Hi! Welcome to my first fairytail fic! I just love the idea of Juvia being in love triangle between these two awesome ice mages (even though I'm all aboard the Gruvia ship). So, I decided to create this fic that centers around them in a (AU) high school setting. So please enjoy and tell me what you think. :)
Disclaimer: I don't own Fairytail...
3 years ago
"I love you," Juvia says finally letting out her pent up emotions out. Now, Juvia almost never addresses herself directly in the 1st person unless it was an emergency. In this case, a declaration of love, on the last day of middle school (ever). She needs to let him know. They stand on the cold rooftop of the school, the December air still chilly as ever, snowing. Gray stands coolly in his spot, hands casually in his pocket, unaffected by the cold air. Juvia gulps and moves closer towards him.
"Gray sama, Juvia understands if you don't accept. Juvia just wants to say that it's been an amazing three years together and Juvia cherishes the fun times we had together. Juvia is just glad to be there for you and Juvia will always be your-" she is cut off with a sudden kiss. Eyes slowly melting like snowflakes melting on the collar of his unbuttoned coat. A hand goes under her chin, gently pulling her away from the kiss. Her eyes are half-lidded, lips parted as if she was asleep in a dream.
"Idiot, don't say shit whenever you want like that," he pulls her closer and whispers in her ear,
"You are mine." Her eyes widen, face hot from the heat of his voice despite the cold temperature outside. Their lips join again, with the same words that run through her mind, you are mine. Those words that would be left unforgotten for years to remember.
Present
"Gray sama!" Juvia cries from school gate entrance of Magnolia High. Gray turns around at the sound of his name to find his enthusiastic girlfriend waving and running towards him. She finally catches up to him, huffing and puffing from loss of breath. She regains her composure.
"Are you ready to begin our third year as seniors?" Juvia holds onto Gray's hand and starts walking with him to school's third-year foyer. Gray sighs,
"One year closer of getting out of this school that's for sure." Juvia laughs, she was definitely going to miss this school, that's why she decided she is going to make senior year the best year she will remember. As they walk up to the third year foyer, a boy with salmon pink hair comes up to them out of nowhere.
"Gray!" He points, "I've found you! You can't behind your girlfriend forever!" His eyes flame with excitement. Gray yawns and runs a hand through his black spiky hair.
"Natsu, the only reason I'm not facing you is because, I don't want to make you cry home to your 'daddy'," Gray lazily retaliates. Juvia shakes her head, smiling; they always start the new school year or semester with a bang.
"Come on, this is our last year, one of the last tests to see who's the strongest in this school," Natsu clenches his fist directly in front of Gray's face. Gray raises an eyebrow and smacks his fist out of his face.
"Fine, same place?" Gray asks not missing a beat.
"You bet!" Natsu snickers, "And don't be late, I don't want to miss dinner when I'm winning," with a warning, he stalks off into the crowd of new seniors.
"It's usually him, that's late, kicking his ass" Gray says to Juvia. Juvia giggles. They change into their brown third-year shoes and walk together to check their class. Class 3B. Juvia screams with excitement, I'm with Gray sama! She tugs on Gray's arm, who's busy checking the list of people in their class, intently.
"Gray sama, Gray sama!" Juvia continues to tug on Gray's arm for his attention.
"Huh, what?" Gray looks at Juvia a few seconds later with a lost look in his eyes. Juvia notices this and asks,
"Are you ok? You seem lost about something," Gray waves her off,
"I'm fine; I was just blanking out for a sec. So we're in the same class," Gray smirks devilishly at her. Juvia furiously blushes. They walk up to their class and see that already the class is packed with loud seniors.
"Alright settle down," they hear the voice of the homeroom teacher come inside the class. The class settles down and takes their seats.
"Hey don't get too comfortable because you're going to have to change seats." The class of students groans in response. Juvia taps her desk nervously; will she get a seat next to her Gray sama? The teacher finally says her name,
"Loxar Juvia, 2nd row, the top left corner next to Vastia Lyon by the window," the teacher points to her new seat. Juvia's heart skips a beat, no Gray sama? Juvia looks at her new desk buddy who looks back with curiosity. He has light silver-blue hair that is styled up, with bangs that partially cover one side of his eye. Onyx eyes that is sharp, showing no fear in them. He turns his head towards the window with elbows leaning casually on his desk. Juvia takes her seat quietly. The teacher after a while calls out Gray's name. Gray smiles as he takes his seat next to a blond girl named Lucy Heartfilia. Juvia notices his seat very far away from hers and mentally curses.
"Alright before you introduce yourselves, I'll be fair and introduce myself first, I'm Mr. Fernandes, 26 years old; I once used to sit in your very seats when I was a student here. I enjoy teaching others and learning a few things myself. This is my 3rd year teaching so I look forward with working with you." Mr. Fernandes finishes his introduction.
"Do you have a girlfriend?" One brave girl asks from the class. The class hoots with curiosity. Mr. Fernandes blushes a little and rubs the back of his neck.
