Hey, A/N, I will be updating once a week now.

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"Is he okay?" I ask quickly.

"He is in surgery but he will be out soon." The nurse replies. I nod and I sit back down in my waiting chair, fidgeting wildly.

"You okay? How is he?" I look up and I see Natsu and Cana with Happy.

"I'm fine but he, oh god." Another tear escapes my eye. "He was shot through the left lung, after everything, a measly bullet takes him down?"

"What else?" Natsu asks me.

"Lots of internal and external bleeding, almost hit his heart and broke a rib. Still more problems." I say and Happy jumps down next to me and gives me a hug. "Why wasn't it me?"

"It could have been anyone." Natsu says, sitting down next to me. I put my head on his shoulder and I stare ahead, thinking about what took place, just hours earlier.

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"That was nice." I reply, glancing at Gray.

"I'm glad, it's been a while since we have gone on a date." He says, swinging our arms.

"Yeah, with all the jobs we have been going on." We were heading back to our apartment after a nice meal, we had just gotten off 3 jobs in a row and we are finally able to go on a date. I was also able to get Gray to wear a suit, well at least wear pants and a suit jacket.

"Date night is a good night." He smiles at me as we cross the dark street.

"Hey!" My head snaps to the side and I see a tall man standing in front of us, holding a gun. "Give me everything you have." He says and before I can protest, I hear Gray yell and put his hands together.

"Ice make, sh-" A loud shot rings through the air and I see Gray look down as the other man ran. I catch Gray's body as he starts to fall and I lower him to the ground quickly.

"Gray!" I yelled. I take off my jacket quickly and apply pressure, trying to keep my cool. I take a look at Gray's face and his eyes look blearily at me.

"(Name)? Are you okay? Why am I laying down?

"Gray, you are gonna be okay, you have been shot. Does it hurt?" I ask, lifting the jacket slightly to see the wound. It looks really bloody but blood was not pooling around him so the bullet must still be in him. That's better then it having one through. I push the jacket back down and yell, "Someone, help!"

"Hey, don't worry, I don't feel anything." This makes tears fall down my face and my calm snaps.

"Someone, help! Please!" I hear the sound of feet, hitting the ground and I look up to see Cana and Natsu.

"I saw your flashing card, what's wr-" She takes in the sight of me hanging over Gray, hands bloody. Natsu immediately rushes over and nods to me. He picks him up and starts running in the direction of Magnolia hospital, leaving me with Cana.

"What happened?" Cana asks me, helping me up.

"We were having a date, someone tried to mug us and he shot Gray. We need to go!" Cana grabs my shoulders and pulls me in, not caring that blood was getting on her. I look at my hands and I get lost in the sight of his blood, not mine, but his.

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I get pulled out of my thoughts as Cana comes back in a new outfit then earlier.

"Is he okay?" She asks and Natsu explains the situation to her. Suddenly there is yelling and 5 people rush into the area where Gray was located. I shoot out of my chair and run to the door with the window. When I look in, I see the backs of people, Gray laying in a hospital bed and a man with electricity running through his hands. He yells something then applies it to Gray's chest and his body convulses on the table.

"Gray! Don't leave me!" I am pulled back from the door and I see Gray disappear from my vision as tears fall down my face.

"(Name)! You did all you could, you can't help right now." Cana said from behind me. "Sit. You need to rest." Cana puts me down next to her and I can feel my eyes droop from exhaustion, the long day and recent events dragging down on me. Soon enough, I'm pulled into a dreamless sleep.

When I wake up again, I'm in a hospital room. I blink a few times, pushing the sleep away. I take in my surroundings and I'm in a hospital room and there is a bright light shining through the curtain. I rush over to the bed when I see Gray and I grab his hand. As I sit with him, a doctor walks in.

"Hi, are you (Name)?" He asks and I nod. "I'm Dr. Fischer. Gray Fullbuster here experienced second and third degree burns from the gunshot, broken ribs, problems breathing, punctured lung among other things. He was very lucky that he didn't go into shock or his chances would have decreased drastically more then it already was. He will make a speedy recovery but will need to stay here for a while. He should also awaken in the next couple hours. We put him into a medically induced coma for now so he can sleep through his injuries."

"Thank you very much." I turn back to Gray and the doctor goes to leave.

"Also, some guards want to visit you and get the details about the attacker. There is some other people who want to visit too." He leaves with that and Natsu walks in.

"Hey, you okay?" I nod back, not really up for talking at the moment. "You should get washed up, I will be right here. I also brought you some clothes." I look at Natsu then back to Gray and nod hesitantly and I get up. I grab the clothes from Natsu and head to the bathroom.

