Juvia was worried what Lucy might be up to, trying to seduce and steal Gray away from her, Juvia could just picture all of them in their tents, then that drasted Lucy sneaking into Gray's tent and trying to have her way with him. Though Juvia hated it all together when Gray was gone, if only she had the courage to ask him out once and for all, if only, if only...
Juvia walked toward the mission wall, perusing through, but nothing caught her attention in particular. She still had enough money to live another week or so, rent taken care of and food budget fine enough. Perhaps she would ask Gray to join her on her next quest, ah and there her mind goes again, she thought with a sigh. Juvia walked to Mirajane at the bar and asked for her usual special carbonated water drink with lemon. Juvia turned around to see a long bushel of black hair sitting at a table, his broad arms exposed from his black sleeveless shirt and walked towards him. Juvia lazily plopped herself down on the table, folding her arms and burring her face in the center
"What'sa matter rain-drop? Crush still out of town?" Gajeel muttered chewing on a platter of metal scraps in front of him. Juvia nodded, her head still flat on her arms. "Ah c'mon, he'll be back, and you'll be like 'oh gray-sama, oh gray-sama like ya do, you'll see, you always see" Juvia just grunted into the table. "Hey c'mon... cheer up." But his words were to no effect "You know I'm not good with words... or girls... or feelings, or that stuff" he muttered awkwardly
"You never have trouble talking to Juvia about Levy..." Juvia mumbled
"What was that?" a low feminine voice asked. Juvia shot up when she realized that Levy was sitting on the other side of the table, once reading a book but now just staring at Juvia. She was wearing an orange tank top, jean shorts and a yellow bandana to keep her hair up, with a smaller PantherLily next to her. Gajeel began choking on his food, a fluster as Lily grinned cheekishly.
"Juvia said that.. Juvia said that..."
"That Gajeel talks about me? What does he say?" Levy asked, leaning across the table to Juvia
"I never said anything!" Gajeel said, a fluster
"Does he ever say how pretty I am or something like that? C'mon you can tell me girl to girl"
"I never say anything like that!" Gajeel shouted, and then came the awkwardness that followed. Levy buried her face back in her book pouting, while Gajeel worriedly tried to come up with the words to apologize
"Levy... could Juvia possibly ask you something... girl to girl" Juvia mumbled. Levy looked up from her book, but when Gajeel tried to talk she held the cover up to block him out of her peripheral vision. "Juvia has been wanting to take things to the next level with Gray-sama, but if Juvia even thinks about it, Juvia gets... Juvia gets..." as she turned beat red, steam shot out of her ears and felt like her head exploded, "and then Juvia just gets...depressed" as she put her face back down on the table
"So you wanna get laid is that it?" Gajeel muttered, munching on his lunch
"Gajeel!" both girls screamed blushing at his comment. "Girls don't... " Levy started, clearing her throat "girls don't 'get laid' we.. make love. And that's only when we're ready and in love"
"Uh hu sure, and rain-drop isn't ready to get her socks rocked and pop out 20 kids for him?" Levy was going to retort, but the dreamy look on Juvia's face, holding her cheeks and swaying side to side at the idea of having that many children with Gray spoke for itself.
"Oh! Levy, perhaps you have books on this kind of situation for Juvia to read, on how to help make babies with Gray-sama" As it was now Levy's turn to turn beat red and shoot steam out her ears.
"I-I-I do not"
"Lair" muttered Gajeel and Cana, who was sitting in the next table behind Lilly and Levy
"Listen Juvia, if you want Gray to notice you try just.. playing it cool, try and be, I don't know, like calm and mysterious and sexy" Levy offered
"Juvia does not know how to do those things, are those even things Gray-sama would like?"
"See that right there" Gajeel snorted "Cut the -sama crap, just call him Gray-san, or just Gray, cool it down and maybe he won't think you're a psycho"
"Gray-sama thinks Juvia is a psycho!?" Juvia cried as she almost ran off home to cry but Gajeel grabbed her by the back of her shirt
"Calm down nut-bar, just take my advice and treat him like you treat me or book-worm"
"Are we having relationship troubles?" Lisanna asked as she brought Juvia her drink. "This is still so weird for me, the Gray I knew was all over my other Juvia" But this only caused Juvia to cry into Lisanna's shoulder hysterically. "Lisanna please tell Juvia more stories about the Gray-sama who loved Juvia!"
