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*Rated T for strong language use and inferred sexual themes.

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"You never understand! Just leave me alone!" He boomed at her and the front door slammed closed behind him as he left the apartment in a fit of anger.

The apartment shook slightly from how hard he slammed the door, she was afraid for a moment that the door would just come off its hinges because of the strength he used.

A stray tear rolled down the side of the cheek and fell to the ground, along with her body when her knees gave out under her. She pressed her palms against her eyes as she sob loudly with the pouring rain that crashed against the window outside.

Just when, she asked herself, when did they ended up this broken?

—
The first time they met, they were classmates in University and were partnered together for a general studies module project.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Juvia," she smiled shyly towards her partner who looked extremely nonchalant about this whole thing.

He gave her a brief scan over before responding with a monotonous voice, "Gray."

She had seen him around school—well, more like stalked him around when she developed a crush on him—always with that group of friends, the fiery pink head along with his blonde girl friend, also the red and blue headed couple who looked rather intimidating. She found him attractive like the many other girls there.

"Which sports major are you from?" She asked, feeling more daring to make the first moves. How wrong was she to think she was being confident, forgetting that many other girls had did the same thing and were easily dismissed.

He grunted an answer, "Ice Hockey."

Her lips formed an 'O' as if she hadn't known before. She had followed him around the campus but not once had she spoke to him like this.

Seeing as he was not really giving her much of any attention, she decided to keep quiet and start on their project.

She accidentally dropped her file and bent over to pick it up when she felt another hand reach for it as well.

Her face flushed when she looked up and saw Gray holding onto not just the file but also her hand. He quickly let go, looking away, "Be careful," was all he said as he stared out the window, a slight tint painting on his cheeks.

Maybe it was that moment she developed more than just a crush for him.

—
Her sobs quietened and became sniffles. Her huddled figure stared at the rain that was still as heavy as ever, making the sky gloomy and dark at 3 in the afternoon.

Has it been an hour? Two hours? Since he left the place in the pouring rain. The place they called their home when they moved together six months ago after three years of dating.

—
The first time she confessed, he rejected her.

Under the stars on the rooftop of Gray's friends'—and also now Juvia's circle of friends—favourite hang out, a two-storey bar named Fairy Tail.

A light giggle filled the awkward air between them after he said he couldn't accept her feelings. The giggle came from Juvia.

"Ah, that's embarrassing." She said out loud, hiding her true emotions with a smile, her cerulean eyes looking up at the night sky. "Yet I knew it would happen." She turned her head to look at Gray who was frowning in confusion.

"Juvia knew you wouldn't accept her feelings," she answered his unspoken question, facing the sky once again. "It's a shame though, the stars are really beautiful tonight."

So, he rejected her, then why was he feeling butterflies in his stomach as he watch her speak while looking at the starry sky.

Love works in many ways and this was one he didn't expect.

—

Her legs felt numb from sitting so long. The heavy rain has lightened up to a drizzle. Her tired eyes stared at her phone who sat shattered on the coffee table. The screen lit up with useless notifications from her social media but not one was from Gray.

She shook her head and got up from the floor, taking steps towards the bathroom and soon the hot water was running.

—

The first time they went on a date, it was at the annual festival in Magnolia. She wore a light, white sundress with a straw hat that had a red hibiscus flower on it while he wore a simple white shirt with the first two collars left untouched along with ripped jeans.

"This is amazing," she said in awe, she had moved to Magnolia when she transferred to the University, it being her second year, she did not have the time to explore just yet. Her first date was where she got to see the much anticipated festival.

Gray watched his now Girlfriend explore the festival and its many small stalls filled with little trinkets she loved, a few steps ahead of him.

Yes, his Girlfriend.

After rejecting her, he felt like shit for a few weeks.

Unexpectedly, he had developed feelings for her.

With a lot of persuasion from a certain scarlet-haired woman who went after him when she saw Juvia smiling back at the bar even though she had shook her head when Lucy asked her how it went. He took the initiative to ask her to be his Girlfriend.

And now, they were on their first date.

Juvia stopped in front of a stall, her eyes shining with admiration as she stared at the many hand sewn items put up for sale. A teddy bear, a giraffe plush, coasters, pouches, she was excited and looked at every single item in awe when she stopped.

Gray raised his eyebrows in question, going over while still looking at Juvia. Her hands were drawn to the simple white cloth doll hanging above, her eyes lighting up just a little before it diminished. The doll that chased rain away, the doll she used to have before the kids in school threw it away, calling her a freak because they thought the rain follows her.

"Would you like to get the Teru-Teru Bozu, Miss?" An old elderly woman appears from the side of the stall, a warm smile on her face.

