nods.

" Thanks... "

" We'll let you be alone. "

Kageyama gripped onto Suga.

" No... don't leave me, please. "

Kageyama begged, his whole body trembling. He didn't want to be alone. He wanted the comfort of the older males who were like big brothers to him.

" Okay, we won't. "

Kageyama let them inside the house. The house was a total wreck, with glass shattered, pillows all over the place.

" You poor thing. We are sorry we didn't stay the first time. You clearly needed us. "

Suga said while playing with Kageyama's hair.

Kageyama nods.

" I'll... come back to school tomorrow, I promise. "

He said quietly.

" Oh, don't you worry about that. The school understands what you are going through. "

Daichi said.

After some comfort and company from Suga and Daichi, Kageyama was tired and ready to be alone again. Of course, Daichi and Suga made sure that Kageyama ate before they even thought about leaving.

The next day, Kageyama was walking to school. He still looked like a total wreck, Kageyama didn't watch where he was going, and all he heard was a car horn before it all went black.

Kageyama woke up in his bed. He was in a cold sweat, and the orange haired spiker was leaning above Kageyama with a concerned look on his face.

" Kageyama, are you okay? "

Hinata asked with worry. He had woken up when Kageyama was screaming and tried so many times to wake Kageyama up with no luck.

" H-Hinata...? Yo-You're alive? "

Kageyama asked as his voice faltered, tears stinging his eyes.

" Wh-what?! Of course I'm alive! "

Hinata said with a hint of shock and worry when he noticed Kageyama's tears.

Kageyama started to sob quietly, choking on his own saliva as he was lying on his back. Hinata helped Kageyama sit up and pat his back.

" Hey hey, it's okay... I'm not dead, Kageyama. I'm not even sick. "

Hinata said soothingly while rubbing Kageyama's back.

Kageyama's arms just wrapped around Hinata's body with a tight grip.

" Y-You died!! "

Kageyama sobbed, holding onto Hinata as if he would disappear if he let go.

" I'm right here... it was just a bad dream. Shhh.. "

Hinata reassured, holding Kageyama tight in his arms. They sat there cuddling for 20 minutes before Kageyama finally calmed down.

" It was such a bad dream..."

Kageyama said sadly.

Hinata nods.

" I know, I know love. "

Hinata comforted Kageyama and kept whispering, reassuring, and comforting words to him.

" I'm here, and I won't leave you. "

After a few more minutes, Kageyama had fallen asleep in Hinata's arms, embracing his warmth.

×

The End.

Haha, did I scare y'all?

Words : 1341

[irontragedyreview]

@thr0wnawayy Thanks for your comment, I'm going to clarify and say that at this point I'm talking more about the fandom than about the story itself. However, even in the manga you at least have victims like Natsu or Shoto who are able to show negative feelings for him and are allowed to, at which point do we see Midoriya being able to show any feeling other than forgiveness or ignoring his past because focusing on it makes bk look bad? Horikoshi makes bk's violence a comedy while at least Endevor doesn't have that same treatment and it's understandable why what is funny about your abuser hitting you for laughter? Bk and Midoriya have so much in the manga (bnha and tum), ovas, etc thousands of scenes with bk (Izuku's main torturer) and Izuku (his victim) using slaptick comedy and you don't see that with Endeavor and you even have the fandom defending those scenes because it's "comedy" and because it's his personality. This is not allowed with Endeavor and rightly so, because you can't create a dynamic of redemption when abusive behaviors continue. Oh my god, the only reason we don't have scenes like this after BK's apology is literally because it's a war and they have minimal interaction, but even then the only time BK feels truly sincere regret for what he did by saying "I can't believe what I did to you", yet you have the fandom treating him softly and saying he shouldn't be the only one to feel guilty.

Endeavor arc isn't perfect and honestly the fact that Rei remains his caregiver is shit, but at least it feels treated more seriously and there is no attempt to make comedy out of it, we don't see scenes of Enji shouting or hitting Shoto treating him like comedy or his personality, because that is the idea, this isn't true with bk where this is commonplace and if you call him an abuser they go down to your throat saying that you can't call a child abuser but Midoriya is called an stalker (I guess one child can't be called abuser but another can be called a stalker?), the double standard of fandom is in the manga and Horikoshi focused on the fact that each person who thought badly of bk would later change their opinion even if the guy made the stupidest mistakes.

Read takes saying that bk shouldn't feel all the blame for Izuku's insecurities or self-destructive mentality makes me sick. Sure, the shitty teachers didn't help but it was bk who actively sought to harass and let his followers harass Midoriya, bk is possibly one of the big reasons why Midoriya formed his personality and trying to deny it only shows that you don't want to accept that your fave is an abuser. It doesn't help that Horikoshi is literally incapable of putting bk in a bad light where we don't even get reactions from Izuku for the apologies, etc., because in the end it doesn't matter, Midoriya is just another item on the list to check off for how to write bk, that is why we never got a reaction from Izuku to the apology because it was never for him, he was just a spectator who had to be there so that bk would apologize and everyone could say "see, you can't not like him anymore because he says sorry."

The big problem is that his apology took 300 chapters and arcs with bk being violent with Midoriya for comedy. Shit, Endeavor's redemption arc is a little better because no one is defending him hitting his wife and kids, while bk's "consequences" aren't even tied to his own actions and everyone in the manga takes it upon themselves to explain how even when he screws up it's because he's the best.

[dragbunart]

My favorite 'random theory/headcanon' for people who think V3 happens in the Hope's Peak Universe and all the 'Dr is fiction' stuff is bullshit, is the 'Kaede Akamatsu and Natsumi Kuzuryu are twin sisters'. Because A) if the 'Kaede has a Younger twin sister' it makes sense since Natsumi's birthday is the day after Kaede's (March 26th and 27th) B) it would make sense for Natsumi to have been in the Main buildings Music room during the twilight saga (which had a piano) AND give her further reason to think she was the Ultimate Lil Sis as well as fuel her inferiority complex, C) They look similar, D) Kaede and Fuyuhiko both being super into upholding the law, but also 75% ready to murder, and E) I find the potential dynamics SUPER interesting

More headcanon rambling under the cut

Kaede called them 'Fuyu' and 'Natsu' for short

Fuyuhiko just occasionally tells people about his 'little sister' but never specifies which lil sister, or the fact he has two (which leads to people being confused as to how he can have a Sister whose super outgoing and friendly, yet really mean and has no friends)

Natsumi gave Kaede the nickname 'Piano Idiot'

Kaede refers to Fuyuhiko as her 'Big Brother' rather than 'Older Brother', mostly out of habit

Kaede goes by their mother's maiden name because she wanted her talent to speak for itself in the Piano contests, not fear for her families names

Kaede and Fuyuhiko ROASTING each other

Fuyuhiko: You gonna get over your dumb-ass reservations about riding bikes? Kaede: You gonna hit a growth spurt? Fuyuhiko:... You gonna ask out that Detective (or insert whoever you ship her with here)? Kaede: You gonna ask out Peko? Natsumi: You're both stupid. Kaede is so used to the deadly aura around her, so she 100% doesn't notice Maki's blood lust, nor all the references she may be an assassin.

Kaede's class being FLOORED when they finally meet her siblings. Mostly because the sweet optimistic Pianist who scolds them for breaking the rules IS IMMEDIATELY FAMILY TO THE BIGGEST YAKUZA FAMILY IN JAPAN and it only came out because she nearly tackled her brother in a hug when they did a class meet up with 77-b.

I imagine Soda and Teruteru walking up to Fuyuhiko like "How dare you have not one but TWO cute sisters" And Fuyuhiko claiming both his sisters are fucking insane, but also thinking No one's good enough for them.

ANYONE WHO DATE'S KAEDE HAS TO GO THROUGH A 'SHOVEL' TALK WITH FUYUHIKO AND KAEDE, except it's less of a 'Hurt her and we'll hurt you' and more of a 'If you hurt our sister, no one will ever know you existed.'

After their parents realized Kaede had a talent for Piano, their mother became very strict about what Kaede could and couldn't do.

Once their relationship as siblings is outed in their classes, Kaede will just pop into Fuyuhiko's class to check on him. Chisa lets this slide because she thinks it's cute.

Natsumi gets made if Kaede let's anyone else take pictures of her playing piano. Everyone knows the only exception is if Natsumi's in the picture with her

Natsumi actually knows how to play piano, because when they were younger Kaede wanted to enter a duet competition, but couldn't find a partner.

Kind of a Side headcanon to this:

Peko and Maki recognize each other as hitwomen within moments of meeting. They also have an unspoken agreement of 'I won't reveal you work for the Kuzuryu's if you don't out me to my class as an Assasin'. At first, Peko wasn't sure if this deal included Kaede, but after hearing her talk about Maki as a 'Child Caregiver' she knew she shouldn't say a word.

Peko is the reason Kaede doesn't know it wasn't normal to just compliment girls.

Peko is just as protective of Kaede as she is Natsumi.

After v3 Headcannon's:

(I imagine that there was some memory fuckery to make it make sense, but this is DR so memory fuckery is par for the course)

The survivors look for the families of those killed in the killing game to give them some closure.

Shuichi ends up being the one who has to tell Kaede's family.

Imagine his shock when Future Foundation gets him in contact with the Head of the Yakuza (and his wife Peko), whose on some island somewhere.

He has to tell Fuyuhiko that Kaede is dead.

Then he's asked to elaborate on how Kaede died.

Fuyuhiko can't ever look at a Piano again. Something that meant so much to one of his little sisters. But after knowing they both died in proximity to one? One being murder in cold blood, the other framed? He can't stand the sight of it.

He still has Kaede's favorite brought to the island in her memory, but neither of them set foot in the music venue where it stands, never to be used by its owner again.

Peko grieves by learning a few simple songs (not the one Kaede was forced to play in death), but it brings her comfort and she imagines she's playing with the girls that she grew up with, her sister-in-law's who never got to see the day they'd get to have that title.

V3 simulation AU because i hurt my own heart: Kaede moves to Jabberwock Island to live with Fuyuhiko and Peko, mostly to help her regain her memories of Hopes peak and to come to terms with the fact her younger sister is dead

Her class visits (usually just video calls)

[linkspooky]

Touya is Dead, Dabi is Here.

