AN: This is a follow-up of my last year's contribution for the Fluff Fest: My Everything, but it can be read on its own. :3

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Confession

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Gray was trying his best to keep a straight face, but it was so hard when Natsu was by his side trying to contain his laughter as well, so he could hear his breathing and he knew his friend was seconds away of having a fit.

Rose, Igor and Gris had their faces smudged with chocolate as they had taken the cake Juvia had baked from the table and eaten half of it. Their small hands were also dirty and only Gris, in his blissful ignorance, was still eating the cake he had on his hands and he smiled at his father, his blue eyes sparkling in happiness.

"So..." Gray said and the older kids looked down, knowing they were in trouble. "What you two are saying is that Gris was the one who grabbed the cake?" Rose and Igor nodded and Natsu snorted softly, trying to contain his laughter. "This is the story you two will stick with?" More nods from the children. "Okay. What if I remind you that he is seven months old and doesn't know how to get up on his own, yet? Much less climb the chair to get the cake?"

Gray had to bite his inner cheek when he saw the kids' eyes widen while they were looking down and then at each other knowing they didn't think it through. Oh, boy, they were hilarious. Gris reached for the cake again to get another handful and then put it on his mouth, happy. Gray would need to scrub him hard, he was a little piglet covered in chocolate, but Gray needed to deal with the culprits first.

"Come on, guys." Natsu was finally able to say. "Tell us what happened. You two know that if we wait until your moms find out about this, it will be worse."

Gray nodded. "Confess what happened to us and we will give you the fit punishment, but without yelling at you like your moms will." Rose put her hand next to her mouth and whispered something in Igor's ear; the boy, in turn, did the same with her as they decided their fate and Natsu snorted. "Stop it, Natsu!" Gray hissed to his friend. "We can't laugh now or we lose ground."

"I'm sorry, but they are actually coming up with a story to tell us right now." Natsu's face was red as he held his laugh inside. "They are all covered in chocolate but they want to trick us? And look at Gris!"

Gray chuckled and shook his head, taking deep breaths. "Later we can laugh. Now we need to punish them. Juvia spent hours on the cake yesterday and I was really looking forward to eating it." Juvia's baked goods were enjoyed by everyone and Gray was no exception.

"I feel your pain." Natsu nodded. He had taken Igor there to play with Rose while Juvia and Lucy went out shopping and since he needed to discuss their next mission with Gray, it seemed like a good plan, until they went to the kitchen and saw the children stuffing their faces with cake. "Alright, you two. Tell us." He crossed his arms over his chest. "The truth, please."

Rose and Igor nodded to each other and then looked at their fathers, looking so serious it was the cutest thing in the world.

"I told Igor about the cake." Rose said, decisive. "We just wanted one small piece…"

"We thought you wouldn't notice." Igor looked down in shame.

Both adults looked down to the cake on the floor. Gray snorted. "So, we know he got the brains from you instead of Lucy."

"Shut up." Natsu rolled his eyes.

"I lost balance and the cake…" Rose said, sad. "…fell."

Gray put his fingers on the bridge of his nose and sighed. "Rose…"

"Sorry, Daddy." The little girl looked down, ashamed. "I really wanted to eat the cake."

"We all did, Rose." Gray kneeled in front of the children and Natsu did the same. "Everyone knows your mother's baking good are delicious and everyone wants a piece."

"But we wait until it's okay to eat." Natsu told them, serious. "Your Aunt Juvia spend a lot of time preparing that cake and now no one but Gris over there gets to eat it. By the way, Gray, you shouldn't let him eat from the floor, man. Even I know that."

"Shit." Gray whispered and finally moved Gris away from the smashed cake.

"How do you two think she'll feel when she comes back and sees her cake is gone? Everyone knows she bakes with love." Natsu was playing the guilty card very well, Gray was impressed. The children's eyes watered. "I think you two deserve two weeks with no dessert. Gray?"

"I agree." Gray had grabbed a cloth and was trying to clean his son. "And you two need to tell Juvia what happened." The kids looked up, eyes wide. "Don't look at me this way. What you did was wrong, you two knew it otherwise wouldn't have done this hidden."

"When you do something wrong, you need to pay the consequences." Natsu nodded and got up from the floor again. "Now go clean yourselves while we clean this mess." Once they were gone, Natsu turned to his friend. "The girls are going to say they got that from us, you know that, right?"

"Yeah." Gray snorted. "They aren't saints, but boy do they like putting the blame on us whenever they do crap like that." He sighed. "Okay, Gris, you need a bath. Natsu, could you-"

"Go, I'll clean it up. I do not need to hear Lucy yelling at me about not cleaning up my son's mess."

"Thanks." Gray said. "Come on, buddy, let's clean you up before your mama arrives, otherwise I'm getting scolded too and I really don't want that. Don't tell anyone I said that, though."

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AN: Yay, Fluff Fest! I already wrote two and a half more prompts and I'll try my best to finish the others. Happy Fluff Fest and may the fluff be with you!

12/08/2016 ~ BonneyQ