"I'll keep that a secret for now," Mr. Fernandes dodges the question and takes his own seat. This excites the class more with curiosity. The rest of the homeroom class is filled with intros about themselves. Juvia sees it's almost her turn, starts to tap her feet nervously, anticipating her turn after her partner is done.
"Vastia Lyon, I don't like anything in particular, but one thing I do love is winter or cold weather. It kind of suits my personality in a way; I feel more in my zone, relaxed. I'm not afraid to take on any new challenges, so hit me with your best shot," Lyon sits down, concluding his introduction. Juvia tilts her head at him with interest; he's kinda like Gray sama.
"Next!" Juvia snaps out of her thoughts and stands up.
"Hello, Loxar Juvia, is who Juvia is. Juvia likes water parks, swimming or anything water related," she says nervously, some laughs and giggles escape from the class, "Juvia plans on making senior year the best year, so Juvia plans on working with you all," she quickly finishes her intro hastily and sits down.
"Isn't that the girl who speaks in the third person?"
"Yeah it is!"
"What age does she think she is, three?" The class snorts in laughter. Juvia can feel her cheeks burn up as the whispers get increasingly louder. She keeps her sight guarded, afraid to look at them.
"I think it's amazing!" a voice says loudly enough to make all of the whispers stop at once. Juvia looks up to see that is and sees it's that Lyon guy.
"Yea, I think it's cool, something out of the ordinary. It shows she's different; she's her own person, not like the people you see today: plastic, cheap, fake. So if you have a problem with it, then you are one of these quote unquote plastic, cheap people." He looks at the class, one by one, death in his glare. The class backs off and stays quiet. Juvia looks at Lyon with astonishment. His eyes are head strong, attentive and ready. How can someone who barely knows her, say so many beautiful things as if he knew her already? He glances at her and Juvia immediately averts her gaze. Gray leans back in chair, watching the whole thing unfold. Mr. Fernandes smiles and says,
"I think it's unique as well; it brings a new splash of color to our everyday lives. Thank you, Mr. Vastia, for such a beautiful interpretation and thank you Ms. Loxar for being in this class. Well, I think that's enough intros for today, we'll finish tomorrow if we have time." The bell rings signaling homeroom has officially ended.
"I will see you all as your chemistry teacher later," Mr. Fernandes gathers his items and exits out of the classroom. Sometime later, a woman with long straight scarlet hair enters the room.
"Hello class, I am Ms. Scarlet and I will be teaching math," she says in a serious, simple tone, "So to test, your knowledge, I will give you a quiz on what you learned so far before coming into this class," she passes out the quizzes. The class complains loudly. Ms. Scarlet gives them a look and says,
"Not one more complaint or you're all getting automatic zeros," The class begrudgingly takes out their supplies. Juvia's hands search for her pencil case in her bag, but it's gone. Then it hits her, she forgot to pack it in her bag when she was sharpening them extra sharp last night. Juvia looks around the room, frantic, in desperate need of a pencil. Lyon notices Juvia's uneasy behavior and pokes her in the shoulder. She looks at him with nervous eyes and mouths pencil. Lyon sighs, taking out a pencil.
"Here," Lyon whispers as he passes the pencil to Juvia discreetly. Juvia takes the pencil quickly and smiles at his kindness. As the hours of the day slowly come to an end, third-year students rush to get out of their classes and into to their old clubs, where they will be greeted with the utmost respect by their fellow underclassmen. Juvia packs her items and notices Lyon about to leave.
"Oh! Lyon san, your pencil!" Juvia hands Lyon his pencil she borrowed. Lyon looks at his pencil and then at her,
"Keep it," he says softly. Juvia gets taken back by this but nevertheless accepts it back.
"Thank you, and thank you again for this morning, Juvia appreciates you for sticking up for her." Juvia thanks, Lyon sincerely. The corners of his lips tug into a smile.
"I just said what I felt," Lyon says without taking his eyes off her. Juvia gives him a confused look. He takes his bag and leaves the classroom without saying another word. Gray comes up to Juvia,
"You ready to leave?" He asks her. Juvia looks at Gray and nods her head, smiling.
"What's that in your hand?" Gray looks over at Juvia's hand.
"Nothing!" Juvia quickly closes her hand around the pencil, careful of the tip and puts it behind her back. Gray raises an eyebrow, holds her other hand and walks out of the classroom. Juvia looks at the pencil she holds in her hand and puts into her pocket.
"Where is he?" Natsu asks impatiently. A couple of third years shrug their shoulders. The sun is slowly starting to die down, leaving the sky a beautiful red-orange color. The fight is located in a park not far from the school. Natsu, frustrated shouts out,
"Gray! Gray, where are you? Stop being a chicken and come on out!" No reply. He wasn't even answering his phone. Some people from a crowd of students, who came to watch them duke it out, start to leave out of boredom. Natsu turns to the people starting to leave,
"Hey! Come on guys, you can't leave now, you're gonna miss the fight." One of the students gives him a look and flat out says,
"Dude, what's the point in staying here if there is no fight, I have actual things to do than to waste my time here." The crowd of students starts whispering amongst themselves, realizing that there may not be any fight at all. Natsu starts to pull on his scarf and yells at the moving crowd,
"Ok, fine don't blame me, if you miss the fight of the century. I mean how many people you know actually fight like this. You, people, are missing a lifetime opportunity and for what, homework? It's the first day of school so relax and those of you who are new to this; you'll never witness a fight like this. Don't believe me? Ask any senior." Some "yeah"'s come from the crowd. Someone chants out "Gray" and then like wildfire, slowly the whole crowd chants out "Gray".
