A Night to Remember
Disclaimer:
There are parts in this story that may reference the current ending of the anime/manga. While I'm not going into vast details, there may be spoilers.
You have been warned.
This story is told by the eyes of Juvia but also switches off to Lucy for a short moment. This story is based on three main pairings. Gruvia, Nalu, and Gajevy. The first two are more prominent than the final one because the anime/manga already solidified some questions about Gajevy.
The timeline is after the mess with Zeref but before Lucy won her award. So right before the last episode/chapter.
I'm back from the dead. Enjoy.
Juvia knew she shouldn't be here. He's told her many times that she should never be here for any reason unless it was for an emergency. He has never turned her away when she needed him. But what he didn't understand was she will always need him. He brought her life when she felt hopeless, he saw through the rain to this lonely girl who grew up only knowing sadness. When Juvia looks at him, she sees happiness and desire. The desire to one day be something more than just a water wizard; to have a family and create one of those happily ever afters her mother used to read to her long ago.
It's been approximately three hours since she's found herself back at Gray Fullbusters apartment in downtown Fiore. His place was fairly small. It had a kitchen, one bedroom, living room and a bathroom. He had neighbors who lived beside and above him. Occasionally, Juvia would hear the squeak of a mattress and feel the longing depression creep up on her. She sighed and cuddled into the plush she made to look just like her beloved. Curling her knees forward she leaned against the wall on his bed, waiting for the ice wizard to come home from his latest mission.
Juvia hated it when Gray left without her. She would try her best to follow him around and keep up with his whereabouts by pestering his friends and guild mates. Well, technically they were her friends and guild mates too. But she had to be careful who she made friends with; she didn't want to be close to anyone, lest Gray would simultaneously get close with them as well. More time spent with Gray meant there was a higher chance she could lose him forever. She couldn't risk that.
She looked outside to see the clouds roll over the sky and counted the stars she could see in between them. It was nice to not see it raining outside. She hated the rain.
There was a sound across the apartment as the front door unlocked and a shadow stepped into the room. There was a flicker of light in the kitchen and the opening of the fridge. Juvia moved her legs impatiently off the side of the bed and stood up. She gazed around the corner, holding onto her plush and watching him get a snack before closing it shut. He had already thrown his clothes on the couch and was only clad in his boxers.
She took a few steps until she was behind him and tried her best to smile. She didn't want to scare him.
"Gray-sama!" Juvia cried out when he turned her way; Gray jumped and hit the wall nearby.
"Juvia! What, how did you get in here?" He stammered, his food now smeared across the floor.
Juvia brushed her feet against the floor, "I picked your lock, it wasn't that hard for Juvia."
Gray sighed, picking up his mess and throwing it in the trash can, "You know, I lock my door for a reason Juvia, to keep people out. You're lucky I didn't attack you from surprise."
Juvia frowned, "Juvia wouldn't mind, she can take care of herself."
Gray sighed, grabbing a water and taking that instead, "I'm not surprised to see you here. You're here every other night it seems."
"Yes! And every other night Gray makes Juvia leave." She pouted, following him into his bedroom.
He stopped and she almost ran into him.
"Juvia, what the hell did you do?" He was staring into his room and Juvia smiled, she slipped from behind and ran over to the bed which was now a bright red with a pink overhang.
"It's a new bed, look it's shaped as a heart, so you know Juvia always hearts you!" She giggled then raced over to the corner, flower petals flying where she walked across a soft rug. She showed off the Gray and Juvia plushies heart that said: Ice and Water. Gray folded his arms across his chest and looked around.
"What the hell are the rope and chains for?" Gray asked, "are we going on some heist?"
Juvia smiled, "if that's what you want it to be…" Juvia teased and rubbed her skirt down a little, hiding a blush.
"You can tie me up if you want…"
He saw some of the other items near it and he took a step back, "Whoa, wait..hold on. No...Juvia!" He looked away when she started to take her shirt off.
"What's the matter? You're already in your boxers. See, it's just my underclothes!" Juvia cried out.
"It's not the same thing Juvia!" He cried out, facing the window instead of her.
"You won't look at me?"
He glanced over to see a little plushie Juvia in his face and he reared back. She had held up a plush replica of Juvia close to his face.
"I made it for you." She stated, the plushy matching her own underclothes.
"It can strip clothes off, just like me." She smiled, showing the swimsuit the plush wore currently.
"I have one of you here!" She ran over to the bed and grabbed it, Gray quietly grabbed the bridge of his nose at her antics.
She jumped in the bed and held them both close to her chest.
"I worked really hard to make them, the clothes were tricky but I figured it out." She smiled and turned to the ice wizard who continued to stare at her.
"So you came into my apartment without asking. You threw flower petals everywhere, heart pillows are in every corner, and who the hell knows what happened to my bed!"
Juvia smiled, "Oh Natsu helped me with the bed! He told me he found the perfect one to come home to!"
Gray frowned, "I'll have to have a long talk with Natsu tomorrow."
He sighed, "Juvia I know you mean well, but I've been on a mission for a month and-"
"And Juvia missed you so terribly!" She cried out, interrupting him, holding the plushies to her chest even tighter.
"Juvia would come here every night waiting on you, but you never returned."
"And...wait, you stayed here every night? What the hell Juvia?" He shook his head, "Whatever, I wasn't here anyway." he mumbled then yawned.
Juvia stood up and raced to his side, "Gray tired? Juvia can help you to bed!"
"No Juvia, I want you to leave. I'm tired, I don't have time to play around with your games today."
"But...Juvia has been waiting for you...for weeks."
"I don't care Juvia. I'm tired and pissed and even more annoyed now that I don't have my bed to sleep in anymore...and this room smells like flowers."
"Gray doesn't like the surprise..?"
Gray turned away, "no Juvia, Gray doesn't like it. Gray wants Juvia to leave, now."
Juvia's eyes watered but Gray had already walked away toward the couch. Juvia wiped her eyes and followed him with the two plushes against her chest.
He turned around with a frown noticing she was still following him.
"Are you stupid? I told you to leave Juvia! Now!"
Juvia's eyes widened at the outburst and she dropped the plushies on the ground in fright. She grabbed her clothes from the floor and raced out the door from his command. She leaned against the frame after the door shut behind her, feeling the tears daring to escape on the cool night. Gray has never came home acting like that before, at least, not in a long time. Juvia had thought they had made progress, especially with the bonding they had after Zeref and even during the year fairy tail broke apart. They were almost one because of the sacrifice she made to save his life. He has been kinder and more patient with her. But tonight Gray was angry, and it made her wonder what had happened on the mission. Why would he be so cold toward her? She wiped her eyes; had she done something wrong? There are plenty of wizard couples that would welcome each other home for a loving embrace and quality time. She welcomed him home with surprises, open arms and her time. That's all she wanted, his time. She wiped her eyes and stood up looking up at the cloudy sky.