Dabi is the foil to Endeavor. His villainous foil. However, not everything is about Endeavor. Let’s shove him to the side for a second. Dabi is also the villainous foil to himself, in a stranget twist and turn of events. Dabi has a villain persona that he plays up, he’s trying to show everyone that he’s the monster created by Endeavor’s monstrous actions, but I think he’s also playing himself as the opposite of Touya, the villainous foil to Touya’s once heroic ambitions. Touya was supposed to die, but Touya lived. Now, Dabi is trying to destroy everything Touya is, by embodying the opposite of everything Touya was. 

1. The Child Who Didn’t Get Saved

Touya’s remembered in a certain way by his family members. Endeavor doesn’t even seem to pity the child who died on his watch, so much as he pities himself. He pities the fact that he didn’t get to raise his son up into a successor. When he sees the scarred up Dabi still alive in front of him, he doesn’t feel happiness that his long dead son is alive, or even pity for the monster covered in burns. 

His first thought is disappointment, that Dabi didn’t grow up into what he wanted him to be. Natsu remembers the crying child that always clung to him, but he probably has the most realistic view of his brother. Someone who was suffering under his father, and someone whose pain shouldn’t be forgiven or swept under the rug. Whereas Fuyumi and Shoto who were both less close to Touya, don’t even seem to know how to talk about him, or how to feel. 

Touya is in the eyes of others around him, either a sad and tragic case. A crying child in need of saving who unfortanately did not get saved. Or he’s just not talked about at all. I’m not going to talk about Shoto and Fuyumi because of course they don’t know how to feel about the death of their own brother, and their mom who they’ve been seperated from for a decorated they’re coming to terms with all that slowly but... not only did society as a whole forget about Touya but, Endeavor too. He doesn’t really see Touya. He just sees an unfortanate lost child. He sees a son who he wants to come home. Touya died so young, and so suddenly that his feelings aren’t really recognized. Nobody really knows Touya, and the Touya they all understand is the sad child he used to be. The sad, pitiful, tragic, child. 

And is it any wonder that Touya doesn’t want to be this person anymore? That Dabi denies being this person? If all Touya used to be was a sad child, constantly crying, who was never good enough no matter how hard he tried. Then wouldn’t it make sense that Dabi wouldn’t want to be this person anymore? 

It’s painful being Touya. Touya is vulnerable, a child who couldn’t do anything about his situation. A child who tried so hard he ended up burning himself. Not only is Touya vulnerable, he’s frail, weak, all the things Dabi doesn’t want to be and all the things his father found worthless. Touya has flames stronger than anyone, but a weak constitution to go along with it, so much so he always ends up hurting himself with his own fire. It’s pretty obvious to see that Dabi is in pain, everyone else around him except for Dabi himself seems to notice it. He’s covered in burn wounds at all times, he’s literally constantly smoking, and just barely stitched together. Yet, Dabi denies being in pain, and through doing that, he denies himself. 

2. That Child Grew Up Into An Asshole

Denial is a coping mecahnism.  Refusing to acknowledge that something is wrong is a way of coping with emotional conflict, stress, painful thoughts, threatening information and anxiety. Rather than simply being vulnerable, it’s sometimes easier to deny that you are ever vulnerable atall. Especially for people like Dabi who spent long periods in their childhood feeling helpless and week. 

From the moment a baby comes into the world, forming attachments to parents or other caregivers is critical to a child’s emotional, physical and psychological development. For an infant, having a gentle and responsive caregiver provides the nurturing a child needs to grow into a healthy adult. A cared for child develops self-esteem, feels secure in exploring the world around him or her and has a strong foundation for understanding how to build healthy relationships later in life.

But if those earliest relationships break down, the child may experience what is known as abandonment or neglect trauma.

One way of coping with this trauma is to be entirely self sufficient. To basically close up, never need to rely on other people ever, and therefore never open up. Basically, what Dabi denies more than anything else is his vulnerability, even though it’s obvious he’s in pain. 

Vulnerability, after all is the reason he got abandoned. Touya was tossed to the side because he was too weak. Therefore, in an effort to be strong Dabi denies feeling any pain at all, and in the process shuts out his other feelings. He also denies anything, his connection to his family, any feelings of guilt or remorse he might have.

Self-denail, and self-abuse, it’s the same reason kids from bad homes end up acting irresponsibly and abusing drugs, it’s all a fancy way to hurt yourself. 

If overthinking about things causes him pain, causes him to break Dabi’s solution is to simply not think about things. If being Touya is too painful for him, then Dabi chooses not to be a person and plays up the monster. 

It’s almost like Dabi and Touya are two separate people stitched sloppily together, but they’re coming apart slowly at the seams. Dabi pretends to be a remorseless villain when facing off with Endeavor, but then in front of the crowds when he’s begging for sympathy he shows off all of his burns, sits politely, and presents a character that is much more human making his case that he killed innocent people but he did so with reason, for a good cause. While, the same Dabi instead of Endaevor seems to just want to burn everything for the fun of it. The point being that, Dabi contradicts himself a lot. He argues with himself. 

It’s because Dabi is putting on deliberate acts. He’s changing himself based on the audience. It’s just that he’s also not as good of an actor as he thinks he is. However the performance seems to be pretty consistent at least for the most part, he wants everyone to regret what Touya became because of Endeavor’s abuse so he purposefully makes himself into the opposite of everything Touya was. Touya wanted to be a hero to carry on his father’s legacy, Dabi is a villain dedicated to completely destroying his father’s reputation and leading him to ruin. 

Touya was known for being particularly close to Natsuo, not only playing with him all the time, but confiding in him. Touya must have been a good big brother to Natsuo if Natsuo misses him so much. Yet, Dabi acts like Natsuo is nothing special, just another casualty in his revenge on Endeavor. 

Touya was someone always working hard to earn Endeavor’s attention and please him. Dabi seems to only want to bring about Endeavor’s ruin and think of ways of hurting him. There’s a certain irony in Dabi being so laser focused on Endeavor, because once again you reap what you sow. Endeavor wanted to raise his child to exist solely for his purpose, to carry on his legacy, to center everything around Endeavor’s needs rather than to care for another living human being with needs of his own and that’s what he got - someone who is singularly laser focused and obsessed with bringing him down. Even if Touya is still obsessed with only Endeavor to the point of forgetting the rest of his family, that’s literally just a symptom, a side effect of child abuse, of Endeavor raising Touya with the expectation that he had to please him.

Touya was a kid who is always crying, and Dabi seems to have no feelings at all. Once again, always, always he presents himself as the opposite of everything that Touya was and wanted to be. 

Dabi denies that he is Touya, and therefore denies that he is in pain. 

He pulls his brother close, and hugs him, and then does the opposite of what a big brother is supposed and hurts his younger brother instead of protecting him.

It’s not just Dabi being the opposite of Touya, it’s almost like he’s doing everything he can, to  burn up and riun Touya’s memory. To deny that any part of him ever was Touya. 

Dabi is in denial, but also I think some part of Dabi is aware of his denial. Like I said, he contradicts himself. He says that these are Endeavros’ flames, then just as easily he says “no duh, it’s obvious I’m not Endeavor.” 

I think Dabi realizes what he is doing, it’s just at the moment he believes he has to do this. It’s the only way. Whatever, Dabi is hoping to achieve, the radical reform of society, the destruciton of the hero system, it’s more important the feelings of his family, and more important than his own feelings. 

However, if those feelings are there it means Dabi isn’t without hope. There’s still a human side to Dabi. Dabi is still Touya, the same way Shigaraki is same Tenko. Their child selves died, but they never did die. Dabi is trying to be pure evil, but parts of him are still good he’s just suppressing himself. 

I think what Dabi needs to realize is that his hurt feelings, his feelings of vulnerability, are just as important as the strength he fights with. He needs both parts of himself in order to live on, weak little Touya and villainous Dabi. I don’t think Dabi will turn into a 100% good person, but as for character development the same way that Shoto is learning to reconcile his two disparagent sides, his ice and his flames. I hope that Dabi learns that he’s still Touya, while being Dabi at the same time. He’s not a villain, he’s someone capable of being both good and bad. It’s only that way he can learn to live on as Touya, rather than hoping to die and drag his father to hell with him as Dabi. 

[skygemspeaks]

some lesser known manga that i really really really recommend y’all read.

favs are in bold!

Cat Street - Keito Aoyama used to be a child actress. But after a traumatizing event caused her to quit from the acting business, she became a shut-in, refusing to go to school or interact with anyone. One day, she meets a man who tells her that he’s the principal of a free school - where there’s no set schedule and students can set their own pace. Slowly, Keito sets foot back into the outside world, and meets people who help her grow and heal from her past trauma. 

Chichi Kogusa - A story about a medicine seller who spends most of his time on the road, doing his work. When his wife suddenly passes away however, he becomes the sole caregiver of his young son, who has until this point been mostly raised by his mother and his aunt. This is the story of how he takes his son on the road with him, and how the two slowly get to know each other, and discover their new normal.

Cyber Idol Mink - One day, Mink finds herself in possession of a CD from the future, which allows her to become whomever she wishes. She uses this chance to become a cyber idol version of herself and quickly rises to fame. However, Mink has to keep her abilities a secret, because it’s a crime to use technology from the future.

Dream Saga - Yuuki is just a regular girl who one day finds a strange red stone that allows her to travel to another world when she goes to sleep. Before long, she finds out that not all is well with this world, and she must join forces with others from her world to help save this world, or it could be the end of everything as she knows it.

E? Heibon desu yo?? - Yukari is a high school student who dies in a traffic accident, only to find herself reincarnated in another world as the daughter of a poor nobleman. She decides to use her memories of her previous life to help bring in money for her family, and her people.

Film Girl - Nakamura Mei is just spending some time with her friends at a cafe when they suddenly bump into a famous male model. And if that isn’t wild enough, he actually recognizes her from when she used to be a child model??? It turns out, he used to be a huge fan of hers, and he won’t rest until he convinces her to return to the world of modelling.

Flat (Aogiri Natsu) - Heisuke is a regular, lazy high schooler who doesn’t really care for anything except baking sweet desserts. One day, his young cousin Aki is visiting his home, and ends up imprinting on Heisuke. As the two spend more time together, they both teach each other important life lessons.

Himegimi to Sanbiki no Kemono - When the royal palace receives a letter from a group of famous thieves saying that they will be stealing a valuable treasure of the late king, nobody expects their young princess to disappear. But as the princess Violet gets to know her kidnappers, she sees that not everything is as it seems.

