So, I know I promised three other fics, BUT I had inspiration for this one and I'm really excited for this one. It's a Gruvia neighbors!au. And it's Multichapter! Also this chapter takes place in the past when Juvia is moving in during the summer before 9th grade. There will be clichés.
It was a hot June day and Gray was going to melt. He was down to his shorts and lying on his room floor, listening to whatever pop song was playing on the radio. He could hear birds chirping and moving vans pull in and out of the neighboring house. Gray started closing his eyes for a quick nap, well that was until he was hit in the face with a water balloon.
"What the hell!" Gray sat up quickly to see no one but his best friend holding three more water balloons. Natsu quickly chucked another water balloon and Gray's face.
"Come outside Ice Princess! It's a beautiful day." You see, unlike Gray, Natsu adored summer weather.
"How did you even get in here Flame Brain?" Gray asked, still half sleep but also relieved for the cool down the water balloons brought.
"Lyon let me in," Natsu replied casually.
"Of course," Gray said getting up, turning of the radio.
He and Natsu went out to Gray's front yard where they played volleyball while watching the movers carry furniture into the new neighbor's house.
"Ya know, Lucy said that there's a girl in our grade moving over there," Natsu said while passing the ball.
"And how would Lucy know that," Gray replied, setting the ball back to Natsu.
"Apparently the new girl is friends with Gajeel," Natsu spiked the ball down at Gray.
"What the heck Natsu, I wasn't ready!" The ball narrowing missing his face.
The volleyball bounced of the ground and up into the tree that's next to Gray's window. The tree that's also in between the new neighbor's and Gray's house.
"Natsu look what you did!" Gray yelled.
"Me! You're the one that missed the ball, so it's your fault!"
"You should've warned me!"
"Do you get warnings in real volleyball games Gray? Does the spiker stop in mid-air and send you a little text that says that the ball is coming to you? Huh Gray!"
He wasn't wrong.
"Ok, but whose gonna get it?" Gray asked.
"Rock, paper, scissors." Natsu answered.
"Best two out of three," Gray smirked.
"This is why I don't go outside," Gray complained while climbing the tree.
"While you're doing that, I'm gonna go make Lyon get me some ice cream. Do you want anything?" Natsu yelled up at him, his hands cupped around his mouth to make his voice louder.
"Mint chocolate chip," Gray yelled back down. He could see the pink haired boy running into the house, yelling for Lyon as he got closer.
After climbing for a few minutes, Gray finally reached the top of the tree. Just as he was reaching for the volleyball, a stupid squirrel jumped onto the same branch the volleyball was stuck on. The ball fell towards the left side of the tree. This wouldn't normally be a problem, but the left side of the tree was towards the neighbor's house. The ball tumbled straight into an open window and rolled right out of sight.
"Dammit!" Gray cursed. Natsu would laugh at him, but he couldn't possibly sneak into that house. Right? So Gray is going to go right down this tree and tell Natsu that the ball is gone forever and they should just do something else. Right?
Gray let out a groan. He started climbing towards the open window. He pulled himself into the window and landed on his butt. He could hear the moving of furniture and the people scuttling around downstairs.
"Get the ball, don't get caught, get out." Gray repeated this like a mantra as he searched around the room. There wasn't even that much furniture in the room, so where could the volleyball have even gone!
Gray heard the door creak open and he frantically searched for a place to hide, but as he stated before, there wasn't much in the room. So Gray did the next best thing. He froze.
A girl walked in holding a box piled high with stuff. She had blue hair that went to her shoulders and ocean blue eyes. She was wearing a baby blue sundress that complemented her pale skin nicely. When she set down the box she let out a relieved sigh. The girl looked up to Gray standing completely still in the center of her room.
"Hi," Gray said, giving her a small smile and a wave.
The blue haired girl stood there in complete shock for a few more seconds then let out a scream. This startled Gray as well. The girl started throwing things from the box at him.
"How did you get in Juvia's room!" the girl yelled. Who's Juvia? Gray thought to himself while dodging the miscellaneous items being chucked at him.
"Are you here to kidnap Juvia? Or perhaps you're here to steal Juvia's cat? You can't have Teru!" the girl continued throwing things at him until it clicked.
"Your names Juvia?" Gray asked suddenly. The girl nodded her head.
"Oh, ok Juvia. Have you seen a volleyball anywhere in here, it sort of fell in through your window."
Juvia looked at him blankly and was about to answer until she heard footsteps coming toward her room. In a panic she shoved Gray into her closet and closed it just as her door bust open.
"Juvia! What the hell is that screaming about?" Gray stilled at the voice.
"Oh it was just a spider Gajeel-kun. Nothing serious," Juvia said in a dismissive tone.
Gray did his best to stay completely still. He looked to his right to see boxes of shoes, clothes, and his volleyball.
His volleyball! He grabbed it and kept it close to him. Gray could still hear Gajeel and Juvia talking in the room. He looked down at the ball to see it had some yellow powder on it. He put his face a little closer and immediately regretted it. It was pollen. Gray was allergic to pollen. Without warning he let out three consecutive sneezes.
"What the hell was that?" Gajeel yelled.
"Um, probably the TV," Juvia suggested.
"Juvia, the damn TV isn't even set up yet. I think it came from your closet."
"That's impossible Gajeel-kun!"
Gray sneezed again.
Gajeel threw open the door to see Gray sitting in the closet.
"Hey Gajeel," Gray said.
"What is he doing here Juvia!"
"You guys know each other?" Juvia said, suddenly confused.
"Yeah, we go to the same school," Gray said helpfully.
"So Juvia will see you at school too?" Juvia said.
"What is he doing in your closet Juvia!"
"He climbed in through the window."
Gajeel reached to grab Gray by his collar, but realized Gray wasn't wearing a shirt.
"Where's your shirt Stripper!"
"It's too hot for clothes Gajeel."
"Stripper?"
"Gray! Where did you go? Lyon has your ice cream!" Gray heard Natsu yell from outside.
"The Salamander is here too?" Gajeel groaned.
"Who?" Juvia asked.
"That's for another time," Gajeel replied.
"I'll be leaving now," Gray said, positioning himself to climb out the window.
"Oh, and Juvia, if you ever need anything, my window is right across from yours," he said with a wink.
Gajeel was about to yell curses at him, but Gray was already gone.
Natsu watched Gray climb down from the tree with the volleyball in hand.
"What took you so long Ice Princess? I was starting to get worried," Natsu said, handing Gray an ice cream cone.
"I met the new girl," was his simple reply.
"Ooh, was she cute?"
"Yeah, I guess. But Gajeel was there."
"See I told you!"
"Whatever."
Woah that was a weak ending. Um, Juvia's cat is named Teru like her Teru Teru Bozu dolls. Also I head cannon Gray's favorite ice cream is Mint Chocolate chip.