Gray was sitting at his usual table at Fairy Tail; everything was the same as he looked around the guild. Happy was eating a fish, Lucy talking to Natsu while he complained about being bored. Mira was cleaning glasses behind the bar counter. Gajeel actually just came back from a job that he went on with Juvia. Wait, where is Juvia? Gajeel went to his usual spot, he didn't look at anyone and just stared at the floor. Lily was quiet and just sat sadly by Gajeel. That poor cat. Gray eventually decided to get up and walked over to the iron dragon slayer.
"Oi, Gajeel. Where's Juvia? Didn't she go with you on that job?" Gajeel ignored him and chewed on a piece of silverware, and that pissed Gray off way more than it should have.
"Gajeel! What the hell?! Stop acting like a kid and answer me!" Gray yelled as he pulled at Gajeel's hair so he'd look at him. Gajeel glared at Gray demonically, he made Gray let go of his hair, got up and left. Lily quickly followed after apologizing about Gajeel's behavior.
"Gray why are you looking for Juvia? She's been here as soon as she came in with Gajeel." questioned Mirajane as she dried the inside of another glass. It seems like she's always cleaning that one glass. Gray turned around and gave her a puzzled look when Juvia was not anywhere to be seen. Gray didn't want to play a game right now and walked over to Mira.
"No she isn't Mira. Nobody's at the bar besides Natsu and Lucy." Gray stated as he motioned to them.
"Why am I always left out?" Happy said and started to cry.
"What are you talking about Gray? Juvia is right. There! Can't you see her!?" Mira argued and pointed to an empty seat.
Gray let out a frustrated sigh and decided to play along for a bit, "So your saying, Juvia is sitting right here?" he asked as he walked over to the empty seat that Mira stated was seating Juvia. Mira nodded and gave him a confident smile.
Gray looked at the seat for a minute then pushed it over, "She still there Mira?" Gray said amused with himself. Mira stared at he knocked over seat for a few moments and was really confused. She stuttered out a few "buts" or "she was" and finally shook her head.
"You must be working too hard Mira. Juvia isn't there. Maybe you're seeing things from your lack of sleep." Gray said and patted the confused Mira's shoulder.
Mira finally managed to say, "Oh… I guess you're right. They were gone so long on that job… I must have imagined that she's here." Gray gave her a simple nod and left the guild house.
"Where is Juvia anyways? Since when did I care about her? She's my namaka after all. She's nothing more, nothing less." Gray thought as he walked into town to get something to eat. But the whole time he ate, he couldn't even look at his glass. It kept reminding him of that certain water mage.
As Gray walked home, he couldn't forget about Juvia, He went straight to his apartment and tried to go to sleep. He was thinking that if he went to sleep he could forget about her. But he was horribly wrong. It soon became midnight.
Gray kept mumbling in his sleep as he tossed and turned, "Juv…Juvia…Juvia…" He could only say her name, he eventually woke up. It was still the dead of night, he couldn't go back to sleep. So, to keep his head busy he started to think of what happened, to make his heart happy while his brain complained.
"She got lost on the way back. No, Gajeel would of went back to find her. Was she kidnapped? No, that wouldn't be able to happen either. There would have been some kind of demand or Gajeel would have said something. She went to visit a friend or family member. Wait no, she was in the Elemental Four. She didn't have any other friends besides Gajeel back then." Morning finally came, Gray got up and took an icy shower. He continued to make up stories of what happened to Juvia and shooting down his stories. Was he seriously sick or something? Since when did he care this much for Juvia?
"Where the hell did she go?... This isn't like her…" Gray mumbled to himself as he entered the guild house.
"Did a monster injure her and she was in the hospital? Wait, she's made of water. Gajeel would have stayed with her anyways. So that isn't even an option." Gray was too deep in thought to realize he was in only his boxers, again.
"Yo! Stripper! Put your damn clothes back on!" Natsu yelled across the guild. That snapped Gray out of thought and he quickly put back on his clothes.
"Ice Princess! Let's get this started already!" Natsu said as he walked over to Gray and got ready to fight. Gray ignored his teammate and sat down at the bar. Mira gave Gray his usual order as Natsu stormed over.
"Hey! Droopy Eyes! Didn't you hear me!? Or are ya ears full of snow?" Natsu shouted in Gray's ear. Natsu kept yelling at Gray to fight him but Gray just ignored him.
"Shut up already Flame Breath!" Gray finally yelled when he turned around to face the fire dragon slayer. Natsu suddenly shut up and everyone in the guild stopped what they were doing and stared at the two.
Mira lightly tapped on Gray's shoulder, "Gray… are you ok? … You're crying…" she quietly whispered into his ear. Gray quickly wiped his eyes and ran out of the guild. Gajeel was the only one who actually moved after Gray ran out of the guild.
