Hello there! It has been exactly one year since I was introduced to fairy tail, and I instantly fell in love with gruvia! So, as a one-year anniversary, I decided to write a fanfic for my favourite fairytail couple. Constructive critisicm is welcomed, but please be nice. (This is my first fanfic)
Summary: Gray is Juvias bully, and has been for some time. It is Juvias first day of high school, but she has had a difficult start. Will Gray have a change of heart?
Enough talking, let's get to the story!
Warning: very fluffy and cliche
Pairings: mostly gruvia, possibly nalu and gajevy in the future.
I don't own fairy tail. I only own this plot.
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It was her first day of high school. Most people were excited for this new chapter in their life- all except for Juvia. Juvia walked through the front gate of Fairytail High, with a solemn expression. She tried her very best to smile at the faces she recognised, but she found that it was difficult to remain positive.
Juvia had a difficult start to her high school career. Three days ago, her father passed. She and her father were very close. He was a kind and caring towards her, and he taught her many of the values she had to this day. "But now he's gone" she thought bitterly. She could feel her eyes starting to water, but she quickly blinked away her tears. "Don't cry Juvia, don't cry" she thought desperately. She already had red eyes from crying, and she wasn't in the mood to explain the reason.
As sad as her week had been, she knew going to school would be the best remedy for her. She would be away from the miserable atmosphere in her home, and she really wanted to be around her friends. In fact, she still hadn't told them about her dad. The day he passed, Juvia isolated herself from the world. She switched off her phone, and ignored all emails or any attempts of her friends trying to contact her. She really wanted to just be alone. But she knew that she had to face the world eventually.
The only person who knew was Gajeel. Juvia looked around the crowd in search of her childhood friend, but before she could find him, she was intrupted by a:
"Juniors! Line up inside here please!" said a teacher with pink hair. Juvia slowly made her way toward the hall, keeping her head down. She tried to avoid making eye-contact with people, in the hopes they wouldn't see her tear-stained face. She also didn't want to face her friends just yet- she knew she had to explain why she ignored all of their calls, but this wasn't the place to do it. Not here. Not in front of everyone.
"My name is Mrs. Polyruska, and I will be the teacher in charge of juniors this year" she said with little enthusiasm. " Today is the first day of your high school career-" but she was interupted by the cheers and whoops that came from the crowd. Juvia glanced across the crowd and spotted Natsu with a large toothy grin. Mrs Polyruska, clearly annoyed, continued " Anyways, congratulations on making it this far..." Her expression changed and became devious. "But make NO mistake. It is a big jump going from junior school to high school. We are a lot stricter when it comes to discipline and grades. If we find any student under-performing or behaving inappropriately, I will see to it that you are expelled." Mrs Polyruska finished, clearly satisfied with what she just said.
A few gasps and gulps could be heard from the crowd. Juvia looked up, and studied the expressions across the room. Most students looked tense, and she caught sight of a worried Levy Mcgarden. " I don't know why she's stressing... She has nothing to be scared of." Juvia thought to herself and she smiled . It was so like Levy to get worked up over things when it was quite obvious she would come out victorious.
Juvia continued studying the tense crowd with a smile on her face. It was the first time in days that she smiled, and her cheeks felt strange from the seemingly new action. She glanced from person to person, recognising many of the students and seeing new ones. Her smile faltered when her eyes landed on him. And for some strange reason, he was staring right back at her.
For 2 split seconds, they held eye contact until Juvia quickly broke it off. Juvia decided that the speeches were much more interesting. For two years, Juvia had a crush on the one and only Gray Fullbuster. But not any more. Gray never missed an opportunity to tease and bully Juvia whenever he saw her. As a result, Juvia really despised Gray for what he did to her.
*Flash back*
Juvia stayed up all night trying to make the perfect card. After 57 rough drafts, she finally made what she deemed as 'the perfect card.'. " By tomorrow night, Juvia will be the happiest girl in the world" she smiled as she thought to herself. She glanced at her bedside clock and it read '01:00 am'. " whoops, dad would be angry if he knew Juvia was up this late." Juvia carefully placed her masterpiece inside her folder and into her school bag. She closed her eyes and drifted off into her happy dream land.
The next morning, she raced to school with her folder in hand. She considered making chocolates, but she felt that a card would be more expressive of her feelings. She also knew that this card couldn't be mistaken as a friendship card.
Juvia placed her masterpiece in his locker and hid around the corner until he arrived. When she saw him arrive at school, her heart began thumping and her palms became sweaty. As he approached his locker, Juvias breathing became irregular. She wanted to run for the hills, but her legs were too gooey to move. She waited and waiyed .
Gray opened his locker and out fell the pink heart-shaped card. He picked it up and read its contents.
