Thank you for coming in and giving this story a read! Please, I do not appreciate any flames or criticism for that matter... I'm not looking for improvement in writing(I got my English and history class for that). A review to see if you like it is greatly appreciated and also let me know if you're a LyonxJuvia or GrayxJuvia shipper or both!(:
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Juvia was sitting alone in the early morning. She always sat at this certain table just waiting for that one person to come, Gray. In her hand was a flier that she found the day before.
"Are you looking at that Ice Sculpture flier?"
Juvia's head shot up and turned around to see Mirajane, the beautiful S-Class mage. "Oh, uhm... Juvia just thought it was interesting."
"The request board is usually only for jobs ," Mirajane said as she looked at the board full of a variety of different papers. "I usually like to put in fliers like contests. There not really jobs but you can earn jewels by participating."
Juvia pulled off the flier and read through it one more time. Akane Resort, a familiar location, was hosting an Ice Sculpture contest with the grand prize being 1,500,000 jewels. The catch was that magic is not allowed which gives everyone a fair shot. They are also looking for water Mages to provide water to freeze up to make ice.
"You should ask Gray to go with you," Mirajane suggested. The sudden recommendation made Juvia blush and fantasize. She agreed and it filled her with excitement and happiness. The next day, she came to the guild earlier than usual. She was just so eager to ask him that she couldn't sleep well.
After waiting a long time with no signs of Gray, Juvia accidentally fell asleep. Mirajane was also there and couldn't help but smile at the cute Water Mage. She left a cup of Juvia's favorite gray tea right next to her and made sure that the flier was sticking out from her arm.
"Hm, Juvia?"
"Oh, good morning Gray!" Mirajane smiled and waved at the stripping, er Ice, Mage. "You're pants."
Gray looked down to see his pants are gone. He frantically looked around and found it near the door of the guild building. It was unlike Juvia to be asleep through this situation which Gray even noticed. He sat at the bar and Mira was serving him some lunch.
"Why's Juvia here so early?" Gray asked as he was eating.
"Oh, just look at the flier that's on her table," Mirajane pointed with a oddly suspicious grin on her face. Gray shrugged off the weird behavior and walked over to the table where Juvia was innocently sleeping. The corner of the flier was stuck under Juvia's elbow, so he leaned over the table to read it.
The flier was white adorned with beautiful blue designs and borders. From the look on Gray's face, he seemed pretty interested in competing. Even though he had never tried ice sculpting without magic, his confidence took over. Gray's close presence woke Juvia up this time.
"G-Gray-sama?" She blushed at leaned back a little. Her blushing made her face warm which she tried covering her up by pulling her hands to her cheeks.
"Are you going to Akane Resort for this?" He asked lifting up the flier and pointing at it with the opposite hand.
"W-Well, yes...," She blushed even brighter and gulped. "Does.. Gr-Gray-sama want to go with J-Ju-Juvia?"
"Well, the prize is big and I think I have a chance at winning," Gray grinned.
"Gray-sama will win for sure!" Juvia blurted out her thoughts.
"You think? Then, we'll go together," Gray's words made Juvia literally melt into her water body. He looked down and noticed his shirt was gone as well. He frantically started to look for it around the building. "I'll meet you at the station in a few hours!"
Back at Fairy Hills, Juvia was going through her wardrobe for something to wear. This was a very special occasion for her. Even though it wasn't her style to show off a lot of skin, she wanted to impress Gray. Hopefully, Juvia's love of her life will notice her. She wore a frilly light blue tank top with white polka-dots along with a matching blue skirt. She had white sandals on along with a light blue lace tied around her neck for a little touch up. Juvia also tied her hair into pigtails. Walking up to her mirror, she thought she was a whole different person, but she smiled. He happily skipped to the train station to meet Gray.
When she arrived, Gray was already waiting for her.
"Sorry, did Juvia make Gray-sama wait?" she said walking up to Gray who was wearing his more formal white coat. He noticed her different attire and eyed her a moment, but he did not comment about it.
"No, I got here a few minutes ago," he handed Juvia her ticket and they boarded the train together. Gray sat on one end while Juvia sat on the opposite end.
A few minutes into the ride, it was getting quiet. Juvia was on the verge of falling asleep, but she was too stubborn to close her eyes.
