Natsu, Lucy, Happy, and Erza were all sitting at their usual table at the guild hall, doing the same thing they have been doing for weeks, looking for jobs, knowing they couldn't go without Gray.

Gray and Juvia have been dating the past couple of weeks. Gray finally gave it a shot and now they're always together.

"This is getting annoying." Said Natsu, resting his head on the table.

"You said that yesterday." Said Lucy.

"And the day before…" added Erza.

"And the day—"

"Okay, I get it! I'm constantly annoyed! But this isn't right! He shouldn't be constantly with her!" he shouted.

"Is someone jealous?" joked Erza.

"Hell no! But he's always with her! How is he gonna pay rent, let alone…how are we going to pay rent if we can't go on jobs?" ranted Natsu. The sound of the Juvia's laughter got his nerves going and he immediately got up and stormed out of the hall with Happy. Gray noticed and turned to Erza and Lucy.

"What's up with flame brain?" asked Gray as he walked up to the table. Lucy put on a fake smile.

"Gray, we're really happy that you're enjoying your time with Juvia, but we haven't gone on a job since you two got together, and times are kind of tough for all of us, even you." Said Lucy.

"Oh…I didn't really notice…" he said.

"How do you not notice something like that?" asked Erza. Gray gulped. "We haven't made money in almost two weeks. Thirteen days to be exact. I think you forgot that if we don't make money, you don't make money." She added.

"Sorry, Erza. I'll let you guys pick any job you want, I promise I'll come along." He said.

"See, Gray, you said that a couple of days ago." Said Lucy. Gray blushed in embarrassment.
"I promise this time is different. Just let me know the minute you find a job okay?" he asked.

"This is your last chance." Said Erza. "Don't disappoint me again." Gray nodded.

"I'm gonna go get Natsu." He said.

"I can't stand him, Happy…" said Natsu. They were both walking back to his apartment.

"I know, Natsu. He's in love, he doesn't realize that he's been avoiding us."

"I don't care. It's no excuse in my book." He ranted.

"Natsu!" shouted Gray. Natsu stopped in his tracks.

"If I turned around and see her next to you, we're gonna have a problem, Ice Princess!" he shouted. Gray caught up to him and Natsu saw that he was alone. "You're lucky." He said.

"What's your deal?! I get that I've been avoiding you and the others, and I apologized for it. Can you calm down now?"

"No, I won't calm down because I know it's just another excuse you're pulling out of your ass! You're going to be with her before I go to sleep tonight!" he shouted.

"Why do you care so much about who I'm dating?!" he shouted.

"I don't give a shit about who you're dating! You're making me lose money! I don't have a lot to begin with, and if I don't pay my rent soon I'm kicked out!" he shouted even louder, causing people to stare.

"Natsu, calm down. People are staring."

"Then let them stare! Let them know that you abandoned your friends for someone who's obsessed with you!" he shouted. Gray was blushing now, not in a good way either.

"Can you please just calm down?" he said. Natsu was now panting and his face was red with anger. Gray put a hand on his shoulder to calm him down.

"Listen, we're gonna go on a job really soon. I promise you. If you're still having problems with rent I can help out. It's partially my fault anyway."

"It's all your fault." He corrected. Gray shrugged it off. "But thanks…I guess." He said. Gray smiled.

"I'm gonna go back to the guild hall. Are you gonna be alright?"

"Yeah…but just listen to me, and when I say listen don't listen to me and ignore me like usual…" said Natsu. The words kind of hurt Gray. Did he really think that he didn't care about Natsu? "…I've been in love before, but I never forgot my friends. Don't forget the people who helped you get where you are." He said. Gray couldn't really say anything for a moment. Natsu didn't wait for a reply, he just left. Gray stood there and really processed what he said.

'Have I really been that blinded?' he thought as he went back to the guild hall. He went and sat down with Juvia, who was seated with Erza and Lucy now.

"Hello my Gray, did you find Natsu?" asked Juvia.

"Yeah, I talked to him." He said, avoiding eye contact.

