Juvia
'White... Juvia's walls are blue not white...where is Juvia?!'
I begin to panic as I look around at my unfamiliar surroundings. I was laying on a large white couch beside a large fireplace covered in a soft blue blanket with little snowflake designs. My shoes and jacket had been removed. My breathing became shallow and my heartbeat was picking up as I tried to figure out where I was.
"You're finally awake."
With a startled gasp I whirl around and see a good-looking white haired boy about my age leaning on the doorframe, regarding me with a nice teasing grin. I stare in shock for a moment before my manners kick in.
"Juvia apologizes for intruding into your home, Juvia is not a bugler, Juvia promises Juvia stole nothing! Juvia does not recall what happened, please don't call the police!" I say while bowing frantically. I squeeze my eyes shut and wait for his harsh response but instead, to my surprise, I felt a hand go on my shoulder. My eyes widen in surprise as the boy gives an amused chuckle. "Do you not remember? I know you're not a burglar Juvia, I carried you here myself when you fell asleep in my arms. "
Blood rushes to my face. 'What is he-'
That's when I remembered. Gray-sama...
'No.' I shook my head slightly. 'Not Gray-sama, just Gray.'
Keeping myself bowed I manage to stutter out "J-Juvia apologizes for wasting your time and being such a bother. Juvia will leave now. Juvia thanks you um..."
"Lyon."
"Juvia thanks you Lyon from the bottom of Juvia's heart."
With my head still bowed down I turn to grab my jacket, but I freeze when I hear Lyon quiet voice.
"Who is Gray?"
My breathing becomes shallow again and my heartbeat slows. The back of my eyes begin to tingle and my throat constricts a bit. My hair falls over my eyes as I wobble a bit, Lyon steps forward fearing that I would fall over, but I catch myself on the sofa. I quickly regain my composure.
"No one," I whisper, mainly to convince myself, as I sit on the sofa and begin to put on my shoes. "He is no one at all."
Lyon sits on the couch beside me. "I know you just met me, but I'm not particularly busy at the moment if you want to talk about it. I understand if you don't."
I hesitated a bit, but then he gave gave me such a warm smile it almost made me cry again, but I held my tears as I begin to tell him what happened. How I met and fell in love Gray, how he ignored me wherever I tried to show him my feelings. But that didn't stop me from loving him because I would always see him as the boy who saved me. Until today, when I saw him with Ultear- the girl who terrorized and bullied me the most in school - and he finally told me what he thought of me.
'You're so annoying Juvia! All you do is follow me around and get in my way! Get a life! I regret the day we met!'
When I finish choking out my story Lyon studies my face a bit before saying "Well, whoever this Gray guy is, he should be ashamed for making such a beautiful girl cry."
Heat rose in my cheeks and ears but I quickly duck my head and cover my blush with my hair.
"Please stop making fun of Juvia..." I begged as I began to cry again. This seem to scare Lyon greatly because he quickly grabbed my face and wiped my tears away.
"Juvia, what do you mean? I would never make fun of you!"
"Everyone knows Juvia is ugly! Even Juvia knows! You don't have to rub it in by lying!" I said trying to get out of his grasp.
"No Juvia, I've seen you. And trust me, I've never met anyone more beautiful."
"Lies! Let Juvia go! You're just like everyone else! You're no better than Gray!"
"Juvia you don't understand. I've seen YOU. As in I've seen you for who you are."
I slowly stop squirming as he continues to ramble on.
"I've seen you tutoring the elementary kids, I've seen how you look at the special ed kids. You look at them like they're normal people. I've never seen you look down on someone before. Beauty is defined from within Juvia. You are the most beautiful person I know. And it enrages me that someone as beautiful and good as you gets taken for granted."
I was trembling in his arms and tears leaked out of my eyes as Lyon laid out a whole new Juvia. 'He noticed all of this about Juvia?!'
"How do you know all this about Juvia? Juvia is pretty sure Juvia has never met you before." I manage to croak out with a sniffle.
Lyon grinned sheepishly while saying "I saw you tutoring a kid once in the library after school and I've wanted to be your friend since then but I was too nervous to approach you."
