Juvia was sat alone at a table, a cup of tea in front of her. Her eyes were locked firmly on the raven haired ice mage at the other end of the guild hall. She watched him dreamily, mentally arguing with herself about whether or not she should attempt to get some sort of date out of him. On one hand, she wanted him to be her prince, like in the fairy tales she had heard whilst growing up. On the other hand, she already had a strong idea of what the answer was going to be. Exactly the same as what it had always been. No. That's probably what it was going to be. She sat there staring at him until hope finally prevailed over realism. The bluenete finished what little tea she had left in her cup before pushing herself up off the seat and made her way over to where Gray was sitting. She took long deep breaths as she walked, building up the confidence she'd need to ask him if he wanted to do something with her. After what seemed like the longest walk in history, she was finally standing over the ice mage.
"Gray-sa..." her voice trailed off as he looked up at her. His eyes seemed to sparkle slightly in the light.
"Yeah?" His voice was the same as ever.
"Juvia was wondering if you wanted to do something with her?" Gray had almost got used to all the attempts Juvia made to try and get him to go out with her. She had tried almost every trick in the book and none of them had seemed to work.
"No thanks". Gray turned back to the drink in front of him as he talked. Juvia had been expecting the first wod, but not really the second one. It seemed to dull the pain of rejection a bit. Then again, it wasn't really that painful to begin with since she had so many experiences of this.
Juvia left Gray to his drink and read the sheets of paper that were pinned to the request board. A few jobs of transportation, a few of catching some thieving low-lifes and one or two for recovering something important to someone. None of them seemed to appel too much to the water mage. There was basically nothing for her to do around the guild so she decided to just call it a day and head home.
The streets of Magnolia weren't as crowded as she thought they'd be at his time of day, which also made it pretty quiet.
"Juvia?" The bluenette turned on her heels at the sound of her own name. Her eyes came to rest on a familiar face.
"Lyon-kun?"
"Yeah, I just came into town"
"Why? Is there a job around here that Juvia doesn't know about?"
"No, I'm not on any jobs. I was wondering if you wanted to go to dinner with me". The pair of mages stood in the street in silence for a few moments. The bluenette didn't have any plans for the night, and Lyon was quite a good-looking guy and he did have a good personality. Sort of.
"Yes, Juvia would like that".
"Great, I saw a great restaurant back there".
Juvia brst through the doors to the guild the next morning, a slight spring in her step. It was obvious to everyone that she would be in a good mood for the rest of that day. The bluenette practically skipped to the bar before taking a seat and ordering her usual cup of tea.
"You seem to be in a good mood Juvia. Any particular reason?" The barmaid lived up to her reputation of asking everyone in the guild about their lives.
"Juvia just had a good time last night".
"Must have been a really good time to leave you in a good mood the next day". Juvia just nodded in response. "So... What happened?"
"Juvia had dinner with Lyon-kun last night and we have plans for tonight too". The mention of Lyon peaked Gray's interest who was sat nearby. Mira left Juvia to her tea, her curiosity satisfied.
"You hear that Gray? Juvia went out with Lyon"
"Yeah, I heard"
"Guess you rejected her one too many times"
"Yeah, I guess I did".