"I'm not going to, that wasn't your Gray, you just need to focus on this one and things will work themselves out, I promise"
"You wanna know my advice?" Cana offered from the other table "You could try relating to him, like what he likes, do what he does"
"That might work, Juvia will have to give this all some thought, like.. what kinds of things does Gray-sama like or do?"
"Just do the one thing Gray is good at doing" Cana said taking out a tarot card and zapping open all the buttons on Juvia blouse, exposing her black bra with light blue frills for the guild to see. Lilly spat out the kiwi juice he was drinking, Levi rushed over to block Gajeel's view with her book while Lisanna threw herself to stop the male guild members from being able to see Juvia who quickly buttons her blouse back up.
"Juvia could never do such a thing Cana, please do not embarrass me like that" As Cana laughed in her drunken stupor
"You can listen to what ever these guys or anyone else comes up with, but in the end it all falls on you Juvia, so you gotta ask yourself, what are you willing to do if you wanna make something with Gray" Juvia put this all to thought, when the doors to the guild opened and he appeared.
It was like the sun came with him, he had a heavenly glow behind him, though to the others it may just actually be the sunshine behind him. But to Juvia, he brought the sun and raised the moon. However, this time he returned, unsurprisingly without his shirt, and as is custom in his line of work, covered in dirt, blood and scars.
Erza, Natsu, Happy, Lucy, Wendy and Charla followed behind, looking equally tattered, as Erza went to Makarov to discuss payment. Natsu and Happy went home, while Charla, Lucy and Wendy sat down to talk. Gray made his way to a lounge chair in the middle of the guild. And before Juvia realized it, she was already next to him
"Hello Gray-sama"
"Hello Juvia" Gray said with a great sigh. Not directed as her, but just exhaustion from his trip and finally being able to sit down. Juvia could hear it in his tone, and gave it no extra thought. He rubbed his face is his hands, then took a deep breathe in and looked up, giving her direct eye contact with a tired smile.
"How was your mission?" Juvia beamed sitting down in an equally tall and cushy chair facing him, a very short table between them.
"It was rough, but boy will the pay be good. Right now, I just really need a drink"
"Rum and coke?" Juvia jumped
"Yeah..with a sing-
"Single maraschino cherry. Your favorite, Juvia will get it for you" She smiled and ran over to the bar, gleefully humming, arms up to her shoulders swaying her hips as she skipped. Grays tired eyes followed her swaying hips, juicy ass and never ending legs. 'Having your own psycho stalker isn't all bad I guess' Gray never realized how much he actually enjoys Juvia's presence until he's away from her for long periods of time, and this trip he found he really, truly missed her.
Juvia carefully brought Gray his drink and her own from moments ago, taking her seat across from him. While reaching for his drink, Gray looked over to Juvia sitting back down accidentally and unknowingly flashing him a peak of her leopard print panties before closing her legs and sitting properly. Gray decided to be a gentleman and not mention it, but just enjoy the little peak at heaven god blessed him with for even a second.
"So Juvia, what is on your mind" Gray smiled as he took a sip from his drink. Sitting up right to not spill his drink, Juvia got a good look as his toned muscles which she had missed for so long.
"...Beef...cake..." Juvia drooled and muttered to herself, her cheeks tinted pink
"Come again? You're mumbling" Gray asked sitting his drink back down.
"Hu? ugh, beef..steak? Beef-Steak, I..." Juvia stuttered now flustered that Gray caught her checking him out. " I..I would, like, LOVE to make you, ugh dinner tonight".
'She's pretty cute when she's flustered' Gray thought to himself "You want to make me dinner, at your place I take it?"
"Oh, I, ugh, well, I mean, that would be" Juvia caught herself, let out a calming breath and began to fidget with her fingers. "If you would like it, yes, Juvia would love to make Gray-sama a welcome home meal" 'Here it comes Juvia, Gray-sama will dismiss it, and you'll feel like an idiot and-'
Gray saw her cheeks flushed, he knew how much courage this must take from her. She's usually so transparent, wearing her emotions on her sleeve and saying whatever she wants. But to see her flustered and nervous, Gray could not help but smile.
