Hey guys! This is totally uncalled for, I admit, but I felt so tempted! I had an idea, and boom! This came up. I really should stop publishing stuff when I have yet to update Cerise. Don't worry, I'm working on it.
This belongs to a series called Falling Tears (with Ostracised), but you guys can't really see it, cuz you can't have 'series' in ff dot net. I made the series in ao3, if you guys wanna check it out. Meanwhile, the series and the list of fics under it will be posted in my profile. Sorry for any inconvenience. (Wait, do you guys know what I'm talking about? Am I blabbering nonsense?)
Anyway, this is a LyVia, if you guys don't know, with implied GruVia (in this chap and the next) and eventual GraLu (in the next chapter. Sorry, I couldn't resist.)
Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I own nothing, and I apologise for my unorthodox portrayal of Juvia. I didn't mean to change anything.
FYI, Cloudburst means a sudden and violent rainstorm.
When she first meets him, it's like her world has stopped.
The rain continues falling, as always, but her heart goes pitter patter, like raindrops drumming against her umbrella, as her world lurches out of its axis...
"Lucy's my comrade. I won't hand her over even if I die!"
...only to fall into an abyss.
Who is this Lucy to you?
Why is it that...
...that you value her so?
JUVIA WON'T FORGIVE HER!
JUVIA WON'T FORGIVE THIS LUCY!
~o~
"Jeez, the rain is so depressing."
Her eyes widen.
Her heart aches slightly, as she thinks...
He's exactly like everyone else.
Even though she's tried so hard to fit in, she never will. She sticks out like a sore thumb, and she's sick and tired of trying.
Why should she have her heart broken over and over again?
She doesn't need love.
Her body boils, along with her heart, but even so, he manages to freeze it all.
~o~
His ice shatters around her, and she's surprised that he actually spares her.
The crystals shards shower onto the ground, shining bright, and her tears drip down her cheeks.
She...lost?
She's lost to someone like him. Someone...who...
As her thoughts bubble and cool, she realises that the familiar prickle of water droplets that kiss her face so regularly is gone.
She doesn't notice anything at first, but something pierces her eyes, and she narrows them instinctively.
And she sees the sky, so blue, so bright.
Like clear sea glass, only smoother; shinier.
It's...beautiful—flawless, and she can't find the words to describe how enchanting it all is.
"So, do you want to continue?" he has the audacity to question cheekily.
And she falls in love all over again.
~o~
Eventually it winds up Fairy Tail's victory, and as the rest of the Element Dour scatters, she finds herself drawn to the Ice Mage, like moths to a candle flame.
One thing leads to another, and finally, she joins the very guild that Phantom had pledged against.
But to be with him, she's willing to do even more.
~o~
Even though it's all so sudden, she allows herself to believe that it's true love.
She thinks—no, she knows that they are meant for each other.
The way he's ice and she's water, and they fit better than anyone else.
They don't even need words. They understand each other just fine; through a touch, or even a look. At least, that's what she thought.
But then again, they say ignorance is the best liar of them all.
~o~
She thinks that the events that line up together proves that he actually has some feelings for her. Feelings beyond comradeship.
How he risks his life to save her from Ultear. How his Edolas counterpart actually likes hers.
It must be fate, she foolishly decides.
She fails to realise that these are merely coincidences.
Perhaps she is faintly aware that he doesn't reciprocate her feelings, but she allows her mind to be fooled nonetheless.
She simply thinks he's in denial, or he's playing hard-to-get, and through halfwitted antics, she chases after him like some pathetic child.
When he smiles at her, she squeals in delight, and when he reaches for her hand, she swoons.
Surely he must like her! Surely he has feelings for her, or else why would he behave the way he did?
'Silly, silly Gray-sama! Just confess already! Juvia knows how you feel!', is what she thinks gleefully inside.
And she makes out impossible situations in her mind; elaborately plotted dramas, with herself as the main character, and him as the prince.
No matter how ridiculous the fairy tales are spun, she gets her happy ending.
But even she can't deceive herself for so long.
Days turn into months, months into years, and she can't keep that upbeat attitude.
Not when he's made it clear so many times that he's simply. not. interested. in. her.
~o~
Doubt creeps in, cold and ugly, as she surrenders to her lonely fate.
Yes, she's an ame-onna.
No one truly loves her, and no one is willing to.
It always rains with her around.
She remembers herself saying to Lucy once, a long time ago, that it seems like even when it's raining outside, in Fairy Tail, the sun is always shining...
But she's always out there in the rain, watching the forbidden sun from through the windows.
Because no one cares for her beyond comradeship, not even the one she loves.
Even when she's with them in name, she's not with them in spirit.
Detached and alone, she's simply tagging along like a tame lamb, wanting to be with her Gray-sama.
It's so pathetic, the way she tries.
If she weren't so heartbroken, she would have laughed.
A/N: An ame-onna is a woman whom it always seems to rain around. Literally means rain woman. It can also mean a yokai that is extremely creepy but I'm too lazy to describe. If you guys are interested, you can go search it up ^^
Sad, ne? Poor Juvia... Anyway, this was fairly difficult to write, and even though I know that it's crappy, I suppose my lame efforts deserve a review? Pretty please?
Sorry if it was short as well. I tried, hmm...
R&R!