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Chapter 2 : Facing Fate.
" Ahhh.. Juvia's visions are getting blurry," said Juvia softly, laying in her bed, as she lifted her hand and looked at it. " What am I to do?,"
Her eyes suddenly opened wide, remembering her weird dream. " So, that was all a dream, huh? Juvia has never even stepped out of this place...,"
A few short heavy laughters were followed, but then continued with cries of loneliness.
In reality, she had never gone out of this place, never hugged Gray. She was weak and wasn't able to move so far, as to run. Never. True that she was sick, but her sickness was already eating up almost half of her organs, making them rott. She could feel the pain and it was unbearable, but didn't want to complain the others.
" At least, Juvia got one final dream before Juvia go...," she said as she covered her tears with both of her arms.
The confession from Juvia to Gray hasn't been made. The dizziness in her head spins furiously around her head. Her body was numb eventhough the pain in her body kept worsening. She let out a breathless sigh, as she tried to rise from the posture. Her body flinched, as the stiches on her body hurt her sensitive skin when she moved. Still from all the effort, she couldn't move. She was too weak.
She turned her head and looked at the picture of her nakamas. She stared at it for a while and let out a smile. Her eyes spotted the smiling Gray in the picture, and tears started rolling down from her red eyes. She mumbled the words " sorry, sorry," as she reached out her hand and placed it on the picture. Her weak hand slided off the frame and dropped on the side of the bed, as her body grew weak, and her breathe fading.
Beep... Beep... Beep... Beeeeeeeeeppppp.. Soon the sound of the beeping fades, as she slowly dropped her souless body on the hospital bed.
" Doctor! Doctor! Hurry!," she heard the voice of the nurse before she went away. The use of her organs in her body began to shut down, and her body was left there to face the doctor.
The doctor gasped at the sight of Juvia, while the nurse looked at her and wept with all her might. The doctor saw it coming, everyone was already informed of this.. But why would they cry? Juvia must have been a really nice person when she was still alive. The memory of her face left a scar in the nurse's heart. The scar of loneliness.
Though, so much sadness was in the hospital, the guild faced the contrary. The news has not yet reached the guild, but when they hear it, it will leave a terrible scar in each heart. But a greater one will be left in Gray's heart.
As the days go by, without the news of Juvia's death from the hospital, the sky became gloomy and rain would pour down every now and then. The gentle drops of rain that poured down was very queer, that everyone thought that someone in the sky was crying bitter tears. It could be true, Juvia could be crying with all her might. The rain made the people of the guild very curious, as well as the absent of Juvia. The atmosphere in the guild wasn't the same as before. There could be not much laughter as before, not much smiles and not much sunshine. If the rain pours, the tears will roll down in the person who sees it. The person who sees it the most was Gray, because the rain reminded him of Juvia.
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On one gloomy day, as usual, the sad news was finally brought in. The head master, Makarov came to bring in the news. Together with him was the weeping nurse, and the doctor with melancholic looks.
" We have here some bad news," started Makarov, as everyone turn to look at him, " our dear, Juvia has apparently faced - "
" death," continued Makarov in a whisper.
Somehow, the words of Makarov were heard by the people of the guild. They paused for a while, and looked at each other with melancholic expressions. Lucy was the first one to shed a tear, without her noticing it. Soon, the sounds of cries were heard, followed by the cry of groans and wailes.
Gray however wasn't crying, nor did a drop of tear fell from his eye. He was in a state of shock, for all of this was happening too fast. What was he to do? The girl he loved has died... No wonder she was absent for 2 years, but yet again, how? She was never sick, nor was she in pain.
" How, " said he in a low voice " How did she die?,"
" She was diagnosed with a rare disease that could not be cured," replied the doctor who heard Gray.
Gray lifted his head in shock, and stared at the doctor, his expression changing.
" There was nothing that could be done," the doctor continued in a whisper.
Gray fumed with anger, ran towards the doctor, who was bracing himself by guarding his face with his hands in terror. He grabbed him by the collar and lifted his body off the ground. However, the doctor looked calm.
" You could have done something! You knew it, but you don't wanna do it, just because you don't have money for it!," shouted Gray, as he pushed the doctor to the wall.
" No, it has already been fated this way. We can never beat fate," replied the doctor with a dirty smirk.
That reply made him angry than ever. As he was about punch the doctor, he was stopped by Natsu, who watched the whole scene.
" Stop it. We can't do anything about it,"
Gray glared at Natsu for a second, which Natsu recieved it with a serious expression. Gray thought for a while, and released the helpless doctor. He walked away, unsatisfied with the doctor's reply, but still followed Natsu's command. Nobody came to help the doctor though, everyone looked at him with suspicious eyes.
Ever since that event, no one dared to talk to Gray. Gray did not want to talk with anyone. The rain poured down heavily ever since, the eyes of Gray did not move to look at the rain. He didn't want to remind himself of such tragedy. So, remained Gray so lonely and gloom, without any attention from his nakamas. I wonder how Juvia feels about this? She must have been dissapointed of him. But, what can I say?
It was all meant to be.