She heard the door lock behind her and she felt the urge to throw up. He really didn't want her. Not tonight at least, and that hurt.
Taking a few steps forward she began to recall all the fairy tail members that did have someone to come home to. They never seemed to mess up, at least not as bad as Juvia did.
"What about Natsu and Lucy? They're always together and Natsu isn't treated like Juvia." She mumbled out loud and glanced to the east and began to walk beside the canal toward Lucy's apartment.
"I'll have to ask Natsu what to do. Juvia must know the secret."
She glanced up to the top window of the celestial wizards apartment complex, seeing that is was closed and possibly locked. She didn't want to figure a way up there anyway. Glancing toward the stairs she entered the facility and found her apartment number and began to pick at the lock. She's always known Lucy's apartment number just in case the blonde became smart and put any moves on Gray. She has always been a love rival for Juvia, though more recently, she has found that to be more and more less likely. Lucy seems to always be around Natsu, but because Gray tends to team up with them, she always had to be careful. Juvia had a feeling Gray liked Lucy at one point, but the celestial wizard never shown any concrete evidence of loving him back. But being close to him was close enough for a love rival in Juvia's books.
The door let off a sound click and she pushed it open then stepped inside. The apartment smelled of worn parchment, books and tea. It was calming and Juvia took it in for a moment; it was an relaxing environment. Glancing around she heard soft snores and spotted movement near the bed. She saw a strand of blonde hair, but the snoring came from to her left where an arm stuck out from side of the couch. Walking over she glanced at the fire wizard who slept soundly, curled up in a blanket, head tucked under one arm. The blue cat slept at his feet, splayed out against a pillow.
She was half surprised to see him sleeping on the couch, rather than in the bed. But it was no surprise to see him here. There has been rumors going around that he sleeps here more often than his own home. She envied him. Glancing over toward the sleeping blonde she wondered why she would allow him to stay so often, yet not engage in any intimacy. The question rang in her head.
"Natsu-sama." Juvia spoke quietly, tapping the fire wizard on the shoulder. One eye popped open and he let off a huge yawn, stretching his arms.
"Come on Lucy….just a few more minutes here…." He seemed groggy for a moment before realizing who he was talking to.
"Wait...you're not Lucy." Natsu sat up and looked around, "but I'm still at her place…"
"Yes I'm in Lucy's apartment, I have a pressing question for you Natsu." Juvia whispered in the dark.
Natsu cocked his head, glancing at a clock across the room stating, "it's 2 in the morning, is something wrong? Something going on with ice boy?" Natsu rattled off, obviously confused why Juvia was here in the first place. He yawned again.
"No...Gray is healthy."
"Ok." Natsu replied and Juvia went silent, staring at him. Natsu gave her an odd look from the awkward silence as Juvia debated how to ask him her questions, "now I know how Gray feels I guess." He muttered then laid his head back down and closed his eyes, "If you need somewhere to stay, I'm sure Lucy doesn't mind. There's blankets in the closet."
Juvia blinked and again tapped him on the shoulder, "I uh...actually need to know something about you and Lucy."
Natsu squinted his eyes open, "ok, shoot."
"How is it that Lucy lets you stay here in her apartment all the time?"
Natsu blinked at the question and yawned, "We're best friends."
"That's it? Nothing else?"
Natsu shook his head, "Yeah, I mean, she's really nice too…" he trailed off and another voice interjected, "and she liiikes him."
Juvia looked over to see Happy slinging his paws over Natsu's knees, a yawn escaping.
Natsu pushed the blue cat off his knees and he rolled to the foot of the couch again, Natsu smirked.
"So, Lucy doesn't kick you out?" Juvia asked and Natsu shook his head, "Nah, sometimes I'll sleep on the couch, or her bed... but lately she hasn't kicked me out."
She stared at him, "you sleep with each other?"
Natsu yawned, "sometimes. Though Lucy gets mad when she finds out in the morning."
Juvia nodded, realizing it was just a one way interaction. This was remarkably similar to her situation.
She looked over at the sleeping Lucy, it was amazing how close, yet how clueless they were. It was adorable, and she felt a hint of jealousy spark in her chest before letting out a breath of air, releasing the negative energy.
"Lucy kicks him out sometimes, remember when she threw you out the other day?" Happy replied. "You kept taking her clothes and hiding them. She was so mad."
Natsu laughed quietly, "Oh yeah."
"Do you ever do anything so you can stay here? Like anything special?" Juvia asked, ignoring Happy's statement.
"What do you mean?" Natsu asked. Happy smiled, "he does a ton of things for Lucy!"
Natsu glanced at Happy who continued, "he always insists on bringing games and snacks for all of us, and we are up so late that Lucy just lets us stay!"
"Aw don't give away the secret." Natsu whined. Juvia nodded and jotted a few things down in a small notepad she kept with her.
"What else do you do?" Juvia asked. Happy continued with a smile, "well, remember when we dug up that whole tree because she was sick?"
"Oh yeah, the master was not happy about that one…" Natsu mumbled, nervous sweating at the memory.
"Or when we brought her those puppies because she was sad? Or when you buy her food when she's so into her writing and forgets to eat!"
"Yeah who forgets to eat, seriously?" Natsu chidded.
Juvia stared at him and began to wonder why the hell these two were not officially together. Her heart wanted to melt from everything that Happy just said. Yeah, Natsu was a little, odd... but that was adorable. How can Lucy not want him over all the time? She would die if Gray did that all the time.
"Uh, earth to Juvia, you still there?"
"She has that weird look like when she's staring at Gray…" Happy noted.
Juvia shook her head and smiled at the two, "sorry." The two exchanged glances and she continued, clapping her hands together, "you are a lot like me Natsu-sama! I never realized it until now."
"Huh?" He sweat dropped, feeling unsure about the change of conversation.
"You want to make Lucy happy!" She smiled and Natsu stared at her, then slowly agreed, "yeah…I guess so."
"You always want to be around her; you want to be with her on every mission and want her by your side for all the guild events." Juvia smiled and held a hand up when Natsu was about to say something. "You want to see her smile and enjoy life to the fullest. You follow her around, find her, and demand to be with her, even when she wants to be alone." Juvia folded her hands across her chest where her heart lay. "You cherish your time together and when she's gone on a mission, the world seems to get a little more empty. You care about her more than anything! You would probably even give your life if it came down to it." By the time Juvia stopped she was staring into space, her face flushed and hands on her cheeks. She was excited to finally be talking to someone who potentially understands how she feels about Gray.
