Good Intentions

The Return of Magic

"Tomcat, you are beeing foolish!", Carla reprimanded Happy, "Gray would not do that to Natsu."

Wendy sighed. So she had been right, Natsu had not been interested in Gray before. She held the little Exceed and let him get his tears out. She was touched by his concern for Natsu's happiness.

"Happy, Carla is right. Gray-san would never play such a mean trick on Natsu-san. I know it's hard for you to understand. They may fight a lot but neither would purposefully hurt the other.", Wendy told him. She continued holding him until he had calmed down. They started talking about other things until they felt Happy had cheered up enough to return to the guild.

By the time they made it back more and more members were returning from missions. The place was starting to get lively. Happy looked around for Natsu but it seemed he had not returned yet. He flew around looking for someone to hang out with but Erza, Lucy, Natsu and the jerk were all absent. He wasn't sure where to go. He caught a glimpse of Lisanna and went to join her.

Wendy made her way to Gajeel and Levy and sat down. Carla and Lily flew up to the second floor.

"I just talked to Happy, Natsu-san had definitely not had any interest in Gray-san before that scent showed up.", she informed them quietly, "Levy-san have you had any luck finding anything in your books?"

Levy shook her head in frustration. "I'm sorry, I haven't found anything helpful yet but I will keep trying." She had looked in every book she could think of but honestly she did not even know what she was looking for. How on Earthland do you look for an overpowering scent in books?

Gajeel growled, "I can't believe the nerve of that Fullbuster, he knows full well what's on the line here."

"He can't help it Gajeel-san. He is as much a victim of this as Natsu-san.", Wendy pointed out.

"Maybe, but at the end of the day he can walk away, Salamander might not be able to.", Gajeel got up and ordered himself a drink.

"I'll try to talk to Natsu-san about it.", Wendy told Gajeel.

"Make sure he's alone when you do.", Gajeel warned Wendy.

A few minutes later the doors swung open loudly and in walked Natsu and Gray. They had returned from their mountain climb in good spirits but starving. They headed straight to the counter to order some food. They stood around talking to Cana, Macao and Wakaba while they waited. Before long they were joined by Juvia.

"Gray-sama, you're back! Juvia missed you so much.", Juvia immediately tried to put her arms around the ice mage. Natsu tensed up beside his boyfriend but otherwise let him handle the water mage. Gray was perfectly capable of handling his own battles. Gray easily dodged her advances and kept himself at a distance.

"Hey Juvia, welcome back.", he had learned to say as little as possible to the water mage. She was nice but she had an annoying habit of taking his words and creating ridiculous fantasies around them each more embarassing than the next. He turned back towards Natsu who was giving him an amused look. The ice mage grabbed his boyfriend's hand and led him towards a table. They were already discussing plans for that evening when Juvia returned.