I stand under the hot water, letting it wash away the blood. My back slides down the wall and I sit with my head in my knees. I hear the door open and I look up to see Gray waddle in. He closes the door quickly as he removes his clothes and he sits on the chair in the shower while reaching his hand towards me.

"Gray? You okay?" I grab his hand and sit down next to him.

"Yeah, I've been worse." I chuckle softly at this and I snuggle into his right side.

"I wish I could have been more help." I say and his head falls onto mine.

"Without you, I probably would have died from blood loss. Thank you." He says.

"I love you, don't leave me." I dig my head into his shoulder and he rubs my hand with his.

"I won't, not without a fight." He replies and I stand up, pulling a towel on. I change quickly as Gray finishes cleaning up nod I help him out and into some boxers, despite his protests. He just wanted to be naked but I don't think everyone else would be happy with that.

When I help him back into the bed, the door opens and Erza is standing there, Natsu gone. Gray and her talk for a bit as I read a book. People come and go, even Juvia as she hugs him and tries to kiss him but I continue reading. I know Gray won't do anything and he can talk to whoever he wants but I'm not letting him out of my sight for now because he was just hurt and I want to be with him. I talk to some guards and the others about what happened also. After everyone leaves for the night, I sleep in the chair next to Gray. In the morning, after a long night of constantly waking up to nurses coming and going, Gray is released and we head out the doors.

"So, do you want to go to the guild hall?" I ask him. He just shakes his head and uses his crutch to point the other way.

"I want to go home, to sleep in a comfortable bed. Besides, I can't do anything for a week anyways." He says.

"Yeah, let's go." We head home and I open the door. Gray waddles quickly and lays down on the bed.

"Ahh, home sweet home." He smiles and whips his clothes off.

"Alright, move." I nudge him and I reach for the bandages. I change them quickly and he hisses as I apply the salve.

"Ow! Can't you use anything else?" He asks.

"Nope, doctor's orders." I say and he just grunts in reply. I finish applying the new bandage and I lay down next to Gray. I pull the blanket over us and I feel the warmth from the sheets and coolness from Gray's body mix together and I snuggle in deeper.

"You worried me." His face rubs in my hair.

"I'm sorry." He says, voice muffled.

"A bunch of nurses ran into your room, you must have flat-lined, you died." I say, tears escaping.

"Hey, it's okay, I'm fine." He says, putting his arm over my waist.

"I know but you didn't see. You didn't see your blood, on my hands." I say, turning over to look at him.

"You know what I did see? I saw you, hovering over me, pressure on my stomach and I felt the life that was leaving me, stop." He said, getting closer to me. "I saw you save my life. It was like the Eclipse Gate all over again."

My mind goes to when we were fighting the wyverns. The screams and my eyes seeing Gray, looking at me as a hole was made in his left side, all over again. Then more shots and a hole in his head as the world is silent around me then I saw him again, alive.

"How many times are you going to die? You have died too many times." I say.

"Maybe some more times but I'm not letting you go that quickly." He kisses my forehead and interlocks our legs as we fall asleep.

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"That was amazing." Gray says with a smirk on his face as he stares at my backside. I roll my eyes and get dressed.

"It was amazing for you because you didn't have to do anything." I say as Gray grabs his boxers off the floor and pulls them on.

"That's because you're my nurse and I'm hurt." He says, giving me a pouty face.

"Ha ha, yeah, now roll over." I say walking over.

"Ooh, more fun?" I slap his arm.

"No, I need to change your bandages." I remove his bandages and change them. I throw him his white coat with suspenders and pants.

"Why do I need to get dressed, I wanted a nice day with my beautiful girlfriend." He says, holding his clothes.

"We are going to the guild hall. Your friends want to see you." I say, grabbing my coat and scarf. He grunts and pulls his clothes on. I help him out of bed with a couple winces from him and heavy breathing. His ribs were messing him up.

"Let's go." I grab my purse and he grabs his crutches. The doctor wanted him to use crutches for a couple days because of the ribs and his punctured lung. As we moved down the road, it was going very slow because of the snow and whenever the crutches caught on something, we would have to take a tiny break. It would know the wind out of him.

"Yay! Gray and (Name) are here!" I hear a yell as we walk through the doors. I see Happy come barreling for us and to my horror, right into Gray. Everyone laughs until they here the pained scream come out of him. I rush to his side and help him.

"Gray! I'm sorry." Happy says, tears in his eyes.

"No, it's fine." Gray says, slightly doubled over.