"Wasn't it Akane Resort where we saw each other?" Gray looked over to her.
Juvia nodded and Gray gave a soft smile to her.
"Should Gray-sama be preparing for the competition?" she asked tilting her head a bit.
"Oh you're right, I should practice my techniques."
Juvia tried hiding in the giggles seeing Gray trying to chisel his ice. He looked like he was struggling and had the 'this is harder than I thought' look on his face. The humorous scene wasn't enough to keep Juvia awake, sadly. She drifted off to sleep with her cheek on her shoulder. Gray noticed the silence and looked up seeing the softly breathing water mage.
He gave a smile seeing how peaceful she looked. He realized that maybe his ice would make Juvia cold since she did not wear her usual warm attire. At his side was his coat that he unconsciously stripped off awhile ago, so he grabbed it and used it as a blanket for Juvia. He sat back down and continue to suffer in his chiseling practice.
When the train stopped to the station for Akane, Juvia woken up to find Gray stripped to his boxers and his coat around her. Juvia had her face turned so hot that steam rushed out of her skin. The ice mage noticed the train stopped as well and proceeded to grab his coat off of the dazed Juvia. Thinking that she was still asleep, he shook her shoulder.
"Let's go, Juvia," he calmly said in front of Juvia's face.
"Y-Yes!" she managed to say while still flushed. "Gr-Gray-sama's pants!"
He was surprised that he stripped again and quickly found his pants. After putting them back on, he noticed that Juvia was red and had steam coming out of her flushed face. He put his hand on her forehead.
"Are you getting sick? Should we go back?" he asked. The touch made Juvia even hotter.
"No! Juvia is okay!" She reassured and they both walked their way to Akane Resort together. The place had gotten more lively that last time they had been here. The competition was being held in the hotel's showcase room. Inside was very big and many people had already gone to chisel their creations. The room was quite freezing since they had to keep the temperature at a state where the ice won't melt. Juvia was freezing, but tried to ignore it to focus on Gray.
"Hello there! I'm the host for this competition, Tulo. I recognize you two from the incident that happened long ago. You two are from Fairy Tail, yes?" the eager host said. Gray and Juvia nodded and were glad to be recognized as Fairy Tail mages.
"Juvia is here to help provide water for the ice!"
"Ah, what a beautiful water mage you are! I was glad too, not a single water mage came to take the offer too," he said.
"No water mages? Then how did some people start on their sculptures?" Gray asked.
"We had a nice young Ice Mage that was participating in the competition," he replied. "We allowed him to create some blocks of ice to get some people started."
We looked where Tulo was pointing to. It was a young man with spiky silvery hair also seeming to have trouble chiseling the ice. He was wearing a long white coat similar to Gray's and next to him was a pink-haired woman.
"Lyon?" Gray suddenly yelled. Tulo walked away and Gray suddenly walked over to the person.
"Gray-sama, do you know this person?"
The young man stopped his chiseling, stood up, and turned around.
"Gray?" he said. "It's not surprising see you here."
"Oh? Fairy Tail Mages here too?" the pinked-haired woman said.
"I'm pretty sure this'll be an interesting competition, Sherry," Lyon replied.
Looking over Gray's shoulder, Lyon suddenly started to blush a little. Without a moment to lose, he passed Gray and held Juvia's shoulders.
"I-Is this love at first sight?"
Sudden confusion filled the atmosphere. Juvia backed away, hesitantly, with her hands to her heart. She stammered and bit an looked to Gray seeming to have an annoyed expression.
"Not this annoying crap," he commented. "You got to be kidding me."
He looked off to the other end of the room with his hand on his forehead. He then, remembered that he had to work on his sculpture as well.
"Common babe, the train will leave soon," a voice was heard from a tall, tanned man.
"Oh okay. Bye Lyon-sama, me and Ren needs to go for the job we're working on together," Ren held to Sherry's waist and they walked out the hotel.
Juvia and Lyon were suddenly alone making it awkward between them. Tulon called Juvia over to provide the water for the ice. But before she could start moving forward, she was held back.
"Wait! Juvia is it?" Lyon stopped her before she could walk. She nodded. "Here"
He stripped off his long coat, and eventually the rest of his upper body, and handed it to Juvia. She was confused and just stared at the piece of clothing with a puzzling expression.
