Hello everyone! Nina-chan brings you a new story!

For those of you who don't know me yet, my name is Nina and it's a pleasure to meet all of you. This is my first Fairy Tail fanfiction, and a friend of mine had asked me to do that whole "Ten songs challenge" thingy, where you put your music on shuffle and write a oneshot with whatever song comes up. I've been working on it for quite some time, and I finally gather the guts to go ahead and post it. I'll be posting a new oneshot once a week, until I'm done with the challenge. I hope you guys enjoy them. I know some of them are a bit on the long side, but that's because I don't know how to write short material. I hope you all like them, and I hope to "see you" on the next one. That's all for now. Enjoy!

Nina~

Summary: Juvia hates the rain, because the rain always had a way to ruin things for her. What she never imagined was that she'd to end up having a boyfriend who simply loved the rain. Now, it was up to him to teach her to love it as well.

About the Song: This is one of those songs that grew on me with time. It's one of those bands that while I don't love, I enjoy some of their songs from time to time. However, my boyfriend is a big fan of them, which is how I discovered the song. I'm really glad it came up because I think the song is perfect for this couple.

World: Original world

Warnings: None

PS: I sorta kinda created an excuse as for why Juvia hates the rain, based on what I've seen. However, it's been a long time since I saw the episodes in which Juvia explains why she hates the rain blabla, back when Phantom lord attacked Fairy Tail, so my version might not be 100% accurate, but whatever. It's my damn fanfiction and I'll do what I want xD

Song 1: Between the Raindrops by Lifehouse

There's a smile on my face.

Knowing that together everything that's in our way,

We're better than alright.

Walking between the raindrops,

Riding the aftershock beside you.

Off into the sunset, living like there's nothing left to lose.

Juvia hated the rain, plain and simple. Ever since she was old enough to remember, the rain has always followed her. At first, no one really noticed it, but eventually, people started to realize that whenever Juvia was there, the rain was there as well. It was a nuisance, and more often than not, rain always ruined people's plans. Eventually, people started casting Juvia way. No one wanted their day ruined simply because she was around. She always tried her best to make the rain go away, but she was never able to. Wherever she went, rain followed her around like that annoying friend you just want to get rid off, yet never can. As time went by, Juvia gave up on trying to get rid of the rain, and instead, became a personification of the rain. She became gloomy and depressing, just like the way rain made people feel after ruining a nice, sunny day. Soon after that, she started hating the rain, and therefore, herself. She didn't want to be the rain. She didn't want to be gloomy and depressing. She didn't want people to avoid her, she wanted to make friends. She wanted to be like the sunshine: warm and bright. She hated the rain, and hated herself just a tad bit more for not being able to make it go away.

Gray loved the rain. Ever since he was a little kid, he loved going out on the rain and play in the mud. Sometimes, his father would join him and they would end up having mud fights and end up getting mud everywhere. His mother would end up scolding them, but there never was any anger behind it. It was a lot of fun, and those were some of the memories he cherished the most. Then, he became an ice-mage. His love for the rain didn't change, on the contrary, he became grateful for the rain. Before it becomes ice, ice is water. Without water, there would be no ice, and without rain, there would be no water, so by default, if there was no rain, there was no ice, and that meant Gray wouldn't have the power to protect those he loved. Besides, the rain would always make him feel at peace. He didn't know why, but the rain had a way to wash his worries away and make him forget everything else in the world.

In Gray's world, Juvia was his rain. She was only person in the world who had the power to call him down, no matter how upset he was. She had the ability of always making him feel at ease, even when he had every reason to lose it and freak out. She's always there to give him whatever push he might need, and to share her strength with him. She never fails to comfort him after a tough mission, or whenever he's missing his parents or Ur. She' always there when he needs her, and Gray realized he can no longer live without her. She had become his source of life, she had become his rain.

Juvia had no idea he felt this way.

For the last couple of days, Magnolia had been getting hit with some terrible weather. It was completely unexpected, and people were not prepared for it. It was the middle of April, and it had been raining non stop for the past three days. Even in the rare occasions when the rain would stop, the skies wouldn't clear up, and a thick fog would cover the city. No one would leave their houses unless it was extremely necessary, and everything is closed until the weather gets better. This bad weather affected many of the Fairy Tail mages as well. Because of the constant rain, there had been horrible floodings all over Magnolia and nearby cities, therefore, people couldn't leave the city, making it impossible for them to go out on jobs. Many mages decided to look this as a positive thing. Some time to rest was always welcomed, and others used it to catch up with their families. However, there were mages, such as Natsu and Happy, that weren't so happy about being stuck home with nothing else to do. Mostly because they knew Lucy would force them to help around with housework.

In a cozy apartment somewhere close to the guild, certain ice mage is sitting down in his couch, reading a novel. Not many people know that Gray actually enjoys reading, just not those crappy-sappy love novels that make him want to puke. He prefers mystery novels, which would keep him on his toes while he read. The only one who knows he enjoys this hobby is Juvia, who found his secret stash of books when they were moving in together. He was enjoying his time off, and he was very much enjoying spending time with his girlfriend, just the two of them, no interruptions and more importantly, they weren't bother by anyone. However, Juvia was not as relaxed and happy as he was was.

