Chapter 1 - Of Sharpies and Markers (au)
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or the characters
7:55 am
Gray walked silently down the dimly lit street. His work boots scraped the concrete every step he took as he dragged his legs to work.
To say he was having a bad day would be an understatement.
Gray awoke late with a headache and no clothes washed. After rushing to get ready, his car decided it wouldn't work that , Gray began his cold boring walk to his office. He needed to get his latest sculpture done in an hour for a impatient client and if he didn't … Well he would lose his money.
He crossed the road and felt a single wet drop on his hand. Gray groaned and pulled his hood over his thick, black hair.
That's when he saw it.
An ad for a jewelry company was posted on a brick wall. A tall beautiful lady with short brown hair and big green eyes was dressed fancy with a man escorting her, Gray assumed. The man was smirking with dark blue hair and even darker brown eyes. He was dressed fancy as well and handing the woman a necklace. They were posed on a huge white backdrop.
Gray rolled his eyes at the cheesy advertisement and pulled a black marker from his art bag. Then reaching up drew devil ears on the tall man and gave him a comedic mustache.
Gray grinned and popped the marker back and continued his walk towards his work.
8:00
"Juvia!" A deep yell came from the door.
Juvia blinked and rubbed her tired face before sitting up for a second. She looked at her phone and laid back down on her fluffy pillow.
She heard keys jingle and unlock her door and nestled farther into her comfy bed.
Gajeel walked into her room with a scowl on his pierced face.
"Oi! You need to get the fuck up woman! You have work in an hour."
Juvia smiled softy before patting her bed. "Juvia is not doing her hair today so she doesn't need up yet." She replied.
"Well your hair looks like shit so get up and go. If your late your gonna get fired again." Gajeel grunted before walking out of the room.
"Ugh Gajeel-Kun your so mean to Juvia! Can't a woman get some sleep around here!?" Juvia yelled.
"Go to fucking work Juvia."
After Juvia showered and brushed her teeth she threw her work clothes on and walked to the kitchen. Gajeel was sitting and drinking coffee while on his phone.
He glanced up at Juvia before taking a mouthful of egg.
"Your hair still looks like shit." He laughed.
Juvia scowled at him then grabbed her bag and keys.
"Fuck you Gajeel-Kun… Your lucky Juvia is your best friend or else she would have drop kicked you already!" Juvia put her hands on her hips.
He stood and flicked her forehead lightly. "Yeah, yeah whatever. I gotta go " He waved and made to leave.
"Your not gonna drive Juvia to work?" She pouted.
"Nope…bye." He patted her hair and walked out.
but it's raining!" She yelled. No reply.
Juvia walked out of her apartment building into the dark street filled with rain.
She kicked the ground and stomped down the road cursing at Gajeel.
Juvia walked until she spotted the cursed advertisement. The man on the popular ad was her very own ex-boyfriend and next to him was the lovely woman on whom he cheated on her with.
Juvia glared at the poster before laughing loudly at what was drawn on it. Bora was now adorned with a hilarious devil ears and a mustache.
She giggled and dug into her purse.
"Oh please let me have one!" She mumbled as she searched.
"Yes I have one!" She exclaimed.
Juvia pulled out a blue sharpie and began to color more onto the poster.
When she was done she looked at her work.
Now to add to the comedic drawings a stranger had drawn she had added rain pelting down upon the pair.
She smirked. "Bora always said Juvia was a gloomy woman." Then continued her walk to work.
The next morning Gray walked the same way to work and saw that someone had decided to contribute to his graffiti.
Now surrounding the couple was a bunch of blue rain drops.
Gray chuckled and grabbed his black marker.
Juvia walked down quiet street before pausing at the advertisement.
Written next to Bora's head was "Aw be don't be mean." With an umbrella over the couples head.
Juvia stuck her tongue out before angrily grabbing her blue sharpie.
Gray laughed out loud at the next days reply.
Under his writing was written: "Don't tell Juvia what to do!"
With little angry faces surrounding it and a wave of water was drawn next to the models.
Gray stood confused. "Who the hell is Juvia?"
He shook his head and already had his marker in his hand.