"Here, you're cold, right?"
Juvia didn't know whether or not to accept the jacket. Her heart always did belong to Gray and taking another man's jacket would seem as a betrayl to her. But before Juvia could give a reply, she felt a someone put a coat around her shoulders. She turned around to see Gray eyeing fiercely at Lyon.
"Sorry, she's my comrade," he pulled Juvia over to the opposite end where she was needed. Juvia blushed and held onto Gray's coat protectively.
Lyon glared Gray from behind while putting his coat back on. He continued to work on his sculpture, but vowed to make Juvia his.
After giving all the participants enough water to turn into ice blocks, Juvia decided to check up on Gray. To no surprise, he had nothing but a jagged figure of who knows what.
"Gray-sama," she said. Gray didn't turn around, but he replied back to let her know that he heard her. He was too busy trying to make a 'masterpiece'. Still holding onto Gray's coat, she tried making conversation especially about something that has been clouding around her mind. "Who is Lyon?"
"Lyon and I were both apprentices of the same teacher since we were young," he replied without turning back. "Sorry if he made you nervous when... you know."
"It's okay, it is not Gray-sama's fault," Juvia said.
It was embarrassing to Juvia. She was having thoughts about Lyon, the first time she had thought about anything but Gray and Fairy Tail. It was strange to her. It was Gray that had her seen the beautiful sky behind the clouds she was always surrounded by. However, Lyon's sudden attention of love toward her also made her feel like the sun was shining down on her. At times, she has even caught herself looking onto Lyon instead of Gray. It was all confusing and Juvia couldn't tell what to feel anymore.
Should she move on? Would staying in love with Gray still cause grey clouds to rain down on her again? What if Lyon gives Juvia the feeling of white clouds that would always compliment the sky that would never make her feel lonely again?
"WWWWHHHHAAAAATTTTTTT?"
"Juvia tells the truth, that's what happened at Akane!"
Almost every Fairy Tail girl was crowding in Juvia's room at Fairy Hills. Mirajane spilled to the girls about her time with Gray at Akane Resort. But when they returned, Juvia told her about the Lyon incident. With Mirajane's gossiping nature, every girl she told has rushed into her room. Everyone wanted to know about Juvia's love life.
"What about Sherry?" Lucy asked since she had a run in with Sherry many times and knows about her love towards Lyon. "Wouldn't she attack you?"
"She is going out with Ren-san from Blue Pegasus," she notified. "Sherry-san didn't seem to mind when Lyon told Juvia his love."
Many of the girls were in shock of this news. Juvia was being overwhelmed by the amount of people interested in her love life, but she liked to talked with them. They all truly cared about Juvia and want her to be happy.
"How about this," Levy started to write on a notepad. "Everyone write which side Juvia should pick: Lyon or Gray."
Everyone agreed and passed around the notepad for the vote.
Gray Votes: Erza, Bisca, Levy, Lucy
Lyon Votes: Lisanna, Evergreen, Cana, Mirajane
Everyone stared at the tie.
"Mira-nee, you only picked Lyon cause it'd be easier for you to meddle," Lisanna accused her big sister, but she denied having her meddling habits.
Erza and Lucy had bad run-ins with Lyon so they obviously voted for their teammate. Levy and Bisca always had liked to Juvia and Gray's relationship because they had Gajeel and Alzack in their thoughts.
Lisanna thought Lyon and Juvia would be cute together, Evergreen believed Gray doesn't deserve her, Cana thinks that Gray is too stupid, and Mirajane thinks that moving on would be a good change(sure...)
"Well, Juvia," Juvia's head shot up to Bisca's voice. "Who do you want to be with? Surely you're not over Gray just yet."
"No! Juvia will never fall in love with anyone other than Gray-sama!" her face lowered with a saddened look. "... right?"
Each of the girls returned with a saddened look for themselves. Without a word, they each gave her a group hug. The warmth of the hug made Juvia feel better, but she was still confused what to do. They all reassured that they all would support her relationship with any man that she chooses. It was quite late and they all told Juvia their goodnights.