"Um, I…" She looked down to see color spread across Natsu's face, he was now sitting up, tangled in the blankets. He stared at her as if he was at a loss of words, Happy who sat nearby stared at her as well with large eyes. She found it hilarious at how embarrassed he was, it only solidified what she had assumed before. But what really embarrassed him? Was it the fact of him liking Lucy or that she just compared him to herself?
"He liiikes her." Happy replied, casting a side glance to the pink haired dragon slayer. Natsu shook he head, the redness that touched his face subsiding.
"Knock it off." He playfully swatted at the cat who leaped up on top of the couch to avoid the hit.
Juvia laughed, "how come you two haven't done anything? I can tell you like each other." She stated bluntly.
"I don't understand what you're getting at…" Natsu mumbled, crossing his legs under the blankets. Happy laughed; there was a noise across the room and Happy put a paw in front of his face.
"Whoops, I woke up the monster! Hide!" He raced under Natsu's blanket who glanced over toward the bed where Lucy slept.
"Natsu? What's going on? It's like 2 am." Lucy mumbled, sitting up in her bed and rubbing her eyes. She wore a red silk nightgown.
Juvia wasn't sure if she wanted to speak with Lucy or not. She really just came here to talk to Natsu since he was the one inviting himself in her home. She was looking for advice and while she got some good tips she realized that there was nothing solid to help Juvia tonight.
"Wait, who the hell? Natsu, did you invite someone over again?"
"What! No, I swear she came here all on her own." Natsu cried out, crossing his arms, "I was sleeping really good too until she woke me up with all these weird questions."
"Yeah, weird questions…" Happy mumbled still apparently tired.
"She?" Lucy glanced over and squinted, "Juvia? Wait, why are you here?"
Lucy looked around, "is anyone else with you?"
"Who else would you be looking for?" Juvia snapped, thinking she was expecting Gray to be with her and immediately felt herself grow defensive in Lucy wanting to potentially see him.
"No one..." Lucy replied, uncertain, realizing Juvia was alone.
"I think I'll go now." Juvia replied and stood up. Lucy gave her a quizzical look then exchanged a glance with Natsu across the way.
"So you came all this way...to talk to Natsu at 2 in the morning...in my apartment? What was so important you couldn't wait?" Lucy asked with a yawn.
Juvia paused and glanced at her, "nothing. It doesn't seem to help Juvia much anyway."
Lucy seemed to spot the sadness in her eyes and tilted her head, "Gray kicked you out of his apartment again, didn't he?"
She looked up at the blonde, "how did you know?"
"Yeah how'd you know that?" Natsu asked, leaning over the side of the couch, hands touching the floor.
"It's obvious, the way you're acting, your demeanour."
"Demeanor?" Natsu repeated.
Lucy sighed, "Your shoulders sag, you look like someone took away something really special from you...he just got back from that mission last I heard, I'm guessing he didn't appreciate you being there?"
Juvia stood there perplexed, "yes." she looked at the floor, tears daring to fall. She heard a light patting, "well, don't leave crying, I'll feel bad if you do." She looked over at the blonde, realizing she was inviting her to sit down next to her. She really was one of the nicest girls in Fairy Tail. Juvia had just snapped at her because she thought she wanted to see Gray, and now she wants to console her because of Gray. It was the blondes greatest strength and weakness in the guild.
She saw Natsu walk over and Lucy gave him an irritated look, "not you!"
Natsu shrugged and sat down on the other side of her anyway, Lucy sighed and Juvia held in a laugh at the interaction. She walked over and sat down where Lucy had pat just a moment ago. Natsu leaned against the wall in the corner of the bed, next to the window. Happy flew over and sat next to him. Lucy sat at the edge and pulled her legs up in indian style once Juvia sat down next to her.
"I wouldn't take it personal, Gray sometimes doesn't know how to handle emotions very well."
"That's an understatement." Natsu mumbled. Juvia glanced at him.
"I'm sure he just wanted some time alone, he likes his privacy." Lucy offered.
"Except when he's stripping in public." Happy snorted and Lucy shot them a look, "you're not helping." She hissed and the two of them smiled.
Juvia laid a hand on her knee and Lucy looked back, "It does help, seeing you guys helps."
Lucy gazed at her for a moment, unsure how to respond, "I wish I could make Gray happy is all."
"Good luck with that." Natsu replied.
Juvia frowned and Lucy shot him a look, "well it's true." he mumbled.
"Not the point." Lucy replied then turned back to Juvia, "I think you make him more happy than he lets on. I'm sure he really appreciates you around; even if he doesn't always show it. He may kick you out or ask for alone time, but that doesn't mean he doesn't want you at all."
She stared at her, "is that how you feel about Natsu?"
"What? Where did that come from?" Lucy retorted, her back stiff in shock of the question.
"She's doing those weird questions again." Happy mumbled and Natsu nodded.
"Wait, hold on...why exactly did you come here to chat with Natsu anyway?"
Juvia fiddled with the bedsheets, "I came to ask Natsu for advice."
"Advice? From Natsu? Why would you ask Natsu for advice?" Lucy asked with the cross of her arms.
"You make it sound like a bad thing." Natsu grumbled.
"It's just odd." Lucy replied throwing a hand up in exclamation, "and it's in the middle of the night."
"True." Natsu agreed with a shrug.
"I wanted to ask him how he's able to stay with Lucy most nights."
Lucy stared at Juvia and she continued, "Natsu doesn't get kicked out or chided as much as Juvia does. I wanted to have something that Natsu has."
The two of them exchanged glances, "friendship..?" Lucy offered.
Juvia smiled and laughed, "you two are clueless." She felt her heart warm up seeing them ponder on why she would say that. Lucy's cheeks burned a bright red but she didn't say anything. She must have caught on. Natsu didn't react.
"I thought you two were already good friends anyway?" Natsu continued, asking Juvia and she nodded, "yes we are friends...but...its not the same."
"I don't think you understand Juvia…." Lucy sighed, "Gray is a lot different. I don't think Gray has the same amount of patience that I have for Natsu."
"But Gray allows me to follow him, and help him in battles, and pick out outfits sometimes."
"Geez." Happy mumbled.
"Yeah but that's different, it's how you go about it. If you don't ever give him personal space, it may get annoying sometimes." She paused, Juvia interjecting, "but if I give him space... he may not be interested anymore."
"That's not how that works." Lucy replied and Juvia casted her eyes down, perplexed.
"He didn't like any of the gifts Juvia had for him either." She mumbled.
"Oh?" Lucy asked.
"I got him a new bed, a bunch of pillows and I made him two plushies that looked just like us!"
"Oh." Lucy replied and forced a smile, "well that's...thoughtful."
