ThePairing: Cana x Juvia
Warnings: Yuri, though only kissing right now. As usual, the sex will come in chapter 2.
Disclaimer: Hello again, my many loyal followers and supporters! I am happy to release another lesbian lemon, based off of Natsu is Awesome's request. For those of you wondering when the next chapter of One of the Girls will be posted, I apologize. I've been sort of bored with it lately, despite the ridiculously massive following it's gotten. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this new gem I've come up! This chapter will be told in Juvia's POV, and so will be romantic and have a dreamlike quality. Why? Because admit it - - Juvia's a total romantic. Next chapter will be told in Cana's POV. Please note that I have not even tried to acquire any sort of rights to Fairy Tail. It is still owned solely by Hiro Mashima.
A/N: This hardly seems necessary, but some idiot reviewer complained about this, so I'll throw this in. This takes place in a universe in which Cana and Juvia are both bisexual. So while they might not be so in the canon series, in this slightly alternate universe, they are.
Chapter 1: Water and Beer Mix Remarkably Well, Eh?
Soft blue eyes drifted over the impossibly perfect figure of the woman sitting with at the counter with her back against it. They examined the brunette beauty's slender, finely honed legs, hidden though they were under a pair of tight denim jeans; swept up her endless curves, hovering for a moment on a pair of almost naked, round and gorgeous breasts; and finally fixated on plump pink lips partaking contentedly from a large barrel of booze. The woman's observer stared almost hungrily for a full twenty seconds, without even realizing what they were doing.
Then Juvia Lockser jolted and shook herself out of her daydream.
Bad Juvia! she chided herself, seated at her own table close to the guild hall's doors. Juvia does not like women! Or men! She likes Gray-sama and only Gray-sama! No one else is acceptable to be Juvia's betrothed.
The bluenette's eyes wandered back to the heavily drinking woman who had caught her eye. Cana Alberona, unaware or perhaps uncaring of the fact she was being watched, continued guzzling her hard drink. Juvia felt a sudden rush of jealousy for the barrel. It should be Juvia connected to those no doubt amazingly soft lips. She should be the center of Cana's attention. She should... she should... she...
Juvia stiffened, her face heating like an oven.
What was she thinking?
She did not love Cana Alberona. She did not want to kiss the other woman. She did not want to find out what the soft flesh underneath her bra (the sole thing Cana ever wore for a top) felt like. And she most certainly did not ever wish to sleep in the same bed as the card user! She did not... she did not want... Juvia's eyes unfocused again, causing her to repeat the mantra only harder. She did not want to...
"You don't want to what, Juvia?" asked a familiar voice, sweet and gentle, directly to her left. Juvia face-faulted and nearly toppled over sideways.
"L-Lucy-sama!" the water mage exclaimed. She blushed deeply and glanced at the blonde out of the corner of her eyes. "Love rival! Where did you come from?"
"I just came back from a job with Natsu and couldn't help overhearing you talk to yourself," the blonde explained. "And I don't have any feelings for Gray!"
Thankfully distracted, Juvia hesitated. "You don't? Do you swear?"
Her fellow mage nodded earnestly, princess blonde hair falling prettily in her face. Lucy huffed and pushed it back behind her ear. "I swear I don't, Juvia. In fact, if it makes you feel better to know, Erza and I are dating. We've been an item since last month."
That caught Juvia's attention. "Really?" she said, blinking owlishly.
"Really."
The romantic part of Juvia's brain - - which was, admittedly, almost all of it - - booted up almost immediately. Yes, she could see the redhead and blonde together. It was quite a cute pairing, really. And now that she thought about, Juvia had noticed more and more signs of their partnership lately. Stolen looks when they thought nobody was watching, tightly grasped hands, Erza sharing some of her strawberry cake with Lucy... Honestly, Juvia was surprised she hadn't figured it out herself.
"So," said Lucy, repositioning herself on the bench to gaze pointedly at Juvia, "now that I've told you something about me, can you tell me what you were thinking just now?"
Juvia looked away and pushed her fingers together. "Um... Juvia doesn't know..."