Juvia had another sleepless night. The whole time she was hugging her handmade Gray plushie close to her. This was a frequent routine for Juvia. For weeks, she's been having some trouble sleeping. She wasn't herself, her Juvia personality was on break.
Juvia came to the guild building pretty late and not looking like her usual self. She sat at the usual table with the girls.
"Juvia, are you okay?" Lisanna asked. Juvia was too tired to say anything and simply nodded. She was, of course, lying.
"You don't look so good," Lucy commented. "Maybe you should get some rest."
"Juvia is fine everyone," she reassured.
The sound of the door was heard and everyone looked to see who's coming in. It was a familiar face to everyone's shock. Lyon.
"Lyon-san?" Juvia said.
"Hello," he calmly said. "It is nice to see you again, Juvia."
Every was simply staring at the two just waiting for something to happen. To their dismay, something did happen that they did not expect.
"LYON!"
Lyon was punched from the side and flew a few feet but quickly got back on his feet. He did show any anger and simply wiped his cheek with his arm. We all stared to the person behind this sudden attack and expected it to be Gray.
"NATSU!"
"What?"
"WHY DID YOU HIT HIM?" Lucy yelled and smacked her team mate.
"I thought he wanted a fight!" he said. "So, I got fired up!"
All the girls made a face to him which had a tear drop appear from the back of Natsu's head. Lisanna sighed and pulled him away from the scene. Juvia walked over to Lyon and bowed her head in apology. All the girls observed the potential couple.
"No need to apologize," he said staring at Juvia.
"Why did Lyon-san come here?" Juvia asked.
"I had work close by here... and I thought I would come and see you," he looked away and blushed. Juvia was confused with her head tilted to the side. "Would you like to do something... with me?
Juvia felt saddened by the question. She always wanted to hear those words, but not from Lyon. Juvia was already surrounded by lonliness, but Gray helped her to be free from it. She still wanted that feeling that a certain someone would show her the feeling of love. However, it isn't Gray trying to give her love, but it was Lyon.
"What does Lyon-san suggest?" Juvia was shocked and mad at herself at her response. She was torn whether or not she was betraying Gray, her beloved Gray that she would always love forever. Right?
"How about ice skating?" he suggested with a bright smile which was really out of character for a calm Mage like Lyon.
Juvia was upset at the decision, she always wanted to ice-skate with Gray. She thought ice-skating was perfect for her and Gray. A pool of water, frozen with a layer of ice, and with both of them close together.
"Juvia accepts," she replied looking down twindling her fingers.
"Great! I'm really happy you accepted," he smiled. "I have to return to my guild to let them know I finished my request, but I'll be back in an hour for you."
Juvia did not say anything, but simply nodded. Lyon walked out waving goodbye to Juvia and she returned it. She looked visibly sad at this point.
"Juvia, what's wrong?" Cana asked.
"Yeah, you said yes to his date because you wanted to, didn't you?" Evergreen added.
"Juvia didn't know what to say...," she quietly said. "Juvia loves Gray-sama very much, but Lyon-san is returning that love that I wanted from Gray-sama."
"What's with all the commotion?"
The familiar voice shot up Juvia's depressing head and the rest of the girl's attention. It was Gray, he was half-naked as usual, and with his usual confused look.
"Lyon was here awhile ago," Erza notified.
"Lyon? Why?" Gray asked. "What purpose does he have here?"
"He asked Juvia out, Gray!" Mirajane notified with her perky voice.
"WHAT?" Gray's reaction made Juvia smile a bit. She felt better seeing how Gray seemed to care that Lyon asked her out. Juvia's heart started to beat and her face was bright red when Gray turned to her.
"You didn't say yes, did you?"
"J-Juvia... did accept...," Juvia felt remourse. She felt like grey rain clouds were forming and ready to pour out sorrow. But she realized that this was the perfect moment for these girl-to-guy tests. "Did Gray-sama wanted Juvia to reject Lyon-san?
The girls high-fived each other, gave their thumbs up, and was satisfied with Juvia's clever question. Is Gray jealous?
"Well...," Gray started looking away with his hand scratching the back of his head. "Did you want to say yes?"
"JUST ANSWER HER QUESTION GRAY!" the girls yelled in the background. Gray glared at them, but quickly returned his attention to Juvia.
"I didn't think you like Lyon," he admitted. "Lyon can be complicated."