He mutters the last part while ducking his head in embarrassment. I look at him completely shocked. 'This guy, Lyon, wanted to be friends with Juvia?!' That doesn't make sense! He clearly belongs to the popular kids! This is a freaking mansion!' He must've taken my silence as a rejection because he muttered an apology under his breath and lowered his hands from my face.
He dejectedly handed me my jacket and showed me the way out. I snapped out of my daze when he opened the door and the cold air hit me. It was still raining outside. I turn and without thinking I hug Lyon tightly, as if he was my last lifeline.
"Thank you Lyon-sama, Gray may have shown Juvia the light, but you have prevented it from going out."
Lyon was surprised by the -sama but he quickly accepted the embrace along with the suffix at the end of his name.
I quickly turned and begin to walk away. Just as I was heading off his driveway I turn and wave at him. He waves back smiling and I smile warmly at him in return. Almost immediately it stops raining and the ache in my chest is lifted just a little.
Erza
My sobs eventually die down to nothing but shuddering breaths. I unintentionally shiver when a cold breeze blows over my soaked clothes. It was still raining but not as hard as before. The boy, noticing my shiver, takes my hand and begins to walk out of the alleyway. He takes me to a large mansion where there was a butler waiting for him at the entrance.
"Welcome home master Rogue. You're fifteen minutes late, I was beginning to worry." He had that wise deep no-nonsense type of voice.
Rogue flashes him a smile while tugging me into the enormous house. "Sorry, something came up."
I feel the butler's eyes travel up and down my body taking note of the cut on my cheek, bruises and scratches on my hands, and my dirty, soaked clothes.
The boy, Rogue, lead me to an enormous living room and sat me down on an elegant black couch beside a ridiculously large fireplace.
"I'll be right back." he announces while disappearing into another room. He comes back a few moments later dressed in dry clothing. He hands me a towel, t-shirt, and basketball shorts.
"Sorry if their a bit big but they were the smallest ones I could find." he said sheepishly. All I could do was stare at him in disbelief.
This guy, who had a whole tall, dark, and handsome vibe, from an obviously wealthy family, seriously still talking to me?! He was obviously a popular boy, with looks and a house like that it would be impossible not to be. What the hell am I doing here?! Why did he approach me in the first place?! I can't even imagine how I must've looked. I mean, I look horrifying on an average day, now imagine me with red puffy, tear streaked, bruised and bloodied. It's a miracle that window didn't break at my reflection!
"Sorry, I don't want to ruin your clothes" I mumble as I take a step back.
His eyes widen then he squints at me as if trying to understand me. "So you're going to risk getting a cold just cause you dont wanna ruin my clothes?"
I nod hesitantly while nervously shifting from foot to foot, looking everywhere but at him. He smiles at me and gently pushes the clothes into my hands while ruffling my already messed up hair with the towel.
"Clothes are replaceable, you're not. I don't want to risk you dying on me from hypothermia." he reasoned while leading me to the bathroom. Dumbstruck, I allow myself to be led. I change while he goes to look for a first aid kit.
The shirt nearly reached my knees and the basketball shorts were very loose around my curveless waist. I walk out with my wet clothes wrapped in the towel Rogue gave me. He chuckles when he sees me and hands my wet clothes to a nearby maid, politely telling her to wash it. Then he sits me down of the couch and begins to tend to my cut. My eyes widen and I quickly back away sputtering "N-no I can do it. I don't want to be a n-nuisance anymore."
Rogue looked at me confused. "When did I say you were a nuisance?"
I open my mouth to respond but nothing came out, so I closed it and he went back to tending to the cut. There was a light drizzle falling outside. Weird, surely it was cold enough for it to be snow and not rain. My train of thought is interrupted by Rogues quiet words. "Y'know Erza, I've seen you go through hell and back without so much as a complaint. What could possibly have happened that made the great Titania break down like that?"
I chuckle half-heartedly. "Classic cliché of a girl who falls in love with her childhood friend, and stupidly believes that maybe she had a chance, only for reality to come crashing down on her."
I shake my head.
"It's my own fault really. I mean, would you really choose this," I motion towards myself. "Over the most beautiful and popular girl in school?" I close my eyes and shake my head with a small sad chuckle.