"Dear Gray,
Happy Valentines day! You probably get this a lot, but I think you are a really cool person! Can you please meet me at break by the old cherry blossom tree? I have something very important to tell you... Don't be late, because this will be life changing for the both of us. ;)
Love,
Juvia Loxar"
Juvia watched Gray for any signs of emotion. After a few moments, and what seemed like an eternity to Juvia, Gray smiled. He closed his locker and walked to his first class. Juvias heart somersaulted and she tried very hard to contain her scream. " By the end of the day, we will be dating!" Juvia could not believe her plan worked! She raced to her first class, and begged for the hours to pass until her break. Juvia really was on cloud nine...
Or so she thought.
When the bell rang for break, Juvia sprinted to the cherry blossom tree. She arrived in a matter of seconds, and she could barely contain her excitement. She fixed her blue locks for the um-teenth time as she paced the ground. Juvias heart began pounding when she heard footsteps approaching.
"There you are! I was wondering when you would-" juvia stopped when she noticed that the person who arrived was not Gray. It was Natsu.
"N-n-natsu!" Juvia stammered, clearly not expecting him. Her happy expression fell. "W-w-what are you doing here?" Juvia asked quickly, and she noted the disturbed expression on his face.
"That's right. What AM I doing here?" Natsu asked, and he waved a familiar pink card in front of Juvias face. That card...looked very familiar...
"H-huh!?" Juvia answered intelligently. "Don't play dumb. You ARE the person who wrote it" Natsu said as he shoved the card into Juvias hand. Juvia quickly looked at the card and she saw that it was indeed her work of art. Except for one minor difference.
Gray's name was scratched out and replaced with Natsu's. She couldn't believe it. Gray had re-sent her card. And of all people to re-send it to, he sent it to her best friend's boyfriend.
Great. Just great.
"Well?" Natsu asked harshly. "You of all people should know that THIS can never happen" Juvia remained silent as the tears began to build in her eyes. Of course the dense Natsu never realised that she truly had feelings for his best friend. He was too dense to notice it. Dense natsu mistook the silence from Juvia as a sign that she was 'hurt' from his 'rejection'.
"Not only am I disturbed , but Lucy is your BEST FRIEND. Imagine how she would feel if she knew about-" but Juvia cut him off. "Shut up." she said coldly, and she could no longer contain her buildup of emotions. She fled from the scene, tears falling uncontrollably down her pale skin. "Wait Juvia, I didn't mean to.." Natsu shouted after her, but his attempts were pointless.
Juvia sprinted out of the school, not caring that she still had 3 more classes that day. She could not believe that her beloved Gray would do that to her. She thought that he was a kind person, but boy she was wrong. She ran and ran until she reached the town river, a place she always went to when she felt down.
She sat down by the river bank and lost control. She wailed, and coincidentally at the same time, a light drizzle of rain began to fall.
Juvia was heartbroken.
That was the last time she ever liked any boy. She vowed to never again easily wear her heart on her sleeve.
*End of flashback*
Ever since that day, Gray never missed an opportunity to tease or taunt Juvia.
"Now now Mrs Polyruska, dont frighten the poor students. Ahem, students, can I have your attention please." said a small elf-like man. "My name is Master Makarov, and I am your school principle!" he said with excitement. "Now let's have three cheers for making it into high school!" Makarov shouted.
The students erupted into applause whilst they cheered on the principle. Mrs Polyruska just stood there shaking her head, and Juvia could not help but smile at the scene. Fairy tail high had a reputation for rowdy behaviour, and Juvia knew that this was only the beginning of it.
After a few moments, Makarov waved his arms in the air, signalling the students to come to a silence. "Right, I hope that you will all be happy here during your stay at Fairy tail high. We are all one big family- we always cheer each other on and help each other during difficult times."
At this statement, Makarov paused momentarily and looked in Juvias direction . Juvia paled, and she instantly dropped her head, hoping that the other students wouldn't catch on. After Makarov sensed Juvia's discomfort, he hurriedly continued.
"Right, on Tuesday, there will be an assembly especially for all of you. In this assembly, I will give you all a break down of the school rules and what it means to be a fairytail high student. You will also be receiving details about your orientation camp this weekend."
At the mention of an orientation camp, there was a burst of excited whispers from the students. "Anyways, " makarov continued, "For now, Mrs Polyruska will sort you into your classes. Over to you" Makatov finished looking in Polyruskas direction.
"When you hear your name, please step forward." Mrs Polyruska pulled out a large scroll and read a long list of names. After about 15 names, she would stop and start again to signal the next home room class. Each time she finished reading out the names for a class, the group of students would exit the hall behind their new home room teacher.
Eventually, the number of students left in the hall was down to 15. "Right, you lot make the last home room class. Please step forward after I say your name"
Erza Scarlett
Levy Mcgarden
Lucy Heartfilia
Cana Alberons
Juvia Loxar
Mira-jane Strauss
Lisanna Strauss
Jellal Fernande's
Gajeel Redfox
Natsu Dragneel
Laxus Dreyer
Loke
Freed
Aries
And Gray Fullbuster
Please follow Mr Scorpio to your new home room class.
