Gruvia story! Reviews are welcome and sorry if some parts of the story don't completely add up. I dont own Fairy Tail in anyway! All rights are reserved to Hiro Mashima!

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Backstory:

After the guild disbanded 24 year old Gray went off by himself to settle down. Juvia was then left to settle down on her own as well. Even after the guild is rebuilt and Fairy Tail is back on its feet, Gray is still nowhere to be found. But what happens when Juvia and Gray run into each other?

Chapter One: Reunion

Juvia was walking down the streets of Magnolia, back to her house, as she started to notice light snow falling from the sky. She looked up and smiled. But then she remembered a certain raven haired man and she frowned slightly. She missed him so much and she wondered why he never came back. For all she knew he was dead. 'Juvia must not think such things!' She scolded her self mentally.

Juvia kept walking as she looked back in fond memories of her precious Gray-sama. She recalled the way that he would always act so nonchalant but within seconds he would become a heated mess. She remembered the first time they used unison raid. She kept thinking back to memories of Gray as she looked up at the buildings near by.

Juvia stopped when she saw one of the houses. She sighed before taking in the details of the house. 'Gray-sama's old house...' She thought as she looked at every aspect of it. To her knowledge no one lived there. Now that she thought about it Juvia remembered that Gray never sold his house, he just left.

Juvia decided to keep walking as she bumped into a man. "Oh, Juvia's sorry!" She apologized and bowed at the man before walking again.

The man flinched at first. "It's fine." He said as he hurriedly walked off. Juvia paused before looking back. She knew that voice from somewhere. When she looked closer she saw that the man had dark hair, a light jacket, jeans and a gray scarf. 'That looks similar to the one Juvia made for Gray-sama...' Juvia began to frown again and her eyes glossed over as she deeply missed Gray.

Juvia was about to keep walking when she noticed that the man had unlocked and walking right into Gray's old house. 'But Juvia thought that Gray-sama never sold his house.' Juvia's eyebrows furrowed as she stood there for a while, confused. Then it dawned on her. "Gray-sama!" She almost shouted out as she quickly ran to the now close door of Gray's house.

She knocked three times and waited patiently for the door to open. She heard some movement coming from behind the door until it finally opened. The door boy opened a bit so that the man could get a good enough look without letting Juvia enough time to get inside the house.

"Crap!" The man tried to close the door but Juvia out her foot in front of it so it couldn't close.

"Gray-sama! It is you!" Juvia was absolutely thrilled that it truly was her Gray-sama. Gray however seemed scared, horrified and nervous.

Gray finally gave up on trying to close the door and finally opened it up all the way. He stood in the way of the doorway though as to keep Juvia where she was. "Juvia would like to talk to Gray-sama."

"W-why?" Gray asked nervously. It was a pathetic question but it's all he could come up with.

"Well after being gone for three years Juvia has a lot she wants to talk about with Gray-sama." Juvia said as she stared right at Gray, who was practically sweating.

"Yeah, of course... Sure, come in." Gray said as he moved away from the doorway to let Juvia in.

Juvia walked in to see everything surprisingly clean and organized, except a few stray shirts and pants. "Here, sit down." Gray said as he patted the couch as he sat down. Juvia sat in the spot Gray patted and just observed the house for a bit.

"S-so uh, what'd you want to talk about?" Gray asked, finally breaking the silence.

"Well, Juvia would like to know why Gray-sama left on his own." She said as she twiddled her thumbs around.

Gray sighed. He knew this would end up happening. "I left on my own because..."Gray paused for a moment. "Because I was lost and I didn't want to get anyone else involved in my problems. I'd just be a burden to others."

"Gray-sama isn't a burden!" Juvia out bursted before realizing that she said it so loudly. Gray looked at her with shock for a second before snapping out of it.

"Well I just needed some time by myself..." He said softly as he unintentionally stripped of his jacket and shirt, but not his scarf.

"Well why didn't Gray-sama return to Fairy Tail after it was rebuilt? He must have heard about it." Juvia asked as she stared at him, admiring his even more chiseled features.

Gray bit his lip when she asked why he didn't come back. Finally he opened his mouth to speak. "I..." He took a deep breath before spelling again. "I didn't think anyone would mind my absence..."

"Of course someone minded Gray-sama'd absence! The whole guild did!" Juvia said as she was in slight disbelief. "There must be a different reason!"