Rogue is silent for a moment, then he lifts my chin so he could look me in the eye. "What kind of person wouldn't choose you? I've seen you defend your friends behind their backs. You keep a strong tough face around them, you cheer them up, you take hits for them and keep silent about it so they don't worry. You never show weakness around anyone, especially your friends. You follow the elementary school kids through the dangerous part of town to make sure they don't get hurt on the way, you even picked up a little homeless baby boy from the streets. You and your friends have been taking care of him since you found him."
I stare at him in utter shock. 'How does he know about Romeo?!'
"You're the strongest most courageous person I've ever seen in my life. Nothing stops you and nothing stands in your way, and if something does you knock it down. That's just who you are. Only a fool would choose a snotty popular girl over the great and mighty Titania."
I stare opened mouthed at him as he wipes an escaped tear off my cheek. He stares at me with such a child-like adoration that I can't help but lower my head and give a true happy laugh.
"Titania huh?" I say with a raised brow when I look up again.
"Oh...erm...hehehe" he blushes and looks away embarrassed while mumbling "It's just a silly nickname I gave you."
I move so that our eyes meet and say with a true genuine smile. "I like it."
His eyes widen and he smiles like a kid who got an autograph from his favorite superhero. I can't help but laugh at his child-like behavior. At that moment a maid comes with my clothes, washed and dried, in her arms. Smiling, I accept the clothes and walk to the bathroom to change back into my clothes.
"I should go now, I've been away from Romeo for way too long." I saw while walking out dressed in my now dry clothes.
Rogue nods and walks me out to his enormous porch. I try to hand his clothes back but he Rogue just shakes his head while saying "Keep it, something to remember me by."
Raising my eyebrow I ask "Why would I need something to remember you by? I'll see tomorrow at school."
Confused, he says "I thought you only hung you with your friends at school."
I look at him confused "I do."
His confusion slowly melts into realization then to a happy smile. Grinning, I push his clothes into his hands while turning and stepping into the light drizzle of rain that was falling. I had just reached the bottom of the steps when I hear Rogues voice.
"Erza! Wait!"
Curious, I turn and Rogue runs up to me and pushes the clothes into my hands with a smile "Keep it as a gift from me."
'What a weird gift.' Not wanting to be rude I nod and accept the gift. I begin to walk off again with a wave before stopping and rushing back and hugging Rogue tightly.
"Thank you Rogue. For everything."
He was shocked for a moment before wrapping his arms around me and returning my bone crushing hug. At that exact moment I felt the suns rays warming up my back. The rain had stopped.
Lucy
The blonde boy led me to an massive mansion with a golden fountain in the very middle of the outrageously enormous front lawn. I swear it took us longer to get to the front of the house than it did for us to actually arrive. And don't even get me started on the grand staircase that led to the door. Not to mention it was still drizzling a little. I stop again, this time to catch my breath.
'You're so weak Lucy! You're just a burden to me and everyone! You just get in the way!'
Natsu's words ring in my head over and over again. Raising my hands to my temples, I try to shake his voice away. The blonde boy steps forward and kicks the enormous door open.
"Virgo!"
"Yes, master Sting?"
Sting jumps and gives out a girlish squeal while hiding behind me as a pink haired woman in a maid suit pops up from out of nowhere behind him.
"Oh my Mavis! Virgo, I told you to stop doing that!"
"My apologies master," she says while bowing. "Punishment?" the maid pulls out a terrifying whip from behind her back and holds it out to Sting, who was freaking out. Uncertain of what was going on I take a step back sweatdropping.
"Virgo put that away! We don't punish out employees! You're going to give our guest the wrong idea! Wait- WHERE DID YOU EVEN GET THAT?! Y'know what? Nevermind, I don't want to know." He sighs and facepalms himself. The crazy pink haired maid stayed bowed awaiting either her punishment or orders. It was impossible not to smile a bit at the scene unfolding before me. Rubbing his temples he asks "Virgo could you please bring us some towels we're soaking wet from the rain."
"Right away master." The maid turns and exits the room. Sting turns to me with an apologetic embarrassed smile "Sorry about that, Virgo is an interesting chara-"
"Here are your towels master."
"KYA!!!"
Startled, Sting jumps into my arms and clings to me like his only lifeline.
"VIRGO WHAT DID I JUST SAY?!" he yells while shaking his fist at the emotionless maid.