Kaichou-san no Koneko - Our main character is an earnest and too-strict-for-his-own-good young high schooler who one day finds himself the caretaker of a helpless, adorable little kitten that was forced on him by his mother, who is in the middle of a divorce. How will this adorable kitten help change our isolated and lonely hero’s life?

Katana (Kimiko Kamata) - Akira Narikawa hails from a long line of famous swordsmiths. His father and grandfather are both considered living national treasures, and he is expected to continue in their footsteps. The only problem? Akira has no desire, whatsoever, to inherit the family business. But with his ability to see the katanas’ true form, Akira can’t seem to stop himself from continually being mixed up in katana-related trouble, no matter how much he tries.

Kokoro ni Hana wo - When their foster parents passed away, Sakura and his four brothers found themselves separated and on their own, adrift in the world. But after a year of hard work and dedication, Sakura is ready to re-open their mother’s beloved flower shop. All he needs to do now is to convince his brothers come back home and help him out.

Magical x Miracle - Merleawe has just started studying at the national school of magic when she bumps into a strange man who kidnaps her, and brings her to the royal castle. Upon reaching their destination, Merleawe learns that she looks almost exactly like the nation’s missing Master Wizard, Sylthfarn. In order to keep panic from breaking out among the public, Merleawe is asked to stand in for the young master wizard until he is found.

Sarashi Asobi - Shinigami Ai is bored with his job and with his existence. When he meets and develops an interest in a high schooler with only days left to live, he doesn’t expect to become attached to her...or to accidentally extend her life past its natural end. With no idea what is to come, Ai decides to stay by her and let her live for as long as he can.

Socks Goblin -  The Island of Four Seasons is made up of four villages, Spring Flower Village, Blazing Sun Village, Five Color Autumn Leaves Village, and the dreadfully cold Snowflake Village. When Sujin accepts a job offer to work at Bigfoot Bank in Snowflake Village, she must leave behind the only life she has ever known in her sleepy little Spring Flower village. She ends up meeting many lovely new people, including her shy and nervous neighbour, Mr Lala.

Tsubasa wo Motsu Mono - Set at the end of the 22nd century, on an Earth ravaged by war and climate change, we follow the love story of the ex-thief Kotobuki, who is trying to find an honest job so she can leave behind her thieving ways, as well as the genius Raimon, who used to follow her when he was a military commander, and who has now quit in order to achieve his dream of being with her.

Yuru Koi - After quitting her high stress job, Suzu moves out of the city and back to her sleepy little hometown after 6 years away. On her way to her parents’ house however, she falls into a hole, and ends up being saved by the guy who had dug the hole. Despite their rocky meeting, the two quickly find their relationship developing into something more.

[grayzaweek]

Friends to Lovers

Crossing over one threshold to another was something not entirely unexpected to someone within Fairy Tail’s ranks.  New members came, old members left, new missions were taken, old missions finished.  The clientele changed every day.  The guild itself, while somewhat stable, was a whirlwind of activity and change.  People grew older, gained new experiences, and sometimes altered in a way that was irreversible.  Sometimes this was good.  Increased strength, a more open mind, a settled conscience.  Sometimes it wasn’t so good.  Painful pasts remembered, betrayals made, injustices never forgotten.

The guild, as Erza knew it, was all about change.

Natsu had grown ever stronger.  Sometimes she wondered when he would stop, but the fire mage just seemed to always improve.  Wherever a line was drawn to limit his strength, he somehow overcame it.  It was as though some force kept him exponentially improving.  Perhaps it was his will that he do so.

Lucy had grown into her role as a caregiver to spirits.  Once shy and meek, she now stood side-by-side with those she had once been hesitant to call upon.  She had a strong soul and a kind manner that only seemed to grow.  She also lost a great deal of the patience she had shown in the beginning.  Though, mused Erza, that patience had been more attributed to how curious and lost she had been in the early days and less to a trait she had possessed prior to admittance into the guild.  Either way, it helped her to keep up with the guild and its ever changing nature.

Juvia had grown as well.  While she still espoused that her destiny was controlled by her magics, she seemed much more easily given to friendship and did a better job attempting to understand others.  Except for Gray.  Despite how she tried, she never quite understood the man she had chased for so long.

Gray.  Now that was the man of the hour, and the reason she had begun to think of change in the first place.  So much had changed between the two of them.  It had begun with the changes she had found in Jellal.

Jellal’s change in the guild had been…turbulent, at the very best.  In his amnesiac state, he could have been happy with a normal life.  He could have welcomed it, but upon his memory’s return, he had decided that it wasn’t worth the hassle.  More accurately, that he wasn’t worth the hassle.  He had remembered his burdens and, upon deciding that they were quite hefty indeed, had left to carry them alone.  The queen’s pardon had given him freedom to leave, and he had.  Content to wallow in his guilt and atone in any way he saw fit, the man had left.  Their parting had…not been good.

Erza had required a change to move on from Jellal.  She had placed many of her hopes on a future together with him only to have it all fall apart before her very eyes.  It had taken several months and much encouragement from all of her dear friends in the guild.  Everyone had been kind, and she had noticed the changes everyone underwent in this time frame.  She, eventually, changed too.

Now, whenever she thought of Jellal, she thought that perhaps he would find his atonement somewhere.  She no longer dwelt on past fights and cold arguments, the pleading for him to stay or the begging that things could have worked out.  Now, whenever she thought of him, she thought that perhaps he would live the life he thought he deserved to live, and that perhaps he could be content with having lived it.  With the amount of change that surrounded them all, she believed it would be bound to happen.  That peace may eventually find him someday.  She wished him well, but never more and never less.  Her own change had been in moving forward.

What she did not expect, however, were her emotions being stirred again only two months after having successfully moved on from Jellal.

Not that Gray was a bad man to fall for, oh no.  On the contrary, he was loyal and determined, steadfast and strong.  He had the courage to stand up against orders he disagreed with and the respect to do so immediately.  There were not many who dared to challenge her on the rare accounts that she needed to be challenged or her plans needed to be changed, but he had come to do so.  And she appreciated it.

Not that this was new information to her.  Gray had been like that for a long while now.  When they had met, he had refused to let her be and challenged her daily.  Upon viewing her vulnerabilities, he’d taken greater care with them.  That had probably been their first change into friendship.  When she’d become an S-class mage, the respect he had shown for her had seemed to double as well as his training.  Another change.

Changes like this had been slow and steady.  She had watched him grow and improve as well.  He got a little cocky with his ice magic, but she knew that his pride was well-founded.

But that wasn’t romantic.  That was respect and admiration for a close friend.

No, the romantic had come only a small time afterwards.  It had been a change, just a little one.

“Good work today.”

“You, too.”

She and Gray were walking to the train station, where they would pick up tickets and head back to the guild.  After a mission such as theirs, both couldn’t wait to sit and rest for a few hours.  Erza turned to look around and was suddenly face-to-face with a patisserie.

The display window showcased a beautiful strawberry cake.

She turned to ask Gray if he would mind her making the stop, but to her surprise, he was already turning towards the shop.  Before she could ask, he grinned.

“I saw you looking.”

“And what if I didn’t want cake this time?”

“You always want cake.  It’s one of those things that make you you.”

It wasn’t a secret that she adored cake, particularly of the strawberry variety.  One would be hard-pressed to keep her away from it and most members of the guild knew it.  So his perception wasn’t off, nor was the fact that he perceived that she would want to detour to get some off.

He’d noticed the patisserie as she did.  Before she had to ask, he had already been angling for it on her account.  But as heartwarming as that had been for her, and it had been fairly heartwarming, that was just one little change among a sea of many.

“We can’t let them get away!”

“We won’t!”

It was another mission.  Several weeks after the last.  Gray and Erza had dashed ahead, leaving Natsu and Lucy behind for only a moment.  The former was helping the latter to stand after a surprise trap, and both Gray and Erza knew that the sooner the culprits were caught, the better.

Gray stopped in his tracks to turn the ground to ice.  Erza expected the move and switched to gliding over the ice easily.  The perpetrators, not so much.

Before they had time to orient themselves properly, Erza had knocked the two henchmen to the ground and tackled the leader.  The downed henchmen soon found their feet captured in ice.

When Gray caught up to them, they were attempting to free their frozen feet by scratching at the ice.  It was useless, but it gave Erza a thought.

“Why not bind their hands as well?  It would have been less trouble.”

Gray shrugged as he lazily approached.  “We want to catch ‘em, not give ‘em hypothermia.  ‘Sides, they’re just pickpockets that got too greedy.  It’ll be up to the client to decide how they want to deal with their actions.”

Erza nodded, conceding the point.  Typical pickpockets were susceptible enough to magic as it was; add the unnatural cold to their predicament and they could have risked damaging the targets too much to be put to trial for their actions.  She and Gray pulled out the rope they’d brought along and strung the goons together, preparing for a quick delivery to the client.  Natsu and Lucy caught up to them then.

“Aw, you guys could have spared some for us,” complained Natsu.  Erza watched Gray grin.

“Not my fault you’re a slowpoke.”

“Why you—!”

“Lucy!  How you doing?  These guys didn’t hurt you too bad?” called Gray, seemingly to ignore the angry Natsu he’d incited.  Relieved, Lucy called back.

“No, I’m fine.  They just surprised me is all, no lasting damage!”

“You sure?” asked Gray.  Erza watched him turn his gaze from Lucy to Natsu and grin.  “We could let one of these guys go and sic Natsu on him.  Maybe it’ll make him feel better.”

“You wanna go, ice princess?!”

“You’re on, flame breath!”

“All right, that’s enough you two,” said Erza, deciding to intervene.  “We need to take these hooligans back to town.  Then we can all go home.”

The team murmured in agreement and they prepared to get underway when Erza noticed Lucy wobbling.  She came alongside the girl.  “Are you injured?”

“Sorry,” said Lucy, seeming genuine.  “I thought I could walk it off, but it looks as though the trap made me hurt my ankle.”

Erza inspected the damage done to Lucy’s foot.  The ankle was swollen slightly and she was obviously favoring it.  Erza frowned as she looked into her pack for supplies.  “Why didn’t you tell us?”

“Sorry.”

Erza rummaged around, but couldn’t find an ice pack anywhere in her bag.  She did, however, find a bit of cloth.  “Hey, would anyone gather some—oh.”