'Please don't make me say anything I'll regret... Please...' Gray thought as he tried to think do a way to put his reason into words that wouldn't be too revealing. "I couldn't deal with the" Gray paused. "Pain of coming back and knowing that I left everyone so suddenly... Knowing that I left you..." Gray said that last part instinctively but instantly realized his mistake. "I mean... Knowing that I-I left you and Natsu a-and Lucy without a p-proper farewell!" He quickly sputtered.

Juvia www slightly confused as to what Gray meant but she shook off his stuttering and the last part of what he said. "But why did Gray-sama not try to-" Juvia shivered as she felt a cold breeze and Gray instantly took notice.

"Hold on, let me get you a jacket." Gray said as he stood up and left the room to find a jacket for Juvia.

Meanwhile, Juvia stood up and walked around Gray's living room. She came to a pile of magazines, all Sorcerer Weekly magazines. But they were only magazines that mean ruined or featured Fairy Tail. Juvia opened on magazine to find that it was a swimsuit edition that Fairy Tail did for Sorcerer Weekly.

Juvia flipped through to understand that one corner was bent down. When she opened up the page it was none other than her, in a bikini on the beach. Juvia's eyebrows raised as her eye started to widen as well. 'Gray-sama marked the page Juvia was on!' She thought as she smiled widely.

Just then Gray walked into the room with a blue coat. He paused when he saw Juvia holding a magazine, one of his magazines. Gray dropped the coat and ran to where all of his magazines were and quickly grabbed the one Juvia was holding. He tucked them all away into a drawer and locked it. Gray then quickly walked back to where he dropped the coat and nervously walked over to Juvia.

"Uh Gray-sama, what was that?" She asked as she was slightly stunned.

Gray's face started to turn light pink as he quickly cleared his throat. "N-nothing, I just wanted to clear up the area of my mess." He smiled nervously before he put the coat around Juvia and rubbed Juvia's shoulder and arms instinctively before stopping and pulling his hands back to his sides. "So anyways, do you have anyone... Special?" Gray asked sheepishly as they sat down.

"No, Juvia doesn't have anyone special." She answers as she looked at Gray. "Does Gray-sama have anyone special?"

Gray didn't even bat an eye when he answered. "Yeah..."

"Oh..." Juvia couldn't hide the hurt in her voice or on her face when Gray answered. "Who is she?" Juvia had to at least know their name before she could start to move on.

"You already know her." Gray said calmly, looking away from Juvia.

"Juvia does?" Juvia asked. She was confused as to who it could be. It couldn't be someone from the guild, but those were they only people she knew.

"Yeah, you know her the best actually. But I'm not sure if she still feels the same for me." He looked right at Juvia as if waiting for something.

"Just ask her." Juvia said as she tried to sound calm and collected.

"That's all there is to it?" He asked, raising a brow.

"Simple as that." Juvia smiled and stared at Gray's figure again. He was still wearing his pants and that scarf. She then realized that he had still kept the scarf she made him even after breaking contact with everyone.

"Alright then..." Gray took a deep breath before looking straight into Juvia's eyes and taking one of her hands in his own. "Juvia, do you still like me?"

Juvia's eyes widened as she registered what was happening. "Of course Juvia still likes Gray-sama! She never stopped liking Gray-sama!" Juvia said happily as she smiled widely.

"Great." He smiled and put his hand on her cheek. He softly rubbed her cheek with his thumb before pulling her in towards himself. Juvia's eyes widened large and she almost squealed as Gray kissed her. But then she closed her eye and fell deep into the kiss.

Gray finally pulled out of their kiss and rested his forehead on Juvia's. "I'm sorry..." Gray's eyes started to water and he closed his eyes.

Juvia moved back and looked at Gray. "Why is Gray-sama sorry?" Juvia was confused as to why he would apologize for kissing her. It was such an amazing moment for her.

"Because..." Gray bit his lip. "I left for so long and I've been hiding this whole time." Gray wiped the tears that were clouding his eyes before they could drop.

Suddenly a question popped into Juvia's head. "Juvia is sorry to ask right now, but has Gray-sama been in his house this whole time?"

Gray smiled and chuckled lightly. "No, I just like to visit back here every once in a while. I actually live in a small village up north."

"Oh, maybe Gray-sama could take Juvia there sometime." Juvia proposed as she smiled and thought of a trip alone with Gray.