"No that's creepy." Natsu replied. Happy nodded. Juvia looked over, tears in her eyes, "creepy?"
"Yeah, like a plush of myself? Kind of weird."
"Natsu...be nice." Lucy warned, casting a side glance toward the fire wizard.
"No I want to hear it." Juvia sniffed. Lucy looked back at her with a sad smile, "I think it was a little over the top. Remember when you made him that scarf months ago?"
Juvia nodded and Lucy continued, "that was a really sweet and thoughtful gift. When you do all that other stuff, it seems a little, I don't know…"
"Stalkerish." Happy supplied and Lucy sighed.
"Stalkerish?" Juvia repeated and Happy nodded, "yeah you follow him around, make plushies of him and have your whole room filled with Gray, you're obsessed!" Happy replied with another nod.
Juvia went quiet, the group watched her as she lowered her head, a tear slid down her check.
"Geez guys, you have no clue what the word sensitive means do you?" Lucy snapped.
Happy shrugged, "I just call it as I see it."
Lucy sighed, Natsu frowned, "Gray really got to you huh Juvia? Do I need to beat him up tomorrow?"
Juvia smiled, trying not to laugh at how Natsu was trying to cheer her up, "No, Juvia would hate that…" She paused, wiping her tears, "I just wish I could understand better. I wish I knew how to win him over, to let me stay the night sometimes...all the time." she gripped the blanket, "I feel...sad at night when I'm by myself." she sighed, "I felt safe and happy when we stayed together for that year, even if he wasn't always around. I felt like someone was always there. I wasn't...alone."
There was a silence between the group as they digested what Juvia told them.
"That was deep." Happy mumbled.
Lucy and Natsu glanced at one another and Lucy smiled, "I understand."
"Yeah we understand." Natsu agreed. Lucy blushed at the 'we'.
"Have you tried giving Gray a fish? That always makes me happy." Happy suggested. "Maybe he'll let you stay if you feed him!"
Juvia shook her head, "I didn't try that."
"Well, you can always take everything a notchback and just be there for him." Lucy suggested. "You can get him small things you know? Like a cookie from the bakery or something like your scarf. Things that show you care."
"Juvia does care. But Gray doesn't seem to see that."
"Or you can just give him a hug!" Natsu replied and swung his arm over Lucy who squeaked in surprise. He laughed while hugging her from behind, "though that may scare him too."
"Natsu, cut it out!" Lucy cried out and pushed him back. Natsu laughed "Come on, we hug all the time!"
"That's not the point. Juvia wants to know about Gray, not you, ya hothead." Lucy retorted.
Juvia smiled, "No, those are all really great ideas." She stood up glancing at the two of them then bowing, "thank you so much! I'll see you guys tomorrow...yes?"
Lucy and Natsu exchanged a glance, "yeah we'll be at the guild."
She nodded and smiled, "Ok, have a good night you two."
When the two of them heard the door close and her footsteps fade away, Lucy moaned, "two in the morning. Who the hell asks to talk to someone at two in the morning?"
Natsu snickered, Happy sighed, "she's way too obsessed with him, its creepy to watch."
"Yeah I feel bad for Gray sometimes." Natsu agreed and Lucy frowned, "That's not nice, Juvia isn't all that bad." She paused, "unless she thinks you're a love rival." She shuddered.
"Are you?" Natsu asked, a smile at his lips, "What, no!" Lucy replied, crossing her arms.
"Why would you ask that?"
He laughed, "I was just joking."
"Yeah that's all he was doing..." Happy mumbled sarcastically with a smirk. Natsu glanced away and Lucy yawned, "well, at least she didn't leave crying." Natsu nodded, "yeah she seemed happier leaving then when she first showed up."
The two of them sat quietly next to one another, they could hear the patter of rain as it began to hit the window. Both of the wizards looked toward the window for a moment, Lucy frowned. It wasn't supposed to rain today.
"I'm not Juvia you know." Natsu stated suddenly, knocking Lucy from her trance.
She shot him a quizzical look, "I hope not. You're enough to deal with as it is." She paused then continued, "What made you say that?"
"No reason." he stuttered and she gave him a look that said she didn't quite believe him.
Natsu smiled quietly, she shook her head, dropping the topic.
"Well there goes my night." Lucy yawned.
She looked at Natsu who was leaning against the wall, still sitting in her bed just a couple inches away from her, "are you going to stay up?"
He frowned in thought, "don't know...hey Lucy?"
"Hm..?"
"Can I stay here tonight?"
"What are you talking about? You're already staying here." She mumbled, feeling exhaustion creeping back up on her again.
"No... here, can I stay in your bed tonight."
She glanced at him, "Natsu...I already told you earlier…"
"I know I know, but come on Lucy it's more comfortable than the couch."
"I don't want to sleep on the couch or the floor tonight, I want my bed." Lucy replied, and when he didn't move she continued, "to myself."
Happy sighed, "can I sleep with you Lucy?"
Lucy moaned and threw a pillow over her head, "why do you both want to sleep here so bad?"
It was quiet and she looked at him, "why are you staring at me like that?"
"You're just so nice!" He stated with a smile, Lucy sweatdropped.
"What the hell? What got into you tonight? Did Juvia say something while I was asleep?" The two boys looked at one another and were quiet for a moment.
"I'll take that as a yes..?" She continued then sighed realizing they weren't going to move any time soon.
"Fine, take my bed." She sat up and scooted to the edge, Natsu grabbed her arm.
"What the heck?" Lucy cried out, feeling his hand grip her wrist lightly.
"You can stay with us."
"Natsu, I get you've been wanting to stay over here a lot more often since Zeref and all that. I get it, it's been rough...and I swear you haven't left me alone since then for one whole day to myself."
She yanked her hand away and he stared at her, "But we're not sleeping together. You can have the bed, whatever, I'm not going to kick you out, not yet at least…" She walked over to the couch where he was sleeping earlier and grabbed his blanket and sat down. Natsu watched her quietly as she laid down and pulled the warm blanket over her shoulders. He slid off the bed and dragged her blanket with him to the edge of the couch. He sat down with a "thump". Lucy opened her eyes, "what the hell Natsu? I thought you wanted my bed?"
Natsu shook his head and yawned, "No, I wanted to be with you."
Lucy stared at him another blush forming, Happy flew over and landed on her shoulder, "yeah we want to stay with you tonight."
"What the heck got into you guys…" Lucy mumbled then sighed. He was leaning against the couch, her arm touched the edge of his hair. She sat up, rubbing her eyes, "I just wanted to get some sleep…" She yawned, "But that's too much to ask for tonight apparently."
"We won't bother you." Natsu replied, she realized he had just crawled up between the space of the arm of the couch and her. He was so close she could feel the heat from him.
