Gray's POV:

Somehow, Natsu and I found ourselves sitting at a dinner table with plates filled with delicious looking food. I looked around at our hosts, the old man, a nice young girl named Chiaki, and an old woman. They were all shoveling food into their mouths, Natsu too, but I was far too tired to eat. Food seemed to have made Natsu forget, but we haven't slept for a good twenty hours..

"Excuse me..." I politely interupted the groups meal, and all eyes at the table turned towards me, "This meal is lovely and all, and we're incredibly grateful, but perhaps you could show me to where we'll be sleeping? I'm really tired -- I'm afraid I might fall asleep at the table."

"Oh, it's right this way," Chiaki stood up from her seat at the table and smiled, "Natsu? Would you like to come see where it is?"

Natsu frowned. He put down in food and stood up. I guess even he can be polite sometimes...

"Thank you again," I said as I moved to follow her, "We've been walking for a couple of days now, and you don't exactly just happen to come across inns in the forest."

"Hehe, having you here is no problem at all. It's actually a nice hang of pace to have someone other than Grandma or Grandpa," she smiled innocently as she continued to lead Natsu and I through the house, "Oh, but we only have one spare bed. That's okay, right?"

To Be Continued...