A/N: I just wanted to take a break from my multi-chapter Gruvia series of Make My Heart Beat. I still want to say thank you for all the support you gave for Make My Heart Beat becoz your support was the reason why I keep writing Gruvia. This was suppose to be a one shot though but I realize it went a little bit longer so I'll make it a mini multi-chap. Maybe around 2-3 chapters. Just a refreshing family fic. Enjoy!

Chapter 1

In the midst of the rowdy guild of Fairy Tail, Gray woke up in the infirmary, disturbed with the noise his guildmates made downstairs. He sighed, dragging himself to the bathroom to take a shower and just to make himself presentable. He took a shirt from his rucksack, which he didn't bring much since he will definitely strip out of it anyway, so why bother?

After he was done, he headed straight to Mirajane's bar, asking for a mug of beer as his eye opener. What time was it anyway? His thought was interrupted with the noises Natsu made as the salamander dashed his way into the guild.

"Damn you, ice prick!" Natsu grabbed his collar, almost knocking him down from the stool he sat on. "You stole my mission!"

Gray stared in bewilderment. "I what?"

"I purposely hid the request under another request so that no one sees it and I wanted to take it after accompanying Lucy to some shitty mission. And now Mira told me you took the mission!" Natsu yelled to his face.

Gray punched him away. "The request is not taken so it's not yours!"

Natsu fumed, hands clutching together with fire. "It is—"

"Shitty mission, you say?" Lucy's voice appeared from behind Natsu.

And Natsu cowered visibly, turning to the blonde who was emanating a death aura. "No, I mean, a very pleasant cleaning mission," he chuckled nervously.

"Cleaning mission?" Gray burst into laughter. "You mean you went cleaning over the mission of destroying a monster that attack a village? Seriously?"

"Shut up!" Natsu turned back to Gray angrily.

"Oi, Natsu, you destroyed the house of your client again?" Erza called from the table she sat with Makarov. A piece of white paper in her hand that Natsu assumed was a complaint letter.

"Eh?" Natsu sweat visibly. "No! The client was asking impossible things!"

Erza glared staggers at him. "They are clients! They are supposed to ask things from you!"

Natsu was already lost in his argument with Erza, that Elfman soon joined in lecturing how a man should be responsible with his job. Lucy pulled a face as she stared at Natsu, sighing almost dejectedly as she sat next to Gray.

"Seriously?" Gray stared at Lucy incredulously. "Natsu destroyed the house?"

"Look who's talking," Lucy rolled her eyes.

"Excuse me," Gray scoffed. "I haven't destroyed anything for the longest time."

Lucy chuckled. "Yeah, since you have become a father after all. You seem to have more self control."

Gray's expression died at that. Yes, he was a father to a two years old daughter now. It certainly surprised the guild when Gray finally proposed to Juvia. They knew Juvia loved him, and Gray had shown his interest towards her bit by bit too. But they surely didn't expect them to be the second married couple after Alzack and Bisca.

Their marriage was something that Lucy considers as the happiest. Well, Gray wasn't the romantic type by nature, but he showed his care, in his own way. And Juvia deserved being taken care of by someone she loved since she hadn't had the best life for the first 17 years of her life after all.

It was beyond their imagination that the Fullbuster couple would fight at this point. They always believed that they were extremely compatible, in terms of magic and personality. Lucy almost couldn't believe that she was the cause of it all. It started with a huge misunderstanding. She knew Juvia had always called her as love rival. But as far as Lucy knew, Juvia never meant harm from it anyway. Lucy thought it was like a pet name Juvia gave to her, so she let her be. For the first few years, Lucy thought Juvia was okay with her friendship with Gray. Gray was the only one she could relate to, since the others were far too crazy for her standard—not like Gray wasn't any crazier though.

It just happened to be that one day when Gray was comforting her for her problem, Juvia saw them hugging, and then she started accusing Gray for not loving her. Lucy didn't really understand what happened next. All she knew Gray had left their house and slept at the guild's infirmary for days. It was weird how Gray had always knew how to handle his wife, but couldn't handle this easy situation.

"You haven't talk to Juvia?" Lucy asked.

Gray took his mug as he downed his beer. "No."

"You should," Lucy frowned. "She might be hurting now."