The ice had already been removed from the battlefield, likely due to Gray’s control over his abilities.  He and Natsu were standing guard over the prisoners when they heard her call.  “Sup?” asked the former.

“I need some ice for Lucy’s ankle.  I thought there was still some on the ground I could wrap in this rag.”

“Why didn’t you say something?”  Gray and Natsu dragged the criminals closer with them so they could look at Lucy’s injury.  Both men frowned.  “You’re not walking like that.”

“I can carry her,” offered Natsu.  “It’s not that long a walk anyhow.”

“Works for me,” said Gray.  He passed his rope to Erza, which she exchanged for the rag she’d brought out.  He pressed his hands together and, when he pulled them apart, a sizeable chunk of ice was created.  He wrapped this up in the rag Erza had given him and then tied it sturdily onto Lucy’s ankle.  He flinched when she winced.  “Think you can deal with this until we get you a better ice pack in town?”

“Yeah,” said Lucy.  “Thank you, Gray.”

“No problem,” said the man as he took Natsu’s end of the rope from him.  Natsu gathered Lucy up to carry on his back, Gray and Erza each had a hold of the rope that would carry the thieves, and they were off.

That mission had been full of behaviors Gray was typical of.  Quick thinking to keep the bandits from getting away or moving too far once captured.  Seamless teamwork with friends.  Genuine care for all of his friends, even when he fights with Natsu.  Improvisational skills.

None of this was news to Erza.  She had been aware of all of this, it was one of the reasons she trusted him as she did.  He was a good man and everyone knew it.  But for some reason, on that day, it seemed to strike a different chord with her.

It had sparked a change within her.

“Yo, Erza.”

It was Gray.  She had been adamant not to change her daily routine, despite the fact that being in Gray’s presence was now…different.  Not good different, not bad different.  Just…vastly different.

And despite how normal him running into her at the cafeteria was, it felt entirely too different.  Too new, somehow.  An old action, a familiar action, charged with this strange new and budding feeling.

“Gray.”  She was too good at sounding normal for her own good sometimes.  This, she decided, was a time that it was necessary.  “How was your mission?”

“Same old, same old,” he said.  “Some fifth-rate sorcerer gets a bit of power and decides he’s gonna be top dog.”

“Fifth rate?” asked Erza, amused by the odd terminology.

“Wasn’t good enough to be third rate.”

Erza chuckled at the joke.  She should have seen it coming, but surprisingly hadn’t.  She would have wondered more at it, had it not been for her noticing Gray’s expression.  Eyebrows lifted slightly, mouth slightly agape.  She felt suddenly self-concious.

“What?” she asked.  “Is something the matter?”

“N-no.”  Gray coughed into his hand, which made Erza sure that something was probably wrong anyways.  “Don’t worry about it.”

She examined him for a moment more, wondering whether or not to pry.  His health was quite important and she didn’t want him getting sick after a mission.  Hopefully, he’d take a few days to recuperate.

It was the first day she’d noticed, albeit belatedly, a change within him as well.  While his kind aspects had only drawn more of her attention and while she had begun to view him a bit differently, it seemed that his behaviors seemed to shift as well.

It was little things at first.  Whenever he entered a conversation, he would glance towards her before everyone else.  She had to thank Mira for that observation, because attempting to disprove it had become impossible.  And then it came to pass that he would enter the conversation beside her.  Standing, sitting, it didn’t matter.  If he wanted into a conversation she was a part of, he would arrive near her.  She didn’t mind.  In fact, she enjoyed the proximity.  It went on like that for a month.

And then came the day concerning their hands.  It seemed almost trivial, considering that they often used each other’s bodies as weapons or threw one another in a battle, but one day she had an urge to reach out and touch his hand.  An urge she simply could not deny.

Come on, Erza, she thought to herself, trying valiantly not to stare at it.�� You’ve held it before in combat.  Why is this so different?

But she knew why this time was different than the others.  This time, she wanted to hold his hand just because she wanted to.  There was no enemy to defeat, no reason to lead him or have him lead her.  There was nothing to force it.  She just wanted to know what the feel of his hand would be in hers.

A portion of her told herself that she was being ridiculous.  This was Gray.  He was her dearest friend and someone she could openly ask if he were going to strip to sleep.  There was no embarrassment around him.

And yet, here she was, shy.

The thought intrigued and irritated her.  Intrigued because this… awkwardness was something she would have never foreseen.  Irritated because she had taken so long that now he was looking at her quizzically.

Crap.

“Need something, Erza?”

Okay, think… She looked around for a moment, then, struck by brilliance, she answered.  “Actually, Gray, I was wondering something.”

“What?”

“Are your hands cold?”

The blank look he had on his face was a force to be reckoned with.  Equal parts adorable and intimidating (she would not lose to this bout of shyness), she faced against it bravely.

“You’re an ice mage.  Doesn’t the magic you wield ever cause your hands to become cold?”

“I…don’t think so?” he said, pulling his own hand to look.  He stretched his fingers as if thinking about it for the first time.  He then put his hand down and grinned over at her.  “Why?  You wanna check?”

“I would, actually.”

Gray slipped on the chair he was sitting on.  It almost clattered to the ground and Erza wondered if perhaps the idea was not welcome to him.  Given what she had observed…  what she’d been told…  maybe it wasn’t such a good idea to make decisions based on Mira’s ob—

“Well…  here.”  Gray presented his hand to her, palm up.  He was once again seated in his chair, his eyes staring at her determinedly.  His cheeks had a pink pallor to them that she had not noticed before.  “You can check.  If you want.”

Erza wanted to wonder at the pause in his voice, but she wasn’t about to back down now.  Carefully, she placed her fingers atop Gray’s.

“Holy shit, Gray!” she exclaimed as soon as she touched his skin.  Her hand clasped atop Gray’s quickly.  “Are your fingers always this cold?”

“err…  I don’t…know?”

Erza began to rub the ice mage’s fingertips to warm them, hoping to get blood circulating into them.  “It feels like you’ve just put them in ice-cold water.  What did you just do?”

“Nothing!  I didn’t do nothing!”

Erza glared up at Gray, whose eyes had widened and he had that ‘look’ in his eye.  That ‘please don’t catch me at what I’m doing’ look.  He’d had the look ever since they were kids.  It never changed.  She glared a moment longer, then released the glare.  Instead, she focused on warming her friend’s fingertips between her hands.

“Honestly…”

Ever since then, Erza had made sure to grab his hand whenever she was around.  Sometimes his fingers were absolutely frigid.  Sometimes they weren’t so much.  The latter tended to happen when he hadn’t seen her coming.

So she had known he was using his ice magic to make his fingers cold, but the question she had asked herself was why.  It had taken an embarrassingly long time to figure out, and even longer to confront him about it.

“Gray.”

“Oh, hey Erza.  Jeez, don’t sneak up on me like that.”

“Nonsense, consider this training in stealth detection.”

“Oh, come on. Really?”

“Of course.”  Being in front of him, seeing him so relaxed, almost made her reconsider her idea of a direct confrontation.  But then she saw his fingers and knew, almost immediately, that they were ice cold to the touch.  She looked at his face, which sported that too-innocent expression.

“So… need something?”

“Yes,” she said.  She confidently took his hand—a few weeks’ practice had made the motion second-thought—and pulled it up between them.  “There are times I actually wish to hold your hand and not find your fingers freezing.”

Gray’s shoulders seemed to tense, and his not-so-innocent expression seemed to strengthen.  “I—I…”

“Of course,” she continued, lowering their hands again.  She loosened her fingers around his.  “I will never encroach on your personal space if you don’t wish me to.  Just ask me to let go and I will.”

A moment passed and her heart thundered in her ears.  She wanted to squeeze his fingertips gently.  To comfort herself, to tell him something, she wasn’t sure.  But she kept them loose.  This was his turn to respond and she would be patient.

When she felt Gray’s wrist turn, she almost tore her hand off his.  She never wanted to do anything he wouldn’t have wanted.  But then his fingers enclosed on hers and he gave her fingers a soft squeeze.

“What gave me away?” he asked.  Erza chuckled.

“You’re an exceptionally talented ice mage.  This was probably child’s play to you.”  She heard Gray give a weak chuckle in return before she glared at him.  “Next time, though, perhaps nothing that can give you hypothermia and risk having your fingers fall off?”

That had begun the awkward phase of hand holding and stolen glances.  It had begun both of them realizing that the other wanted a little more than friendship, but not entirely sure what that was.  They became almost joined at the hip, but painfully quiet as they each contemplated what was going on.

Thank goodness that had only lasted a few days.

Another awkward day.  Another awkward conversation.

Erza sighed.  When she had realized she wanted to be closer to Gray, she wanted to be physically and emotionally closer, not just physically.  She almost wanted to go back to normal so long as they could have a good talk about everything.  No embarrassment, no awkwardness.  Just the two of them, able to talk about anything and everything.

A knock her front door interrupted her thoughts.  She invited the person in.  Whoever they were, they were friendly.  Elsewise, her security system would have activated.

“Erza?”

She briefly thought about pretending she wasn’t in, but that was cowardly.  And she wasn’t a coward.  Neither was Gray.  He deserved better than that.

“In the back.”

She heard him approach and set her hair brush down.  She needed to look him in the eye for this.  Whatever ‘this’ was.  She turned around as he entered through the doorway.

Anyone who gave him a once-over would assume nothing to be wrong.  And they themselves would be wrong.  Erza saw the way he hung himself, as though looking battered from a war.  She saw the slight circles under his eyes, an indication of little sleep.  She saw him, just as he probably saw her and her weariness.

“Hey—”

“You look—”

Both of them looked at each other, mouths agape.

“Sorry, why don’t—”

“My bad, you can—”

Again they stopped.  Again they stared.  And Erza gestured that he go first.  He rose an eyebrow, so she gestured again.  He cleared his throat.

“Erza, what are we doing?”

Direct, beyond reproach.  She appreciated the blunt question.  Blunt questions were easier to answer than coded questions, but this one, for all its blunt language, seemed so complex.  So uncertain.  Its subject matter seemed so unsteady and subjective.

“I don’t know.”

“You don’t know?”

Erza took a deep breath and exhaled.  She pushed her hand through her hair and gave it a little ruffle.  The movement on her head helped her to think and come up with the sentiment she wanted to express and the words she wanted to use to express it.