For the past month or so, Juvia had been planning to do something specially to celebrate their anniversary. She had a hard time believing they had been together for three years already. She really wanted to do something special, something the two of them could enjoy, however, thanks to the weather, it all went to hell. Thanks to the fact that they had to cancel all of their plans, Juvia was in a horrible mood. Gray has tried to lift her spirits up a little by telling her he would much rather spend their anniversary at home, where they wouldn't be bothered, and cooking their favorite foods, but that did very little for Juvia. She had tried her best to use her powers and make the rain go away, but she wasn't successful. After all, this time, she wasn't the one making it rain. As it has happened her whole life, rain has come to ruin everything for her. Gray wasn't an idiot, he knew Juvia well enough to know the reason why she was so upset, and he didn't like it. He didn't like seeing his girlfriend in such distress, so he decided to finally do something about it.

"Juvia, do you mind coming here for a second?" He called her while he put his book down on the table in front of the sofa. Juvia, who had been previously sitting in a chair near the window, got up and made her way to Gray's lap. When they first started going out, Juvia was too embarrassed to even hold hands with Gray. Nowadays, they were way past that. They weren't into as much PDA as Lucy and Natsu were, but they were no longer embarrassed to show their affection. That doesn't mean Juvia wouldn't blush whenever Gray took things a little further than she expected, but they had grown a great deal. "Would you mind telling me what's got you in such a horrible mood?" Despite knowing the reason why, Gray wanted to hear it from her.

"Juvia doesn't know what you're talking about, Gray." Over the course of their relationship, Gray had managed to convince Juvia to drop the "-sama" out of his name. It had taken quite some time, but eventually, she dropped it. She would only use it if she was really nervous, excited, or in the bedroom.

"Juvia, you know I know you better than that. Are you still upset about the rain?"

"You know Juvia hates the rain."

Gray immediately thought to the day when they first met each other. If someone back then would've told him that he would end up falling for that strange girl who practically kicked his ass, he would've turned them into an icicle. Yet, here they were. "Yes, I know you hate the rain, you just have never told me why."

Juvia thought about it for a second. She really didn't like talking about her childhood, and she tends to avoid the subject as best as she can, but this is Gray we're talking about. She knew he wouldn't force to tell him anything she didn't want to, but she thought he had a right to know. They had been together for three years now, he deserved an explanation. "When Juvia was younger, she couldn't control her powers very well. They would mostly manifest on their own. It wasn't until Juvia joined Phantom Lord that she learned to control her power, but that's besides the point. As a child, Juvia had very little control, and one of the ways her powers manifested was through rain. For as long as she can recall, wherever Juvia went, the rain followed her. Juvia couldn't go out and play with the other kids because it would start raining. No one wanted to be Juvia's friend because they knew the rain would always follow me wherever she went. No one wanted to date Juvia because she was gloomy and depressing, just like the rain she was always dragging around. Rain has always ruined things for Juvia, and today is not an exception. It's our anniversary today, we're supposed to be out, doing something fun like must couples do. Between missions and training, we barely get to spend anytime together, and Juvia was really looking forwards doing something specially, but the rain had to come and ruin everything." By the time she finished her "rant," Juvia had tears streaming down her face. She hasn't realize how upset she was right until that point. When she felt the tears running down her cheeks, Juvia panicked. She knew that Gray hated to see her crying. "Juvia is sorry, she didn't mean to cry." For goodness sake, is their anniversary today, she should be happy, not bawling her eyes out.

"Juvia…" Gently, Gray whipped the tears rolling down Juvia's cheeks. If there was something in this world that Gray hates is seeing Juvia cry. When he finally realized he was truly in love with this girl, he swore to himself that he would never let anyone or anything make her cry, but sometimes, those promises proved very hard to keep. "I want you to listen to me very carefully. I told you before that all I wanted to make our anniversary special was to spend my whole day with you. I could've care less if we would've spent the day on our pajamas without leaving the bed. Actually, now that I think about it, that would've been pretty close to perfection." In between her crying, Juvia was able to giggle. Leave it to Gray to make her laugh while crying. "I want to let you in on a secret. I love the rain. I always have, ever since I was a little kid. Without rain, there wouldn't be life, there wouldn't be water, and without water, there wouldn't be ice. Therefore, without rain, I wouldn't be the mage I am today. My powers would be completely useless. Above anything else, I love the rain because it's a part of you. I love you, all of you, rain and all."

Never in her 20 years of life had Juvia heard something as touching as Gray's words. Without giving it a second though, she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him. She never thought someone would love the rain because of her. After hearing that touching confession, Juvia thought that perhaps she could start to see rain from a different perspective, and put aside her hate towards it. After all, she does owe the rain a huge thank you, for bringing them together. After their heated kissed as broken, and as Juvia struggled to compose her breath, Gray lifted her up in his arms and carried her towards their bedroom.

"How about an anniversary celebration that doesn't require us to leave our bed?"

"Juvia is not going to say no."