Unable to support his weight I tumble over and we fall to the floor with a loud crash. From another room I can hear the wailings of a baby.
"Shit! We woke her up!" Sting exclaimed horrified, while jumping up. "Virgo is my mother home?"
"No, she left on a business trip not to long ago."
Sting rushed to the room where the wailing was located. Not knowing what to do I follow him. I step inside a pink nursery where I see Sting holding a small little wailing baby girl with dark blue hair trying, unsuccessfully, to sooth her.
"Do you want the bottle?" he asks her while pushing the on her lips.
The baby continues to cry and rejects the bottle.
"How about your pacifier then? You want?"
He sticks the pacifier in her mouth but it falls out of her mouth as she continues to cry. At this point he's panicking.
"Virgo! Virgo! Do something!"
"I am not authorized to assist with the baby in any way." I jump at Virgo's voice and stifle a shriek as she appears behind me silently. I watch as Sting tries to give the poor baby some toys and stuff but the baby continues to cry.
"Can I try?" I ask so quietly that I don't think he heard me, but he walks towards me and hands me the wailing baby without hesitation. The baby just squirms in my arms and cries louder.
"Shhh..shhh...It's okay.. shhh" I coo quietly in her ear as I bounce her in my arms. The baby quiets down for a moment, and the tension leaves the room as the mansion settles into a nice quiet pea-
"ACHHOO!!"
Sting sniffles loudly and apologises, realizing too late what he had done. As if it were a horror movie the baby slowly begins to squirm again and her face scrunches up. Sting and Virgo hold each other in their arms as they watch the baby with horror. Instinctively, I begin to sing the lullaby we use on Romeo when he's being fussy.
Lucy
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket
Never let it fade away
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket
Save it for a rainy day
The babys squirming immediately stops and she stares at me with her deep brown eyes.
For love may come and tap you on the shoulder some starless night
Just in case you feel you want to hold her
You'll have a pocketful of starlight
Her eyes slowly begin to droop and she relaxes in my arms. I slowly make my way to her crib as I sing.
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket
Never let it fade away
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket
Save it for a rainy day...
I lay her down and cover her with a soft blanket with little swirly wind designs all over it. I stare at her sleeping form for a minute with a small smile, thinking of Romeo. I turn around to Sting and Virgos faces of awe.
"Young masters guest has a voice like silk." She says not taking her eyes off me. I blush and look away embarrassed.
"I-it's average. It sounds better when Juvia, Erza, Levy and I sing together." I stutter.
They continue to stare at me like I rose from the dead.
"No, I've heard average. Your voice...it's amazing!" Sting says "You don't sing words you sing feelings! You put yourself out there when you sing! You give strength with just your voice! It's amazing! Even after everything you've gone through! Orphan along with your friends, who you rent an apartment with, taking in a stray dog even though you already have a child to deal with. And you still find the strength somewhere within you to give others hope through a song! My little sister has never quieted down before with anyone who wasn't my mother! And even then, my mother had to be in physical contact with her for hours before she fell asleep, and you did it in 7 minutes! How? How can you sing a song about love after everything you've gone through?! How are you so..so strong?!"
I couldn't do anything but stare at him in shock. I was a little creeped out but also very confused.
"Strong? Ha! I'm the weakest person in the world! I couldn't even stand up for myself a-against N-natsu..." my eyes fill at the thought of Natsu. Damnit. I lower my head and wipe any escaped tears. "See? These tears are just proof of how weak I really am."
I hear footsteps and warm familiar arms wrap around me, pulling me to a warm broad chest. "Oh Lucy... Tears aren't a sign of weakness. They just show that you've been strong for much too long."
His words somehow manage to work their way inside my brain and settle there. I wrap my arms around his comforting embrace as silent warm tears trickle down my face.
"Thank you Sting... Thank you."
Phew* what a long chapter ＿φ(-=)
My apologies for any grammatical/spelling errors! (/ω＼)
And for those of you who are wondering: This is a Nalu, Gruvia, Jerza, and Gale fanfic! So don't panic! The Lyvia, Stinglu, Rogza are nothing but BrOTP's.
You'll find out what happened to Levy next chapter!!!ヾ(ω*)