She was about to say something when he laid his head against her shoulder, while Happy curled up into her lap, purring. Lucy sat there staring at them. She sighed and leaned her head back, looking up at the window across the room.
Lucy could hear his breathing slow and she knew he fell back asleep while leaning against her shoulder. Pulling her blanket she covered both of them and watched the clouds roll by outside the window as she leaned against the fire wizard. A bout of pity welled inside her for Juvia. It was nice having someone around so you weren't alone. Lucy would be lying if she said she hated Natsu's company. He always calmed her when she was nervous or scared, and seeing him so often after Zeref's attack helped ease her nightmares away to mere dreams. She never "allowed" him to sleep with her... but that was strictly because it was inappropriate. Natsu would sneak in the bed occasionally with her without permission, which she would find out later the next morning. He would always state that it was because the bed was super comfortable or he thought she was cold, something odd like that. If the guild ever found out, she shuddered at the thought. But she would be lying to herself if she said she didn't enjoy having his arms wrapped around her. To have someone hold her while she slept. It was a safe feeling..a loving feeling. She sighed, Lucy had no idea what the status was on their 'relationship', complicated would be the best way to put it. Natsu never gave any indication to be more intimate or interested in anything besides the occasional hug or high five. She heard him sigh in his sleep and she gazed down at him with a smile. At least he was sleeping well. She could feel his every breath, his side warmly pushed against her. Lucy's heart warmed as she slowly leaned further against Natsu. His hair tangled into hers and she felt herself melt as her eyes closed. It was nice having someone so close...
Juvia glanced toward the window, she had saw Lucy get up, then Natsu, and assumed the two of them were currently enjoying the night. It was more than what she could say about her evening. A pinch of jealousy formed and her stomach hurt remembering the last thing Gray said to her. Her eyes casted down to the floor, watching her shoes scrape against the pavement.
Regardless, she had learned a few things from talking with the popular 'hush hush fairy tail couple'. Or so Mira Jane always stated. Everyone made them out to be the 'secret couple' and made bets when they would come out as an official couple. She did agree they were cute, and it would knock out a love rival in the process. So Juvia never minded the idea. She even enjoyed talking with the other guild members about it when they were off on another mission together.
"You think this one will be the one they get together?"
"It has to be."
"No,not yet."
She would always hear the members debate then put money down on the bets. But she would never bet herself. She looked up and sighed at the crossroads and debated where to go next. There was always the main couple of Fairy tail, Biska and Alzack. She debated asking them for advice, they made it work, they knew the secrets. Hell, they even had a little girl who was the cutest thing since apple butter. She smiled, what she would give to have a little girl like her. To have someone to care for every day and watch them grow up. Juvia shook her head, no she shouldn't bother them. She didn't want to risk waking up their daughter just to ask questions about Gray. They were on a whole different level anyway. Looking around she saw the road that lead toward some of the higher ranked members such as Laxus, Freed and Bixlow. She debated asking them but decided it wasn't worth the risk upsetting Laxus tonight. Or any other night. Though Freed was alway at hip with Laxus, it would be nice to gain an opinion from him...Juvia sighed, not worth it. Thinking it over she looked toward other apartments near here and realized that her old guildmate lived nearby. Gajeel. Him and that blue haired girl, Levy was it? They had a thing going. Maybe they could help her out?
Juvia started down the road until she found herself in front of Gajeels home, she looked inside the dark apartment then tested the door. It was already unlocked.
"Oh. well that made things easier." Juvia stated and walked inside. She glanced around at the various books that lay on the ground and noted, "I didn't see Gajeel as much of a reader."
She saw his guitar in the corner then turned toward the bedroom.
"Intruder!"
Juvia didn't have a quick enough reaction as she was tackled forcefully to the ground.
"Hey, wait-" Juvia started and suddenly the lights flickered on. Juvia squinted her eyes, laying on the living room floor, a black cat sat on top of her and she shook her head, realizing it was Panther Lily.
"Oh it's you." Lily grumbled and crossed his arms "You're not supposed to be here."
"What in the hell is going on, why are you in my apartment!"
Juvia glanced up to see a very pissed off iron dragon slayer at the doorway. He wore a white t shirt and shorts and looked as if he just walked straight from bed.
"Gajeel!" Juvia shouted and put her fingers together in embarrassment, perhaps this wasn't a very good idea after all. Panther Lily let up on Juvia and leaned against the couch, "see, I told you, we needed a guard. What if it wasn't Juvia, what if it was someone more threatening?"
"Who was it? Is it someone we know?"
Juvia veered to the side and peered in the other room to see Levy sitting up in bed, legs crossed, staring into the living room with curious eyes.
"Yes, unfortunately." Gajeel huffed. He seemed more upset at the fact he couldn't beat her for intruding than anything else.
Juvia could hear the squeak of the mattress and Levy appeared at the door frame alongside Gajeel. Juvia suddenly felt really idiotic, why had she came here again? She had known these two were really close lately. They were an official couple of fairy tail after all. They were together most afternoons and could be seen leaving together in the evenings. She should have realized that the girl most likely moved in with him. This wasn't exactly the same situation she was in. Both of them seemed to accept one another's presence and both came from the bedroom with little to no embarrassment. Was that true love? When you could wake up in your night clothes together and accept that sleeping together was desired from both parties? Being able to sleep next to them every night? Was that how you knew it was true love?
"Juvia, is everything alright, why are you here?" Levy asked, she looked around for a moment before gazing back at the water wizard. Juvia was snapped out of her trance. She sat up and rubbed her arm quietly for a moment, "Um...Juvia was just in the neighborhood and decided to stop by and…" She wasn't sure where she was going with this anymore.
"3 in the morning?" Gajeel asked, with crossed arms. Levy yawned, she wore light blue sleepwear, her hair tossed around from sleep.
"Yeah...um…"
"Spit it out woman, is something the matter or not? And it better be good for it being this late at night." Gajeel growled.
Juvia looked away, this was a bad idea. Perhaps she should just leave? She had forgotten how direct her old teammate used to be. He wasn't much for emotional context, he probably would care less.
"Gajeel, relax, she came here for a good reason I'm sure." Levy leaned against Gajeel, seemingly calming the dragon slayer and she smiled, "we're here for you, what's up?"
She felt jealousy grow in the pit of her stomach again, watching Gajeel wrap an around around the small girls shoulders in a halfway loving embrace. The two of them wore tired expressions and they seemed to lean into one another in an effort to keep themselves mentally awake. Well, it was now or never, she has the opportunity to talk to them privately. Might as well take that chance. She was going to look like an idiot either way.
"I...I wanted to ask you a couple of questions." Juvia hesitated.