"Juvia doesn't like Lyon," she replied at him. "Juvia said yes so Lyon would not feel sad for being rejected. When one person is rejected from their feelings, they would feel lonely and feel that no one really loves them."
Mirajane sniffed at this beautiful scene with tears and tissues.
"Well, that's nice of you," he gave a friendly pat on Juvia's head which was oddly free of her usual Russian Coassack hat. "Maybe giving Lyon love would knock him out of his cold self."
"Lyon-san isn't cold," her eyes opened wide at her response. Did Juvia just defended Lyon? She quickly tried to recover herself. "Maybe Gray-sama should try befriending him... he might be lonely since Sherry-san is going out with Ren-san and maybe..."
This wasn't working.
"Yeah, well," he went back to the cool self that Juvia fell for. "If anything happens, I'll be there to protect ya, okay?"
Gray suddenly walked away, now without pants. Juvia felt accomplished, not as much as she hoped, but still enough to leave her lovestrucked. Even though she confirmed that her love is still set on Gray, she continued to get ready for her "pity" date with Lyon.
"Did you hear that? She still has her eyes on Gray!" Bisca whispered in a gossip group with the Fairy Tail girls.
"AND, she said that she said yes because she didn't want Lyon to feel bad," Levy added.
"Juvia is a sweet girl, it's natural for her not to make anyone feel down," Lucy said with her arms crossed, finger pointed up, and a confident smile. Erza nodded in agreement.
It was now a war between Gray shippers and Lyon shippers.
"Ah, ah, ah," Evergreen had her finger moving left to right. "Not so fast girls, remember that Gray does not show any signs of returning those feelings."
"That's right, Juvia can't be in love with someone that does not love her back," Cana said. "Lyon would be a perfect match for her."
"Gray and Lyon are so alike...," Mirajane added with a finger to her lips and looking up. She was having an image in her mind about the similarities of the two potential lovers for Juvia. They were both strippers, er, Ice Mages, part of the strongest team in their guild, and nearly had the same personalities. Lyon was a bit more calm and mature than Gray, but that wasn't bad.
"The only difference is that Lyon is returning the feelings that Juvia gives to Gray," Lisanna added to her sister's comment. "Juvia would know better than to pick the one that loves her."
"Now, now," Erza finally spoke to ease the tension between the two sides. "We, as her guildmates and friends, are to not think of Juvia as someone who would do as we would think. She should choose whomever she believes to make her happy."
The girls agreed, but in all of their heads was to push Juvia towards their man of choice. Though, Erza was strictly watching all of them to make sure they do not change Juvia's opinion by their means. Some of them which are too scared to talk to Juvia about the matter. Meanwhile, Juvia had returned from Fairy Hills from freshening up for her day with Lyon. She didn't spruce up her appearance like she did with her time with Gray, but she looked more cheerful for some reason. This was just a day to make Lyon happy, right? But wouldn't this "pity date" hurt Lyon's feelings as well? Juvia doesn't like hurting anyone's feelings, so... what the hell is she doing?
After Lyon had picked her up to go ice-skating, Lucy had noticed that Gray was watching them the whole time.
"Would you like for me to talk to Gray, my dear Lucy?"
"AH!", the sudden voice of a familiar Gold Key Spirit made Lucy startled and almost had her fallen off of her seat. "L-Loke! Why did you come here? I didn't summon you..."
"Sorry, you seemed to be troubled," Loke apologized with a gentleman gesture of taking Lucy's hand to help her back on her feet. "Gray has been troubled too, no?"
"I'm not sure," Lucy wiped off the dust off of her clothes. "Gray had been really absent-minded about everything other than Lyon and Juvia."
"I'll try to talk to him about it and report it back to you."
"Why would you do that?"
"I believe that Gray has some feelings for Miss Juvia," Loke revealed while pushing back his typical blue sunglasses. "When she first joined Fairy Tail, Gray talked about her a lot."
"How does that tell you that he likes Juvia?" Lucy questioned due to her doubts.
"Trust me, I'm an expert," he sad walked towards Gray. Lucy was left with a dumbfounded expression.
"Gray," Loke said to get his attention. It worked and Gray looked over to the strawberry blonde spirit.