A huge weight lifted off of Juvias shoulders when she found out that all of her friends were in the same class as her. She smiled brightly when her friends approached her, but instead of rejoicing with her, they flooded her with the expected questions.
"Juviaaaaaa~" lucy whined. "Why weren't you answering your phone? You had us all worried sick!"
"Yeah" Levy piped up. "We all agreed to meet at my house before our first day, remember? Just what exactly happened?"
"They're right." Erza nodded. " We have been trying to contact you for the last 3 days, and your mom said you were busy." Said Erza sternly.
Juvias smile instantly vanished as she was brought back to reality. Oh right. That happened. Juvia got so caught up in the morning s events that her mind was finally taken off of that.
Her eyes began to tear up and her friends weren't expecting this reaction. Juvias breathing became shortened, and she struggled to keep a straight face. Just as Lucy was about to ask what was wrong, Master Makarov called Juvia.
"Juvia, a quick word please. The rest of you, go straight to your new class please. Laxus, can you also stay?" Juvia nodded quickly whilst the others left the hall. Juvia was very thankful to be saved like that. She blinked away her tears and regained her composure. Laxus grunted and walked to the other side of the hall. Juvia had a feeling the boy called Laxus knew what this was about.
The rest of her class gave Juvia a few glances, clearly not certain as to why she would be called out on the first day. As the others walked away, Juvias friends exchanged whispers " Just what was that about?" and "Do you think she is all right?"
After the rest of Juvias class exited the hall, Juvia turned to face Master Makarov- or rather look down upon. The moment she did, he gently placed a hand over hers and said "I am so sorry over what happened.. " . At this, Juvia could not take it anymore and burst into tears. There was a long silence where only Juvias sobbing could be heard. Once she calmed down, Makarov continued "Now you take all the time you need off from school. I must say, I am already impressed with your commitment to come to school."
Juvia smiled weakly. She never officially met the principle before, but she knew that she already liked him. " If you ever need anything, just come and see me. My office doors are always open. " Juvia nodded and gave a small thank you. " Just follow my grandson Laxus- he knows this school, he'll take you to your class."
At the mention of his name, Laxus started walking towards Juvia. Juvia looked up when she heard the approaching footsteps, and she was shocked that this large boy could be the small principles grandson. He had blonde hair, a large build and what looked like a large lightning scar on his face. To any stranger, this boys appearance would scare off a lot of people. But Juvia knew that one should never judge a book by its cover. Gajeel, her childhood friend was also scary looking, but deep down, he had a very soft spot.
Laxus understood why this blue-haired girl was confused. "Shocked? Well I understand why." he said with a smug look. He extended out an arm and put on a dashing smile " My name is Laxus. I will be your new class mate this year."
Juvia returned the smile. "A-ano, My name is j-j- juvia" she stammered. Juvia was never a shy person at heart, only around people she didn't know so well. Juvia too extended out an arm and shook Laxus's hand. "Cute" Laxus thought. "Well, just follow me this way"
Juvia followed Laxus through the large school, and she took in all the scenary. She remained silent the entire time, whilst she processed Makarovs words. "My door will always be open" she re-called. She smiled at this, which Laxus saw. Juvia lifted her head " It must be nice to have a grandfather like him." she said thoughtfully. Laxus grunted at this but said nothing. He continued to silently observe the bluenettes actions. He knew why she had been crying, He just didn't understand how she still managed to smile.
He decided to not bring up the touchy subject, so he said "well, if you need anything, you can also just ask me." and he once again gave her dashing smile. "Thank you Laxus- San. " and she too returned the smile. " Here we are" Laxus said as they arrived outside a blue door.
Laxus was about to open the door, but Juvia cried,"wait!". She thought for a moment and Laxus looked at her expectantly. "D-d-does Juvias face look... look red?" she stammered. Juvia did not want to walk into her new class looking like a mess.
Laxus examined her face up close and they held eye contact for a few seconds. Juvia was a bit thrown off by how close his face was. Laxus examined Juvia and found that her eyes were a little bit puffy, but other than that, she looked fine. "You look like a million bucks" and at this Juvia laughed. Laxus was also pleased with his little comment- he always liked making people laugh.
Juvia, still smiling brightly, tilted her head and said confidently,"well, then let's go in. Thank you Laxus." A small blush crept onto Laxus's face. This girl was cute. Really cute. Juvia opened the door and walked in, closely followed by Laxus.
Little did the pair know that behind them was a raven- haired boy watching on with a very confused and annoyed expression.
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And that's the first chapter! What did you think? Any suggestions? Please leave a comment of your thoughts.
I apologise for any spelling errors, but I typed this all on a tiny tablet. And I really hate touch screens.
* I'm sorry! I didn't know a few surnames, and a part of me thinks I made up Cana's! *runs for the hills*