"It's not what I need,
No, your love's not what I need,
So don't give it to me."
— Arctic Monkeys, Evil Twin.
It had been weeks since the incident.
Juvia decided to name like that, since she couldn't bring up the courage to place it under the label of "rejection". Sighing and putting a hand on her face, she tried to remove those thoughts from her mind. It was weird. Just like that. It was weird to return to the guild, to see the face of the person she loved and remember what happened during the dance after the Grand Magic Games.
"I don't."
That simple sentence echoed all the time in her head. That phrase that made her eyes water. And yet, she had to put a smile on her face, raise her chin and praise him. After being a lot in bed, sleepless nights and thoughts, Juvia decided. If Gray Fullbuster doesn't need her love, she doesn't need him. Her first thought was hitting herself for having such thoughts. She felt she was betraying Gray-sama! But after that, and remembering the words that crushed her heart, make her more than determined.
So that's why she stood facing the mirror, with a new dress and a new hairstyle.
Maybe it wasn't a new version, but she felt nice.
Instead of her usual outfit, Juvia wore very short pants, which showed her long and sharp legs. And in good addition, she showed the guild mark on her thigh. And not only that, she also was wearing a very casual white blouse, with lace and plunging neckline. She had her hair loose. She wore no hat, and some unruly strands framed her face perfectly.
"I'm going to start saying no to things I don't like."
The bluenette sighed again.
She shook the clothes a little, and looking in the mirror again, she went out of Fairy Hills.
Gray blinked.
By Mavis skirts! He must be hallucinating! In no way, or universe, Juvia Lockser would be searching for missions in the board, let alone dressed like that. Some of the men of the guild helped her to choose a mission, and for help, Gray knew that they were trying to have a move with the water mage.
The raven haired closed his fist around his drink as he watched these idiots talking with her. It was only when Juvia, in an attempt to put her hands together —obviously, embarrassed—, made involuntarily her breasts pop a lot more.
The magician's eyes went straight to her cleavage.
The ice mage couldn't handle that.
He rose from his seat like a spring, and in less than what someone could shout "Gray", he was covering the body of Juvia from harassing looks. Probably all the guild fell silent. Probably his glare would warn them to stay away. But at that time he didn't care.
He cleared his throat, and raised an eyebrow.
"Don't you have anything better to do?" Was all he said. The other members of Fairy Tail muttered things under their breaths, but eventually went away. After a few minutes of awkward silence, the guild returned to normal.
Gray turned to face Juvia. He hoped that she was happy, talking about fantasies and how he was her hero. But instead, Juvia was watching him with a raised eyebrow. The mage blushed, thinking about his stupidity. He swallowed then, and put a hand in the back of his neck.
"Oi, Juvia. Why are you wearing those clothes?" He asked, hoping again that Juvia would respond with fantasies and ideas about wanting to impress Gray-sama. However, her answer left him shocked.
"Because I want to."
He blinked once, then twice and finally, he open his mouth.
Why she was speaking in first person? Why she was responding so serious without a smile on her face? Gray watched shocked as she returned her attention to the board of missions. As if she was reading his mind, Juvia tilted her face and watched him for a few minutes.
Her lips parted.
"Your clothes, Gray."
And she walked away, with a mission request in hand, leaving a very dazed Gray. The magician watch as she went to the bar, said something to Mira —about the mission, he guess—, and finally he saw her leave the guild.
"What the fuck just happened?"
Spanish is my native language, sorry for the mistakes. Please be kind and point them out for me, please!
So... Hiro Mashima, I hate you. Gray, I hate you too.
Fairy Tail doesn't belong to me.
I will update this story twice a week. It will be basically about how Juvia would drop off her fangirl state, and become more mature. Seriously, Mashima is making her just a comic relief. Anyways, I don't hate them! I just had all this feels... I really hope to see more Gruvia moments in next chapters. And if this is really the end of the ship, I'll go down with it.
Please review! This is just the prologue. I had the first chapter alredy done, and let me tell you: Juvia being badass is fucking insane.
Thanks for reading!
~ casinocalavera, 06/07/13.
