Cloudburst: \KLOUD - burst\ - A sudden and very heavy rainfall.

Juvia stared up into the clear blue sky. There wasn't a cloud in sight. The sight depressed her. It hadn't rained in months and she missed it. Nothing lifted her spirits more than a rainy afternoon. The soft pattering on the roof, the smell as it mixed with the earth, the cleaning power it had.

She sighed as she stirred her coffee. The stress from work and just life in general had been bogging her down. Her boss was overworking her, giving her assignment after assignment with no time for breaks in between. Even her friends were coming around less because she was working. Her love life was nonexistent, unless you consider her creepy co-worker constantly pestering her for a date. If she was being truthful with herself, she was at her wits end.

The surrounding people in the coffee shop's patio were all smiling, enjoying the sunshine. Their happiness was overwhelming to her, like she was in an overcrowded elevator that had just broken down. She gather her things and rush out onto the less populated street. She practiced a breathing technique she knew was supposed to calm nerves.

Even leaving the house was becoming a burden. She desperately wanted it to rain. She needed the cool droplets to wash away each and every stress and worry that clung to her. Maybe she would stand up to the slave driver that signed her checks each week and demand a vacation. Thoughts of the rainiest cities of Fiore filled her mind as she started her trek to work.

Juvia was so preoccupied thinking about rain that she didn't see the car run the red light as she began to cross the street. The screeching of tires burning on pavement jerked her out of her thoughts. She looked up to see a red car heading straight for her. It was too late by then. Time seemed to slow as the car moved towards her. The panic crept up slowly, forcing her to freeze in place. All she could do was stand there like a deer in headlights.

She barely felt the impact as she was pushed aside, a blur of black hair filled her vision as she fell to the ground. The car screech by, missing her by a foot. Strong arms pinned her to the ground, their owner panting heavily on top of her.

"Are you alright?" A deep voice floated into her mind, bringing her out of state of shock.

Juvia blinked as the man stood up in front of her, his face full of concern. He was tall and was clad in a tight black t-shirt and dark jeans. His eyes were dark, they reminded her of clouds before a storm. He looked like a dark angel sent to Earth to save her. He reached down and offered his hand to help her up. She gratefully accepted, letting him pull her to her feet. Unsteady from the shock, she fell into his chest and his arms instinctively wrapped around her.

"Are you okay?" He repeated.

Juvia stared up into his eyes and felt a drop of water on her nose. Then another one. And another. In seconds, rain started to pour down in a steady stream - a true cloud burst.

She smiled, "I am now."