Author's Note: A series of super late Gruvia drabbles for Gruvia Week's First prompt that will be sparsely updated over the weeks. All these are pretty short (the longest barely reaches 1,000 words) and I hope they make ya smile! Reviews are always super appreciated! :)

i.

After rehearsing several times in his head, Gray walked into the guildhall, dark eyes scanning the room for vibrant blue hair and a cheery, "Gray-sama!" greeting. He found her relatively quickly, idly chatting with Lyon and smiling politely about something.

Great, he thought, brow furrowing at the sight of the silver-haired man. Now this was going to be more complicated than he wanted.

Rolling his shoulders back, Gray approached the two, clearing his throat when he was at their side. Lyon paused as Juvia glanced over her shoulder, her face instantly brightening before she turned towards him.

"Gray-sama!" she chirped while Lyon glowered.

He nodded. "Juvia." He glared at Lyon, silent—his glower was acknowledgement enough.

Juvia merely prattled on, oblivious to the tension between the boys. "Lyon-sama was just telling Juvia about his last mission—"

"Yeah great," Gray interrupted, shifting his gaze to hers. "Listen, Juvia."

The girl blinked, waiting expectantly.

Gray shifted, idly scratching the back of his head. He'd practiced exactly what he was going to say, but now he was drawing a complete blank. Stupid Lyon and his annoying presence, why'd he have to show up today of all days—

"If you don't have anything to say," the said man cut in, snapping Gray out of his reverie, "Juvia-chan and I were having a nice conversation—"

"I'm hungry."

Damn it, so much for all that practice.

Lyon arched a brow as Juvia tilted her head. "Gray-sama's hungry?" she repeated, hands folded neatly in her lap.

"Yeah," he muttered, scratching the back of his head again, "so let's grab food."

"Great!" added Lyon, "I know just the place—"

"Not you," Gray growled, glaring before looking to Juvia. "You."

"Eh?" she peeped, popping a hand over her mouth. "Gray-sama and Juvia alone?" Her face erupted in a blush. "D-D-D-Date?!"

Gray shrugged, cheeks growing warm as he shoved his hands in his pockets.

"You coming or what," he muttered, flicking his gaze to her, only to find her seat empty. She had already glued herself to his arm, squealing and nuzzling his shoulder with little hearts springing around her.

"What flavor should the wedding cake be, Gray-sama?" she asked, eyes sparkling.

He flinched. "What goes on inside your head?!"

Juvia laughed merrily, snuggling his shoulder as he led her out of the guild.

first time asking her out