“Gray, I’ve had…feelings for you.  They’ve grown beyond the scope I thought they would reach until I simply had to act on them.  I’ve been acting on them.  Some of them.  You’ve seemed receptive, so…”

The answer seemed so vague at best, downright cryptic at worst.  She exhaled sharply, frustrated.  There had to be a better way to phrase it.  “I like you, Gray, as more than a close friend should and I would like to express it.  I’ve been attempting to figure out how best to do that.”

He seemed to absorb that answer little better than the first.  But it was far less cryptic and vague than the first, so she supposed she it would suffice for now.  She waited for a moment as he absorbed what she’d said before she returned with a question of her own.

“And you, Gray?” she asked, pulling him out of his thoughts.  “What do you think this—” She gestured to the two of them  “—is?”

The man stood silent for a moment and Erza understood the pause.  It was a difficult question, but one that needed to be answered.  For both of their sakes.

“What I think…is that I’ve…had feelings for you for a long time.  It feels like your reciprocation kinda came out of nowhere and I feel confused.  Before we do anything we might regret, I think I want to know where we both stand on this.”

It was an honest answer and a reasonable request.  They both had their hearts out on the line here, and these sorts of things needed to be discussed before they did anything too hastily.  She took a moment to reflect.

That moment felt as though it had stretched for eternity.  She took care to sift through her feelings, through her motivations.  Did she simply want to get closer to Gray on a platonic level, or did she want more?  While he had said he had feelings for a long time, she also understood that his bluntness was meant in no way to influence her decision.  He was being honest and up-front with her, and she felt it best that she do the same to him.  He deserved nothing less.

“The feelings I have for you have been building for some time.  I am unsure when they truly began, only that they have intensified until this point and they only continue to grow.  From where I stand, I want to be with you.  I still want to hold your hand, but I also want more.  I want a semblance of what we had back—to be able to talk and discuss anything openly and freely.  But I also want to be able to spend free time together, kiss, and eventually reach a point where we can be comfortable together and with these feelings.

“I want to love you, Gray, if that’s what you want, too.”

Erza had kept her eyes up and directly focused on Gray during the course of her explanation.  About halfway through, his entire face had begun to redden, and by the end he was attempting to hide that same redness behind his hand.  He fidgeted from foot to foot and he made a strange sound from the back of his throat.

Concerned for his health, she stood and came closer.  “Gray, are you all right?”

He nodded rapidly.

“Do you need some water?”

He shook his head.

“Do you need to sit down?”

A pause.  She took that as a yes and steered him into her room, easing him onto the chair she had occupied a moment before.  She, for her part, decided to sit on the bed in front of him.  For some reason, his eyes widened at that.  Her eyebrows furrowed in worry.

“Are you sure you’re not thirsty?”

Another pause.  Maybe he really needed water after all.  She made to get up, but she was halted by a slight pressure on her hand.  It was warm.  Gray had reached across to stop her from moving.  She sat back down to give him some time.  Maybe he was just thinking instead.  That was fine, she could wait.

“Do you mean it?” asked he.  He was using a voice she had never heard him use before, but was so Gray that it warmed her heart anyways.

“I do not say what I do not mean.”

Gray’s other hand trembled as it made its way to her face.  The touch was so soft that it surprised her, but the warmth spread through her like a fire.  She raised her own hand to keep it there.  She could feel her heart thrumming in her ears, and she was sure if she listened harder, she would hear his fluttering through his very fingertips.

“Erza,” said Gray.  For all the hesitance in his actions, his voice seemed strong.  “I want you to know that you’re the luckiest thing to ever happen to me.  What I’ve felt for you…it’s been there for a long while and it’s only gotten stronger with time.  I want to love you like you should be loved, treat you like you deserve to be treated.

“And I want to kiss the hell out of you right now.”

A multitude of emotions swept over her.  Surprise, for she didn’t expect Gray to have been so bold so quickly; shock, for much of the same; excitement, for she hadn’t kissed anyone before; and…most of all…

Gray winced at what must have crossed over her face.  “Too much too soon?”

“No,” she rasped, squeezing her fingers over his.  She was gentle, but insistent.  “Kiss me.”

When his lips brushed against hers, when their teeth bumped each other awkwardly as first kisses often do, when they kept going and couldn’t stop, when they eventually found their rhythm, she knew the final emotion she’d felt sweep her at the sound of his statement.

Desire.

They’d come so far since that point.  They’d had their fights, their ups, their downs.  They’d had their disagreements, they’d had their celebrations.  Their relationship had been so full of change, just as the guild they remained a part of.

So, she wondered as she carried the ring in her pocket, unknowing of its twin in her boyfriend’s, she wondered just how much would change after tonight.

Well, she supposed as she left the house to meet up with him.  We’ll see.

[littletail]

Please may I have a Fairy tail age regression scenario of when Little! Juvia is in a rambunctious mood and can't help but feel a desire to push some limits..her Caregiver! Gray was extremely patient because the others were very close to losing their patience with her noisy behaviour (and toys) today. Some of the caregivers were extremely grateful when Caregiver! Gray told his little! Juvia in the nicest way possible to tone down a bit with her little toys..considering some of the littles were asleep in the backroom.

*Caregiver! Lucy is a caregiver to her little! Wendy*

*Caregiver! Laxus is a Caregiver to his little! Freed*

*Caregiver! Erza is a Caregiver to her Little! Levy and Erza is often a babysitter for Jellal and the other members of the littles*

*Caregivers! And basically babysitters Gajeel and Natsu often babysat Sting and Rogue..*

(There was also other littles who also had an assigned Caregiver too in the Fairy tail guild)

Little! Juvia is a diaper user and Gray only put her in them as a precaution and rightly so considering how often she had accidents and she never realised considering that she uses her diaper as if she was using the toilet..

Noisy Raindrop

It was the middle of the day at the Fairy Tail Guildhall, and the middle of a multi-Guild playdate being held inside. Everything was going just fine so far, up until it was decided that naptime was coming up.

“Alright, all the beds have been set up in the room. Time for all of you to settle down,” Laxus stated, lifting Freed to his feet.

Not a problem, normally, but not all Littles were expected to actually nap, which caused the ones who were to start pitching fits.

“How come they get to stay up while we have to nap?” Jellal demanded.

“Yeah!” Sting exclaimed. “I wanna stay up too!”

“It’s so unfair!” Freed huffed.

“Guys, how the others choose to care for their Littles is their choice,” Erza explained patiently, holding a sleepy Levy in her arms. 

“And we’re caring for you guys the way we choose to,” Gajeel stated, holding an actually asleep Rogue in his arms. “You can keep playing later.”

“And some of you are pretty tired, oh yeah!” Richard commented as Cobra and Midnight leaned against him, half-asleep.

“And all of you know how important naptime is for you,” Jura lifted Lyon into his arms. The icy Little huffed quietly.

“And others have already had their naps today,” Mirajane said, looking up from where Lisanna and Kinana played with each other.

Gray sighed, “Besides, they won’t just be playing while you guys are asleep,” he explained. “Juvia here will be having a snack and sitting with us. Isn’t that right, Raindrop?”

Juvia giggled, reaching for his hand.

“We’ll be setting up games for all of you to play together once you guys wake up,” Natsu explained, “And you don’t want to be too cranky to play later, do you?”

“No..” Sting sighed.

Jellal crossed his arms with a pout.

Lucy gently bounced Wendy in her arms. “Let’s get you all settled down, okay? We’ll wake you guys up when the hour is over.”

“Fine,” the Littles synchronized.

“Alright! I think everything looks pretty good,” Lucy said.

“I think so, too,” Erza said.

“We help!” Milliana exclaimed. Erza ruffled her hair affectionately, “You sure did!”

“Can we play the games now?” Kinana asked. Mirajane pulled her close, “Not yet. We need to wait for the others to wake up first.”

“Although, I don’t think that’s stopping some of them,” Kagura said.

“Oh no..” Gray murmured, watching anxiously as Juvia played with toys that loudly played some form of audio. First it was a dragon toy that had a voice box inside that would make it roar whenever you squeezed its chest, then a magic fairy wand that played music, a star necklace that lit up and played a jingle, and the list just keeps growing.

Gray honestly wondered if the Little was purposefully testing his patience given the fact that she only played with these toys after the others were still napping. She also never showed much interest in such toys before.

Not that he would lose his patience with his precious Raindrop, but he could feel the gazes of the others on his back, knowing they are slowly losing their patience with him.

He cleared his throat, grabbing Juvia’s attention. “Raindrop, maybe you should put those toys away,” he said, gently taking her current toy. “Besides, you’re supposed to be sitting with the Caregivers. I’ll let you have one quiet toy, but you have to stay with me.”

“Mmm..” Juvia murmured quietly, “Papa..”

Gray almost instantly knew what that meant. “Oh dear,” he chuckled lightly, “Let’s get you cleaned up, shall we?”

“I’ll go check on the others to make sure her playing didn’t wake up the others,” Erza said, before ducking into the back room.

Gray took Juvia into the designated changing room, then cooed at her and tickled her stomach once she was laid down onto her mat.

“We need to have a talk, sweetheart. You knew you weren’t allowed to play with any of those toys while the others were napping, right?”

Juvia sheepishly nodded.

“I’m not mad,” he quickly clarified as he started on getting her cleaned up, “But you are aware that those toys would have woken the others, right?”

“Juvi.. didn’t..” she admitted. “Juvi sorry..”

“Don’t worry about it, Raindrop. But those music toys are getting put away after this, and you’re going to have an early bedtime tonight.”

“Aww..”

He quickly changed her, getting her into a clean diaper, before taking her back out into the main room.

“Crisis averted,” Erza assured. “A couple of them were waking up, but I was able to get them to settle back down.”

“And Juvia here won’t be allowed near those noisemakers for the rest of today,” Gray assured the others.

“Thank goodness for that,” Gajeel huffed quietly. “Rogue is a pain to settle back down once he’s been woken up.”

“What Little isn’t?” Erza giggled.

“Alright, you’re sitting with me from now on, Raindrop," Gray booped Juvia's nose.

Juvia giggled.

[choiceschoices]

Chapters 2 & 3

I did end up reading more. Some thoughts about the art and I realize I should have questioned FT’s morality sooner.

 Dude, an elf!

Chapter 2 vs 521. Ouch. I prefer the first one. 