"Come on, Juvia, I won't tell anyone! I promise!"
"...Okay. Juvia thinks she has... a crush on Cana-sama."
Now it was Lucy's turn to blink. "Cana...? Didn't expect that," she said under her breath.
"It's only a phase!" Juvia said hurriedly, immensely embarrassed now. "Juvia is sure she doesn't really like Cana-sama. But she can't help but look at her and feel all.. feel all..."
"Tingly inside?" Lucy suggested.
Juvia nodded, giggling nervously.
The blonde hummed. "Well, that definitely sounds like love to me. I felt the same way when I first started falling for Erza. But what happened to stalking Gray?"
"Juvia... still likes Gray-sama. But lately he's made it very clear he does not feel the same about Juvia. So she guesses she needed a new love. And then she accidentally slipped at the baths and fell on Cana-sama, and landed between her chest, and couldn't help but notice how pretty she was..."
"You're rambling, Juvia," Lucy deadpanned.
"Oh. Sorry." The bluenette smiled softly. "But, well, do you think Juvia really likes Cana-sama?"
Lucy laughed and patted Juvia's shoulder. "I can't say that for you, silly! Only you can tell who you like and who you don't. But that aside, it sure sounds like you at least feel something." She leaned forward with a sly smirk. "And I happen to know that she's totally free."
"Eh!? Cana-sama's not dating anyone!?"
"Yep. She hasn't been in a relationship for several months now."
"Does she like... does she like girls?"
"She's dated both guys and girls before. Erza and I talked about it once, and she said that Cana even favors women if she has a choice."
Cana was bisexual, but favored women? Juvia's stomach fluttered with hope, and her gaze unconsciously fell back on the cute brunette. She had finished her barrel and was now chatting with Levy, whom she was good friends with. Her smile was wide and bright like the sun. She swept her arms gallantly to exaggerate whatever she was saying, and Juvia found herself giggling at the unnecessarily huge motions. At the same time, she felt another spark of jealousy, this time aimed at Levy. Juvia wanted to be the one to make Cana laugh like that.
"Lucy-sama," said Juvia suddenly, "does Levy-sama like Cana-sama?"
Lucy shook her head. "Not that I'm aware of. I think she's been warming up to Gajeel lately."
Juvia thought about that. Lucy seemed to know a lot about the different relationships within Fairy Tail. She seemed to get along with just about everyone.
"Are you friends with Cana-sama, Lucy-sama?" asked Juvia.
"We're not particularly close, but yeah, I'd say we are," Lucy admitted. "Why?"
"Could you... ask her if she likes Juvia...?"
Lucy stared at her for a solid minute. Then her lips turned up in a wide smile, and she erupted in peels of laughter. Juvia jumped, not expecting that reaction. For probably the third or fourth time in ten minutes, her face went pink.
"What?" she demanded. "Was it something Juvia said?"
"You can't... have someone else... ask Cana out for you!" wheeze Lucy, wiping tears of mirth from her eyes. "It's something you do yourself, Juvia! Asking girls out is no different from asking guys out!"
Juvia's face fell. "But... it's so embarrassing! And Juvia's afraid of getting rejected again."
"Don't sweat it, Ju," Lucy assured her with amusement. "Just go up to her and ask her if she'd like to go out to lunch with you, or to a play, or on a boat ride or something. There's tons of things for couples to do in Magnolia. Pick one and go with it."
"But... Juvia is - -"
"Juvia!" Lucy cut her off. Juvia started, and the blonde grabbed her by the arm lightly. "You're a total catch. You're nice, cute, and strong. Go for it! Cana would be crazy to turn you down."
Grinning with confidence for Juvia's success, Lucy got up, wished her new friend luck, and skipped over to a table at the side of the room. Her own girlfriend was sitting there, calmly eating a slice of Mirajane's famous strawberry cake. Upon seeing Lucy, Erza's countenance immediately brightened tenfold. Again, Juvia thought, how had she not seen it earlier?
Juvia's head swiveled back to soak up Cana's... well, everything.
