Gray x Juvia side shot 2
Gray made his way back to the guild, hoping Juvia was still there. He burst through the guild doors with a confident smirk as he eyed around for the girl he was looking for. Lucky or unlucky depending on who you'd ask she had just been heading for the door to go home after the latest attempt of intervention hadn't boosted her confidence level any. Juvia blushed and looked at the floor when she saw Gray come into the guild without his shirt on. Gray quickly stepped forward and grabbed her hand and began to pull her out the doors he had just come through. Juvia's head jerked up and her face turned cherry, but she just let her feet blindly follow the ice mage. Her voice unable to release the protest hanging off her tongue.
"What just happened?" Lucy and Levi asked as they had started to rearrange themselves after Juvia had gotten up to leave. Mira had gone back behind the bar.
Cana however looked up at them with a knowing smile as she took a swig from her barrel. "Gray finally found the balls to get himself a new fuck buddy."
"What?" Levi and Lucy shouted out in shock. And quickly glancing back at the door their poor water mage had just been pulled through, worriedly.
"Don't use such crude language Cana." Ezra said shaking her head. "It's unbefitting a lady."
Outside Gray was still tugging Juvia down the street, to some destination only known to him. Juvia silently and somewhat unwillingly following. He never once glanced back at her or uttered a word, making Juvia all the more nervous. It seemed though they finally had arrived at their destination. A park with a lake in the middle surrounded by large thick trees. Gray pulled her behind one of the those said trees, pulling her in front of him and pressing her back against it. "when?" he asked. The single word escaping his lips quickly. He's expression serious.
"Gr…Gray-sama, Juvia is very confused." She stuttered out bringing her arms up in front of her as if to protect her from the harsh words she was expecting the ice mage to throw at her.
Gray put an arm on either side of her head against the tree leaning in close to her as she tried to back away, stopped only by the tree's trunk. Juvia's face was flushed red from his close proximity. "When did you start liking me? When did that happen Juvia?" Juvia just stared with her mouth open unable to reply as her face turned an even brighter shade of red. He leaned in closer to her placing his mouth besides her ear. "I've been waiting for you to come up and talk to me." He paused a moment, making a point to breath a cool breeze on her neck. "Because I've been wanting to ask you out for a while now." Juvia apparently had all the shock she could handle as her knees gave way. "Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Gray said grabbing her before she fell to far down the tree. He laughed at her as she finally looked up into his face again, hers still red. "You look really fucking cute all flustered."
"Gr…Gra…Gray-sama thinks Juvia is cute?" she stuttered out as Gray eased her down to the ground realizing she wasn't going to be walking anytime soon or standing.
"Of coarse I do. Who wouldn't." he rubbed the back of his head. "I thought you were afraid of me after the whole groping thing." He gave a chuckle. "Specially with the whole –sama thing."
Juvia shook her head furiously. "No, Juvia was worried Gray-sama didn't like Juvia. And found Juvia annoying, and ugly, and creepy…" Gray cut off her rambling with a kiss to the lips. She was to shocked to even recognize what he had done to kiss back, she felt like her brain had short circuited.
"None of that, ever, crossed my mind." He whispered to her. "You are a very caring, friendly, and beautiful woman." He pulled back and gave her a smug smile. "So what do you say? No more –sama, just Gray? Be pretty weird to have you calling me –sama if you are my girlfriend."
"You want Juvia to be your girl…friend…" Juvia barley breathed out.
"Yeah I really do." Gray answered. "First date right now. You and me spend the rest of the day together, what do you say?"
Juvia lurched forward and wrapped her arms around him in a crushing hug. Tears streamed down her face as she happily cried. "Yes Juvia would be honored to be Gray-sama's girlfriend."
Gray laughed as he wrapped his arms around her. "No more –sama though. You silly girl." He pulled back and placed a closed hand over his open palm and pulled it back revealing an ice rose. He held it out to Juvia. She stared at it for a minute before tentively reaching out to take it from his hands. "Come on, let's walk around the lake for a bit, then dinner and desert on me." He reached out and grabbed her upper arms pulling her to her feet with him. "you like ice cream right?" Juvia smiled at up at him and nodded her cheeks still pink. "Great! I got the perfect ice cream shop all picked out." He wrapped an arm around her shoulder and lead her around the park path, telling her all about his favorite ice cream parlors signature flavors. Juvia tried to focus on his words, but her head was on cloud nine all she could think about was she was now Gray-sa… Gray's girlfriend. So she just smiled and nodded.