"Just go back to what you were doing will ya!" was the only thing Gajeel said before he started to mumble as he left. Levy quickly snapped out of shock and chased after Gajeel with PantherLily. She could tell that Gajeel was upset and she wanted to be of some help. The guild members slowly went back to what they were doing after Levy and Gajeel left. Jet and Droy were crying in the corner since Levy left to chase after Gajeel.
"Gajeel wait up! Your legs are longer so it's hard for me to keep up!" Levy cried while chasing after Gajeel. He didn't even bother to stop and look at her. PantherLily was briskly running alongside Levy.
"I never asked you to follow me Shrimp. So just go back to the guild." Gajeel said, with a very cold tone.
"I never said I wanted your permission! I'm coming with you by choice whether you like it or not!" Levy cried after she came to a sudden stop, PantherLily stopped next to her and was trying to calm her down. Gajeel froze and turn around to see she was about to cry. Her cheeks were red, her eyes were filling up with tears that were about to escape down her cheeks.
"Why the hell are you crying Shrimp?!" Gajeel manages to stammer out as he walked over to her. Levy just sat on the ground and curled into a ball. PantherLily hugged her sweetly and stroked her hair, Gajeel was so glad that PantherLily came with her, he had no idea for what to do when a girl starts to cry. Gajeel sat down next to her and patted her head.
"Uh… It's ok? There's no need to cry right now, Levy," Gajeel said awkwardly as he kept patting her head. A few drops of sweat formed on his forehead and sounded more like he was asking than trying to comfort her. Levy froze and looked up at him in surprised.
"W…What?" Levy stuttered out, Gajeel turned to look at her and gave her a confused glare.
"What do ya mean, 'what'?" Gajeel complained in question as
PantherLily sat on Gajeel's shoulder and smirked.
"You called me by my name." Levy explained to him and wiped her eyes. "I called you Shrimp, what else would I call you." Gajeel replied and looked off to the side to hide his slight blush on his cheeks. PantherLily moved Gajeel's mane so Levy could see his blush and snickered behind his paw.
Gajeel quickly turned his head towards PantherLily and tried to choke him, "What the hell do you think is so funny!?" he yelled as he tried to strangled the little cat. Levy smiled and sat up, Gajeel kept on trying to choke PantherLily. Gajeel's cheeks were still red from blush, Levy smiled and started to laugh. Gajeel stopped and looked at her and was seriously confused.
"What are ya laughing at Shrimp?! What's so damn funny to you two!?" Gajeel yelled as he let go of PantherLily's throat. PantherLily smiled and hid somewhere to watch them.
"Haha, don't worry about it Gajeel." Levy finally said while standing up.
"So what did I say to make you stop crying? I may need to say it later sometime. Geehee." Gajeel said as he stood up.
Levy just smiled and jumped onto his back, "Nothing you need to worry about. Where were you going before anyways?" Levy giggled while she climbs up onto Gajeel's shoulders.
"Hey! I'm not a tree! Stop climbing me and get off, Shrimp!" Gajeel complained as he looked at her, and PantherLily ran over and sat on Gajeel's head.
"What the hell! Why is everyone climbing onto me! Get off my head damn it PantherLily!" Gajeel kept complaining while Levy swung her legs happily. Levy giggled and PantherLily patted his head mockingly. Gajeel sighed and started to walk to where he originally was planning to go to.
"Are you going to answer my question or not Gajeel?" Levy asked again, Gajeel then caught her legs to make them stop swinging.
"You're going with me since you were following me before. I'm just going somewhere to see a friend." Gajeel said and then had an evil smirk.
"What are you planning to do Gajeel?" PantherLily asked, Levy was blushing and looking up to hide it since Gajeel was holding her legs.
"Geehee." was all Gajeel said before he took off sprinting towards the edge of town. Levy screamed, since she wasn't prepared to leave Magnolia and didn't know that he would randomly start to sprint. PantherLily was clinging onto Gajeel's hair as he was being dragged along.
Gajeel was fast, he was already half way to the where his mission was at that he and Juvia were recently on. Levy ended up shrieking whenever he ran under trees and she would bend down to prevent hitting her head. Whenever she did, Gajeel would blush a little and smirk. Levy was laughing by the time they got to where Gajeel was going. Which were almost five towns away from Mangolia. PantherLily sat on Levy's head when Gajeel finally stopped.
"Time to get down Shrimp." Gajeel said while putting Levy down. Levy smiled and hugged PantherLily.
"So why are we here anyways? Who are you going to see?" Levy kept asking him questions. Gajeel laughed his signature laugh and patted her head. Levy pouted from him not giving her an answer.
"We're going to go visit a friend we all know." Gajeel said, sighed and motioned to the building behind him. Levy looked at the building behind Gajeel and gasped.
