It's been a while since I've written a Fairy Tail fic, not to mention a Gruvia one. And let me tell you, I have no words to describe just how excited I am for this. I got inspired as I was watching Kurt Hugo Schneider's early videos of Sam Tsui singing, so that's where a lot of the story is going to stem from. (If you don't know who those two are, have you been living under a rock? Go search them up on youtube, they make the most amazing covers of songs.)
The song in this chapter is Somewhere In Neverland by All Time Low. I suggest you listen to it on youtube while you read this chapter, because it helps set the mood of the story. Hope you like it!
Synopsis: As if parental expectations, job applications, and a super boring university professor weren't bad enough, Juvia now has to deal with the most annoying crush she's ever had-on a guy with the best voice she's ever heard in her entire life. Well, at least she'll always have her milkshakes.
Chapter 1: The Encounter
DISCLAIMER: IF I OWNED FAIRY TAIL, GRUVIA WOULD'VE BEEN CANON BY NOW
Say goodbye to the halls and the classes
Say hello to a job and the taxes
The weekends with old friends spilling into 9 to 5 routine
Tell me how you feel over and done with
Like your life is a map with no compass to guide,
At the bar drinkin' way too much
We sing along to "Forever Young".
Juvia Lockser sighs as her history professor calls for the end of class, stuffing her textbook and laptop into her bag as fast as she can and making a beeline for the door. She'd thought that this class would be interesting, but instead it's just been one boring lecture after another. Of course, there's no way she's going to drop it now, not after she's seen just how excited her single mother is at the idea of her first-born daughter acquiring a degree from the best university in the country. Still, this was never exactly what she wanted to do upon graduating high school.
Slipping her phone out of her pocket, she hits #1 on her speed dial and waits as the girl on the other end cuts the ringing short.
"Hey, Juv! Are actually still alive?" Comes the amused voice.
"Unfortunately. God, it's like that stupid professor actually wants us to fall asleep in class. There are other vocal patterns besides monotone, you know," she groans back.
Lucy laughs, "Buy you a milkshake? I'll meet you out by the quad in 5." Juvia giggles back in the affirmative and heads down the hall with a just a tad more spring in her step than before at the prospect of a free milkshake. That is, until she hears the voice.
So here we go again
Wishin' we could start again
At first, she thinks she's crazy. After all, no one else seems to hear the notes drifting ever so quietly in their direction. But there is something just so hauntingly intriguing about the way this music sounds, and so she finds herself following the invisible trail until she stops short at the auditorium doors.
Wendy run away with me
I know I sound crazy
Don't you see what you do to me?
I wanna be your lost boy
Your last chance, a better reality, yeah
Miraculously, the bulky doors don't so much as creak as she pushes them open a crack and peeks her way in. Standing alone onstage is a boy about her age, belting his heart out into what looks like a worn-out mic on a new stand. Now, Juvia is pretty immune to good-looking guys (she's had more than her fair share of them), but there is something about the way his eyes are closed and how he's giving this melody everything he's got that makes her heart skip a beat. This, of course, has nothing to do with the fact that he's maybe the most attractive person she's ever laid eyes on in her entire life. Of course.
Wendy we can get away
I promise if you're with me, say the word and we'll find a way
I can be your lost boy, your last chance
Your "everything better" plan
Oh, somewhere in Neverland
The music drifts to a close, and she's startled as a boy with the weirdest hair she's ever seen yells, "CUT!" from behind a camera setup she hadn't known was there.
"That was great, man! I don't even think we need another take," the boy with the strange hair prattles on, and Juvia is so busy watching the singer's reactions that it's not until her phone buzzes insistently in her pocket that she realizes-shit-that she's been standing there for a good 15 minutes. Her phone buzzes again, and she pulls it out to reveal another text from Lucy:
Been here for like 10 mins, where r u?
She types back a quick reply, thumbs flying across the screen as she glances up to make sure she hasn't been spotted.
Sorry, had to pee. B there in a sec.
She turns around for one last, fleeting glimpse, and slips out the heavy doors as soundlessly as she'd come.
What do you think? I personally really love this idea. I'll be updating pretty soon, as the next chapter's already in progress :)
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Losta love,
Tiffany, out.
