❛ Kiss Natsu?! Why the hell would I want to kiss him?! ❜ Suddenly, Gray’s feeling very, very self-conscious. Inexplicably so. Slumping his shoulders begrudgingly, he admits defeat and carries forth.
x || ( a timeskip ). —————
Exasperation was evident across his eyes. Gray looked compressed, lamenting over his own disbelief. Moments like this proved pride was certainly a sin he carried. He refused to back down from a challenge, especially when Natsu was involved. Although, part of him wondered if Natsu would have refused had their roles been reversed.
Wait — why would he care about that?! Of course he didn’t care about that!
Shaking those thoughts from his head, he set his attention to his unsuspecting target ( who’d been preoccupied with dinner ). Gray only sighed to himself as he proceeded. He couldn’t bring himself to say anything as this was all horribly embarrassing. There were others in the guildhall right now, and inevitably word would spread around even if the room had been empty.
Sheesh, everyone was a gossip. Rubbing the nape of his neck, he had to remind himself he wasn’t a coward who refused a challenge stupid as it was: Gray Fullbuster held conviction.
❛ Oi, Natsu… ❜ He grumbled the name, not giving Natsu time to properly answer before he pulled Natsu up by the coat lapels. A rather forceful gesture, but Gray was mindful of Natsu’s scarf. In swift motion, he pulled Natsu’s chest to his and led their lips to join in a kiss. It wasn’t graceful; it wasn’t sweet; but it was something more than what Gray had been anticipating to give. Weird. It was weird ( absolutely nothing else ), which was precisely why he felt the need to wipe his lips on his sleeves. Although, his sleeve couldn’t hide the blush steaming across his face.
❛ It was for a stupid dare. Don’t think anything of it. ❜
If someone told Natsu he’d be kissed that day - by Gray of all people- he would have feigned gagging and scoffed. As if. Like that would ever happen. It was more likely Gray would try and punch him than anything else. (which was normal and totally what anyone should expect.)
Unfortunately, life had a funny way to turning things upside down on him and he certainly didn’t expect to have his dinner interrupted. His first reaction was to stiffen, mind going blank as Gray’s lips over his interrupted whatever complaint he was about to dish out for being interrupted. His second, more wilder reaction, was to worry that his mouth was going to taste like steak sauce. (Why does THAT matter?!)
The third, was to go blank again, mind shooting back to a memory of another kiss he’d suffered, at the hands of Lucy putting Happy right in front of him when attempting to follow Asuka’s orders. First Happy and now THIS?
“-guh.” The grunt he mad when Gray pulled back, was one of very mixed, stunned emotions, face feeling as hot as his own flames while he stared blankly at the other. “That, uh, that was, what the hell Gray?”
Honestly, he couldn’t bring himself to lift his fist into a punch. He was far too stunned, but a part of him had to admit the kiss wasn’t as bad as having Happy’s face plastered against his own. (Natsu held back a shudder.) Finally regaining the use of his mobility, he wiped his own mouth and ducked his face behind his scarf, eyes scowling over it as he desperately tried to hide the fact his face had gone red.
Too bad his ears were just as pink.
If he could feel the heat, then certainly everyone else could see it too.
“A dare? Ya’ go and do that for a dare, seriously?!”
Rather than resume his dinner, he groaned, face falling flat against the table in further attempt to hide the expression on his face. There was no way either of them were getting out of this without it spreading to the entire guild now and the mere thought of dealing with them incensed him.
It’s just a kiss. It’s not like we’re gonna die.
His own words, once said to Lucy, came back to haunt him and he grumbled again. And he couldn’t even blame Gray if it was for a dare. No man just sat back and IGNORED a challenge after all. Hell, he certainly wouldn’t have!
“Argh, fine. just.. just go before I throw the rest of my food at ya!”