"What makes you think I'm not hurt?" Gray scrunched his face.

"Gray, that's not what I mean—" Lucy sighed again. "She's feeling insecure. You have to understand her—"

"I always did," Gray cut her off. "I want her to know that I want to be understood too."

Lucy sat quietly. She could relate to Gray. She definitely could. After all, she was also tired for trying to understand. She wanted to be understood too. If only she wasn't in love with the dense pink haired dragon slayer who seemed to never get the hints she showed. Natsu was as oblivious as ever. How she wished she could somehow be as vocal as Juvia.

"How are you and Natsu?" Gray asked, trying to change the topic. Lucy had always talked to him about Natsu. About how she felt unsure with her feelings, about how she felt jealous on how Natsu treating other girls, about how she wanted to always have him by her side. Gray had laughed at her when he knew Lucy was in love with that idiot pyromaniac. Lucy knew he didn't mean it in an offending way though.

"We're just the same," Lucy sighed—again.

"You're going to grow old for loving that idiot," Gray laughed

She glared at him. "How thoughtful."

"Papa!"

A cute voice of a little girl interrupted their talk, and Gray caught the little raven haired girl who launched herself onto his lap. "Maggie, when did you arrive?"

The little girl snuggled on her father's naked chest—when did he strip anyway?—, and Gray placed her into a more comfortable position. "Maggie came with mama just now," her small fingers pointed towards the water mage sitting far to a corner, chatting with Lisanna—didn't even bother looking at him.

Gray clicked his tongue. "Ignoring me now, huh?"

Maggie looked up at her dad. "Why is papa not staying with Maggie anymore?" she asked innocently.

"Huh?" Gray looked down to his daughter. "Papa just have some work to do, baby," he planted a kiss on her head. Juvia had tied Maggie's hair into two ponytails, and Gray thought she looked so cute like that. Her big blue eyes were definitely Juvia's—not that he's complaining.

"Maggie miss papa," the little girl pouted.

"Papa will be back soon, so be a good girl to mama, okay?" Gray said in attempt to coax his daughter.

Lucy raised a brow. "Sounds like a plan."

Gray rolled his eyes. "Shut up."

"Why did you leave the house anyway?"

"Because if I didn't, then Juvia will," Gray said, ordering a strawberry milkshake for his daughter from Mirajane. Mirajane went to prepare as Gray turned back to Lucy. "And I'm not letting Juvia sleep outside that house. I mean, I know she's strong, but it's not safe out here."

Lucy gave Gray a knowing smile. "Such a gentleman. You really do love her."

Gray glared at her.

"Where's your daughter, Juvia?" Lisanna asked.

"She went to find her papa," Juvia answered, sipping her juice.

Lisanna's eyes wandered around the guild for a while before her eyes settling over Gray sitting besides Lucy with Maggie on his lap. "Oh, there they are with Lucy."

Juvia frowned. "It's not Juvia's business."

Lisanna turned back to her friend. "Are you still jealous?"

"No," Juvia shook her head in denial. "It has nothing to do with Juvia anymore."

Lisanna sighed, shaking her head a bit at the stubbornness of the water mage. "What do you plan to do?"

"Let's go on a mission," Juvia suggested. "Gajeel-kun is not yet back from his mission with Lily, so can Lisanna-san come with Juvia?"

Lisanna stole another glance towards Gray before turning back to Juvia. "Don't you want to fix your marriage issues first?"

"There is nothing left to fix. He doesn't love Juvia," Juvia's blue eyes started to water, and for a second, Lisanna panicked of the possibility that she would literally flood the guild.

"I don't think that's the issue though," Lisanna chuckled a bit.

"Juvia wants to go and do some mission. She can't stay here thinking of possibilities of being divorced!"

"What?" Lisanna spat. "Gray would never divorce you—"

"He doesn't love Juvia anymore!" Juvia bawled.

Lissanna learnt that 'gray' was a sensitive word that day.

The mission Lisanna and Juvia took that day was fairly easy. It was just to kill some time anyway. They just had to retrieve a valuable treasure for a wealthy man that was kept in a deep labyrinth. It was a very confusing labyrinth, and they got lost a few times in their way in—as well as their way out. But they managed to get back by evening.

