Hi everyone! I know I said I was going to take a break, but here's my first multi-chapter fanfic instead. I'm still deciding if I'm going to post multiple chapters in a week or just one a week. It's not going to be a particularly long fanfic though. Again it's Laxus x Juvia, you know the drill. All reviews, follows, favourites and messages are appreciated. Thank you.
I don't own Fairy Tail, it belongs to Hiro Mashima.
It was just an average day. Like any other…no reason for Juvia to be absolutely losing her mind over the fact that she has just jumped Laxus, kissed him, then ran off. No just a completely normal day. Okay. Maybe an explanation is needed for how Juvia has ended up hiding in Laxus' bathroom, trying to decide whether she can fit through his window, and run home without him noticing (or being able to do it without making any noises because of his damn dragon senses, which she didn't love at all…no sir).
Well it really was all Gray's fault.
Juvia had woken ecstatic, because Gray had promised her that they could go on a mission together today and it had been all she could think about for days. She had been so excited that she hadn't been able to sleep properly all night. So as soon as first light filtered through her curtains, Juvia had jumped up and began getting ready for the day. Hell-bent on spending every minute she could with Gray today, so that finally he may return her feelings. She had arrived at the guild before almost anyone (excluding Mira-jane of course) and sat waiting for her beloved to turn up. As she had arrived so early, she had understood that by noon (though she had been waiting hours) that he hadn't turned up. Silently she sat there at the bar watching everyone filter in. Everyone but Gray and the rest of Team Natsu. Her heart sunk more each hour that past. No one bothered to approach her, everyone knew what Gray had promised her today, and everyone (apart from her) knew that he wasn't coming to fulfil that promise. But no one wanted to be the one to tell the emotional water mage that he wasn't coming. They didn't want another guild hall flood.
It had reached closing time and nearly everyone had made to quickly vacate the guild hall, because the last person left was going to have to be the one to tell Juvia. All that remained was Mira-jane, Laxus and Juvia herself. Even Cana had been carried away at some point during the night after passing out on a table. Mira-jane was preparing herself for having to tell Juvia, something she had been dreading all day. But before she could make it over to her after cleaning the tables, she saw Laxus making his way over. So instead of watching she made herself scarce.
Laxus had been watching Juvia all night. He'd come in around noon-ish and he'd noticed her sitting by herself at the bar. Constantly watching the doors. Her head shooting up to them each time they opened, and then dropping in disappointment each time someone else came in. He hadn't known what was wrong until he'd asked Freed.
"Freed?" Laxus had diverted his attention from their resident water mage to his most loyal friend.
"Yes Laxus?" Freed's attention was now fully focused on him, discarding the book he was currently reading.
"What's up with the rain woman? She seems off, even for her." He didn't want to sound mean, but lately Laxus had been spending more time than he'd even admit to himself watching her. Not in a creepy way. But she had just been someone who had caught his attention for the past couple weeks, after she had brought him soup when she had found out he was ill. They had never been that close of friends and he couldn't figure out why she cared enough to go out her way to bring him soup, but he had thanked her non the less (in his own begrudging, if not slightly rude way) and she had blushed and told him that he didn't need to thank her for it. He still couldn't figure out why she had done it, or even why she blushed. But worse was he couldn't figure out why he couldn't stop thinking about her; and it was starting to annoy him.
"Well…", he got closer to Laxus so that his now hushed voice wouldn't have any chances of reaching her ears, "Gray had promised her that they would be going on a mission together today. But instead, he's gone on a mission with the rest of his team, without telling or even inviting her. I think she's been here all morning waiting for him to turn up." Freed's voice had become sullen and sympathetic. Though he knew that Juvia wouldn't want his pity.
Laxus was boiling with anger on the inside. But on the outside, he was the face of indifference. He couldn't fathom why she loved that ice-prick so much, nor why he in turn was so hell-bent on hurting Juvia and refusing the love she so carelessly offers him. Like every girl would be so willing to devote themselves to him. That she was nothing but an annoyance and a replaceable annoyance at that! But keeping his voice level he managed a somewhat normal response.
"So why hasn't anyone told her he isn't coming?" There was a bite to his voice, but Freed didn't dwell on it.
"No one wants to be the one to break her heart." With this Freed got up and made his way over to the bar to talk to Mira-jane. Laxus presumed it was probably to talk about who should tell Juvia. Because if there is anyone who could let her down softly, it would be Mira. But as he watched Mira shake her head after looking at Juvia and walking off, Laxus knew even Mira didn't want to have to break her heart either. So Laxus decided: if no one bucks up the balls to tell her today, then he would. He'd wait until the end of the night, and he'd do right by Juvia.