AN: Here we go to day two! I particularly loved to write this one. I hope you enjoy it! ;)
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The loneliness of nights alone
The search for strength to carry on
My every hope has seemed to die
My eyes had no more tears to cry
Then like the sun shinned from up above
You surrounded me with your endless love
And all the things I couldn't see
Are now so clear to me
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My Everything
Day 02 – Melting The Heart
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For more than ten years, Gray closed up his heart after his parents died. When he met Ur and Lyon, he was so full of hatred that once he was finally opening up, Ur died and Lyon left. Only when he joined Fairy Tail, he started to feel a bit more like a normal boy.
But that was it. His heart was closed to everything else other than friendship and Gray prided himself over it, to not let more emotions get to him.
That was, until Juvia Lockser entered his life.
He just couldn't resist her unconditional way of loving him, her kindness, her unique way of seeing life, the way she smiled and her eyes sparkled when she looked at him. Before he knew it, she was his friend, then his partner and finally the woman he loved.
It took him awhile to admit it to himself – years, even – but she did break the walls he so forcefully put up around his heart. And if he were true to himself, being free to admit his feelings was great and it took them little time to be in a serious relationship.
Marriage took a little longer, but not because he was afraid of his feelings, it was his male instincts against commitment, but just as fast as it came, it went away. Juvia was the one. He knew that for a long time.
Three years into their marriage, Juvia brought up the subject of having children and even though Gray had been expecting it to happen sooner rather than later – especially with Lucy announcing her own pregnancy a week before – it still freaked him out a bit to know that they would create a complete new human, dependent on them for everything.
It scared the hell out of him.
Juvia was one of the most (if not the most) powerful water mages in Magnolia and in a fight, he knew she could take care of herself as she proved it many times over and over again. Babies, though… they were so fragile. Anything harmed them, they couldn't fetch for themselves, couldn't protect themselves.
A complete dependable person. A person completely dependable of him.
He saw on Juvia's eyes, though: she wanted it. Wanted more than what they already had (if Gray were honest to himself, he liked his life the way it was) and if he said he didn't want children, he could see that she was ready to give it up for him.
It wasn't fair to her. And it wasn't as if he didn't want children, he was just scared.
Four months after they started to try, it happened and Gray never saw Juvia so happy in his life. Not even at the day of their wedding was she ever so radiant. Gray was still afraid, though, but seeing his wife so happy made his fears dampened a bit. As the months passed and she became larger, he learned to appreciate the movements their child made and it made his heart fill with happiness and a little less afraid.
He absolutely loathed, though, the pain his wife was when she went into labor. He had witnessed her fight against powerful enemies and most times she hardly gave a peep, but there she was, panting and sweating in pain to bring their child to the world.
Yet, even when she was moaning in pain, she never complained. Not one time; she just held on Gray's hand and pushed when the doctor ordered her to. She was so much stronger than him, so, so much stronger. He didn't think he could love anyone as much as he loved her. Gray decided he needed to show more often how much she meant to him.
And then with a scream and a particularly strong grip on his hand, Juvia finally fell back on the bed, panting in relief and just like that, Gray heard the first cry of their child.
It was almost a shriek, really, but damn him if it wasn't the most beautiful sound he's ever heard in his life.
"And you two have a perfect little girl!" The doctor said and held the screaming red mess up so Gray and Juvia could see their baby. All he could identify was a bunch of dark hair and pink flesh under a layer of yellowish goo.
It didn't matter, though, because his heart was beating faster, his hands were sweating and he couldn't tear his eyes of the child, not even to look at his sobbing wife next to him.
"The nurse will clean her up and she'll bring your baby in a second." The doctor said, handing the baby to the woman next to her. "Mrs. Fullbuster, we still have work to do here. Don't worry, it will be much easier now."
Gray watched from his spot next to Juvia as the nurse cleaned the still crying child and he could feel Juvia's grip on his hand. He saw the baby get wrapped in a pink blanket and then brought to where the new parents were.
Juvia let go of his hand and reached for the bundle and Gray couldn't do anything else other than to look to his wife holding their daughter for the first time.
