Oops (Gray x OC)

C.28

The next morning, Gray changed my bandages which had bled through the night, and we went off to Fairy Tail.

When we arrived, Lucy informed us that Juvia was still in the infirmary, and I pretended to not listen or care. I just got my drink and sat beside Natsu.

"Baz, you have to know that Juvia's had a huge crush on Gray practically since the moment they met. She's not going to drop it easily." Lucy said, sliding in across from me.

"Oh fucking well. Gray is still mine and she was all over him. What else was I supposed to do?" I shrugged.

"Not beat her unconscious!" Lucy gasped in shock. "Do you know nothing about anything except drinking, fighting, and fucking?!" She asked, and we were all silent.

Lucy slapped her hand over her mouth as her eyes widened. "I'm sorry. It just came out. I didn't mean that." She hurried to apologise and I just downed my drink.

"Yes, you did. Otherwise you wouldn't have said it." I said and set the mug down, then walked out.

"...I beat up one girl who was touching my shit, and everyone goes fucking crazy." I sighed to myself as I went to a flower vendor, bought some flowers and a get well note. I signed it and bewitched the dude to deliver them to the Fairy Tail infirmary.

I went back home (Natsu's and my place), undressed and got in my comfy PJ's, then curled myself up in blankets and hid my face in the pillows, away from the world.

The doors opened and the bed dipped down and I felt it get incredibly warm.

"I wanna be alone, Natsu." I mumbled.

"Yeah, sorry. Can't let that happen. You're sad, and I need to be there for you." He said lifting me up to sit, leaning against him as he wrapped his arms around me in a hug.

"Talk to me. What's really bugging you?" He asked.

"Everyone thinks the same of me." I sighed.

"That's not true..."

"Yes it is. You know it is. It doesn't matter how many people say they'll stick beside me no matter what. It doesn't matter how many people say they don't care. They all think I'm some drunken, violent whore. I've said it before, I'll say it again: I made my choices and I'm still paying the price fo them." I sighed.

"Lucy didn't mean what she said. You and I both know that." Natsu sighed.

"I thought moving to a town where no one knew me would be sorta like a fresh start... a new life... new me." I sighed.

"Okay, you cut it with the self-pity or I'm kicking you out." He said and I looked up at him.

"Baz, no one thinks that of you. What happened to that confident girl I met three months ago?" He asked, tilting up my face and staring me in the eye.

"She probably died or something." I shrugged and he groaned as I laughed.

"Baz." Natsu sighed.

"Sorry. Go on." I smiled, and he just showed me a soft smile.

"At least you're cheered up a bit. Wanna go back to the guild? Or we could get ice cream?" He offered.

"I just wanna sleep now. Come on, I'm cold." I lied down and he just hugged me from behind me, covering me like another blanket.

"Do you even mind that I basically use you as a blanket and space heater?" I asked.

"Nope." He smiled at me as I looked back.

"Why not?"

"Because I'm your best friend first, space heater second." He grinned as I laughed and slowly fell asleep, trying to forget m y worries and sorrows.