You know, I feel like even the change in art style might contribute to FT’s later problems. In the beginning, the art style is loose and flowy. The bad proportions are ‘cartoony’ instead of painful. It lends itself well to the fun, carefree mood and I suspect it helps the humor, because it read more as a cartoon than serious story. 

Jump ahead and the art is much cleaner and attempts a slightly more realistic look. Thus areas where proportions are bad (tiny wrists, excessive boob, head size) become more glaring and uncomfortable. Humor doesn’t work as well, as the art is giving a more serious portrayal. The art is grounding the story more in reality, but the story didn’t follow.

You’d think the art being more serious would help the more serious subject matter Mashima attempted in later FT but I don’t think it did. I’d theorize that increased detail in the art perhaps made me expect increased detail in the story.

I have a lot of good things to say about FT’s later art (fanservice aside) but this is interesting to think about. 

“Roy, you’ve got a head wound there--HEAD WOUND!” -Moss, The IT Crowd

So the general public, historical community, church, royalty, the scientific community, and all of Hargeon all must hate this boy for destruction of property, reckless endangerment, loss of livelihood and more but but as the magic council said last chapter “he’s fun”. This is rather more than ‘over the top’.

And yet she didn’t know his name or face.

Also don’t worry about RUINING people’s lives I guess. Survival of the fittest? Magic is might and those muggles are meant to be ruled any way? Jfc man, people are homeless and out of the job because of you.

*right for you, nobody else

Who seriously keeps giving these people job requests. 

A++ parenting. Fairy Tail is sUCh a ~nice~ family. There’s that survival of the fittest ideology again. Bit of the magical supremacy too. Don’t need no weaklings in this guild. Makarov being stressed about Macao is zero excuse for this.

Hints of Natsu having emotional depth! Quick Mashima! Foster it! Opps...no you killed it dead.

Hush Natsu, you’re not in a position to call people out on their logic. :)

Chapter 3

Oh good??? Don’t worry she’s still young and pure???

I’m confused, somewhere in there Mashima does seem to know this behavior is gross but.......

The fight scene is fine, I’m glad Lucy tried and I’m not disappointed she didn’t accomplish much yet, it’s early enough for her to still be learning. The fact that she never really will get her wins is not the fault of this chapter.

Natsu thinking Taurus is a new monster is funny and I like how he melts the ax and spits at the monkey creature. 

His speech that they’re all nakama is eh but at least he’s only using it as motivation not actual power. The speeches have never been my favorite side of Natsu. I now find it strange that he has such passion and dedication to the guild. I feel like his desire to find Igneel should have impeded his ability to stay still and commit to them. I’d have thought his heart would always have been preoccupied with Igneel, always half ready to leave with him, yet he put down roots in Magnolia. 

Not to mention the loss of his sole caregiver should have given Natsu real abandonment and trust issues. This both makes sense and doesn’t, as it could explain his passion about not abandoning anyone else, but makes his complete faith in them strange.

Nice to have a moment of full teamwork here, and I certainly appreciated the lack of Lucy’s-boobs-squished-against-the-rocks shot.

Woah, check out Happy with a med kit! Details like this must have fooled me early on that wounds might mean something in this story and our characters would face actual stakes. This is far preferable to Wendy healing even death later on.

I appreciate this scene because it’s nice to see Natsu’s fire being used for something creative, nice to see them working on something that’s not just smashing stuff, and the concern for Macau is REAL. 

Defeats 19/20 monsters and is ashamed. These people had real problems that should have been addressed, but we’re going to spend the rest of the series letting their bad habits win out. Natsu just threatens to punch Macau and that’s that.

A heart warming ending, Macau does right by apologizing to Romeo. 

Ultimately a fine chapter. This was a niced sized mission that introduced the world a bit and had actual struggle. I wish we could have had more of these short missions to explore the world and not require huge emotional impacts. It’s just the nice message at the end is undermined for me now that I think of how these “kind” people are treating random community members. Lucy’s going to be fine only as a part of their ‘in’ crowd.

[manjimelody]

Happy Valentine’s Day! From 🏹 sorry this is a few minute’s late but I hope you like it! There’s supposed to be something else to accompany this but it’s gonna be a few days late. I’m sorry.

707: Did I ever tell you guys about me being a cupid?

Zen: You, played cupid? Don’t make me laugh.

You: How’d you play cupid?

707: YA-HOO!

707: AGENT 707 WILL NOW TELL YOU THE STORY OF THE TIME HE PLAYED CUPID

Zen: …

Zen: *sigh*

You: Please tell us God Seven!

707: God Seven will now tell you the story of the time he became cupid for a salamander and a mage and some chefs.

Zen: a salamander and a mage? Are you sure you didn’t dream this? I can understand the chefs but how farfetched can you get with a salamander and a mage?

You: Stop interrupting him! I want to hear the story.

Zen: sorry

707: As I was saying, once upon a time…

“Agent 707, your job is to make these people fall in love, but given that your bow and arrow are in the shop, you need to find another way to have them fall in love. You’re our best agent here so I know you’ll find a way to make it happen.”

“Yes, boss.”

“Also, you’ll need to go undercover. We can’t have you risking our existence to them, you know? You have permission to use the miniaturizing machine. You’ll be dressed as a fairy-cupid.”

“Yes sir!”

Zen: Okay, I’m sorry but I have to interrupt the story here. A fairy-cupid? How is that even supposed to look like?

707: Picture Tinkerbell but instead of fairy dust and a wand, picture magic dust and a bow and arrow.

You: Now on with the story!

707: okay!

(The first couple on my mission is the salamander and mage, that should be easy enough. Let’s see, he’s a salamander caregiver that does fire tricks on his free time and she’s a chemist and works with herbal medicine too. That’s an interesting combination, now lets see where they’re currently at… GPS says the park. Great, easier for me!

Time to glide! Oh, right… my bow and arrow are at the shop so that means, flying. Ugh… I better get some Honey Chips and Dr. Pepper to refuel after this is done. Okay, no where oh where has the little one gone, oh where, oh were can he be? I found you! And you’re walking your dog, and she’s right under the tree reading by the lake. Okay seven, get your thinking cap on. Roses, nah. Chocolates? No store around, so… I know! Boss said to not expose myself to the humans but not the animals… heh heh heh.)

*whistles* hey doggy! Hey! Hey, yes chase me!

*sigh* I should’ve thought about this more carefully, now I’m gonna be chased by a dog but its in the name of LOVE! So its okay.

*dashes*

“Happy-wha! Hey, wait! What are you doing?”

Awrf-awrf!

“HAPPY! Heel boy! Heel! Sit, stay! Stooooooppppp! Happy!”

Awrf! *pants*

“Happy, no! The lake is over there, I just bathed yooouuuu!!”

(Okay, he’s getting closer.)

“What’s happening?”

(Great! Her attention is away from the book, and paying attention to him. Okay, time to disappear!)

“Happy! Whoah, whoah-wait ah, ahhhh!!!!” *splash*

*giggles* “are you okay?!”

“Yeah, just soaking wet. Dammit Happy, what got into you? You’re usually a good dog. Would you mind helping me up?”

“Sure!”

“Thanks, my names Natsu and this is my corgi Happy. He’s usually a good dog, so it’s weird that he just ran off like this.”

“Lucy, it’s nice to meet you. Can I pet him?”

“Sure, maybe you can join us for some ice cream as a thank you for helping me out… at least once I find it. I’ve been trying to find it for twenty minutes now with no luck.”

“That’d be great, thanks and I can help you find it.”

(Well, MC once said that some romances begin with an embarrassing moment and a laugh… This is going to be their beginning. Now, lets look for the next couple. Two chefs, that one shouldn’t be too difficult. They’re working on a dessert thing for their class project. Maybe, I can whip (ha, sorry for the pun) an idea up once I get there. But first!! Honey Buddha Chips and Dr. Pepper!)

“Hey Megumi, can you pass me the white chocolate and white wine? I finished grating the orange zest, and added the vanilla. All I need is to do a Bain-marie with the white chocolate and add the white wine. You think we should add truffles or raspberries to kinda balance out the tartness of the frosting?”

“Maybe we can add a bit of both, it’ll give it a smoother texture and it’ll dance on the pallet making the taster want more.”

“Let’s go for it then! How are you holding up there?”

“I’m good, I just dipped the orange peels into the alcohol and need to light it up so the drippings can fall into the mixture. Have you seen the torch?”

“Here you go.”

“Thanks Souma!”

(Why did the boss send me here? They’re best friends and love one another, I thought the saying was, “fall in love with someone who is also your best friend,” was I wrong? Let’s check the love meter. She’s falling for him, and he is falling for her already. They must be focusing too much on their work to see what’s in front of them, okay. Maybe I’ll mess up a bit of their work.)

“The orange has been dripped and now time to fold it in once more. Low-setting should be the trick.”

(Please forgive me for this but a-high-setting will be beneficial here.)

*swoosh-smack-splat* “Whoah-hey! What’s happening?”

“The mixer just went haywire! Can you disconnect it Souma?”

“Yeah, just give me a second!”

(Time to put it back on the low setting before they notice.)

“Okay, that’s better. I had set it on a low-setting, I don’t know why it went crazy.”

“Are you okay?”

“Yeah, but the batter is now everywhere. Oh, this is going to take time to clean up. Do we even have enough batter left in the bowl to finish our project?”

“Seems like we do. Don’t worry Megumi, come on. Let’s clean this up, put it to bake and then you can go clean up while I keep an eye on the oven.”

(Amazing, how can he remain so calm like that? I’d be stressed with just the cleaning alone. Which reminds me, I need to ask Vanderwood to help me clean again.)

“Okay, cleaning’s done so we can start baking once more. You’ll pour the chocolate into the rose moulds and I’ll pour the baking mixture into the pans. The frosting is already in the piping bag, so we can just finish setting up and we’ll be done.”

~

“Times up, ready to start decorating?”

“Yep, you’ll pipe and I’ll add the chocolates on top.”

“You know, this kinda reminds me of the first time we met. Someone had sabotaged our meal and you pulled it through together again.”

“Ha-ha, yeah. But it’s all a part of being a chef, being prepared in case of a mishap. It’s good to try and keep a level-head to prevent any accidents and it’s always good to have a plan b too.”

(So that’s his secret, but I guess that can also be applied to my line of work. Ooh, there’s still a chip left!)