"Natsu, it doesn't take me that long to kick your ass." Natsu whirls around on a familiar voice.
"Gray! So now you decided to come." Natsu puts his hands on his hips.
"I've been here the whole time… I heard your little speech," Gray laughs a little.
"Good, then you should know I'm gonna wipe the floor off you!" Natsu gives him smug grin.
"Don't get cocky,-" But Gray gets interrupted by Natsu's fist blowing through his cheek. Gray goes down hard on the floor. Some "oooh"s escape from the crowd. Juvia closes her fists, knowing she has to restrain from beating the living daylights out of the person who hurt her Gray sama. Gray brushes his mouth with the back of his hand, checking for blood. Seeing that there is some, he rips his uniform shirt off and body checks Natsu. Juvia melts at the sight of Gray's upper body, hard muscles from all those years of ice hockey. Natsu starts to get up, but Gray swiftly knocks him off his feet, sending him to the ground hard. Gray comes to him, about to finish his last move. But Natsu says,
"Hey Gray, guess what?"
"What." Natsu breathes full onto Gray's face directly and immediately Gray pulls away, gagging.
"What the hell was that?" Gray says, still coughing from Natsu's acidic breath.
"I call that the Fire Dragon's breath, it's where I eat a bunch of really spicy food and on then at certain time, I let all of it out in a single burp, breathing motion. It's still a work in progress," Natsu laughs wickedly. Gray rubs his eyes, unable to get burning sensation out which gives Natsu enough time to get back at Gray.
"Gray sama!" Juvia yelps as she sees Natsu carry Gray and throw him off the ground. Gray gets up slowly with slow breaths. His eyes are still throbbing. Natsu and Gray stand opposite to each other, tired, restless from throwing punches. The atmosphere is now quiet and deadly. Natsu, deciding to end the quietness, runs up to Gray with a punch. Gray, still quiet and composed catches Natsu's punch. Natsu counters by using his other hand to punch, but then Gray catches the other hand too. Gray acts quickly and brings his knee to Natsu's stomach, knocking the wind out of him. Then Gray head butts Natsu hard and with a dizzy motion, Natsu finally falls down. The crowd waits for a few seconds before cheering for Gray, deeming him the winner. Juvia jumps with joy! Gray comes up to Natsu and helps him get up.
"Natsu, you're finally putting more of a fight," Gray says smirking. Natsu holds onto Gray's shoulder and says.
"Just wait and see next time, I'll really perfect that Fire Dragon's breath." Natsu smiles. Gray goes over to Juvia, who seems happy as ever.
"Juvia, wait here for 10 minutes, I have to do something important, then we'll walk home." Gray says giving her his shirt. Juvia doesn't argue and happily takes his shirt. Gray leaves and Juvia sits at a park bench, folding Gray's shirt. 20 minutes have passed and still Gray hasn't shown up yet. Juvia starts to worry that something bad may have happened to Gray. Juvia gets up.
"Gray sama!" Juvia calls but no answer. She searches the whole park until she finally finds him. He's by a fence, away from the scattered crowd, talking to some girl. She's looks familiar, but Juvia just can't put her finger on it. She observes them, they're laughing and the girl touches Gray's arm casually. Gray doesn't seem to mind it all and whispers something into her ear. She laughs even more. The sound of her laughter makes Juvia sick to her stomach, she drops Gray's shirt on the ground and leaves the sight. She's probably his relative or something, Juvia reassures herself in her head. She rushes past the crowd of people who are still lingering after the fight. They tell her to watch where's she going but Juvia ignores them. All she can think about is who could be that girl with Gray and more importantly what's her relationship to Gray. Her mind is slowly drifting into nervous, deep thoughts. She bumps into someone.
"Hey! Watch where you're going Juvia." Natsu says, who's on the floor, rubbing his head. Juvia vanishes from her previous state and apologizes,
"Oh, sorry Natsu kun! I was just thinking in my head." Natsu raises his eyebrow,
"Weren't you with Gray or something?" Juvia freezes for a moment before answering,
"Oh he said he was busy so he told me to go on ahead," Juvia smiles.
"Whatever," Natsu doesn't inquire further. Juvia steps around Natsu and makes her escape from the scene.
Juvia walks home, the noise of the crowd slowly withering away. She feels a drop of water on her cheek. She looks up to the sky and sees the dark clouds forming, indicating some showers. But Juvia doesn't mind it, she's always had an affinity for water. On her way, she passes by her old middle school, Fairy Academy. Her eyes immediately follow the rooftop where she confessed to Gray. "You are mine" those words were kept in her heart. Juvia feels her heart tighten. She wonders if those words will ever leave her and find someone else. Time can only tell...