Levy tilted her head, "Ok, what are they?"
She paused and glanced toward Gajeel and then Pantherlily until she went back to Levy.
"You guys really love each other right?"
Gajeel blushed at the question, "what's that to you!" Levy's cheeks burned a bright red as well and glanced up toward Gajeel then giggled to ease the tension. Gajeel huffed, the color from their cheeks fading away.
"I was just wondering…" Juvia played with her shirt and looked away for a moment, wondering how to appropriately ask them her questions. This was harder than trying to get information from Natsu.
"God you're so weird."
"Gajeel!"
"What?"
"He's right you know." Lily imputed and Levy shook her head, "aw guys don't be so mean, you had other questions right? I can tell. Did something happen...hm…" She paused and tapped her chin, still leaning against Gajeel for support, "let me guess...you are having love trouble with a certain ice wizard?"
Juvia glanced up and then nodded, she wasn't surprised that Levy was able to guess her true intentions for coming to his apartment. She wasn't called the smartest wizard in the guild for nothing.
"Love trouble? Why the hell are you here then if you're having problems with the ice queen?" Gajeel huffed.
"Yeah, why aren't you at his place, didn't he just get back from some long mission?" Lily asked.
Juvia glanced down, "Yes he just got back."
Levy studied her, "you were at his apartment and things didn't go well? Am I right?"
Juvia nodded, it was easy talking with Levy, she could just read you and know exactly what was going on. There was no need to talk.
"What, how'd you know that? Are you taking lessons from Cana and her future predictions?"
Levy laughed at Gajeel and shook her head, "no silly, it's written all over her face." She paused and lifted a finger, "besides, everyone knew that Juvia missed Gray a lot when he was gone. She would go to his apartment sometimes, so it was obvious something happened between the two of them."
"Yeah, obvious." Gajeel huffed with sarcasm and crossed his arms.
Levy laughed, "well, when she asked us about loving each other, I immediately realized it was referring to Gray in some sort of romantic situation. But... because she came here seeking advice I assumed something did not go as planned and in turn she is now looking to fix the situation." She paused and stared at Juvia who was silently listening to her decipher her evening.
"You look heartbroken too. Any girl would be able to tell from one quick glance."
"Women." Gajeel muttered and Lily nodded nearby.
Levy sighed, "So, what's going on, how can we help?"
Gajeel interrupted her, "Levy it's 3am, how about we just hug and tell each other goodnight; I don't have time to sit around and sing kumbaya until she feels better because ice boy decided to be a prick again."
Levy frowned and was about to reply when Juvia spoke up, "no, he's right. I should get going."
Juvia stood up and bowed her head, "sorry."
Levy shook her head and took a few steps forward to grab her hand, "no, don't be sorry, ignore him. He's always cranky when someone wakes him up. He's cranky with me too, don't take it personally."
"Hey!"
"She's right you know. " Lily agreed and Gajeel turned to Lily, "Who's side are you on?"
"Mine." Panther Lily stated and smiled when Gajeel sighed.
"What happened? Did he kick you out? Can we help in any way?"
Juvia shook her head, "Yeah he did... but no I don't think so. I was just wondering what you would do in that situation. You guys get along so well, I thought...well...I thought if you guys were so close you could help me…" She lost her train of thought.
Levy glanced back at Gajeel who crossed his arms.
"Well, we're not exactly like Gray...but you know, he does care about you."
"He does?"
"Yeah, he does. I'm sure if you give it some time, everything will work out just fine. I don't have to know what happened... but I'm sure there was a good reason for it."
Juvia felt tears tickle her eyes and Gajeel huffed, "way to make her cry Levy."
"I'm so sorry Juvia I-" Levy started.
She shook her head, "no...no I am relieved to hear that."
She watched as Levy bit her lip, trying to decide if her crying was a good or bad sign.
"You know, if he really isn't treating you right, you should just forget him."
Juvia wiped her eyes and glanced at her old Phantom teammate who stared at her and continued, "I mean how long are you going to chase him until you realize he doesn't want you the way you want him?"
"Gajeel…" Levy sighed, frustration laced in her voice.
"What? The girl has a room full of pictures of just Gray. Gray! That's just a little too weird for me."
Juvia glanced down at her hands, that was the second time someone told her that was weird. Was it really that weird to love someone that much? To keep every picture together and to make things that resemble the one you love the most?
"How'd you get in here anyway?"
Juvia looked up to the questioning Gajeel and she glanced toward the door.
"The door was already unlocked…"
Gajeel turned to Lily with narrowed eyes "I know I locked it earlier.", the cat shrugged "Ok, I might have unlocked it to prove a point...maybe.." He shrugged then muttered under his breath, "but where is he..."
"What did you say?"
"Nothing!"
Levy glanced at the two boys before Juvia bowed and replied, "thank you for your opinion, I think I'll get going now."
Levy looked toward the water wizard and smiled, "are you going to be ok?"
"She'll be fine shrimp, though next time she should come by during daylight hours like a normal person." Gajeel chided.
Juvia nodded, she turned around and walked back outside, welcoming the fresh air. As she turned the corner from the apartment a shadow passed her by. She heard the door behind her open once again and she could hear Gajeels voice.
"What do you want now?"
"Uh, Gajeel that's not Juvia-ah!"
"Levy!" She heard Gajeel shout.
Juvia paused, hearing a shriek of surprise.
"What the fuck, who the hell are you?"
"Oh there you are Tye!" Lily's voice reached her ears while Juvia debated if she should turn around and help them.
"Tye?!"
"Who the fuck is Tye?"
"I uh, might have hired him to prove that um...that we need someone to guard the house while we slept."
"Bad cat!"
"Yo, can I get something to eat?"
"NO, Get the hell out of my apartment!"
Juvia shook her head, it seemed that Lily had pulled a prank on the two of them to prove a point of his. She didn't want to get involved. She heard crashing and she picked up speed to distance herself from the chaos.
Juvia felt the chill of the night as she walked alongside the canal and sat down at the edge of the water, her feet dipping into it. She touched the surface and watched it ripple. She leaned her head down, staring at her reflection. Perhaps they were right. Perhaps she should heed Lucy's advice and be more careful about his privacy. Or Gajeel...to just leave him alone...period. If Gray didn't want Juvia, then maybe it was for the best? But Levy seems to think that there is still hope in the situation... and I can always keep trying like Natsu does.
"Get out now!"
Juvia flinched, seeing the memory return. He was angry. Truly angry. She felt her heart lurch in her chest as she felt the tears slide down her cheeks. She really did mess up.
"I don't think a hug would fix this…" Juvia mumbled, thinking of Natsu, "or food." She hiccuped and let her hands run through her hair, she felt the drops of water hit her shoulders and Juvia looked up at the cloudy sky that turned into dark rain clouds.