“All done.”

“Yep, here Megumi.”

“What’s this?”

“I made it for you, you usually get stressed out when things go wrong but I like that about you. You’re full of surprises and have a fighting spirit. Try it.”

“Mmm… this is delicious. The chocolate in the center was a nice surprise.“

“Yeah, by the way Megumil; happy Valentine’s Day!”

(Well, my work here is done. It’s best to leave the happy couple alone. Now, back to HQ and let the boss know.)

Zen: I don’t see how you became cupid when there was no specific indication they ended up together,

You: Did they end up together?

707: Yep, the park couple now has a young daughter, she’s got his hair color and smile and her mother’s eyes, straight hair and charisma. You want to see a pic?

Zen: Wouldn’t that be an invasion of privacy on people we don’t personally know?

707: why must being a hacker be so easy but so hard?

You: there, there seven. Now what about the chefs?

707: They’re both studying at a new school and running a restaurant in the evening’s and weekends. They want to get married but they want to finish their goals first to make new ones.

Zen: this story still seems farfetched but I somehow believe you still.

707: God Seven never lies!

You: When will Seven get his Valentine?

707: That’s to remain a mystery

You: Can you be my Valentine?

Zen: ?!

707: Ba-dump Ba-dump :3

You: 01101001 00100000 01101100 01101111 01110110 01100101 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101

707: *shock*

Zen: I’m just going to log out now. All this lovey-dovey stuff is making me sad.

*zen has left the chat room*

My note: Omg thank you so much!!! This is the best gift I have ever received on valentine’s day! Mystic Messenger, NaLu, and Soumegu. Best crossover ever! This means so much to me. <3  

I’m so sorry that I’m replying so late. I was using tumblr mobile all day, so I couldn’t see your submission. I have to finish my present for you, so I hope I can finish it tonight and post it! 

[littletail]

Chapters: 47/47 Fandom: Fairy Tail Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Midnight | Macbeth & Erza Scarlet, Cobra | Erik & Natsu Dragneel Characters: Erza Scarlet, Midnight | Macbeth, Natsu Dragneel, Cobra | Erik, Cubellios | Kinana, Happy (Fairy Tail), Lucy Heartfilia, Gray Fullbuster, Wendy Marvell, Charle | Carla, Makarov Dreyar, Angel | Sorano Aguria, Racer | Sawyer, Hoteye | Richard, Mirajane Strauss, Elfman Strauss, Gildarts Clive, Lucy Ashley, Midnight | Macbeth (Edolas), Natsu Dragion, Cobra | Erik (Edolas), Erza Knightwalker, Gajeel Redfox, Pantherlily (Fairy Tail), Mystogan (Fairy Tail), Freed Justine, Jura Neekis, Ichiya Vandalay Kotobuki, Hibiki Lates, Eve Tearm, Evergreen (Fairy Tail), Bickslow (Fairy Tail), Cana Alberona, Mest Gryder | Doranbolt, Levy McGarden, Zeref Dragneel, Precht Gaebolg, Ultear Milkovich, Meredy (Fairy Tail), Zancrow (Fairy Tail), Rustyrose (Fairy Tail), Capricorn (Fairy Tail), Yomazu (Fairy Tail), Kawazu (Fairy Tail), Juvia Lockser, Laxus Dreyar, Acnologia (Fairy Tail) Additional Tags: Non-Sexual Age Play, Age Regression/De-Aging, Age Regression Caregiver Natsu Dragneel, Age Regression Caregiver Erza Scarlet, Age Regression Little Midnight | Macbeth, Age Regression Little Cobra | Erik, not age play, Littles Are Known, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, sippy cups, Diapers, Thumb-sucking, Pacifiers, Bed-Wetting, Age Regression Little Cubellios | Kinana, Bottle-Feeding, Post-Oracion Seis Arc, Edolas Arc (Fairy Tail), Post-Edolas Arc (Fairy Tail), Tenroujima Arc, Nightmares Summary:

Earthland was a place filled with many people of many Classifications, this was something that Caregivers Natsu and Erza were well aware of. What they weren't aware of, however, was the fact that two of their latest enemies were Littles.

Or the story in which Natsu and Erza adopt a couple of Seis Littles.

[littletail]

Edolas Fairy tail regression scenario

Edolas Caregiver! Juvia with stubborn Little! Gray Surge of when Little! Gray Surge refused to take off his never ending layers of clothes despite the fact that his clothes were absolutely filthy and he needed a bath pronto (Little! Gray Surge absolutely stinks of mud and other things) after he went missing for hours because he wanted to play in the mud after it rained for a certain amount of time. Caregiver! Edolas Juvia had an endless amount of patience despite how annoying it may seem..she knew better than to yell at her Little for not cooperating..but Edolas Juvia did teach her little a good lesson about staying clean and how others would feel if he was still covered in mud or if he got dirty in other ways..(Basically it was Juvia's talk of how would Gray feel if a friend refused to show good hygiene around him kind of talk)..

That finally got Little! Gray Surge to cooperate with the bathing and all..Little! Gray Surge finally listened to his Caregiver. *cue the gratefulness from the other members of the Edolas Fairy tail guild*

Snowdrop

(Again, apologies for the long wait!)

“Gray, darling,” Juvia said, looking down at her Little. “You know you can’t wear all those layers for bathtime.”

“N-no..” Gray shook his head. He wanted to keep them on! He got cold easily and Mama knew that!

Juvia sighed, gently rubbing her forehead. Her precious little Snowdrop liked to run off and play for hours, even if he knew he shouldn’t. Juvia refused to let him play outside recently because it rained heavily and she didn’t want him getting sick, but he ran off anyway and it took the Guild hours to find him.

And when they did, he was all sorts of muddy and dirty. It seeped through the many layers of clothes, was in his hair, and made him look like an overall mess. It didn’t help that he was sweaty and smelled like the dirty water he played in.

Which led to the current predicament, getting him into the bath.

Her Little, as much as she loved him, was one of those Littles. The ones where you’d have an easier time wrestling with the Royal Army’s Legions than trying to convince him to do something he didn’t want to do.

"Snowdrop, don't those icky clothes feel uncomfy? I'm sure you'll feel so much better in the bath."

Gray let out an uncomfortable noise at the thought.

Juvia sighed. She had tried just about everything she could think of, but nothing seemed to get him to move. But then, one last idea went into her head.

"Darling, would you like it if Natsu kicked up a fuss about this? Or came to the playdate covered in mud and smelling like dirty water?"

"No…"

"So do you think everyone else likes it that you are?"

"No…" his shoulders slumped.

"And do you think it's okay to be all dirty? What if you get sick and can't play anymore until you get better?"

"But.. cold.."

"Aww, darling, I'll make the bath nice and warm for you," Juvia assured him.

"Promise..?"

"Always. And you'll have all your fun bath toys."

Gray lit up.

"You just have to promise not to run off anymore," she said.

He nodded again, "I promise."

"Good, now let's get you all cleaned up, and we can cuddle later," she booped his nose, then took his hand.

She could already imagine how thankful the others will be after this.

[littletail]

Fairy tail regression scenario

Caregiver! Gray Fullbuster accidentally yelling at his Little..(Little! Juvia Lockser who regressed around 3-4) when Gray thought that it was Natsu who came to bother him again when it was actually Little! Juvia Lockser actually wanting a hug because she was unhappy about something and that was generally a mistake of the Caregiver (Gray accidentally yelled at Little! Juvia) ..it was obvious that it made the poor little cry because of her sudden rain outside when she went to cry somewhere private in the guild. Caregiver! Gray apologises to his little Juvia for the mistake on his part..Gray had been pissed off because of Natsu and Gray knew that it was a mistake to yell at her and it was wrong and he was sorry for yelling at her..Juvia didn't deserve that and Gray didn't realise that it was Juvia who tapped his shoulder and it thought it was Natsu who had more things to say to piss him off and accidentally yelled at her..

Regrets

Gray was not in a good mood.

He’s been dealing with Natsu all day and Gray’s slowly losing it. The pink haired pyromaniac was driving him up a wall more than usual today and he just wasn’t in any mood for it anymore.

So when he felt a hand tap his shoulder, trying to grab his attention, his first thought immediately went to just how annoyed at Natsu he was.

“WHAT,” he snapped, whirling around. All of his annoyance immediately faded away into guilt when he watched as Juvia violently flinched back. Rainy blue eyes widened, before filling with tears.

“J-Juvia!” he stuttered, “I-I didn’t.. I didn’t realize..” he reached out to her. She backed away, before running off.

“Wait-!” Gray wanted to go after her, but felt a hand on his shoulder preventing him from moving. He glanced over, looking into Erza’s worried eyes. “Leave her alone for a moment. Let her calm down a bit first.”

“I-I just..”

“I know. Don’t worry about it, I’m sure she’ll forgive you once you two talk about it,” Erza assured, ‘But for now, just let her calm down a bit first.”

“I just w-wish I knew..” he said, “I wish I knew it was her so I didn’t…”

“Why did you snap?” she asked. He ran a hand down his face, “Natsu’s been bothering me all day…” he admitted, “I thought it was him coming to bother me again.”

Though, in hindsight, Natsu wouldn’t have wasted time tapping Gray’s shoulder. He’d have just hit him.

“Ugh, I’m such an idiot…” he pressed his hands to his face.

“No you’re not. You’ve just had a rough day, is all.. Juvia will understand once she calms down.”

“I just want to give her a big hug and let her know how sorry I am..”

“You can do that once she’s calmed down a little. I’m sure she’ll come to you when she’s ready.”

“I hope so..”

So with that, Gray waited.

And waited.

The few minutes Gray had to wait were some of the longest, most agonizing minutes of his life, although he rationally knew it hadn’t been that long, but the guilt eating at him made it feel a lot longer than it actually was. He impatiently and anxiously paced around while his nerves went into overdrive.

Fortunately, that all was finally able to come to an end when he saw Juvia poke her head out of hiding, shyly looking over at him.

Gray walked closer, before opening his arms to her. Juvia wasted no time in running over, burying herself in his embrace.

“Oh, Raindrop, I’m so sorry…” he buried his face in her shoulder, “I shouldn’t have snapped at you like that..”

“Is okay, Papa..” Juvia said quietly. “Juvi been having a bad day and.. wanted a hug from Papa..”

“Well, you’re getting a hug now. Papa’s been having a bad day too, Raindrop… I’m so sorry…” Gray said.