Juvia shakes her head, "N-No, thank you," she fakes a smile and turned to Gray, "Let's go look at the earrings over there,"

He nodded and was about to follow her when he stopped in his tracks, turning back to the elderly woman who smiled at him still. He eyed the Teru-Teru Bozu, remembering something Juvia said about it taking the rain except her Gray-Sama was better at effectively taking away the gloominess when she saw him.

"I'll get the Teru-Teru something," he told her hurriedly, handing her the cash from his wallet before Juvia could see him pay.

She gave him a knowing smile and handed him the doll, "Have a great time with your lovely Girlfriend, lad."

—

The sound of the faucet running stopped as she came out in a towel. Changing into an oversized sweater and sweat pants, her damp hair dangled carelessly on the sweater, moisture being absorbed immediately. She sniffed lightly as she pulled out a large suitcase from the closet.

One by one, she begun piling her clothes into the suitcase.

—

Their first kiss, it was just after their first date.

"Where is everyone heading to?" She questions out loud.

Gray shrugs, "Not sure."

They turned when they hear the sound of a little girl shouting excitedly at her parents while pulling them by the hand, "Mommy! The fireworks are starting soon!"

The bluenette turned to her Boyfriend and he knew what she was going to ask.

She grinned widely and grabbed him by the hand towards the end of the street where a crowd was already waiting.

They found a spot to stand while waiting for the fireworks, Juvia stared in anticipation at the sky.

"Juvia," Gray started, feeling his hands fidget slightly.

She hummed a reply, turning her body so she could face him.

"I'm sorry for what I've said to you in the past. I was such an idiot," he paused, looking at Juvia who bore a confused expression.

"You already apologised for that, and Gray-sama, Juvia doesn't care about the past if you're with her." She told him, placing her arms around his neck, pulling them closer to each other.

"Why do you like me?" His voice in a whisper tone, looking down at her, onyx orbs captured into her ocean-like ones.

She only responded with a smile, "I just do. Juvia told you the reason before, didn't she?"

"I took the rain in your life away?"

She nodded, using a hand to brush away the stray hair that fell over his eyebrow.

His eyes fell to her lips and she would be lying if she said she hadn't done the same.

They inched closer.

Breaths syncing as their eyes close.

And soon, their lips touched.

The colourful sparks burst into the sky at the same time, depicting what both of them felt.

Fireworks.

When they finally released each other, both were smiling, both has pink blushes across their face as the crowd around them hooted at the couple.

—

She zipped the suitcase shut, her eyes falling on the empty half of the wardrobe where her clothes once was. Her side of the room was empty of her usual perfumes and cosmetics.

—

Their first time celebrating her birthday together.

Gray had prepared a simple dinner he cooked at his apartment, he had to do something in return after all the surprises Juvia had given for his birthday. It wasn't the first time Juvia had been at his place.

Hell, they've been to each other's so frequently that their friends told them to just get a place together instead.

"It tastes good." She told him with a sweet smile, the fork still resting on her lip after she took a bite out of the pasta.

He rolled his eyes, "You don't have to eat it if it's bad, you know."

She only giggled, "But it really tastes good," she argued, attempting to take another bite of the burnt pasta when he stopped her.

He shook his head, "We'll order Pizza instead, I don't want to have to explain to the police why my Girlfriend is dead after eating pasta I made for the first time."

She answered with another giggle as he picked up the plates and placed them in the sink.

While waiting for the food, he disappeared into his room, leaving the bluenette confused.

"I have something to give you," he told her and presented a poorly wrapped pink package that was just a little bigger than his hand.

She raised her brows in confusion and took the present from his hand. "What is it?" She wasn't expecting a gift since she thought dinner was her gift already.

He nodded his head to the present, "Open it and see, I'll go get the door," he said when he heard the door bell ringing.

Juvia pried the pink wrapping off gently, spotting white cloth material bursting out from the side. She pulled out the content to see the Teru-Teru Bozu doll she had seen back at the festival.

"Why...?" She asked, holding it gently. Her eyes holding uncertainty as to why her Boyfriend would get her the very doll that she remembered.

Gray placed the pizza box down and sat down next to her on the couch. "You said that you hate the rain."

That was true.

Amongst one of their dating nights where they laid in each other's arms, talking about things Juvia revealed her childhood. She didn't like the rain because the day it rained, the picnic at her school got cancelled when she finally got to go that year.

She had been sick the past few times and that was the only one time she was fine. She didn't like the rain because on the day her parents got into a car accident and passed on, it was a rainy day. She didn't like the rain because her first boyfriend thought she was a magnet for the wet weather and couldn't stand the thought of it. She didn't like the rain because everyone else thought it was gloomy like her.

