Ohayo! Happy day after Valentine's. I had to cancel my plans yesterday because of snow (bluh) so I wrote this instead! I wanted to say thank you to all my lovely reviewers! Y'all make me so happy. This story is partially inspired by the song A Drop in the Ocean by Ron Pope. I don't own the song or Fairy Tail.

A drop in the ocean,

A change in the weather,

I was prayin' that you and me might end up together.

It's like wishin' for rain as I stand in the desert.

But I'm holdin' you closer than most,

cuz you are my heaven.

A Drop in the Ocean

Juvia was crying. She couldn't help it. Gray had rejected her many times, but this time she had broken down. Now she was running back to Fairy Hills through the rain, not even attempting to wipe away her hot tears. She got back to her room and locked the door behind her. She took off her wet clothes and put on a nightgown, shivering. She had stopped crying for now, but seeing all her Gray dolls threatened more tears. She put them all in a box and shoved it on a shelf at the top of her closet. Feeling exhausted, she climbed into bed.

As the hours went by Wendy, Levy, and even Erza knocked on her door, asking if she was alright. Juvia never responded, and eventually they all walked away. The entire guild had witnessed her breakdown, so naturally she was too embarrased to talk to any of them. As the storm raged outside she quietly cried herself to sleep.

Three days later two figures ran out of the storm and into the guild hall. Gajeel held his jacket over himself and Levy, who was carrying a terrified Pantherlily. "Man, this rain won't let up. It's hard to get any work done." Gajeel complained, shaking the water off his coat.

His guildmates were inclined to agree. The constant rain and gloom was getting to all of them. Cana was drinking more than usual and Erza was only picking at her strawberry cake. In a corner near the front door Natsu was acting like a clothes dryer for both him and Lucy. Levy deposited the petrified Lily on a table with Happy and Carla before making her way over to Natsu's heat. "How is Lily doing? I know he doesn't like thunderstorms." Lucy said sympathetically.

"He's scared, poor thing. He didn't want to go out in the storm but he also didn't want to stay by himself all day. At least here Carla and Happy can make him feel better." Levy said, throwing a glance at the poor Exceed.

"Do you know how Juvia is? I'm really worried about her." Lucy, along with most of the guild members, was worried that the water mage had not come into the guild since her breakdown.

The solid script mage sighed sadly and shook her head. "She hasn't come out of her room. I'm afraid she might have made herself sick. She won't let anyone in to see her."

"Rain Woman's the cause of this downpour. This only happens when she loses is." Gajeel pointed out, coming up behind Levy.

They finished drying themselves and went to sit at a table. " If ice princess would just apologize to Juvia this stupid rain would stop!" Natsu said loudly. Lucy shushed him but he had still been heard. Multiple heads turned to where Gray was sitting at the bar, waiting to see if he would react. The dark haired man did not respond, or even acknowledge anyone else's presence. Secretly he felt very bad about what he had said to Juvia. He hadn't meant to hurt her feelings, but of course that didn't matter. The guild was pretty boring without her, especially since everyone was in a bad mood. She was always the cheerful one willing to look on the bright side. He was shaken from these thoughts when he heard heavy footsteps coming towards him. He looked up to see an armor-clad Erza looking sternly at him. "You need to apologize to Juvia. It's obvious from this rain that you wounded her deeply. You are likely the only one who can make her feel better."

"I know," he sighed. "I'll go see her." Gray got up and grabbed his coat. Everyone watched silently as he went out into the pouring rain.

Juvia had hardly moved in the past three days. The first day she had woken up with a fever and chills. She had figured it would pass and stayed in bed the whole day. By the next day she had been worse, and it just went downhill from there. When the others had come to see if she was alright she had refused to let them in, still not ready to face anyone. Now she had a dangerously high fever and she couldn't keep warm. She tossed and turned, sweat soaking her pillow.

This was how Gray found her. He knocked on the door but she didn't answer. However, he had a bad feeling, so he checked to see if the door was open. It only took a small amount of force to get it open, and as Gray made his way inside he heard a quiet moan come from the far side of the room. He hurried over and found a very ill Juvia in her bed.

"Juvia!" She wasn't moving and Gray felt icy fear in the pit of his stomach. He sighed in relief when she moved her on the bedside lamp revealed that her face was very red and sweaty. Gray knew right away that he had to get her to Wendy. He went to the closet to see if he could find a clean blanket. There was one on the top shelf, and as he reached for it he noticed the box of dolls. He realized how much he really had hurt her. Pushing aside the guilt he grabbed the blanket. He wrapped her up and picked her up princess style. It took only ten minutes to run to the guild hall, but it felt like an eternity to Gray. He ignored his burning lungs, thinking only of saving Juvia.

He burst into the guild hall out of breath, unable to speak, but his face said exactly what was going on. Wendy ran to his side and walked next to him as he made for the infirmary. After feeling Juvia's forehead she turned to the Master in fear. "Master, I think you should summon Ms. Porlyusica!"

"Jet! Go!" Makarov barked the order immediately. Jet got up and was gone at the speed of light.

Gray spent the whole night at Juvia's bedside. He felt immensely guilty for having caused her to become so ill. The thought of losing her had also scared him. He had realized that a small part of him did really care about Juvia. He was determined to make sure she was alright. Not even the fierce glares of Porlyusica could budge him. Wendy had done her best to reduce the fever, but magic could only do so much. Porlyusica had known what to do right away, and now Juvia was in the clear.

"She got sick from being out in the rain. Not doing anything about the fever caused it to grow worse. Foolish girl." the healer had commented disapprovingly.

As the sun rose Juvia began to stir. It had finally stopped raining. Gray looked up and leaned forward when she opened her eyes. "Juvia! I'm sorry," he said seriously. "This is my fault."

"Gray-sama... Please don't blame yourself. Juvia should not have been so careless." She smiled at him and he felt relieved.

"Why didn't you get help when you got sick? You could have died, with Wendy just a few doors down."

"I'm sorry. I didn't want anyone to trouble themselves over me." She was ashamed that she had acted so chldishly. She had neglected her health because of embarrasment.

Gray sighed. "You're not trouble Juvia. You're a part of Fairy Tail, and Fairy Tail is a family. Anyone here is willing to help you," He fidgeted uncomfortably. "Even me."

"Gray-sama... Arigato gozaimas!" Juvia had happy tears in her eyes, knowing Gray cared about her (even if it was just a little bit.)

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We all know Gray is really a big softie. xD The next story is Elfgreen so be on the lookout! Til next time!