"What's up?" asked Erza. "Why the long face?"

"It's just that…he told me something and I can't stop thinking about it…" he said.

"What did he say?" asked Lucy.

"It was just something weird. Don't worry about it." He said. Yet, in his head, the same sentence kept ringing over and over.

'Yeah…but just listen to me, and when I say listen don't listen to me and ignore me like usual…'

'Idiot…why did you have to say that to me?' he thought.

"Okay, I found us all a job. It pays around 50,000 jewel. A town up north got attacked by a team of wizards. We have to stop them before they head out of town. It's a pretty cold town, so Juvia, if you could we would like you to join." Juvia nodded.

"Gray, are you in?"

"Yeah, I said I wasn't going back on my word."

"You didn't say that but alright." Said Erza, ignoring his effort to try and fix things.

"I said it to Natsu…" he said, but was ignored.

"Alright, so all I need to do is tell Natsu and it will be official. Lucy, will you go—"

"I can do it." Said Gray as he stood up. The rest of the group looked at him with weird looks on their faces.

"Alright…that's fine I guess." Said Erza. Gray nodded and ran out of the hall. "What the hell was that about?" asked Erza. Lucy shrugged and Juvia did the same.

Gray ran to Natsu's house and knocked on the door. Natsu answered after a couple minutes.

"Hey…?" said Natsu. He was weirded out that Gray was at his house. "Is everything okay?" he asked.

"Yeah, why?" asked Gray.

"You've came up to me twice today and we're not even on a job." He said.

"O-Okay?" said Gray nervously. "What are you getting at?"

"I don't know…it's just weird. We usually don't talk unless we're fighting or at a job, so you being at my house is kind of weird. Can I help you now?" said Natsu.

'Why does he always make me feel crap…' thought Gray.

"W-We found a job." He said, scratching the back of his neck and looking down.

"And you're going on it?" he asked. Gray blushed.

"Y-Yes! Stop doing that!" he shouted.

"Stop doing what?" asked Natsu.

"Making me feel…nothing, never mind! We just found a job and I wanted to tell you." He said while blushing. Natsu didn't really notice. "Sorry for bothering you." He said as he turned to walk away. Natsu grabbed his arm and stopped him.

"Wait, sorry. It's just really weird seeing you at my house. Did you want to come in?" he asked, still holding on his arm. Gray slowly nodded. They walked in and Gray was surprised. Natsu Dragneel's house was spotless.

"You really keep a nice place here man…I'm surprised."

"You know, when you get to know me I'm not a messy person, who is always saying something stupid." Said Natsu, jokingly.

"I never said you were." Said Gray, who seemed like he was hurt. "Natsu…I know that I haven't been a really good friend to you, if you would even call me a friend…" said Gray. "But…when you told me to listen to you earlier…I couldn't stop thinking about it." He said.

"What are you talking about?" asked Natsu.

"When you told me to listen to you…I never realized all of these bad ways I've acted towards you. I'm really sorry, Natsu." Said Gray.

"I'm not really worried about it." He said.

"But you are…you wouldn't point it out to me if you weren't."

"Gray people treat me like shit all of the time. You aren't something new." He said. Gray got angry with him.

"I don't want to be someone who treats you like shit!" he said. Natsu could swear that he saw tears in Gray's eyes. "I'm sorry…okay?" he said. "I wanna be your friend, not someone you expect to take a hit from." He said. Gray walked up to him and pulled him into an embrace. Natsu didn't know what to do.

"Why are you taking this so hard?" asked Natsu. "What aren't you telling me?" he asked. Gray shook his head.

"I guess you just knocked some sense into me." He said.

They broke the hug and looked into each other's eyes. Gray leaned in and kissed Natsu. Natsu quickly backed off and looked at Gray in shock.

"S-Sorry! I don't know what came over me…I'm just going to leave." Said Gray as he immediately left the house.

"What the hell just happened?" said Natsu out loud. Happy walked in the room and saw the situation.

"What do you mean, Natsu?" he asked. Natsu just shook his head and tried his best to pretend that the entire thing never happened.