She didn't like the rain because when she finally got rid of it, she met Gray. She thought that without the rain, she would finally be happy.

She used to have a Teru-Teru Bozu with her, a nanny in the orphanage taught her how to make one and gave it to her.

She had that for a long time until the older kids in school threw it away, leaving the young Juvia in tears.

"I knew that doll meant a lot to you." He said, "And I know it's not the same doll. I also know you said you didn't believe in Teru-Teru Bozu dolls after that." He scratched the back of his neck awkwardly and Juvia knew why, he wasn't a guy with much sentimental words. "But you also said I helped take away the rain."

That she did.

"Although I don't know if this Teru-Teru will stop the rain, I hope it reminds you of me when I'm away for the next few weeks." He told her. He had to be away due to an overseas exchange programme he had been signed up for by his Cousin, Lyon. The romantic man graciously introduced himself to Juvia by planting a kiss on the back of her hand.

"Is this some kind of alert to everyone that I'm yours or are you telling Juvia to not look at other boys while you're gone?" She asked, a mischievous look in her eyes.

Gray growled and pulled her closer by the hip, "Both. Especially if Lyon comes around, hold the Teru-Teru Bozu in his face and tell him to piss off like the rain."

—

Once making sure she had taken everything, she sat on the edge of the bed with the suitcase in the floor.

The Teru-Teru Bozu sat limply on top of the suitcase.

—

The first place they got together, it was an apartment near the city.

"There's only one room?" She asked her Boyfriend who was behind her, he had surprised her with the key as a Valentine's gift.

He shrugged though there was a smug look on his face, "I'm pretty sure the two of us will end up in either rooms at night, making a lot of noise, so I don't see the need to be separated."

Her face flushed as she slapped his forearm, "Gray-sama!" She scolded and walked towards the balcony in the living room where they could see the sun setting.

He chuckled and wrapped his arms around her waist from behind, tucking his face into her neck.

—

She looked into the mirror.

Her blue eyes were swollen and puffy. Dark rings sat under them, a sign she hasn't got much rest for the past few nights.

Her azure locks of hair that were almost dry, were a mess on her head. She didn't want to deal with it and decided to tie it into a ponytail.

Her eyes then landed on the cool metal chain that rested on her neck. A necklace with a snowflake charm, a gift he got her for Christmas.

She didn't show any expression as her hands reached behind her neck to remove the necklace.

—

The first time they fought, it ended up badly.

"You can't just act like that around every other female I'm around!" He threw his hands up in frustration.

"Was I supposed to stand and watch while another woman touched my Boyfriend however she like?" Juvia asked, no remorse in her voice.

"She's my client, Juvia!" He said, exasperated.

She bit her bottom lip in attempts to stop it from quivering, "So she can touch you and kiss you because she's your client?" Her voice bearing hurt.

"That's not what I meant, Juvia. You can't just blow up at people like that– where are you going? Juvia!"

She didn't answer as she left the apartment in tears.

Yes, she made him lose a client. If the client was only flirting, she would've tried her best to ignore it. But the woman's hand was heading down south and he didn't seem to mind it.

—

She grabbed a new set of black sheets, placing them neatly on the chair before she pulled off the old ones.

Once she was done changing the sheets, her hands held the handle of a vacuum cleaner as she cleaned the whole place.

She organised the magazines on the table, tidied up his game console set that had the controllers across the floor in a mess.

Her eyes went towards the front door, the mop in her hold stopping its movements. The slippers he had kicked out angrily when he left. The suitcase he had thrown to the side.

A shaky sigh left her mouth, she forced herself to continue cleaning.

—

The first time they broke up, she felt like she lost her world. He felt like a part of him was missing.

No one would admit whose fault it was.

It was one of their usual fights that got out of hand and both of them said things that were out of line.

"He doesn't understand my efforts, all Juvia wants is for him to notice, is that bad?" She cried, her pink-haired Friend pulled her into hug.

"Oh Juv," she caressed the back of her friend's head. "It's not bad of you to want that."

The bluenette sniffed, "Oh but Juvia said horrible horrible things!" She moved out of Meredy's arms, "Juvia needs to apologise now!" She said with a determined look when her Friend pulled her wrist.

Meredy shook her head, "Go talk to him tomorrow."

"But–,"

The younger girl nudged her head to the clock in her living room, "It's 2am, he's probably sleeping. Whatever it is, you can talk to him tomorrow. And trust me, if he loves you which I know he does, he'll be the one knocking on my door in the morning."

"But Mer—,"

Meredy pushed her Friend towards her bedroom where the two friends shared the bed for their sleepovers.