Salty tears ran down her cheeks, the rain masking them. She sat there in the rain, letting her clothes soak. He didn't miss her. He didn't want her.
She wanted to give up. Maybe walk away, go somewhere else. But how can she forget him? Juvia shook her head and sucked in her breath, allowed herself to cry freely in the dead of night. Alone, cold, and wet. God she hated the rain.
"Go away!" She screamed at the darkening clouds and it suddenly began to pour. Juvia closed her fists and squeezed her eyes shut. She just wanted the day to be over already.
Nothing seemed to be going as she had planned. The surprise she had planned for days was unnoticed, time wasted.
What am I going to do to fix this? Can I fix this?
When she opened her eyes again something lay in front of her. It was Gray. Wait...She stared a bit longer, it had stitches and two button eyes. She gave a quizzical look and reached out to touch the image. Juvia's eyes widened when she realized she wasn't seeing things. She could grab it. Juvia's hands grasped the small plush of Gray in front of her. She blinked and watched as it fell into her hands and looked up and behind her to see how it came about.
"Gray?"
A thin man stood out in the rain, gazing away, a hand stuff in his pocket the other one held another small plush. He frowned then sat down, soaked in the rain as well. He stared into the canal beside her quietly. She stared at him, surprised to see him so far away from his apartment.
She watched him lean forward watching the rain pelt the canal waters and they sat there in silence for what seemed liked hours yet only minutes traveled by. Juvia felt tears stain her cheeks seeing him there, wondering what he was thinking, why he was here. She didn't want to ruin it again. She held her tongue, praying he would speak to her. Say anything.
The wind pulled back their hair and she looked down at the doll she made, it was the Gray doll. She touched the hair and it slicked back from the water. The plush was soaked from being outside and she squeezed it, watching the water escape from inside, back out into her hand. Black dye painted her hands and she felt her chest tighten, it was ruined.
"I'm sorry."
Juvia looked up to see him staring at the doll, her hands covered in dark ink.
"I didn't know it would get ruined out here...I didn't know it was going to rain so suddenly either…" he paused and glanced down at his hands where he held another plush. She glanced over to see it was the one she made of herself, the blue dye had escaped onto his hands as he held the doll gently.
"I didn't mean to take them with me, I wasn't really thinking."
"But I didn't want to lose them either, so I just held onto them."
She stared at him, was he really apologizing for ruining the plush dolls? He was still staring at the Juvia plush. She still didn't know what to say. She swallowed, scared to mess up. Scared to make him upset again. But questions rang in her head. Why was he here…? He told her to leave so he could sleep, yet here he was.
He glanced at her when she continued to hold her silence and spoke again, "My mission was located at the edge of Isvan, that is where my family lived." he paused, "I had noticed that their graves were destroyed, all of them were. The whole town. I spent days recovering them." Juvia watched him.
"I know they're already dead, but I couldn't just leave it like that."
He forced a huff of air to release the tension, "for five days I stayed in that nasty old hut, picking up the broken pieces some reckless wizard tore apart."
He sighed, "I spent the next week looking for him."
"When I found him, he seemed to not even recall the incident, but when he did... I already did the damage." He sighed and was quiet, fists tightening.
"I don't know if the boy will get his magic back."
Juvia's eyes widened at the story.
"That's why I was back so late...why my mission took longer. I should have told the guild, someone…" he let his words catch the wind and lowered his head.
"You feel guilty..?" Juvia stated quietly and Gray looked up at her voice and he glanced down at his hands. She let her hand rest on his shoulder and glanced down at the Gray plush, the black dye from the hair ran down the face as if the doll was crying as well.
"You did what you felt was necessary at the time." She offered, still shocked at the story he choose to tell her. But it made sense why he took so long to return back to Fairy Tail.
Gray shook his head, "I don't think I did the right thing. If I had someone, anyone with me…" He sighed, "ok, maybe not anyone."
"Maybe you would have not gone so far with the boy?" Juvia continued and Gray fell quiet. She figured that was the assumption. She began to imagine being there with him and wondered if she could have stopped his outrage. Possibly. But she could never truly know.
"I don't want the guild to know...but I figured you...you would keep this between us?" He sighed, looking defeated in the rain.
"I know it's not an excuse, but it's why I…" he stopped and looked down at the canal, as the pelting rain turned into a light drizzle. Juvia felt something catch in her throat, feeling tears surface from the emotions he was exposing to her so suddenly.
She squeezed his shoulder and he looked up at her small smile, "I won't tell anyone. It'll be between us."
She meant it too. Not a soul from the guild will know what happened. But she was relieved that he told someone and even more relieved it was her that he told.
Juvia swallowed, "I'm happy you told me. I now understand better why you were so upset."
Gray nodded and sighed, holding the plush lightly in his hands, "I wasn't acting myself. When I realized how I must have looked like...how I must have sounded, I figured I needed to come find you. I wasn't getting any sleep tonight anyway." He paused and smirked, "and apparently neither were you."
Juvia stared at him and cocked her head, "you were looking for me?"
He laughed and felt the back of his head in embarrassment, "yeah I walked all the way to your apartment, but you weren't even there..."
Juvia's eyes widened, "Gray snuck into Juvia's apartment without permission?"
Gray laughed, "yeah talk about a hypocrite right?"
Juvia smiled and then laughed alongside him, "I just happened to see you here on my way back to my apartment." Gray continued and frowned, looking down at the plush in his hands, "I realized I messed up bringing these things along when it started to rain." His thumb ran over the female plush, the dye smearing across his hand.
"I'm really sorry." He whispered.
Juvia gazed at the two plush toys she had just made a few days ago. She held the Gray plush close to her face and gazed at the seams that were jagged on the side and the clothes that limply hung off the doll. She frowned and pulled her arm back and let the plushie fly. She watched the water spray in the air as the doll was engulfed into the canal river, disappearing from view.
Gray stared at where she threw the doll and turned to her in surprise and, wait... was that hurt in his eyes?
Juvia frowned and jumped forward, wrapping her arms around his neck. She hit him with such sudden force he fell back onto the road with a "huff". She tightened her grip around his shoulders, burrowing her head into his neck.
"A doll will never replace you Gray. Don't apologize it's just...it's just a toy."
Juvia could feel him staring down at her as she spoke and felt him sit up, using one arm to balance himself and the other flung across her back. He was quiet for a moment and they didn't move. He pulled her closer and laid his head on top of hers. The wind tousled their hair as the stars peaked out from behind the clouds, the rain ceasing its assault on the couple.