"Sure"
It took a moment for his words to process, Juvia looked down at her fingers anticipating rejection only to hear acception
"W-what?"
"I said, sure Juvia, I would love to come to your place for a home cooked meal. Just don't be weird about it, ok?" Gray smiled with a chuckle
"Oh Gray-sama, this makes Juvia so happy. I will, I, I, I shall go prepare for it right now and make sure everything is perfect." Juvia jumped up from her chair and headed for the door, but tripped over sideways the small table between them and fell face forward, ass up, flipping her skirt up and exposing her leopard print panties to the guild, but aimed at Gray.
"Jeez Juvia, make him dinner first" Cana laughed
"Yeuuup..that's ugh..that's the plan.." Juvia mumbled, annoyed, humiliated and wallowing in despair, face down in the ground. Gray awkwardly cleared his throat into his palm blushing, reached over and attempted to pull her skirt back over her underwear. Juvia 'eeped' at Gray touching her tushy, jolting to an upright position.
"Yes, well, ugh, Juvia is off and away now Gray-sama. Please come over around 7 o'clock and Juvia will have everything all ready for you" Juvia backed away awkwardly to the door. With a great sigh, popping the cherry into his mouth Gray wondered what he had just gotten himself into.
"She is just a typhoon stuffed into a corset isn't she?" came a cool feminine voice, Gray peeked back to see Erza sitting down in Juvia's chair then turned back to make sure Juvia made it safely out the door. She didn't, first she literally tripped over Makarov but turned it into a back flip over him, then landed on her feet. She then turned back to face Gray waving good bye cheerfully as she pepped out the door.
"Yeah, I'm not really sure what I've just agreed to, but she's like a puppy you know" Gray chuckled as once Juvia thought Gray couldn't see her anymore (he could through the windows) she did an extended happy dance outside then sprinted back to her apartment.
"A puppy in eternal heat. I'm surprised you didn't check your drink for a roofie" Erza chuckled as she split her strawberry cake slice with her dinner fork.
"Hey, she only did that like, the one time. Besides she means well, she's just..a little enthusiastic. She doesn't know how to handle herself. Sure it can be annoying, like really annoying, but she's pretty sweet through it all." Gray smiled sipping his drink.
"Well if she gets out of line, send her down to my room for punishment" Erza said biting into her fork
"Punishment?" Gray asked
"Oh yes, just like you and Natsu, when ever I see Juvia acting...out of line, I make sure to take her aside that night and.. well..." Erza looked left and right, then nudged Gray closer. He complied and leaned in so she could whisper
"Take her over my knee and spank her" Erza grinned mischievously. Gray could feel his throat dry out, his pants tighten (if he was even still wearing them) and his cheeks flush.
"But isn't she like, into that? She told me once or twice that-" Gray began but Erza cut him off
"Ah there's the genius. She likes it when a strong dominant man, such as yourself, overpowers her. Especially if it's you, really. But she can't stand it if a woman spanks her, she finds it humiliating though I think part of her still secretly likes it"
"Or maybe you just like it" Gray retorted, cheeks still a fluster. He had never ever seen this side of Erza before. She chuckled at his words.
"Perhaps I do...perhaps I do" Erza smiled evilly as she ate her strawberry, sitting back in her chair.
"Since when did you have a sexy side" Gray chuckled also leaning back into his chair.
"I've always had a sexy side. I just kept it hidden from you, atleest in the public eye. I am a lady after all." Erza said cooly, brushing her long red hair behind her ear "Women are complex creatures Gray. Oh and just a little reminder, sex is forbidden in the girls dorm, of which I am the floor supervisor. Now I trust you as a responsible adult, it's Juvia I don't trust. So if she gets to be too much to handle, or if you feel your manly will start to break down just send her my way" Erza said with a wink. "I'll leave you alone, don't think you'll be able to get up for a while" Erza giggled looking down at Grays raging public erection.
Gray let out a sigh. Not only did he just agree to a dinner date with Juvia, but now he discovers Erza is some kind of secret sexy sadist. Who regularly spanks, what might as well be his girlfriend. And now he's stuck with one of the greatest erections of his life and he's stuck in the guild.
'well...' he sighed to himself as he stood up, his underwear magically disappeared as it usually does. 'its not like everyone hasn't seen my dick before' as Gray went home to "deal with his problem"