The thing Gray would remember most about that day was the rain. It pounded down in sheets, the deafening noise destroying his ears, as it hit the pavement with a splat. Gray's skin was soaked to the bone, having ditched his soaked shirt and pants ages ago. His boxers clung to his legs and the fabric clung together as his feet slapped the cobblestone road.
Damn it. Gray couldn't be late. Not today.
The thing Juvia would remember most about that day was the way her coffee tasted funny. Normally, the man threw a pinch of cinnamon in it for her, but the cinnamon was gone, and her coffee tasted just, weird. Juvia sighed as she stirred her cooling coffee. She looked out the window to see the pouring rain, blocking all view beyond.
Juvia turned back to her coffee. That same boy was staring at her. For the last few times Juvia had been at her regular café in the evenings, that boy with the white hair was there. Today he was with a girl with pink hair who was animatedly talking to the boy, but his attention was on Juvia.
Juvia blushed. Was there coffee on her chin? Was there coffee on her dress? Was her fly open? No, wait, Juvia was wearing a dress. She didn't have a zipper. Juvia attempted to ignore the boy, and looked down to her coffee.
After a few minutes, Juvia got up. The boy with white hair's stare was starting to freak her out, and the girl with pink hair had noticed and was currently shooting death glares at Juvia that would put Medusa to shame.
Her coffee was no good anyway.
Gray shook water from his black hair, but it made no difference two seconds later. The rain was still in full swing, and Gray could barely see two feet in front of him.
Gray was soooooooooooo late. His friend from school, Lucy was having her birthday party today and his other friend, Erza, was going to kill him if he wasn't there. It's not that Gray didn't like Lucy particularly, it's just that he sorta forgot, and Loke had barely managed to remind him 20 minutes earlier.
So here Gray was, sprinting through the streets to get to Lucy's house so Erza didn't murder him for making the cake wait. The party was sure to be a disaster anyway. Erza would eat all of the cake, Natsu would manage to burn down half of Lucy's house (and her house was about the size of Magnolia- damn those rich people). Cana would manage to find the alcohol storage and bleed it dry. Everyone else would get into a brawl in the living room five minutes in and get kicked out five minutes later. Yay for friends!
Gray's phone managed to ding again, so Gray squinted at the screen as he ran.
Where are you?
-E
Gray, get your butt to Lucy's house now.
-E
Gray! Where are you? You're missing the fun! I'm all fired up!
-Natsu
Be a man and come to the party!
Elfman
Don't tell me you forgot.
-E
Just saw the hottest girl. Café Fairy.
Lyon
GRAY, WHATS GOING ON?
-E
Gray! I forgot a present. Can I put my name on yours?
Happy
The party sucks. Don't waste your time.
-Laxus
I AM NOT WAITING FOR CAKE ANY LONGER!
-E
Lucy's getting worried. I hate seeing her like this. Where are you?
Loke
Gray must not have heard his phone going off in the rain. Gray sighed. By now he was surely going to be murdered. Gray went to put his phone away, only to slip. A puddle stopped Gray's foot, sending his body flying. His phone trickled off somewhere and Gray lay splattered on the concrete like a fried egg.
Damn it. I'll never make it to the party now. Gray started to sit up, but the pain was too immense and he fell back down.
A door opened, and light filtered out of a nearby place (Gray really couldn't see in the rain). Please help me.
The door closed and someone starting walking over to him. All Gray could see was a pink umbrella. The pink umbrella approached him, and reached down.
Gray flinched. A face was right next to his. It was a girl's, and she had bright blue hair in curls as well as deep blue eyes.
"Are you alright? What happened? Do you need help?" she asked. Gray groaned in pain, hoping to send the message.
"Oh, Juvia sees. You must've slipped. What's your name?"
"Gray," he choked.
"Gray…-sama," Juvia decided, mentally filling in a blank. "Here. Let Juvia help." Juvia reached down and helped him stand up. He put his arm around her and Juvia supported him as he regained his bearings. The umbrella was nice though. The rain was still harsh.
"Juvia…thank…you," Gray stuttered.
"Oh, it's nothing," Juvia smiled. "Do you need to get somewhere? A hospital?"
Gray looked at the bluenette who was going to help him out tremendously. "Actually…"
Gray and Juvia stood under the pink umbrella in front of the Heartfilia mansion, as the rain continued to splatter ceaselessly.
"Whoa." Juvia's eyes were as big as an anime character's. "You live here?"
Gray nervous laughed. "No, my friend from school, Lucy. It was her birthday party today and I sort of… forgot. I was sprinting here when I slipped and you helped me."
Juvia nodded in acknowledgement. Lucy, huh? "What school do you go to?"
Gray replied, "Fairy High. Home of the, you guessed it, fairies. I'm a senior."
Juvia laughed. "Juvia goes to Phantom Academy. She's a senior too."
After a few minutes of awkward silence (except for the rain), Gray turned to Juvia. "Thanks so much for helping me today. You really saved my butt. I need to go in, but do you want to come with me? We already have so many party-crashers, they more than double the invitees." The two looked towards the mansion, lit up and pulsing with music. "There were 4 invitees."
Juvia laughed. "Thank you, Gray-sama, but no thank you. Juvia has to go. Tell Lucy Juvia said Happy Birthday."
Gray prepared to sprint out of the umbrella towards the house. "Well, maybe I'll see you around sometime. And be careful out there."
"As to you, Gray-sama," Juvia nodded. They smiled one last time, and went their separate ways. Gray to the partying mansion, and Juvia into the rain, under her umbrella.
As Juvia walked away from the estate, she pulled out her phone.
Hey Gajeel-kun. Juvia just met the best boy ever. Gray-sama's so perfect!
-Juvia
Calm it, Rain Woman, this isn't a fairy tale.
-G
The end.