"Loke? What are you doing here?" Gray questioned since Loke was now a formal spirit and doesn't really have to show up at the guild a lot. But, Loke reassured him that he just simply wanted to visit the guild since he hasn't since Lucy obtained Aries, Scorpio, and Gemini from Oracion Seis member, Angel.
"What's on your mind?" Loke asked. "You seemed to be thinking about something."
"I don't know...," Gray continue to stare at the door where Lyon and Juvia went out of. "It's complicated and confusing."
"Tell me, maybe I can help?" Loke tried getting Gray to speak up. "It might help if you at least get if off your chest, Gray."
Gray was looking uneasy at the thought of telling someone about his thoughts. He was skeptical at first, but he trusted Loke since they were longtime friends. He sighed and allowed his feelings in the trust of Loke.
"I'm just starting to feel...," Gray tried getting the word out. "Weird."
Not exactly the right word.
"I mean like," Gray tried again. "Ever since Lyon has been around really close to Juvia, I get really... edgy, you know?"
"Gray, your pants," Loke said before continuing on. While Gray was putting his pants back on, he continued," Perhaps your feeling something you haven't felt before."
"Like what?" the now fully clothed Ice Mage questioned.
"Are you developing feelings for the lovely Water Mage?"
"Hey! What do you mean by 'lovely'?" Gray sounded defensive.
"I'm not talking about her like that, Gray," Loke had his hands up in innocence. "Are you sure that it's just not feelings that are finally beginning to drip out?"
"Drip," Gray repeated. "Juvia always said that when it rains."
Loke smiled at his trick.
"Gray, admit it, you're falling for her," Loke broke it to Gray who was still unsure about it.
"It can't be!" Gray retorted and stood up. "I mean, she's my guild mate! I'm suppose to feel protective of her right?"
"Gray, your being more protective that you should be," Loke looked serious which was rare for him to act this way. "What would you do when Juvia becomes romantically involved with Lyon, your senior?"
This questioned opened Gray's eyes. He was thinking about it, his answer, what he will do if he loses Juvia to Lyon. Looking forward, he sees himself as lonely, upset, depressed, and without anyone to help him get over his loss. He needed Juvia, he wanted Juvia, he has to have Juvia. She was the one that helped him through many tough times and he always had failed to give her to right attention for her sacrifices. Loke smiled at this reaction and gave a thumbs up to his master before returning to the Spiritual Realm. Noticing that Gray was wasting time standing in the guild, he rushed off to all the ice-skating rinks he knew. But knowing Lyon, he probably just found an empty plain to freeze over as a simple way to have alone time.
"Gray! You're clothes!" Erza yelled after him while Lucy held his clothes.
"AW COMMON!" Gray ran back to grabbed his clothes, but didn't put them back on as he ran out the door.
"Score for Gruvia!" Lucy and Erza high-fived.
"Call back Loke out," Erza said in a serious tone that left Lucy's body shivering. "Not letting Gray think on his own is an interference."
Hesitant, Lucy summoned Loke. Without a word, Loke knew was he was coming for. Oh, this shouldn't be explained.
"QUICK WE NEED SOMEONE!" Lisanna panicked.
"WE'RE OUTNUMBERED! DAMN LOKE! WE NEED SOMEONE TO TALK TO JUVIA!" Cana ran across the guild looking for someone that's close enough to Juvia to talk to her on behalf of Team Lyon.
Team Lyon was in panic that the balance between Team Lyon and Team Gray was disrupted due to Loke taking Gray's side. Many of the girls were out on requests which made potential ambassadors unavailable. However, through a luck in time, a familiar blue-haired Sky Dragon Slayer came through the door with a white exceed.
"WENDY! CHARLE!" Mirajane yelled and pointed.
"But wait!" Evergreen halted the hyperventilating girls. "Wendy is far too young to understand this older girl stuff!"
"What?" Wendy was confused about the situation.
"Darn...," Cana was disappointed. "What about Charle?"
"What about me?" Charle asked.
"Charle, do you know anything about love?" Mirajane crouched down to the small white cat.
"Hmph, love is such a simple topic that everyone believes to be so complicated."
"WE FOUND A CANDIDATE!" Mirajane cheered as she held Charle high in the air with her hands.