"You made it though, you took a really long time making it." Gray stated quietly and Juvia sniffed, "I can always make another one if...if Gray really liked it." Gray pulled back and Juvia wiped her eyes, stained red from crying.
"No it's ok...I don't need it." He laughed and she stared at him, "What's so funny?"
"You look like a disaster. Geez what have you been up to all night?"
Juvia blushed and shook her head, "Juvia doesn't want to talk about it."
"What? What did you do?"
"Nothing."
"Come one tell me." He pressed with a smirk and she blushed, "I imposed on friends Lucy and Natsu then interrupted the sleep of Gajeel and Levy."
"What the hell? Why the hell would you do that?" Gray asked with wide eyes then busted out laughing.
"I just had some questions and I…" She paused, "Juvia really isn't sure why she did that...It sounds kind of silly now...I guess I was just so sad…."
Gray patted her on the head, taking in a breath to calm himself from his outburst and she looked at him, "I caused this, come on, I'll make up for it." He stood up and offered his hand, she gazed at him then took his hand and he pulled her up,
"Where are we going?" Juvia asked, she noted that the moon was cascaded down, morning was going to be upon them in an hour or two.
"Back to my place." he stated, pulling her forward, his hand wrapped around her sleeve. She obeyed him as he pulled her along and she stared at him, feeling confused about the whole situation.
"I thought Juvia wasn't allowed to stay there?"
Gray sighed, "I'll make tonight an exception...an apology." He forced a smile. Juvia blinked and smiled, feeling her body fill with a warm burst of energy. She glanced at where he was holding her sleeve and reached up and laced her hand in between his fingers. He paused, glancing down for a moment then held her hand in return. Juvia let out a breath, tonight started out as a disaster but it was turning out to be one of the best nights of her life. The two of them arrived back at his apartment and quietly slipped inside, the night still upon them.
He turned back to her, "you're welcome to have anything in the fridge, and you can have the bed…" He smirked, "it's more yours than mine anyway."
Juvia glanced at the bedroom and bit her lip, "can Juvia stay in the living room instead?"
Gray stared at her, "well I was going to take the couch, but you can have it; I don't mind lying on the floor." He grabbed a couple blankets and tossed one on the floor and the other one on the couch. Juvia sat on the couch for a moment and watched him turn off the light before walking back toward the couch.
"It's been a really long night, huh?"
Juvia stared at the shadow where his voice came from as he sat on the floor, a yawn escaping as he spoke.
"Gray?"
"Yeah?"
"I'm sorry."
It was quiet for a moment then he replied, "why? You didn't do anything wrong."
Juvia shook her head even though he could not see her, "Juvia got rid of your bed and ruined your room… I...I didn't help you at all. I missed you and thought...well…" she paused, "I thought you would be happy...I didn't do anything right though."
She could feel him looking up at her from the floor, "don't worry about it Juvia."
When she didn't reply he continued, "It's just stuff, it's the thought that counts… yeah some of it was a little...over the top, but I mean you were here because you wanted to see me."
"Yeah…" Juvia replied.
"Next time, just...just bring yourself ok? Don't worry about all that extra crap."
"Just myself? You don't want me to make you anything?"
Gray laughed, "I don't need anything to make me happy. Knowing that someone is out there who cares enough to wait for me and is happy to see me, even when I act like a total dick...well, that's more special than any gift can ever give me."
Juvia felt something warm run down her face and she felt the hot tears cascading down her cheeks again. She was crying? Why was she crying…? She was at a loss of words, happiness filled her and it was so full it was coming out as tears it seemed. Juvia never thought she would hear Gray say something so powerful to her, something so meaningful. Was this even real? Was she dreaming? She blinked and rubbed her arm across her eyes to wipe away the falling droplets.
"Juvia?" Gray called out after she didn't respond. She smiled and crawled down from the couch and found his shadow in the dark and pressed up against him. He stiffened for a moment before releasing the tension as she leaned into him.
"Ok I will just bring myself from now on. I'll be there for you when you need me." She could feel him take in a deep breath as they leaned against the couch.
"Good."
It was quiet and eventually Juvia could feel his breathing slow down to a steady rhythm, he was asleep. Closing her eyes she leaned her head into his shoulder and wrapped her arms around him, cherishing the night. It was going to be a night to remember...
If you enjoyed this story, I have another chapter I will post before I make it complete.
It's the "afterwards" chapter, it will be shorter, but I have most of it written already (its more like a play script than anything right now).
I was just curious if anyone would be actually interested in it. It's a cute little end, like an episode after the big climax. It showcases the main couples I touched base with in this chapter when they are back at the guild.
If you want to read it, I'll finish it up; and you can write a review letting me know!
I don't own fairy tail, so this is only fanfiction :) first fairy tail submission
I'm currently in the works of a true fan fiction fairy tail story. I am 7 chapters deep (70,000 words so far-yes 70k) and I have the whole plot laid out from the beginning to the end (bullet points and all). It's a story with similar match ups but the key difference is I am "continuing" exactly after where the anime left off. I'm trying to make a continuation because I couldn't find one like it to read. It's going to be really long, and I am not going to post it until I am halfway done or farther. Because I have let down other stories and I WILL NOT do it again. I hope you guys understand :) But if you are interested in reading it or editing, send me a message my way. I could always use advice and motivation before it's posted to the world. (Though don't expect it any time soon. Those seven chapters took a month and a half to write)
Off Topic: About old me.
I'm Kenzii, also known as Maihowl and Stormspirit before. If anyone is directly following me they may feel a wave of disappointment to see I'm no longer writing in the Teen Titans field of genre anymore. But good news, I'm not dead. Though, to some readers, I probably should be. I'm going to be honest, there are legit reasons why I stopped writing certain stories and others which don't deserve any excuses.
One is obvious. I lost interest in the series. I still love it, don't get me wrong. But I don't have that drive. But I heard recently that TT was getting a reboot, so you never know.
Second is a couple stories never had a direct end. So I just wrote things out as I went along. Big mistake. I screwed up on a story and I've been stuck ever since. I started creating smaller stories but I never finished those either. I'm sorry. Truly. I think deep down I am trying to get out of this Fairy Tail Phase I'm in. (It's really bad) I haven't been this obsessed with a show since TT/InuYasha. Once I'm out, I'm going to look at my old stories again and attempt a revival. Attempt is the key word here.
Anyway, I will be putting a notice on each of my stories eventually to let people know where I am at with them in regards to length, motivation, ideas and WHY I stopped writing them. I'll also give a scale/rating of how likely I am to finish the story sooner rather than later.
Don't hate me :(
Anyway, back to Fairy tail, I hope you enjoyed the story, if you did, leave a like or a review, I love hearing from readers. It can change a writers motivation in a heartbeat.