The pink-head was about to fall asleep when she heard Juvia talk.

"Thanks Mer, if it wasn't for you, I don't know what I would do tonight," she sighed, "Gajeel's out of town and..."

The pink-headed girl turned to face her Friend, pulling her into a hug, "What are friends for Juv? Besides, I doubt your Brother will know how to handle you like I did,"

"You're right," she answered and the two girls started giggling.

—

Her suitcase sat near the entrance to the front door.

She was sitting on the couch where she had been after all the cleaning. Her eyes were on the digital clock as she hoped that perhaps when the number changed the next minute, the front door would click open.

But as the time passed on, it was close to ten and she made a decision.

She fetched a paper and pen, writing neatly and quickly. When she was done, she placed it on the neatly-made bed, the necklace she removed was on top of the paper. Before she left, she took the Teru-Teru Bozu and left it on the bed with the letter and necklace.

Taking a last look at their apartment, she opened the door and left.

—

"Who the fuck is it?" A deep gruff voice shouted and the front door swung open, "It's almost midnight, whoever the fuck you are, better have a good reason–," the muscular man stopped in his words as he stared at his non-blood related Sister, her hair drenched from the rain well the rest of the body were partly dry. "Juvia?"

He didn't miss her swollen puffy eyes, "Have you been crying? What...?" He saw her hand gripping onto her large suitcase that held remnants of the pouring rain. "Did you walk in the rain from the train station? Alone? Are you crazy?" He almost boomed, wanting to scold her for putting herself in danger when he saw her bottom lip quiver.

"Gajeel-kun..." she mumbled before breaking down into tears again, wrapping her arms around his torso. Her face buried in his shirt as sobs begun to leave her mouth.

—

"You're drunk. Stop drinking, idiot." A man with salmon-coloured hair told Gray, placing his hand between his friend's mouth and the edge of the beer Mug.

"Fuck off." Gray glared at him and gulped down his drink.

Natsu rolled his eyes, "Suit yourself. I'm only responsible for taking you home anyways." He then stared at his Friend, "Do you not want to talk about what happened between you and Juvia?"

A grunt answered him and he knew all his Friend wanted to do was to drink till he passed out,
what he had been doing for the past few fights with Juvia.

He sighed and drank his own Mug of beer, that was only his second one while Gray was on his sixth one.

The next morning, he woke up with a huge headache, noticing he was on the couch in his living room. His hand automatically reaches for the glass of water and painkiller left in the coffee table when he realised there was none.

He frowned and opened his eyes, wincing when the sun hit him like a train of bricks. His head pounded badly.

He looked at the glass coffee table that was usually holding a glass of water and painkillers by Juvia when he came home drunk, needing the guys to take him home. She always left him on the couch, figuring it took too much to carry him back and not to mention he smelt bad.

That's when yesterday's fight came back to him.

She's still mad, huh. He thought, getting up on his own to fetch his own solution for hangover.

He went straight to the bathroom, not once throwing a look at the bed area, wanting to wash up as soon as possible before he went to sleep with his girlfriend who he thought was asleep in the covers.

He threw on a towel around his waist and noticed that the pink towel next to his was missing. Dismissing it that she had took hers to wash, he headed to the wardrobe, about to reach for his clothes when he noticed it was empty on the other side.

He frowned, sliding the doors to reveal the huge empty space where Juvia's clothes once were.

He turned around, looking at the bed that was neat and made.

She wasn't home last night.

He quickly threw on a shirt and jeans, going out to the living room to find his phone, he dialled her number only to reach her voicemail.

He tried calling Meredy but the girl had just woken up and knew nothing of what he was asking.

He went back into the room, hoping to find something that would tell him where she had went when he spotted the letter on the bed.

Reaching for the necklace, he muttered a cuss and placed it aside, ignoring the doll next to the paper, he begun reading.

I supposed you have noticed I have left by now.

You said you needed space.

You said you wanted me to leave you alone, so I am doing that now.

After all these fights, I'm tired too.

This time, we should split for good.

Don't look for me.

Don't do anything.

Because I want to forget.

- Juvia

The paper dropped to the floor and he looked at the Teru-Teru Bozu that had its head facing downwards.

An upside down Teru-Teru Bozu.

"Juvia, do you know what it means for a Teru-Teri Bozu to be upside down?" He asked his Girlfriend whose naked back was leaning against his bare chest. She shook her head, using the tips of her finger to hold it up.

He nuzzled his nose against her hair, "It means, rain is wanted instead."

She stared up at him, "Well, Juvia's going to keep Teru-Teru upright then,"

He covered his face with a hand, and for the first time, he realised what he had taken for granted the whole time was gone because of him.