AN: I just love the idea of Gray loving all that is cold and winter but failing miserably at ice-skating
Gray looked at the bluenette gliding on the ice. She looked so graceful, her movements as if she had put in no effort at all to slide on thin iron slits.
He blushed, averting his eyes just after she had tried a spin and succeeded. He was staring to hard, he had to focus or-
A loud smack resounded in the ice rink and he cursed lightly under his breathe as the wind was knocked out of him. He gripped the side of the rink attempting to pull himself up.
"Dude, you're sucking ass right now."
He glared at the boy with pink locks- he refused to give him the satisfaction of calling it salmon because honestly what was the fun in that?
"Fuck off pinky."
"You fuck off ice freak."
They began to squabble only ceasing when Lucy came over to smack them both then ordered Natsu to help him up. In the corner of his eye he saw her giggle towards them and he visably shrunk into himself. A scowl graced his features. 'Smooth, Gray, smooth.'
"You know Gray," the blond piped up, "you really suck at this."
Natsu snickered. "Well no shit."
She smacked him again then sighed, "I guess I have no choice then. Juvia-chan!"
And his heart stopped. Juvia-chan. Juvia. Juvia. It was her. Or atleast he hoped it was. Gray scanned the crowd, eyes looking for the blue blur he was so captivated with since they arrived at this god for saken place- he loved the ice rink, but when it partained to his ass kissing polished,hard ice; not so much.
Said blue blur had stopped in mid-skate, turned towards them and procceded to skate over. It was her. It was her.
He could die right there and then.
She stopped and he took the time to take her in. She was wearing a sailor uniform like Lucy's but in a different style- what school was that?- her skin was so pale it was like a thousand crystals had formed her, and her ocean blue hair was down to her shoulders, immitating waves. Her hands were placed in her brown cardigan in a lazy manner and she blinked at them with long, blue eyelashes.
"Yes, Lucy?"
He prayed that they couldn't hear how his heart thumped violently against his rib cage, or the way his face went from pink to red.
"Can you do me a favour?" She justered to him and he prayed again that they didn't see him slightly jump when her brown orbs rested on him. He felt warm all of a sudden when she smiled. "Can you teach my friend- Gray- here how to skate please?"
Lucy clasped her hands together in a sheepish manner smiling in encouragement.
Her eyes onced him over- she had no idea what they did to him- before she nodded. "Yeah, sure, Juvia will help."
"Great!"
With that Lucy grabbed Natsu's hand and sped off.
"Have fun you two!"
They stared in the duo's direction for a minute before soft brown clashed with deep, navy blue. Juvia outstretched her hand.
"Shall we begin?"
He nodded.
"I'm Gray." He took her hand. "Gray Fullbuster."
"Juvia Lockser."
The next half an hour was spent with her teaching and him failing. But it was worth it. Who would want to release the warmth of her hand anyway.
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