"Oh, hello. Hello, my little girl." Juvia whispered, laughing through her tears. "Look at you. You are so beautiful." She kept whispering to the baby, who had stopped crying and just whimpered a bit, and Gray stared at them. "The most beautiful girl I've ever seen."
"Mrs. Fullbuster, the nurse needs to take the baby to do a check-up to make sure everything is okay." The doctor said. "She will take her back to you as soon as she is done and you are back to your room." Gray saw Juvia hesitate before giving the baby to the nurse. Gray let out a breath he didn't know he was holding until the baby was out of the room.
She was finally there.
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Gray must've fallen asleep at the couch next to Juvia's bed when he heard the baby fuss. Noticing his wife was asleep and needed the rest per request of the doctor, Gray walked towards the cot and saw the baby start to cry a bit. To make sure she wouldn't wake Juvia, he carefully picked up the baby for the first time – he had some experience with Igor, Natsu and Lucy's son, when Juvia insisted he needed to learn before their own arrived.
Once she was picked up, the baby stopped fussing almost immediately, while Gray arranged her correctly on his arms. Once he did, she whimpered once again and he swayed her lightly until she became quiet.
"We don't want to wake your mom, Rose. She needs to rest." Gray whispered and then, for the first time, the little girl opened her eyes to look at him. Sure, he had seen she had blue eyes and he knew she couldn't really look at him at such young age of a couple of hours, but the moment she opened her eyes, his breath got caught in his throat.
He knew he already loved the child growing inside Juvia, the moment she cried for the first time he felt overwhelmed and so scared to become a father that he didn't want to have her in his arms just then, letting Juvia get the child all for herself. She seemed to buy his excuse about letting her have their baby for a while because she would soon need to rest to recover from the labor.
But then, Rose opened her blue eyes, looked at him and all the walls around his heart just fell down. Walls that took Juvia years to fully break, were gone in a second.
He had heard that women became mothers the moment they knew they were expecting, but men sometimes needed a little longer to become fathers. The wave of unconditional love he felt overwhelm him, the wave of protectiveness, of absolutely joy of carrying that little human who was a perfect mix between him and Juvia from her dark hair and blue eyes.
At that moment Gray sworn to not let anyone hurt her, break her heart or harm her in any way, not while he had air in his lungs and his heart beat. He would die to protect her, and even better: he would live for her.
At that moment, Rose Fullbuster became the most important person in his life.
Well, it seemed Gray had just become a dad.
"For once your mother wasn't blowing things out of proportion, Rose." Gray whispered to the baby – she honestly looked just like every other newborn baby, but to him she was perfect. "You are the most beautiful girl in the world." The girl kept looking at him, listening to his voice. "And to know that three hours ago I thought your mother was." He touched the baby's chin and then watched, absolutely bewitched, as she grabbed his finger and squeezed it. Gray didn't think he could find her any more fascinating, and then she yawned. Gray melted down even more. "Oh, god, I'm so whipped already." Gray whined softly and kissed the baby's hand. "The guys are going to make so much fun of me, but I just don't care."
He stayed with Rose in his arms until Juvia woke up to feed their daughter and even though he was reluctant to let the child go, he knew that she would be just within his reach.
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AN: Day two is done and we meet little Rose. I wanted to name her after a color, like Gray and Silver. I also wanted her name to mean something, like Juvia has hers after rain and Gray, a color; Rose is also a flower. Anyways, I hope you liked it. Things will get fluffier the next few days now that the little munchkin if finally there. :3
Thanks to: cybercorpsesnake, Californiabaytree, Darkhope(I think you and I have the same level of obsession with babies LOL), Guest, Depressica, morninwarri0r, Ariel Tran[Gruvia Week was a no show for me because of my job. Next year I'll be more prepared ;)], oink8, CoolCat19698, Hugs42morgan, Guest, Armageddon Angel (Don't I know it! My mom had my brother when I was ten. I didn't have a responsibily of a parent, but I've had my share of sleepless nights haha), Snavej, Holly (I hear you, hon. It's a problem I have and I'm trying to stop it. That's why I like to publish OneShots that sometimes are huge, to avoid that. Gonna try harder! ;) Glad you are reading!), endingsarenotalwaysbad (It has always been my headcanon! Glad you liked it!). You guys are great!
12/09/2015 ~ BonneyQ
