silent noises

Chapter:1

" juvia, I wanna break up with you."

That was first thing she heard that evening classes when she met gray. The class was empty after the school hours. She was doing her homework like usual until her car came to pick her up. He came in like any other day and put his bag on the teacher's desk and took a chair beside her.

Her uniform clean and tidy just as if she came to school. Her legs joined together in girly way. Her uniform collar suffocating her breath. Yes, her life was suffocating. She was tired of her own life while every teen finding themselves love, affection, future they wanna build prepared. While, she was robot who was to do what she was said to do, nothing more nothing less.

Her hands that were doing homework stopped for a second but resumed again. Gray looked at her impassive face in confusion. Here he was talking about the break up and she was doing her freaking homework. Same, he was never going to understand this girl, even if he dated her for the freaking one whole month. Her expressions were rare that he rarely saw at the gym classes or while she was hurt while playing.

"juvia?" he said in still confusion.

Juvia sighed finally letting the pen stop and rolling it out smoothly over book and closed it. She took a deep breath adjusting her thick glasses that covered almost half of her nose too.

"juvia knows…" she said with a smile but gray couldn't see the sadness in her eyes.

"you know?" he was even more confused.

"yep. juvia kinda guessed you would break up with her today. It's been a exact month since we got together. It must be the last day of our relationship." She said in her logical mode. She had counted every single thing since the last month. There were so many and most happiest moments of her school life. Guess, the happy life was over, over, over…. She once again sighed internally.

'she knew? How?' gray looked at her back as she started packing things in to her bag.

"juvia… I…." he Started but juvia cut him off.

"juvia knows you are here to break up and she is fine with it. It's OK, I understand. It must have been a bet from your friends… right?" she said with a sad smile.

"you knew all along and you never said a word about it. Why?" he too said getting up.

"she kinda guessed that part. Well no one would come and ask juvia out on a date and relationship that easily.. It's even stupid to say and no stupid would come forward to do something like that." She said looking down.

Something inside gray's heart felt tighten and he swallowed a lump in his throat. Juvia was looking anywhere but him. And gray felt like an ass for hurting her like that. He thought he would get rid of her. Even though, their last month of fake relationship was a game, she looked like she was happy and now…

"juvia I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt your feelings like this. The guys just had this bet and who ever would date would get an five thousand dollars and I just some money urgently-" juvia turned and hushed him before he could say anything more.

"it's okay. Juvia knows you did not do this purpose and you had your own reasons for it." She said smiling faintly though her eyes were glassy inside her glasses..

"then why did you just not reject me the day I asked you out?" he was perplexed on her behaviour.

"juvia knew this was a game. She too played along because she wanted at least one guy to ask her out which you finally did. And juvia wanted to experience what relationship and love felt even if it was just fake…. And I must say, I had very wonderful moments with all of your friends and juvia is really great full for them-"

"juvia, my love may be a bet, but my friendship was true and all of my friends too.. I would never something like that.." he said cutting her out. He looked sad for her.

Juvia wondered if it was he was really feeling right know. She was getting confused at his each statement. No one would be friend to her. She was a freaking nerd. And her traitor heart was also starting to beat faster betraying. She was starting to feel emotions for this man for the first time after complete one month of fake relationship.

"juvia is really really greatful then.. Thank you for offering your friendship to someone like juvia.. "

"but-"

"gray-sama, it's fine. Even though it was all a bet for and your friends, it was nice memory for juvia. She had her first caramade franks because of you, she had company in doing homework, she had people she can actually talk to and share her feelings and for the first time she shared lunchboxes. And she saw the first rainbow of her life… and there many more things that are 'firsts' for juvia and I cherish all those moments – "

Before she could say anything else the door of classroom opened revealing bora in his uniform while carrying his bag. Juvia looked worried for a moment and deepened even more seeing his smirking face.

"so done doing the breakup… rain girl.." he said smirking. Juvia looked down in a frown. Gray saw the look on bora's face and could tell juvia was not very happy with bora's expression.

Gray just wanted to punch him right on face. This guy was just getting on his nerves. How could he say such things when he knew she was hurting.

"if you are done with it.. We need to get home. I have match with Invel and I don't wanna lose that and that too because of person like you. ." He said walking over to juvia took her hands with his and pulled her out.

Gray felt his blood boil seeing bora like that, sure he was a rich ass in school but not in his circle. He looked over juvia, she was biting her lips as if to control her tears. Bora suddenly bent down and whispered something in to Juvia's ear and juvia started trembling that made the him grin like an idiot. He didn't care at her expression but was clearly enjoying it. And pulled her roughly towards the door.

"no one is ever gonna love a nerd like you. So, stop putting your hopes up you ugly face. Now get going." He said still with that grinning face. Juvia's face still remained emotionless and gray thought for a second she was trying to ignore him.

Gray stood like a rock for a minute until they went out of class. The last thing he saw before she left was a tear trickle down her face from under her thick glasses. But her face still remained impassive.

When he went out to look, the next he saw was juvia being hurriedly shoved in to back seat of car and bora went to sit beside the driver. Juvia looked scared and gray never so protective towards anyone like that before as in that moment.

He couldn't understand how a monster like him was even related to her. Oh! Right. He was her fiance.

Juvia was always a shy type girl who barely talked to anyone. Her lunchs were always alone while everyone ate with along their friends. She was a good student but never the eye catcher like at first didn't understand why she was like nerd. She was always the private person of their class. She was the daughter of Jose porla, the ceo of the phantom company, the top toy producing company.

Guess, rich people were always more private when it came to their personal matters. And he definitely did not want a complicated life like her one but he wanted to make her smile again. He shook his head to clear his thoughts. Even though he was angry at himself for hurting juvia like that, he decided that first he would do tomorrow was apologise to her.

And next day onwards she never came back to school. Gray and their friends tried to know about her and talk to her but never got anything. Gray never felt so guilty in his whole life.

Juvia lockser, hope I would meet you again..