Charle blinked at the confusion of why everyone's so jumpy. After an explanation, Charle wasn't interested, but still agreed to talk to the Rain Woman. Wendy tagged along with her to the location of their date which Lisanna spied on them with her Take Over: Wings spell. No one was around, Charle and Wendy hit behind trees since it did not seem like the right time to intervene.
"Wow, Lyon-san you're amazing!" Juvia applauded after seeing Lyon show off his skating skills on ice.
Lyon showed Juvia a beautiful pond just on the outskirts of Magnolia. The trees were tall and beautifully had little bits of sun coming through their leaves. The little body of water was surrounded by the beauty of nature and Juvia simply loved the scenery. Lyon had froze the pond with only a top layer of see through ice. This allowed the water below to be fully alive which made the Water Mage awe in the lovely scene of many fishes swimming below.
She had to admit, spending time with Lyon was the most fun she's had in a long time. He gave her the feeling of being loved and cared for. Lyon has been the "certain guy" that she had always wanted. However, she thought about Gray again. Would have it been different if her constant rain 'companion' continued to stick along with her? It certainly ended the relationship she had with Bora which left her feeling lonely again.
"Juvia," Lyon said to snap her out of it. He noticed that Juvia was having her thoughts clouded up. "What's wrong?"
"N-Nothing, Juvia's fine," she reassured, but it didn't pass by Lyon.
"Is it because of Gray?" he abruptly asked her.
"Gray-sama? Wh-... What does he have to do with this?"
"I know you probably still love him," he revealed. "I appreciate you giving me a chance to spend time with you, but it is okay if you do not return the feelings I have for you."
"Juvia really likes Lyon-san," she told him with a bright blush on her face. It wasn't the same kind of blush that she always had with Gray. "Maybe someday, Gray-sama will realize that he'll never like Juvia... and then you'll be able to have that chance."
"Are you sure?" Lyon was really close to Juvia which made her heart beat go faster. They almost looked like they were giving each other eskimo kisses. Lyon looked deep into Juvia's beautiful blue eyes.
"Lyon-san has treated Juvia so well," she said and wrapped her arms around Lyon's lower body in a warm hug. "If I end up not being with you in the future, I hope you find a wonderful partner to love and cherish forever."
It was one of those few times where Juvia had spoken for herself by using "I". She smiled when giving Lyon the hug and felt happy when he returned it. They both took a break from the ice and decided to view the nature around them. The trees were fully grown, the flowers were just bloomed, the fishes were healthy and alive, and the birds chirped peacefully.
"It's beautiful here," Juvia commented and began to look at the sky. This made her remember the time when she first looked at the skies, when she met Gray. She looked back down to avoid thinking about him. It was true, she didn't want to think about Gray at the moment. Juvia was confused every time Gray is brought up in her mind. Lyon noticed this and tried to get Juvia to talk about it.
"How did you and Gray meet?"Lyon said as they were both laying on the green grass, cloud gazing.
"How did my and Gray-sama meet?" she repeated the questioned and closed her eyes to picture it exactly. "It was when I use to be in Phantom Lord."
"I heard about that, the guild war between Fairy Tail and Phantom Lord."
"Yes," Juvia continued. "Gray-sama had defeated Juvia in battle and was about to fall to my end, like a rain drop, he saved Juvia. It was surprising, and what was even more surprising was that... even though the rain had always came along with Juvia, the rain finally lit up and revealed the wonderful view of the sky. All because of Gray-sama was I able to be free of the loneliness that the rain gave me."
She used it again, "I".
"Then, it eventually brought Juvia to Fairy Tail. It was such a friendly, happy place, nothing Juvia has even seen before. Sometimes it would rain without Juvia, but even so, it was still so sunny and bright together with the guild. The pitter patter of the rain went away."
"I never hated the rain, just to let you know."
"No one likes rain, Lyon-san. It always gives a depressing feeling to everyone."
"It never depressed me," Lyon reached over to hold Juvia's hand which she never let go. "I always thought of it like the heavens letting out their feelings. You shouldn't be around those people that believe that falling water than effect their emotions."
Juvia didn't say anything back.
"I don't think we have to be here, Charle," Wendy whispered below her.
"Fine," Charle agreed in her own manner. "Let's go back then."