“Papa have a bad day?”

“Yeah..” he said quietly, “Natsu’s been bothering me all day and when you tried to get my attention.. I just.. I just kinda lost it..”

“Papa need hug like Juvi!” Juvia hugged him tighter. He chuckled, “Yeah, I did.. Thank you, Raindrop.”

“We cuddle now? Juvi wants cuddles!”

“Yeah, we can go home and cuddle, Raindrop.”

[littletail]

Fairy tail regression scenario

Caregiver! Lucy Heartfilla being a caregiver when Little! Wendy slipped in her Littlespace (Wendy was no longer big!) when it was obvious that the little regretted everything when she persuaded her caregiver to take her on a child friendly water ride (Carla didn't come with them due to obvious reasons and it wasn't Carla's thing..so Carla stayed with Happy and Natsu). It got unsettling halfway through when it wasn't all happy and silly and sunshine and rainbows..the frightened cries of a 12 year old girl was obvious as hell (Lucy was reluctant to take her on that ride..Lucy knew that it would unsettle her). Wendy was acting like a full-blown toddler by now.

https://youtu.be/Sp5TwoWeivk (that was the ride that Caregiver! Lucy Heartfilla and Little! Wendy went on in the water ride)..

Scary Ride

“Come on, come on!” Wendy tugged on Lucy’s arm.

“Patience, patience,” Lucy chuckled, “The rides will still be there if we’re five minutes late.”

Thankfully, the two girls had a day off. Neither of them were needed for a job, and they had plenty of Jewel saved up, so Lucy decided to have a day together with her precious Little girl at an amusement park. Carla decided to stay behind at the Guild (Lucy last saw her talking with Natsu and Happy, so it was highly likely she had joined them on whatever job they picked.) and waterparks never really appealed to the Exceed anyway.

Lucy allowed Wendy to lead her by the hand once she wasn’t as hyper. She was still energetic and bouncy, but at least she was no longer tugging on Lucy’s arm.

“Can we go on that one?” Wendy pointed. Lucy strained her eyes to see what the girl wanted, her gaze landing upon a sign labeled Monster Mansion.

“Are you sure? That one looks like it’s more of a spooky ride,” Lucy said. Even in her big headspace, Lucy wasn’t sure if Wendy could handle it. She had seen the girl do amazing things, but she was still rather meek and sensitive, even outside of her headspace.

Wendy nodded, “I can handle it, I swear!”

When Lucy still didn’t look convinced, Waned pulled out the puppy-dog eyes, “Please? I can handle it!”

Lucy sighed, “Fine, we’ll go on it. But if you can’t handle it, we’ll only be going on it once.”

“Deal,” Wendy nodded.

With that, Lucy led the younger girl to the ride she wanted to go on. It was a boat ride that went into a tunnel. A rather dark tunnel that left Lucy feeling slightly unnerved.

“It’s not too late to back out, you know,” she said. Wendy shook her head, “Fairy Tail wizards don’t quit!”

Lucy chuckled, and soon enough, the two of them were strapped into the ride, getting ready for it to take off.

“Don’t hesitate to hold my hand if you need to,” Lucy offered. Wendy nodded, slowly reaching over to do just that.”

Fortunately, the first segments were pretty easygoing. They passed by a camera, a few animatronics, a band, and a few changes in scenery. It gradually became darker and while the designs of the monsters unnerved Lucy a little bit, it didn't seem so bad. Wendy seemed to be enjoying herself.

As they continued, the tunnel kept growing darker, until it became impossible to see anything that wasn’t already lit up. Both girls jumped when a fake lightning effect lit up the room and fake thunder audio played overhead, which was quite loud. Lucy took note of how Wendy’s grip on her hand tightened.

They passed by an animatronic that appeared to be trying to tell them something while pointing at a picture of a mansion projected on a sheet, but Lucy had a hard time hearing him. The boat continued on its track towards what looked like a glowing, grinning face. Wendy gripped Lucy’s hand a bit tighter.

The face vanished, leaving everybody in pitch black darkness, with the only lights being the fake eyes watching them.

Wendy whimpered, and Lucy wrapped an arm around her.

With a deep snarl, the new animatronics appeared. These ones weren’t as cute or cartoony, and Lucy was reminded that yes, this was supposed to be a scary ride. Wendy tried to sink into herself, trying to make herself look smaller, while Lucy rubbed her back gently. “It’s okay,” she tried to assure the young Slayer.

Everything went dark again, with things only lighting up ever so slightly once the boat got close to them. Wendy squealed, covering her eyes. It wasn’t long before the poor girl was crying, and Lucy was trying her best to console her.

Fortunately, they were reaching the end of the ride, as they passed through a door that brought them back to the cutesy, cartoon animatronics. “Look, sweetheart, it’s over! It’s over..” Lucy soothed.

They passed through a large tunnel built into the shape of a monster’s mouth, which didn’t help matters much. What did help was when Lucy finally saw the sunlight at the end. She gently nudged Wendy, who was sobbing behind her hands. “Sweetheart, look! Look, it’s over. No more scary monsters.”

Once the ride had stopped, Lucy helped Wendy out and lifted the girl into her arms, letting her cry into her shoulder. “Here, let’s take a break and we can go get a snack from the stands, okay?” 

Wendy whimpered and sniffled, not looking up. Lucy kept rubbing her back, “Shh.. you’re okay, I’m here..”

It was probably safe to say they wouldn’t be trying that ride again.

[littletail]

The Little Fire Dragon

First post to this blog! It's not the greatest, but I hope it's alright anyway! Keep in mind, this is a nonsexual age regression story, as all of them on this blog will be. If that isn't something you will enjoy reading, then it's best that you turn away now. If you're okay with it, then I hope you enjoy reading!

Happy watched as Natsu slowly maneuvered his way to a table. Sitting down would help, right? The Exceed sighed and flew up, holding onto Natsu’s arm to keep him steady. “You should probably go home, Natsu…

“Don’t… be silly… Happy.. I’ll just sit for a minute and clear my head, and I’ll be fine,” The Dragon Slayer assured. “Natsu… are you slipping?” Happy asked quietly.

“What? No!” Natsu replied, just a bit too loudly. When people glanced over, he hurriedly sat down at the nearest table. “I’m fine, Happy. Just quit… talking about it, and I’ll be alright.”

“Maybe it’s best if you go home, Natsu. What if you slip here and everyone finds out?”

“Don’t worry! I’ve been able to avoid it before.”

“If you say so.”

Natsu grinned, only to look up when a familiar blonde sat at the table with them. “Hey guys!”

“Oh. Hey, Lucy!” Natsu greeted. Lucy tilted her head slightly. Natsu looked pale and his voice sounded strained. “Are you alright?”

“What do you mean? Of course I am.”

“You sure? Your voice sounds off…”

“I’m fine, no need to worry!” Natsu grinned, trying to assure her. Lucy might’ve believed him if it weren’t for the fact that Happy had a slight glimmer of worry in his eyes.

“You sure about that?” A voice spoke from beside Natsu, he whirled his head around, looking up to see Gray. The Ice wizard sat down next to him. “Gee, flame for brains, you’re awfully pale. Nervous about something?” he taunted.

“You wish!” Natsu slammed his fist on the table. ‘I’m not in the mood for this! I couldn’t handle a fight right now!’

“You wanna go?!” Gray challenged.

“Knock it off, you two. Something’s wrong with Natsu,” Lucy explained.

“Nothing’s wrong!” Natsu growled, growing defensive. However, the more worked up he got, the further he slipped. ‘I need to get out of here.’

“Come on, Happy. We should take a job. We haven’t gone on one in a while.”

Happy, picking up on the hint, hovered up, “Aye, sir!”

“Not so fast,” another voice spoke up. ‘No…. Not her… Not now…’ Natsu thought, turning to see Erza.

“You look unwell. Maybe we should take you home,” the armored wizard stated.

“I said I’m fine,” Natsu growled.

“Obviously not…” Gray said, walking up to Natsu. “You’re beginning to worry us, Natsu.”

“Please, tell us what’s wrong…” Lucy said.

Natsu glanced around, noticing that more people were paying attention to them. He backed away slowly.

“I wonder what’s up… This isn’t like him…”

“Is he sick?”

“Stop talking…. Stop talking about me…” Natsu murmured, backing against the wall.

“Hey, buddy…” Happy flew up to his face. Natsu covered his eyes with his hands, sliding down the wall until he was sitting down.

“What’s up with him?” Gajeel asked.

“Is he okay?!” Wendy hurried over with Carla following. “He doesn’t look unwell…” the Exceed murmured.

“He’s fine..” Happy stated, then tugged on Natsu’s scarf. “Hey, we should go home. You’ll feel better out of this guildhall.”

Natsu sniffed, uncovering his eyes, revealing tears that began rolling down his cheeks.

Everyone gasped quietly. “Can it be? No….”

“He’s a…”

“Natsu? Our Natsu?”

“He’s a Little!” Multiple people chorused.

“Let’s go home pal…” Happy said.

“Mhm…” Natsu let Happy take his hand and pull him up.

“Do you need any help, Happy?” Lucy asked.

Natsu was trembling madly, wiping his eyes. “You’re…. You’re okay with it?” Happy asked.

“Of course we are, we’re his friends! Why wouldn’t we be?” Lucy smiled.

“Natsu was usually worried about it. He was worried everyone would make fun, or see him as weak….”

“Come on, let’s get him home,” Erza said as she picked up Natsu bridal style. Natsu hid his face against her chestplate.

“Aww… Someone’s a shy Little…” Lucy smiled as she poked his cheek. “Don’t worry. If it helps, I happen to be a Caregiver. I’d never make fun of someone for their Classification.”

“And he’s definitely not weak, that’s for certain,” Erza stated, using her thumb to rub soothing circles on Natsu’s back. Natsu murmured quietly, closing his eyes.

“We’re coming too,” Wendy said, carrying Carla in her arms. "I can help, since I'm a Caregiver too!

"We can split the responsibilities. I can handle most of it, and Lucy and Wendy can keep him entertained."

“I might as well come too,” Gray said, following behind them.

“He’s so cute when he’s asleep,” Lucy murmured, brushing Natsu’s bangs out of his face.

"Indeed," Erza agreed.

With their newfound knowledge, the group of wizards carried the Little to his home to care for him.