"I didn't expect you to let Maggie stay with Gray for a while though," Lisanna picked up the golden box on her back as she transformed into a horse. "Really thought you would keep Maggie away from him."

"He's Maggie's dad. Juvia doesn't have the right to deny him for Maggie," Juvia said walking along Lisanna as they head back to their client's mansion.

Lisanna smiled at her, wiggling her horse tail in the process. "You're right. You sound more like a mother now."

Juvia frowned cutely. "Juvia is always a mother."

Their client looked so pleased when he received the golden box. His face beamed as he ordered his assistant to take the box away. "I had been wondering how I can retrieve my family's treasure. That place was designed to keep people away. Were you two hurt?"

"No, thanks for the concern," Juvia answered politely. "There were a few traps but we managed to get past them."

Lisanna changed back to her usual form. "They were a lot though. Why didn't your family teach you how to get through, Mr Bright?"

"It was our family's treasure consists of documents. Mostly our lands and stocks," Bright said, hands shoving towards the sofa offering them to sit. They obeyed as they sat down at one side.

"You kept documents in a labyrinth?" Lisanna asked in disbelief.

"It was supposed to be inherited to me on my 30th birthday, but I needed the documents earlier. I can't wait till I turn 30 for them," Bright explained.

"Inherited? Where are your family, Mr Bright?" Juvia asked out of curiosity.

"I don't have one," Bright smiled a bit. "They died when I was a little boy. I was raised by the maids and assistants, with the purpose of inheriting my family's wealth."

Juvia gaped in amusement. "Didn't you use out all of the money?"

The well-combed blonde guy chuckled heartily. "My family's money won't run out, Miss Lockser."

Lisanna had to frown a bit at the name. She didn't quite like it when people address Juvia as if she was a single young lady. She's married for god's sake. And Lisanna respected Juvia's wish to keep her Lockser name for their jobs since that was the name she was known for being a water mage anyway. But even so, that didn't sit right for her.

"How did you do that?" Juvia asked, seemingly interested.

"That's my family's business secret," Bright grinned mischievously. "Are you interested, Miss Lockser?"

"A little. It seems convenient for the kids," Juvia said, thinking about Maggie. Her job was dangerous after all. They could never tell when she might be killed, and Gray too. She wanted to save something for her daughter at least.

"Don't tell me, you have a kid?" Bright looked surprised.

Juvia smiled, and nodded timidly.

"I can't believe it!" Bright scanned her up and down, ogling at her curvaceous figure. "You don't look like you had a kid. You look like a virgin."

Juvia blushed at the compliment.

Lisanna certainly wasn't pleased at the apparent flirt their client just showed. Juvia was Gray's wife, and they were her friend. People are going to respect their marriage. She cleared her throat, gaining attention from the young man.

"I'm sorry, sir. But I believe our task here is finished. Not trying to be rude but you can pay us and we should leave already," Lisanna said, trying her best to be polite.

Bright showed a disappointed look. "Are you in a hurry? Why don't you two have dinner here together with us?"

"No," Lisanna declined quickly. "Juvia's daughter is waiting, and it's certainly not good for her to let her husband wait too long, don't you think?" she deliberately emphasized.

Lisanna saw how the glint of hope in Bright's eyes faded away.

By the time they reached the guild, Maggie was already asleep on Gray's arms, head lying on Gray's shoulder, with her father holding her and pacing around the guild to lull her sleep.

"You're late," Gray said in a matter-of-factly.

Juvia glared at him, even though it turned out to be a cute squint in Gray's opinion. "It was a difficult mission."

"Just admit you were lost in that labyrinth," Gray scoffed.

Juvia frowned. "Labyrinth is supposed to make people lost," she defended herself. "Juvia will take Maggie home," she extended her hand to take Maggie from Gray.

"She's asleep. I'll carry her home," Gray offered.

Juvia frowned deeper.

"I don't intend to come back yet. I'll leave after dropping her," Gray said as if to explain his intention. "But we still need to talk."

Juvia's eyes widened. Oh no. Is he going to divorce her?

A/N: As I told you, this will only be around 2-3 chapters so it will be a very short multi-chap so don't expect too many twist like the one I did with Make My Heart Beat. I'm just bored and I love Gruvia family so I just feel like doodling around. :P