She let go of his hand.
"Juvia... should be getting back," she said.
"Let me walk you," Lyon offered.
"No!" she accidentally raised her voice, but softened down. "I mean... I'll be fine by myself."
Without letting Lyon say a word, Juvia ran off. He did not say anything to her, chase after her, but he let her be. No matter how much Lyon denied it, he couldn't control her emotions. One day, he believes he can have her heart, but that won't be today. Juvia noticed that the clouds were beginning to form into grey ones and she started getting more upset.
"Juvia-san?" Wendy noticed the sound of running and turned back to see the Water Mage that she recently left. "Where are you running to?"
"Wendy-san...," Juvia stopped. "I was just...-"
"Were you running away from that other stripper boy?"
Juvia just realized that she never noticed Lyon strip, however, she didn't answer. She had her head down.
"You know, it is okay to move on," Charle said using her Aera to go to Juvia's height level."There would be a reason why you decided to go off with another person. It is not because of pity like you think. It is because you believe that this boy is better than the one you are trying to be with. No matter how much or how long you love another, it is normal to go to someone else because you are not deserving the same kind of love you are receiving."
Juvia was still quiet, but looked up with eyes full of tears. She was so confused and torn over her heart and her head. Charle was right, however, Juvia isn't doing a wrong thing at all.
"You know," Charle continued speaking. "The love you make is equal to the love you take."
"Juvia, you are the most loving person I know," Wendy decided to speak up. "You deserve to have someone that has the love that is willing to have you take it. Please, don't be sad about this."
Juvia gave a smile and finally said thanks to them.
"YES!"
"Shhh!"
"Sorry..."
"We now have the upper hand!"
Wendy and Charle, along with dragging Team Lyon, left Juvia to be alone and think things through. By now, Juvia felt better, but not before the grey clouds began rolling in. She sat on a hill which was near a river.
"Drip, drip, drop...," Juvia has not said that in a long time.
"Juvia!"
Her eyes widened at the sound of that voice, and it wasn't Lyon's. She turned around to see a panting Gray Fullbuster, full clothed, and coming closer. He sat next to her and panted some more.
"What.. are you doing here?" he asked.
"Juvia just wanted to be alone," she answered.
"It's raining," he noted. "But this is your rain, I can tell."
Juvia was surprised that Gray knew what rain was hers and which one was the weather. It was touching to know that Gray truly knows about her.
"Why did Gray-sama come here?" it was her turn to ask a question. "You think the rain is depressing."
"Only because the rain is your sadness," Juvia blushed and looked away from his eye contact.
To her surprise, Gray gave her a heartfelt hug even if she wasn't looking at him. She did turn around to see him with a difficult face. It was hard for Gray to show these kinds of feelings of great affection. For Juvia, however, it was all but worth it.
"Juvia, I love you," Gray said looking into her eyes.
She gasped and had tears falling down from her cheeks. The rain continue to fall, but they were not tears of sadness.
"Hold on."
The two looked up to see Lyon.
"Lyon-san!"
"Juvia, I'm sure you know of my feelings."
"Back off Lyon," Gray defended.
"I'm sorry, even if you're my junior, I won't let you take Juvia away so easily."
They were prepared in a battle stance, but this wasn't the way Juvia wants to see two people fight over love. She came in between them and they calmed down. However, they still shared deathly glares to each other.
"Juvia does not want to tear about a perfectly good friendship!"
"Friendship?"
"If Juvia has to choose like this, then I can't choose either of you!"
This surprised Lyon and Gray. They each wanted to be with Juvia, and wouldn't allow her to be torn like this. Juvia promised to give an answer within a few days, but she is having trouble. With Erza's strict behavior, all the girls, other than Wendy and Charle, were punished for their interference with Juvia's love life. This was something that she had to do on her own. But who will she pick? Was it really too late for Gray to realize his feelings?
Don't forget to leave a review to see if you are Team Lyon or Team Gray! REMEMBER THAT THIS 'TWO SHOT' WILL HAVE ALTERNATE ENDINGS WITH JUVIA BEING WITH GRAY OR LYON(OR SOMETHING ELSE?)! (:
BY THE WAY! The "love you take is equal to the love you make" IS from The Beatles (John Lennon) ~