When Juvia walked past the ad with her arms crossed and head thrown to the opposite side she couldndn't help but glance at was the stranger had replied.
She knit her eyebrows together as she read what the anonymous person had wrote.
"I just did!" Was written with a bunch of smiley faces around it and an ice cube blocking her wave of water.
Juvia just smiled and shook her head lightly.
The anonymous interactions between the two had been going on for about a week.
Gray walked home from work smiling softly to himself. He decided to stop into the coffee shop a block away from his house so he could stay up and finish a new project.
He walked into the café and looked at the menu./p
"Good afternoon sir! Can I help you with anything?" A soft voice asked him.
He looked down at the barista and almost chocked on air.
Big blue innocent eyes looked into his eyes as Gray felt his face heat up. This girl was really pretty.
He coughed and ordered a grande white freddochino.
"Can I get the name?" She held a blue marker to the cup looking up at him expectantly.
"Gray." She nodded.
Juvia turned to make the handsome guys drink as her face turned different shades of red.
Juvia had a habit of speaking in third person, yes. But to not freak people out at work, especially hot guys with dark hair, she spoke in first person.
Gray paid and Juvia handed him his drink. There fingers brushed and they both blushed.
"Um" Juvia spoke.
"Gra- um I mean… You have black marker all over your hands." She whispered out loud in a trance.
Gray's eyes widened slightly. He looked at his hands before smiling. "You have blue all over yours."
He smirked and left Juvia to try and calm her beating heart.
8:24 am
Gray awoke sleepily and looked at his clock.
He jumped up and grabbed clothes, rushing to get ready.
"Shit!" He was almost an whole hour late as he rushed out of the apartment and down the street.
Juvia skipped down the warm street towards the poster on the wall. When she arrived she frowned upon noticing that the stranger hadn't replied.
She looked down sadly before starting to draw a sad face with a broken heart.
Gray ran down the familiar street and he felt in his bag for his marker. Maybe he could make it and write a reply fast.
He halted as his hand grasped the black marker.
There standing at the ad was a familiar looking woman writing something in blue sharpie.
She looked pretty from the side with long, blue, curled hair pulled back halfway. She had on a tight white shirt with dark blue jeans rolled up over her ankles with white keds adorning her feet.
She was gorgeous and Gray had to shake his head a couple times to see if she was real.
He walked cautiously towards her before looking at her reply. He gathered up all his confidence before speaking.
"Nice shark, coffee girl" He spoke in a smooth voice but he was shaking with nerves.
The girl jumped at the sound of his voice before grinning and finishing her broken heart.
She looked towards him and drew in a sharp breath.
Holy shit was this guy attractive. He had on light gray sweats with a black muscle shirt with a dark gray beanie. His messy hair that was free from the beanie fell into his even darker eyes. And as she had guessed, he was the same guy from the coffee shop last night.
"Juvia knew it was you." She whispered.
She blushed before looking up at her drawing of a shark.
"Juvia quite likes sharks Gray." She smirked before looking towards the man.
He swallowed. Her soft melodious voice and striking beautiful big blue eyes was making his heart thump loudly against his chest.
He walked a little closer to her and motioned to the man on the advertisement.
"So what's wrong with him? What did he ever do to you?" He leaned against the wall looking at the woman in front of him.
Juvia looked down at her dirty shoes and frowned.
"H-he cheated on Juvia… With that gorgeous woman." He pointed to the pretty model next to her ex. "He broke Juvia's heart."
Gray frowned deeply.
He opened his marker and crossed out her broken heart and made a whole heart next to hers.
He turned and grinned at her.
"Well then we will let Mr. Shark splash that blind idiot, right Juvia?" He smirked and she giggled.
They stared at each other for a while, taking the others appearance in.
Gray broke the silence. "Wanna go grab a coffee?" He asked softly.
"Juvia would love that. But uhh your hands are covered in black marker." She smiled.
"And yours are covered in blue. We're the perfect match don't you think?" He chuckled and Juvia laughed before leading the way to her work.
They walked down the street talking about random things, already comfortable with the others presence. They didn't even notice when there hands became intertwined, covered in marker and sharpie.