"Okay, we can't have people hitting Gray or hugging him please, due to his broken ribs. Sorry, should have said it earlier." I help Gray back up and we walk into the hall further. Gray sits down with a wince. I know broken ribs are absolutely the worst. Gray rips off his shirt, slower then usual though. I hear a small stunned silence as they take in his chest. A lot of bandages were there but you could see bubbly flesh from gun powder burns peaking out and there was a slight red, tint the bandages.

"Hey Gray, how was the hospital?" Natsu asks while sitting down.

"Horrible, showers are wonderful." Natsu gives us a smirk.

"Saw you go in the bathroom when (Name) was in there." I smack Natsu's shoulder as Gray smirks. People came by and left. Erza brought cake over and Gray ate it quickly. He hasn't eaten much but food from the hospital. I look at the clock and back to Gray.

"Hey, Gray. It's time." He looks away from Juvia and to the clock and nods. He grabs his crutches and moves to a corner booth. I need open space and we don't want to gross people out. I grab my purse and look at Juvia.

"Hey, I need help. Want to?" Her eyes light up.

"Of course! Anything to help my Gray!" I smile and I bring her over.

"Okay Gray, sit down here and lean back." I start unwrapping the bandages and put them in an empty bag.

"Alright Juvia, can you hold this here?" I show her what to do and she looks mildly weirded out as she see the burns and bullet hole.

"And, done! You're all set." Gray gives me a quick kiss.

"Thanks Juvia, I appreciate it." I say and give her a smile.

"Anything to help." She says and Gray flashes her a smile. We head back to our regular table and I bring the bag with bandages to the trash. I come back and I sit down next to Gray.

"So Gray, what next?" I say to him, stretched out over the seat, head in Gray's lap.

"What do you mean?" He asks.

"Like avenging yourself. Figuring out who shot you?" I say.

"Oh yeah, we should probably figure that out. I actually don't really remember his face." He replies.

"It's terrifying, to look down the barrel of a gun." I say.

"Yeah, but I was more worried about you, honestly." He says.

"You were?" I ask, looking into his eyes.

"Of course, you are always my number one priority." He says looking down at me.

"Gray?" I look up and we both see Erza standing over us.

"Yeah?" He asks.

"I was wondering, how did you even get shot?" He stills as Erza looks at us.

"I was simply not fast enough. I was using ice make but he thought I was attacking so he shot me." He says.

"What did he look like?" Erza asks me. I describe him to her and she just nods and leaves the hall. We talk to the others for the rest of the day, talking with Natsu and Juvia. As we are about to leave, the door slams open.

"Erza?" I look over and I see Erza, dragging a body behind her. "Oh my god, is he dead?"

"No." She says simply, throwing him into the middle of the hall.

"Is that, the man who shot me?" Gray asks, standing up with a wince.

"Yes, he needs to be punished. He has hurt one of our own and needs to pay." The man on the floor just looks terrified as he takes in the sight of our guild.

"Don't hurt him!" Gray yells, surprising everyone.

"Why? Real men don't hurt others for no reason." Elfman yells, ready to attack the man.

"He made a stupid mistake, he just wanted some cash." Gray replies.

"So he gets to shoot you?" Erza says, giving the man on the floor a glare.

"No, but he shouldn't be beat to a pulp." Gray says walking over.

"Please don't hurt me, I'm sorry I shot you. I didn't mean to." He says, cowering.

"Hey, it's fine, I'm alive and I will be okay in a week. Find a job, don't mug people." I help the man up since Gray looks like he wants to but can't because of the crutches.

"I'm sorry, I won't, I swear." The man looks about ready to run but Gray speaks again.

"But," Gray gives him a murderous look, "if I ever hear of anything like this again, I will track you down, and kill you." The other man just nods and runs out the door.

"Dude, did you just let him go?" Natsu says from behind us.

"Yeah, it might be the pain killers speaking but if he does do anything like that, I'm going to hunt him down myself." He says and goes back to sit down.

"Thanks Erza, I appreciate it." I say to her and she nods at me. We are there until sundown and Gray and I leave to go home.

"What you did was really brave." I say to him as we lay down on the bed. He lets out a big gasp.

"I guess but this bed is so comfortable I can't think straight." I let out a small laugh as I snuggle into Gray's chest. He was able to get off crutches after one more day and he needed the bandages for a while but able to go on jobs in a week.

"I love you Gray." I say to him.

"I love you too, (Name). Thanks for being so helpful and understanding. Even when the scar tissue heals." He says.

"Don't worry, I think scars are hot. Didn't you know that?" He laughs as he wraps his arm around me and we lay down for the night, moonlight brightening our room.

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