Could she do it? Could she really be the woman's girlfriend? It seemed like an impossible dream. To someone naturally shy and inconspicuous like Juvia, the immense presence Cana emitted at all times was more than a little overwhelming. It made the bluenette feel like dissolving into water just at the thought.
For several more minutes, Juvia played with the idea of asking her beautiful crush out. Lucy seemed so sure she was capable of it. Every nerve in her liquidy body itched with anxiety, but finally she forced herself to stand up.
Alright! she decided mentally. Juvia will do it!
The walk up to Cana's bar stool was not easy.
Juvia was so nervous her legs felt like cement. She was surely walking through thick mud, not air - - it was so incredibly hard to move herself! Juvia swallowed and found that her throat was dry. Strange, that; one wouldn't expect someone who was made of water to be capable of getting a parched throat.
Juvia shook her head. She was getting off topic.
A twenty foot gap stood between her and silky brown hair. The number dwindled to fifteen. It dropped further to twelve, then ten. At five feet, Juvia's body almost froze up entirely. Now Cana and Levy had seen her, and were watching curiously her efforts to move any part of her body. Juvia flushed in shame. She was so close! If she didn't follow through now, she never would get the courage to again!
The thought emboldened Juvia. With an effort, she crossed the remaining five feet and found herself looking right into Cana's soft violet eyes. She immediately wanted to turn into water and sink through the floorboards.
"Hey, Juvia," Cana said, inclining her head. "You wanna talk or something? 'Cause with your mouth like that, you kinda look like a fish."
Blinking, the bluenette realized her mouth had dropped open in a wide '0' at Cana's beauty. She closed it quickly.
Sitting next to the heavy drinker, Levy's eyes twinkled knowingly.
"Um," said Juvia, her voice soft as a feather, "C-Cana... Cana-sama..."
She trailed off. Cana smiled like the sun. "What is it, Juvia?"
"E-Er... well... that is... Juvia wanted to know... if you..."
"If I what?" the brunette asked, and now she seemed genuinely curious. She leaned back against the counter, rolling her shoulders back to straighten her head. Cana's breasts bounced with the movement and Juvia was unable to not notice it.
"Well... does Cana-sama, maybe..." Juvia's next words were almost unintelligible over the rambunctious guild's other members. "Like Juvia...?"
For a moment Cana said nothing. Then she blushed, and she grinned widely. Levy actually squealed.
"Do you mean, like like?" said Cana... hopefully?
Juvia nodded, too embarrassed to speak at this point. Cana's smile only stretched out further across her face. She laughed, the sound melodious and ringing like bells. In spite of herself, Juvia realized that she was grinning, too.
"Well, is this a good enough answer for you?" Cana asked. Before the Water mage realized what she was doing, the brunette smirked, leaned forward, and wrapped her arms around Juvia's waist. Within the space of just two or three seconds, their lips connected.
Juvia had, of course, kissed other people before, and each time it had a different feeling. Cana's kiss was no different. Hers was a soft and tender kiss, but at the same time rough and demanding. Her mouth tasted like fine alcohol, which Juvia supposed was to be expected. The bluenette found herself returning the favor eagerly, despite the fact that just about the whole guild could see them. Cana's lips mashed together with hers so well that Juvia was sure they'd been designed with the intention of the two young ladies' union.
Their first kiss lasted almost a full minute. Then Cana came up for air, grinning crookedly.
"That was... quite the answer," gasped Juvia. Her mind was still trying to catch up to the fact that Cana wanted her, wanted to be her girlfriend. She'd never felt happier.
"Well then, Juvs, why don't you sit and have a drink with me?" Cana offered, patting the stool on her left, where Levy wasn't sitting. "There's plenty more where that came from."
Juvia's body unfroze. She giggled and said, "Juvia would love to!" before practically leaping onto the open stool.
Later, both would concur that the following evening was the best they experienced together. Well, except for perhaps, that incident...
Well, there ya go - - the first chapter of my new two-shot! Rest assured, steamy times are comin' for the next chapter!
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